Ethemcan Turhan
@muhalefetserhi.bsky.social
"When there is a solar energy spill, we just call it a nice day"
Assistant Professor of Environmental Planning, University of Groningen
#ClimateJustice #EnergyDemocracy #PoliticalEcology #FreePalestine
https://www.rug.nl/staff/e.turhan/
Assistant Professor of Environmental Planning, University of Groningen
#ClimateJustice #EnergyDemocracy #PoliticalEcology #FreePalestine
https://www.rug.nl/staff/e.turhan/
Pinned
"We are not in the least afraid of ruins. We are going to inherit the earth; there is not the slightest doubt about that. The bourgeoisie might blast and ruin its own world before it leaves the stage of history. We carry a new world here, in our hearts. That world is growing in this minute"
Durruti
Durruti
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I still stand by these, even as universities around the world, including my own, brainlessly capitulate to AI.
As promised, here are the slides I shared with students to convince them to NOT use chatGPT and other artificial stupidity.
TL;DR? AI is evil, unsustainable and stupid, and I'd much rather they use their own brains, make their own mistakes, and actually learn something. 🪄
TL;DR? AI is evil, unsustainable and stupid, and I'd much rather they use their own brains, make their own mistakes, and actually learn something. 🪄
November 14, 2025 at 9:51 AM
I still stand by these, even as universities around the world, including my own, brainlessly capitulate to AI.
Senden benden iyi başlamıştır kesin.
October 20, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Senden benden iyi başlamıştır kesin.
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Apply now for a free week-long PhD course on Energy Humanities organized by the Greenhouse and the project Energy Lives! project run by @melinabuns.bsky.social
Takes place in Stavanger, Norway, 1-5 December 2025
www.uis.no/en/research/...
#envhum #envhist #energy
Takes place in Stavanger, Norway, 1-5 December 2025
www.uis.no/en/research/...
#envhum #envhist #energy
Apply for PhD Course on Energy Humanities
5 ECTS PhD course ‘Themes within Environmental Humanities’ to be held in Stavanger, 1-5 December 2025. This year’s thematic focus is the developing field of the Energy Humanities.
www.uis.no
October 15, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Apply now for a free week-long PhD course on Energy Humanities organized by the Greenhouse and the project Energy Lives! project run by @melinabuns.bsky.social
Takes place in Stavanger, Norway, 1-5 December 2025
www.uis.no/en/research/...
#envhum #envhist #energy
Takes place in Stavanger, Norway, 1-5 December 2025
www.uis.no/en/research/...
#envhum #envhist #energy
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It's finally here! 100+ scholars, global scope, practical insights. “Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment” shows how organized interests stall policy—and how governance can respond.
Open access available now! Or order for paperback and hardcover. cssn.org/wp-content/u...
Open access available now! Or order for paperback and hardcover. cssn.org/wp-content/u...
October 14, 2025 at 3:22 PM
It's finally here! 100+ scholars, global scope, practical insights. “Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment” shows how organized interests stall policy—and how governance can respond.
Open access available now! Or order for paperback and hardcover. cssn.org/wp-content/u...
Open access available now! Or order for paperback and hardcover. cssn.org/wp-content/u...
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We are very excited to share the CfP for the Pollen26 conference in Barcelona (29 June-3 July) and invite submissions to our panel: Political ecologies of wildfires in Mediterranean Climate Zones: Beyond the Firefighting Trap
nomadit.co.uk/conference/p...
nomadit.co.uk/conference/p...
P051: Political ecologies of wildfires in Mediterranean Climate Zones: Beyond the Fire-Fighting Trap
Panel
nomadit.co.uk
October 14, 2025 at 1:02 PM
We are very excited to share the CfP for the Pollen26 conference in Barcelona (29 June-3 July) and invite submissions to our panel: Political ecologies of wildfires in Mediterranean Climate Zones: Beyond the Firefighting Trap
nomadit.co.uk/conference/p...
nomadit.co.uk/conference/p...
