James Strider

Interested in the future.

[Ryan Grim @ryangrim]

@paulg Meanwhile the right concocts entire fantasies that imagine wealth creation without the government. The funniest ones to do it are those in the DARPA-created Silicon Valley. Elon Musk and Larry Ellison working govt money wouldn’t exist.

[Jon Favreau @jonfavs]

Elon Musk held up a chainsaw, fed USAID into the wood chipper, and at least 600,00 people have already died as a result - two-thirds of them children.

History's first trillionaire.

[James Strider @jamesjstrider]

@business What a moronic way to describe the current situation.

[Berk @berkesen]

Taner Akçam, 1942 tarihli bir belgeye atıfla Cumhuriyet döneminin tamamını ırkçı olarak tanımlamış ve buna dayanarak günümüzde CHP’nin yürüttüğü demokrasi mücadelesinin neden kendisini heyecanlandırmadığını söylemiş. Belgenin yorumlanmasını tarihçilere bırakıyorum; ancak tek bir belge üzerinden böylesine tümevarımsal sonuçlara ulaşmak, bunu güncel siyasi tartışmalara doğrudan bağlamak ve 100 yıllık bir dönemde anlamlı hiçbir değişim yaşanmamış gibi davranmak oldukça sorunlu ve bilimdışı bir yaklaşım.

Akçam’ın kendisi bir dönem AKP’nin demokratikleştirici etkisine ciddi anlamda umut bağlamıştı. Daha birkaç ay öncesine kadar hem kendisi hem de @medyascope'daki bazı isimler MHP’nin Kürt sorununu çözmeye ne kadar istekli olduğunu anlatıyorlardı. Anlaşılan bu tezler çökünce yeniden 100 yıllık değişmez Cumhuriyet anlatısına dönülmüş.

İşte post-Kemalist olarak adlandırdığımız paradigmaya çok güzel bir örnek. Tek bir belgeden geniş tarihsel sonuçlar üretmek, belgeleri kendi bağlamı içinde eleştirel bir şekilde tartışmak yerine güncel siyasetin malzemesine dönüştürmek ve Cumhuriyeti ne olursa olsun değişmez biçimde otoriter, ırkçı ve dönüşemez bir yapı olarak okumak.

Bu tezler Türkiye'de siyasi gelişmeler nedeniyle çoktan çöktü ve gözlerinin önündeki otoriterleşmeyi eleştiremeyen post-Kemalistlere artık saygı duyulmuyor. Bu nedenle post-Kemalizm artık yalnızca bir diaspora ideolojisi olarak varlığını sürdürüyor.

[Alexander Thatcher @ThatchEffendi]

Literally not a single reference to 2024, or the obvious fact that all of this is happening because the CHP was winning. One of those Jacobin articles where the average reader without a background in the topic would have a better undrestanding of a sitaution before reading it.

[Murat Somer @murat_somer_eng]

What seems in-fighting in Turkey's main opposition party in videos should not fool any one about what is really going on. This is no in-fighting, roughly 95% of CHP voters support the current legitimately elected CHP leadership & 65%public oppose the political trials against CHP+

[Karabekir Akkoyunlu @ulu_manitu]

Correction: "Erdogan is currently trying to subdue the Turkish main opposition CHP headquarters through police force..."

[Özgür Özel @eczozgurozel]

Milletimize…

[Cumhurbaşkanlığı Aday Ofisi @CAOIletisim1]

Sana daha önce de söylemiştim: Demokrasiyi ve hukuku senin gibi elinde onbinlerce masumun kanı olanlardan öğrenecek değilim.

Hadi başka kapıya!

[Tolga Şirin @tolgashirin]

Ara seçim konusunu biraz daha açtım. Bugünkü T24 yazımda.

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

💢📰 REPORT | New reporting from NYT reveals how Trump decided to go to war with Iran — after a closed-door Israeli pitch and despite deep internal divisions inside his own team.

At a secret Feb. 11 Situation Room meeting, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented a four-part pitch for regime change, including a video montage of potential replacement leaders such as Reza Pahlavi. JD Vance was absent, stuck in Azerbaijan.

Appearing alongside Mossad chief David Barnea and military officials, Netanyahu argued: Iran’s ballistic missile program could be destroyed in weeks. The regime would be too weak to close the Strait of Hormuz. Street protests — fomented with Mossad help — could trigger an uprising. Kurdish fighters from Iraq could open a ground front in the northwest.
Trump’s response: “Sounds good to me.”

Trump’s response: “Sounds good to me.”

The next day, U.S. intelligence pushed back sharply. CIA Director John Ratcliffe called the regime-change scenario “farcical,” with Secretary of State Marco Rubio adding: “In other words, it’s bullshit.” Gen. Dan Caine told the president: “This is, in my experience, standard operating procedure for the Israelis. They oversell, and their plans are not always well-developed.”

Trump dismissed regime change as “their problem” — but remained focused on targeting Iran’s leadership and military.

By Feb. 26, in a final Situation Room meeting, opposition inside the room was clear but fractured. Vice President JD Vance warned the war could spiral and drain U.S. resources, but ultimately said: “You know I think this is a bad idea… but I’ll support you.”

Rubio said regime change was unrealistic, but destroying Iran’s missile program was achievable. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was the biggest proponent of war and backed immediate action. Military leadership outlined risks, including depleted munitions and the threat to Hormuz, but all stopped short of opposing the plan.

Key officials responsible for managing the fallout, like the Treasury Secretary, and DNI Gabbard were notably absent.

Trump went around the table asking advisors their view, then made the call:

“I think we need to do it.”

The strikes began two days later.

[Ryan Grim @ryangrim]

Callings schools and universities “talent pipelines” for the military is genocidal language

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

imagine if i happened to be a trillionaire and bought twitter and 80% of the stuff on this site was just about big pants. you couldn't escape it. just an endless deluge of big pants propaganda

[Nate Silver @NateSilver538]

A (super cute!!) pet photo from Catturd™ gets literally 50x the engagement of a link to incredibly important original reporting from the NYT on Iran. According to your own on-site numbers @nikitabier. Do you consider this to be a desirable outcome?

[James Strider @jamesjstrider]

@theberhaim @TKRxp Marathon neden bu kadar övülüyor acaba? Bungie ve "vuruş hissi" mi?

[James Strider @jamesjstrider]

@theberhaim Oo, why not?

[James Strider @jamesjstrider]

@theberhaim 🥲

[James Strider @jamesjstrider]

@theberhaim @SedatCalimsiz Hype'ı devam eden oyun çoktur tabii ama sonrasında iyileşen oyun hayli az. "İyileşme" derecesinde benim gördüğüm kadarıyla tepe noktası No Man's Sky. Seneler içinde şarap gibi yıllandırdılar oyunu adeta. @NoMansSky

[James Strider @jamesjstrider]

@theberhaim @cmhnd35 Berhaim nereye biz oraya. +1 daha.