Ertugrul GOKCEN
@ertugrul.social
Proud dad ❤️❤️❤️ 👧🏼@🇨🇦 • Istanbulite • #InfoSec geek • open source advocate • tennis fan – #FeDal, #Sinner • history buff • pro-science • denialism debunker • anti-fascist, anti-MAGA
For 🇹🇷 press @tr.ertugrul.social
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Wow, thanks, CNN. Once again, intel too little too late llike the condom after sex.
February 13, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Wow, thanks, CNN. Once again, intel too little too late llike the condom after sex.
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I wish that journalists would stop uncritically buying into Musk's framing of what DOGE is doing as an audit. You can tell it is not an audit because it is being done by people with zero experience in auditing and the methodology is "poke around in files, looking for keywords without any context."
February 13, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I wish that journalists would stop uncritically buying into Musk's framing of what DOGE is doing as an audit. You can tell it is not an audit because it is being done by people with zero experience in auditing and the methodology is "poke around in files, looking for keywords without any context."
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If you’re intrigued by the Musk-promoted bullshit about the slave trade and want real historical insight from the Roman era to the Atlantic slave trade, including the Ottomans, Vikings, Slavs, India, and more, I highly recommend slavery episodes (48-71) of @empirepoduk.bsky.social
February 9, 2025 at 2:11 PM
If you’re intrigued by the Musk-promoted bullshit about the slave trade and want real historical insight from the Roman era to the Atlantic slave trade, including the Ottomans, Vikings, Slavs, India, and more, I highly recommend slavery episodes (48-71) of @empirepoduk.bsky.social
Now that’s too much.
February 7, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Now that’s too much.
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Sometimes you just have to say “fuck you” with a flourish
February 5, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Sometimes you just have to say “fuck you” with a flourish
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FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States
FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States
WASHINGTON—Putting the nation on alert against what it has described as a “highly credible terrorist threat,” the FBI announced today that it has uncovered a plot by members of al-Qaeda to sit back an...
theonion.com
February 5, 2025 at 6:31 PM
FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States
Gift link… 🎁
How Chinese A.I. Start-Up DeepSeek Is Competing With Silicon Valley Giants (Gift Article)
The company built a cheaper, competitive chatbot with fewer high-end computer chips than U.S. behemoths like Google and OpenAI, showing the limits of chip export control.
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Gift link… 🎁
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China built more solar power in the last 8 months than all the nuclear power built in the entire world in the entire history of human civilisation.
January 23, 2025 at 8:46 PM
China built more solar power in the last 8 months than all the nuclear power built in the entire world in the entire history of human civilisation.
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The world’s biggest iceberg — the size of Rhode Island — is heading toward an island off Antarctica that’s home to millions of penguins
Wall of ice the size of Rhode Island heading toward penguin-packed island off Antarctica
The trillion-ton slab of ice, called a megaberg, could slam into South Georgia Island and get stuck or be guided around it by currents.
www.detroitnews.com
January 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The world’s biggest iceberg — the size of Rhode Island — is heading toward an island off Antarctica that’s home to millions of penguins
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“What radicalized you?”
There are several things I could list, but a huge turning point for me was working at a pain management clinic and coming across someone with fungal breast cancer who decided, “It would just be easier and cheaper to die” because they couldn’t afford treatment.
There are several things I could list, but a huge turning point for me was working at a pain management clinic and coming across someone with fungal breast cancer who decided, “It would just be easier and cheaper to die” because they couldn’t afford treatment.
“what radicalized you”
i have college educated, fully employed friends who are on the brink of homelessness due to rent prices.
i have college educated, fully employed friends who are on the brink of homelessness due to rent prices.
January 26, 2025 at 3:31 PM
“What radicalized you?”
There are several things I could list, but a huge turning point for me was working at a pain management clinic and coming across someone with fungal breast cancer who decided, “It would just be easier and cheaper to die” because they couldn’t afford treatment.
There are several things I could list, but a huge turning point for me was working at a pain management clinic and coming across someone with fungal breast cancer who decided, “It would just be easier and cheaper to die” because they couldn’t afford treatment.
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“what radicalized you”
i have college educated, fully employed friends who are on the brink of homelessness due to rent prices.
i have college educated, fully employed friends who are on the brink of homelessness due to rent prices.
January 26, 2025 at 10:09 AM
“what radicalized you”
i have college educated, fully employed friends who are on the brink of homelessness due to rent prices.
i have college educated, fully employed friends who are on the brink of homelessness due to rent prices.
Danes should be grateful that it wasn’t a golden shower. 😏 #GoldenAge #MakeShowerGreatAgain
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One person [who was briefed on the call] said: ‘He was very firm. It was a cold shower. Before, it was hard to take it seriously. But I do think it is serious and potentially very dangerous.’
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One person [who was briefed on the call] said: ‘He was very firm. It was a cold shower. Before, it was hard to take it seriously. But I do think it is serious and potentially very dangerous.’
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Trump again demands to buy Greenland in ‘horrendous’ call with Danish PM
Trump again demands to buy Greenland in ‘horrendous’ call with Danish PM
Source says: ‘The Danes are in crisis mode’ after US president’s call with prime minister Mette Frederiksen
Donald Trump had a fiery phone call with Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen over his demands to buy Greenland, according to senior European…
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Danes should be grateful that it wasn’t a golden shower. 😏 #GoldenAge #MakeShowerGreatAgain
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One person [who was briefed on the call] said: ‘He was very firm. It was a cold shower. Before, it was hard to take it seriously. But I do think it is serious and potentially very dangerous.’
