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On the Lack of Efficiency of Peaceful Protests

Yes, this is finally a post with some real comments about the situation in Egypt. Or, more exactly, comments inspired by the situation in Egypt, but extrapolated and seen as general issues. That’s because yesterday’s events have once again proven the point I mean to make, so there’s no better time for it. Then again, […]

No Break to Write About the Riots in Egypt

The plan was to write about the situation in Egypt today, but shit really hit the fan there now, so I’m pretty much glued to the Al Jazeera English live stream and The Guardian’s live coverage of the Egypt protests, following the battles and developments. No way to write something now, since I’m not a […]

Good Day for Whales, File-sharing and Space Exploration!

Yes, I know what happened yesterday, but today is a new day and the first things I saw on-line after waking up certainly make it look like a really good one. Of course, each of the things that make it a good day so far can still turn out bad and there’s plenty of time […]

The WikiLeaks War – VI

Since cables have once again started being published on the site, it’s certainly time for yet another WikiLeaks update. Admittedly, you can’t say that any shocking things have happened lately that are strictly related to WikiLeaks, but a lot of things did happen, though many flew under the traditional media’s radar. Still, even that media […]

Sex, Gender and Gender Roles

Since it would appear that Ami decided yesterday (or two days ago, considering the time) to stop talking to me for good over our disagreement on this matter, as opposed to just ignoring me for weeks or even more than a month whenever the issue came up and I expressed said disagreement in any way, […]