Sometimes, 'you can't go home again' is literal. www.sfgate.com/local/articl...

A retiree in Turkey has reportedly been hit with an 82,000 TL fine - 3x his monthly pension - for sharing a photo of a glass of rakı on social media. The post was deemed in violation of the country's ban on alcohol advertising. www.birgun.net/haber/ciling...

Çilingir sofrası paylaştı, 82 bin TL ceza aldı: "27 bin lira emekli aylığıyla nasıl öderim?"

Sosyal medyada çilingir sofrası fotoğrafı paylaştığı için Tarım ve Orman Bakanlığı tarafından hakkında soruşturma başlatılan Hopalı Çaykur Emeklisi Şükrü Mısıroğlu'na 82 bin 244 TL'lik "reklam" cezası...

birgun.net

In addition to the obvious political implications, I wrote for @bloomberg.com last year about how these ongoing arrests and detentions are affecting issues critical to the city's future: bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Jennifer Hattam@jenhattam.bsky.social · 6d ago

A plurality of Istanbul's district mayors are now in prison, along with the city's metropolitan mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, who has been behind bars since last March. Image source: fatihaltayli.com.tr/yazarlar/fat...

A plurality of Istanbul's district mayors are now in prison, along with the city's metropolitan mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, who has been behind bars since last March. Image source: fatihaltayli.com.tr/yazarlar/fat...

"It was the evening of July 15, 2016. A warm summer day was coming to an end... There was nothing to suggest that Turkey was about to be fundamentally transformed. Then, just a few hours later, tanks were rolling through the streets." @deutschewelle.dw.com looks back: www.dw.com/en/how-the-2...

How the 2016 coup attempt changed Turkey for good

Ten years ago, parts of the Turkish military attempted to overthrow the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The consequences of the failed coup continue to shape Turkey to this day. DW looks...

dw.com

15 Temmuz darbe girişimi, Türkiye'nin siyasi geleceğinin dönüm noktası oldu Yönetim sistemi değişti, yeni ittifaklar kuruldu ve devlet yapısı yeniden şekillendi Peki 10 yılda neler yaşandı? @gsolaker.bsky.social

15 Temmuz: Türkiye siyasetini nasıl derinden değiştirdi?

15 Temmuz darbe girişimi, Türkiye'nin siyasi geleceğinin dönüm noktası oldu. Yönetim sistemi değişti, yeni ittifaklar kuruldu ve devlet yapısı yeniden şekillendi. Peki 10 yılda neler yaşandı?

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Elected Istanbul mayor in 2019, and set to be a candidate for president in 2028, Ekrem İmamoğlu is now the most famous resident of Silivri, Europe's largest prison complex. @kayagenc.bsky.social reports for @theguardian.com on his trial, which could take 12 years. www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ju...

‘This process has turned into a form of torture’: inside the trial of Erdoğan’s challenger

The long read: He was elected mayor of Istanbul in 2019, and had announced his candidacy for the 2029 presidential elections. But Ekrem İmamoğlu is now behind bars, and his trial, on charges including...

theguardian.com

Comedian #DenizGöktaş was arrested today in Istanbul after his stand-up show #ÖlüDeniz went viral, making him the latest cultural figure in Turkey to be caught up in a tightening web of political pressure. istanbuletcetera.substack.com/p/no-laughin...

No Laughing Matter

Comedian Deniz Göktaş is the latest cultural figure to be caught up in a tightening web of political pressure in Turkey.

istanbuletcetera.substack.com

Thanks to Will for another great conversation! After listening, check out my recent newsletter for more behind-the-scenes details on how a travel guidebook gets made: istanbuletcetera.substack.com/p/how-a-trav...

Turkey Book Talk@turkeybooktalk.bsky.social · 2mo ago

From last week ⌛⌛ Jennifer Hattam (@jenhattam.bsky.social) on what goes into updating the Lonely Planet travel guide to Turkey. The conversation touches on the epic work involved, her impressions of places visited, and how Turkey has changed over the years. 👇👇 turkeybooktalk.com/2026/05/26/j...

‘You can’t make billions without hurting people’: Cory Doctorow on Elon Musk, the AI bubble and bosses’ cruel fantasies

‘You can’t make billions without hurting people’: Cory Doctorow on Elon Musk, the AI bubble and bosses’ cruel fantasies

The writer who coined the word ‘enshittification’ tells us why AI will never deliver what it promises – and why it still appeals so much to those in power

theguardian.com

Today is a good day to remember that authoritarianism is not inevitable, overthrowing fascists is possible, and good things can still happen. www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...

