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Ahmet Alphan Sabancı
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Critical futurist, writer, technologist, generalist, philosopher of Weird and Deadly Interesting. Also runs @tuhaf.studio Posts in ENG and TUR ahmetasabanci.com https://ahmetasabanci.com/now/ tuhafgelecek.com newslabturkey.org
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Hiç fena fikir değil aslında :)
I don’t know how to feel about this.
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‘Most scammers have themselves been scammed. The tens of thousands of Chinese, Ethiopians, Ugandans, Filipinos, Pakistanis and others who carry out the grunt work have been tricked, kidnapped and enslaved.’

@alexclapp.bsky.social on the vast cybercrime economy.

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Alexander Clapp · Pig Butchering: Scam Gangs
If it were a national economy, cybercrime would be the third largest in the world, behind only the United States and...
www.lrb.co.uk
“The gap between the eager-beaver simpering of the pitches and the spiky prose of his newsletter is laughable. There’s so much space between “these guys rock” and “these chunderfucks” that I think Meta just built a data center there.”

www.wired.com/story/ai-pr-...
Ed Zitron Gets Paid to Love AI. He Also Gets Paid to Hate AI | WIRED
He’s one of the loudest voices of the AI haters—even as he does PR for AI companies. Either way, Ed Zitron has your attention.
www.wired.com
This week starts with a conversation about how doing something so long can make you feel stuck, usual updates, links, and a Alfa Mist song.

https://ahmetasabanci.com/afraid-of-getting-stuck-weekstarter-44-2025/
Bu aynı zamanda kişisel anlamda değişimin de bir parçası, farklı alanlara ve projelere daha fazla zaman ayırmak için bir fırsat. Önümüzdeki dönemde elimdeki bu ekstra zamanı da @tuhaf.studio tarafındaki projelere ve ortaklıklara ayıracağım. Beraber bir şeyler yapmak isteyenlere duyurulur.
📬 Ekim 2018’de başlayan ve 352 sayıyı bulan @newslabturkey.bsky.social n okuyoruz| bülteninin bildiğiniz formattaki son sayısıyla karşınızdayım. Haftalık formattaki son sayıda da geride bıraktığımız yedi yıl ve değişimin arka planı üzerine biraz konuştum.

open.substack.com/pub/newslabt...
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Pro-opposition TV network Tele1 has been placed under state management following the arrest of its editor-in-chief in an espionage investigation. The channel’s broadcast was cut off while on air after trustees arrived. bianet.org/haber/truste...
Tele1 TV seized by state, broadcast interrupted mid-air
The network's chief editor was was detained as part of an espionage investigation earlier in the day.
bianet.org
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For me, following US news is no different than watching a US remake of a TV series I’ve been watching for years. And it’s not just the Trump and Republicans part.
“At times, it has felt like trying to report on politics in Turkey or Hungary.”
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Labour in Turkey is becoming expensive and scarce. Mass production may have to become a thing of the past, replaced by a focus on branding, design, fast delivery and niche products
Turkey’s fabled textile industry is coming apart at the seams
Inflation, China and an exodus of Syrian workers are among its problems
econ.st
Umarım sağlık sorunları geri dönmez de bu sene doya doya izleriz.
NBA’in başı belada.

Sezonun ilk maçında Wemby vs Dallas

🏀 40 sayı
💪 15 ribaund
🚫 3 blok
🔥 15/21 saha içi isabeti
✅ 125-92
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📬 n okuyoruz| bültenimiz yayında!
📝 Bu haftanın odağında gazeteciliğin YZ karşısındaki konumu var.
📌 “Ne Okuduk” bölümünde Pentagon’un gazetecilerle kavgası, Spotify–Netflix ortaklığı, Politico’nun SMS deneyleri ve dahası var.
🤖 @ahmetasabanci.com hazırladı.
www.newslabturkey.org/2025/10/20/g...
Gazetecilik Yapay Zekâ Karşısında Pasif Kalmamalı
Bu haftanın anahtar kelimeleri: AI benchmarks, Pentagon, Spotify, Politico.
https://www.newslabturkey.org/2025/10/20/gazetecilik-yapay-zeka-karsisinda-pasif-kalmamali/"
I have no idea what kind of a list my email address is ended up but last week it was subscribed to a pro-Trump mailing list and today someone tries to create an account on one of those “let’s gamble on everything” websites.
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SWHFTT‼️‼️SUNDAY‼️‼️
74. Cat Guardian!
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Fun fact: there are 83 players on rosters that were born AFTER LeBron James made his NBA debut on Oct 29, 2003.
Botun iddiasına bir cevap verecek misin @agunzagun.com?
Idk who needs to hear this but ACAB includes YouTubers
I don’t know when or if I’m going to see Tron: Ares but the soundtrack already made its way into my regular rotation.
I’m available if you need a philosophy grad.
Honestly philosophy grads (a so called useless degree) continue to to tear it up into senior positions in the corpo/tech world and are all doing really well in the current environment.
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You might remember, I spent late August bank holiday in a junk yard. We were there to shoot a music video for my band which turned out total dad-core, and I love it.
Forest Bed | The Party’s Over
I’m really happy to announce that my band Forest Bed’s new single and music video is out now!
thejaymo.net
Either someone wants to troll me or they’re buying random email lists from somewhere.
This week starts a bit late but has all the usual news from me, a really good song from Gorillaz, and tells you why you should embrace the weirdness of the world.

https://ahmetasabanci.com/embrace-the-weird-weekstarter-42-2025/
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