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Ipek Gorgun @ipekgorgun.bsky.social · 20d

thank you Siavash! 💝🎉

Ipek Gorgun @ipekgorgun.bsky.social · 22d

finally! the first single, 'morphine angel' from my upcoming album 'earthbound' (out on oct. 31 via @touch33.net ) is live! 🎉 more information on the link below.

ipekgorgunreleases.bandcamp.com/track/morphi...

Morphine Angel, by Ipek Gorgun

from the album Earthbound

ipekgorgunreleases.bandcamp.com

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Ipek Gorgun @ipekgorgun.bsky.social · Jun 18

"If everything is going to be ruined, then I'd rather my kids and I go with our home - because I don't have the strength to start over again."

bbc.com/news/article...

Trump's order to leave Tehran adds to fear as Iranians share 'last photo of home'

Tehran's almost 10 million residents must now decide whether to shelter in their homes or attempt to leave.

bbc.com

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Ipek Gorgun @ipekgorgun.bsky.social · May 25

I grew up reading The Wire Magazine, and I’m hoping more generations will do, too.

The Wire Magazine @thewiremagazine.bsky.social · May 23

An urgent message from The Wire magazine

Running an independent music magazine is becoming increasingly difficult. We need your support

www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/e...

An urgent message from The Wire magazine - The Wire

Running an independent music magazine is becoming increasingly difficult. We need your support

www.thewire.co.uk

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glykosymoritis @glyko.bsky.social · Mar 23

#Turkey: Popular opposition Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, was arrested and jailed, effectively removed from the presidential race. In this brazen act of political suppression, Erdogan’s government has taken a momentous step toward full-fledged autocracy. www.foreignaffairs.com/turkey/turke...

In the last year, Erdogan has removed several elected mayors belonging to opposition parties and replaced them with government-appointed ones. Journalists, politicians, human rights activists, even the country’s top business group have become targets of bogus court cases. But Imamoglu’s arrest this week is a significant escalation. The terrorism and corruption charges are far more serious and thus carry far greater consequences than the charges in his pending 2022 case. And unlike Demirtas, who was popular but was never more than a third-party candidate, Imamoglu presents a direct threat to Erdogan’s presidency. By removing this rival from the field, Erdogan has shown that he is uninterested in maintaining the façade of competitive elections. Instead, he seeks the kind of autocratic system that Putin has, one with no real opposition and no electoral surprises.
Erdogan is now dangerously close to achieving what he wants, and he is following a similar path to the one Putin took in Russia to get there. Two decades ago, Russia was not the tightly controlled autocracy it is today. The country’s economy was booming, and Putin was genuinely popular, so he tolerated some opposition and left parts of the democratic system intact. But after the 2008 financial crisis, as economic growth stalled and antigovernment protests erupted, Putin responded with repression. And in 2020, he fully cemented his rule as an unchallenged autocrat. Constitutional amendments were passed that allowed Putin to stay in power until 2036. His regime went into overdrive arresting, exiling, or silencing even its most marginal critics. In August 2020, Kremlin operatives poisoned the activist Αlexei Navalny, Putin’s fiercest opponent, in an attempt to kill him. (Navalny later died in a Russian penal colony in 2024.) Today, Russian elections are a mere formality. Real challengers are banned while Putin selects a few token opponents to create the illusion of competition. The outcome is never in doubt.

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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · Apr 8

I have a sound art piece Reduce, Reuse, Re-cycle, based around my bike work and sutainability, programmed in this year’s wonderful @radiophrenia.bsky.social event, running Friday 18 April. There’s pieces by Mark Vernon and @rogatchevski.bsky.social running the same day. Check it out!

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Ipek Gorgun @ipekgorgun.bsky.social · Apr 6

indeed

Ipek Gorgun @ipekgorgun.bsky.social · Apr 6

“Mistaken”

The New York Times @nytimes.com · Apr 6

The Israeli military on Saturday acknowledged that the initial accounts from troops involved in the killing of 15 people in Gaza — who the UN said were rescue workers — had been partially “mistaken.” The assessment came after a video appeared to contradict the military’s earlier version of events.

Israel Says Its Account of Rescue Workers Killed in Gaza Was Partly ‘Mistaken’

The Israeli military had previously asserted that the workers had been “advancing suspiciously” toward its troops. A video obtained by The New York Times on Friday appeared to contradict that account.

www.nytimes.com

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Emily Wither @emilywither.bsky.social · Mar 31

On BBC Radio 4 I take you back to 2019 when a teenager coined a campaign slogan for Istanbul Mayor Imamoglu, telling him: 'Everything will be fine'. Now they are both in jail; the boy a symbol of a movement which worries that everything is far from fine: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

From Our Own Correspondent - Turkey's clampdown - BBC Sounds

The arrest of Istanbul's mayor sparked mass protests and a heavy response by authorities.

www.bbc.co.uk

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AGF 🎧 poemproducer @poemproducer.bsky.social · Dec 14

imma inne podcast, enjoy!!!

talked w Jack Chuter of ATTN:Magazine

Crucial Listening #170: AGF
www.attnmagazine.co.uk/crucial-list...

