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Ovi is an online eMagazine that offers opinion and comment upon contemporary issues, along with articles on a wide range of subjects: philosophy, poetry, literature, cartoons, art with 20 years of history online. realovi.wordpress.com

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Ovi @theovi.bsky.social · 13h

The quiet exit by John Kato America has left Iraq; not with helicopters disappearing from a burning embassy roof, not with Saddam Hussein statues collapsing under television cameras, but quietly, administratively, almost bureaucratically. realovi.wordpress.com/2026/10/04/t... #iraq

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The quiet exit by John Kato

America has left Iraq; not with helicopters disappearing from a burning embassy roof, not with Saddam Hussein statues collapsing under television cameras, but quietly, administratively, almost bure…

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Ovi @theovi.bsky.social · 13h

High Priestess #Poem & #Painting by Nikos Laios Shall the high priestesses Even speak to us again? Will they ever return to the Sacred alters and temples, Valleys and groves? realovi.wordpress.com/2026/10/04/h...

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High Priestess #Poem & #Painting by Nikos Laios

Shall the high priestessesEven speak to us again?Will they ever return to theSacred alters and temples,Valleys and groves? Are we still caught inThe spell of this rudeSemitic God,His ProphetsAnd hi…

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Ovi @theovi.bsky.social · 13h

An alliance with fine prints by Kingsley Cobb The reported decision by the Trump administration to exclude Britain, France and the Baltic states from a Pentagon-led meeting on NATO’s future is not merely another diplomatic quarrel. realovi.wordpress.com/2026/10/04/a... #NATO #DonaldTrump

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An alliance with fine prints by Kingsley Cobb

The reported decision by the Trump administration to exclude Britain, France and the Baltic states from a Pentagon-led meeting on NATO’s future is not merely another diplomatic quarrel. These are n…

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Ovi @theovi.bsky.social · 13h

The Aegean mirage by Thanos Kalamidas Whenever Ankara raises the temperature, Athens is advised to remain calm. Whenever Turkish ambitions collide with Greek sovereignty, Greece is encouraged to show restraint. realovi.wordpress.com/2026/10/04/t... #greece #greeceturkey #turkey

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The Aegean mirage by Thanos Kalamidas

For years, if not decades, centuries and definitely going back to WWI, the West has been selling the same comfortable fantasy about the Eastern Mediterranean, Greece and Turkey are difficult neighb…

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Ovi @theovi.bsky.social · 13h

Fika bonding! #130 #Cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas realovi.wordpress.com/2026/10/04/f...

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Ovi @theovi.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The nuclear gun on the wall by Gabriele Schmitt Nuclear weapons did not suddenly appear in the Kremlin’s arsenal because the war in Ukraine became difficult. realovi.wordpress.com/2026/10/03/t... #russia #NuclearArsenal #NuclearWeapons #VladimirPutin

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The nuclear gun on the wall by Gabriele Schmitt

The nuclear threat was always there and that is precisely what makes Vladimir Putin’s latest warning about Kaliningrad so unsettling. Nuclear weapons did not suddenly appear in the Kremlin’s arsena…

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Ovi @theovi.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The integration mirage by Sabine Fischer The government says the classroom limit concerns students without adequate Italian and is intended to prevent concentrations that make integration harder. realovi.wordpress.com/2026/10/03/t... #italy #intergration

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The integration mirage by Sabine Fischer

There is something deeply revealing about the language surrounding Italy’s new school decree. It is called integration. It is presented as common sense. It promises equal opportunity, better langua…

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Ovi @theovi.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The blind side by Polly Hobbs Privilege is often discussed as a matter of money, status or access. But its most interesting consequence is not what privilege gives people. realovi.wordpress.com/2026/10/03/t... #privileged #society

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The blind side by Polly Hobbs

Privilege is often discussed as a matter of money, status or access. But its most interesting consequence is not what privilege gives people. It is what privilege can prevent them from seeing. This…

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Ovi @theovi.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

AntySaurus Prick #138 #Cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas realovi.wordpress.com/2026/10/03/a...

