Kaan A. 🇨🇦🇺🇦
@evcilemu.bsky.social
Solidarity, freedom, and democracy—proud social democrat! 🌹
Former political scientist, current data analyst. Bit of a gamer, too.
Turkish-Canadian, particularly proud of the latter.
Posts in Turkish and in English.
Former political scientist, current data analyst. Bit of a gamer, too.
Turkish-Canadian, particularly proud of the latter.
Posts in Turkish and in English.
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Kaan A. 🇨🇦🇺🇦
@evcilemu.bsky.social
· Nov 18
This image is my banner for one reason: no matter how long an enmity may be and how terrible a conflict, we can still mend our wounds and walk into the future together. There is no conflict that cannot be resolved, at the end of the day.
The man really is a Kremlin asset. Question is, what can be done within the European framework to punish this behaviour?
Hungarian Quisling Viktor Orban: “Europeans must immediately and unconditionally support the peace initiative of the United States.
“In addition to supporting the U.S. President, we must without delay launch autonomous and direct negotiations with Russia.”
“In addition to supporting the U.S. President, we must without delay launch autonomous and direct negotiations with Russia.”
November 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The man really is a Kremlin asset. Question is, what can be done within the European framework to punish this behaviour?
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Unless a political miracle happens and Europe finds the courage to act, commit resources, and treat Ukraine’s victory as its own, Russia and its allies will dismantle Europe pinch by pinch, while it sleeps and sees sweet dreams of how being in NATO makes it untouchable.
November 22, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Unless a political miracle happens and Europe finds the courage to act, commit resources, and treat Ukraine’s victory as its own, Russia and its allies will dismantle Europe pinch by pinch, while it sleeps and sees sweet dreams of how being in NATO makes it untouchable.
And again: we need a European security framework that doesn't rely on the Yanks.
November 21, 2025 at 10:58 AM
And again: we need a European security framework that doesn't rely on the Yanks.
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Very important read on the banality of dictators, and the dangers of ignorance.
Spain has too rosy a view of Franco’s regime. Let’s remind ourselves of its horrors | Giles Tremlett
Spain has too rosy a view of Franco’s regime. Let’s remind ourselves of its horrors | Giles Tremlett
Little is taught about the murderous, incompetent dictatorship – and now almost one in five young people say Franco was good for the country, says historian Giles Tremlett
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Very important read on the banality of dictators, and the dangers of ignorance.
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fuck all these people being awful to starfish
(and also, this is an opportunity to block a whole bunch of this website’s most brain-dead tankies)
(and also, this is an opportunity to block a whole bunch of this website’s most brain-dead tankies)
Fine. You all win. I’m logging off for the day because I‘m a big smelly man who’s also a Nazi and a bigot because I liked it better when Groypers didn’t have 1,770 nuclear weapons on hair-trigger alert. Feel free to brag in your discords about how my jimmies have been rustled and I was owned.
November 21, 2025 at 6:06 AM
fuck all these people being awful to starfish
(and also, this is an opportunity to block a whole bunch of this website’s most brain-dead tankies)
(and also, this is an opportunity to block a whole bunch of this website’s most brain-dead tankies)
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Broadly speaking the fact that a Chris Van Hollen, who is a liberal that's hyper critical of the American patronage of both Israel and the UAE, is an exception to US institutional liberalism rather than the rule is a big part of the problem as to why we are here.
November 20, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Broadly speaking the fact that a Chris Van Hollen, who is a liberal that's hyper critical of the American patronage of both Israel and the UAE, is an exception to US institutional liberalism rather than the rule is a big part of the problem as to why we are here.
You know, I love video games and I don't want to mix up my former profession of being a political scientist with my passion, but...
...video games are criminally understudied. And the people studying them -clearly- don't play them.
...video games are criminally understudied. And the people studying them -clearly- don't play them.
November 20, 2025 at 5:41 PM
You know, I love video games and I don't want to mix up my former profession of being a political scientist with my passion, but...
...video games are criminally understudied. And the people studying them -clearly- don't play them.
...video games are criminally understudied. And the people studying them -clearly- don't play them.
It's really quite something when some tankie goes "haha socdems" when their political movement literally co-operated with the actual Nazis and partitioned Poland, and then killed a bunch of Polish intellectuals at Katyn.
Criticise all you want, but get off of your fucking high horse.
Criticise all you want, but get off of your fucking high horse.
November 20, 2025 at 5:12 PM
It's really quite something when some tankie goes "haha socdems" when their political movement literally co-operated with the actual Nazis and partitioned Poland, and then killed a bunch of Polish intellectuals at Katyn.
