who is escaping?
zeph’s pop culture quiz #30 Who is escaping by that daring jump out of the window? And from where is he escaping? Just leave a comment with your educated guess—you can ask for additional hints, too. [Leaving a … Continue reading →
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teliasonera’s black boxes
Here’s the timely follow-up to ↵heretics house tripoli, an hour-long feature by the Swedish news show Uppdrag Granskning, investigating the entanglement of Swedish telecom giant ↑TeliaSonera with authoritarian regimes—especially in ex-Soviet states. From ↑Eva Galperin’s write-up at EFF: According to … Continue reading →
heretics house tripoli
Much has been said and written about the role of social media and the Internet during the Arab Spring. Especially the liberating potentials of these technologies are discussed, even anthropologists are belabouring the topic. But, and that’s the ↵core theme … Continue reading →
what is switched?
zeph’s pop culture quiz #29 What is caused by using the switch? Just leave a comment with your educated guess—you can ask for additional hints, too. [Leaving a comment is easy; just click the ‘Leave a comment’ at … Continue reading →
brand on drugs
who is descending?
zeph’s pop culture quiz #28 Two people are running down a staircase—why and who are they? Just leave a comment with your educated guess—you can ask for additional hints, too. [Leaving a comment is easy; just click the … Continue reading →
what is observed?
zeph’s pop culture quiz #27 What strange occurence does the man checking surveillance tapes observe? Just leave a comment with your educated guess—you can ask for additional hints, too. [Leaving a comment is easy; just click the ‘Leave … Continue reading →
me on wikipedia
This is in order to prevent anyone assuming that my vanity has gone straight through the ceiling. I just discovered that there is an entry called ↑Cyberanthropology at the German Wikipedia. To my surprise within this entry there is an … Continue reading →
droids must eat
blade runner letter
On 11 October 1981 Philip K. Dick wrote a letter to Jeff Walker of the Ladd Company concerning the movie ‘Blade Runner’ (Scott 1982). Just recently ↑it has been published on philipkdick.com:
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