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Ovi @theovi.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The algorithmic empire by Thanos Kalamidas The United Nations has discovered artificial intelligence. The machines, unfortunately, discovered the United Nations some time ago. realovi.wordpress.com/2026/10/02/t... #ArtificialIntelligence

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The algorithmic empire by Thanos Kalamidas

The United Nations has discovered artificial intelligence. The machines, unfortunately, discovered the United Nations some time ago. That is the uncomfortable joke behind the grand discussions now …

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Ovi @theovi.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The violence we normalize by Mia Rodríguez There is something almost brutally ironic about celebrating that principle in 2026. We live in an age in which violence has become political language. realovi.wordpress.com/2026/10/02/t... #InternationalDayOfNonViolence

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The violence we normalize by Mia Rodríguez

October 2 is the International Day of Non-Violence, chosen because it is the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, the man who demonstrated that political resistance does not require becoming what one is res…

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Ovi @theovi.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#eBook The Verdant Apocalypse by Ana Salinas It began not with a bang, nor a shriek of tearing metal, but with a subtle wrongness in the air, a scent too sweet, too cloying, like overripe fruit rotting beneath a humid sun. realovi.wordpress.com/2026/10/02/e...

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#eBook The Verdant Apocalypse by Ana Salinas

It began not with a bang, nor a shriek of tearing metal, but with a subtle wrongness in the air, a scent too sweet, too cloying, like overripe fruit rotting beneath a humid sun. Professor Aris Jona…

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Ovi @theovi.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Berserk Alert! #121 #Cartoon by Tony Zuvela realovi.wordpress.com/2026/10/02/b...

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Ovi @theovi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The fragmentation trap by Marja Heikkinen Globalization was never the beautiful, borderless paradise its salesmen promised. It was messy, unequal and frequently unfair. realovi.wordpress.com/2026/10/01/t... #canada #canadiandiplomacy

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The fragmentation trap by Marja Heikkinen

Globalization was never the beautiful, borderless paradise its salesmen promised. It was messy, unequal and frequently unfair. But it had one extraordinary virtue: it created habits of dependence. …

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Ovi @theovi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The chokepoint weapon by Harry S. Taylor The most dangerous weapon in the Strait of Hormuz is not necessarily a missile, a submarine or a drone. realovi.wordpress.com/2026/10/01/t... #StraitOfHormuz #weaponizing

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The chokepoint weapon by Harry S. Taylor

The most dangerous weapon in the Strait of Hormuz is not necessarily a missile, a submarine or a drone. It is the narrow strip of water itself. That is the lesson the Middle East is teaching the wo…

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Ovi @theovi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Manish Zodiac Predictions for October 2026 #Horoscope by Manish Kumar Arora realovi.wordpress.com/2026/10/01/m...

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Manish Zodiac Predictions for October 2026 #Horoscope by Manish Kumar Arora

Aries ( 21 March – 19 April ) – The month ofOctober marks the end of a difficult phase, as you decide to move ahead, leaving unpleasant experiences behind. While this transition may see…

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Ovi @theovi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Me My Mind & I #22: Obituary #Cartoon by Patrick McWade realovi.wordpress.com/2026/10/01/m...

Ovi @theovi.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The vote is not a software update by Avani Devi Opposition parties have alleged that the process could benefit Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party. realovi.wordpress.com/2026/09/30/t... #NarendraModi #India #elections #Authoritarianism

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The vote is not a software update by Avani Devi

There is something profoundly dangerous about a democracy becoming comfortable with the idea that millions of citizens can disappear from its electoral rolls and that the explanation will arrive la…

Ovi @theovi.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The war nobody acknowledges by Wiryo Huojin There is a war along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, but it has the peculiar quality of wars that happen in places the world has learned to ignore. No grand declarations. realovi.wordpress.com/2026/09/30/t... #Afghanistan #Pakistan

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The war nobody acknowledges by Wiryo Huojin

There is a war along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, but it has the peculiar quality of wars that happen in places the world has learned to ignore. No grand declarations. No carefully choreographe…

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Ovi @theovi.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The Pope, the crowd and the wounds by Emma Schneider But the Church’s real test is not how many people will stand in a Paris square to see the Pope. It is what happens when the cameras disappear. realovi.wordpress.com/2026/09/30/t... #PopeLeoXIII #France #catholicchurch

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The Pope, the crowd and the wounds by Emma Schneider

There are moments when the Catholic Church manages to look both enormous and painfully small. Pope Leo XIV’s historic journey through France is one of them. Nearly two decades after the last offici…

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Ovi @theovi.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Ant-sized Culinary #016 #Cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas realovi.wordpress.com/2026/09/30/a...