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We’ve met with Greta Thunberg and others in the flotilla. They describe hours-long scenes of torture and sexual harassment in Israeli captivity. Experts conclude that they have been subjected to serious crimes – Sweden’s foreign minister believes they have themselves to blame.
tinyurl.se/crR
tinyurl.se/crR
Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”
– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar
www.aftonbladet.se
October 15, 2025 at 12:08 PM
We’ve met with Greta Thunberg and others in the flotilla. They describe hours-long scenes of torture and sexual harassment in Israeli captivity. Experts conclude that they have been subjected to serious crimes – Sweden’s foreign minister believes they have themselves to blame.
tinyurl.se/crR
tinyurl.se/crR
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Goede keuze @volkskrant.nl — academisch marginaal, maar politiek radikaal!
October 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Goede keuze @volkskrant.nl — academisch marginaal, maar politiek radikaal!
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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As long as the far right shapes public opinion, and mainstream parties follow public opinion, the far right dominates politics, whether in government or not.
October 1, 2025 at 1:09 PM
As long as the far right shapes public opinion, and mainstream parties follow public opinion, the far right dominates politics, whether in government or not.
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October 1, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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Si un turista israelí se comporta así con unos voluntarios de UNICEF en Milán imagina cómo actúan sabiéndose impunes un colono robando casas y tierras en Cisjordania o un militar asesinando niños en Gaza. O todo un estado poderoso como el israelí con su maquinaria genocida perfectamente engrasada.
September 18, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Si un turista israelí se comporta así con unos voluntarios de UNICEF en Milán imagina cómo actúan sabiéndose impunes un colono robando casas y tierras en Cisjordania o un militar asesinando niños en Gaza. O todo un estado poderoso como el israelí con su maquinaria genocida perfectamente engrasada.
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The board just dropped in the finance committee: 30 million in cuts still needed, equivalent to 300 FTE. Is this just more budgetary belt-tightening, or are these the first whispers of layoffs?
September 25, 2025 at 8:51 AM
The board just dropped in the finance committee: 30 million in cuts still needed, equivalent to 300 FTE. Is this just more budgetary belt-tightening, or are these the first whispers of layoffs?
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Members of the main opposition party in Turkey, whose presidential candidate and dozens of mayors are in prison, cannot enter their own party building in Istanbul because tomorrow (Monday) the Istanbul branch of the party'll be taken over by a trustee appointed by the regime. Oligarchy in action!
Turkey's main opposition calls for rallies after police barricade Istanbul office reut.rs/4phw3eS
Turkey's main opposition calls for rallies after police barricade Istanbul office
Turkey's main opposition CHP called on citizens and residents of Istanbul to gather on Sunday, after police set up barricades in areas around its Istanbul headquarters in what the party leader called a "siege".
reut.rs
September 7, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Members of the main opposition party in Turkey, whose presidential candidate and dozens of mayors are in prison, cannot enter their own party building in Istanbul because tomorrow (Monday) the Istanbul branch of the party'll be taken over by a trustee appointed by the regime. Oligarchy in action!
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Timmons' pioneering work on climate justice has been very influential on many of us in the field.
This is dangerous territory.
This is dangerous territory.
My lab's been attacked by an anti-wind group and their lawyers. They threatened the science funding of my whole university, to shut me and my undergraduate research assistants up.
NYT just covered it. 1/n
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...
NYT just covered it. 1/n
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...
Law Firm Pressures Brown University to Erase Research on Anti-Wind Groups
www.nytimes.com
August 26, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Timmons' pioneering work on climate justice has been very influential on many of us in the field.
This is dangerous territory.
This is dangerous territory.
Turkey was supposed to be a little U.S. after WWII; now the U.S. is becoming a bigger Turkey.
Yes, the stakes here are large. Very large.
August 26, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Turkey was supposed to be a little U.S. after WWII; now the U.S. is becoming a bigger Turkey.
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Literally: this is fine -dot- gif
EU wildfires worst on record as burning season continues
Data shows more than 1m hectares torched so far this year, with records also broken for CO2 and other air pollutants
www.theguardian.com
August 22, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Literally: this is fine -dot- gif
🧑🌾 👩🏾🌾 In our recent article with Deniz Pelek & Cemil Yıldızcan, we trace the im/mobility of migrant seasonal agricultural workers and the slow violence they are exposed to in #disaster-affected areas in #Turkey.
