Ahmet Alphan Sabancı
@ahmetasabanci.com
Critical futurist, writer, technologist, generalist, philosopher of Weird and Deadly Interesting. Also runs @tuhaf.studio
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Posts in ENG and TUR
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Tuhaf Studio is Here
I’m taking a major step in my career and starting Tuhaf Studio, my independent futures studio.
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I'm taking the work I started 10 years ago with Tuhaf Gelecek to the next level. Say hello to @tuhaf.studio, my independent futures and foresight studio.
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How Turkey’s vague obscenity law is becoming a tool to criminalize LGBTI+ visibility
🗞️ İrfan Kovankaya bianet.org/haber/how-tu...
🗞️ İrfan Kovankaya bianet.org/haber/how-tu...
How Turkey’s vague obscenity law is becoming a tool to criminalize LGBTI+ visibility
The obscenity law historically applied to pornographic content. Recently, judicial authorities have accused almost anything related to LGBTI+s of being obscene, ranging from verbal statements and phot...
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September 17, 2026 at 9:14 PM
How Turkey’s vague obscenity law is becoming a tool to criminalize LGBTI+ visibility
🗞️ İrfan Kovankaya bianet.org/haber/how-tu...
🗞️ İrfan Kovankaya bianet.org/haber/how-tu...
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Welp, no more Suicidal Tendencies for me. I loved listening to the band.
September 17, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Welp, no more Suicidal Tendencies for me. I loved listening to the band.
BIST100 %6 düştü, borsa devre kesici uygulamış, ortalık karışık. Ne oluyor diye merak edip @cnbce.bsky.social açtım, yayındaki uzmanın ilk cümlesi “Kimse şu an ne olduğunu bilmiyor, o yüzden panik var.” 🤦🏻♂️
September 16, 2026 at 1:15 PM
BIST100 %6 düştü, borsa devre kesici uygulamış, ortalık karışık. Ne oluyor diye merak edip @cnbce.bsky.social açtım, yayındaki uzmanın ilk cümlesi “Kimse şu an ne olduğunu bilmiyor, o yüzden panik var.” 🤦🏻♂️
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#Türkiye 🇹🇷: Journalist Tuğba Tekerek has been detained in a wave of arrests targeting LGBTI+ organisations and activists. Authorities are questioning her over a 2024 article she wrote about LGBTI+ rights. We call for her immediate release.
bianet.org/haber/journa...
bianet.org/haber/journa...
Journalist Tuğba Tekerek detained over interview with Georgian LGBTI+ activist
Tekerek's interview was published by Kaos GL, executives of which were taken into custody on "obscenity" charges during the sweeping anti-LGBTI+ raids on Sep 13.
bianet.org
September 16, 2026 at 9:03 AM
#Türkiye 🇹🇷: Journalist Tuğba Tekerek has been detained in a wave of arrests targeting LGBTI+ organisations and activists. Authorities are questioning her over a 2024 article she wrote about LGBTI+ rights. We call for her immediate release.
bianet.org/haber/journa...
bianet.org/haber/journa...
I understand where Faine is coming from but I really don’t want Turkish media to learn about this because we’re not ready for the results at all.
I know it may seem cruel, but it is time: the normies have to be told about Aella, before it’s too late for democracy.
I wish I was making a joke.
I wish I was making a joke.
September 16, 2026 at 8:30 AM
I understand where Faine is coming from but I really don’t want Turkish media to learn about this because we’re not ready for the results at all.
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Mass arrests in protests against the crackdown on LGBTQ groups in Turkey: "Those protesting the arrests also arrested" bianet.org/haber/gozalt...
Gözaltıları protesto edenler de gözaltına alındı
"Ailem Güvende" operasyonu kapsamında LGBTİ+'lara yönelik yürütülen operasyonlara tepki göstermek için adliye önünde açıklama yapma isteyenler gözaltına alındı.
bianet.org
September 15, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Mass arrests in protests against the crackdown on LGBTQ groups in Turkey: "Those protesting the arrests also arrested" bianet.org/haber/gozalt...
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Private messages of detained LGBTI+s cited as obscenity evidence after ‘unauthorized’ phone searches, lawyer says bianet.org/haber/privat...
