Drewery Dyke
@drewerydyke.bsky.social
Middle East, governance, human rights; not keen on asymmetric power structures; more so justice. Wannabe sociologist. Senior Fellow @FPCThinkTank; Salam for Democracy and Human Rights. From Winnipeg 🇨🇦; now in Hackney 🇬🇧.Banner - the family 🐈, Herbert.
Flagging a BBC Radio 4 prog on Armenians. We talk a lot about governance structures; less about the people who live under them, be they Turk, Kurd, Armenian, Persian, Arab & so many more. Maybe it’s from a self-induced, high school Marx overdose, but I cannot help but think they have a common enemy.
November 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Flagging a BBC Radio 4 prog on Armenians. We talk a lot about governance structures; less about the people who live under them, be they Turk, Kurd, Armenian, Persian, Arab & so many more. Maybe it’s from a self-induced, high school Marx overdose, but I cannot help but think they have a common enemy.
How we treat minorities is a marker of how we treat everyone.
The Talish (Talysh) are a minority linguistic & religious community in northern Iran & Azerbaijan. Language is an Iranic language; they tend to be Sunni.
Scholars at Risk has flagged challenges they are facing in Azerbaijan.
The Talish (Talysh) are a minority linguistic & religious community in northern Iran & Azerbaijan. Language is an Iranic language; they tend to be Sunni.
Scholars at Risk has flagged challenges they are facing in Azerbaijan.
October 31, 2025 at 7:31 AM
How we treat minorities is a marker of how we treat everyone.
The Talish (Talysh) are a minority linguistic & religious community in northern Iran & Azerbaijan. Language is an Iranic language; they tend to be Sunni.
Scholars at Risk has flagged challenges they are facing in Azerbaijan.
The Talish (Talysh) are a minority linguistic & religious community in northern Iran & Azerbaijan. Language is an Iranic language; they tend to be Sunni.
Scholars at Risk has flagged challenges they are facing in Azerbaijan.
Not what I expected on BBC Radio 4 this Sunday - Persian-accented Christianity & sometimes in Persian too, but all about Christianity.
یکی ازشان میگند که تعداد مسیحیان درایران در قرن سوم و چهارم میلادی نسبتا بزرگ بوده…
یکی ازشان میگند که تعداد مسیحیان درایران در قرن سوم و چهارم میلادی نسبتا بزرگ بوده…
October 12, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Not what I expected on BBC Radio 4 this Sunday - Persian-accented Christianity & sometimes in Persian too, but all about Christianity.
یکی ازشان میگند که تعداد مسیحیان درایران در قرن سوم و چهارم میلادی نسبتا بزرگ بوده…
یکی ازشان میگند که تعداد مسیحیان درایران در قرن سوم و چهارم میلادی نسبتا بزرگ بوده…
Dunno but wasn’t there many hundreds of years of peace under Ottoman rule? Maybe they should be given another shot…muhteşem beş yüz yıl and all that.
What could go wrong?
Hmmmm….
@heissenstat.bsky.social
@ottomanhistory.bsky.social
What could go wrong?
Hmmmm….
@heissenstat.bsky.social
@ottomanhistory.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Dunno but wasn’t there many hundreds of years of peace under Ottoman rule? Maybe they should be given another shot…muhteşem beş yüz yıl and all that.
What could go wrong?
Hmmmm….
@heissenstat.bsky.social
@ottomanhistory.bsky.social
What could go wrong?
Hmmmm….
@heissenstat.bsky.social
@ottomanhistory.bsky.social
Jellyfish are net zero militants.
September 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Jellyfish are net zero militants.
I’m 60. But I love Googoosh and lots of other stuff, too, like Martik and Haideh. But most of all, I’m 60. Do I risk getting tickets? It’s super close to where I live.
چکار کنم. دیگه؟
چکار کنم. دیگه؟
August 20, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I’m 60. But I love Googoosh and lots of other stuff, too, like Martik and Haideh. But most of all, I’m 60. Do I risk getting tickets? It’s super close to where I live.
چکار کنم. دیگه؟
چکار کنم. دیگه؟
Is Canada charging him to overfly Canada?
August 15, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Is Canada charging him to overfly Canada?
Yes @heissenstat.bsky.social …
یکی بود یکی نبود / غیر از خدای بزرگ هیچکس نبود…
I love this formulation so much.
یکی بود یکی نبود / غیر از خدای بزرگ هیچکس نبود…
I love this formulation so much.
August 14, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Yes @heissenstat.bsky.social …
یکی بود یکی نبود / غیر از خدای بزرگ هیچکس نبود…
I love this formulation so much.
یکی بود یکی نبود / غیر از خدای بزرگ هیچکس نبود…
I love this formulation so much.
North Shore news, North Vancouver. This article on səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) knowledge of kelp uses the name of the language in the article’s text. This seems right to me, in this context. A colonial state should try to do right by the people they occupied & this seems like one thing we can do.
August 14, 2025 at 3:40 AM
North Shore news, North Vancouver. This article on səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) knowledge of kelp uses the name of the language in the article’s text. This seems right to me, in this context. A colonial state should try to do right by the people they occupied & this seems like one thing we can do.
If Scotland can have a unicorn as its national animal, why shouldn’t BC have the Ogopogo?
August 9, 2025 at 7:16 AM
If Scotland can have a unicorn as its national animal, why shouldn’t BC have the Ogopogo?
Amnesty’s Iran Researcher can only emphasise the protection of non-combatants. Civil society is reduced to pleading now, everywhere. Since powerful forces have eroded IHL & IHRL.
