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Non-practicing sociologist. Systems, not people.
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The Indispensable Erdogan www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/o...
The last two paragraphs of the article read: This emphasis on practicality is a sign of the times — a transactional United States, an aggressive Russia, a febrile Middle East. Europe’s immediate concern is its defense. And Turkey, with its proximity to conflict zones, military strength and expanding defense industry, is strategically significant. But Western nations should be wary of treating democracy in Turkey as a luxury rather than a necessity. Turks are not about to quietly surrender their right to choose their leaders. As long as they keep up the fight, Mr. Erdogan will find it difficult to consolidate his rule — no matter how much cover he gets from the West. And that is not just Mr. Erdogan’s problem, but an enduring one for the democracies that have staked so much on him.
November 7, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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She was, in a sense, my boss for a few years. At least she signed my checks—often earlier than necessary. So I wish her well!

www.wired.com/story/eff-ci...
Excerpt from Cindy Cohn’s interview in Wired.
September 10, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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A section of Isaac Chotiner's loathsome interview with Jack Lew, the former United States ambassador to Israel, where he says some of the murdered children were children of Hamas fighters.
August 27, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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I doubt any of these will make it onto the reader’s list (except for one), but oh well. Pasted directly from my Letterboxd ratings. #1 being What Time Is It There? and #10 being No Country for Old Men.
My ballot for The New York Times’ ‘The 100 Best Movies of the 21st Century’ list. Users can only choose 10 films, and mine are ranked from highest to lowest: What Time Is It There?, Day Night Day Night, Afterschool, The Gleaners & I, The Brown Bunny, Distant, Silent Light, Still Walking, Code Unknown, No Country for Old Men.
June 23, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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See also: www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Haaretz headline that reads, “A grim poll showed most Jewish Israelis support expelling Gazans. It’s brutal — and it’s true”
June 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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The late Sırrı Süreyya Önder, pictured here in a contemplative moment from years past, looks toward the sky as others seated beside him remain grounded in conversation and thought.
May 3, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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David Lynch, who recently passed away, is holding a sign that reads #direngezi (#resistgezi) to show his support for the Gezi Protests in Turkey in 2013.
January 17, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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The old Twitter is back!
A screenshot of Deck Blue, Bluesky's third-party replacement for TweetDeck for Twitter, which was killed by an insecure and petulant manchild along with the service itself.
November 13, 2024 at 3:48 PM
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A screenshot from the TV series 30 Rock in which a character named Liz Lemon says, "What's the committee to reinvade Vietnam?"
November 13, 2024 at 1:58 AM
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A screenshot from the fifth episode of the TV series titled The Curse.
December 14, 2023 at 9:29 PM
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Nope, it's just as good in the morning. Goes so well with cherry tomatoes, too.
Nathan Fielder in his new show called "The Curse" is eating his father-in-law's piss infused cherry tomatoes while listening to his metaphor about the sizes of tomatoes as penis sizes.
November 21, 2023 at 9:40 AM
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A woman at a picketing carrying a sign that writes, “We will build what ignorance has destroyed with knowledge”. The image was shared to celebrate the centennial of the Republic of Turkey.
October 29, 2023 at 9:14 AM