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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 6h

In an intellectually honest world, all the people and pundits lauding Kirk would apologize for being wrong. They would say, “I’m sorry for falling for bad faith arguments. I believed them without listening to others. I was a rube.”

But we don’t live in an intellectually honest world.

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 7h

Are we great yet?

Mark Bray, a Rutgers University professor and expert on anti-fascist groups, is fleeing to Spain with his family due to death threats that stem from a campaign by Turning Point USA and other conservative groups to get him fired, falsely labeling him as an antifa member.

Antifa expert at Rutgers University says he is moving to Spain because of death threats

An expert on anti-fascist groups who teaches at New Jersey’s flagship state university is moving his family overseas.

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Bilge Yesil @bilgeyesil.bsky.social · 16h

That’s retirement

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Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 22h

If you wanted to script a scenario to perfectly vindicate the work of Jean Baudrillard, it would be Trump II.

A simulacra of a president running a simulation of a presidency, based on simulacra of news broadcast by simulations of news media.

Baudrillard is to Trump II what Foucault was to GWB.

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 1d

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

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Media@Risk @ascmediarisk.org · 1d

📆 In two weeks 📆 We investigate the new politics of censorship with @us.theguardian.com columnist Arwa Mahdawi. Secure your spot here: bit.ly/kjsr6 @asc.upenn.edu

Promotional flyer for an event titled 'Networked Incitement and the New Politics of Censorship' featuring Guardian columnist Arwa Mahdawi. The event is on October 22 at 12 pm in ASC Room 500. The background is blue with six white dice showing speech bubble icons, and one red die with an X inside a speech bubble, symbolizing censorship. Logos for the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, and the Center for Media at Risk are at the bottom."

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 1d

“Stripped for Parts”: Secretive Hedge Fund Accused of Plundering U.S. Newspapers

“Stripped for Parts”: Film Explores How Hedge Fund Plundered U.S. Newspapers

The new documentary Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink looks at how hedge funds have gutted newsrooms across the country. The hedge fund strategy of “distressed asset investing” invo...

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AEJMC @aejmc.bsky.social · 2d

Job Alert 👇
School: University of Colorado Boulder @CUBoulderCMDI
Position: Professor of Advertising – Open Rank
community.aejmc.org/job-portal/u...
#JobAd #AejmcJobs

University of Colorado Boulder

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Bilge Yesil @bilgeyesil.bsky.social · 2d

Ezra Klein, what do you say?

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 2d

Rutgers professor moving to Europe after threats over antifa accusations

Mark Bray says threats intensified after a Turning Point USA petition accused him of promoting political violence

www.theguardian.com

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Bilge Yesil @bilgeyesil.bsky.social · 3d

Istanbul always on my mind

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Bilge Yesil @bilgeyesil.bsky.social · 4d

This book 👇https://open.spotify.com/episode/4REYIABlBCL11yxaDnCDjw?si=X4lCi2l4QTKvPQyCRzCWxQ

Carlotta Daro, "The Architecture of the Wire: Infrastructures of Telecommunication" (MIT Press, 2025)

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 5d

the usual story. rich guy wants to punish universities for not clamping down on pro-palestinian protests and for doing too much to recruit minorities. at base these guys want the top tier of american universities to become, once more, safe-spaces for their dunderheaded failsons

The Billionaire Behind Trump’s Deal for Universities

www.nytimes.com

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Bilge Yesil @bilgeyesil.bsky.social · 6d

Yes to this!

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Rebecca Ruth Gould @rrgould.bsky.social · 7d

Bristol now, calling for an end to the siege and genocide in Gaza and in support of the Global Sumud Flotilla

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Bilge Yesil @bilgeyesil.bsky.social · 8d

free e-book from @illinoispress.bsky.social www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...

Social Voices

www.press.uillinois.edu

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 8d

I struggle to think of an editorial board that's been more overtly racist and genocidal that the NY Times one.

This is on the level of Putinist bullshit about denazifying Ukraine.

