Bilge Yesil
@bilgeyesil.bsky.social
Professor, Media Culture @CUNY CSI // Middle Eastern Studies @CUNY Graduate Center.
All things global communication, geopolitics, popular culture, surveillance, censorship, Middle East, Turkey, and food.
All things global communication, geopolitics, popular culture, surveillance, censorship, Middle East, Turkey, and food.
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Check out this special issue on interAsian digitalities firstmonday.org/ojs/index.ph...
Volume 30, Number 10 - 6 October 2025
| First Monday
firstmonday.org
November 9, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Check out this special issue on interAsian digitalities firstmonday.org/ojs/index.ph...
Celebrating Mamdani’s victory in Izmir, Turkey
November 8, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Celebrating Mamdani’s victory in Izmir, Turkey
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Get ready for another round of mutual hypocrisy as Turkey pretends to be unaware of any other genocides and Israel pretends to care about Armenians while driving them out of Jerusalem and arming Aliyev to the teeth.
Turkey issues genocide arrest warrant against Benjamin Netanyahu
Israeli PM, ministers and army chief accused of crimes against humanity ‘perpetrated systematically’ in Gaza
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Get ready for another round of mutual hypocrisy as Turkey pretends to be unaware of any other genocides and Israel pretends to care about Armenians while driving them out of Jerusalem and arming Aliyev to the teeth.
Turkish Twitter is abuzz with Mamdani’s tweet from
2013 Gezi protests 🤣
2013 Gezi protests 🤣
November 6, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Turkish Twitter is abuzz with Mamdani’s tweet from
2013 Gezi protests 🤣
2013 Gezi protests 🤣
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Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
Mamdani won. NJ is still a blue state. Even my local BOE went to Dems after so many years.
What a night!
What a night!
November 5, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Mamdani won. NJ is still a blue state. Even my local BOE went to Dems after so many years.
What a night!
What a night!
My second cousin in Turkey messaged me today saying Mamdani gives her hope. Then she asked, he will win, right?
November 4, 2025 at 7:22 PM
My second cousin in Turkey messaged me today saying Mamdani gives her hope. Then she asked, he will win, right?
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New: Videos show ICE/CBP agents are scanning peoples' faces on the street to verify citizenship. ICE has tool to instantly look up unprecedented number of databases with just a photo
“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”
“Alright, we just got to verify that”
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”
“Alright, we just got to verify that”
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples’ Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship
Videos on social media show officers from ICE and CBP using facial recognition technology on people in the field. One expert described the practice as “pure dystopian creep.”
www.404media.co
October 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
New: Videos show ICE/CBP agents are scanning peoples' faces on the street to verify citizenship. ICE has tool to instantly look up unprecedented number of databases with just a photo
“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”
“Alright, we just got to verify that”
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”
“Alright, we just got to verify that”
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
Auntie in Turkey: any woman who’s older than you.
October 29, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Auntie in Turkey: any woman who’s older than you.
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"The real message out of this, because it's a massive" landslide victory is a combination of voters said "look, we have our own agency. Stop pushing us around."
@fionamullency.social on how Turkish Cypriots rejected foreign influence in recent TRNC elections:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESjt...
@fionamullency.social on how Turkish Cypriots rejected foreign influence in recent TRNC elections:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESjt...
October 27, 2025 at 1:38 PM
"The real message out of this, because it's a massive" landslide victory is a combination of voters said "look, we have our own agency. Stop pushing us around."
@fionamullency.social on how Turkish Cypriots rejected foreign influence in recent TRNC elections:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESjt...
@fionamullency.social on how Turkish Cypriots rejected foreign influence in recent TRNC elections:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESjt...
"Israeli universities regularly collaborate with the military, which has destroyed all academic life in Gaza. That's done nothing to slow U.S.-Israeli partnerships."
www.972mag.com/us-israeli-a...
www.972mag.com/us-israeli-a...
After crushing dissent, U.S. universities deepen ties with Israeli academia
Israeli universities regularly collaborate with the military, which has destroyed all academic life in Gaza. That's done nothing to slow U.S.-Israeli partnerships.
www.972mag.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
"Israeli universities regularly collaborate with the military, which has destroyed all academic life in Gaza. That's done nothing to slow U.S.-Israeli partnerships."
www.972mag.com/us-israeli-a...
www.972mag.com/us-israeli-a...
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i really resent the continued assertion that there’s so much anger on both sides, as if the causes of the anger are equally legitimate. we’re angry because masked maniacs are violently snatching our family and neighbors off the street, and they’re angry because we’re calling them out for it.
October 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
i really resent the continued assertion that there’s so much anger on both sides, as if the causes of the anger are equally legitimate. we’re angry because masked maniacs are violently snatching our family and neighbors off the street, and they’re angry because we’re calling them out for it.
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UC faculty and the @aaup.org demand the end of mandatory surveillance software use across the UC system. The future belongs to people, not to big brother!
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
University of California faculty push back against Big Brother cybersecurity mandate
School officials defend software as bulwark against ransomware, but professors fear potential surveillance of their devices
www.science.org
October 24, 2025 at 12:34 PM
UC faculty and the @aaup.org demand the end of mandatory surveillance software use across the UC system. The future belongs to people, not to big brother!
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Virtually every digital technology of this century has been designed to feed and flatter the worst parts of yourself
Preliminary results show that the current framework of "AI" makes ppl less likely to help or seek help from other humans, or to seek to soothe conflict, and that people actively prefer that framework to any others, literally serving to make them more dependent on it.
