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Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 1m

a new day, new plea!!

we still need to raise 500 Euros for groceries, meds and everything else

managed to find cheapish accomodations on the south, Mediterranean (finally out of here!!) so thank you everyone who helped out so far 🥳🥳

Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 5d

friends, unfortunately I am in need of some help again to keep a roof over my head

we are moving out of this flat on the 17th (in 10 days) we got for the month, and nowhere to go with very little funds so far

I am trying to raise about 1500 Euros while I am interviewing and applying to grants

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👻madeline boOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 10h

I virtually never share these because there are too many people out here who need help and we're all passing around the same £20, but

Berrak is good people. Can anyone spare their £20 this week?

Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 23h

down to only needing 600 Euros more for our goal

next Friday (on the 17th) we are leaving this apartment and I have no idea where we can go next or how

I appreciate all the reposts, shares with your circles and donations, everything helps

Thanks ❤️

Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 5d

friends, unfortunately I am in need of some help again to keep a roof over my head

we are moving out of this flat on the 17th (in 10 days) we got for the month, and nowhere to go with very little funds so far

I am trying to raise about 1500 Euros while I am interviewing and applying to grants

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soul nate @mnateshyamalan.bsky.social · Apr 28

the poor foster dog is terrified of the coffee grinder. i feel the need to explain. “these are the beans you have to drink when you are a person,” i say. “sometimes things are very very bad. but then the beans happen and it is good.” i can tell she understands

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Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 16m

i think it's the same with doing creative work via computer/digital means

big part of why i went back to regular daily guitar practice early this year

no matter how cool whatever you're making with a computer, nothing beats the feeling of an instrument at your hands, in your control

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Radical Graffiti @radicalgraffiti.bsky.social · 1h

"Free Mangione"
Seen in Chios, Greece

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Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 38m

no idea which show that is, i am talking about this one

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Task_(m...

Task (miniseries) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 41m

haha NO it's an HBO show

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Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 45m

and one hell of a game that is

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Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 47m

it has a short but great legacy man, you did the best you could

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Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 48m

Task is like they took five different British TV shows and made it into one American TV show; I have no idea how else to explain it

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Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 1h

Saleh was killed in a "local clash" the same way Shireen Abu Akleh was killed by a "stray bullet"

Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 1h

not only Netanyahu admitted to backing these "clans" against Hamas, there's also the recent incident in September where IDF killed members of the Doghmush family, which may very well be a threat of further targeted violence

archive.ph/tyRl9

Since October 7, the Israeli government has pursued a strategy of eradicating Hamas and Islamic Jihad. It has sought, without lasting success, to recruit powerful Palestinian families including those with questionable reputations, such as the influential Doghmush clan, which was responsible for kidnapping Franco-Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, and whose leader, Mumtaz Doghmush, founded the jihadist group "Army of Islam." The response was swift: Hamas executed one of the clan's leaders in March 2024.

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Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 1h

not only Netanyahu admitted to backing these "clans" against Hamas, there's also the recent incident in September where IDF killed members of the Doghmush family, which may very well be a threat of further targeted violence

archive.ph/tyRl9

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Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 2h

between these lawsuits, copyright restrictions and everything else, this bubble is about to burst within the year or two at most, and in addition to the financial crisis, I am not sure how the people who deferred all of their cognitive function to these ML models will be able to cope in that world

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Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 2h

on "knowing isn't being"

I always refer "Thiel is smart actually" folks to this debate with Graeber in which he comes off as an absolute buffoon

youtu.be/eF0cz9OmCGw?...

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Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 2h

you can always go back, you're young

also not one of my musician friends (including me after going back and leaving full time software gigs) have any financial stability and worse quality of life compared to you or others who make a stable living

choose your poison ;)

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Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 2h

i love this so much

cycling while naked and waving at ICE dweebs like you're at the Pride is sooo wild lmao

africanspacechrist.bsky.social @africanspacechrist.bsky.social · 5h

Here's footage from the World Naked Bike Ride today at the Portland ICE facility protest.

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Gaz @nyazsche.bsky.social · 5h

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sqooky from:me @skeet.best · 1d

jokes aside, can you imagine how you would handle it if you asked a human assistant "did you make all this up instead of actually doing any of the work", and that person responded to you with "good catch"

Nosferatu RBMK 🦇 @comraderobot.bsky.social · 1d

girl are you chatgpt because your KPIs are crazy

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Shared row data file with GPT5 to analyze, the result KPIs were crazy, so I naively asked, and innocently it responded.
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Did you make up these numbers?
Good catch - I wasn't able to actually open and parse your CSV file yet,
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 9h

I interviewed one of these factory workers in Los Angeles. She gets paid three cents to sew a zipper, five cents for a collar, and seven cents to prepare the top part of a skirt.

This is how fast fashion brands like Fashion Nova can put "Made in USA" tags on dress shirts that retail for only $25

"Every day at 6 am, Bilma boards a bus that shuttles her to downtown Los Angeles’s Fashion District. When she reaches the garment factory an hour later, she starts working immediately, without punching in. Like thousands of other garment workers in the United States, Bilma’s wages aren’t tethered to the clock but rather to the quantity of operations she executes. Three cents for a zipper or sleeve, five cents for a collar, and seven cents to prepare the top part of a skirt before she passes it onto the next sewing operator in line. Assembling an entire dress earns her a mere 15 cents. Bilma toils away on garments primarily for fast-fashion labels such as Fashion Nova, Lulus, and Lucy in the Sky, who prioritize quickly stocking on-trend items over the quality of materials. These companies peddle things like $80 maxi dresses, $25 poplin dress shirts, and $5 crop tops, all modeled by beautiful people and bedecked with the tantalizing promise of low-cost glamor."

"This worker payment system, known as “piecework” in the garment industry, is how US-based manufacturers can sidestep labor laws that require companies to pay at least the minimum wage. Rather than compensating Bilma for the exhausting 12-hour shifts—a regimen that, according to LA County’s minimum wage requirement, should yield $202.80—her pay is determined by the individual tasks she performs, which can fluctuate daily. Despite her adept handling of hundreds of garments a day, Bilma’s earnings typically linger around $50 per day. That’s $300 weekly for the standard six-day grind and $350 if she opts for Sunday labor. Doing what she can with this modest income, Bilma spends $400 a month to live in a two-bedroom apartment with six other people, some of whom are day laborers. In this crowded arrangement, two occupants squeeze into each bedroom, while two more lay claim to the living room. Bilma sleeps in the corner of the bustling kitchen."

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Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 4d

today and everyday

queer as in Free Palestine sign from a protest in Berlin, 2 years ago

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Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 9h

stress headaches really kicking my ass this week

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 12h

Absolutely horrible news - Saleh was killed today

www.middleeasteye.net/news/saleh-a...

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Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 9h

❤️❤️❤️

Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 10h

thank you❤️ i am grateful we already raised so much honestly, and great to know so many people rooting for us

i am just hoping i will be able to pay it forward really soon😭 sick of asking for things

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Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 10h

thank you ❤️❤️ we really passing the same 20 around fr 🥲

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