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Mert Torun 🇺🇦🇵🇸

@merttorun.com

Design, coffee, software, TTRPGs

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Mert Torun 🇺🇦🇵🇸@merttorun.com · 4mo ago

TTRPG about me First game: Mechwarrior Latest game: Blades in the Dark 🗡️ Longest game: Cyberpunk 2020 Favorite game: Blades ‘68 (probably soon) Favorite mechanics: Dogs in the Vineyard Favorite setting: Blades (both centuries), Technoir Favorite art: Cyberpunk 2020 1st edition

lumpley@lumpley.bsky.social · 4mo ago

TTRPG about me First game: Zork-derived homebrew Latest game: Red Dot Quarterly (playtest) Longest game: Ars Magica Favorite game: Dulce et Decorum Favorite mechanics: The Demon Tree (playtest) Favorite setting: What Dust Remains (an unnamed Mediterranean city, 1920s-1970s) Favorite art: Wolfspell

Mert Torun 🇺🇦🇵🇸@merttorun.com · 6mo ago

There's a better story to be told if the crown stays like this. Otherwise it's just another trinket from when obscene amount of wealth in money is mixed with abject poverty of taste.

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 6mo ago

The crown of Empress Eugénie was one of nine invaluable royal ornaments snatched by burglars during the Louvre heist in October, but the thieves dropped it on the sidewalk before making their escape. The Louvre announced it will soon invite restorers to submit proposals for the crown’s repair.

Mert Torun 🇺🇦🇵🇸@merttorun.com · 9mo ago

Names matter. They expose a mindset. Salvation = Belief that a human isn't worth anything until they conform to your template. Army = Endorsement of strategic, well-organized and systematic mass violence as a means to an end.

Rayne Grimm Vulpes Zer-Duh@raynegrimm.bsky.social · 9mo ago

One of the only posts of mine that ever took off was on this, The salvation army (even if it may help people in a community) at its core is inherently homophobic/transphobic & is actively supporting ice and other horrid groups do not give money to them, support local food kitchens with direct funds

Mert Torun 🇺🇦🇵🇸@merttorun.com · 9mo ago

Now this article made me wonder: What if there was a "dark mode" for screen readers? What would it sound like? Dark? Do sound-first people have strong preferences about what they hear like sight-first people do? If they had a "mode switch", what would it be?

Ilja@fubits.dev · 9mo ago

The more I deal with accessibility, the more I realise that „0KB JS“ is probably harmful. The irony is that it was Svelte‘s linter warnings („a clickable element need‘s xyz“) that eventually nudged me into trying to practice better a11y 🙏 (via @sarasoueidan.com) adrianroselli.com/2023/03/css-...

Cihan Tugal@cihantugal.bsky.social · last yr.

This essay is now translated to Turkish and German: a3haber.com/2025/04/01/t... jacobin.de/artikel/tuer...

Türkiye’de benzeri görülmemiş direniş

Türkiye’nin ana muhalefet partisi uzun süredir merkezci ve radikal olmayan bir güç olarak varlığını sürdürdü. Ancak İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediye Başkanı Ekrem İmamoğlu’nun hapse atılması, Türk demo…

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Cihan Tugal@cihantugal.bsky.social · last yr.

Highlights from my analysis of the resistance and how it is pushing Turkey's mainstream opposition to the left. Published by @jacobinmag.bsky.social jacobin.com/2025/03/turk... "Turkey’s main opposition party has long been a centrist and unradical force. But the jailing of Istanbul mayor 1/

Mert Torun 🇺🇦🇵🇸@merttorun.com · last yr.

Honest question about #AI #VibeCoding: Every time I tried to do it, it turned out to be utter bullshit that I had to do over. I even have to fight the autocompletion just to type a couple of things. It's becoming a hurdle to my productivity. Am I missing something? What Am I doing wrong?

Mert Torun 🇺🇦🇵🇸@merttorun.com · last yr.

The orange turd is on such a relentless bullshit diarrhea that all other world politicians have to constantly keep refuting his drivel. I hope at least some will forget how to lie in this shit storm, so that we will have a few newly honest ones standing in the end.

Nate Schenkkan@nateschenkkan.bsky.social · last yr.

It’s hard to do this without self aggrandizement or feeling like I’m trading on other people’s stories, but here’s a personal experience with authoritarianism, death threats, and courage. A thread:

luna@imlunahey.com · 2y ago

the people who hid anne frank were breaking the law. the people who killed anne frank were following the law. the law is not a moral compass.