I say that the first true friend of all the Muslims living upon the face of the earth is the British government. I have never spoken a single word without proof and evidence, and—God willing—I never shall. And so, for the words I have just spoken, I wish to provide proof as well; and my […]
Author: artoghrul
Information quality heuristics
Let’s face it, even the best of us use some heuristics when choosing information sources to consume. So it’s worth pausing to think which ones are the ones that you specifically use. For me, it boils down to the following three: All of these criteria require the user to gain a deeper understanding of the […]
A behavioral intervention: Cyclist’s Code of Honour
The code below represents a potential behavioral intervention designed to promote fairer usage of cycling infrastructure. The need for such an intervention stems from the increasing number of motorized vehicles (e.g., e-bikes, fat bikes) on the cycling roads and paths in the Netherlands. These vehicles create significant speed differentials, leading to more conflicts and fatalities […]
Rendez-vous with a Soft Islamophobe (2016)
Eerily relevant film for the Netherlands of 2024, by a very good friend of mine (Aysel Akhundova) with whom we started our little film festival a while ago. The film, being her early work, nevertheless stood the test of time for me as she boldly confronted a less sophisticated czech wilders to reveal the hollowness […]
Lines versus arrows
The very first thing that hits me as I enter the Soviet-era medical research facility is the stench that I can immediately recognize. Our guide, a senior scientist in his early 60s, greets us and explains that it is the vivarium. Being originally from this geography, I am very familiar with the expression on his […]
What’s with the “urban cognition”?
Amsterdam is one of those cities that do not suffer from a scarcity of revolutionaries whose revolutionary zeal is sufficient only to revolt against… traffic rules and basic norms of human decency. People around me are often taken aback by the passion with which I engage with them. “Why do you get so riled up […]
A bit about Ə.
What’s that strange letter up here?”, I hear you ask. Let me introduce you, featured prominently here is Ə. A letter so weird it can break your browser’s otherwise great day browsing world ruly enough to be fully captured by ASCII characters. A character so powerful that it hides a complete story of (in chronological […]