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Ovi @theovi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The peacekeepers of war by Edoardo Moretti Sergey Lavrov has discovered the oldest trick in the diplomatic book: when the war is not going your way, blame the people asking you to stop it. realovi.wordpress.com/2026/09/29/t... #Peace #russia #UkraineWar

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The peacekeepers of war by Edoardo Moretti

Sergey Lavrov has discovered the oldest trick in the diplomatic book: when the war is not going your way, blame the people asking you to stop it. At the United Nations, Russia’s foreign minister ac…

Ovi @theovi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The Delusion #Poem & #Painting by Nikos Laios They shouted In the streets, They shouted In the boulevards Waving banners, The deluded and lost, Purple and blue dyed hair realovi.wordpress.com/2026/09/29/t...

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The Delusion #Poem & #Painting by Nikos Laios

They shoutedIn the streets,They shoutedIn the boulevardsWaving banners,The deluded and lost,Purple and blue dyed hair,Tattooed and pierced,Aimless and hollow,Uneducated and denuded ofWisdom searchi…

Ovi @theovi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The light we sleep under by Marissa Washington Modern insomnia has become so ordinary that we have almost stopped asking the obvious question: what if we are helping to create it? realovi.wordpress.com/2026/09/29/t... #HealthyLiving #healthylifestyle #sleep

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The light we sleep under by Marissa Washington

Modern insomnia has become so ordinary that we have almost stopped asking the obvious question: what if we are helping to create it? We blame smartphones, deadlines, anxiety, ageing, coffee, televi…

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Ovi @theovi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Walk the talk 26#016 #cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas realovi.wordpress.com/2026/09/29/w...

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Ovi @theovi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Lanza Del Vasto: (1901-1981) Shantidas -Servant of Peace by Rene Wadlow Lanza Del Vasto, whose birth anniversary we mark on 29 September, was born in 1901 into an intellectual and aristocratic Italian family. realovi.wordpress.com/2026/09/29/l...

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Lanza Del Vasto: (1901-1981) Shantidas -Servant of Peace by Rene Wadlow

Lanza Del Vasto, whose birth anniversary we mark on 29 September, was born in 1901 into an intellectual and aristocratic Italian family. Much of his early education was in a cosmopolitan mili…

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Ovi @theovi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Trump handshake by Regan O’Sullivan Britain has survived another summit without anybody throwing a chair. But diplomacy with Donald Trump is not speed dating, however much the vocabulary might suggest otherwise. realovi.wordpress.com/2026/09/28/t... #Andyburnham #DonaldTrump

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The Trump handshake by Regan O’Sullivan

Andy Burnham met Donald Trump for the first time spending roughly forty minutes with him in New York; then he emerges smiling and tells the world that they have established a “good connection”. Tru…

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Ovi @theovi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The empty hall by Timothy Davies He even called departing delegates “moral cowards,” as though the problem was not the empty chairs but the people who had occupied them. realovi.wordpress.com/2026/09/28/t... #UnitedNations #UnitedNationsGeneralAssembly #BenjaminNetanyahou

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The empty hall by Timothy Davies

That photograph definitely says more than a thousand diplomatic speeches and Benjamin Netanyahu standing at the United Nations podium while rows of delegates disappear from the chamber was one of t…

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Ovi @theovi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The last guardrails by John Reid Bunch is leaving as the Smithsonian has become another battlefield in Donald Trump’s war over what Americans are permitted to remember. realovi.wordpress.com/2026/09/28/t... #smithonianmuseum #SmithsonianInstitution

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The last guardrails by John Reid

Lonnie Bunch III’s decision to retire from the Smithsonian at the end of 2026 is, on the surface, the departure of a distinguished historian who has spent decades building institutions devoted to t…

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Ovi @theovi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Maples & Oranges #073 #cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas realovi.wordpress.com/2026/09/28/m...

