a statement by 36+ mayors of European cities, incl. #Paris & #Berlin:

"...We, European mayors, condemn in the strongest possible terms the arrest of our colleague Ekrem Imamoğlu, Mayor of #Istanbul, and of local elected representatives in #Turkey.

We denounce his arbitrary imprisonment and... the repeated attacks on fundamental rights and municipal freedoms. These arrests ... mark a new stage in the violation of democratic principles in Turkey..."

#democracy, #Europe

https://eurocities.eu/latest/mayors-voice-support-for-ekrem-imamoglu/

Hello #Fediverse,
anybody know a good non-US alternative to pixels.com … the art/ photography print-on-demand company ?

“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death.”

MLK, 1967 #BlackHistoryMonth

👇🏽

https://www.cityheightscdc.org/stories/mlk-quotes-too-radical-to-be-white-washed

via @ike_seblon 🙏🏽 &
@breadandcircuses

“..I can report confidently that the anti-Trump/Musk response is well underway.

It’s helpful to think of the response as falling into 4 distinct yet sometimes overlapping categories, each with increasing urgency. These responses include the personal, the political, the legal and the popular.

Once we place a response into one of the categories, it’s far easier to assess whether it is serving its intended purpose..”

From: @jaykuo
https://universeodon.com/@jaykuo/113941456781110165

#GoodNews 👇🏾

"...In the foothills of the Himalayas, a village in Kashmir, India, installed a 2-metre-tall #WaterWheel designed by researchers at the Technical University of Munich...

Waterwheels, efficient and environmentally friendly, are being used globally...As electricity prices rise, waterwheels are gaining interest for their potential to power homes, businesses, and irrigation systems, contributing to energy independence and #sustainability...."

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/17/how-climate-friendly-waterwheels-are-coming-around-again?

this is just amazing 👇🏽

#mustwatch, #nature, #museum

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGaTKp0h4Qk

battling the #ClimateCrisis, one balcony at the time …

From: @glynmoody
https://mastodon.social/@glynmoody/113674648967534760

@tchambers

done ✅
https://givebutter.com/iftas

#reminder
how to explain #Mastodon in 180 seconds 👇🏾

https://tilvids.com/w/f747058d-3991-4046-a1c9-29c184daa0ff

"Actual happiness always looks pretty squalid in comparison with the overcompensations for misery. And, of course, stability isn’t nearly so spectacular as instability. And being contented has none of the glamour of a good fight against misfortune, none of the picturesqueness of a struggle with temptation, or a fatal overthrow by passion or doubt. Happiness is never grand.”

#theartofhappiness, #wordsofwisdom, #literature, #quotes, #happiness, @bookstodon@a.gup.pe

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

“…They always say, I don’t know if you know. Lincoln was horribly treated. Uh, Jefferson was pretty horribly. Andrew Jackson they say was the worst of all, that he was treated worse than any other president. I said, ‘Do that study again, because I think there’s nobody close to Trump.’ I even got shot! And who the hell knows where that came from, right?…”

From: @uspolitics
https://mastodon.social/@uspolitics/113074709651254027

@BeAware

I add the #twitter hashtag to this post about the #TwitterExodus 👇🏽 , so #TwitterMigrants can find it easier …

😬

incredible grassroots fundraising to save #democracy in the #USA continues here on the #OpenWeb 👇🏽

#MastodonForHarris

From: @heidilifeldman
https://mastodon.social/@heidilifeldman/112848922502057063

5 vs 5.000.000.000 !

"...The world’s five richest men have more than doubled their fortunes to $869bn (£681.5bn) since 2020, while the world’s poorest 60% – almost 5 billion people – have lost money. ..."

€ 793.662.914.000,00

https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2024/jan/15/worlds-five-richest-men-double-their-money-as-poorest-get-poorer

#TaxTheSuperRich

yes, #history in the making & the news are impressive - but still, in the scope of #earth time - all the buzz calms down a little…

From: @dscovr_epic
https://botsin.space/@dscovr_epic/112826294157256515

donated a free printer with extra service …

#goodNews

#Vote ! #Europe 🇪🇺

anybody knows, what this #street marking on a #sidewalk in #Japan stands for ?

#StreetMarkings, #StreetSigns, #travel

almost exactly 5 years after the NotreDame fire in Paris, the historic #StockExchange in #Copenhagen is on fire - a national cultural treasure & important #CulturalHeritage in #Denmark

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/apr/16/europe-live-fire-copenhagen-old-stock-exchange?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

@liztai

truly tragic !