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A Quote

Elif AyiterMarch 27, 2024

"Western leaders are experiencing two stunning events: defeat in Ukraine, and genocide in Palestine. The first is humiliating, the other shameful. Yet, they feel no humiliation or shame. Their actions show vividly that tho…

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Sorry, but do you even speak the language?

Elif AyiterMay 01, 2021

I had this exchange with a Western European (I think he is British, but could be some other Western European country as well, or indeed the USA, Canada... it happened in SL where nationalities are very hard to discern) who told …

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3D Creativity Design Politics Society

FutureScape? BlahScape more like...

Elif AyiterMay 01, 2021

This thing - it is so ugly, so badly designed, so without any awareness of visual impact or drama or creativity that I do not even want to show pictures of it because they will sully the overall appearance of my blog. And I do pa…

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Narrative Politics Society

What is wrong with this picture?

Elif AyiterApril 29, 2021

Perfectly serious question that relates to an actual picture. Not a metaphor or anything. Look at the picture above. What do you see? It is a screen grab from an interview with Mike Gunton, the producer of the latest David Attenbo…

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Politics Society

For the Record

Elif AyiterMarch 13, 2021

I am putting this here just so that if in the future what a man named Geert Vanden Bossche is saying right now, at the start of March 2021, comes out to be correct I will remember that I listened to him today - with quite a bit o…

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Featured Politics Society

Acaba biraz Dünya'ya mı baksak?

Elif AyiterOctober 24, 2020

Bu postun başına koyduğum resmin özel bir anlamı var, tesadüfen seçilmiş birşey değil. İlk bakışta güzel birşeymiş gibi duruyor, değil mi? Ama dikkatle bakınca görüyorsunuz ki, aslında bir varlık dışında herşey ölü. Ve o tek canl…

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Politics Society

Where the blazes are the percentages? aka. yes, of course it is a new religion...

Elif AyiterJuly 14, 2020

Because what else would you call something that ignores data and instead goes solely by superstition and dogma? The big superstition around here, preached by the Health Minister who is actually a doctor (i.e., someone who presum…

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Appearance Politics Society

Yes - it is absolutely a new religion...

Elif AyiterJuly 06, 2020

Complete with its priests, its acolytes, its zealots, evangelists and pious worshipers. And its symbols and attire. Namely, the mask. Its rituals, namely social distancing. The clapping at one point of course, although that one …

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Politics Society

Don't blame me... Blame Mark Twain!

Elif AyiterMay 18, 2020

“It is easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.” ____ Attributed to Mark Twain. ____________________ A picture speaks a thousand words, right? So, look at the chart below. Please note very carefully…

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Design Politics Society

Very odd indeed...

Elif AyiterMay 13, 2020

Surely I am not the only one who sees something askew with this, am I? This has actually been on my mind for quite a while now but I wanted to wait for the numbers to become more apparent before I visualized them. I think we hav…

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Politics Society

I disapprove of what you say...

Elif AyiterMay 03, 2020

... but I will defend to the death your right to say it." Well, disapprove is probably too strong a word. I didn't exactly disapprove. Not everything he said resonated with me. Some of it did, most of it didn't. For …

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Emotions Politics Society

Taking out yesterday's trash

Elif AyiterApril 12, 2020

I saw this a little while ago: https://off-guardian.org/2020/04/12/why-are-some-alt-media-embracing-a-permanent-police-state/ I wasn't going to post anything for a while. I was all written out, after the last one. But now I t…

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Design Politics Society

Datavis shenanigans

Elif AyiterApril 06, 2020

I have been wanting to do this for days. It is my profession, after all. Or rather, it is a very important part of my profession - data visualization. And I haven't pored over my Edward Tufte and my Chaomei Chen for nothing …

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Emotions Politics Society

Julian Assange

Elif AyiterJuly 15, 2019

I am very upset about this. In fact, I obsess about it. For the man himself and what he has been subjected to obviously, but I also obsess about what this means. In Gordon Dimmack 's words "this is the biggest story ever…

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Julian Assange Reviewed by Elif Ayiter on July 15, 2019 Rating: 5

Istanbul Politics Society

So, we won the election

Elif AyiterJune 24, 2019
By a landslide, no less. HRH has been defeated, and defeated very badly indeed. At least here in Istanbul, at least for now. Last night the city turned into one big party, and my 'hood was once again one of the center stages…

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So, we won the election Reviewed by Elif Ayiter on June 24, 2019 Rating: 5

Learning Politics Society Students

The dumbing down of the World Mind

Elif AyiterFebruary 17, 2019
I have been teaching graphic design at 3 universities, good ones that are tough to get into, for 26 years. The thing about graphic design is that it is a complex field to be an instructor in. Contrary to popular misconception gr…

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The dumbing down of the World Mind Reviewed by Elif Ayiter on February 17, 2019 Rating: 5

Politics Society

Binge watching Adam Curtis - but critically...

Elif AyiterFebruary 14, 2019
Well, binge watching is an exaggeration. But I did watch the episodes of a series called "the power of nightmares" back to back. And I have also watched "hypernormalisation" - but that was a while ago.

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Binge watching Adam Curtis - but critically... Reviewed by Elif Ayiter on February 14, 2019 Rating: 5

Politics Society

She has it nailed

Elif AyiterDecember 01, 2018
I am listening to her right now and - yes! For anyone who has any sort of hope of salvation for the system we are all subject to, what she says will be very hard to take. She is hardcore. And, from where I am sitting here on my …

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She has it nailed Reviewed by Elif Ayiter on December 01, 2018 Rating: 5

Politics Society

I have been sitting right here on the sofa, listening...

Elif AyiterNovember 20, 2018
... to progressive commentators. For almost 3 years now. Turkish progressives. British progressives. And especially American progressives. Real ones. Not a bunch of mealy mouthed faux-liberals and such.

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I have been sitting right here on the sofa, listening... Reviewed by Elif Ayiter on November 20, 2018 Rating: 5

Emotions Identity Influences Politics Process Society

While transferring the blog...

Elif AyiterOctober 14, 2018
I encountered myself from years ago. There is even a photo that Lanfranco took in Singapore in 2008 where I look not just 10 years, but 20 years younger than my current age of 65.

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While transferring the blog... Reviewed by Elif Ayiter on October 14, 2018 Rating: 5

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