Helen Sikavitsa
@elenischool.bsky.social
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Resources for #language teaching by a #teacher of English living/working in Greece, dancer at heart, art & book lover, keen on photography & traveling as well.
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Out of our tangled entrails' darkest woods
let's bring to light all justice, kindness, joy,
all those wild birds that built their far nests there,
and though they never appear, may that hot kiln
of the inner earth burn on unceasingly!
#NikosKazantzakis to #DonQuixote #Greek #Literature #Inspiration
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newyorker.com
The cover of this week’s issue is “Winds of Change,” by Brian Stauffer. See what’s inside:
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theatlantic.com
María Corina Machado deserves the Nobel Peace Prize she won, Anne Applebaum argues. Here’s what her conversations with Machado last year revealed:
Why María Corina Machado Deserved the Nobel Peace Prize
The Venezuelan opposition leader shows why participation matters.
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"Despite serious threats against her life, she has remained in the country, a choice that has inspired millions. When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognise courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist.” #NobelPeacePrize2025 🕊️ #MariaCorinaMachado ✌️ #DemocracyActivist #NoKings
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financialtimes.com
Breaking news: María Corina Machado has been awarded the prize for ‘keeping the flame of democracy burning amidst a growing darkness’ . The win dashes the hopes of US President Donald Trump. on.ft.com/4ocHAKY
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theatlantic.com
“To master a foreign language is to embrace an odyssey far from the comforts of your mother tongue,” Álex Maroño Porto reflects on linguistic duality through history in this week’s Time-Travel Thursdays.
Writing, Thinking, and Falling In Love in Another Language
I became a different person after learning English.
bit.ly
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Ms Bondi says she's working to restore public faith in the system & end "the weaponisation of government". No matter what you’re going through in life right now @filosia.bsky.social 🐬 be grateful you aren't in the same room as Pam Bondi talking to U 😜 #UnitedBlue 💙 #Resist #PamBondi #Trump's morons
What I Learned By Watching Every Pam Bondi Speech
The Trump loyalist is a new kind of attorney general.
www.politico.com
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This one's for all the parents who have told me they're going through hell trying to find Covid vaccines for their children: It's not just you! Gift link:
Seeking Covid Shots for Their Children, Some Parents Hit a Wall
www.nytimes.com
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“What’s the secret? Why do you wanna keep this secret so the American people don’t know the rationale behind the deployment of National Guard troops in my state?"

This set Bondi off. trib.al/y5Y8FGn
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filosia.bsky.social
Clearly she no longer feels the needs to put on a mask of "respectfulness", like she did in her confirmation hearing. She now feels in power and under Trump's protection and treats the Democratic Senators as poo on her shoe.

This "AG" is as disgraceful as the felon in chief! 🤡💩

#PamBondi #hearing
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Americans’ Trust in Media Hit a Record Low This Week. Only Public Media Can Restore It. rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/trust-i... #Americans #MediaTrust #DemocraticGovernance #FreedomOfSpeech #Democracy 📸the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine #EinsteinQuote so apt especially now.
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En Grèce, les enquêtes du Parquet européen sur la corruption fragilisent le gouvernement Mitsotakis #Grèce #Corruption #LauraKövesi #JusticeEuropéenne #Enquêtes #Transparence #KyriakosMitsotakis #Gouvernement #AffairesPubliques #ParquetEuropéen
En Grèce, les enquêtes du parquet européen sur de grosses affaires de corruption embarrassent le gouvernement conservateur
En visite à Athènes, Laura Kövesi, cheffe du parquet européen, qui supervise trois enquêtes, a affirmé avoir subi des « tentatives d’intimidation ».
www.lemonde.fr
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New findings by researchers at the #UniversityofHelsinki highlight the importance of education in preventing memory disorders and provide new information on why some people maintain good cognitive function despite their advanced age www.helsinki.fi/en/news/brai... #EduMatters #Age #Memory #Cognition
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JUST IN: Jane Goodall, primatologist who transformed our understanding of the lives of apes, has died, according to an announcement from the Jane Goodall Institute.
Jane Goodall, legendary primatologist, has died at age 91
Jane Goodall, primatologist who transformed our understanding of the lives of apes, has died, according to an announcement from the Jane Goodall Institute.
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Rest in Power #JaneGoodall 🙏 Your fight goes on! ✌️
filosia.bsky.social
What a woman!
I'll always remember this heartwarming goodbye hug when she brought the chimp back to his home in the jungle.

May you rest in peace, Jane Goodall 💔

#RIPjaneGoodall
elenischool.bsky.social
"Et maintenant, au cœur de la nuit, comme un veilleur, il découvre que la nuit montre l'homme: ces appels, ces lumières, cette inquiétude." Saint-Exupéry, Vol de nuit
📸magnifique coucher du soleil à Thessalonique #regards #thessalonique #skg #pause avec @metafrasis.bsky.social @filosia.bsky.social
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When escalators & democracy worked for America.
📸 President Obama at the United Nations in 2015 with @alexanderca.bsky.social 🌻 @filosia.bsky.social 🐬 #UnitedBlue 💙 #Democracy #We #WeThePeople #WeShallOvercome #YesWeCan #ObamaValues #America
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"Just the two of us" gives STUPID a whole new meaning 😝 #ConvictedFelon #DonaldTrump #Unqualified #PeteHegseth #ShowmenOfWar #MakeUp with @filosia.bsky.social 🐬 #UnitedBlue #LaughOfTheDay 😅
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Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.

Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
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Aguilar on the Hegseth/Trump speeches yesterday: "If Republicans can't speak out against what they heard him say, then what are we doing here?"