Simon Parkin: If only Brexit had been a (computer) game (Guardian)

Original to: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jul/03/games-brexit-escapism-halo-animal-crossing-mario If only Brexit had been a game Current real-world politics remind us why so many prefer the ordered fairness of gaming During the run-up to the general election, my children and I

John Harris: 'If you've got money, you vote in ... if you haven't got

Most of what is written here on the situation in the UK awaking from the morning after Brexit, applies mutatis mutandis to the rest of the Europe. The powers that be in the EU can now take the momentous English that became British vote as the golden opportunity to come to their senses and

Re: geography of copyright

On 2016-06-18 20:00, Heiko Recktenwald wrote: > There is one interesting case on copyright and territory. What > happened to the copyright of publishers in the East after the German > reunification? Was the copyright of the publishers in the West now > valid in the East? Nothing had changed

Re: Bankers on ecstasy (but is the party over?)

On 2016-06-19 18:15, xDxD.vs.xDxD wrote: > hi! > > >> Of course, not all humans will be out of the loop. The chosen few >> and tech elites around them (AKA 'core developers') will stay there >> and reap the benefits. The current contest is about who gets to >> stay in the loop, and the driving

The 'Jake' Appelbaum case, or the rise and fall of celebrities

The social, and political 'sad demise' (the Hinglish word for death) of Jacob 'Jake' Appelbaum is for me symptomatic, and symbolic, for an epoch definitively coming to its close. To me at least, it resonates with the words of Rieger and Gonggrijp, years ago at a CCC conference: "we lost the

India: Use a digital map without license: go to jail

original to: https://www.change.org/p/ministry-of-home-affairs-save-your-right-to-use-the-map-geospatial-information-regulation-bill-2016 Save Your Right to Use the Map: Geospatial Information Regulation Bill 2016 Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) The Ministry of Home Affairs has released

Re: alex van der bellen wins austrian presidentials!!!

Armin is right, and of course it's much more complicated than a simple dichotomy. But - the portion of the electorate that fits the 'unrepresented people' (or is it 'white trash'?) definition is still substantial, 20-30% I'd say. And it's what tilts the balance in the direction of the

Do I read "General Services" here? ...

Original to: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-monsanto-m-a-bayer-idUSKCN0YA054 Bayer offers to buy Monsanto in global agrochemicals shakeout German drugs and chemicals group Bayer has made an unsolicited takeover proposal to U.S. seeds company Monsanto, aiming to create the world's biggest

Re: Live Your Models

Hi JHB & all, 'Population control' is indeed the elephant that regularly comes in stampeding in the chinaware shop of discussing a sustainable future. But it is a myth that has been put long ago to rest, first in moral terms by Mahatma Gandhi ("there is enough for everyone's needs, not for

Re: Live Your Models

Hi JHB & all, 'Population control' is indeed the elephant that regularly comes in stampeding in the chinaware shop of discussing a sustainable future. But it is a myth that has been put long ago to rest, first in moral terms by Mahatma Gandhi ("there is enough for everyone's needs, not for

Larry Elliott: Europe's liberal illusions shatter as Greek tragedy

Save for the refugee crisis in Greece, which would be in itself enough to bring a national government to its knees, one has not heard very much of late of that country's pack of Elephants in the room, aka the Bailout Charade. Well, it's back again, in full force, in case anyone forgets. And it

Damir Pilic: Red Revival: The Fall and Rise of Karl Marx

Original to: http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/red-revival-the-fall-and-rise-of-karl-marx-10-16-2015 Red Revival: The Fall and Rise of Karl Marx Meet the academics whose devotion to Marxism cost them their jobs in the 1990s — and the thinkers driving Marx back up the political agenda

Re: Ten Theses on the Panama Papers

On 2016-04-05 23:01, Geert Lovink wrote: > Thanks, Florian. Very interesting. What’s confusing is that the > mainstream media (radio, TV, newspaper) that report about the Panama This is interesting, even crucial, because now other tax authorities may obtain the data from the Australian Taxation

Ten Theses on the Panama Papers

The theses factory is churning on ... 10 Theses on the Panama Papers 1. Never before have so many people owed so much wealth. Even though an even smaller minority of people owe an increasing proportion of the world's wealth, their absolute number have been rising, especially during the last

Tax Havens Blues ...