#openaccess
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#openaccess
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
August 20, 2025 at 12:09 PM
🧑🌾 👩🏾🌾 In our recent article with Deniz Pelek & Cemil Yıldızcan, we trace the im/mobility of migrant seasonal agricultural workers and the slow violence they are exposed to in #disaster-affected areas in #Turkey.
#openaccess
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#openaccess
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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We’re proud to share that @rug.nl experts are contributing to the IPCC AR7 – Working Group III
🌍 @klaushubacek.bsky.social — LA, Ch.2
🌍 @prajdhan.bsky.social — CLA, Ch.4
🌍 Linda Steg — LA, Ch.5
Shaping pathways for a sustainable future.
#AR7 #IPCC #ClimateAction
🌍 @klaushubacek.bsky.social — LA, Ch.2
🌍 @prajdhan.bsky.social — CLA, Ch.4
🌍 Linda Steg — LA, Ch.5
Shaping pathways for a sustainable future.
#AR7 #IPCC #ClimateAction
August 18, 2025 at 2:18 AM
We’re proud to share that @rug.nl experts are contributing to the IPCC AR7 – Working Group III
🌍 @klaushubacek.bsky.social — LA, Ch.2
🌍 @prajdhan.bsky.social — CLA, Ch.4
🌍 Linda Steg — LA, Ch.5
Shaping pathways for a sustainable future.
#AR7 #IPCC #ClimateAction
🌍 @klaushubacek.bsky.social — LA, Ch.2
🌍 @prajdhan.bsky.social — CLA, Ch.4
🌍 Linda Steg — LA, Ch.5
Shaping pathways for a sustainable future.
#AR7 #IPCC #ClimateAction
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Hmm, what do ‘central camps’ and ‘final plan’ remind you of?
🤷🏽♂️👇🏽
🤷🏽♂️👇🏽
August 8, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Hmm, what do ‘central camps’ and ‘final plan’ remind you of?
🤷🏽♂️👇🏽
🤷🏽♂️👇🏽
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The EU will keep warning Israel until the last Palestinian in Gaza is either killed by Israeli’s military or by its starvation policy.
August 6, 2025 at 12:03 PM
The EU will keep warning Israel until the last Palestinian in Gaza is either killed by Israeli’s military or by its starvation policy.
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Excellent cartoon in @guardian by @ellabaron.bsky.social
August 6, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Excellent cartoon in @guardian by @ellabaron.bsky.social
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Let's not use "hallucinate" or "lie" when we talk about ChatGPT. It can't make decisions, it doesn't have a conscious thought, it's not having a conversation with you.
It's regurgitating false information based on stolen content without context or nuance.
It's regurgitating false information based on stolen content without context or nuance.
August 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Let's not use "hallucinate" or "lie" when we talk about ChatGPT. It can't make decisions, it doesn't have a conscious thought, it's not having a conversation with you.
It's regurgitating false information based on stolen content without context or nuance.
It's regurgitating false information based on stolen content without context or nuance.
The not-so-funny thing about NL media is that they would say things like this:
"Only 18% of respondents in the RTL poll considered Geert Wilders a good choice for prime minister"
That is roughly 1/5 of the population eligible to vote considering a fully-blown racist to be a good choice for PM.
"Only 18% of respondents in the RTL poll considered Geert Wilders a good choice for prime minister"
That is roughly 1/5 of the population eligible to vote considering a fully-blown racist to be a good choice for PM.
July 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The not-so-funny thing about NL media is that they would say things like this:
"Only 18% of respondents in the RTL poll considered Geert Wilders a good choice for prime minister"
That is roughly 1/5 of the population eligible to vote considering a fully-blown racist to be a good choice for PM.
"Only 18% of respondents in the RTL poll considered Geert Wilders a good choice for prime minister"
That is roughly 1/5 of the population eligible to vote considering a fully-blown racist to be a good choice for PM.