Private messages of detained LGBTI+s cited as obscenity evidence after ‘unauthorized’ phone searches
Police allegedly obtained the detained individuals' phone passwords without a court order and then added messages and photos in the phones to the investigation file as evidence.
bianet.org
September 15, 2026 at 8:22 AM
Private messages of detained LGBTI+s cited as obscenity evidence after ‘unauthorized’ phone searches, lawyer says bianet.org/haber/privat...
Sonunda be! www.apple.com/tr/newsroom/...
Apple, iCloud+ servisini Türkiye'de Apple TV ve Apple Arcade ile birlikte sunuyor
Bu aydan itibaren Türkiye'deki iCloud+ aboneleri, iCloud+ aboneliklerinin bir parçası olarak Apple TV ve Apple Arcade’e erişebilecek.
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September 15, 2026 at 8:57 AM
Sonunda be! www.apple.com/tr/newsroom/...
p(dolphin) Risk of AI | Weekstarter 38-2026
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Weekstarter is here. Come and get your weekly updates, links, recommendations, and learn about my new AI risk metric.
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p(dolphin) Risk of AI | Weekstarter 38-2026
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September 14, 2026 at 6:40 PM
p(dolphin) Risk of AI | Weekstarter 38-2026
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Yapay zekanın riskleri ve potansiyeli üzerine konuşmak için bugün Halk TV’de @isinelicin.bsky.social’e konuk oldum. Canlı yayının kaydını buradan izleyebilirsiniz. www.youtube.com/live/fjusAwv...
Işın Eliçin ile Sınırsız (13 Eylül 2026)
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September 13, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Yapay zekanın riskleri ve potansiyeli üzerine konuşmak için bugün Halk TV’de @isinelicin.bsky.social’e konuk oldum. Canlı yayının kaydını buradan izleyebilirsiniz. www.youtube.com/live/fjusAwv...
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🎙️ Tuhaf Gelecek Podcast’in yeni bölümünde @agunzagun.com ile birlikte yapay zekâ üzerine süren tartışmalardan yola çıkarak zeka, bilinç ve insan merkezcilik sorununu ele aldık.
tuhafgelecek.substack.com/p/tek-akll-b...
tuhafgelecek.substack.com/p/tek-akll-b...
Tek Akıllı Biz miyiz? | TGP s02e16
Kendimizi neden abartmamamız gerektiği üzerine bir bölüm.
tuhafgelecek.substack.com
September 12, 2026 at 8:02 PM
🎙️ Tuhaf Gelecek Podcast’in yeni bölümünde @agunzagun.com ile birlikte yapay zekâ üzerine süren tartışmalardan yola çıkarak zeka, bilinç ve insan merkezcilik sorununu ele aldık.
tuhafgelecek.substack.com/p/tek-akll-b...
tuhafgelecek.substack.com/p/tek-akll-b...
🎙️ Tuhaf Gelecek Podcast’in yeni bölümünde @agunzagun.com ile birlikte yapay zekâ üzerine süren tartışmalardan yola çıkarak zeka, bilinç ve insan merkezcilik sorununu ele aldık.
tuhafgelecek.substack.com/p/tek-akll-b...
tuhafgelecek.substack.com/p/tek-akll-b...
Tek Akıllı Biz miyiz? | TGP s02e16
Kendimizi neden abartmamamız gerektiği üzerine bir bölüm.
tuhafgelecek.substack.com
September 12, 2026 at 8:02 PM
🎙️ Tuhaf Gelecek Podcast’in yeni bölümünde @agunzagun.com ile birlikte yapay zekâ üzerine süren tartışmalardan yola çıkarak zeka, bilinç ve insan merkezcilik sorununu ele aldık.
tuhafgelecek.substack.com/p/tek-akll-b...
tuhafgelecek.substack.com/p/tek-akll-b...
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Bilgi Birikim Sistemleri adlı şirket Malezya'daki seçimleri kimin hesabına manipüle etti? Bu konuda bilgisi olan yazabilirse makbule geçer...
tr.euronews.com/2026/09/11/a...
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Anthropic, Türk şirketini Malezya'da seçimi manipüle etmekle suçladı
Anthropic, İstanbul merkezli bir şirketle bağlantılı platformun Malezya'daki seçmenleri hedef almak için Claude'u kullandığını açıkladı. Şirketin raporunda siber saldırılar ve biyolojik silah geliştir...
