gulebru
@gulebru.bsky.social
"Sanki yukarıdan bir emir gelmiş gibi davrandılar. İnsanlar emri hemen yerine getirmek istediklerini söylediler. 2 saat içinde kızımı tutuklayıp yargılamaya karar verdiler. 16 yaşında bir çocuk nasıl bir video yüzünden tutuklanıp yargılanabilir? Sonra birdenbire kızım Şakran Cezaevi’ne götürüldü."
Saçını ördüğü için tutuklanan A.K.’nin babası: Kızım dövüldü, ‘çıplak aramaya’ maruz kaldı
Saçlarını ördüğü bir video paylaşmasının ardından ‘örgüt propagandası’ suçlamasıyla tutuklanan 16 yaşındaki A.K.’nin babası Halit K. kızının cezaevinde çıplak aramaya
yeniyasamgazetesi9.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:32 PM
"Sanki yukarıdan bir emir gelmiş gibi davrandılar. İnsanlar emri hemen yerine getirmek istediklerini söylediler. 2 saat içinde kızımı tutuklayıp yargılamaya karar verdiler. 16 yaşında bir çocuk nasıl bir video yüzünden tutuklanıp yargılanabilir? Sonra birdenbire kızım Şakran Cezaevi’ne götürüldü."
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also the hand-sweeping work that "we" does even as it's appended by the same qualifying asterisk that appends the liberal human subject (#notallhumans)..it's almost like Jennifer Rhee, Atansoski and Vora, and many other feminist STS and Black feminist scholars have written entire books about this
"The existence of talking machines—entities that can do many of the things that only we have ever been able to do—throws a lot of other things into question."
A cement mixer also does work that was unique to humans at one point. But we're not asking general contractors whether they're conscious.
A cement mixer also does work that was unique to humans at one point. But we're not asking general contractors whether they're conscious.
February 11, 2026 at 4:32 PM
also the hand-sweeping work that "we" does even as it's appended by the same qualifying asterisk that appends the liberal human subject (#notallhumans)..it's almost like Jennifer Rhee, Atansoski and Vora, and many other feminist STS and Black feminist scholars have written entire books about this
"[Rojava's] political agency is rooted in communal self-organization, women’s liberation, social reproduction, and ecological limits, forms of life fundamentally incompatible with fossil-fuel-driven reconstruction."
Beyond Analogy and Betrayal: Understanding the Assault on Rojava as Counter-Revolution
Among current analyses of the assault on Rojava, one recurring narrative frames the situation as a repetition of earlier moments in which Kurdish political projects were abandoned by imperial powers. ...
www.theamargi.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:56 PM
"[Rojava's] political agency is rooted in communal self-organization, women’s liberation, social reproduction, and ecological limits, forms of life fundamentally incompatible with fossil-fuel-driven reconstruction."
"[Diyar] Koç, 1994’te ailesiyle birlikte Hakkâri’deki köylerinden sürgün edildi. Ailenin geçimini sağlamak için İstanbul’a inşaatlarda çalışmaya giden babası, Diyar ve kız kardeşi henüz küçük yaşlardayken bir iş cinayetinde hayatını kaybetti."
Sürgünle başlayan hayat, ağır yaralı tutukluluk: Bayrak iddiası asılsız, işkence sistematik - Evrensel
Nusaybin’deki eylemlerde darbedilerek gözaltına alınan Üniversite Öğrencisi Diyar Koç’a yapılanlar kolluk güçlerinin şiddetini ve adil yargılanma hakkı tartışmalarını yeniden gündeme taşıdı.
www.evrensel.net
February 8, 2026 at 12:18 PM
"[Diyar] Koç, 1994’te ailesiyle birlikte Hakkâri’deki köylerinden sürgün edildi. Ailenin geçimini sağlamak için İstanbul’a inşaatlarda çalışmaya giden babası, Diyar ve kız kardeşi henüz küçük yaşlardayken bir iş cinayetinde hayatını kaybetti."
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The defining feature of AI today is infrastructure: the rapacious buildout of data centres; the transnational configuration of labour exploitation; the grafting of AI onto processes of capitalist accumulation.
February 6, 2026 at 11:44 PM
The defining feature of AI today is infrastructure: the rapacious buildout of data centres; the transnational configuration of labour exploitation; the grafting of AI onto processes of capitalist accumulation.
