Nevette Bowen

Respect and gratitude for these strong hearts who are stepping forward!

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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.

“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...

Bracing myself…

FYI for any interested Alaskans out there.🎏
Live on KFSK.Org - 6pm Alaska time.

Opinion: The world needs to know about what the storm did to Western Alaska Entire villages face impossible choices to leave the lands their ancestors have called home for thousands of years.

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Dances and songs ring out in support of the Roadless Rule “This is about our rights, our rights as human beings, our land, where we live.”

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Thank you for your reporting Liz!

Earthquake, Bosphorus

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...

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:

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.

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...

Thank you for sharing Aaron. I may have missed it! It is even more scary real than I imagined…🇨🇦🎏🇺🇸

Meanwhile in Alaska…

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.

Petersburg 🎏⚖️

I did!!! You guys crack me up - and I learned a few things 😉

Tuning in from Alaska👋

Trying to stay “cool”

From @timothysnyder.bsky.social , in 2016