June 18, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Amnesty’s Iran Researcher can only emphasise the protection of non-combatants. Civil society is reduced to pleading now, everywhere. Since powerful forces have eroded IHL & IHRL.
The IRGC’s Telegram channel posts locations of US bases in the Gulf. Where next for this conflict?
June 16, 2025 at 11:52 PM
The IRGC’s Telegram channel posts locations of US bases in the Gulf. Where next for this conflict?
The Telegram ‘channel’ for Iran’s Revolutionary Guards has never been quite so active. The ‘Pasdaran Cyber Army’ vaguely tries to tread the line between bravado & believable bluster & reality. All about choosing what you show.
June 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The Telegram ‘channel’ for Iran’s Revolutionary Guards has never been quite so active. The ‘Pasdaran Cyber Army’ vaguely tries to tread the line between bravado & believable bluster & reality. All about choosing what you show.
Hospital in North Vancouver, Canada. Languages? English, Persian, Chinese and Squamish.
June 12, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Hospital in North Vancouver, Canada. Languages? English, Persian, Chinese and Squamish.
Reading a newspaper in Clissold Park, Hackney. 2025. This is what we have become.
May 30, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Reading a newspaper in Clissold Park, Hackney. 2025. This is what we have become.
Kuwait, that paragon of financial probity; of transparency & certainly no corruption, has a state body what speaks out against corruption. Good luck with that. It has amongst the worst reputations on this in the region. That & stripping citizens of nationality.
May 21, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Kuwait, that paragon of financial probity; of transparency & certainly no corruption, has a state body what speaks out against corruption. Good luck with that. It has amongst the worst reputations on this in the region. That & stripping citizens of nationality.
hey @ziyameral.bsky.social I saw this in the RSPB magazine and thought of you…
May 16, 2025 at 7:44 PM
hey @ziyameral.bsky.social I saw this in the RSPB magazine and thought of you…
I love that the Insta feed of Ekrem İmamoğlu today featured former Uruguayan president, José Mujica, who passed away today. Kudos to İmamoğlu’s social media team for the great comments, too. ✊🫡
May 14, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I love that the Insta feed of Ekrem İmamoğlu today featured former Uruguayan president, José Mujica, who passed away today. Kudos to İmamoğlu’s social media team for the great comments, too. ✊🫡
I wonder whether #sociology people here will find this amusing. Sent to me in Meta's FB (sorry). Not sure of its original source.
May 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I wonder whether #sociology people here will find this amusing. Sent to me in Meta's FB (sorry). Not sure of its original source.
Hey @kartikraj.bsky.social on the live NHL feed of the Winnipeg-Dallas playoff hockey game, during the break between the 2nd & 3rd period,the NHL have ‘live’ Zamboni emojis that move around, ‘icing’ the rink. See also emoji at the top, centre. Not cutting social policy, but hey, zambonis.
May 11, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Hey @kartikraj.bsky.social on the live NHL feed of the Winnipeg-Dallas playoff hockey game, during the break between the 2nd & 3rd period,the NHL have ‘live’ Zamboni emojis that move around, ‘icing’ the rink. See also emoji at the top, centre. Not cutting social policy, but hey, zambonis.
In other news…
Me: “Hey Search Engine, Trinidad & Tobago have a macho political culture. What chance do women have to be seen or heard?”
T&T:
Me: “Hey Search Engine, Trinidad & Tobago have a macho political culture. What chance do women have to be seen or heard?”
T&T:
May 1, 2025 at 12:24 PM
In other news…
Me: “Hey Search Engine, Trinidad & Tobago have a macho political culture. What chance do women have to be seen or heard?”
T&T:
Me: “Hey Search Engine, Trinidad & Tobago have a macho political culture. What chance do women have to be seen or heard?”
T&T:
With my finger on Canada’s political pulse, I find myself amongst 2% of voters in North Van-Capilano.
CPC maintained 40+% of the popular vote. Big loser? NDP. Libs will have to take big CPC vote into consideration, but if they get less than 172, it will be tricky.
We need proportional voting.
CPC maintained 40+% of the popular vote. Big loser? NDP. Libs will have to take big CPC vote into consideration, but if they get less than 172, it will be tricky.
We need proportional voting.
April 29, 2025 at 9:11 AM
With my finger on Canada’s political pulse, I find myself amongst 2% of voters in North Van-Capilano.
CPC maintained 40+% of the popular vote. Big loser? NDP. Libs will have to take big CPC vote into consideration, but if they get less than 172, it will be tricky.
We need proportional voting.
CPC maintained 40+% of the popular vote. Big loser? NDP. Libs will have to take big CPC vote into consideration, but if they get less than 172, it will be tricky.
We need proportional voting.
Kurdish people wherever you are! To those gathering in Rojava! Hackney & the Rio Cinema stands with you (see top of sign)
April 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Kurdish people wherever you are! To those gathering in Rojava! Hackney & the Rio Cinema stands with you (see top of sign)
Shout out to a party that will not win a single seat in Canada’s federal election next week. Ah, the nostalgia of a Marxist-Leninist Party (there are communists, too)
April 25, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Shout out to a party that will not win a single seat in Canada’s federal election next week. Ah, the nostalgia of a Marxist-Leninist Party (there are communists, too)
Hello from Hackney, London, to @libro.fm - our local indie, Stoke Newington Bookshop (not on BlueSky) is wonderful. Helped me repeatedly with my non-fiction needs.
April 25, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Hello from Hackney, London, to @libro.fm - our local indie, Stoke Newington Bookshop (not on BlueSky) is wonderful. Helped me repeatedly with my non-fiction needs.