Month: May 2021

  • Race

    A friend from a country far hotter than my own, sometimes asks me: “How can you consort with other species?” — I don’t consort with…— You live with a dog.— But I never let her into my bed!— Dogs carry parasites, diseases. They pick up all sorts of nasties from the ground and… He’s right…

  • … and the information war continues

    The lesson should have been learnt a long time ago, back in 2013, when Edward Snowden revealed that the United States helps itself to just about any information it wants, about anybody. I won’t go into details about his assertions, as they are very beautifully explained and substantiated in his book Permanent Record. US surveillance…

  • Etterspill

    Hva sitter igjen etter “Me Too”? Det var jo IKKE en debatt om hva som er eller ikke er akseptabel adferd i samkvem mellom kjønnene i det 21. århundret. Det var en illustrasjon på hvordan sosiale medier lever sitt eget liv, samler “clicks” (d.vs. tjener seg fete); brått fikk en uskyldig melding uforutsette og ukontrollerbare…