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"Fourteen years ago, Syrians rose up with democratic demands. Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and the West sought to hijack these demands for capital accumulation and empire-making. But a major unexpected winner of this process might instead, or along with these actors, be a new kind of Islamism."
My analysis of Syria’s ongoing transformation, based on sources in Turkish, Arabic, English.🧵
1) After the defeat of the democratic revolution, the transformation has been guided by capitalist geopolitics and the remaking of the global field of Islamism.
spectrejournal.com/the-evolutio...
1) After the defeat of the democratic revolution, the transformation has been guided by capitalist geopolitics and the remaking of the global field of Islamism.
spectrejournal.com/the-evolutio...
The Evolution of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham and Syria's Future – Spectre Journal
Cihan Tuğal looks at the interplay between HTS's movement dynamics and capitalist geopolitics to analyze the prospects for Syria's future.
spectrejournal.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:39 AM
"Fourteen years ago, Syrians rose up with democratic demands. Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and the West sought to hijack these demands for capital accumulation and empire-making. But a major unexpected winner of this process might instead, or along with these actors, be a new kind of Islamism."
"Deprem sonrası bakanlık hızlı bir şekilde planlamaları bilimsel ve sosyal kriterlerden bağımsız bir şekilde yapıp yerel yönetimler, meslek odaları ve kent bileşenleri devre dışı bırakıldı. Depremzedeler nereye taşınacaklarına, nasıl bir konutta yaşayacaklarına dair hiçbir aşamada dahil edilmedi."
Deprem Konutları: İnşa yalnızca bina değil, birlikte yaşama kültürüdür
Depremden sonra inşa edilen yapıların toplum üzerindeki etkilerini değerlendiren Şehir Plancısı Berivan Güneş Kanbal, “Deprem sonrası yeniden inşa, yalnızca binaların inşa edilmesi değildir. İlişkiler...
mezopotamyaajansi44.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:56 AM
"Deprem sonrası bakanlık hızlı bir şekilde planlamaları bilimsel ve sosyal kriterlerden bağımsız bir şekilde yapıp yerel yönetimler, meslek odaları ve kent bileşenleri devre dışı bırakıldı. Depremzedeler nereye taşınacaklarına, nasıl bir konutta yaşayacaklarına dair hiçbir aşamada dahil edilmedi."
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There's actually a rational history to people saying "we don't actually know how & why AI works". But it's been getting twisted into suggesting we don't know how neural networks work, which is nonsense.
What we don't understand are things about *language*. 1/n
What we don't understand are things about *language*. 1/n
February 5, 2026 at 3:52 PM
There's actually a rational history to people saying "we don't actually know how & why AI works". But it's been getting twisted into suggesting we don't know how neural networks work, which is nonsense.
What we don't understand are things about *language*. 1/n
What we don't understand are things about *language*. 1/n
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Despite unification agreement between Kurdish-led SDF &Syria's al-Sharaa's govt, Kobani remains under siege for two weeks. Now thousands of people stuck in Kobani -- northern Syrian town famous for Kurds' victory over Isis more than a decade ago. AFP reports Turkey has kept blocking aid into city.
February 4, 2026 at 9:27 AM
Despite unification agreement between Kurdish-led SDF &Syria's al-Sharaa's govt, Kobani remains under siege for two weeks. Now thousands of people stuck in Kobani -- northern Syrian town famous for Kurds' victory over Isis more than a decade ago. AFP reports Turkey has kept blocking aid into city.
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Jeffrey Epstein, Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, and Marc Andreessen share an enduring fascination with eugenics, race science, and transhumanism and there is an entire generation of public intellectuals who benefited and continue to benefit from their patronage.
Pinker, Huberman, Attia, Weinstein, etc.
Pinker, Huberman, Attia, Weinstein, etc.
January 31, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Jeffrey Epstein, Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, and Marc Andreessen share an enduring fascination with eugenics, race science, and transhumanism and there is an entire generation of public intellectuals who benefited and continue to benefit from their patronage.
Pinker, Huberman, Attia, Weinstein, etc.
Pinker, Huberman, Attia, Weinstein, etc.