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One person [who was briefed on the call] said: ‘He was very firm. It was a cold shower. Before, it was hard to take it seriously. But I do think it is serious and potentially very dangerous.’
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I asked Grok (Elmo’s #AI) what makes #DeepSeek R1 so amazing, and here is what it has to say. Elmo wiil definitely deprive Grok of the precious Nvidia chips it craves so much if he finds out it’s praising its rival; this is how stuff is done in the U.S. right now.
👉 x.com/i/grok/share...
👉 x.com/i/grok/share...
January 25, 2025 at 1:12 PM
I asked Grok (Elmo’s #AI) what makes #DeepSeek R1 so amazing, and here is what it has to say. Elmo wiil definitely deprive Grok of the precious Nvidia chips it craves so much if he finds out it’s praising its rival; this is how stuff is done in the U.S. right now.
👉 x.com/i/grok/share...
👉 x.com/i/grok/share...
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Four examples of Democratic messaging since yesterday. I know which one I'm supporting. And voting for.
January 24, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Four examples of Democratic messaging since yesterday. I know which one I'm supporting. And voting for.
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"I have a PhD; you have Dunning-Kruger" needs to be on a t-shirt if it isn't already
January 24, 2025 at 5:40 PM
"I have a PhD; you have Dunning-Kruger" needs to be on a t-shirt if it isn't already
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“[Trump] was very firm. It was a cold shower. Before, it was hard to take it seriously. But I do think it is serious, and potentially very dangerous.”
Donald Trump in fiery call with Denmark’s prime minister over Greenland
US president insisted he wants to take over Arctic island
www.ft.com
January 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
“[Trump] was very firm. It was a cold shower. Before, it was hard to take it seriously. But I do think it is serious, and potentially very dangerous.”
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Decorative mosaics from the dome of Hagia Sophia
A short video on the dome of Hagia Sophia
youtu.be/3b3Wv14eD3Q
A short video on the dome of Hagia Sophia
youtu.be/3b3Wv14eD3Q
January 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Decorative mosaics from the dome of Hagia Sophia
A short video on the dome of Hagia Sophia
youtu.be/3b3Wv14eD3Q
A short video on the dome of Hagia Sophia
youtu.be/3b3Wv14eD3Q
Changing my social media profile pictures now that I quit smoking… :-)
Sigarayı bıraktığım için sosyal medya hesaplarımın profil fotoğraflarını değiştiriyorum. Her fav “Hayırlı uğurlu olsun, bir daha başlama ve biraz da kilo ver” demektir. :-)
January 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Changing my social media profile pictures now that I quit smoking… :-)
Open-source helpdesk software…
GitHub - frappe/helpdesk: Modern, Streamlined, Free and Open Source Customer Service Software
Modern, Streamlined, Free and Open Source Customer Service Software - frappe/helpdesk
github.com
January 17, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Open-source helpdesk software…
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TP-Link is the bestselling router on Amazon—and has been linked to Chinese cyberattacks
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(glft link 👇)
TP-Link is the bestselling router on Amazon—and has been linked to Chinese cyberattacks
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(glft link 👇)
Exclusive | U.S. Weighs Ban on Chinese-Made Router in Millions of American Homes
TP-Link is the bestselling router on Amazon—and has been linked to Chinese cyberattacks.
www.wsj.com
January 15, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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TP-Link is the bestselling router on Amazon—and has been linked to Chinese cyberattacks
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(glft link 👇)
TP-Link is the bestselling router on Amazon—and has been linked to Chinese cyberattacks
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(glft link 👇)
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one step closer to hell...
China Discusses Sale of TikTok US to Musk as One Possible Option
Chinese officials are evaluating a potential option that involves Elon Musk acquiring the US operations of TikTok if the company fails to fend off a controversial ban on the short-video app, according...
www.bloomberg.com
January 14, 2025 at 11:27 AM
one step closer to hell...
Excuse me, but WTF!?!? 🤯
China Officials Discuss Option of TikTok Sale to Elon Musk
Beijing officials preparing options for after Donald Trump’s inauguration have examined possible openness to a deal for TikTok’s U.S. operations with the owner of X.
www.wsj.com
January 14, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Excuse me, but WTF!?!? 🤯
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"As Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg continue to reshape the social media space, a group of international tech entrepreneurs and advocates has launched a campaign to protect social media from the control and influence of billionaires."
techcrunch.com/2025/01/13/a...
techcrunch.com/2025/01/13/a...
A new campaign aims to safeguard social media from billionaires using Bluesky's underlying tech | TechCrunch
The initiative, Free Our Feeds, aims to protect Bluesky’s underlying technology, the AT Protocol, and leverage it to create an open social media ecosystem that can’t be controlled by a single company ...
techcrunch.com
January 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
"As Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg continue to reshape the social media space, a group of international tech entrepreneurs and advocates has launched a campaign to protect social media from the control and influence of billionaires."
techcrunch.com/2025/01/13/a...
techcrunch.com/2025/01/13/a...
And the plot thickens. 🤔
January 13, 2025 at 10:53 PM
And the plot thickens. 🤔
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A brilliant video explaining the 1960s-70s hippy movement in California and the new Silicon Valley culture which combined free living hippy culture with Ronald Reagan neoliberalism - explaining Musk’s philosophy.
Why Is Elon Musk Like That?
YouTube video by Second Thought
youtu.be
December 7, 2024 at 5:02 PM
A brilliant video explaining the 1960s-70s hippy movement in California and the new Silicon Valley culture which combined free living hippy culture with Ronald Reagan neoliberalism - explaining Musk’s philosophy.