I have read quite a lot on the whole issue of the hunt after tax avoidance and the curbing of tax havens, so I am not easily surprised, let alone shocked (or is it the other way round? ;-). Yet this Financial Times article (in last Monday's Fund Management supplement) triggered both

Sebastian Olma: Fair City: Beyond the Ideological Trinity of

Sebastian Olma is, like me, part of the 'Amsterdam Fair City' collective, a grass-root initiative triggered by the Dutch presidency of the EU, which is being showcased in Amsterdam for a large part. It aims to provide some counterweight to the exceedingly rosy picture the municipality is painting

Richard Stallman: Eradicate Facebook!

original to: http://sivertimes.com/richard-stallman-wants-to-destroy-facebook-to-protect-privacy/17274 original interview in Le Devoir (Montreal) (in French): http://www.ledevoir.com/societe/actualites-en-societe/465389/eradiquer-facebook-pour-sauver-la-democratie Richard Stallman wants to

Re: Shoshana Zuboff > The Secrets of Surveillance

"here's to that future" indeed, Brian, but I wonder how deeper we must sink before things get better. And as far as the 'reprise' (crisis is over) is concerned, the EU commision thinks the same of Europe, and wants to de-re-regulate (!) banking again, securitize private dept (a move framed as

Alex Hern: Is the FBI v Apple PR war even about encryption?

Interesting background article after Edwards Snowden has declared FBI's professed inability to break thru an iPhone "Bullshit". (http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/mar/09/edward-snowden-fbi-san-bernardino-iphone-bullshit-nsa-apple) Original to:

Open letter to the government in Vienna from Austrian expatriates in Greece

Original to: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/05/open-letter-government-vienna-austria-refugees-greece This is the full text of a letter written by prominent émigrés to ministers in protest over the country's role in border closures against refugees Open letter to the Austrian

"A traumatic day for the SVP, a Great Day for Switzerland (Tages

This is about the clear rejection by the Swiss people (a.k.a. 'the sovereign') of the SVP's (right-wing populist, and alas, popular, party) 'initiative' - to be adopted or rejected by popular vote - whereby foreigners would be expelled, without process or recourse, from the country after a

Re: Return of the F-scale

The question is then whether authoritarianism is the TINA for security/ well-being of 'the masses' (which Geert wants to re-educate, apparently). One must not forget that Havel was living in such an authoritarian state which also operated as a 'nanny'. He obviously longed for the 'liberties' we

German entrepreneurial spirit to_heal refugees' plight

original to: http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/d0387f48-d635-11e5-829b-8564e7528e54.html A German entrepreneurial spirit to heal refugees’ plight By Guy Chazan, Financial Times, February 22, 2016 A shipping container in Hamburg has become a symbol of how German entrepreneurial talent and

Julia Carrie Wong: Women considered better coders

Original to (with pics): http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/12/women-considered-better-coders-hide-gender-github (bwo Barbara Strebel) Women considered better coders – but only if they hide their gender By Julia Carrie Wong The Guardian, Friday 12 February 2016 Researchers find

Athens: the Refusal of the Streets

original to: http://www.personalcinema.org/warport/index.php?n=Main.AnAbsoluteRefusalNotesOnThe12FebruaryDemonstrationInAthens (bwo Katalin Hausel) An Absolute Refusal Notes On The 12 February Demonstration In Athens by PAVLOS HATZOPOULOS, ILIAS MARMARAS and DIMITRIS PARSANOGLOU 1. The 12th

"And to the others, what would you say, Monsieur Ramadan?"

