Bilge Yesil @bilgeyesil.bsky.social · 2hSuch an inspiring conversation about Molly Crabapple’s new book. With the inimitable Rashid Khalidi! 031
Reposted by Bilge YesilAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 11/10/2026We’ve been talking about this for years. None of these far-right movements are organic. 463197706995
Reposted by Bilge YesilCas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 10/10/2026This is a public service announcement for junior non-U.S. (based) political scientists. You will see several jobs advertised at U.S. universities that are in (relatively) new Centers for “Civil Leadership” or “Western Thought” etc. These are GOP-created Centers with a clear political motivation! 37135
Reposted by Bilge YesilBookshop.org @bookshop.org · 07/10/2026Having trouble deciding which books to buy from Amazon during Prime Days? Try this: None, then go support an independent bookstore instead. 😌 12979370
Bilge Yesil @bilgeyesil.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I thought Gaza cause they say “they are born terrorists” Anyway, we will find out soon 010
Bilge Yesil @bilgeyesil.bsky.social · 07/10/2026China and Turkey ramping up their media production about Gaza, Israel. See the trailer for this Chinese movie then check out Tabii (Turkey’s state run streaming service) and their Palestine Voices collection. 130
Bilge Yesil @bilgeyesil.bsky.social · 06/10/2026That’s why I focus on these moments. Small joys 🤗 110
Bilge Yesil @bilgeyesil.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Everything sucks, but I still have hope thanks to all the students protesting in France, at Cornell and at my alma mater Bogazici. 1130
Reposted by Bilge YesilLawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 05/10/2026Actors linked to Iran, Russia, China, and other states are using AI to write and translate propaganda, create personas, mimic target audiences, and produce content at scale. @noupside.bsky.social investigates whether AI-generated influence operations are actually changing public opinion.lawfaremedia.orgProduction, Persuasion, and Power: How Generative and Agentic AI Are Transforming Influence OperationsGenerative AI can increase the quantity and quality of malign foreign influence campaigns. However, questions remain as to whether these campaigns influence public opinion. 95838
Bilge Yesil @bilgeyesil.bsky.social · 05/10/2026@dkompare.bsky.social @jmittell.bsky.social @shannonmattern.bsky.social @joshshepperd.bsky.social @elizabethalsop.bsky.social 110
Bilge Yesil @bilgeyesil.bsky.social · 05/10/2026My department has a new opening in Cinema Studies! Please spread the word. cuny.jobs/staten-islan...cuny.jobs 32821
Reposted by Bilge YesilHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Community Notes for the win here, Megyn Kelly. 👌 1502231216531
Reposted by Bilge YesilMohamad Bazzi @mbazzi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026“Show This to Anyone Denying Genocide” — front page of @scotnational.bsky.social 131398541
Reposted by Bilge YesilA.J. Bauer @ajbauer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I'm co-chairing a search for a full professor in the area of "media entrepreneurship" (extremely broadly defined) at the University of Alabama. It comes with an endowment! Curious? Don't hesitate to reach out. careers.ua.edu/jobs/ccis-so...careers.ua.eduCCIS - Southern Progress Professor of Media Entrepreneurship, Journalism and Creative Media - 530646 - Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United StatesDepartment/Organization207451 - Journalism and Creative Media RankProfessor Position SummaryThe Department of Journalism & Creative Media in the College of Communication & Information Scienc... 088
Bilge Yesil @bilgeyesil.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Tebrikler ve hosgeldiniz hocam! NY’a yolunuz duserse bekleriz. 010
Reposted by Bilge YesilNontheatrical Film and Media Scholarly Interest Group SCMS @nontheatricalscms.bsky.social · 24/09/2026New book of note — "Useful Cinema in State Socialist Europe." Out now on Routledge. Edited By Lucie Česálková, Christian Ferencz-Flatz, and Ana Szel. Congrats to the editors and all of the contributors! 📕 www.routledge.com/Useful-Cinem... 0108
Reposted by Bilge YesilDerek Kompare @dkompare.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Another faculty job at SMU Meadows! This one is to lead our growing Sports Media program in Journalism. Details in the link! apply.interfolio.com/191548apply.interfolio.com Apply - Interfolio {{$ctrl.$state.data.pageTitle}} - Apply - Interfolio 012
Reposted by Bilge YesilDr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her) @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Jim Henson was a visionary. He imagined what I call a monstrofuturist utopia: a place where everyone's uniqueness was welcome. 319342
Reposted by Bilge YesilBrian Jacobson @bleudeciel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026We are once again searching for a 2-year postdoctoral fellowship in Visual Culture, focus on visual culture and the environment - deadline November 15 - details and application here: applications.caltech.edu/jobs/vcpd 01521
Reposted by Bilge YesilPhilip Leventhal @philipleventhal.bsky.social · 20/09/2026"[E]ssential reading not only for historians of journalism but also for scholars of conservative politics and right-wing media culture." Kathy Roberts Forde reviews MAKING THE LIBERAL MEDIA in *American Journalism.* bit.ly/4xCg1z3 @ajbauer.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social 0146