"Socialist pop music, the control of the clock, the beautiful digital. The Hailuoto, Finland-based artist and poemproducer discusses three important albums."

Crucial Listening #170: AGF

Socialist pop music, the control of the clock, the beautiful digital. The Hailuoto, Finland-based artist and poemproducer discusses three important albums.

www.attnmagazine.co.uk

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:pressure network @femalepressure.bsky.social · Dec 13

we have a long running mix & podcast series, enjoy 🦻🏻

femalepressure.wordpress.com/podcast/h

female:pressure podcast

WELCOME to the female:pressure podcast, where you’ll periodically hear music presented by members of the female:pressure community. Around an hour of electronic music where you´ll find the mo…

femalepressure.wordpress.com

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Ipek Gorgun @ipekgorgun.bsky.social · Dec 9

😃

Ipek Gorgun @ipekgorgun.bsky.social · Dec 9

yea just so ruuude (add voice fry here)

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Ipek Gorgun @ipekgorgun.bsky.social · Dec 9

🙃

Ipek Gorgun @ipekgorgun.bsky.social · Dec 9

probably the weirdest stretch i’ve ever seen.. maybe i should call my next album “diversity friendly jihadist” 🤔

magggdalena.bsky.social @magggdalena.bsky.social · Dec 7

„Diversity friendly jihadist“ is my new favorite expression. My Christmas t shirt slogan. Goes well with my „ Merry crisis“ socks.

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Ipek Gorgun @ipekgorgun.bsky.social · Dec 6

the music sector has already lost some of what it once had with spotify. most of us will continue working at our 2nd or 3rd jobs, while today’s heavy hitters will only earn a few million dolllars less.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · Dec 4

Music sector workers to lose nearly a quarter of income to AI in next four years, global study finds

AI boom will enrich giant tech companies but creators’ rights and income will be drastically reduced unless policymakers intervene, report warns * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily…

www.theguardian.com

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Ipek Gorgun @ipekgorgun.bsky.social · Nov 23

so underrated, so beautiful

boomkat.com @boomkat.com · Nov 22

good opportunity to check this one too, a much imitated classic of the era, still holds up

bit.ly/3Z1HrPF

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The Wire Magazine @thewiremagazine.bsky.social · Nov 18

Inside The Wire 490: Intermodulation

The work of undersung 1970s electracoustic group Intermodulation is finally collected in a comprehensive box set.

Read Julian Cowley's interview in the new issue.
www.thewire.co.uk/issues/490

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Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa @benjaminschultzfig.bsky.social · Nov 17

I've spoken to a number of ppl who said they did not feel comfortable using the term "genocide" until a report like this came out. Here's hoping their reservations are done now and that we can stop arguing semantics instead of trying to stop the slaughter itself.

Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · Nov 16

The UN has now formally found Israel's genocide "consistent with genocide", including the use of weaponized starvation.

www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

UN Special Committee finds Israel’s warfare methods in Gaza consistent with genocide, including use of starvation as weapon of war

NEW YORK (14 November 2024) – Israel’s warfare in Gaza is consistent with the characteristics of genocide, with mass civilian casualties and life-threatening conditions intentionally imposed on Palest...

www.ohchr.org

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boomkat.com @boomkat.com · Nov 14

new from Touch: a comprehensive 2-disc collection celebrating Philip Jeck featuring previously unheard work and collaborations with Fennesz, Rosy Parlane, Chris Watson, David Sylvian, Gavin Bryars, Claire M Singer and Jana Winderen.

RIP ✨

bit.ly/3Nd1EfU

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Bertrom. @bertrom.bsky.social · Oct 5

Sohrab Hura.

India.

"Photographing others remains something that I still struggle with, especially when I am aware of the many hierarchies that might exist between us.”

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AGF 🎧 poemproducer @poemproducer.bsky.social · Sep 4

new collection

matri-circular - clues about humans - per-serve-rance - etic

artist: AGF
title: netmotif
release: 24 09 2024
bandcampfriday presale

agf-poemproducer.bandcamp.com/album/netmotif

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Ipek Gorgun @ipekgorgun.bsky.social · Nov 12

💖🥰

Ipek Gorgun @ipekgorgun.bsky.social · Nov 12

farewell frank auerbach 🙏

Tim Riley @timriley.bsky.social · Nov 12

Sad news about Frank Auerbach, but what a life. Still painting every day right till the end.

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Ipek Gorgun @ipekgorgun.bsky.social · Nov 12

wow my feed looks quite refreshing- enjoying the ride until lex luthor the governor of mars takes it over again.

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