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Good piece here from @yasminjullah.bsky.social in @dvbenglish.bsky.social speaking on AI, misogyny & the war on Rohingya women’s visibility
"Rohingya women are told, constantly, that we should advocate, but quietly. Lead, but from behind a curtain. Be visible, but not too much. Exist, but not fully"
"Rohingya women are told, constantly, that we should advocate, but quietly. Lead, but from behind a curtain. Be visible, but not too much. Exist, but not fully"
AI, misogyny, and the war on Rohingya women’s visibility - DVB
Guest contributor Yasmin Ullah There is a particular cruelty reserved for women who refuse to disappear. I have seen it unfold in many forms over the past five years, but today it wears a new mask, on...
english.dvb.no
January 29, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Good piece here from @yasminjullah.bsky.social in @dvbenglish.bsky.social speaking on AI, misogyny & the war on Rohingya women’s visibility
"Rohingya women are told, constantly, that we should advocate, but quietly. Lead, but from behind a curtain. Be visible, but not too much. Exist, but not fully"
"Rohingya women are told, constantly, that we should advocate, but quietly. Lead, but from behind a curtain. Be visible, but not too much. Exist, but not fully"
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”The posts were part of an online “hair-braiding” campaign that began after a video circulated earlier this month from the Syrian city of Raqqa showing a man holding up a woman’s cut braid and claiming it belonged to a fighter from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).”
Turkish police detain 2 young women over hair-braiding posts supporting Kurdish women in Syria stockholmcf.org/turkish-poli...
Turkish police detain 2 young women over hair-braiding posts supporting Kurdish women in Syria - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Turkish police on Tuesday detained two women aged 17 and 20 in eastern Turkey after they posted videos of themselves braiding their hair in support of Kurdish women in northern Syria, the Artı Gerçek…
stockholmcf.org
January 29, 2026 at 7:43 AM
”The posts were part of an online “hair-braiding” campaign that began after a video circulated earlier this month from the Syrian city of Raqqa showing a man holding up a woman’s cut braid and claiming it belonged to a fighter from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).”
"... approximately 350,000 people have been displaced to the areas of Hasakah, Qamishli, and Kobani as a result of recent attacks carried out by forces of the Syrian transitional government on Raqqa, Tabqa, and Deir ez-Zor."
Around 350,000 displaced to NE Syria after government attacks, official says
HASAKAH, Syria (North Press) – Sheikhmous Ahmad, co-chair of the Office of Displaced Persons and Refugees within the Autonomous Administration, told North
npasyria.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:05 AM
"... approximately 350,000 people have been displaced to the areas of Hasakah, Qamishli, and Kobani as a result of recent attacks carried out by forces of the Syrian transitional government on Raqqa, Tabqa, and Deir ez-Zor."
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A general strike in Minneapolis. Student walkouts across the country. Demonstrations break out everywhere, organized by prisoners, workers, and youth - are all picking up speed.
Masses of people are working together to organize mutual aid + community solidarity on a growing scale. A thread.
Masses of people are working together to organize mutual aid + community solidarity on a growing scale. A thread.
January 27, 2026 at 9:45 PM
A general strike in Minneapolis. Student walkouts across the country. Demonstrations break out everywhere, organized by prisoners, workers, and youth - are all picking up speed.
Masses of people are working together to organize mutual aid + community solidarity on a growing scale. A thread.
Masses of people are working together to organize mutual aid + community solidarity on a growing scale. A thread.
"We have been under siege and under attack from all sides for nine days. We are trying to assist our people within the limits of our current resources. However, due to the extremely heavy siege, supplies of bread flour and fuel have currently decreased. Kobanê [is about to] face a serious crisis."
Flour and fuel run low in Kobanê
The Euphrates Canton Economy Council made a statement reporting a shortage of flour and fuel in the northern Syrian city of Kobanê under attack and siege by HTS-ISIS militias and Turkish-backed mer...
english.anf-news.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:58 PM
"We have been under siege and under attack from all sides for nine days. We are trying to assist our people within the limits of our current resources. However, due to the extremely heavy siege, supplies of bread flour and fuel have currently decreased. Kobanê [is about to] face a serious crisis."
"Kobanê is currently besieged from all three sides. Neither medicines nor basic necessities are allowed into the city."
"Dr. Ehmed Mehmûd Kinco, who works at Kobanê Hospital [says]: "There is a possibility that all of our medicines will run out within the next week. Only IV fluids will remain.""
"Dr. Ehmed Mehmûd Kinco, who works at Kobanê Hospital [says]: "There is a possibility that all of our medicines will run out within the next week. Only IV fluids will remain.""