Full original (in French): http://www.liberation.fr/france/2016/01/03/tariq-ramadan-versant-inoffensif_1424067 (From an interview with Tariq Ramadan in Paris, December 10, 2015, by Sabrina Champenois) (last sentences) Which author is your preferred? "Rimbaud" (...)[*]. Book? "The Brothers

Soutik Biswas: Why is Mark Zuckerberg angry at critics in India? (BBC

(Bwo Bytes4all & india-gii lists) original to: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-35192184 Why is Mark Zuckerberg angry at critics in India? By Soutik Biswas (Delhi) Mark Zuckerberg is feeling the force of critics who believe his effort to provide Indians with free access to a

Fethullah Gülen: Muslims, we have to critical

Original to: http://fgulen.com/en/press/news/50048-muslims-we-have-to-critically-review-our-understanding-of-islam Muslims, we have to critically review our understanding of Islam By Fethullah G??len Words fall short to truly express my deep sadness and revolt in the face of the carnage

Re: Luc le Vaillant: Don't _pray_ for Paris, please!

Well, Coco's signature is 'en bas de page' (right hand down) On 2015-11-22 14:58, Joseph Rabie wrote: > The article does not mention the author of the cover, Coco. > She was one of the survivors in January. > Joseph Rabie. > > >> Le 22 nov. 2015 à 13:53, seb olma a écrit :

P.M.'s new project (Neustart Schweiz) and interview

Our Zurich friend P.M. is currently involved in the Neustart Schweiz project: http://neustartschweiz.ch/ which can (or must) be seen in connection with his latest book "The Power of Neighborhood" and The Commons: http://www.autonomedia.org/node/198 Together with P.M., Panos runs the site of

nettime Jacob Soll: Germany's Destructive Anger (NYT

Original to NYT, but for url, pls SIY! (Search It Yourself ;-) fwd with thanks bwo Eduard de Jong **Germany's Destructive Anger by Jacob Soll A DEAL has finally been reached that could keep Greece in the eurozone. Few are happy with the outcome. We've heard a lot about how the Greeks feel

Re: nettime Comments on the latest Greek proposals

Re: [Less than a page long, but declarations of war tend to be short. The third one issued by Germany in 101 years.] 10 July 2015 Comments on the latest Greek proposals One of the nicer German academic jokes is about a famous biology professor, also type 'Zuchtmeister', who was in the

nettime Fintan O'Toole: Has Europe lost its hold on our collective

Original to: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jul/05/europe-fictional-construct-legacies-of-war Has Europe lost its hold on our collective imagination? by Fintan O'Toole Sunday, July 5, 2015. Europe never existed. It was a story made up to deal with the legacies of war When I

nettime Paul Mason: Greece in chaos: will

original to: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/29/greece-chaos-syriza-gamble-banks-closed-referendum Greece in chaos: will Syriza's last desperate gamble pay off? Paul Mason Monday 29 June 2015 The banks are closed, the bailout referendum is looming -- and Europe's only far-left

nettime Ian Martin: Fracketeering: how capitalism is power-hosing the last

Let's forget Greece for a moment (Yanis is on his way out, anyway, soon to be followed by Alexis, and Jeroen has won the war - he looks s smug, he deserves it!) and enjoy the anarcap version of the defunct GDR's 'Manipulationsgebühr' ... Have a Sunny day! Original to:

Re: nettime Europe: from bad to worse (should be Greece, from

Because they are not within the eurozone, obvs. It didn't take long for the 'feckless Greeks' line to surface on Nettime now did it? Ahem, with some nettimers only ;-) While Greek capital has been in trouble since the 1970s, the current set of problems stems from the financial structure

nettime Joseph E. Stiglitz: how I would vote in the Greek referendum

Original to: http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/jun/29/joseph-stiglitz-how-i-would-vote-in-the-greek-referendum Joseph E. Stiglitz: how I would vote in the Greek referendum Neither alternative – approval or rejection of the troika’s terms – will be easy, and both carry huge risks (The

nettime Yanis Varoufakis: As it happend (on June 27th, 2015 in Bruxelles)

Grüzi mittenand, This is my second 'text filtering' of a Yanis Varoufakis piece, so I might be suspected of becoming sortof his mouthpiece on the list. Can't help, because I really wish I could find a text going radically against his (his SYRIZA's) position. I could find none - because there are

nettime Amartya Sen: The economic consequences of austerity (New Statesman).