Sycophantic AI Decreases Prosocial Intentions and Promotes Dependence
Both the general public and academic communities have raised concerns about sycophancy, the phenomenon of artificial intelligence (AI) excessively agreeing with or flattering users. Yet, beyond isolat...
arxiv.org
October 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Virtually every digital technology of this century has been designed to feed and flatter the worst parts of yourself
Timely, as they say
October 22, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Timely, as they say
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I feel certain that these guys were paid fifty bucks a piece to do this.
And I'm pretty sure that the one dude with a keffiyeh has never worn one before in his life.
And I'm pretty sure that the one dude with a keffiyeh has never worn one before in his life.
October 22, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I feel certain that these guys were paid fifty bucks a piece to do this.
And I'm pretty sure that the one dude with a keffiyeh has never worn one before in his life.
And I'm pretty sure that the one dude with a keffiyeh has never worn one before in his life.
Why is ICA silent on the genocide? Listen to @chenjerai.bsky.social and @desfreedman.bsky.social
youtu.be/onHDDuA8I0c?...
youtu.be/onHDDuA8I0c?...
Why is the International Communication Association (ICA) silent on genocide?
YouTube video by Chenjerai Kumanyika
youtu.be
October 22, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Why is ICA silent on the genocide? Listen to @chenjerai.bsky.social and @desfreedman.bsky.social
youtu.be/onHDDuA8I0c?...
youtu.be/onHDDuA8I0c?...
🚨 PhD position w/ @azadehakbari.bsky.social at Critical Data & Surveillance Studies at Goethe-University azadeh-akbari.com/come-work-wi...
Come work with me: PhD Position
In the Working group Critical Data & Surveillance Studies at the Center for Critical Computational Studies (C³S) at Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, which focuses on geographical, political, and/o...
azadeh-akbari.com
October 22, 2025 at 12:26 PM
🚨 PhD position w/ @azadehakbari.bsky.social at Critical Data & Surveillance Studies at Goethe-University azadeh-akbari.com/come-work-wi...
Criminalization of Solidarity:A Response to the So-Called Migration Crisis, Oct 27, 6-8pm, CUNY GC
Speakers:
Seán Binder-one of the defendants in the criminal case of solidarity in Europe
Heba Gowayed-associate prof of sociology at Hunter College
Registration: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Speakers:
Seán Binder-one of the defendants in the criminal case of solidarity in Europe
Heba Gowayed-associate prof of sociology at Hunter College
Registration: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Criminalization of Solidarity: A Response to the So-Called European Migration Crisis
Monday, October 27, 2025
6-8 p.m.
CUNY Graduate Center, Kelly Skylight Room (9100)
docs.google.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Criminalization of Solidarity:A Response to the So-Called Migration Crisis, Oct 27, 6-8pm, CUNY GC
Speakers:
Seán Binder-one of the defendants in the criminal case of solidarity in Europe
Heba Gowayed-associate prof of sociology at Hunter College
Registration: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Speakers:
Seán Binder-one of the defendants in the criminal case of solidarity in Europe
Heba Gowayed-associate prof of sociology at Hunter College
Registration: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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How do coordinated attacks on journalists actually work? Find out tomorrow at @us.theguardian.com columnist Arwa Mahdawi's colloquium at @asc.upenn.edu. Register here: bit.ly/kjsr6
October 21, 2025 at 5:46 PM
How do coordinated attacks on journalists actually work? Find out tomorrow at @us.theguardian.com columnist Arwa Mahdawi's colloquium at @asc.upenn.edu. Register here: bit.ly/kjsr6
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Yikes!
From the article: "many peer institutions paused Ph.D. admissions altogether, suggesting the FAS may have considered a complete halt in line with its peers."
The government's attack on American universities seems to be hitting PhD admissions, fellowships, early career opportunities hardest.
From the article: "many peer institutions paused Ph.D. admissions altogether, suggesting the FAS may have considered a complete halt in line with its peers."
The government's attack on American universities seems to be hitting PhD admissions, fellowships, early career opportunities hardest.
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences slashed the number of Ph.D. student admissions slots for the Science division by more than 75 percent and for the Arts & Humanities division by about 60 percent for the next two years.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Harvard FAS Cuts Ph.D. Seats By More Than Half Across Next Two Admissions Cycles | News | The Harvard Crimson
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences slashed the number of Ph.D. student admissions slots for the Science division by more than 75 percent and for the Arts & Humanities division by about 60 percent for th...
www.thecrimson.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Yikes!
From the article: "many peer institutions paused Ph.D. admissions altogether, suggesting the FAS may have considered a complete halt in line with its peers."
The government's attack on American universities seems to be hitting PhD admissions, fellowships, early career opportunities hardest.
From the article: "many peer institutions paused Ph.D. admissions altogether, suggesting the FAS may have considered a complete halt in line with its peers."
The government's attack on American universities seems to be hitting PhD admissions, fellowships, early career opportunities hardest.
🚨 job alert: Assistant Prof of Media Law and Policy, Lehigh U. apply.interfolio.com/173289
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October 21, 2025 at 1:55 PM
🚨 job alert: Assistant Prof of Media Law and Policy, Lehigh U. apply.interfolio.com/173289
another great event at CUNY GC
October 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
another great event at CUNY GC
Don’t miss this event if you are in NYC
October 20, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Don’t miss this event if you are in NYC