Kobanê runs out of medicines due to the siege
As Turkish-backed mercenaries and ISIS and HTS militias continue their attacks on Rojava, Kobanê is currently besieged from all three sides. Neither medicines nor basic necessities such as water, e...
english.anf-news.com
January 26, 2026 at 3:27 PM
"Kobanê is currently besieged from all three sides. Neither medicines nor basic necessities are allowed into the city."
"Dr. Ehmed Mehmûd Kinco, who works at Kobanê Hospital [says]: "There is a possibility that all of our medicines will run out within the next week. Only IV fluids will remain.""
"Dr. Ehmed Mehmûd Kinco, who works at Kobanê Hospital [says]: "There is a possibility that all of our medicines will run out within the next week. Only IV fluids will remain.""
"Trump’ın DSG karşısında Erdoğan’ı tutmasının nedeni sadece Ankara-Şam hükümetlerinin oynadığı yeni jeopolitik roller değil aynı zamanda Çin ile ABD arasında büyük rekabet konusu olan nadir elementlerin Türkiye’deki varlığıdır."
Faik Bulut yazdı | Büyük devletlerin çıkarlarına feda edilen silahlı hareketler tarihçesi -1
Rojava’daki ölüm kalım günlerinde yaşananların geçmiş tarihte benzeri var mıdır sorusunun yanıtını vermeye hüzün dolu üç alıntıyla başlayacağım.
www.numedya24.com
January 26, 2026 at 12:21 PM
"Trump’ın DSG karşısında Erdoğan’ı tutmasının nedeni sadece Ankara-Şam hükümetlerinin oynadığı yeni jeopolitik roller değil aynı zamanda Çin ile ABD arasında büyük rekabet konusu olan nadir elementlerin Türkiye’deki varlığıdır."
"[D]espite the passage of 11 years since that historic victory, Kobanê once again faces siege, bombardment, and attacks. Attempts to break the will of the people and block their democratic path continue... [But W]e will continue the legitimate defense of our people, our land, and our rights."
YPG: Kobanê is a cry for life against death and darkness
The YPG General Command issued a written statement titled “The 11th anniversary of Kobanê’s victory against ISIS.”The statement said: “On the 11th anniversary of the expulsion of the ISIS terrori...
english.anf-news.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:56 AM
"[D]espite the passage of 11 years since that historic victory, Kobanê once again faces siege, bombardment, and attacks. Attempts to break the will of the people and block their democratic path continue... [But W]e will continue the legitimate defense of our people, our land, and our rights."
"medical workers [of kobane] told that hospitals and clinics in the city are struggling to cope with the increasing number of cold-related illnesses among children and elderly residents, amid limited electricity supplies and reduced access to fuel needed for heating."
Five children die in Kobani amid cold wave, fuel shortages
QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – The Kurdish Red Crescent said on Saturday that the number of children who have died in the city of Kobani due to severe
npasyria.com
January 24, 2026 at 4:47 PM
"medical workers [of kobane] told that hospitals and clinics in the city are struggling to cope with the increasing number of cold-related illnesses among children and elderly residents, amid limited electricity supplies and reduced access to fuel needed for heating."
kobane has been under siege, with water, electricity, and internet services cut off since jan 20
Four children die from cold amid siege, displacement in Kobani
QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – Hadiya Abdullah, Co-Chair of the Kurdish Red Crescent, told North Press on Saturday that four children died in the city of
npasyria.com
January 24, 2026 at 10:14 AM
kobane has been under siege, with water, electricity, and internet services cut off since jan 20
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"the prevailing narrative in Turkey has been that these kinds of groups primarily used the country as a transit point for operations in central Asia or the Middle East. But in Yalova it turned out that the head of the cell and all the members were Turkish, with a large arsenal of weapons."
Will Turkey export home-grown 'Islamic State' extremists?
Turkey is no longer just a transit country for one branch of the extremist "Islamic State" group. Experts say the group has become more professional in Turkey and could pose a danger domestically, and...
www.dw.com
January 23, 2026 at 12:18 PM
"the prevailing narrative in Turkey has been that these kinds of groups primarily used the country as a transit point for operations in central Asia or the Middle East. But in Yalova it turned out that the head of the cell and all the members were Turkish, with a large arsenal of weapons."
