Bea
@upebea.bsky.social
Sufism. Ukraine. Baltics. Linguistics. Big History. Opera. UFOs.
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🌹 Ottoman Sufi Music ♫♫♫
November 28, 2025 at 3:51 PM
🌹 Ottoman Sufi Music ♫♫♫
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My choice for the Nobel Peace Prize this year:
Chef José Andrés and the World Central Kitchen.
Chef José Andrés and the World Central Kitchen.
October 9, 2025 at 2:02 PM
My choice for the Nobel Peace Prize this year:
Chef José Andrés and the World Central Kitchen.
Chef José Andrés and the World Central Kitchen.
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“The aggressor is always peace-loving … he would prefer to take over our country unopposed.”
—Carl von Clausewitz
—Carl von Clausewitz
August 16, 2025 at 2:22 PM
“The aggressor is always peace-loving … he would prefer to take over our country unopposed.”
—Carl von Clausewitz
—Carl von Clausewitz
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There is no universe in which this is defensible.
BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
August 10, 2025 at 11:45 PM
There is no universe in which this is defensible.
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For a medieval monastic chronicler, a headline to die for
August 2, 2025 at 7:19 PM
For a medieval monastic chronicler, a headline to die for
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“If Trump can so much bad in such a small amount of time, why can’t we do so much good? Now is the time for us to be impatient, too.”
May 31, 2025 at 12:49 AM
“If Trump can so much bad in such a small amount of time, why can’t we do so much good? Now is the time for us to be impatient, too.”
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Happy International Day of the Potato! A Latvian phrase similar to “liar, liar, pants on fire” is the rhyming melis, melis, kartupelis. It means “liar, liar, potato!”
Read on for more international idioms (and some rehashed jokes) about potatoes (a thread)…
Read on for more international idioms (and some rehashed jokes) about potatoes (a thread)…
May 30, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Happy International Day of the Potato! A Latvian phrase similar to “liar, liar, pants on fire” is the rhyming melis, melis, kartupelis. It means “liar, liar, potato!”
Read on for more international idioms (and some rehashed jokes) about potatoes (a thread)…
Read on for more international idioms (and some rehashed jokes) about potatoes (a thread)…
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". . . that innate desire of unfoldment."
An opportunity to study this text with Pir Zia Inayat Khan is ongoing. Join the sessions, with daily practices and readings from
this text.
inayatiyya.org/event/the-al...
An opportunity to study this text with Pir Zia Inayat Khan is ongoing. Join the sessions, with daily practices and readings from
this text.
inayatiyya.org/event/the-al...
May 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
". . . that innate desire of unfoldment."
An opportunity to study this text with Pir Zia Inayat Khan is ongoing. Join the sessions, with daily practices and readings from
this text.
inayatiyya.org/event/the-al...
An opportunity to study this text with Pir Zia Inayat Khan is ongoing. Join the sessions, with daily practices and readings from
this text.
inayatiyya.org/event/the-al...
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Mark Carney meets American carny
May 6, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Mark Carney meets American carny
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🧵 THREAD: A federal whistleblower just dropped one of the most disturbing cybersecurity disclosures I’ve ever read.
He's saying DOGE came in, data went out, and Russians started attempting logins with new valid DOGE passwords
Media's coverage wasn't detailed enough so I dug into his testimony:
He's saying DOGE came in, data went out, and Russians started attempting logins with new valid DOGE passwords
Media's coverage wasn't detailed enough so I dug into his testimony:
April 18, 2025 at 12:10 AM
🧵 THREAD: A federal whistleblower just dropped one of the most disturbing cybersecurity disclosures I’ve ever read.
He's saying DOGE came in, data went out, and Russians started attempting logins with new valid DOGE passwords
Media's coverage wasn't detailed enough so I dug into his testimony:
He's saying DOGE came in, data went out, and Russians started attempting logins with new valid DOGE passwords
Media's coverage wasn't detailed enough so I dug into his testimony:
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They’re going to keep pushing until something stops them.
Deeply concerning: US citizen lawyer getting detained and his phone searched on reentering the U.S. at Customs. www.freep.com/story/news/l...
Lawyer for U-M protester detained at airport after spring break trip with family
Dearborn lawyer says feds tried to seize his cellphone at Detroit Metro Airport as he returned from spring break trip with his family.
www.freep.com
April 8, 2025 at 1:50 AM
They’re going to keep pushing until something stops them.
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Le Monde reporting that a French scientist traveling to Houston to attend a conference was denied entry to US after a search of his phone & computer revealed messages critical of Trump's science cuts, "which [says CPB] conveyed hatred of Trump & could be qualified as terrorism". Computer confiscated
March 19, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Le Monde reporting that a French scientist traveling to Houston to attend a conference was denied entry to US after a search of his phone & computer revealed messages critical of Trump's science cuts, "which [says CPB] conveyed hatred of Trump & could be qualified as terrorism". Computer confiscated
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A strong statement from the head of Voice of America, who points out that Trump‘s move to silence this important journalistic entity will help the tyrannical governments of Russia, China, Iran, and other repressive states. This is not America First; this is the abandonment of democracy.
March 16, 2025 at 3:07 AM
A strong statement from the head of Voice of America, who points out that Trump‘s move to silence this important journalistic entity will help the tyrannical governments of Russia, China, Iran, and other repressive states. This is not America First; this is the abandonment of democracy.