Criticise all you want, but get off of your fucking high horse.
Criticise all you want, but get off of your fucking high horse.
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Maduro is a dictator and a murderer, and Venezuela's collapse has had destabilizing effects on two continents (though more humane migration management would help mitigate these). But what's presented here doesn't make a strong case for why a US-backed coup will create a better scenario.
November 20, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Maduro is a dictator and a murderer, and Venezuela's collapse has had destabilizing effects on two continents (though more humane migration management would help mitigate these). But what's presented here doesn't make a strong case for why a US-backed coup will create a better scenario.
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What if the political ideology of the people in charge of the armed forces impacts who gets bombed? Does anyone think Kamala Harris would declare war on South American fishermen? Could perhaps having people who think brown people are subhuman in charge of our military impacted matters?
What about the rights of LGBT people getting bombed?
November 20, 2025 at 4:09 PM
What if the political ideology of the people in charge of the armed forces impacts who gets bombed? Does anyone think Kamala Harris would declare war on South American fishermen? Could perhaps having people who think brown people are subhuman in charge of our military impacted matters?
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Anyway, a U.S. client state is currently doing a genocide bloodier than the Gaza war right now, yet for some reason the perpetrators lack some characteristic which stirs quite the same outrage on Al Gore’s internet. Really makes you think.
November 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Anyway, a U.S. client state is currently doing a genocide bloodier than the Gaza war right now, yet for some reason the perpetrators lack some characteristic which stirs quite the same outrage on Al Gore’s internet. Really makes you think.
Yes, but this requires a servicemember to be able to determine, at the moment of the order being issued, that it is without a doubt illegal.
That is a very high bar to meet at that precise moment when you do not have an extended amount of time to do research or contemplation.
That is a very high bar to meet at that precise moment when you do not have an extended amount of time to do research or contemplation.
November 20, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Yes, but this requires a servicemember to be able to determine, at the moment of the order being issued, that it is without a doubt illegal.
That is a very high bar to meet at that precise moment when you do not have an extended amount of time to do research or contemplation.
That is a very high bar to meet at that precise moment when you do not have an extended amount of time to do research or contemplation.
Yeah, I always say: Serbia could always have chosen to not genocide people. That's why Belgrade got bombed and it's good that such things have consequences.
Plus, some people and equipment, frankly, need to be bombed. Just ask about any Ukrainian.
Rainbow NATO forever!
Rainbow NATO forever!
November 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Yeah, I always say: Serbia could always have chosen to not genocide people. That's why Belgrade got bombed and it's good that such things have consequences.
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If Barack Obama ever said, "shut it, cracker" to Brian Kilmeade the US press corps would immediately restructure to focus exclusively on covering that story for the rest of time.
The New York Times would have to spin off a separate little 'zine to cover any other news.
The New York Times would have to spin off a separate little 'zine to cover any other news.
November 19, 2025 at 7:45 AM
If Barack Obama ever said, "shut it, cracker" to Brian Kilmeade the US press corps would immediately restructure to focus exclusively on covering that story for the rest of time.
The New York Times would have to spin off a separate little 'zine to cover any other news.
The New York Times would have to spin off a separate little 'zine to cover any other news.
Yeah it's funny how Marxists except the tankies conveniently ignore all the people post-Marx who not only developed Marxist theory but also put it into practice in the 20th century. Lenin, Stalin, Mao, Brezhnev, etc. all built upon Marxist theory, like it or not.
It's funny how almost all the 1900s and 1910s Anarcho Syndicalists ended up being Stalinists by the 1930s. Not just Stalinist, but directly involved in building police states.
November 18, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Yeah it's funny how Marxists except the tankies conveniently ignore all the people post-Marx who not only developed Marxist theory but also put it into practice in the 20th century. Lenin, Stalin, Mao, Brezhnev, etc. all built upon Marxist theory, like it or not.
Will this dampen the "neo-imperialism is a Western thing, China is -different-!" pro-Beijing shills? Likely not.
has likely contributed to Brazil’s de-industrialisation and dependency. Nevertheless, the perception persists that increased Chinese trade and investment is beneficial, despite its reproduction of the colonial centre-periphery relationship, and that the country is rising alongside China to major...
November 18, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Will this dampen the "neo-imperialism is a Western thing, China is -different-!" pro-Beijing shills? Likely not.
Okay, armchair political scientist time. I actually think this is very accurate. The Overton Window in Turkey is a lot more right-wing because we never participated in the Second World War. We never experienced Nazi occupation or our own Quislings.
I think one of the major contributing factors to the young right wing is that they didn't grow up with WWII vets.
