Category Archives: politics

Political topics and views.

Travel.

Posted on 2016-06-17 by aklapper

Middle East In late March 2016, I attended some Wikimedia gatherings in the Middle East: The WikiArabia conference in Amman (Jordan), a Technical Meetup in Ramallah (Palestinian territories), and the Wikimedia Hackathon in Jerusalem (Israel). I gave an introduction to … Continue reading →

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War Porn.

Posted on 2016-02-12 by aklapper

Sometimes, when some individual, group, institution publishes, releases, leaks a cruel video of this planet’s conflicts, media decide not to show it or only show a (edited) screenshot. I usually end up trying to find the uncut video on the … Continue reading →

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RE: Outreach Program for Women

Posted on 2014-05-30 by aklapper

Started writing this posting four weeks ago. Time to publish, seeing the latest blogposts by Philip and Marina on Planet GNOME about the Outreach Program for Women (OPW). First things first (so you can stop reading if you disagree here): … Continue reading →

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Bundestagswahl.

Posted on 2013-09-01 by aklapper

Ich kann nicht sagen dass ich die Piratenpartei gut fände. Aber ich kann sagen, dass ich sämtliche anderen Optionen noch enttäuschender finde, speziell wenn die Bundeskanzlerin mal geschworen hat Schaden vom Volke abzuwenden, nur um dann keinerlei Meinung zum massenweisen … Continue reading →

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Überwachung

Posted on 2013-07-01 by aklapper

(Übersetzung und Aktualisierung des englischen Textes. Verweise zu Quellen in englischer Sprache sind als solche gekennzeichnet.) Wer des Englischen mächtig ist, der möge das Interview mit Edward Snowden (englischsprachiger Link) schauen, um seine Beweggründe zu verstehen sowie die Ironie, daß … Continue reading →

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Surveillance.

Posted on 2013-06-25 by aklapper

It’s worth to watch the interview with Edward Snowden to understand his intentions and the irony that he needs questionable governments to protect him against “democracies” who are all allies of the government that persecutes him. Spin doctors manage well … Continue reading →

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Občan K.: Questioning identity.

Posted on 2012-11-11 by aklapper

Two days ago the documentary “Občan K.” by artist group Ztohoven (homepage; Wikipedia article) was released. “Občan K.” translates to “Citizen K” but “občanka” is also the colloquial Czech word for an ID card – the plastic card issued by … Continue reading →

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Die Systemfrage und die Gerechtigkeit.

Posted on 2010-08-18 by aklapper

Nach Lektüre von Texten wie “Mein Jahr in der Linkspartei” und “Der Sozialismus ist gar nicht so übel” in der FAZ (der Artikel ist nicht mehr online verfügbar, aber das Teilfazit) tauchen manchmal Ideale, die Realität da draußen, und die … Continue reading →

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Stallman keynote‽

Posted on 2010-06-24 by aklapper

Having attended last year’s GCDS keynote one sentence in the latest GNOME Foundation board meeting minutes scared me: “GNOME.Asia/COSCUP: Richard Stallman will be doing a keynote”. As I was told that he has received a copy of GNOME’s new Speaker … Continue reading →

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Nevolte Levici! Přemluv dědu a bábu.

Posted on 2010-05-03 by aklapper

Ale kde jsou KDU-ČSL, KSČM, SZ a VV?Pojď! Mám křížovky ráda!

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