Başak
@bashakella.bsky.social
Lit prof, disoriented comparatist in an English dept, always missing some place
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I don't think NYT should know peace until they divulge the full chain of decision making that led to the laundering of Nazi propaganda against a leading anti-fascist politician the same day fascism was codified in Congress.
July 4, 2025 at 2:51 AM
I don't think NYT should know peace until they divulge the full chain of decision making that led to the laundering of Nazi propaganda against a leading anti-fascist politician the same day fascism was codified in Congress.
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It would be tempting to find the “antisemitism panic” re Mamdani laughably absurd, & yet I’m reminded of the “DEI” & “trans panics.” The fact that ppl w power are able to say absurd things in public shld be understood instrumentally: as anti-democratic calls for state violence
June 29, 2025 at 5:10 AM
It would be tempting to find the “antisemitism panic” re Mamdani laughably absurd, & yet I’m reminded of the “DEI” & “trans panics.” The fact that ppl w power are able to say absurd things in public shld be understood instrumentally: as anti-democratic calls for state violence
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Mr. Antiwar President has us inches away from a Civil War at home and a nuclear war abroad in defense of an ally that is starting random hot regional wars to detract from its ongoing genocide. I’m sure all of this will just naturally cool off.
June 17, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Mr. Antiwar President has us inches away from a Civil War at home and a nuclear war abroad in defense of an ally that is starting random hot regional wars to detract from its ongoing genocide. I’m sure all of this will just naturally cool off.
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Reminder that seven Democratic senators voted to confirm Kristi Noem and six Dem senators declined to vote either way.
She was confirmed, 59-34.
The good faith experiment is clearly over, and we need the Democratic senators who didn't stand against her nomination to be loud as hell right now.
She was confirmed, 59-34.
The good faith experiment is clearly over, and we need the Democratic senators who didn't stand against her nomination to be loud as hell right now.
June 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Reminder that seven Democratic senators voted to confirm Kristi Noem and six Dem senators declined to vote either way.
She was confirmed, 59-34.
The good faith experiment is clearly over, and we need the Democratic senators who didn't stand against her nomination to be loud as hell right now.
She was confirmed, 59-34.
The good faith experiment is clearly over, and we need the Democratic senators who didn't stand against her nomination to be loud as hell right now.
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The derangement of right wing politics in America is incredible
June 12, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The derangement of right wing politics in America is incredible
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College leadership is pathetic. What cowards. They're going to withhold the diploma of the valedictorian because he used his speech to condemn genocide? Great. Make a hero out of him.
BTW - the kids gave him a standing ovation.
www.nyu.edu/about/news-p...
BTW - the kids gave him a standing ovation.
www.nyu.edu/about/news-p...
Statement By NYU Spokesperson John Beckman
www.nyu.edu
May 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
College leadership is pathetic. What cowards. They're going to withhold the diploma of the valedictorian because he used his speech to condemn genocide? Great. Make a hero out of him.
BTW - the kids gave him a standing ovation.
www.nyu.edu/about/news-p...
BTW - the kids gave him a standing ovation.
www.nyu.edu/about/news-p...
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Michigan attorney general drops felony charges against pro-Palestine student protesters - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/michigan-attorney-general-drops-felony-charges-against-pro-palestine
Michigan attorney general drops felony charges against pro-Palestine student protesters
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<div class="field field-field-text"><p style="margin-bottom:11px">A Michigan court has dismissed all charges against seven students who participated in pro-Palestinian protests last year.</p>
<p>The group of students were arrested last year after participating in protests against Israel’s war on Gaza broke out at campuses across the country. They faced felony charges of resisting and obstructing police at the University of Michigan and misdemeanor charges of trespassing. They had pleaded not guilty to all the charges.</p>
<p>Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel dropped all charges against the students. While she said she said she stood by her decision to seek felony charges in a statement, she criticized Ann Arbor Judge Cedric Simpson for delays to the case and critics who accused her of bias against Muslims and Arab Americans, she said that she no longer believes “these cases to be a prudent use of my department’s resources, and, as such, I have decided to dismiss the cases.”</p>
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www.middleeasteye.net
May 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Michigan attorney general drops felony charges against pro-Palestine student protesters - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/michigan-attorney-general-drops-felony-charges-against-pro-palestine
Esp for non-Turkish friends who might be curious about the earthquake today and where things stand with earthquake preparedness in Istanbul (and Turkey at large)
A 6.2 earthquake hit Istanbul this afternoon, thankfully no casualties reported so far. But:
1. Scenes of packed crowds in narrow streets all over the city highlight the lack of adequate assembly areas. 60% of assembly areas listed in the city's disaster plan no longer exist. Many were built upon.
1. Scenes of packed crowds in narrow streets all over the city highlight the lack of adequate assembly areas. 60% of assembly areas listed in the city's disaster plan no longer exist. Many were built upon.
April 23, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Esp for non-Turkish friends who might be curious about the earthquake today and where things stand with earthquake preparedness in Istanbul (and Turkey at large)
Yes! Exactly how you do it.
April 22, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Yes! Exactly how you do it.
Granted I’m having a day (or five), but this made me choke up.
M. Gessen with an important call to create alternative university structures.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/o...
Opinion | This Is How Universities Can Escape Trump’s Trap, If They Dare
It’s been tried in other countries facing authoritarian crackdowns. It works.
www.nytimes.com
April 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Granted I’m having a day (or five), but this made me choke up.
