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Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

Paloma

De malinha pronta

Photo : Filipa Moreira da Cruz

Sweet paloma
Has lost her wings
And her own heart is into pieces
The sky is no longer blue
Even the wind has gone away
Broken dreams
The whole world is against her
But she keeps struggling
Every day
Silence is a strength
Joy can be found through darkness
No time for regrets
No space for sadness
Fly paloma
One day you will be high.

Filipa Moreira da Cruz

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Turkish Tuesdays: Sihirli Annem (My Magical Mother), other characters

Context, Thought, and Learning: ShiraDest Offers Project Do Better

I know many will like one of the favorite characters of this show:   sihirli_annem_logosu Little orphan Strawberry!!   Ok, her name is actually Çilek, which means strawberry, in Turkish -one look at her hair and you’ll know why!

Cilek

Another important character is Firuze :  She is the housekeeper for the family, but much more than that, she is a stabilizing force for the kids, and also a connection to a world that they would otherwise have little direct connection with -the working class world.

Then, there is the Turkish equivalent of Bewitched subplot, with magical (usually bumblingly) mother-in-law Dudu Dudu interfering in everyone’s lives, mostly not for the best, until forced to do so.

Main chars were mentioned last week, along with an explanation of this wonderful family show.

So, next week I hope to start reviewing this series, at last!

Action Items:

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What people get wrong about EVs

Darcy Hitchcock

While the adoption of electric vehicles is increasing, some people, even those who want to get one, are held back. They say they can’t find one that meets their needs. But people often overestimate what they need their next car to do.

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Herzberz and his colleagues conducted their study, published last week in the journal Nature Energy, by contacting almost 900 people split roughly evenly between Germany and the U.S. about their perception of EVs. They asked each person how often they make trips of different distances, and then asked them how much mileage they thought they’d need from an EV battery to complete each task. The researchers found that respondents significantly underestimated – by as much as 30 percent – how many of their daily tasks an EV could support.

Respondents significantly underestimated – by as much as 30 percent – how…

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A Few Thoughts From My Rambling Mind

Filosofa's Word

I never thought I would see the day that I considered this nation to be anti-humanitarian, a nation that cares more for wealth than for people, but today I believe we have reached that stage in the development … or rather un-development … of the country.  We can no longer hold our heads up proudly and say, “I am a U.S. citizen”, or as some would say, “I am an American.”  Nothing to take pride in there, thanks largely to fanaticism – gun fanatics, religious fanatics, and wealth fanatics for whom billions of dollars is still not enough.

Literally the only thing that matters to Republican members of Congress today is re-election.  When I read that Republicans running for re-election in states or districts where the majority voted for Democrats in 2020 refuse to comment on the outcome of the Dobbs v Jackson decision, then I think…

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♫ You’ll Think Of Me ♫

Filosofa's Word

For some reason, this song flew onto my radar last night and I was surprised to find that I had never played it here on Filosofa’s Word before.  I’m not a fan of country music, with a few exceptions, but this song is what they call a ‘crossover’ song, having charted in three catagories:  #1 Country, #2 Adult Contemporary, and #6 Adult Top 40.

Written by Darrell Brown, Dennis Matkosky and Ty Lacy, the song grew out of Lacy’s emotions surrounding a recent breakup.  According to SongFacts …

Matkosky said the original demo (sung by Ty Lacy) sounded almost like a Peter Gabriel song. When Darrell Brown brought the song to Urban, he didn’t actually play him the demo but showed him the chords and the feel, which ultimately helped the singer make it his own. “That was an anomaly of usually how it happens,” Matkosky told Songcraft. “I mean…

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Türkiye unblocks way towards Finnish and Swedish Nato membership – The Sofia Globe

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Türkiye – the new official name of Turkey, President Sauli Niinistö of Finland and Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson of Sweden met in Madrid on June 28, agreeing on a deal paving the way for Finland and Sweden’s Nato membership, the Alliance said in a statement.

The memorandum was signed by the foreign ministers of the three countries – Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu of Türkiye, Pekka Haavisto of Finland, and Ann Linde of Sweden – in the presence of all three national leaders, and Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.

Stoltenberg said: “I strongly welcome the signing of this trilateral memorandum, and I strongly welcome the constructive approach all three countries have shown during the negotiations.

 

Source: Türkiye unblocks way towards Finnish and Swedish Nato membership – The Sofia Globe