Original to: http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2015/06/amartya-sen-economic-consequences-austerity Amartya Sen: The economic consequences of austerity The judgements of our financial and political leaders are breathtakingly narrow. Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen considers the

nettime Yanis Varoufakis: A pressing question for Ireland before

Original to: http://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/yanis-varoufakis-a-pressing-question-for-ireland-before-monday-s-meeting-on-greece-1.2256339 Yanis Varoufakis: A pressing question for Ireland before Monday’s meeting on Greece Saturday, June 20, 2015 Last Thursday’s eurogroup meeting went down in

nettime Hayko Bagdat on: We Should Have Shared Our Grief Like The

Hayko Bagdat is, after the assassination of Hrant Dink in front of his newspaper's office, a powerful and influential voice for the repressed/suppressed Armenian minority community in Turkey. There are 60.000 Armenians left in Turkey, mostly in Istanbul, but there are something like 2 million

nettime Jerome Roos: In Amsterdam,

As a (sometimes) participant, I can vouch that this is a very good round-up. Cheerio, p+5D! bwo Barbara Strebel - in Basel. original to: http://roarmag.org/2015/03/occupation-maagdenhuis-university-amsterdam/ In Amsterdam, a revolt against the neoliberal university by Jerome Roos on March 8,

Re: nettime Fwd: Global and Networked Solidarity with the

On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 2:00 PM, Ãrsan Åenalp [1]orsan1...@gmail.com wrote: Netherlands, the sinking last welfare state, This must be, like so many contemporary perceptions of the Netherlands, based on outdated facts and nostalgic misconceptions. According toÂ

nettime Yanis Varoufakis: How I became an erratic Marxist (Guardian)

original to: http://www.theguardian.com/news/2015/feb/18/yanis-varoufakis-how-i-became-an-erratic-marxist (for emphasis nice pics - and no pesky '?'s ...) also on theTOC.gr: www.thetoc.gr/eng/people/article/why-erratic-marxist-yanis-varoufakis-wants-to-save-european-capitalism Yanis

nettime Jonathan Zittrain: Tyrants will find the key to the

Original to: - well, forget it! ;-) ( do yr own research on how to pilfer FT content in the age of paywalls - applies even if you actually hold a paper copy ;-) Tyrants will find the key to the internet?s back door Jonathan Zittrain Banning strong encryption is no solution to security, writes

nettime Geert Lovink Patrice Riemens: The Bitcoin Experience, Part One

Geert Lovink Patrice Riemens The Bitcoin Experience - Part One We admit: we are fazed and befuddled by the Bitcoin phenomenon. And we are getting more so as we progress - or think to progress - in getting to grips with it. It has meanwhile become clear that Bitcoin, probably to the chagrin

nettime Yogendra Yadav: Rajni Kothari, the political scientist of India,

original to: http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/political-scientist-of-india/99/ Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajni_Kothari Rajni Kothari, the political scientist of India by Yogendra Yadav, January 20, 2015 Where did he teach you? I mean in school or college, or

nettime Yannis Varoufakis interview by Johanna Jaufer (ORF.at)

