Photo by Egor Komarov on Unsplash This is a reflection on a 1/31/2023 article AI-Generated Music — The ethical concerns for the music industry. I decided to reflect on this blog post after hearing about the latest OpenAI–Juilliard collaboration, Spotify’s AI issues, and my brief conversation last month with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s conductor, Manfred Honeck. I’m an amateur music player and a classical music listener. I also have friends who are musicians active in

This started as a note for a friend visiting Izmir. But I figured — why not share it with everyone? These are my personal favorites, the spots I actually go to. Think of this as a letter from a local, not a listicle from the internet. I also run a food blog called @oncekahvem on Instagram — more spots, more stories, more Izmir and beyond. This guide is a living document. I’ll update it as I remember more places — and forget a few names I really should write down. First, let’s

(This story is intended to be an interpretation of Edward Said’s well-known book “Orientalism”) An apparent separation between...