Nevette Bowen
@nevette.bsky.social
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“In Istanbul, you often find birdhouses on the qibla walls of mosques so the sound of birds becomes associated with the sound of prayer, with both human voices and birds' voices fluttering up to the sky”. @jenhattam.bsky.social on Istanbul’s architectural birdhouses. www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
Turkey's ornate Ottoman-era 'bird palaces'
Many of Istanbul's visitors are unaware that the city is home to half-a-millennium-old stone-carved bird houses that reflect the Ottomans' reverence for the animals.
www.bbc.com
December 20, 2025 at 9:12 AM
“In Istanbul, you often find birdhouses on the qibla walls of mosques so the sound of birds becomes associated with the sound of prayer, with both human voices and birds' voices fluttering up to the sky”. @jenhattam.bsky.social on Istanbul’s architectural birdhouses. www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
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Typhoon disaster in Western Alaska raises questions around the region’s future, reports Yereth Rosen for the @alaskabeacon.com
Typhoon disaster in Western Alaska raises questions around the region’s future | Alaska Beacon
Climate change forces are combining to make the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta especially vulnerable and possibly unable to support residents.
alaskabeacon.com
October 18, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Palantir’s Gotham platform lets the government weave together driving records, police reports, even social media — creating powerful maps of people’s lives.
Critics warn it’s surveillance by algorithm, with little public oversight.
Critics warn it’s surveillance by algorithm, with little public oversight.
When the government can see everything: How one company – Palantir – is mapping the nation’s data
Government agencies are contracting with Palantir to correlate disparate pieces of data, promising efficiency but raising civil liberties concerns.
buff.ly
August 28, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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Earthquake, Bosphorus
April 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Earthquake, Bosphorus
"By February, staff were locked out. Phone lines dead. HIV treatments in Africa halted. Food relief suspended in Haiti. Contracts canceled. The message wasn’t subtle: this government no longer builds; it erases."
"[T]he test? Whether you can eliminate a congressionally mandated agency, cancel lifesaving programs midstream, fire thousands of public servants, and reassign global health responsibilities to a shell office down the hall—and get away with it.
So far, they are."
So far, they are."
April 22, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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When traditional avenues of dissent are denied, communities turn to more artistic and symbolic forms of resistance to express their political grievances.
@emilyricejohnson.bsky.social reports with comments from protesters, Işıl Eğrıkavuk and @liselhintz.bsky.social:
@emilyricejohnson.bsky.social reports with comments from protesters, Işıl Eğrıkavuk and @liselhintz.bsky.social:
Art of the protest: How political unrest drives creativity in Turkey, past and present
İSTANBUL — Two weeks after protests erupted in Turkey, a mixed crowd of millennials and Gen-Zers gathered in Kadıköy, awaiting the arrival of Davide Martello, the legendary ‘Piano Man’ who played duri...
www.turkeyrecap.com
April 8, 2025 at 12:17 PM
When traditional avenues of dissent are denied, communities turn to more artistic and symbolic forms of resistance to express their political grievances.
@emilyricejohnson.bsky.social reports with comments from protesters, Işıl Eğrıkavuk and @liselhintz.bsky.social:
@emilyricejohnson.bsky.social reports with comments from protesters, Işıl Eğrıkavuk and @liselhintz.bsky.social:
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Yukon to cancel Musk’s Starlink, Tesla in retaliation for American tariffs, reports James Brooks, @alaska.bsky.social, of @alaskabeacon.com: alaskabeacon.com/briefs/yukon...
Yukon to cancel Musk’s Starlink, Tesla in retaliation for American tariffs • Alaska Beacon
Rather than affect neighboring Alaska, the Yukon is going after a key adviser to President Donald Trump as it retaliates for tariffs.
alaskabeacon.com
April 4, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Yukon to cancel Musk’s Starlink, Tesla in retaliation for American tariffs, reports James Brooks, @alaska.bsky.social, of @alaskabeacon.com: alaskabeacon.com/briefs/yukon...
Meanwhile in Alaska…
March 1, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Meanwhile in Alaska…
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The root that tears apart your foundation begins as a seed of distrust, hate, and blame.
The seed that grew into a dictatorship in Europe didn’t arrive overnight.
It started with everyday Germans mad about inflation and looking for someone to blame.
The seed that grew into a dictatorship in Europe didn’t arrive overnight.
It started with everyday Germans mad about inflation and looking for someone to blame.
February 19, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The root that tears apart your foundation begins as a seed of distrust, hate, and blame.
The seed that grew into a dictatorship in Europe didn’t arrive overnight.
It started with everyday Germans mad about inflation and looking for someone to blame.
The seed that grew into a dictatorship in Europe didn’t arrive overnight.
It started with everyday Germans mad about inflation and looking for someone to blame.
Trying to stay “cool”
November 18, 2024 at 3:32 AM
Trying to stay “cool”
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From @timothysnyder.bsky.social , in 2016
November 9, 2024 at 6:26 PM
From @timothysnyder.bsky.social , in 2016