Ahmet Alphan Sabancı

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. ahmetasabanci.com/tuhaf-studio...

I can’t see any of the images on my own website without a VPN because our government decided to block Wordpress CDN domains for some reason. 🤦🏻‍♂️

Photo of someone doing biological coding

the data is the error

Touch Some Forest Please | Weekstarter 43-2026 Weekstarter is here. Come and get your weekly updates, links, recommendations, and why I think grass can't help some people anymore. https://ahmetasabanci.com/touch-some-forest-please-weekstarter-43-2026/

French people were “doing this” to France 60 years ago. Why would anyone question it now?

““Watching these images, we have all asked ourselves how could French people do this to France?” Macron said in a televised address.” Either Macron doesn’t know French history or he’s really desperate. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

Evergreen post.

youtu.be/FZLBmqFiGjY?... I just had to share it.

“Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and trustees.” — Recep Tayyip Franklin

Dünyanın dört bir yanında basını susturmaya yönelik sansür eğilimleri artarken, bu çabalar gerçekten işe yarıyor mu? 🛑 @ahmetasabanci.com, "Ne Okuyoruz"un yeni sayısında sansürün bir çözüm değil, yalnızca çaresizlik işareti olduğunu yazdı. newslabturkey.org/2026/10/05/s...

o güzel atlar o güzel yolculara binip gittiler

timeline seem to be doing tarot factory today may I introduce you to this weird slightly schizo deck of cards www.suzannetreister.net/HEXEN2/TAROT...

I already love Deniz Göktaş but this answer took him to another level for me. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/a...

I couldn’t resist.

Tuhaf Gelecek Podcast beklenmedik bir aranın ardından gelen yeni bölümünde popüler veya ana akım kültürün giderek kaybolmaya başlamasını ve bunun yerine gelmeye çalışan yeni dinamikleri inceliyor. Not: Bu bölümde @agunzagun.com ile normalden biraz daha fazla geyik yapmış olabiliriz.

Framing the work of LGBTQ+ organizations as organized crime is a new low for Turkey, where human rights have long been under attack. We call on Turkish authorities to end the discriminatory crackdown on queer rights groups." www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

AMAZING THREAD

🔖 "Ortaya tuhaf bir durum çıkıyor: Gazeteci daha fazla haber üretmeye yetişebilmek için yapay zeka kullanmak zorunda ama kullandığını dürüstçe açıkladığında, bunun ekonomik bir yaptırımı oluyor."

Bakunin-aligned ones would try to build the co-op while Stirner-aligned ones insist on going alone. But both are afraid of the Zerzan-aligned ones because it keeps trying to destroy the server farms they’re living on.

Holy shit

Hubertus Bigend Had A Point | Weekstarter 41-2026 Weekstarter is here. Come and get your weekly updates, links, recommendations, and why I'm starting to feel closer to Hubertus Bigend. https://ahmetasabanci.com/hubertus-bigend-had-a-point-weekstarter-41-2026/

"Sansürü Belgeleyenler Susturuluyor" basın açıklamamız. Susmayacağız, kamuoyunu bilgilendirmeye devam edeceğiz.

I’m really curious if this meeting between Erdoğan and SpaceX execs would’ve happened if X hadn’t blocked every account the government had requested recently.

One of the side effects of being exposed to too much American internet and culture is that you end up finding yourself overthinking a lighter.

God bless E. Jean Carroll for getting this.

*Meanwhile, in Elon-centric AI theology: #predictingthepresent

📬 Yeni @newslabturkey.bsky.social n okuyoruz| yayında. 🤫 Sansürle Hiçbir Şey Çözülmez Bu ayın anahtar kelimeleri: Boston Globe, Skydance, Muse, Dots. newslabturkey.substack.com/p/sansurle-h...

OpenAI just prompted me to enroll in advanced security and now I’m worried that they know something I don’t.

🔖 "The greatest threat to humanity’s survival isn’t climate change, nor is it AI. It’s airline pilots who like dressing up as hot cartoon foxes."

Philosopher İoanna Kuçuradi dies at 89 Kuçuradi leaves a lasting legacy as a leading philosopher of human rights and ethics, whose work shaped generations of students and influenced philosophical thought in Turkey and beyond. bianet.org/haber/philos...

Kendisiyle hiç tanışma şansım olmadı ama hep onun bir öğrencisi olarak gördüm kendimi. Hem felsefe hem de diğer alanlarda yaptıkları ve ürettikleriyle bana katkısı büyüktür.

(confused) I believe LLMs are conscious, but only Deepseek LLMs, because of the Chinese Room theory

Eylül ayında sansür dalgası tsunamiye dönüştü. Bir ayda en az 1.270 X hesabı erişime engellendi ve %90'ı Türkiye'den görünmez kılındı. Şimdi sansürü kayıt altına alan EngelliWeb X hesabımız da hedef alındı. İFÖD'ün basın açıklaması: ifade.org.tr/basin-bulten...