Tens of thousands march in the first Budapest Pride since Viktor Orbán was voted out

Saturday's Pride march came a little more than a year after Orbán's nationalist-populist government passed legislation and a constitutional amendment to outlaw the event, drawing criticism from human ...

pbs.org

The Lonely Race to Save Ukraine’s Past In a country ravaged by war, Ukraine’s conservators are torn between protecting the country’s past and fighting for its future. by Gina Errico www.biographic.com/the-lonely-r...

The Lonely Race to Save Ukraine’s Past - bioGraphic

In a country ravaged by war, Ukraine’s conservators are torn between protecting the country’s past and fighting for its future.

biographic.com

Ousted by court from party leadership, CHP's Özgür Özel gets a warm welcome in Kurdish-majority Diyarbakır. This gathering is not for CHP but for Özel himself. Slogan: "Don't look back but walk, because we're there". CHP traditionally has virtually zero support in Diyarbakir bc Turkish nationalism.

bianet@bianet.org · last mo.

🔴 Özel, Diyarbakır'da zılgıtlarla karşılandı Özel ve partililer “Siz arkanıza bakmadan yürüyün çünkü biz varız. Amed butlana karşı” yazılı pankartın önünde fotoğraf çektirdi. bianet.org/haber/ozel-d...

FMA joins IPI and other journalists' and #pressfreedom groups in calling on NATO to address the denial of media accreditation to independent news outlets and journalists in Turkey seeking to cover the upcoming NATO Summit in Ankara. turkiye.ipi.media/joint-letter...

Joint Letter to NATO: Accreditation Process Excludes Independent Turkish Journalists from Summit - IPI Turkiye Website

IPI, together with press freedom, freedom of expression, and human rights organisations, has written to NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte to raise urgent concerns about the denial of accreditation to ...

turkiye.ipi.media

“Security’ operations in Ankara ahead of NATO summit reportedly include among the 200+ detained members of a group of nature-lovers who had visited a bird sanctuary with the well-known Turkish environmental group TEMA.

medyascope@medyascope.tv · last mo.

Kuş cenneti gezisine katılanlara NATO gözaltısı

The Luddites are having a moment (again): they're being discussed and rehabbed everywhere from NPR to US Catholics Magazine to Psychology Today. So, adapted from my book on the subject, here's a short-ish rundown of what you need to know to understand the Luddites in the age of AI.

Understanding the Luddites in the age of AI

The Luddites are back in fashion, but too many people still get them all wrong. This is what they really stood for, fought against, and why they matter now more than ever.

bloodinthemachine.com

Brian Merchant@bcmerchant.bsky.social · 2mo ago

NPR has a 'Word of the Week' series, and this week it's LUDDITE I spoke with Emma Bowman about who they really were and about the new luddites organizing against big tech + AI A fun one and, since it's airing on All Things Considered, maybe the biggest-audience luddite rehabilitation effort yet

Sahba Rashtian would have been 24 this week. Instead, her sister Yalda posted pictures of her daffodil and sunflower-strewn grave on Instagram. "I am sorry that the future we imagined has become impossible.” www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...

Memory of Iranian footballers killed in anti-government protests casts shadow over World Cup | The National

Dozens of people linked to the game were detained and killed in January protests

thenationalnews.com

Author Thomas Dekeyser explains why modern resistance to Big Tech is a deeply sane response to a narrow vision of humanity https://restofworld.org/2026/techno-negative-thomas-dekeyser-fighting-ai/?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_content=1781374800

Why refusing AI is a fight for the soul

Author Thomas Dekeyser explains why modern resistance to Big Tech is a deeply sane response to a narrow vision of humanity.

restofworld.org

Your brain was never designed to doomscroll this much.

Alison Hoens@physioktbroker.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Is the human brain designed to cope with ongoing bad news? “Problematic News Consumption (PNC) — a pattern of news engagement that results in preoccupation, dysregulation and disruption to daily functioning”🧪 www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

“Wharton School researchers have dubbed this phenomenon ‘cognitive surrender,’ in which users shift from treating AI as a tool to treating it as an authority, accepting its answers rather than actively evaluating them.”

