Çimen Günay Erkol
@cimencim.bsky.social
I work on literature and literature works on me, lowk academic gruff @Istanbul. Turkish Lit., History, Political Novel esp. on memory & military dictatorship. Author of Broken Masculinities. Focusing on far-right masculinities rn⚡️ https://cimengunay.net/
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Interesting move of a preprint server to ban papers on AI, apparently due to record numbers of submissions of which low quality content was generated using AI #academicsky #AI #statssky
1. Pausing new submissions about AI topics for 90 days. That is, papers about AI models, testing AI models, proposing AI models, theories about the future of AI, etc. We will make exceptions for papers that are already accepted for publication (or published) in peer-reviewed scholarly journals
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November 27, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Interesting move of a preprint server to ban papers on AI, apparently due to record numbers of submissions of which low quality content was generated using AI #academicsky #AI #statssky
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Bolsonaro jailed over coup attempt
Former president Jair Bolsonaro began serving a 27-year prison term in Brazil after his conviction for attempting a coup, and President Lula called it "a lesson for democracy."
With replies by 🎓Ian Bremmer, 🎓Oliver Stuenkel, 🎓Jorge Heine +11 more scholars.
Former president Jair Bolsonaro began serving a 27-year prison term in Brazil after his conviction for attempting a coup, and President Lula called it "a lesson for democracy."
With replies by 🎓Ian Bremmer, 🎓Oliver Stuenkel, 🎓Jorge Heine +11 more scholars.
Bolsonaro jailed over coup attempt
Replies by 🎓Ian Bremmer, 🎓Oliver Stuenkel, 🎓Jorge Heine, 🎓Lupicínio Íñiguez-Rueda, 🎓Trudy Harpham +9 more scholars
www.lightnews.app
November 27, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Bolsonaro jailed over coup attempt
Former president Jair Bolsonaro began serving a 27-year prison term in Brazil after his conviction for attempting a coup, and President Lula called it "a lesson for democracy."
With replies by 🎓Ian Bremmer, 🎓Oliver Stuenkel, 🎓Jorge Heine +11 more scholars.
Former president Jair Bolsonaro began serving a 27-year prison term in Brazil after his conviction for attempting a coup, and President Lula called it "a lesson for democracy."
With replies by 🎓Ian Bremmer, 🎓Oliver Stuenkel, 🎓Jorge Heine +11 more scholars.
Nothing quite like casually referencing a movie you saw “not that long ago” only to realize it’s old enough to buy its own drinks now. We watched Frankenstein (2025) by Guillermo del Toro and told my “bebe” I liked Pan’s Labyrinth (2006) better. “ancient times” he said
a man with a beard and glasses is holding a model of a human skull .
ALT: a man with a beard and glasses is holding a model of a human skull .
media.tenor.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Nothing quite like casually referencing a movie you saw “not that long ago” only to realize it’s old enough to buy its own drinks now. We watched Frankenstein (2025) by Guillermo del Toro and told my “bebe” I liked Pan’s Labyrinth (2006) better. “ancient times” he said
happy birthday to me!
November 23, 2025 at 4:14 AM
happy birthday to me!
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You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 AM
You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
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I clicked and they’re looking for humanities professors to evaluate AI outputs—so if you need a side hustle or just, you know, a day job when your uni closes your department, there’s always AI quality control, at least til they don’t need us for that either
November 21, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I clicked and they’re looking for humanities professors to evaluate AI outputs—so if you need a side hustle or just, you know, a day job when your uni closes your department, there’s always AI quality control, at least til they don’t need us for that either
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Academic publishing is broken due to for-profit actors. Time to explore alternatives as researchers → A Diamond Open Access conference, Feb 5-6, 2026 in Nijmegen NL.
Free registration (limited seats): horizondiamond.nl
Let's build a sustainable publishing infrastructure together.
Free registration (limited seats): horizondiamond.nl
Let's build a sustainable publishing infrastructure together.
November 21, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Academic publishing is broken due to for-profit actors. Time to explore alternatives as researchers → A Diamond Open Access conference, Feb 5-6, 2026 in Nijmegen NL.
Free registration (limited seats): horizondiamond.nl
Let's build a sustainable publishing infrastructure together.