Okuyun, okutun (zincirin tümünü haliyle)
*Uzun zincir uyarisi*-> Siyaset bilimciler defaatle yazdilar ama hatirlatma olsun: Turkiye'de Venezuela, Rusya, Belarus, vb tipte bir rejim kurulabilmesi, sandiktan toptan vazgecilebilmesi cok zor. Bunun yapisal sebepleri oldugu kadar tarihsel ve kulturel sebepleri mevcut. Yapisal sebepler belli:+
April 11, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Okuyun, okutun (zincirin tümünü haliyle)
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America is solidly in our, “Scream ourselves to sleep, shit ourselves awake” era.
April 4, 2025 at 8:11 PM
America is solidly in our, “Scream ourselves to sleep, shit ourselves awake” era.
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Has everyone in charge at Columbia simply lost their marbles? I really cannot wrap my mind around their dereliction of duty to their students. If my kid went there I would sure feel some kind of way.
March 29, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Has everyone in charge at Columbia simply lost their marbles? I really cannot wrap my mind around their dereliction of duty to their students. If my kid went there I would sure feel some kind of way.
Omg we live in the worst horror film.
The co-director of the Oscar-winning documentary NO OTHER LAND, which still has no distributor, is missing. I look forward to seeing people make excuses for this as Israel is bombing hospitals and killing children.
March 24, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Omg we live in the worst horror film.
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Every single member of the Columbia administration should step down.
Through their complicity and their cowardice, they've betrayed their faculty, their staff and most of all their students.
There's no way they can lead that university in any meaningful sense from this point on.
Through their complicity and their cowardice, they've betrayed their faculty, their staff and most of all their students.
There's no way they can lead that university in any meaningful sense from this point on.
March 23, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Every single member of the Columbia administration should step down.
Through their complicity and their cowardice, they've betrayed their faculty, their staff and most of all their students.
There's no way they can lead that university in any meaningful sense from this point on.
Through their complicity and their cowardice, they've betrayed their faculty, their staff and most of all their students.
There's no way they can lead that university in any meaningful sense from this point on.
What a champion of free speech…
Elon Musk's social media platform X has suspended several accounts belonging to opposition figures in Turkey amid widespread civil unrest in the country.
Musk’s X suspends opposition accounts in Turkey amid civil unrest
Suspensions affect accounts spreading information about the widespread demonstrations.
www.politico.eu
March 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
What a champion of free speech…
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Vivian Wilson is Teen Vogue’s special issue cover star. The 20-year-old estranged daughter of Elon Musk discusses her modeling and TV aspirations, unusual extended family, and what she describes as the “cartoonishly evil” Trump admin. Read the full interview here: www.teenvogue.com/story/vivian...
March 20, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Vivian Wilson is Teen Vogue’s special issue cover star. The 20-year-old estranged daughter of Elon Musk discusses her modeling and TV aspirations, unusual extended family, and what she describes as the “cartoonishly evil” Trump admin. Read the full interview here: www.teenvogue.com/story/vivian...
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If you let the executive deport people to a foreign gulag just by pronouncing the word “terrorism,” then expect to be called a “terrorist” soon yourself.
March 17, 2025 at 3:21 AM
If you let the executive deport people to a foreign gulag just by pronouncing the word “terrorism,” then expect to be called a “terrorist” soon yourself.
This whole thing is madness. My partner is one of that 65thousand of people this jerk judge claims is not real. It’s so bizarre that if it weren’t so enraging it would almost be surreal in an interesting way.
A sitting judge in NC is STILL trying to change election rules after he lost, toss ballots from 65,000+ eligible voters, & grab a seat on the Tar Heel state’s highest court? Scary, but true. Bob Crawford, Ben Sawyer, and I talked about why we all should be paying attention to this story.
*The Road to Now* podcast, co-hosted by Bob Crawford and Ben Sawyer, talked with counsel and North Carolinian @anne-tindall.bsky.social about Jefferson Griffin’s efforts to overturn the results of the election for the N.C. Supreme Court—and what it could mean for the nation.
March 5, 2025 at 12:01 AM
This whole thing is madness. My partner is one of that 65thousand of people this jerk judge claims is not real. It’s so bizarre that if it weren’t so enraging it would almost be surreal in an interesting way.
No Other Land 🇵🇸✊ !!!
(Also, I’m clearly getting old bc Zoe Saldaña screaming Mamiiiii immediately made me start crying)
(Final thought: Adrien Brody is very hot and very insufferable)
(Also, I’m clearly getting old bc Zoe Saldaña screaming Mamiiiii immediately made me start crying)
(Final thought: Adrien Brody is very hot and very insufferable)
March 3, 2025 at 4:47 AM
No Other Land 🇵🇸✊ !!!
(Also, I’m clearly getting old bc Zoe Saldaña screaming Mamiiiii immediately made me start crying)
(Final thought: Adrien Brody is very hot and very insufferable)
(Also, I’m clearly getting old bc Zoe Saldaña screaming Mamiiiii immediately made me start crying)
(Final thought: Adrien Brody is very hot and very insufferable)
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This whole country wants bad things for others more than they want good things for themselves.
February 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
This whole country wants bad things for others more than they want good things for themselves.
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Hi, just a reminder that when you use Libro.fm for your audiobooks, you support independent bookshops vs. large corporations that drive them out of business.
We also pay taxes. And so do indie bookshops.
We also pay taxes. And so do indie bookshops.
February 27, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Hi, just a reminder that when you use Libro.fm for your audiobooks, you support independent bookshops vs. large corporations that drive them out of business.
We also pay taxes. And so do indie bookshops.
We also pay taxes. And so do indie bookshops.