Open Thread: June 8, 2026

BURSA, TURKEY - JANUARY 28: Folklorists of Dagestan State Academic Folk Dance Ensemble Lezginka perform during a show organized within the ‘2019 Culture and Tourism’ agreement signed between Turkey and Russia, at the Merinos Ataturk Congress and Culture Centre in Bursa, Turkey on January 28, 2019. (Photo by Ali Atmaca/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)