By the time you will read this, the results of the Greek parliamentary elections (this Sunday) will have become know, and wherever Syriza, forecasted to come out as the largest party, will be able to form a government, which is not given, even with the bonus of 50 additional seats given to the

nettime Luz (Charlie Hebdo) :

original to: http://www.lesinrocks.com/2015/01/10/actualite/luz-eyes-us-weve-become-symbol-11545347/ Luz : All eyes are on us, we've become a symbol A collective execution wiped out Charlie Hebdo's editorial board. Faced with such horror, the slogan Je suis Charlie has become the flag of

nettime Frederick Noronha: Twenty years of Goanet, in 20 bullet-points

From:Frederick FN Noronha fredericknoron...@gmail.com Date:Sun, December 28, 2014 00:06 -- Twenty years of Goanet, in 20 bullet-points --- Be a

nettime Roger Cohen: When clouds turn dark over New York (NYT)]

original to: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/04/opinion/roger-cohen-feeling-uneasy-about-the-future.html More in the serie Turning Points 2015: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/04/opinion/turning-points-editors-letter.html Feeling Uneasy About the Future By ROGER COHEN December 4, 2014 New York

nettime All Snowden Papers?

efforts, both in action and in thoughts. In that light, the demand for full disclosure of all 'Snowden documents' is fine with me, yet doesn't escape the slight semblance of a diversion. Patrice Riemens Firenze, November 17, 2014. -- (*) At a time when the Dutch state

nettime Christopher Mims: What Bubble

Back from the 'Generation Equity' dream days and in our 'This Time Everything Is Different' Department ... ;-) Original to: http://online.wsj.com/articles/what-bubble-silicon-valleys-younger-set-opts-for-optimism-1414969190 What Bubble? Silicon Valley's Younger Set Opts for Optimism by

nettime Zoe Williams on the London Police's infiltration methods (Guardian)

Okay, it's a bit stating of the obvious, since Fouche, Napoleon's police minister considered all potential, if not actual, enemies of the state already. But it's fairly well written and the message cannot be (re)stated often enough. (If I was Cato, I would add 'Blame Blair')

nettime Jaron Lanier's acceptance speech of the German Booksellers' Peace Prize

Original to: http://www.friedenspreis-des-deutschen-buchhandels.de/819335/ bwo Barbara Strebel Jaron Lanier “High tech peace will need a new kind of humanism” This storied award cannot be given just to me. I can only accept it on behalf of the global community of digital activists and

nettime Guillaume Lachenal: Ebola: a brilliantly scripted disaster movie

Original (French) to: http://www.liberation.fr/monde/2014/09/18/chronique-d-un-film-catastrophe-bien-prepare_1103419 Ebola: a brilliantly scripted disaster movie by Guillaume Lachenal It is useless to laboriously interpret these films in terms of their relation to an objective social crisis or

nettime Ippolita Collective, In the Facebook Aquarium, part III, section 6 (continued)

://www.rosibraidotti.com/index.php/94-news/159-nomadic-subjects-new-edition - Translated by Patrice Riemens This translation project is supported and facilitated by: The Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (http://networkcultures.org/wpmu/portal

nettime Ippolita Collective, In the Facebook Aquarium, part III,

) - Translated by Patrice Riemens This translation project is supported and facilitated by: The Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (http://networkcultures.org/wpmu/portal/) The Antenna Foundation, Nijmegen (http://www.antenna.nl - Dutch site) (http://www.antenna.nl

nettime Ippolita Collective, In the Facebook Aquarium,

by Patrice Riemens This translation project is supported and facilitated by: The Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (http://networkcultures.org/wpmu/portal/) The Antenna Foundation, Nijmegen (http://www.antenna.nl - Dutch site) (http://www.antenna.nl/indexeng.html

nettime Ippolita Collective, In the Facebook Aquarium,

the point at all of this provocation, since it blocks out any sensible discussion of the relation between nature and society. - Translated by Patrice Riemens This translation project is supported and facilitated by: The Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam

nettime Ippolita Collective, In the Facebook Aquarium Part Three,

. - Translated by Patrice Riemens This translation project is supported and facilitated by: The Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (http://networkcultures.org/wpmu/portal/) The Antenna Foundation, Nijmegen (http://www.antenna.nl - Dutch site

