Politics

Tue, May 13, 2025 10:32

Check out these two recent articles exploring the influence of 4chan’s “shitposting” on internet culture and politics. In a Wired article, Ryan Broderick examines the pervasive …

Wed, Jan 01, 2025 16:21

It looks like the U.S. will enter a new age of advanced semiconductor chip manufacturing now that the TSMC’s Arizona facility will start producing chips. The geopolitical …

Sun, Dec 15, 2024 12:24

In Gimpo, a Starbucks opened in the South Korean border observatory, close to where I live. #NotTheOnion The South Korean city of Gimpo said hosting Starbucks was part of efforts …

2023-03-16T22:12:08+01:00

The following video provides a fascinating look into the gradual demise and transformation of the electronics giant Philips. Since I’ve seen the brand so much throughout my entire …

2022-10-18T12:09:54+02:00

In a review of William MacAskill’s book “Doing good better,” Amia Srinivasan writes about the conservative aspects of effective altruism as a social movement: The subtitle of Doing …

2021-05-24T19:37:56+02:00

Glenn Greenwald rightly points out the double standard on the coverage of the forced landing by Belarus of a passenger jet flying over its airspace to arrest a leading Belarusian …

2021-03-28T20:47:31+02:00

With the recent general election in the Netherlands, I became more interested in the political philosophies of prime minister Mark Rutte and his party the VDD. While it is …

2021-03-28T20:41:40+02:00

The following video from Deutsche Welle recalls why the supply of semiconductors have become geopolitical. So as the coronavirus crisis reshapes supply and demand, chip companies …

2020-11-16T18:37:26+01:00

Politico reported on some new EU regulations which would restrict the exports of surveillance technologies by companies. The update to EU rules, expected to be agreed within weeks, …

2020-11-08T09:49:07+01:00

Eva Modebadze wrote an interesting article in relation to the current protests for abortion rights in Poland. The following is a quote from her article on foucaultblog, in which …