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September 11, 2026 at 10:04 AM
Bilgi Birikim Sistemleri adlı şirket Malezya'daki seçimleri kimin hesabına manipüle etti? Bu konuda bilgisi olan yazabilirse makbule geçer...
tr.euronews.com/2026/09/11/a...
tr.euronews.com/2026/09/11/a...
📢 Yaprak Özer, kendisiyle yaptığımız söyleşiyi bu yazısında çok güzel özetlemiş. Umarım burada ele aldığımız konular ve sorduğumuz sorular daha geniş kitleler tarafından da konuşulur.
Yasak’tan önceki son çıkış; 'Çözüm'
Yasak’tan önceki son çıkış; “Çözüm”
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September 11, 2026 at 8:03 AM
📢 Yaprak Özer, kendisiyle yaptığımız söyleşiyi bu yazısında çok güzel özetlemiş. Umarım burada ele aldığımız konular ve sorduğumuz sorular daha geniş kitleler tarafından da konuşulur.
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Book friends! I am a freelance proofreader looking for more work. I have done a bunch of work with Tor, but I will happily also do nonfiction. Are you a publisher or self-pub author who needs a proofreader, or know one? Please DM.
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September 9, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Book friends! I am a freelance proofreader looking for more work. I have done a bunch of work with Tor, but I will happily also do nonfiction. Are you a publisher or self-pub author who needs a proofreader, or know one? Please DM.
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Aside from all the technical design details, one reason I’m really impressed by iPhone Duo is that screen size and ratio looks great for reading and working on my phone.
September 9, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Aside from all the technical design details, one reason I’m really impressed by iPhone Duo is that screen size and ratio looks great for reading and working on my phone.
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Someone asked me what this book/paper I'm a coauthor on is about and I said
"We spent a lot of time thinking about all the torments the nexus might bring, so we wrote a whole book about how one might actually build the torment nexus to better understand it"
"We spent a lot of time thinking about all the torments the nexus might bring, so we wrote a whole book about how one might actually build the torment nexus to better understand it"
Everyone has been asking me what I’m up to after the @continue.dev acquisition
The answer: I wrote a paper with Disintegrator titled *The Superdark Factory: Toward the Full Automation of Software* that was published in Antikythera (MIT Press) today
superdark.ai
The answer: I wrote a paper with Disintegrator titled *The Superdark Factory: Toward the Full Automation of Software* that was published in Antikythera (MIT Press) today
superdark.ai
The Superdark Factory
Toward the Full Automation of Software
superdark.ai
September 9, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Someone asked me what this book/paper I'm a coauthor on is about and I said
"We spent a lot of time thinking about all the torments the nexus might bring, so we wrote a whole book about how one might actually build the torment nexus to better understand it"
"We spent a lot of time thinking about all the torments the nexus might bring, so we wrote a whole book about how one might actually build the torment nexus to better understand it"
Yarın saat 12:00’da Yaprak Özer’in programında internette yaş sınırlamaları, çocuklar üzerinden yaratılan panik ve daha fazlasını konuşacağız. www.youtube.com/live/M-CyHEY...
ÇOCUKLARA SOSYAL MEDYA YASAĞI KORUMA MI, PANİK Mİ?
YouTube video by Yaprak Özer
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September 7, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Yarın saat 12:00’da Yaprak Özer’in programında internette yaş sınırlamaları, çocuklar üzerinden yaratılan panik ve daha fazlasını konuşacağız. www.youtube.com/live/M-CyHEY...
While playing around with @attie.ai decided to create a custom feed to keep track of futures and foresight chatter on Bluesky. This is the v1, let me know if you notice anything odd. bsky.app/profile/did:...
September 4, 2026 at 4:47 PM
While playing around with @attie.ai decided to create a custom feed to keep track of futures and foresight chatter on Bluesky. This is the v1, let me know if you notice anything odd. bsky.app/profile/did:...
“And when the future does return, it returns as a threat rather than a project — climate collapse, migration, artificial intelligence, war — something to be insured against and survived rather than built.”
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This review of Fukuyama's latest book by Ivan Kratsev has a good passage about the political project of the future in it.
www.ft.com/content/40b0...
www.ft.com/content/40b0...
September 2, 2026 at 2:42 PM
“And when the future does return, it returns as a threat rather than a project — climate collapse, migration, artificial intelligence, war — something to be insured against and survived rather than built.”
