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Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 2m

switched and haven't looked back

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Yanis Varoufakis @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social · 1d

While Israelis are celebrating wildly the release of their hostages, Palestinian families are terrorised that, if they dare celebrate the release of their own, hell will be visited upon them. This is not Peace breaking out. This is Apartheid at its worst! www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

‘Locked up for 24 years’: release of Palestinian prisoners and detainees sparks joy and sorrow

Nearly 2,000 people, including about 1,700 seized from Gaza and held without charge, set free from Israeli jails

www.theguardian.com

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Yanis Varoufakis @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social · 1h

RAISE YOUR SOUL! My new book telling the story of the last 100 years through the voices of 5 remarkable women. Unlike anything I have written before, it focuses on 5 women who taught me how to resist fascism, authoritarianism, chauvinism &... hopelessness www.yanisvaroufakis.eu/2025/10/15/r...

RAISE YOUR SOUL! My new book telling the story of the last 100 years through the voices of 5 remarkable women - Yanis Varoufakis

Hello everyone. RAISE YOUR SOUL! is my new book which I am taking the liberty of presenting to you. It is unlike anything I have written before. Setting aside high theory, it is the story of five wom...

www.yanisvaroufakis.eu

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Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 1h

vscodium.com

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Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 2h

very funny and weird to equate an ultranationalist ethnic state with a whole religious group, I would be ashamed to do that but then I am not a genocidal Zionist

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Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 2h

very funny and weird to equate an ultranationalist ethnic state with a whole religious group, I would be ashamed to do that but then I am not a genocidal Zionist

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 3d

It's not just UNRWA, every organization has received a record amount of donations they haven't been able to give to Palestinians in Gaza
www.reuters.com/world/us/pal...

Palestinian Americans fundraise for Gaza, as aid groups receive record donations

Palestinian Americans and aid groups in the United States are raising funds for Gaza, which faces a deepening humanitarian crisis as the Israel-Hamas war enters its fourth week - but they have as yet limited ability to get supplies into the besieged enclave.

www.reuters.com

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Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 1d

friends trying to raise a final 500 Euros so I can finally rest maybe a week or two without having to think about how to buy food and recover from my burnout a small amount

we just need 500 more and everything counts, including reposts!!

❤️❤️

Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 7d

friends, unfortunately I am in need of some help again to keep a roof over my head

we are moving out of this flat on the 17th (in 10 days) we got for the month, and nowhere to go with very little funds so far

I am trying to raise about 1500 Euros while I am interviewing and applying to grants

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innes @innes.bsky.social · 13h

Text: A computer can never be horny, therefore a computer can never make art

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Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 5h

one of my redeeming qualities, if we're friends I will recommend you great books

(let me be honest I won't just recommend I will probably just bring/send you a copy)

Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 7h

Doing some late night reading by beginning this recommendation from @berrak.bsky.social!

Photo of the front cover to Hernan Diaz's 2022 novel "Trust"

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Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 5h

looking forward to your review!! enjoy ❤️

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Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 15h

trying to raise about 500 Euros more so I can log off from this website for good and survive until one of my interviews and/or grant applications turn up

haven't had any donations in 24 hours, and would really love to live for a few weeks without thinking about how to afford groceries ❤️

Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 7d

friends, unfortunately I am in need of some help again to keep a roof over my head

we are moving out of this flat on the 17th (in 10 days) we got for the month, and nowhere to go with very little funds so far

I am trying to raise about 1500 Euros while I am interviewing and applying to grants

Pay Berrak Nil Boya using PayPal.Me

Go to paypal.me/berrakn and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.

paypal.me

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 10h

*no kings except this guy

What’s the Hold Up Pod Dan @jacketdan.bsky.social · 1d

He did it again for the 5 year anniversary

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Saoirse Ní Chiaragáin @miseryvulture.bsky.social · Dec 17

Now, more than ever, you have to be a weird little pervert who makes art of questionable quality. You need to be driven crazy by the flesh. Because, as we all learned from Cronenberg's The Fly, the computers are not made crazy by the flesh. They can't do it like us.

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Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 14h

i was curious if they were already feeling the unavoidable financial pressure, and this pivot to pron pretty much confirms it

funny enough no such moves from Anthropic, which reaffirms my belief when OpenAI hangs its hat,Anthropic will stay in business, since Claude actually works, 84% of the time🙃

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 17h

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.

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jenny.rip 🪦🪱 @hacksawjenny.rip · 4d

Born to make art, doomed to make marketing material.

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Yasuko 康子🔻 @yasuko.bsky.social · 14h

Please help save my dear friend Fidaa.

Robin (she/he-ella/él) @merryrobin.bsky.social · 15h

Only $5 to enter my friends, let's go!
Fidaa really needs us to get back on her feet.
chuffed.org/project/fidaa-umar

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Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 15h

i will log off for 400 and will log you off as well! this is your chance to get rid of me on this site

Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 15h

trying to raise about 500 Euros more so I can log off from this website for good and survive until one of my interviews and/or grant applications turn up

haven't had any donations in 24 hours, and would really love to live for a few weeks without thinking about how to afford groceries ❤️

Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 7d

friends, unfortunately I am in need of some help again to keep a roof over my head

we are moving out of this flat on the 17th (in 10 days) we got for the month, and nowhere to go with very little funds so far

I am trying to raise about 1500 Euros while I am interviewing and applying to grants

Pay Berrak Nil Boya using PayPal.Me

Go to paypal.me/berrakn and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.

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Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 3d

down to only needing 600 Euros more for our goal

next Friday (on the 17th) we are leaving this apartment and I have no idea where we can go next or how

I appreciate all the reposts, shares with your circles and donations, everything helps

Thanks ❤️

Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 7d

friends, unfortunately I am in need of some help again to keep a roof over my head

we are moving out of this flat on the 17th (in 10 days) we got for the month, and nowhere to go with very little funds so far

I am trying to raise about 1500 Euros while I am interviewing and applying to grants

Pay Berrak Nil Boya using PayPal.Me

Go to paypal.me/berrakn and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.

paypal.me

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Lilly Wachowski @lillywachowski.bsky.social · 21h

it is disorienting when you lose someone who you navigate your life to, like a star blinking out of the night sky.
a life lived in fearlessness, she carved out space for so many of us.
an amazing woman.
check out this doc by some of my pals.

Watch MAJOR! Online | Vimeo On Demand

The award-winning documentary "MAJOR!" follows the life and campaigns of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a Black transgender elder who has been fighting for…

vimeo.com

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Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 17h

we live in hell

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Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 17h

crying for a real one tonight

thanks for your sharing your gifts D'Angelo

his voice eternal

youtu.be/uv6ZaVtyeHw?...

D'Angelo - 'Untitled (How Does It Feel)' [HD] | North Sea Jazz (2012)

YouTube video by North Sea Jazz Archive

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Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 17h

definition of a trailblazer

rest in peace

youtu.be/utOyur3ZGl8?...

D'Angelo - 'Feel Like Makin' Love' [HD] | North Sea Jazz (2012)

YouTube video by North Sea Jazz Archive

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Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 17h

no man 💔💔💔

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 18h

D’Angelo, the neo-soul trailblazer and modern visionary whose three albums were all heralded as classic works of art, has died at age 51.

Access the free article here: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

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