The hidden cost of letting AI choose your lunch

Relying on AI for decision-making could lead to "cognitive surrender," a weakening of critical thinking that makes people distrust their own judgment.

businessinsider.com

Freedom of expression and the press in Turkey ➡️ İsmail Arı’s press card revoked ➡️ Barış Terkoğlu to stand trial for “insulting a public official” ➡️ International travel ban imposed on Timur Soykan lifted Our weekly report 👇 www.expressioninterrupted.com/freedom-of-e...

this may well be the defining joke of our era theonion.com/guy-who-suck...

Guy Who Sucks At Being A Person Sees Huge Potential In AI

SAN MATEO, CA—After spending the past three decades of his life being totally unable and unwilling to engage in any meaningful way with the world around him, James Parker, a local guy who sucks at bei...

theonion.com

‘David Hockney caught the look of the modern world’: a tribute to the artist whose work was a feast of visual pleasure

‘David Hockney caught the look of the modern world’: a tribute to the artist whose work was a feast of visual pleasure

He was subversive and bold, yet also playful and accepting – putting the fun into pop art and finding freedom and fulfilment amid the blue skies and pools of California. David Hockney, who has died aged 88, lived and painted the truth

theguardian.com

At last, the fool’s bargain that the media struck with AI may be over www.thenerve.news/p/branko-brk...

At last, the fool’s bargain that the media struck with AI may be over

In a thunderous speech last week, the boss of the New York Times sounded a rallying call to news organisations to rise up against the theft of their work by Big Tech – and not before time, writes Bran...

thenerve.news

A court in Munich declared that Google is liable for their "AI summaries" and all its hallucinations. This brings "AI" slop in line with all other products: "AI" is basically the only product where a provider can deliver unchecked garbage and put all liability on the consumer.

Landmark German ruling declares Google's AI Overviews are Google's own words and makes it liable for false answers

A German regional court has ruled that Google is directly liable for the content of its AI search overviews. According to the court, previous limited liability protections for search engine operators don't apply to AI overviews. In this case, Google's AI had falsely linked two publishers to fraud and made claims that didn't appear in any of the linked sources. The ruling could set a precedent for AI-generated content liability worldwide.

the-decoder.com

“Whether it’s a political text or an email, leaning on AI for everything from research to writing severs the connection between feeling and expression,” writes @nesrinemalik.bsky.social. “When tech becomes about reducing labour in every way, it ends up becoming an inhibitor of actual consciousness.”

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2mo ago

AI is devoid of meaning and humanity. That’s why its vapid voice suits this political moment | Nesrine Malik

Here in Georgia our festivals are full, but our poets are in prison – and now we feel abandoned by Europe | Archil Kikodze

Here in Georgia our festivals are full, but our poets are in prison – and now we feel abandoned by Europe | Archil Kikodze

Anti-government protests continue, but our young people are leaving. Increasingly destitute cultural gatherings have become my places of solace, says Georgian writer Archil Kikodze

theguardian.com

These are the 30 women killed since 2020 in Northern Ireland, all by white men 21 killed in their homes by men they knew. The youngest 20, the oldest 82 21 were mothers, 4 were killed with their children in the home. Two were pregnant Nobody rioted over their murders www.bbc.com/news/article...

A picture of violence: The 30 women killed in more than four years

In at least 21 of the 30 deaths, the killers - or the suspects in their killings - were well-known to the women.

bbc.com

FMA joins other media and #pressfreedom groups in calling for the immediate release of BirGün journalist @ismailari.bsky.social, who has been jailed for more than two months under Turkey's "disinformation law" in connection with his investigative journalism. #JournalismIsNotaCrime

European Centre for Press and Media Freedom@ecpmf.bsky.social · 2mo ago

ECPMF calls for the immediate release of investigative journalist @ismailari.bsky.social Detained since March 2026 under Turkey's controversial “disinformation law,” Arı faces up to six years in prison ahead of his critical court hearing on June 5.

i was rolling around this idea about how AI is tobacco, and thinking nah, that's too facile. silly me.

404 Media@404media.co · 2mo ago

SCOOP: An internal Microsoft strategy document says that the plan for its just-announced “Scout” personal assistant AI is to “make people addicted” to the tool before rolling out additional functionality, 404 Media has learned.