We believe that visual memes and memetic engagement are tools with great potential for the USG as it looks to counter the information activities of state and non-state actors and more proactively engage audiences online.
Schlagwort-Archiv: Kultur
Dismemegage.
Numb(er).
In summary, algebraic geometry is classical music, and number theory is heavy metal.
EUrheberrecht.
The European Parliament today chose to ignore copyright experts, the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression, and most importantly your voice and voted in favor of upload filters and #Article 13. This is a sad day for the internet, but we'll keep up the fight.
A lot of X.
Cory Doctorow has authored the Bhagavad Gita of hacker / maker / burner / open source / git / gnu / wiki / 99% / adjunct faculty / Anonymous / shareware / thingiverse / cypherpunk / LGTBQIA* / squatter / upcycling culture and zipped it down into a pretty damned tight techno-thriller with a lot of sex in it.
Neal Stephenson about Walkaway
Skat(e)verein.
Zeige mir deinen Verein und sich sage dir wie alt du bist.
Kulturk(r)ampf.
Every country surely has its own awkward, outdated tradition – where every effort to update it, or to make sure it is offensive to no one, is met with fierce resistance.
Joost de Vries (The Guardian): Black Pete: the scandal we Dutch can’t stay silent about any more
Portur.
The pornographers did a kind of stealth attack on our culture, hijacking our sexuality and then selling it back to us, often in forms that look very little like sex but a lot like cruelty.
Gail Dines: Pornland: How Porn Has Hijacked Our Sexuality