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Ovi @theovi.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The bill comes due by Sabine Fischer Nepal has brought a very inconvenient truth to the United Nations, the climate bill is arriving, and the people receiving it are often not the people who wrote it. realovi.wordpress.com/2026/09/27/t... #NepalFloods #environment #NaturalDisaster #floods

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The bill comes due by Sabine Fischer

Nepal has brought a very inconvenient truth to the United Nations, the climate bill is arriving, and the people receiving it are often not the people who wrote it. The catastrophic Bhotekoshi-Trish…

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Ovi @theovi.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The Moroccan warning by Solomon Mensah Morocco has counted its votes and the arithmetic is remarkably clear even if the politics behind the numbers are considerably less comfortable. realovi.wordpress.com/2026/09/27/t... #morocco #democracy

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The Moroccan warning by Solomon Mensah

Morocco has counted its votes and the arithmetic is remarkably clear even if the politics behind the numbers are considerably less comfortable. The Authenticity and Modernity Party, PAM, has emerge…

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Ovi @theovi.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Scarcity returns by Jo Anne Kamansky The collapse of NFT speculation did not kill digital art. It killed something more interesting: the fantasy that digital art needed artificial scarcity to become culturally valuable. realovi.wordpress.com/2026/09/27/s... #NFT #art

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Scarcity returns by Jo Anne Kamansky

For a brief, glorious moment, the art world convinced itself that ownership had become a file format. The NFT boom promised to liberate art from the tiresome physical world. No canvas, no gallery w…

Ovi @theovi.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Trekking Chat #016 #Cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas realovi.wordpress.com/2026/09/27/t...

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Ovi @theovi.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The quiet north by Robert Perez Canada is not assembling an empire, building aircraft carriers by the dozen or announcing a Canadian century. Its rise is quieter and potentially more consequential. realovi.wordpress.com/2026/09/26/t... #canada #CanadianEconomy #EuropeanUnion

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The quiet north by Robert Perez

For decades, the Western world treated the United States not merely as its leader but as the load-bearing wall of the entire house. Europe could argue, Canada could prosper quietly, Japan could inn…

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Ovi @theovi.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It’s So Quiet #Poem by Strider Marcus Jones it’s so quiet our eloquent words dying on a diet of midnight toast with Orwell’s ghost- looking so tubercular in a tweed jacket pencilling notes on a lung black cigarette packet- realovi.wordpress.com/2026/09/26/i...

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It’s So Quiet #Poem by Strider Marcus Jones

it’s so quietour eloquent words dying on a dietof midnight toastwith Orwell’s ghost-looking so tubercular in a tweed jacketpencilling notes on a lung black cigarette packet-our Winston,…

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Ovi @theovi.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Zero hour by Flo Schofield On Sept. 26, the world marks the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, an annual ritual of hope in a world that has become remarkably good at postponing catastrophe. realovi.wordpress.com/2026/09/26/z...

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Zero hour by Flo Schofield

On Sept. 26, the world marks the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, an annual ritual of hope in a world that has become remarkably good at postponing catastrophe. We sp…

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Ovi @theovi.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Absurdity Woke 26#013 #cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas realovi.wordpress.com/2026/09/26/a...