"Rojava’nın sekülerliği, kadın özgürlüğü ya da çoğulcu yapısı tali unsurlar olarak görülür; [kendini "laik", "cumhuriyetçi" ya da "anti-emperyalist" olarak tanımlayan ulusalcı akıl için] asıl kabul edilemez olan, bütün bunların Kürtlerin kendi siyasal inisiyatifleriyle inşa edilmiş olmasıdır."
Remzi Altunpolat yazdı | Ulusçuluğun Sefaleti: Rojava'ya düşmanlık ve Kürtlerin kurucu özne olmasına tahammülsüzlük
Kendini "laik", "cumhuriyetçi" ya da "anti-emperyalist" olarak tanımlayan çevrelerin; HTŞ şemsiyesi altındaki IŞİD artığı selefi-cihatçı güçlerin Rojava’ya dönük saldırılarını ya açıkça alkışlaması ya...
www.numedya24.com
January 23, 2026 at 12:03 PM
"Rojava’nın sekülerliği, kadın özgürlüğü ya da çoğulcu yapısı tali unsurlar olarak görülür; [kendini "laik", "cumhuriyetçi" ya da "anti-emperyalist" olarak tanımlayan ulusalcı akıl için] asıl kabul edilemez olan, bütün bunların Kürtlerin kendi siyasal inisiyatifleriyle inşa edilmiş olmasıdır."
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Emergency aid for Rojava!
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Humanitarian aid for the victims of the war of aggression waged by jihadist militias against Rojava.
Heyva Sor a Kurdistanê is launching an urgent humanitarian campaign in response to the escalating attacks on Rojava.
👉 linktr.ee/heyvasor
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Humanitarian aid for the victims of the war of aggression waged by jihadist militias against Rojava.
Heyva Sor a Kurdistanê is launching an urgent humanitarian campaign in response to the escalating attacks on Rojava.
👉 linktr.ee/heyvasor
January 22, 2026 at 5:40 AM
Emergency aid for Rojava!
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Humanitarian aid for the victims of the war of aggression waged by jihadist militias against Rojava.
Heyva Sor a Kurdistanê is launching an urgent humanitarian campaign in response to the escalating attacks on Rojava.
👉 linktr.ee/heyvasor
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Humanitarian aid for the victims of the war of aggression waged by jihadist militias against Rojava.
Heyva Sor a Kurdistanê is launching an urgent humanitarian campaign in response to the escalating attacks on Rojava.
👉 linktr.ee/heyvasor
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Islamist Forces Enforce Veil Mandates and Carry Out Kidnappings in Tabqa
Following the entry of the Islamist-led new Syrian Army, including forces affiliated with ISIS and al-Qaeda, into Tabqa, a woman who spoke to The Amargi reported the systematic enforcement of black veils.
Following the entry of the Islamist-led new Syrian Army, including forces affiliated with ISIS and al-Qaeda, into Tabqa, a woman who spoke to The Amargi reported the systematic enforcement of black veils.
January 21, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Islamist Forces Enforce Veil Mandates and Carry Out Kidnappings in Tabqa
Following the entry of the Islamist-led new Syrian Army, including forces affiliated with ISIS and al-Qaeda, into Tabqa, a woman who spoke to The Amargi reported the systematic enforcement of black veils.
Following the entry of the Islamist-led new Syrian Army, including forces affiliated with ISIS and al-Qaeda, into Tabqa, a woman who spoke to The Amargi reported the systematic enforcement of black veils.
"[D]evletin sertliği, cezalandırması, sınır ötesindeki "temizlik" harekatları ve çıplak şiddeti hem siyasal İslamcı hem de ulusalcı tabanında ["saf ve bütünlüklü ulus" hayalini besleyen] ortak bir aidiyet hazzına evriliyor."
Zıtların ‘devlet’ buluşması…
Yine zıtların “devlet” buluşmasına tanıklık ettiğimiz günlerden geçiyoruz. Türkiye siyasetinde 2015 sonrası daha alenileşen, bazen örtük bazen de şevkle önümüze
yeniyasamgazetesi9.com
January 21, 2026 at 9:21 AM
"[D]evletin sertliği, cezalandırması, sınır ötesindeki "temizlik" harekatları ve çıplak şiddeti hem siyasal İslamcı hem de ulusalcı tabanında ["saf ve bütünlüklü ulus" hayalini besleyen] ortak bir aidiyet hazzına evriliyor."