Ümit Ünal
@asyadada.bsky.social
Film Director/Writer from Istanbul living in Glasgow.
Writes in English and Turkish.
https://asyadada.wixsite.com/umitunal
Writes in English and Turkish.
https://asyadada.wixsite.com/umitunal
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Ümit Ünal
@asyadada.bsky.social
· Jan 2
Pandora'nın Merakı - Ümit Ünal | 1 Ocak 2025
YouTube video by Bloomberg HT Shows
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Bir yerde Kara Kitap ile Benim Adım Kırmızı'yı karıştırmışım. 😊Ama onun dışında çok hoş sohbet ettik.
youtu.be/oMDpfMilGXQ?...
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Mark Carney's speech really is terrific: full text is here and very much worth your time.
The Carney doctrine
Open comment thread on the PM's Davos speech
paulwells.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Mark Carney's speech really is terrific: full text is here and very much worth your time.
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If you want to understand what is happening right now & what’s at stake, please listen to this conversation I had with historian Robert Kagan.
Europe has to wake up FAST.
Europe has to wake up FAST.
NEW | VIDEO
‘Europeans need to understand that it’s over’: historian Robert Kagan talks to @carolecadwalla.bsky.social about Trump’s coming ‘dictatorship’, the end of the western alliance - and why Keir Starmer needs to change course, fast
Prefer to read? 🔗⬇️
youtu.be/0goGamFRtO0
‘Europeans need to understand that it’s over’: historian Robert Kagan talks to @carolecadwalla.bsky.social about Trump’s coming ‘dictatorship’, the end of the western alliance - and why Keir Starmer needs to change course, fast
Prefer to read? 🔗⬇️
youtu.be/0goGamFRtO0
Europe needs a dramatic strategic revolution - now: historian Robert Kagan
YouTube video by The Nerve
youtu.be
January 20, 2026 at 9:35 PM
If you want to understand what is happening right now & what’s at stake, please listen to this conversation I had with historian Robert Kagan.
Europe has to wake up FAST.
Europe has to wake up FAST.
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It is even worse than it looks
The Old World Order is Dead
Unipolarity was given, not taken
open.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:19 PM
It is even worse than it looks
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We need more police to speak up like this. It’s not perfect, but it helps.
Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"
January 20, 2026 at 6:22 PM
We need more police to speak up like this. It’s not perfect, but it helps.
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This is, in my opinion, not only the correct moral/ethical/legal position but also the correct political framing. Everyone can see the agency is out of control; everyone can see that it is constantly violating human rights. "Scrap it and start over" is the moderate position.
Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people."
January 20, 2026 at 5:30 PM
This is, in my opinion, not only the correct moral/ethical/legal position but also the correct political framing. Everyone can see the agency is out of control; everyone can see that it is constantly violating human rights. "Scrap it and start over" is the moderate position.
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Slightly pathetic aurora snaps from Applecross
January 20, 2026 at 9:59 AM
Slightly pathetic aurora snaps from Applecross
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MLK Jr. said America suffers not just from "the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people."
Remember this.
Remember this.
January 19, 2026 at 10:01 PM
MLK Jr. said America suffers not just from "the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people."
Remember this.
Remember this.
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Vivian Maier, US street photographer whose work was discovered and recognized after her death #womensart
January 20, 2026 at 5:09 AM
Vivian Maier, US street photographer whose work was discovered and recognized after her death #womensart
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A winter sunset over Bolton Priory. The priory church and ruins of the Augustinian priory lie at the heart of the Bolton Abbey estate on land gifted to the Augustinian canons by Alice de Rumilly in 1154. Image Bolton Abbey Sunset Matt Smith CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
January 19, 2026 at 10:07 PM
A winter sunset over Bolton Priory. The priory church and ruins of the Augustinian priory lie at the heart of the Bolton Abbey estate on land gifted to the Augustinian canons by Alice de Rumilly in 1154. Image Bolton Abbey Sunset Matt Smith CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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in the plus side, watching the president of the United States destroy the entire geopolitical order because he didn't get a shiny award has successfully cured all my hangups about subtle character motivation in writing
January 19, 2026 at 8:10 AM
in the plus side, watching the president of the United States destroy the entire geopolitical order because he didn't get a shiny award has successfully cured all my hangups about subtle character motivation in writing
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Now into their 41st year @poemsonthetube.bsky.social have gone with Shelley's Ozymandias for their Poem of the Week. Can't think why.
January 19, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Now into their 41st year @poemsonthetube.bsky.social have gone with Shelley's Ozymandias for their Poem of the Week. Can't think why.
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This is such a cool illustration of how the Mercator map distorts the size of Greenland, which looks as big as the whole continent of Africa on that map but is actually the size of Mexico.
January 18, 2026 at 7:43 PM
This is such a cool illustration of how the Mercator map distorts the size of Greenland, which looks as big as the whole continent of Africa on that map but is actually the size of Mexico.
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Brexit sonrası çatlak derinleşti: İskoçya Başbakanı bağımsızlık referandumu için çağrı yaptı gazeteoksijen.com/dunya/brexit...
Brexit sonrası çatlak derinleşti: İskoçya Başbakanı bağımsızlık referandumu için çağrı yaptı
Gazete Oksijen
gazeteoksijen.com
January 18, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Brexit sonrası çatlak derinleşti: İskoçya Başbakanı bağımsızlık referandumu için çağrı yaptı gazeteoksijen.com/dunya/brexit...