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Ovi @theovi.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Who gets to be Turkish? By Fahad Kline The more uncomfortable question is whether citizenship still means having rights when you do not support the president. realovi.wordpress.com/2026/09/25/w... #turkey #Erdogan #Authoritarianism

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Who gets to be Turkish? By Fahad Kline

There is a dangerous question hanging over modern Turkey and it is not whether President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has supporters. Of course he does. The more uncomfortable question is whether citizensh…

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Ovi @theovi.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The oil spoils by Timothy Davies There were flags, occupations and governors in colonial uniforms. The modern version arrives with contracts, investment packages, sanctions waivers and the reassuring vocabulary of “partnership”. realovi.wordpress.com/2026/09/25/t... #VenezuelanOil #Oil

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The oil spoils by Timothy Davies

There is something revealing about the language surrounding Venezuela’s oil. It is presented as a deal, an agreement, an opportunity for reconstruction, even a triumph of American energy policy. Bu…

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Ovi @theovi.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

EPA goes dark by Brea Willis The Environmental Protection Agency was created to protect Americans from the consequences of pollution. realovi.wordpress.com/2026/09/25/e... #Environment #pollution #EPA

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EPA goes dark by Brea Willis

The Environmental Protection Agency was created to protect Americans from the consequences of pollution. In Donald Trump’s America, it increasingly looks like an agency being asked to protect pollu…

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Ovi @theovi.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Sceptic feathers #136 #Cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas realovi.wordpress.com/2026/09/25/s...

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Ovi @theovi.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A Nation’s Amnesia: Jinnah and Bangladesh By Habib Siddiqui When nations forget their history, they do not merely lose memory — they lose moral direction. realovi.wordpress.com/2026/09/24/a... #Bangladesh #Jinnah #Pakistan

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A Nation’s Amnesia: Jinnah and Bangladesh By Habib Siddiqui

History is not a decorative ornament for nations; it is the spine that holds their identity upright. When nations forget their history, they do not merely lose memory — they lose moral direction. B…

Ovi @theovi.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The price-tag of a party by Jemma Norman Britain has always pretended that money is merely a lubricant of politics. The latest Reform UK windfall makes that comforting fiction harder to maintain. realovi.wordpress.com/2026/09/24/t... #NigelFarage #ReformUK #Corruption

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The price-tag of a party by Jemma Norman

Britain has always pretended that money is merely a lubricant of politics. The latest Reform UK windfall makes that comforting fiction harder to maintain. Two cryptocurrency billionaires have hande…

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Ovi @theovi.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The sea is no longer neutral by Oli Chavez World Maritime Day was never meant to be a celebration of ships alone. It is a reminder that modern civilisation floats, quite literally, on the oceans. realovi.wordpress.com/2026/09/24/t... #WorldMaritimeDay #MaritimeDay

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The sea is no longer neutral by Oli Chavez

World Maritime Day was never meant to be a celebration of ships alone. It is a reminder that modern civilisation floats, quite literally, on the oceans. Food, fuel, manufactured goods, energy and r…

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Ovi @theovi.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Ephemera #161 #Cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas realovi.wordpress.com/2026/09/24/e...

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Ovi @theovi.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Politics of Wickedness is Destroying Humanity Political wickedness is not the value of responsible systems of global governance for harmony, peace and globalization. realovi.wordpress.com/2026/09/23/p... #politics #peace #harmony

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Politics of Wickedness is Destroying Humanity by Mahboob A. Khawaja, PhD.

“Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually”. (The Bible: Genesis 6:5) Politics of Wickedness …

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Ovi @theovi.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The cost of silence by Maddalena Conti Every September 23rd, the world is reminded that sign languages are not improvised gestures, simplified versions of spoken languages or charitable substitutes for “normal” communication. realovi.wordpress.com/2026/09/23/t... #InternationalDayofSignLanguages

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The cost of silence by Maddalena Conti

International Day of Sign Languages arrives in 2026 with an uncomfortable question: what exactly are we celebrating when the services that make communication possible are being quietly cut? Every S…

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Ovi @theovi.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Art wants you in by Alana Desham For centuries, the bargain between artwork and audience was wonderfully simple: the artist made something, and the public looked at it. realovi.wordpress.com/2026/09/23/a... #art #artexhibition

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Art wants you in by Alana Desham

For centuries, the bargain between artwork and audience was wonderfully simple: the artist made something, and the public looked at it. You stood before the painting, admired the sculpture, listene…

Ovi @theovi.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Worming #137 #cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas realovi.wordpress.com/2026/09/23/w...

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