Its all cosplay and whataboutism to them. They didn't play with kids whose parents had camp tattoos, or learn from old men who still cried from PTSD. 1/?
Its all cosplay and whataboutism to them. They didn't play with kids whose parents had camp tattoos, or learn from old men who still cried from PTSD. 1/?
November 18, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Okay, armchair political scientist time. I actually think this is very accurate. The Overton Window in Turkey is a lot more right-wing because we never participated in the Second World War. We never experienced Nazi occupation or our own Quislings.
Not retaliating is not an option. This is a lesson we have learnt, and hopefully Americans will also learn this lesson. This should be made clear: the Republican Party wanted this war. It was not brought onto them. They instigated it. Let them reap the whirlwind.
Trump will not just be four years of bad management. The culture of these organizations will be fucked for a long time. The pressure to retaliate and clean house will be strong, and no-one wants to work in a war zone.
November 17, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Not retaliating is not an option. This is a lesson we have learnt, and hopefully Americans will also learn this lesson. This should be made clear: the Republican Party wanted this war. It was not brought onto them. They instigated it. Let them reap the whirlwind.
Dude I cannot get over this image, just "GIANT FUCKING HEAD" casually in a Call of Duty game
There's also one boss that is a giant version of one of your squadmates/imaginary friends that vomits red smoke at you and has you do MMO raid mechanics (like jumping to avoid getting hit by the shockwave when he slams the ground).
November 16, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Dude I cannot get over this image, just "GIANT FUCKING HEAD" casually in a Call of Duty game
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The actual controversial “most woke opinion” is that liberalism is good, tolerance and pluralism are really important values we should protect in law, protecting these values requires sincere deliberation from our leaders, our citizenry, and our judiciary about sometimes-contradictory values
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The actual controversial “most woke opinion” is that liberalism is good, tolerance and pluralism are really important values we should protect in law, protecting these values requires sincere deliberation from our leaders, our citizenry, and our judiciary about sometimes-contradictory values
Getting rid of Trump and installing Vance as president would likely make a lot of the techbros happy. But—Trump wins elections, Trumpism doesn't. We can see that by comparing races where Trump himself and Trumpist were simultaneously candidates.
So Trump isn't as expendable as they might like.
So Trump isn't as expendable as they might like.
What's going on with Epstein right now is classic Washington.
Everyone is implicated in this and they are all fighting to see who is going to have to drop on their sword and take the fall.
I suspect it is going to be Donald Trump.
Everyone is implicated in this and they are all fighting to see who is going to have to drop on their sword and take the fall.
I suspect it is going to be Donald Trump.
November 14, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Getting rid of Trump and installing Vance as president would likely make a lot of the techbros happy. But—Trump wins elections, Trumpism doesn't. We can see that by comparing races where Trump himself and Trumpist were simultaneously candidates.
So Trump isn't as expendable as they might like.
So Trump isn't as expendable as they might like.
The New York Times pitchbot account is awesome, but they really cannot one-up you people, can they, with you spouting off nonsense such as this? How do you even look at yourself in the mirror in the night before you go to bed, and in the morning when you wake up?
The emails that you’re seeing now are news in themselves, but that’s because of how they’re coming out—a congressional committee released them—& the context in which they’re being viewed. A guy emailing a reporter talking about old girlfriends or saying someone is “dirty” is not a whole news story.
November 13, 2025 at 8:44 PM
The New York Times pitchbot account is awesome, but they really cannot one-up you people, can they, with you spouting off nonsense such as this? How do you even look at yourself in the mirror in the night before you go to bed, and in the morning when you wake up?
Oh, for fuck's sake.
The emails that you’re seeing now are news in themselves, but that’s because of how they’re coming out—a congressional committee released them—& the context in which they’re being viewed. A guy emailing a reporter talking about old girlfriends or saying someone is “dirty” is not a whole news story.
November 13, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Oh, for fuck's sake.
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I love seeing Chomsky get grilled. After all the nasty things he has done, his correspondence with Epstein may finally tarnish his public image.
November 13, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I love seeing Chomsky get grilled. After all the nasty things he has done, his correspondence with Epstein may finally tarnish his public image.
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Chomsky is terrible. We chastise the "right" for not listening to experts, but here the far-left has been listening to a linguist about foreign policy and economics. It's ridiculous. He uses big words and seems to say the right things about "wealthy people bad"... then he's best buds with Epstein.
November 13, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Chomsky is terrible. We chastise the "right" for not listening to experts, but here the far-left has been listening to a linguist about foreign policy and economics. It's ridiculous. He uses big words and seems to say the right things about "wealthy people bad"... then he's best buds with Epstein.