Day 1 Fundraiser #Photodump by @natematias.bsky.social during his Everest Roam: biking for 34 hours straight to climb the equivalent elevation of Mount Everest.

🚵🏽‍♂️His goal? To raise funds for Global Voices.

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#KeepGVStrong🌱

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If you want to live in a world where principled truth tellers of curiosity and good will collaborate to knit together our common humanity, then I encourage you to follow along and donate to support my ride next weekend.

Now to stock up on sugar; I expect I'll need at least ten thousand calories!

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The Nepal team's playlist for my ride is special because my respiratory condition makes it unlikely that I can safely face air pollution in the Kathmandu Valley.

By making me a playlist, GV is extending extraordinary digital hospitality, something they do each day in 30+ languages. globalvoices.org

Screenshot from route-planning software that shows a 299 mile bicycle ride near Cayuga Lake and Seneca Lake in New York State, representing 32,100 feet of elevation and over 30 hills.

Challenges like "Everest Roam" inspire people to challenge our physical potential without getting on a plane. But they lose the human connection of travel.

That's why I'm THRILLED that GV's Nepal team is creating a playlist for me to get to know their culture & communities as I ride in central NY!

Fundraiser: Climbing a virtual Everest with the Global Voices Community The ride is raising funds for Global Voices and in support of its mission.

How do you celebrate & support the hard, beautiful work of cultivating understanding across difference?

Next weekend, I'm riding my bicycle up 10k meters of elevation in an "Everest Roam" to support the journalism, translation, & community at @globalvoices.org

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Seeking Human Understanding Across a Fragmented Internet How can our world stay informed & connected when social media has become fragmented, locked in chatrooms, and controlled by billionaires?

How can our world stay informed & connected when social media is now fragmented, locked in chatrooms, & controlled by mercurial billionaires?

One answer is journalism, which is why I'm riding the equivalent of Mount Everest to fundraise for @globalvoices.org

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Donate · Global Voices Support freedom of expression for everyone, everywhere, by donating to Global Voices.

So much of the news these days is about powerful people wantonly destroying useful, beneficial organizations & communities. We need to support the people doing good things for the world. You can take action right now by donating to @globalvoices.org to support independent news and global community.

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Global news you may have missed from the past week, including the doctors' strike in Ethiopia, censorship of Grok and other tech in Turkey; and a mini-pod episode about statelessness and identity in South Africa, plus fantastic book and music recs from the @globalvoices.org community!

No, really, thank you. GV is unique and wonderful and the world needs it to survive

Fluid forms of home: The resilient art of Delbar Shahbaz “As an immigrant and fire survivor, I reflect more deeply on the fragility of home, shifting identity, and the need to care for the environments we depend on.”

“As an immigrant and fire survivor, I reflect more deeply on the fragility of home, shifting identity, and the need to care for the environments we depend on.”

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A generation on the move: how the brain drain is reshaping the Western Balkans Faced with challenges in meeting their academic aspirations, many are drawn to institutions abroad, where they anticipate more advanced curricula, cutting-edge facilities, and greater professional prospects.

Faced with challenges in meeting their academic aspirations, many are drawn to institutions abroad, where they anticipate more advanced curricula, cutting-edge facilities, and greater professional prospects.

$250,000 is a lot of money. But last quarter we had more than 450,000 page views; $1 for each of them- the cost of a fairly old-timey newspaper -would have us more than covered.

If you enjoy our articles, chip in the cost of a coffee, or $10, or $15. Help us to keep offering the coverage you value.

Global Voices has a great story today on Turkey's partial block of Grok.ai. However you feel about Elon's Nazi-loving LLM, this is another example of Turkey blocking all sorts of online content it fears: globalvoices.org/2025/07/14/t...

Local news from around the world Local news from around the world Censorship in Turkey; a doctors' strike in Ethiopia; the latest Where Are You REALLY From? mini-pod, and more! View this email in your browser Local news to a global audience I'm Malka Older, the Executive Director at G...

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Big thanks to all our new donors!! Thank you so much for supporting independent news and community journalism and translation around the world!!
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Donate · Global Voices Support freedom of expression for everyone, everywhere, by donating to Global Voices.

🗣️Today we're launching a campaign to raise $250,000 to keep Global Voices alive and thriving.

👉🏿We’re ad-free, paywall-free, and community-powered — but funding cuts and a tough media landscape are putting us at risk.

#KeepGVStrong🌱
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20 years. 170+ countries. Thousands of volunteers. Millions of voices amplified.
Global Voices needs you now more than ever.
Support independent media. #KeepGVStrong
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Thank you for your support! Thank you for your support! Support Global Voices You can make a difference by supporting local news, analysis, translation, and languages around the world Thank you for your support Dear Readers & Supporters, It's been almost a week since we launched ...

Thank you for your support! Raising awareness of what we're doing helps raise our readership, and broadens our community, but we're still a long way from our fundraising target. If you've been waiting for the right time to give, now would be great. #KeepGVStrong

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Our stories cross borders. Our challenges do, too.
Help Global Voices remain a lifeline for independent media worldwide.
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#KeepGVStrong🌱 with our donation campaign.

Let's make sure the next 20 years of Global Voices are even stronger.

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🇧🇦 Bosnia has the best wifi passwords

For instance at restaurant Anika in Višegrad it is "ihavenoidea."

Enabling pretty funny dialogues between waiters and customers asking for the password.

Guess the movie!

(...and why it's important to watch i t with your kids...)

📍 Bulevar kralja Aleksandra u oba smera

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Where are you going, EU democracy? The dangerous case of Romanian elections Despite being a member of the EU, Romania’s democratic institutions remain vulnerable because of its unresolved past, historical political fragmentation, corruption, and a lack of trust in the system.

The rigging of Romania's elections - with a campaign of 25,000 paid TikTok influencers - offers lessons for what is to come in threats against democracy. #globalvoices

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