Murat Cem Mengüç
@muratcemmenguc.bsky.social
Artist, writer, historian, backyard farmer (art, religion, history, ecology, culture, politics).
Is Maryland listening?
Virginia Democrat flips seat in state legislature by taking on datacenters
John McAuliff won against a Republican by focusing on something affecting all his constituents: the cost of energy
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Is Maryland listening?
Introducing myself with five animals I saw in the wild
- Humpback Whale
- Yellow head snake
- Bald eagle (couple)
- Blue heron
- American goldfinch
- Humpback Whale
- Yellow head snake
- Bald eagle (couple)
- Blue heron
- American goldfinch
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Humpback whale
Grizzly
Bighorn sheep
Sambar
Pine marten
Humpback whale
Grizzly
Bighorn sheep
Sambar
Pine marten
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Resplendent quetzal
Ohlone tiger beetle
Blue whale
Northern elephant seal
Southern sea otter 🦦
Resplendent quetzal
Ohlone tiger beetle
Blue whale
Northern elephant seal
Southern sea otter 🦦
November 29, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Introducing myself with five animals I saw in the wild
- Humpback Whale
- Yellow head snake
- Bald eagle (couple)
- Blue heron
- American goldfinch
- Humpback Whale
- Yellow head snake
- Bald eagle (couple)
- Blue heron
- American goldfinch
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Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
www.thetimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
White House said Trump’s hand was bruised from “extensive hand shaking.” Lol
November 27, 2025 at 1:52 PM
White House said Trump’s hand was bruised from “extensive hand shaking.” Lol
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Belfast youth football coach expelled after posting cocaine prices on league group chat
Belfast youth football coach expelled after posting cocaine prices on league group chat
List detailed times and costs for ‘proper pure bags’ and specified cash payment
A Northern Ireland football club has removed a coach who posted an apparent menu of cocaine prices in a group chat for a youth league.
The list of prices for “proper pure bags” detailed times and meeting locations and specified cash payment. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Belfast youth football coach expelled after posting cocaine prices on league group chat
Nothing like a wanna be social media motivational influencer telling us about the negative effects of procrastination and how loss of potential ruins our dreams during a holiday weekend. Don’t these loosers take a break? I wanna be lazy, fat and unproductive. So please shut up!
November 27, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Nothing like a wanna be social media motivational influencer telling us about the negative effects of procrastination and how loss of potential ruins our dreams during a holiday weekend. Don’t these loosers take a break? I wanna be lazy, fat and unproductive. So please shut up!
If you are a motivational influencer guiding people to produce goods for a capitalist system without giving any insights about how abusive and unhealthy the system itself is, then you are just a cog in the machine.
November 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM
If you are a motivational influencer guiding people to produce goods for a capitalist system without giving any insights about how abusive and unhealthy the system itself is, then you are just a cog in the machine.
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Jimmy Cliff, légende du reggae, est mort
Jimmy Cliff, légende du reggae, est mort
L’auteur-compositeur et interprète de reggae jamaïcain de renommée internationale s’est éteint à l’âge de 81 ans. Il était notamment connu pour « Many Rivers to Cross », « The Harder They Come », « Reggae Night », « I Can See Clearly Now » ou encore « Hakuna Matata ».
www.lemonde.fr
November 24, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Jimmy Cliff, légende du reggae, est mort
Trump shrugged off the murder of a @washingtonpost.com journalist the same day he called a @bloomberg.com journalist “piggy”.
November 19, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Trump shrugged off the murder of a @washingtonpost.com journalist the same day he called a @bloomberg.com journalist “piggy”.
Every time a scholar opens a paragraph with the sentence "There are three reasons for this..." the same thing happens: the first reason is brief and clear, the second reason is lost in tangents, convoluted and ends the paragraph; the third reason is somewhere below and good luck finding it.
November 18, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Every time a scholar opens a paragraph with the sentence "There are three reasons for this..." the same thing happens: the first reason is brief and clear, the second reason is lost in tangents, convoluted and ends the paragraph; the third reason is somewhere below and good luck finding it.
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After a full year of work, this book is out! Cooking in Maximum Security, compiled by Matteo Guidi, is our latest Half Letter Press book and it's beautiful. How do people in Italian prisons cook? This book will show you their recipes and tools used to make them. halfletterpress.com/cooking-in-m...
November 8, 2025 at 1:35 PM
After a full year of work, this book is out! Cooking in Maximum Security, compiled by Matteo Guidi, is our latest Half Letter Press book and it's beautiful. How do people in Italian prisons cook? This book will show you their recipes and tools used to make them. halfletterpress.com/cooking-in-m...
