Murat Cem Mengüç
@muratcemmenguc.bsky.social
Artist, writer, historian, backyard farmer (art, religion, history, ecology, culture, politics).
Why doesn't #BBC release a documentary about the environmental impact of the war in Gaza, instead of the one focusing Hitler's DNA? Sweet timing... Is there one on the pipe-line about Casanova's love affair with his daughter to coincide with the release of Epstein files and the Trumporama?
November 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Why doesn't #BBC release a documentary about the environmental impact of the war in Gaza, instead of the one focusing Hitler's DNA? Sweet timing... Is there one on the pipe-line about Casanova's love affair with his daughter to coincide with the release of Epstein files and the Trumporama?
X deactivated imprisoned İstanbul mayor İmamoğlu’s account, assuming at the request of the Erdoğan government. How not to deal with your opponents.
November 13, 2025 at 1:01 PM
X deactivated imprisoned İstanbul mayor İmamoğlu’s account, assuming at the request of the Erdoğan government. How not to deal with your opponents.
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Artists including Lorde, Björk and Massive Attack have joined an international initiative to geo-block their music from being streamed in Israel. n.pr/4qUTLhC
Why more than 1,000 musicians are boycotting Israel with 'No Music for Genocide'
Artists including Lorde, Björk and Massive Attack have joined an international initiative to geo-block their music from being streamed in Israel.
n.pr
November 13, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Artists including Lorde, Björk and Massive Attack have joined an international initiative to geo-block their music from being streamed in Israel. n.pr/4qUTLhC
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To recap: Jeffrey Epstein offered a NY Times reporter photos taken in Epstein's kitchen of Donald Trump and girls in bikinis *and* implored the NYT reporter to put this information in the public discourse in 2015
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
“would you like photos of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen?” -Jeffrey Epstein
November 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
To recap: Jeffrey Epstein offered a NY Times reporter photos taken in Epstein's kitchen of Donald Trump and girls in bikinis *and* implored the NYT reporter to put this information in the public discourse in 2015
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
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After Trump returned to office in January, plastic surgeons across Washington, D.C., have seen a spike in patients seeking bolder, more obvious cosmetic work, to achieve what one doctor called a “Mar-a-Lago face"
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
DC plastic surgeons see more Trump insiders getting ‘Mar-a-Lago face’
One surgeon even turned patients away after they asked for “a more done look, like that Mar-a-Lago face.”
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 9:23 PM
After Trump returned to office in January, plastic surgeons across Washington, D.C., have seen a spike in patients seeking bolder, more obvious cosmetic work, to achieve what one doctor called a “Mar-a-Lago face"
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Boualem Sansal : le président allemand appelle son homologue algérien à gracier l’écrivain et propose de l’accueillir
Boualem Sansal : le président allemand appelle son homologue algérien à gracier l’écrivain et propose de l’accueillir
Frank-Walter Steinmeier a exhorté ce lundi 10 novembre Abdelmadjid Tebboune à «un geste humanitaire» pour l’écrivain emprisonné depuis un an et au cœur d’une grave crise diplomatique entre Alger et Paris.
www.liberation.fr
November 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Boualem Sansal : le président allemand appelle son homologue algérien à gracier l’écrivain et propose de l’accueillir
This is going to happen a lot. “The recent introduction of generative AI means that we no longer have any control over how big tech companies are using our information... The big tech companies are the ones gaining from all the hours of work we have put into making and running our website, not us.
Holland-Cycling.com - Holland-Cycling.com stops in 2026
After 13 successful years Holland-Cycling.com will stop its activities at the beginning of 2026. Now that the cycling season of 2025 has come to an end the website will no longer be updated.
www.holland-cycling.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:18 PM
This is going to happen a lot. “The recent introduction of generative AI means that we no longer have any control over how big tech companies are using our information... The big tech companies are the ones gaining from all the hours of work we have put into making and running our website, not us.
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I find the upsurge in NYTimes subscriptions story very very plausible. This in a year the newspaper was criticized and boycotted more than ever. Most competitive offer costs $51 a year for subscription. Or $1 a week. It’s a pocket change for wealthy donors who would like to keep it going.
November 7, 2025 at 12:11 PM
I find the upsurge in NYTimes subscriptions story very very plausible. This in a year the newspaper was criticized and boycotted more than ever. Most competitive offer costs $51 a year for subscription. Or $1 a week. It’s a pocket change for wealthy donors who would like to keep it going.