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This photo was taken in 1911 using glass plate technology by Herbert Ponting who was part of Scott's Antarctic expedition,
The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance
Iconic imo
The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance
Iconic imo
January 17, 2026 at 7:12 AM
This photo was taken in 1911 using glass plate technology by Herbert Ponting who was part of Scott's Antarctic expedition,
The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance
Iconic imo
The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance
Iconic imo
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History is making fun of us
January 16, 2026 at 11:36 PM
History is making fun of us
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"War is peace.
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength."
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength."
January 17, 2026 at 9:40 AM
"War is peace.
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength."
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength."
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Posing with a usurped Nobel peace prize whilst threatening to trigger World War III against his allies in the North Pole.
A modern Suetonius couldn't make it up.
A modern Suetonius couldn't make it up.
January 16, 2026 at 6:37 AM
Posing with a usurped Nobel peace prize whilst threatening to trigger World War III against his allies in the North Pole.
A modern Suetonius couldn't make it up.
A modern Suetonius couldn't make it up.
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Written not to shame, but to speak; carrying anger that is measured, thoughtful, & deliberately restrained
It addresses directly this indefensible act of ego fuelled vandalism, but also carries judgement on our own selfish, fleeting acts that have ecological consequences
#poetry
#poemoftheday
It addresses directly this indefensible act of ego fuelled vandalism, but also carries judgement on our own selfish, fleeting acts that have ecological consequences
#poetry
#poemoftheday
January 15, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Written not to shame, but to speak; carrying anger that is measured, thoughtful, & deliberately restrained
It addresses directly this indefensible act of ego fuelled vandalism, but also carries judgement on our own selfish, fleeting acts that have ecological consequences
#poetry
#poemoftheday
It addresses directly this indefensible act of ego fuelled vandalism, but also carries judgement on our own selfish, fleeting acts that have ecological consequences
#poetry
#poemoftheday
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For non-German speakers:
“Dear media, I can’t stand the headline "No agreement between the US and Denmark” any longer. If an armed man storms a bank, you don't run the headline: "Robber and cashier can't reach an agreement on money transfer." Stop framing imperial aggression as normal diplomacy.”
“Dear media, I can’t stand the headline "No agreement between the US and Denmark” any longer. If an armed man storms a bank, you don't run the headline: "Robber and cashier can't reach an agreement on money transfer." Stop framing imperial aggression as normal diplomacy.”
Liebe Medien, ich kann die Schlagzeile "Keine Einigung zwischen USA und Dänemark" nicht mehr sehen. Wenn ein Bewaffneter eine Bank stürmt, titelt ihr doch auch nicht: "Räuber und Kassiererin finden keinen Konsens über Geldübergabe." Hört auf, imperiale Aggression als normale Diplomatie zu framen.
January 15, 2026 at 11:11 AM
For non-German speakers:
“Dear media, I can’t stand the headline "No agreement between the US and Denmark” any longer. If an armed man storms a bank, you don't run the headline: "Robber and cashier can't reach an agreement on money transfer." Stop framing imperial aggression as normal diplomacy.”
“Dear media, I can’t stand the headline "No agreement between the US and Denmark” any longer. If an armed man storms a bank, you don't run the headline: "Robber and cashier can't reach an agreement on money transfer." Stop framing imperial aggression as normal diplomacy.”
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The recent climate-change silence by Democratic leaders (ie gaming their climate-change politics) must be judged in light of what scientists have warned for years: Civilization is hurtling toward catastrophe with the only escape being phasing out fossil fuels ASAP.
www.thenation.com/article/envi...
www.thenation.com/article/envi...
Climate Hushers Need to Get Real
Political realism doesn’t outweigh scientific realism.
www.thenation.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:10 PM
The recent climate-change silence by Democratic leaders (ie gaming their climate-change politics) must be judged in light of what scientists have warned for years: Civilization is hurtling toward catastrophe with the only escape being phasing out fossil fuels ASAP.
www.thenation.com/article/envi...
www.thenation.com/article/envi...
This little lemon is beginning her 31st orbit of the sun. Happy birthday, Asya!
January 15, 2026 at 10:34 AM
This little lemon is beginning her 31st orbit of the sun. Happy birthday, Asya!
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psikoloji politiktir
MetroPOLL'den 'toplumsal ruh hali' raporu:
Türkiye'de her iki kişiden biri psikolojik desteğe muhtaç
Toplumun yüzde 61'i yüksek düzeyde tükenmişlik yaşıyor
Tükenmişliği en yoğun hisseden kadınlar, gençler, işsizler ve öğrenciler
Gündem, stres kaynağı
t24.com.tr/haber/metrop...
Türkiye'de her iki kişiden biri psikolojik desteğe muhtaç
Toplumun yüzde 61'i yüksek düzeyde tükenmişlik yaşıyor
Tükenmişliği en yoğun hisseden kadınlar, gençler, işsizler ve öğrenciler
Gündem, stres kaynağı
t24.com.tr/haber/metrop...
MetroPOLL'den 'toplumsal ruh hali' raporu: Türkiye'de her iki kişiden biri psikolojik desteğe muhtaç, toplumun yüzde 61'i yüksek düzeyde tükenmişlik yaşıyor
MetroPOLL'den 'toplumsal ruh hali' raporu: Türkiye'de her iki kişiden biri psikolojik desteğe muhtaç, toplumun yüzde 61'i yüksek düzeyde tükenmişlik yaşıyor
t24.com.tr
January 15, 2026 at 9:42 AM
psikoloji politiktir