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Distracting Tools | Weekstarter 36-2026
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Weekstarter is here. Come and get your weekly updates, links, recommendations, and how I can easily get distracted by pens or any other tool I use.
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Distracting Tools | Weekstarter 36-2026
Weekstarter is here. Come and get your weekly updates, links, recommendations, and how I can easily get distracted by pens or any other tool I use.
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September 1, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Distracting Tools | Weekstarter 36-2026
Weekstarter is here. Come and get your weekly updates, links, recommendations, and how I can easily get distracted by pens or any other tool I use.
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Weekstarter is here. Come and get your weekly updates, links, recommendations, and how I can easily get distracted by pens or any other tool I use.
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Çocukları koruma bahanesiyle interneti yasaklamak sorunları çözüyor mu, yoksa halı altına mı süpürüyor?
Ne Okuyoruz Ağustos sayısında @ahmetasabanci.com, bu panik hâlinin asıl psikolojik sorunları nasıl gizlediğini ve nasıl yeni tekel alanları açtığını yazdı.
www.newslabturkey.org/2026/08/31/c...
Ne Okuyoruz Ağustos sayısında @ahmetasabanci.com, bu panik hâlinin asıl psikolojik sorunları nasıl gizlediğini ve nasıl yeni tekel alanları açtığını yazdı.
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Çocukları İnternetten Kovunca Sorun Çözülmüyor
Bu ayın anahtar kelimeleri: Meta, Pangram, Patreon, Claude.
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September 1, 2026 at 11:03 AM
Çocukları koruma bahanesiyle interneti yasaklamak sorunları çözüyor mu, yoksa halı altına mı süpürüyor?
Ne Okuyoruz Ağustos sayısında @ahmetasabanci.com, bu panik hâlinin asıl psikolojik sorunları nasıl gizlediğini ve nasıl yeni tekel alanları açtığını yazdı.
www.newslabturkey.org/2026/08/31/c...
Ne Okuyoruz Ağustos sayısında @ahmetasabanci.com, bu panik hâlinin asıl psikolojik sorunları nasıl gizlediğini ve nasıl yeni tekel alanları açtığını yazdı.
www.newslabturkey.org/2026/08/31/c...
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*I always laugh when people find cyberpunk depressing
*It's like they're reading Ginsberg's "Howl." "A pretty good poem I guess, but Carl Solomon shouldn't be in the madhouse, and also all that graphic gay stuff and all the drugs are kind of disturbing"
youtu.be/WkNp56UZax4?...
*It's like they're reading Ginsberg's "Howl." "A pretty good poem I guess, but Carl Solomon shouldn't be in the madhouse, and also all that graphic gay stuff and all the drugs are kind of disturbing"
youtu.be/WkNp56UZax4?...
Allen Ginsberg reads "Howl," (Big Table Chicago Reading, 1959)
YouTube video by nopasanadaaaa
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August 31, 2026 at 10:31 AM
*I always laugh when people find cyberpunk depressing
*It's like they're reading Ginsberg's "Howl." "A pretty good poem I guess, but Carl Solomon shouldn't be in the madhouse, and also all that graphic gay stuff and all the drugs are kind of disturbing"
youtu.be/WkNp56UZax4?...
*It's like they're reading Ginsberg's "Howl." "A pretty good poem I guess, but Carl Solomon shouldn't be in the madhouse, and also all that graphic gay stuff and all the drugs are kind of disturbing"
youtu.be/WkNp56UZax4?...
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Evolution of Start Select Reset Zine.
Over years of making them, the issues soon pile up!
thejaymo.net/zine
Over years of making them, the issues soon pile up!
thejaymo.net/zine
August 28, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Evolution of Start Select Reset Zine.
Over years of making them, the issues soon pile up!
thejaymo.net/zine
Over years of making them, the issues soon pile up!
thejaymo.net/zine
Considering Italians lived through the Years of Lead, it’s going to be really hard to convince them to even think about A/I as a terrorist group.
*If you're a "major far left tech collective," just "plotting" far out stuff is enough
*That, and being Italian
*That, and being Italian
August 28, 2026 at 7:32 AM
Considering Italians lived through the Years of Lead, it’s going to be really hard to convince them to even think about A/I as a terrorist group.