Week 2 ½
Hello fellow Leidensgenossen
The weather is getting slightly hotter and it seems that the metro is getting slightly more cramped. Yesterday I also celebrated losing my "getting-shoved-into-the-metro"-virginity, horrrrray. I nearly sat on old tiny asian lady.
Libra cryptocurrency whitepaper
This is the whitepaper for the implementation of a cryptocurreny spearheaded by facebook. (Just this sentence alone sounds gross). They talk about including the unbanked into their system while forgetting to talk about how they will get their money into this system. And also this is IMHO an attempt of societal change/innovation through the backdoor of technological "innovation". How do we resist this? How can we resist that facebook further entrenches itself into our lives?
Von einem der auszog ein Nazi zu sein
by Werner Reisinger on wienerzeitung.at
Sorry for the german but this is a great interview with a former neo-nazi that kind of dispels the theories that young men go on to become nazis because they have a difficult upbringing and that they slide into it. He argues that in the end it is a deliberate way they are heading. Great read especially in the light of the murder of the german politician by a fascho last week.
the Bicycle Architecture Biennale – in pictures
Just beautiful, serene pictures of people biking in peace.
Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370: Where Is It?
by William Langewiesche on www.theatlantic.com
A gripping retelling of the story and the stories surrounding MH370
Court documents stated that the Sandy Hook lawyers had begun reviewing the electronic files that Alex Jones had turned over when they found child pornography in the files. They immediately contacted the FBI.
A thread on twitter by Matthew Keys
A weird story about the professional fuck face and online rager Alex Jones in which he hands over a trove of emails containing child pron to the sandy hook lawyers. Great read and a bunch of interesting links.
The Time I Went On A Lesbian Cruise And It Blew Up My Entire Life
by Shannon Keating on buzzfeednews
Lighthearted and cute gonzo writing about an all lesbian cruise that introduced some new words about gender and sexuality to me.