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Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ [Higher up in 🧵] &gt;&gt; Early 1915: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> tells <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EntentePartners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EntentePartners</span></a> it wants <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Constantinople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constantinople</span></a> (now <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Istanbul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Istanbul</span></a>) &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dardanelles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dardanelles</span></a>; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Britain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Britain</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>France</span></a> reluctantly agree.</p><p>For centuries, Russia wanted access to warm water ports in the Mediterranean and fought with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Turkey</span></a> for that access. It finally got one in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Syria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Syria</span></a> after military intervention following <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArabSpring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArabSpring</span></a> to prop up Bashar <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Assad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Assad</span></a>. </p><p>Assad's collapse threatens that Russian naval port as well as an air base.</p><p>⬇️</p><p>Intelligence update via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@hanse_mina" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>hanse_mina</span></a></span></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ November 1914: Anwar <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pasha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pasha</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Turkey</span></a> aligns with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CentralPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CentralPowers</span></a> (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Austria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Austria</span></a>-<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hungary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hungary</span></a>) and enters the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreatWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreatWar</span></a>.</p><p>Early 1915: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> tells <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EntentePartners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EntentePartners</span></a> it wants <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Constantinople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constantinople</span></a> (now <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Istanbul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Istanbul</span></a>) &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dardanelles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dardanelles</span></a>; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Britain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Britain</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>France</span></a> reluctantly agree.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Balfour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Balfour</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Churchill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Churchill</span></a>, &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kitchener" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kitchener</span></a> favor annexation of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Arabia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arabia</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mesopotamia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mesopotamia</span></a> (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Iraq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Iraq</span></a>) from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ottomans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ottomans</span></a>; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EdwardGrey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EdwardGrey</span></a> opposes.</p><p>A separate <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/intrigue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intrigue</span></a> was playing out between Turkey, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Arab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arab</span></a> leaders, &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hussein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hussein</span></a> (Sharif of Mecca)<br>⬇️</p>
AccordionBruce<p>Well I know what this week’s episode of <span class="h-card"><a href="https://zirk.us/@accordionnoir" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>accordionnoir</span></a></span> Radio will be</p><p>The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VancouverFolkFestival" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VancouverFolkFestival</span></a> featured sooo many great <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Accordion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Accordion</span></a> players, many of whom we got to meet: <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@squeezyjohn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>squeezyjohn</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bellowhead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bellowhead</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LostBayouRamblers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LostBayouRamblers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Calexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Calexico</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dardanelles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dardanelles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CedricWatson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CedricWatson</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheWaterboys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheWaterboys</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RhiannonGiddens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RhiannonGiddens</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheJerryCans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheJerryCans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Vilda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vilda</span></a> gosh how many more? I’ll have to look back over 16 years of episodes</p><p>I hoped to do another 16 years more! 😢</p><p>Did not expect 2022 to be the last ❤️‍🔥🪗<br><a href="https://accordionuprising.wordpress.com/2022/07/14/accordion-noir-radio-playlist-2022-07-13-festive-vancouver-international-folk/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">accordionuprising.wordpress.co</span><span class="invisible">m/2022/07/14/accordion-noir-radio-playlist-2022-07-13-festive-vancouver-international-folk/</span></a></p>
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