Tycho Sierra, American expat in 罢眉谤办颈测别

Tycho Sierra

@Tycho.Sierra

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American expat in 罢眉谤办颈测别

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American

Lives in Istanbul

Speaks Espa帽ol, fran莽ais, kicsit magyarul, italiano, bischen deutsch, arabic, learning turkish now ةوىز

Registration: 17 January 2014

About Activity

I an an exiled member of the San Francisco anarchist community, became a teacher out of necessity after leaving the US in 2001. Now I have an actual teaching career, with a lecturer position at a university. My friends would tell you that I have a great sense of humor and am really engaging; I can tell you that I think subverting the dominant paradigm is the key to healthy living, i love meeting new people and learning about nearly everything, but i don't have much patience (=close to zero) for mindless chatter about shopping malls and other capitalist drone activities. If you put the right substance in my hand and play some good music, i can dance til the sun comes up... after being in landlocked countries for so many years, i am loving being in Istanbul and just seeing the sea, hearing the sea gulls when i wake up, puts a smile on my face every day.

Interests: cooking, travel blahblahblah, energy & environment, Photography, urban cycling, music (esp. blues and jazz)

I am Employed.

罢眉谤办颈测别

Jun 2012 - Aug 2012

Da Lat, Vietnam

teaching teachers and youth in the southern highlands
teacher
almost everything!!
hard to find shoes/sandals large enough for my european-sized feet

Sept 2011 - Jun 2012

Ulaanbataar, Mongolia

Teaching, debate coach, volunteered with Mongolian National Rivers Movement
teacher, NGO consultant
fascinating musical styles, awesome landscapes and fauna, traditional culture, amazing place for photography
climate, food, blind expansion of consumerism

Jan 2011 - Jul 2011

Baku, Azerbaijan

teaching
teacher
learned a lot about oil and gas exploitation, great Georgian food, some great progressive people
what is there to like about living in a dictatorship?

Aug 2005 - Jul 2007

Jenin, Palestine

University teaching, support of resistance activities against foreign occupation
teacher
spirit and resilience of people, beautiful countryside, great hospitality and the best olive oil in the world
the continued Israeli military presence!

Jan 2002 - Dec 2010

Budapest, Hungary

Teaching, festival work, learning Hungarian, lots of swimming and bathing
Teacher, NGO consultant
Critical Mass bicycle revolution, great music scene, fantastic cuisine, great parks and fascinating history
filching of foreigners whenever possible, including by employers

USA

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Tycho.Sierra replied to a thread

12 years ago

Tear Gas....Welcome to Istanbul! by charlrose

Hi I moved to Istanbul about 6 days ago and yesterday had my first experience of some Police enforcement in Taksim Square. They were using tear gas to disperse crowds (I couldn't see any crowds!). As I have never been in this situation before I was ...

polite police in european countries? Like the ones in Kiev, or Gottenburg, Genoa, Gorleben? i have been gased and physically attacked so many times by police in the US, i lost count decades ago. In Palestine one day i was gased in 3 different ... Read More

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