Why doesn't #BBC release a documentary about the environmental impact of the war in Gaza, instead of the one focusing Hitler's DNA? Sweet timing... Is there one on the pipe-line about Casanova's love affair with his daughter to coincide with the release of Epstein files and the Trumporama?
November 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Why doesn't #BBC release a documentary about the environmental impact of the war in Gaza, instead of the one focusing Hitler's DNA? Sweet timing... Is there one on the pipe-line about Casanova's love affair with his daughter to coincide with the release of Epstein files and the Trumporama?
X deactivated imprisoned İstanbul mayor İmamoğlu’s account, assuming at the request of the Erdoğan government. How not to deal with your opponents.
November 13, 2025 at 1:01 PM
X deactivated imprisoned İstanbul mayor İmamoğlu’s account, assuming at the request of the Erdoğan government. How not to deal with your opponents.
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Artists including Lorde, Björk and Massive Attack have joined an international initiative to geo-block their music from being streamed in Israel. n.pr/4qUTLhC
Why more than 1,000 musicians are boycotting Israel with 'No Music for Genocide'
Artists including Lorde, Björk and Massive Attack have joined an international initiative to geo-block their music from being streamed in Israel.
n.pr
November 13, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Artists including Lorde, Björk and Massive Attack have joined an international initiative to geo-block their music from being streamed in Israel. n.pr/4qUTLhC
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To recap: Jeffrey Epstein offered a NY Times reporter photos taken in Epstein's kitchen of Donald Trump and girls in bikinis *and* implored the NYT reporter to put this information in the public discourse in 2015
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
“would you like photos of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen?” -Jeffrey Epstein
November 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
To recap: Jeffrey Epstein offered a NY Times reporter photos taken in Epstein's kitchen of Donald Trump and girls in bikinis *and* implored the NYT reporter to put this information in the public discourse in 2015
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
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After Trump returned to office in January, plastic surgeons across Washington, D.C., have seen a spike in patients seeking bolder, more obvious cosmetic work, to achieve what one doctor called a “Mar-a-Lago face"
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
DC plastic surgeons see more Trump insiders getting ‘Mar-a-Lago face’
One surgeon even turned patients away after they asked for “a more done look, like that Mar-a-Lago face.”
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 9:23 PM
After Trump returned to office in January, plastic surgeons across Washington, D.C., have seen a spike in patients seeking bolder, more obvious cosmetic work, to achieve what one doctor called a “Mar-a-Lago face"
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Boualem Sansal : le président allemand appelle son homologue algérien à gracier l’écrivain et propose de l’accueillir
Boualem Sansal : le président allemand appelle son homologue algérien à gracier l’écrivain et propose de l’accueillir
Frank-Walter Steinmeier a exhorté ce lundi 10 novembre Abdelmadjid Tebboune à «un geste humanitaire» pour l’écrivain emprisonné depuis un an et au cœur d’une grave crise diplomatique entre Alger et Paris.
www.liberation.fr
November 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Boualem Sansal : le président allemand appelle son homologue algérien à gracier l’écrivain et propose de l’accueillir
This is going to happen a lot. “The recent introduction of generative AI means that we no longer have any control over how big tech companies are using our information... The big tech companies are the ones gaining from all the hours of work we have put into making and running our website, not us.
Holland-Cycling.com - Holland-Cycling.com stops in 2026
After 13 successful years Holland-Cycling.com will stop its activities at the beginning of 2026. Now that the cycling season of 2025 has come to an end the website will no longer be updated.
www.holland-cycling.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:18 PM
This is going to happen a lot. “The recent introduction of generative AI means that we no longer have any control over how big tech companies are using our information... The big tech companies are the ones gaining from all the hours of work we have put into making and running our website, not us.
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I find the upsurge in NYTimes subscriptions story very very plausible. This in a year the newspaper was criticized and boycotted more than ever. Most competitive offer costs $51 a year for subscription. Or $1 a week. It’s a pocket change for wealthy donors who would like to keep it going.
November 7, 2025 at 12:11 PM
I find the upsurge in NYTimes subscriptions story very very plausible. This in a year the newspaper was criticized and boycotted more than ever. Most competitive offer costs $51 a year for subscription. Or $1 a week. It’s a pocket change for wealthy donors who would like to keep it going.
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I don’t think the Congress is ever coming back in session and I think that’s their plan
November 7, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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