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Ahmet Alphan Sabancı
@ahmetasabanci.com
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Critical futurist, writer, technologist, generalist, philosopher of Weird and Deadly Interesting. Also runs @tuhaf.studio

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Ahmet Alphan Sabancı @ahmetasabanci.com · Apr 3
I'm taking the work I started 10 years ago with Tuhaf Gelecek to the next level. Say hello to @tuhaf.studio, my independent futures and foresight studio.

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Tuhaf Studio is Here
I’m taking a major step in my career and starting Tuhaf Studio, my independent futures studio.
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Yani ülkedeki barınma ve konut sorunu öyle bir noktaya geldi ki sırf makul fiyatlı olduğu için en büyüğü 80 metrekare olan evlere bile bu seviyede bir talep var.
November 14, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Radyonuzu açın!

30. yaşımızı, 11-14 Kasım tarihleri arasında müstesna konuklar, dostlarımız ve dinleyicilerimizle 4 gün, 4 sabah, 4 saat sürecek özel bir yayınla kutluyoruz.

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November 11, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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This week started busier than expected so Weekstarter comes a little late with me talking about the balance between travel mode and hermit mode, giving you the latest updates from my side and more.

https://ahmetasabanci.com/balance-between-travel-and-hermit-modes-weekstarter-45-2025/
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November 4, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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The new Dirty Knobs album SCORCHER is out now: zacbentz.bandcamp.com/album/scorcher

You can watch the video playlists in both horizontal and vertical formats on Youtube:

H: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbuF...

V: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hi4q...

Please leave a comment if you like what you hear. 1/4
SCORCHER, by Dirty Knobs
8 track album
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October 31, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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I don’t know how to feel about this.
Duolingo pop-up promoting the new update which allows you to show your language scores on LinkedIn.
October 30, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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jayowens.bsky.social
‘Most scammers have themselves been scammed. The tens of thousands of Chinese, Ethiopians, Ugandans, Filipinos, Pakistanis and others who carry out the grunt work have been tricked, kidnapped and enslaved.’

@alexclapp.bsky.social on the vast cybercrime economy.

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Alexander Clapp · Pig Butchering: Scam Gangs
If it were a national economy, cybercrime would be the third largest in the world, behind only the United States and...
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October 29, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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“The gap between the eager-beaver simpering of the pitches and the spiky prose of his newsletter is laughable. There’s so much space between “these guys rock” and “these chunderfucks” that I think Meta just built a data center there.”

www.wired.com/story/ai-pr-...
Ed Zitron Gets Paid to Love AI. He Also Gets Paid to Hate AI | WIRED
He’s one of the loudest voices of the AI haters—even as he does PR for AI companies. Either way, Ed Zitron has your attention.
www.wired.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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This week starts with a conversation about how doing something so long can make you feel stuck, usual updates, links, and a Alfa Mist song.

https://ahmetasabanci.com/afraid-of-getting-stuck-weekstarter-44-2025/
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October 27, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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📬 Ekim 2018’de başlayan ve 352 sayıyı bulan @newslabturkey.bsky.social n okuyoruz| bülteninin bildiğiniz formattaki son sayısıyla karşınızdayım. Haftalık formattaki son sayıda da geride bıraktığımız yedi yıl ve değişimin arka planı üzerine biraz konuştum.

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October 26, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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Pro-opposition TV network Tele1 has been placed under state management following the arrest of its editor-in-chief in an espionage investigation. The channel’s broadcast was cut off while on air after trustees arrived. bianet.org/haber/truste...
Tele1 TV seized by state, broadcast interrupted mid-air
The network's chief editor was was detained as part of an espionage investigation earlier in the day.
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October 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Gazeteci Merdan Yanardağ yönetiminde 8 yıldır yayın yapan TELE1 kanalının yayını kayyım olarak atanan Yeni Şafak gazetesi yazarı İbrahim Paşalı tarafından durduruldu