NYT editorial board calls for deradicalizing the surviving Palestinians in Gaza The multinational authority should have an ambitious agenda. It would span the restoration of basic services, the feeding of the population, the reconstruction of neighborhoods and the creation of a police force. Crucially, as experts at the Wilson Center in Washington have argued, this authority should create a program in schools, the media and elsewhere "to remove Hamas's pervasive radicalizing influence over Gazan society." Another task would be disarming any Hamas fighters who keep fighting. Qatar, given its longtime relationship with Hamas, can help pressure the group, much as the United States can pressure Israel. There are historical antecedents for an international mission along these lines. Deradicalization programs succeeded in Germany and Japan after World War II, and multinational police forces have operated in Bosnia, Kosovo, Haiti and elsewhere. Of course, these efforts come with dangers. Participating countries would risk having their personnel become targets for Hamas.

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Bilge Yesil @bilgeyesil.bsky.social · 9d

Looking fwd to reading this new book on Turkey, Iran and the US. As always, thank you @turkeybooktalk.bsky.social for keeping us all updated!

Turkey Book Talk @turkeybooktalk.bsky.social · 9d

New episode 💯💯

Perin Gurel on “Türkiye, Iran, and the Politics of Comparison: America’s Wife, America’s Concubine” (@universitypress.cambridge.org)

The book explores the political and cultural history of Turkey–Iran comparisons from the Cold War era to today

👇👇

turkeybooktalk.com/2025/09/30/p...

Perin Gurel on the history of comparing Turkey and Iran in the West

Turkey Book Talk #254 – Perin Gurel of the University of Notre Dame on “Türkiye, Iran, and the Politics of Comparison: America’s Wife, America’s Concubine” (Cambridge University P…

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Bilge Yesil @bilgeyesil.bsky.social · 11d

Congrats Burcucum!

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Urban Studies Journal @urbanstudiesjournal.com · 13d

🚨 #UrbanStudies Vol. 62, Issue 13 (October 2025) out now!

✍️ Special Issue "Google, a stakeholder in local governance?"

Guest editors: Antoine Courmont & Burcu Baykurt

This collection explores how #Google has become a key actor in local #politics and urban environments.

📖 buff.ly/veREgdw

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Bilge Yesil @bilgeyesil.bsky.social · 11d

We tried to tell you. In media & comm studies, when we wrote about crackdowns on journalism and media capture in Turkey and elsewhere, it was seen as something happening "over there"—in distant, exotic, marginal places. I’m so tired of this.

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 11d

People who have studied the downfall of democracy in other countries recognize exactly what is happening in the U.S. The parallels are unmistakeable; the only difference is the speed - we are going *faster*. apnews.com/article/trum...

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Elena Morresi @elenamorresi.bsky.social · 11d

@hernandesraph.bsky.social , @porcelinad.bsky.social and I spent the better part of a year watching and analysing how far right ideology is shared in open Facebook groups: here is what we found: www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int... with immense help from Pablo Gutiérrez, Garry Blight, Lydia McMullan

Inside the everyday Facebook networks where far-right ideas grow

The Guardian spent a year studying an online community trading in anti-immigration sentiment and misinformation. Experts say such spaces can play a role in radicalisation

www.theguardian.com

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Bilge Yesil @bilgeyesil.bsky.social · 12d

Bu sorularin yanlislikla Faruk Bildirici’ye gonderilmesinde 2 olasilik var: ya bir aptalin isi ya da Fahrettin Altun intikam aliyor 😅

Faruk Bildirici @farukbildirici.bsky.social · 13d

Bunun açıklaması var mı? Cumhurbaşkanı Erdoğan’ın uçağı Washington’dan havalanmadan gazetecilerin uçakta soracakları sorular liste halinde bana geldi. Hem de soruların altında kimin o soruyu soracağı da yazıyordu. TSİ 22.10’du sorular geldiğinde. Açıklanan sohbet ile karşılaştırdım aynı sorulardı

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Bilge Yesil @bilgeyesil.bsky.social · 14d

Lol yes
Cnn folks were even boasting that the official WH post on X included the Turkish flag emoji !

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14d

Trump to Erdogan: "He knows about rigged elections better than anybody. But when I was in exile, we were still friends."

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Bilge Yesil @bilgeyesil.bsky.social · 14d

Saka bir yana, haber kanallarimizin dis politika haberleri, yorumlari kahvehane sohbetinden farksiz 😞

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Bilge Yesil @bilgeyesil.bsky.social · 14d

“Zirve” programdan 45 dak uzun surmus! As bayraklari!

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