Free registration (limited seats): horizondiamond.nl
Let's build a sustainable publishing infrastructure together.
dialectics of endorsing
Call me a fascist harder, Zohran 🫦
November 22, 2025 at 4:03 AM
dialectics of endorsing
Oh yes!
November 22, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Oh yes!
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Let’s be clear.
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social got Trump so charmed that Trump posted two photos of the two of them with Franklin Roosevelt’s portrait behind them AND one of just Mamdani and FDR’s portrait.
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social got Trump so charmed that Trump posted two photos of the two of them with Franklin Roosevelt’s portrait behind them AND one of just Mamdani and FDR’s portrait.
November 22, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Let’s be clear.
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social got Trump so charmed that Trump posted two photos of the two of them with Franklin Roosevelt’s portrait behind them AND one of just Mamdani and FDR’s portrait.
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social got Trump so charmed that Trump posted two photos of the two of them with Franklin Roosevelt’s portrait behind them AND one of just Mamdani and FDR’s portrait.
Let’s see ☺️
Mamdani-Trump 2028
November 22, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Let’s see ☺️
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The return of extremely skeletal bodies for women as a norm is deeply concerning.
Being hungry all the time cooks your brain.
Being hungry all the time cooks your brain.
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 AM
The return of extremely skeletal bodies for women as a norm is deeply concerning.
Being hungry all the time cooks your brain.
Being hungry all the time cooks your brain.
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oh yes, coming in April from Verso
I also just got a presser about this forthcoming book. Preordered real fast.
November 19, 2025 at 7:11 PM
oh yes, coming in April from Verso
Tebriks @stevenhseggie.bsky.social
For the first time in 28 years, Scotland will be at the World Cup!
November 19, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Tebriks @stevenhseggie.bsky.social
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My department is hiring a tenure track assistant professor in in the visual arts, architecture, and/or material culture of the Islamic world. Please circulate!
careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
Details - Assistant Professor - History of Art & Architecture | Human Resources | UMass Amherst
careers.umass.edu
November 19, 2025 at 1:19 AM
My department is hiring a tenure track assistant professor in in the visual arts, architecture, and/or material culture of the Islamic world. Please circulate!
careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
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Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Submit a Claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
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authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:35 AM
authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now
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“This semester, he is teaching two large undergraduate courses and one graduate class.”
If the students of Harvard want to show the world how “elite” they are, a mass walkout of his lectures would be a start 🤷🏻♂️
If the students of Harvard want to show the world how “elite” they are, a mass walkout of his lectures would be a start 🤷🏻♂️
When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: Jeffrey E. Epstein.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
As Summers Sought Clandestine Relationship With Woman He Called a Mentee, Epstein Was His ‘Wing Man’ | News | The Harvard Crimson
When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: convicted sex offender…
www.thecrimson.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:05 AM
“This semester, he is teaching two large undergraduate courses and one graduate class.”
If the students of Harvard want to show the world how “elite” they are, a mass walkout of his lectures would be a start 🤷🏻♂️
If the students of Harvard want to show the world how “elite” they are, a mass walkout of his lectures would be a start 🤷🏻♂️
I don’t have energy for this
If José Antonio Kast prevails, it'd be the first time the Chilean far-right comes to power since Pinochet's departure.
November 17, 2025 at 5:15 AM
I don’t have energy for this
Cold war studies 🥰 www.cambridge.org/core/books/r...
The Rise and Fall of Turkey's Democrat Party
Cambridge Core - Middle East History - The Rise and Fall of Turkey's Democrat Party
www.cambridge.org
November 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Cold war studies 🥰 www.cambridge.org/core/books/r...
Chomsky 🙄
"The newly released e-mails also contain numerous communications between Epstein and well-known scientists and academics, among them astronomer Lawrence Krauss, economist and former secretary of the treasury Lawrence Summers and linguist Noam Chomsky..."
November 16, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Chomsky 🙄
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Emails? All of a sudden emails are of no concern to MAGA?
November 15, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Emails? All of a sudden emails are of no concern to MAGA?
university level education will have to change ok but to what, sustainable entertainment?
November 13, 2025 at 10:50 AM
university level education will have to change ok but to what, sustainable entertainment?
misspelling Nietzsche is a sin
November 12, 2025 at 7:52 AM
misspelling Nietzsche is a sin