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I don’t think the Congress is ever coming back in session and I think that’s their plan
November 7, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Also we want the Binance treatment - preemptive presidential pardons for anything we do to make money of this miserable technology.
If you liked the 2008 bank bailout, you're going to LOVE the 2026 AI (and crypto) bailout garymarcus.substack.com/p/if-you-tho...
OpenAI probably can’t make ends meet. That’s where you come in.
If you thought the 2008 bank bailout was bad, wait til you see the 2026 AI bailout
garymarcus.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Also we want the Binance treatment - preemptive presidential pardons for anything we do to make money of this miserable technology.
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"Why didn't the rest of the Democrats do that?
It kills me."
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social asks New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social about bringing a case against Donald Trump, which she won, and how he’s going after her personally now.
It kills me."
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social asks New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social about bringing a case against Donald Trump, which she won, and how he’s going after her personally now.
November 6, 2025 at 12:08 AM
"Why didn't the rest of the Democrats do that?
It kills me."
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social asks New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social about bringing a case against Donald Trump, which she won, and how he’s going after her personally now.
It kills me."
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social asks New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social about bringing a case against Donald Trump, which she won, and how he’s going after her personally now.
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If Zohran hadn’t won, the DNC & pundits would highlight women from the Navy & CIA and moving right of the RNC on war as the only path in 2026/28. They’d gloss over the Gaza genocide (or worse.) Bc of Zohran & his supporters, AIPAC is weakened & Israel support is a liability to win Dem office.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:07 PM
If Zohran hadn’t won, the DNC & pundits would highlight women from the Navy & CIA and moving right of the RNC on war as the only path in 2026/28. They’d gloss over the Gaza genocide (or worse.) Bc of Zohran & his supporters, AIPAC is weakened & Israel support is a liability to win Dem office.
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City Council President Mary Sheffield will be Detroit’s newest mayor and the first woman to lead the city.
City Council President Mary Sheffield wins election to become Detroit’s first female mayor
City Council President Mary Sheffield will be Detroit’s newest mayor and the first woman to lead the city.
trib.al
November 5, 2025 at 2:09 PM
City Council President Mary Sheffield will be Detroit’s newest mayor and the first woman to lead the city.
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A late night call I missed:
Democrats have flipped back the sole city council seat the GOP has in the Bronx.
Republicans had flipped this council seat in 2023, and it was their first seat in the Bronx since the early 1980s.
Democrats have flipped back the sole city council seat the GOP has in the Bronx.
Republicans had flipped this council seat in 2023, and it was their first seat in the Bronx since the early 1980s.
November 5, 2025 at 7:11 AM
A late night call I missed:
Democrats have flipped back the sole city council seat the GOP has in the Bronx.
Republicans had flipped this council seat in 2023, and it was their first seat in the Bronx since the early 1980s.
Democrats have flipped back the sole city council seat the GOP has in the Bronx.
Republicans had flipped this council seat in 2023, and it was their first seat in the Bronx since the early 1980s.
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Georgia Democrats had not won a statewide race that wasn't for a federal office since 2006.
They won two races tonight, both against GOP incumbents.
The margins? 62% to 38% in both.
They won two races tonight, both against GOP incumbents.
The margins? 62% to 38% in both.
November 5, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Georgia Democrats had not won a statewide race that wasn't for a federal office since 2006.
They won two races tonight, both against GOP incumbents.
The margins? 62% to 38% in both.
They won two races tonight, both against GOP incumbents.
The margins? 62% to 38% in both.
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Democrats have successfully defended three seats on the all-important Pennsylvania Supreme Court. This means the court will be controlled by Ds through the midterms, and almost definitely through 2028 as well.
My story on the result: boltsmag.org/pennsylvania...
My story on the result: boltsmag.org/pennsylvania...
Democrats Retain Control of Pennsylvania's Supreme Court with Three-Seat Sweep - Bolts
Three Democratic justices on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court have defeated an unusually high-profile Republican bid to unseat them. They secured large statewide victories on Tuesday, following an histo...
boltsmag.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Democrats have successfully defended three seats on the all-important Pennsylvania Supreme Court. This means the court will be controlled by Ds through the midterms, and almost definitely through 2028 as well.
My story on the result: boltsmag.org/pennsylvania...
My story on the result: boltsmag.org/pennsylvania...
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4/4 Obviously his political aspirations goes beyond being mayor of New York.
November 5, 2025 at 11:36 AM
4/4 Obviously his political aspirations goes beyond being mayor of New York.