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“It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste much of it.” – Seneca
When we first meet Don Quixote, Cervantes does something curious. He insists that he is not the real author of the book at all. Instead, he tells us he merely translated an Arabic manuscript.
And here is the fascinating story of a stand-up comedian 👇
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While discussing Kimmel’s cancellation and politics of satire, I invite you to reflect on the fascinating story of Roman Ramirez.
My new piece 👇
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My students at American University know how I love to unpack the symbolism behind the Temperance Movement & the women’s campaigns.But recently, I stumbled across a far earlier—and far stranger—example of women’s mobilization to save their men from…coffee!
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It’s a storytelling podcast and here is why I tell these stories 👇
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1652 Londra. Kralın kellesi gitmiş, cumhuriyetçiler gelmiş. Kuran’ın ilk İngilizce çevirisi dolaşıyor & ilk kahve evi açılıyor.
“Kahve geldi, Kur’an da hemen arkasından!” diyor “Muhammedan Berry” dedikleri bu içecekle Cumhuriyet devrimini ilişkilendirenler
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Who is Leonard Leo?
He's a lawyer, but he's never argued a case in court. He's never held elected office. But for years he rebuilt the American legal system, resulting in the Supreme Court's right-wing supermajority.
By @andykroll.bsky.social
(Published Oct. 2023)
SEZON FİNALİ 🙌
Son 5 dakika sizi şaşırtacak
#DoğuBatıMasalı
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"Within minutes after DOGE accessed the NLRB's systems, someone with an IP address in Russia started trying to log in. The attempts were 'near real-time'...
"Whoever was attempting to log in was using one of the newly created DOGE accounts..."
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Sending you big hugs, Nate—hope your great work will be noticeable and there will be great opportunities knocking your door
31.03.2025 17:37 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0As the death toll from Myanmar's worst earthquake in more than a century rose past 2,000, many people have taken to social media to plead with foreign governments to redirect aid into Sagaing, a rebel stronghold where residents say that over 80% of the town has been destroyed. nyti.ms/4iJ43wR
31.03.2025 13:40 — 👍 700 🔁 70 💬 23 📌 11Can you please circulate?
PhD Scholarship:
The Effectiveness of Authoritarian Sharp Power Online in Influencing Diaspora Groups
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Why is Pete Hegseth bringing his wife to top security meetings and hiring his brother at the Pentagon? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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So good! Deeply moving and cathartic to be in community. Go watch the #Encampment at the Angelika!
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"The question is, what can happen? The judiciary isn’t working anymore. People come out on the street, but we know that they can be put down. It’s very dangerous. Turkey will end up being a lesson in some way," @whitejenny.bsky.social told @ichotiner.bsky.social.
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In arresting his political enemies, Erdoğan counted on the support of Turks who hated the PKK and Fetullah Gulen more than they cared about the rule of law. Trump too is counting on the support of Americans who hate Hamas more than they respect the Constitution.
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This is Yale Professor Timothy Snyder, who studies authoritarians and tyranny, with a warning.
He and another Yale professor, Jason Stanley, who studies similar topics at Yale, are moving to Canadian universities, a result of the political and academic climate here.
Kseniia Petrova, a Russian scientist at Harvard Medical School, was detained at Logan Airport after returning from France and sent to an ICE detention in Louisiana, The Insider reports.
A big critic of Putin and the war in Ukraine, she may now be deported to Russia.
BREAKING: Newly obtained footage of the abduction of Tufts student Runeysa Ozturk which includes audio of her kidnappers.
27.03.2025 12:22 — 👍 1612 🔁 965 💬 344 📌 193Over a thousand protesters gathered in Somerville, Massachusetts, on Wednesday to demand the freedom of Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts PhD student and Fulbright scholar abducted by ICE agents.
Ozturk is believed to have been targeted for co-authoring an opinion piece for her student newspaper about Gaza.
Official Website of the Department of Homeland Security SEPARTMEN U.s. OF U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Main Menu Search Results: 1 RUMEYSA OZTURK Country of Birth : Turkey Status : In ICE Custody State: LA Current Detention Facility: SOUTH LOUISIANA ICE PROCESSING CENTER * Click on the Detention Facility name to obtain facility contact information
So Rumeysa Ozturk is arrested in MA on Tuesday. Her lawyers rush to federal court on Tuesday night and obtain an order—ON TUESDAY NIGHT—not to move her out of MA. All day yesterday, ICE won’t say where she is. And now, on Thursday, they say she’s in Louisiana.
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The widely circulated video of Turkish doctoral student Rumeysa Ozturk’s arrest in the Boston area has sent shock waves through the academic community as thousands turned out on Wednesday, demanding her release.
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A Sufi dervish confronts tyranny—
Turkish society has indeed tremendous tolerance for autocratic regimes. But if you manage to make them go rebellious, that’s when you should know you’ve crossed the line too far.
Credit: Hüseyin Aldemir for AP, Istanbul, March 23, 2025
A Turkish court jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, President Tayyip Erdogan's main political rival, pending trial on corruption charges in a move that inflamed the country's biggest protests in more than a decade reut.rs/41TqKHA
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Turkish authorities have detained nine journalists who covered overnight protests in several cities against the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, the Journalists Union of Turkey said reut.rs/41U8rlC
24.03.2025 08:44 — 👍 201 🔁 115 💬 6 📌 15NEW: Erdogan has banned protests in Turkey. He has threatened to arrest anyone attending one.
This is the people’s response.
Fighting for their democracy with another vast gathering in Istanbul tonight. #Turkey 🇹🇷
(🎥 Credit: Özgür Özel - Chairman, Republican People’s Party)
Author Pankaj Mishra argues Israel operates within a “culture of impunity,” emboldened by global far-right movements that admire Israel’s “brazen cruelty.”
23.03.2025 21:31 — 👍 191 🔁 62 💬 8 📌 1An almost surreal video from Istanbul - watch until the very end.
Police harshly attack protestors with plastic bullets and pepper gas.
Suddenly, Ankaranin Baglari starts playing in the background. And then two attacked protestors start dancing oyun havası.
Resisting with style!
