The Punk Scholars Network is celebrating 8 years of punk scholarship by launching our brand new Punk Scholars Network website https://www.punkscholarsnetwork.com/ Please go visit the fantastic new website where you can view all the interesting and insightful work the Punk Scholars Network has been involved in since its inception in 2012, including publications and events as … Read more
Project website here In the short space of that two-week delay requested by Le Monde, the text was signed by more than 3,500 researchers from more than 650 universities on every continent. On May 16, it was published in 41 newspapers in 36 countries around the world. Academics, who had signed the op-ed, took the … Read more
Covid hoaxes are using a loophole to stay alive—even after content is deleted MIT Technology Review by Bobbie Johnson Since the onset of the pandemic, the Technology and Social Change Research Project at Harvard Kennedy’s Shorenstein Center, where I am the director, has been investigating how misinformation, scams, and conspiracies about covid-19 circulate online. If fraudsters … Read more
Turkey refutes NYT article on Istanbul COVID-19 deaths Hurriyet Daily News Turkey’s health minister on April 22 refuted allegations in a recent New York Times article on the death toll in Istanbul Istanbul Death Toll Hints Turkey Is Hiding a Wider Coronavirus Calamity The New York Times – Carlotta Gall – Apr 20, 11:47 AM ISTANBUL … Read more
There is news that some ideologically committed Americans are out there, doing their folly. Some Germans also did their own thing in at least Berlin. I have not seen any direct action against lockdown orders in Turkey. Well, any street protests against a government order are hard to perform nowadays. Instead, some Turks, secretly, are … Read more
Mafia leader thanks nationalist party leader, Erdoğan after being released from jail Duvar English A mafia leader who was released from prison on April 16 has penned a letter to Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, thanking them for the bill that paved the way for his release. Alaattin … Read more
First Translator of Joyce’s Ulysses into Turkish Nevzat Erkmen Dies of Covid-19 Bianet :: English Writer and translator Nevzat Erkmen, the first translator of James Joyce’s Ulysses into Turkish, has lost her life due to Covid-19. He was also the translator of Carlos Castaneda’s books and Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac. [Coronavirus] Half of refugees at German … Read more
Süleyman Soylu is the best possible person to be an Interior Minister and thus he keeps his job. He is an executioner and hard-line nationalists’ man in the government. Yes, he has issues with the son-in-law but for the moment he is still needed. There was an attempt to manufacture some approval rate for him … Read more
After so much of self-isolation, people got out to get bread etc and most may end up getting the virus:( Ministry Imposes Last-Minute Curfew for Weekend, People Queue Up in Front of Groceries Bianet :: English The Interior Ministry has imposed a curfew for 31 cities with a higher population for the weekend as temperatures are … Read more
COVID-19 pandemic: urgent steps are needed to protect the rights of prisoners in Europe Council of Europe – Apr 6, 12:22 AM I call on Council of Europe member states to safeguard the rights and health of all persons in prison during the COVID-19 pandemic. Convicted prisoners and persons on remand are among those most vulnerable … Read more
With approximately one-fifth of the world’s population currently in lockdown, the novel coronavirus (COVID–19) pandemic has drastically changed many of our lives. According to official statistics, the virus has now infected over one million individuals across 209 countries and territories, and such draconian measures are likely to have saved countless lives. But, the effects of the … Read more
Turkey’s coronavirus death toll reaches 649 with 30,217 cases Duvar English Turkey’s death toll from the coronavirus rose by 75 to total 649 and new confirmed cases rose by 3,148 to bring the country’s total to 30,217, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on April 6. Zeitgeist Turkey | Episode 3: Donations for coronavirus revives polarization in Turkish … Read more
Which World Leaders Are Handling the Coronavirus Best—and Worst Slate Articles by Joshua Keating It’s a global pandemic, so we’ve got your global ranking. Zoom’s Encryption Is “Not Suited for Secrets” and Has Surprising Links to China, Researchers Discover The Intercept by Micah Lee Meetings on Zoom, the increasingly popular video conferencing service, are encrypted using an algorithm … Read more
‘Zoombies’ Take Over Online Classrooms Digital disruptors sharing racist, sexist and pornographic content in Zoom videoconferences show no sign of slowing down as “Zoombombing” trend grows China Flexes Its Soft Power With ‘Covid Diplomacy’ Wired Top Stories by Will Knight Initially criticized for covering up and failing to control the virus, China is rebranding its response … Read more
Internist Prof. Dr. Cemil Taşçıoğlu Loses His Life Due to Covid-19 Bianet :: English Quarantined on March 16 and having tested positive for Covid-19 on March 17, Internist Prof. Dr. Cemil Taşçıoğlu from İstanbul Çapa Faculty of Medicine has lost his life. Turkey announces first case of a doctor dying from coronavirus Duvar English Cemil Taşçıoğlu, … Read more