nettime Evgeny Morozov: The rise of data and the death of politics

Original to: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/20/rise-of-data-death-of-politics-evgeny-morozov-algorithmic-regulation bwo Kees Stad, with thanks The rise of data and the death of politics By Evgeny Morozov Sunday, July 20, 2014 Tech pioneers in the US are advocating a new

nettime Ippolita Collective, In the Facebook Aquarium Part Two,

', the American way of life is non-negotiable. [72] Check out this Youtube clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlsLmDOhQ5Y [73x] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Payback [###*] Single Person Organisation, aka UPO (Unique Personality Organisation) Thesis 6 of Geert Lovink Patrice Riemens 'Twelve Theses

nettime Ippolita Collective, In the Facebook Aquarium Part Two,

into 'Comunicado Anonymous') http://www.esmandau.com/55821/regalo-navideno-de-anonymous-para-firma-de-securities-stratfor/ -transl] - Translated by Patrice Riemens This translation project is supported and facilitated by: The Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam

nettime Ippolita Collective, In the Facebook Aquarium Part Two,

WAREHOUSE ROAD FORT LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS 66027-2304 (USA) - Translated by Patrice Riemens This translation project is supported and facilitated by: The Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (http://networkcultures.org/wpmu/portal

nettime Ippolita Collective, In the Facebook Aquarium Part Two,

) [59] see Geert Lovink, Patrice Riemens. 'Twelve Theses on Wikileaks, /Eurozine Magazine/, 2010: http://www.eurozine.com/articles/2010-12-07-lovinkriemens-en.html - Translated by Patrice Riemens This translation project is supported and facilitated by: The Institute

nettime Ippolita Collective, In the Facebook Aquarium Part Two,

) [59] see Geert Lovink, Patrice Riemens. 'Twelve Theses on Wikileaks, /Eurozine Magazine/, 2010: http://www.eurozine.com/articles/2010-12-07-lovinkriemens-en.html - Translated by Patrice Riemens This translation project is supported and facilitated by: The Institute

nettime Ippolita Collective, In the Facebook Aquarium Part Two, section #5 (concluded)

) - Translated by Patrice Riemens This translation project is supported and facilitated by: The Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (http://networkcultures.org/wpmu/portal/) The Antenna Foundation, Nijmegen (http://www.antenna.nl - Dutch site) (http

nettime Kyle Rankin: NSA: Linux Journal is an extremist forum and its

More hardened nettimers will probably have the I am shocked, shocked reaction to all this, yet it is interesting to see ever new constituencies confronted to (and shocked by) the fact that in the eyes of the power everybody who's not part of it (and actually, whomever is, too) is a suspect and a

nettime Emma Jacobs: No pay? You must be joking (FT)

NB: I intended to comment on this piece, but desisted when noticing I was really getting worked up. Hence I'll wait till some comments from others come in, if any - Brian? ;-) Cheers from sunny Amsterdam, p+5D! ... Original to:

nettime Ippolita Collective, In the Facebook Aquarium Part Two, section #5 (continued)

/23/3/hacker-politics-and-publics - transl) - Translated by Patrice Riemens This translation project is supported and facilitated by: The Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (http://networkcultures.org/wpmu/portal/) The Antenna

nettime To-morrow the Minitel! (!)

in, again, inflation corrected, 2014 value. Amsterdam June 8, 2014 QD translation by Patrice Riemens # distributed via nettime: no commercial use without permission # nettime is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets

nettime Ippolita Collective, In the Facebook Aquarium Part Two,

/wiki/Sentiment_analysis (for recent developments and a lot sources) - Translated by Patrice Riemens This translation project is supported and facilitated by: The Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (http://networkcultures.org/wpmu

nettime Ippolita Collective, In the Facebook Aquarium Part Two,

- Translated by Patrice Riemens This translation project is supported and facilitated by: The Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (http://networkcultures.org/wpmu/portal/) The Antenna Foundation, Nijmegen (http://www.antenna.nl - Dutch site

nettime Ippolita Collective, In the Facebook Aquarium Part Two,

vant' ... .. - Translated by Patrice Riemens This translation project is supported and facilitated by: The Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (http://networkcultures.org/wpmu

