Eric rider

।। सत्यमेव जयते ।।

[Eric rider @UPSC011]

@vividvoid In our Promethean hubris,we sculpt nature to our whims, spurning cosmic harmony.This anthropocentric defiance breeds unforeseen suffering.Nature's resilience isn't infinite;our borrowed time ticks away.True wisdom lies in aligning with the universe's grand design,not altering it.

[Saganism @Saganismm]

The effectiveness of propaganda demonstrates one of the chief characteristics of modern masses. They do not believe in anything visible, in the reality of their own experience; they do not trust their eyes and ears but only their imaginations, which may be caught by anything that is at once universal and consistent in itself. What convinces masses are not facts, and not even invented facts, but only the consistency of the system of which they are presumably part.

— Hannah Arendt

[Bodpa Warriors @BodpaW]

Tibet did not become “Xizang.” That name is being promoted by the Chinese state.

For many Tibetans, “Xizang” is not a neutral term. It is a part of a deliberate colonial language project tied to broader policies aimed at reshaping how Tibet is understood and gradually weakening Tibetan identity. When names change, maps change.

When language changes, memory changes. Alongside pressure on education, culture, religion, and public life, many Tibetans fear this is part of a wider effort to systematically erase Tibet as a distinct historical and cultural nation and recast it only through the lens of the Chinese state.

Tibet is Tibet. Stand with Tibet. Reject erasure.

#FreeTibet #Tibet #TibetNotXizang #StandWithTibet #HumanRights #NoToEthnicUnityLaw #LanguageRights #CulturalRights #DecolonizeTibet #SaveTibet

[Council on Foreign Relations @CFR_org]

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is poised to use the NATO summit in Anakara on July 7–8 to burnish his own credentials as a global power broker—and to signal his increasingly absolute power domestically, argues expert @hbarkey.

Erdoğan "intends to present himself as 'the indispensable ally' to Europeans and a valued friend to the U.S. president," writes Barkey.

"From almost the beginning of his rule in 2003, [Erdoğan] has envisioned a global role for himself, and at a time beset by conflict and uncertainty, he clearly believes his moment has come. His real goal is to legitimize his worldview and undemocratic rule, and to make the prolongation of his already drawn-out reign appear natural," he writes.

[Eric rider @UPSC011]

What it will not be remembered for is honesty about the city in which it met. The alliance defends democracy. The summit is hosted by a government dismantling it. The communiqué will not mention the distance between those two facts...

[Eric rider @UPSC011]

Thirty-two democracies. One summit. One uncomfortable contradiction. NATO meets in Ankara on July 7 to champion democratic values, hosted by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, whose government riot-police-raided the headquarters of Turkey's oldest opposition party weeks earlier,

[Reuters @Reuters]

Five years ago, the West risked a full-blown diplomatic crisis with NATO ally Turkey when 10 ambassadors called for the release of a man they saw as a political prisoner, prompting an angry President Tayyip Erdogan to order their expulsion.

Since then, the West has mostly avoided publicly raising concerns about Turkey's record on rights and freedoms, instead focusing on boosting security ties with the regional military power and big arms exporter https://t.co/M3Yd9ZQ4Ol

[Eric rider @UPSC011]

Bottom line: If Ankara 2026 produces measurable progress - greater alliance cohesion, credible implementation of defence commitments, strengthened deterrence - it may be remembered as one of the defining NATO meetings of this decade.