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‘Tapwe: Songs of Truth,’ by Cree composer Andrew Balfour will NOT be on the Carnegie Hall program this Saturday evening because apparently Indigenous composers are viewed as a security threat and Balfour was held for hours then refused entry to the States yesterday.
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March 13, 2025 at 10:08 PM
‘Tapwe: Songs of Truth,’ by Cree composer Andrew Balfour will NOT be on the Carnegie Hall program this Saturday evening because apparently Indigenous composers are viewed as a security threat and Balfour was held for hours then refused entry to the States yesterday.
slippedisc.com/2025/03/a-ca...
slippedisc.com/2025/03/a-ca...
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"Washington has become the court of Nero, an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers, and a jester high on ketamine in charge of purging the civil service.
This is a tragedy for the free world, but it is first and foremost a tragedy for the United States."
This is a tragedy for the free world, but it is first and foremost a tragedy for the United States."
March 6, 2025 at 3:12 PM
"Washington has become the court of Nero, an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers, and a jester high on ketamine in charge of purging the civil service.
This is a tragedy for the free world, but it is first and foremost a tragedy for the United States."
This is a tragedy for the free world, but it is first and foremost a tragedy for the United States."
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@mcfaulmike.bsky.social: “Trump, Vance & others either have forgotten or never knew that Zelensky signed a ceasefire agreement with Putin in 2019. Three years later, Putin launched his full-scale invasion. So, signing another ceasefire with no security guarantees feels like suicide for Ukrainians.”
March 2, 2025 at 5:43 PM
@mcfaulmike.bsky.social: “Trump, Vance & others either have forgotten or never knew that Zelensky signed a ceasefire agreement with Putin in 2019. Three years later, Putin launched his full-scale invasion. So, signing another ceasefire with no security guarantees feels like suicide for Ukrainians.”
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One of Norway's largest fuel companies just announced that they will no longer refuel US Navy vessels after Trump’s treatment of Zelenskyy.
“It made us sick... We encourage all Norwegians and Europeans to follow our example.”
“It made us sick... We encourage all Norwegians and Europeans to follow our example.”
March 1, 2025 at 7:47 PM
One of Norway's largest fuel companies just announced that they will no longer refuel US Navy vessels after Trump’s treatment of Zelenskyy.
“It made us sick... We encourage all Norwegians and Europeans to follow our example.”
“It made us sick... We encourage all Norwegians and Europeans to follow our example.”
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I posted this on my LinkedIn with a simple illustration of the White House: Famous political campaign message from the US and the UK: “Elect a clown, expect a circus”. It was banned by the Microsoft-owned, Trump-funding LinkedIn.
March 1, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I posted this on my LinkedIn with a simple illustration of the White House: Famous political campaign message from the US and the UK: “Elect a clown, expect a circus”. It was banned by the Microsoft-owned, Trump-funding LinkedIn.
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Today is a reminder of Zelensky's superhuman stamina and strength. He deflected deeply unfair vile attacks in his 3rd language and kept it together while two bullies threatened his country's existence and repeated the tired but infuriating propaganda tropes of the aggressor.
February 28, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Today is a reminder of Zelensky's superhuman stamina and strength. He deflected deeply unfair vile attacks in his 3rd language and kept it together while two bullies threatened his country's existence and repeated the tired but infuriating propaganda tropes of the aggressor.
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“The balance in life lies in being as fine as a thread and as strong as a steel wire.”
—Hazrat Inayat Khan
from chapter “Reaction” in The Alchemy of Happiness
sulukpress.com/books/the-al...
#sufism #balance #innerstrength
Image from The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Detail from 2022.171
—Hazrat Inayat Khan
from chapter “Reaction” in The Alchemy of Happiness
sulukpress.com/books/the-al...
#sufism #balance #innerstrength
Image from The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Detail from 2022.171
January 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
“The balance in life lies in being as fine as a thread and as strong as a steel wire.”
—Hazrat Inayat Khan
from chapter “Reaction” in The Alchemy of Happiness
sulukpress.com/books/the-al...
#sufism #balance #innerstrength
Image from The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Detail from 2022.171
—Hazrat Inayat Khan
from chapter “Reaction” in The Alchemy of Happiness
sulukpress.com/books/the-al...
#sufism #balance #innerstrength
Image from The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Detail from 2022.171
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"We are attempting to survive our time, so we may live into yours."
July 14, 2024 at 3:30 AM
"We are attempting to survive our time, so we may live into yours."
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The Pope beclowns himself every time he opens his mouth abt the Ru-Ukrainian war. First, most neighbourly counties share similarities. Second, the war isn't caused by a misunderstanding between two well-meaning sides! It's caused by russia wanting to erase Ukraine. No "understanding" is possible.
⚡️ Pope Francis prayed for both Ukrainians and Russians.
💬 "They are brothers, cousins. Let them come to an understanding! War is always a defeat. Peace to the whole world!"
💬 "They are brothers, cousins. Let them come to an understanding! War is always a defeat. Peace to the whole world!"
December 15, 2024 at 10:20 PM
The Pope beclowns himself every time he opens his mouth abt the Ru-Ukrainian war. First, most neighbourly counties share similarities. Second, the war isn't caused by a misunderstanding between two well-meaning sides! It's caused by russia wanting to erase Ukraine. No "understanding" is possible.