Re: nettime tensions within the bay area elites

I wish we were talking about governmental bureaucracies rather than corporations when discussing the id of institutionalized evil. --dan Save for the trifling detail that corporations, the big multinational ones, are our new ruling institutions. Governmental bureaucracies merely function as

nettime Pankaj Mishra: Narendra Modi and the new face of India (The Guardian)

original at: http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/may/16/what-next-india-pankaj-mishra (for 2 videos, pictures, and an absurd number of hyperlinks) (Bwo GoaNet) Narendra Modi and the new face of India With the rise of Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi culminating in this week's election, Pankaj

nettime Ippolita Collective, In the Facebook Aquarium Part Two,

warning: This article will piss off a lot of you. -transl) [24] http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/278758/end-future-peter-thiel (October 2011) - Translated by Patrice Riemens This translation project is supported and facilitated by: The Institute of Network

nettime Ippolita Collective, In the Facebook Aquarium Part Two,

, a colourful personnage, to all account: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Benderson (transl.) - Translated by Patrice Riemens This translation project is supported and facilitated by: The Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (http

nettime Ippolita Collective, In the Facebook Aquarium Part Two,

/2007/11/13/magazines/fortune/paypal_mafia.fortune/ - Translated by Patrice Riemens This translation project is supported and facilitated by: The Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (http://networkcultures.org/wpmu/portal/) The Antenna

nettime Ippolita Collective, In the Facebook Aquarium Part Two,

von Mises Institute is more oriented towards economic studies (http://mises.org) [11] For a good take on this issue see: http://cabalamat.wordpress.com/2010/02/16/the-pirate-party-is-more-libertarian-than-the-libertarian-party/ - Translated by Patrice Riemens

nettime Ippolita Collective, In the Facebook Aquarium Part Two,

translation would make much sense in English, hence my interpretation. - Translated by Patrice Riemens This translation project is supported and facilitated by: The Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (http://networkcultures.org/wpmu/portal

nettime Fwd: Recognition of third gender (in India)

Bwo Sarai Reader List/ Nagraj A -- Forwarded message -- From: chayanika shah chayanikas...@gmail.com Date: 15 April 2014 12:02 Subject: Some good news And here is one Supreme Court judgement given by Justice K S Radhakrishnan and A K Sikri, that came this morning, that can warm

nettime Ippolita Collective, In the Facebook Aquarium Part Two, section #2

at Work'), where we draw a tentative description of Google's 'abundance capitalism' , and of the 'Silicon Valley model' in general. - Translated by Patrice Riemens This translation project is supported and facilitated by: The Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam

nettime Douglas Belkin, Caroline Porter: Corporate Cash Alters University Curricula (WSJ)

Here an 'objectivist' description of the phenomenon that regularly stirs up the discussion on this list. Kind of reality check on mainstream oppinion. cheers 9or not), p+5D! original to: http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303847804579481500497963552 Corporate Cash Alters

nettime Ippolita Collective, In the Facebook Aquarium Part Two, section #1

been 'serialised' on nettime-l in 2009. - Translated by Patrice Riemens This translation project is supported and facilitated by: The Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (http://networkcultures.org/wpmu/portal/) The Antenna Foundation

nettime Kelly Fiveash: European Court of Justice rips up Data Retention

original to: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/04/08/european_court_of_justice_says_data_retention_directive_is_invalid/ See also: https://www.privacyinternational.org/press-releases/european-court-invalidates-data-retention-directive-says-mass-surveillance-of (bwo Cyberguerilla.org) European

nettime Ippolita Collective, In the Facebook Aquarium Part One, section #10

/ - Translated by Patrice Riemens This translation project is supported and facilitated by: The Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (http://networkcultures.org/wpmu/portal/) The Antenna Foundation, Nijmegen (http://www.antenna.nl - Dutch site) (http://www.antenna.nl