Bilge Yesil @bilgeyesil.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I curse the day I gave money to a Dem candidate years ago. Now I’m getting at least 4-5 text mssgs a day from all DS around the country 😡 4131
Reposted by Bilge Yesilbianet English @bianet-eng.bsky.social · 17/09/2026How Turkey’s vague obscenity law is becoming a tool to criminalize LGBTI+ visibility 🗞️ İrfan Kovankaya bianet.org/haber/how-tu...bianet.orgHow Turkey’s vague obscenity law is becoming a tool to criminalize LGBTI+ visibilityThe 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... 038
Reposted by Bilge YesilThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 18/09/2026Revealed: How Russia use mobile ‘super-app’ Max to spy on its citizenstheguardian.comRevealed: How Russia use mobile ‘super-app’ Max to spy on its citizensResearch shows tens of millions of people are being forced to use platform that amounts to ‘backdoor’ on their device Over the past 18 months, tens of millions of Russians have been forced to install a new app on their phones – a violet-blue button designed for messaging and payments, called Max. Authorities have touted it as a patriotic alternative to Telegram and WhatsApp; Russian glitterati have promoted it in rap videos and comic routines. This summer, it became the country’s most-used messaging app. Continue reading... 77828
Reposted by Bilge YesilLewis Raven Wallace @lewispants.bsky.social · 17/09/2026New book announcement! New book announcement! Journalism as Resistance drops May 11 2027! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/854914...penguinrandomhouse.comJournalism as Resistance by Lewis Raven Wallace: 9780807026700 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: BooksFor young journalists and activists, a first-of-its-kind guidebook to movement journalism that sparks social change and transforms news media for the better Amid the shrinking of local news outlets, ... 13516
Reposted by Bilge YesilPrem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 16/09/2026New: Macklemore will donate entire $1M of his earnings from Ed Sheeran's tour to six orgs helping Palestinians — and invites Robert Kraft to match him. Says he wants to center Palestinians being killed + journalists & aid workers who keep going. "Their risk is of a far different order than mine." 2638821273
Reposted by Bilge Yesilbianet English @bianet-eng.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Widespread police raids, online censorship target Turkey’s LGBTI+ community in new crackdown bianet.org/haber/widesp...bianet.orgWidespread police raids, online censorship target Turkey’s LGBTI+ community in new crackdown 11217
Bilge Yesil @bilgeyesil.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Rumors that they handpicked kids from specialized high schools for the gifted to take these tests 111
Reposted by Bilge YesilAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Thousands of immigrants did the hard, dirty work of clearing rubble and toxic dust and debris from Ground Zero. Many were undocumented laborers sent to work every day with no special PPE, and got cancer as a result. Now some of those same people are living in fear of ICE. www.npr.org/2026/09/11/n...npr.orgThey cleaned up ground zero. Now many are hiding from ICEAfter 9/11, thousands of rescue and cleanup crews went to work at ground zero. They were exposed to toxic debris and experienced psychological trauma. Today, many say they live in fear of deportation. 7150652184
Reposted by Bilge YesilLaleh Khalili @lalehkhalili.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Shocking abdication of scholarly ethics by the American Historical Association which hired a Washington DC lobbying firm to ensure anticipatory obedience and quash a popular movement to condemn Israeli scholasticide in Gaza: www.chronicle.com/article/a-sc... 37441
Reposted by Bilge Yesildanah boyd @zephoria.bsky.social · 28/08/2026PhD candidates/new grads: Postdoc opportunity with me focused on political economy and tech. See details here: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32502academicjobsonline.orgCornell University, Department of Communication Job #AJO32502, Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Communication, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, US 16562
Reposted by Bilge YesilAbu Aardvark @abuaardvark.bsky.social · 28/08/2026“American support for Israel’s assault on Gaza, particularly under President Joe Biden, swept away any residual moral authority the United States could claim. Trump’s debacle in Iran has shattered the illusion of American military omnipotence.” www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...foreignaffairs.comThe End of the American Middle EastIran and the last gasp of a failed order. 04314
Reposted by Bilge YesilSam Biddle @sambiddle.com · 23/08/2026The death of folk graphic design in favor of AI slop across our country's delis is leading to some incredibly Lovecraftian food horrors 2464193769
Bilge Yesil @bilgeyesil.bsky.social · 21/08/2026It’s a great resource! Also using the one Iran and AI slop 010
Reposted by Bilge YesilMiddle East Research and Information Project @merip.bsky.social · 21/08/2026NEW IN MER 319: "The Soundtrack of Dissent--The Music of Protest in Iran" by Nafiseh Sharifi. From the reformist 90s to Women, Life Freedom and this year's Dey Protests, popular music has threaded through Iran's protest movements. READ NOW buff.ly/BZN0VGEmerip.orgSoundtrack of Dissent—The Music of Protest in IranIn February 2026, one month after mass protests in Iran led to a government crackdown killing thousands, Shervin Hajipour released a new song from inside the country. Hajipour had become… 046