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TELE 1 kanalına kayyım atandı
Genel Yayın Yönetmenliğini bugün casusluk suçlaması ile gözaltına alınan Merdan Yanardağ'ın yaptığı kanala TMSF el koydu. Kanalın yayın hakkını elinde bulunduran ABC şirketine kayyım atandı.
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October 24, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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For me, following US news is no different than watching a US remake of a TV series I’ve been watching for years. And it’s not just the Trump and Republicans part.
paleofuture.bsky.social Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 23d
“At times, it has felt like trying to report on politics in Turkey or Hungary.”
Financial Times: What has changed is simple: people are scared of crossing Trump this time. In researching this piece, I interviewed dozens of figures, including lawmakers, private sector executives, retired senior military figures and intelligence chiefs, current and former Trump officials, Washington lawyers and foreign government officials. Such is the fear of jail, bankruptcy or professional reprisal, that most of these people insisted on anonymity. This was in spite of the fact that many of the same people also wanted to emphasise that Trump would only be restrained by powerful voices opposing him publicly. At times, it has felt like trying to report on politics in Turkey or Hungary.
October 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Labour in Turkey is becoming expensive and scarce. Mass production may have to become a thing of the past, replaced by a focus on branding, design, fast delivery and niche products
Turkey’s fabled textile industry is coming apart at the seams
Inflation, China and an exodus of Syrian workers are among its problems
econ.st
October 24, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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Umarım sağlık sorunları geri dönmez de bu sene doya doya izleriz.
socratesdergi.com Socrates Dergi @socratesdergi.com · 24d
NBA’in başı belada.

Sezonun ilk maçında Wemby vs Dallas

🏀 40 sayı
💪 15 ribaund
🚫 3 blok
🔥 15/21 saha içi isabeti
✅ 125-92
October 23, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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📬 n okuyoruz| bültenimiz yayında!
📝 Bu haftanın odağında gazeteciliğin YZ karşısındaki konumu var.
📌 “Ne Okuduk” bölümünde Pentagon’un gazetecilerle kavgası, Spotify–Netflix ortaklığı, Politico’nun SMS deneyleri ve dahası var.
🤖 @ahmetasabanci.com hazırladı.
www.newslabturkey.org/2025/10/20/g...
Gazetecilik Yapay Zekâ Karşısında Pasif Kalmamalı
Bu haftanın anahtar kelimeleri: AI benchmarks, Pentagon, Spotify, Politico.
https://www.newslabturkey.org/2025/10/20/gazetecilik-yapay-zeka-karsisinda-pasif-kalmamali/"
October 22, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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I have no idea what kind of a list my email address is ended up but last week it was subscribed to a pro-Trump mailing list and today someone tries to create an account on one of those “let’s gamble on everything” websites.
October 22, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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This week started with a discussion about why you should focus on inspiring things, a classic Gojira song, usual updates, quotes and a mini rant about bureaucracy.
Hate Will Not Inspire You | Weekstarter 43-2025
This week started with a discussion about why you should focus on inspiring things, a classic Gojira song, usual updates, quotes and a mini rant about bureaucracy.
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October 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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This week started with a discussion about why you should focus on inspiring things, a classic Gojira song, usual updates, quotes and a mini rant about bureaucracy.
Hate Will Not Inspire You | Weekstarter 43-2025
This week started with a discussion about why you should focus on inspiring things, a classic Gojira song, usual updates, quotes and a mini rant about bureaucracy.
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October 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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SWHFTT‼️‼️SUNDAY‼️‼️
74. Cat Guardian!
October 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Fun fact: there are 83 players on rosters that were born AFTER LeBron James made his NBA debut on Oct 29, 2003.
October 19, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Botun iddiasına bir cevap verecek misin @agunzagun.com?
horsedisc.bsky.social disc horse bot @horsedisc.bsky.social · 29d
Idk who needs to hear this but ACAB includes YouTubers
October 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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I’m available if you need a philosophy grad.
thejaymo.net Jay Springett @thejaymo.net · Oct 14
Honestly philosophy grads (a so called useless degree) continue to to tear it up into senior positions in the corpo/tech world and are all doing really well in the current environment.
October 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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You might remember, I spent late August bank holiday in a junk yard. We were there to shoot a music video for my band which turned out total dad-core, and I love it.
Forest Bed | The Party’s Over
I’m really happy to announce that my band Forest Bed’s new single and music video is out now!
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October 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Either someone wants to troll me or they’re buying random email lists from somewhere.
An email from Turning Point USA sent to me which is a major problem because I never subscribed to their newsletter or ever visited their website.
October 13, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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This week starts a bit late but has all the usual news from me, a really good song from Gorillaz, and tells you why you should embrace the weirdness of the world.

https://ahmetasabanci.com/embrace-the-weird-weekstarter-42-2025/
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October 13, 2025 at 4:24 PM