nettime Ippolita Collective, In the Facebook Aquarium Part One, section #9,

: 'SpyCloud: Intel Agencies Look to Keep Secrets in the Ether' (http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/06/spycloud-intel-agencies-look-to-keep-secrets-in-the-ether/) - Translated by Patrice Riemens This translation project is supported and facilitated by: The Institute of Network

nettime Ushinor Majumdar: Giving a voice to the voiceless

original to: http://www.tehelka.com/giving-a-voice-to-the-voiceless/ (bwo BytesforAll list/ Frederick Noronha) Giving a voice to the voiceless Ushinor Majumdar A little-known initiative from the Chhattisgarh won the Digital Activism Award this year. Ushinor Majumdar on the project that beat

Re: nettime an historic retreat

Hi Felix Dan, Well, yes, that is basically correct immo. There was, and is, a lot amiss with ICANN, a.o.t. its bending for commercial interests - or at least viewpoints, its greediness in fees-setting and to sell ever more 'virtual estate', and the such, but on the whole, it's a dispensation

nettime Ippolita Collective, In the Facebook Aquarium Part One, section #8,

mistakes that are made when a new technology is released can cause truly ghastly collateral damages. (to be continued) next time: anti-social 'webization'. . (no notes in this part!) - Translated by Patrice Riemens This translation project

nettime Ippolita Collective, In the Facebook Aquarium Part One, section #8,

-culture-rotten-core/ Actually, the New York Times article is more conclusive than Geekwire in this regard: http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/11/27/zyngas-tough-culture-risks-a-talent-drain/?_php=true_type=blogs_r=0 (-transl) - Translated by Patrice Riemens This translation

nettime Ippolita Collective, In the Facebook Aquarium, Part One, section 7,

and Privacy Pages 173-187 abstract + pdf at: http://www.computer.org/csdl/proceedings/sp/2009/3633/00/3633a173-abs.html - Translated by Patrice Riemens This translation project is supported and facilitated by: The Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam University

nettime Ippolita Collective, In the Facebook Aquarium, Part One, Section 6,

/oct/11/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-neighbouring-houses Or to upturn the latin proverb: quod licet 'Jovi non licet bovi' (-transl) [31ab] David Kirkpatrick, op cit [26], p210 and 210-11. - Translated by Patrice Riemens This translation project is supported and facilitated

nettime Finn Brunton: A short history of spam (LMD)

From Le Monde diplomatique English edition original to: http://mondediplo.com/2014/03/16spam Coming to an inbox near you A short history of spam Spam was an in-joke, a wordy waste of time, a hustler’s pitch, and now it’s an inhuman and superhuman slave of crime. by Finn Brunton Objects

nettime Ippolita Collective, In the Facebook Aquarium, Part One, Section 6,

Press, 2002. - Translated by Patrice Riemens This translation project is supported and facilitated by: The Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (http://networkcultures.org/wpmu/portal/) The Antenna Foundation, Nijmegen (http

nettime Ippolita Collective, In the Facebook Aquarium, Part One, Section 5,

been totally robbed of our personal data. - Translated by Patrice Riemens This translation project is supported and facilitated by: The Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (http://networkcultures.org/wpmu/portal/) The Antenna

nettime Ippolita Collective, In the Facebook Aquarium, Part One, Section 5,

will totally reconfigure the net itself, and thus constitutes a radical act of creation. For a first approach on this cf. Laszlo Barabasi, Link. La scienza delle reti, Torino, Einaudi, 2004. - Translated by Patrice Riemens This translation project is supported

nettime Ippolita Collective, In the Facebook Aquarium, Part One, Section 5,

to Inner Space, New World, May 1962. - this is also what Paul Virilio refers to as 'endo-colonisation' (-transl) - Translated by Patrice Riemens This translation project is supported and facilitated by: The Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam University of Applied

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