Taylor Heyman
@taylorheyman.bsky.social
Journalist and founder of award-winning positive newsletter Beshara @thenationalnews.com
It's Beshara day, when I share the most positive and uplifting stories from around the Middle East this week. I've got a load of wonderful and inspiring stuff for you...
January 10, 2025 at 12:06 PM
It's Beshara day, when I share the most positive and uplifting stories from around the Middle East this week. I've got a load of wonderful and inspiring stuff for you...
When might Syria's flag emoji be changed to the banner of the revolution? Lots of people were asking Unicode, which creates the code behind new emojis, that question this week. But it's actually individual operating systems that will need to change it, and it could take a while tinyurl.com/2vnhpswx
Push to change Syria flag emoji may take time | The National
Unicode Consortium says details of emoji design are up to device manufacturers
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December 18, 2024 at 10:43 AM
When might Syria's flag emoji be changed to the banner of the revolution? Lots of people were asking Unicode, which creates the code behind new emojis, that question this week. But it's actually individual operating systems that will need to change it, and it could take a while tinyurl.com/2vnhpswx
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Cotton-and-squid-bone sponge can soak up 99.9% of microplastics, scientists say
Cotton-and-squid-bone sponge can soak up 99.9% of microplastics, scientists say
Filter performs well in removing plastic pollution from water and Chinese researchers say it appears to be scalable
A sponge made of cotton and squid bone that has absorbed about 99.9% of microplastics in water samples in China could provide an elusive…
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December 10, 2024 at 12:16 PM
Cotton-and-squid-bone sponge can soak up 99.9% of microplastics, scientists say
Our team @thenationalnews.com are on the ground in Syria covering the fall of the Assad regime. I'd like to share some of their important work, starting with this from Nada Maucourant Atallah, Nada Homsi and Danny Makki on the first hours in Damascus www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...
‘Welcome to Free Syria’: jubilant Damascus residents grapple with uncertainty | The National
Syrian border checkpoint with Lebanon abandoned
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December 10, 2024 at 11:47 AM
Our team @thenationalnews.com are on the ground in Syria covering the fall of the Assad regime. I'd like to share some of their important work, starting with this from Nada Maucourant Atallah, Nada Homsi and Danny Makki on the first hours in Damascus www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...
Reposted by Taylor Heyman
“Welcome to free Syria, at last!” said Syrian Mohamad, who was among many celebrating the end of decades of Assad family rule. “After decades of massacres and chemical attacks, we finally have our country back," he said amid uncertainty over what comes next for the country.
‘Welcome to Free Syria’: jubilant Damascus residents grapple with uncertainty | The National
Syrian border checkpoint with Lebanon, once heavily controlled, now abandoned
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December 9, 2024 at 7:42 AM
“Welcome to free Syria, at last!” said Syrian Mohamad, who was among many celebrating the end of decades of Assad family rule. “After decades of massacres and chemical attacks, we finally have our country back," he said amid uncertainty over what comes next for the country.
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I'm once again asking for a show where a librarian, a bookseller, and a carpenter travel around helping people manage their out-of-control book collections. Discuss their sentimental value, their rarity, their histories, then build amazing book nooks and shelves and little libraries to organize them
December 8, 2024 at 2:18 PM
I'm once again asking for a show where a librarian, a bookseller, and a carpenter travel around helping people manage their out-of-control book collections. Discuss their sentimental value, their rarity, their histories, then build amazing book nooks and shelves and little libraries to organize them
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The West Bank villages wiped off the map by Israeli settler violence - https://www.972mag.com/west-bank-villages-israeli-settler-violence/
The West Bank villages wiped off the map by Israeli settler violence
Since October 7, over 50 rural Palestinian communities have been forced to abandon their homes amid intensifying settler attacks and harassment.
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December 4, 2024 at 3:17 PM
The West Bank villages wiped off the map by Israeli settler violence - https://www.972mag.com/west-bank-villages-israeli-settler-violence/
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#Syrian rebels launched their military offensive after long-term inertia from #Damascus in political talks, despite openness to the process from #Assad ally #Russia, opposition officials & diplomats told me www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...
Syria's rebel offensive fuelled by diplomatic dead end, senior opposition figures say | The National
Failure of political transition paved way for assault after year of stalemate
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December 3, 2024 at 3:59 PM
#Syrian rebels launched their military offensive after long-term inertia from #Damascus in political talks, despite openness to the process from #Assad ally #Russia, opposition officials & diplomats told me www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...
Feeling like all the bad news is getting too much? I'd like to offer a little respite in my newsletter, Beshara. It brings together positive stories and solutions journalism from around the region and beyond. You can read this week's edition and sign up here: www.thenationalnews.com/newsletters/...
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December 4, 2024 at 2:54 PM
Feeling like all the bad news is getting too much? I'd like to offer a little respite in my newsletter, Beshara. It brings together positive stories and solutions journalism from around the region and beyond. You can read this week's edition and sign up here: www.thenationalnews.com/newsletters/...
Well here we are! I've not engaged in public social media for a while, but ready to take the plunge again. What are your favourite parts of Bluesky and who should I be following?
December 4, 2024 at 2:38 PM
Well here we are! I've not engaged in public social media for a while, but ready to take the plunge again. What are your favourite parts of Bluesky and who should I be following?