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"CrowdVoice, a service recently created by the activist organization Mideast Youth, is different. It..."

Sun, 08 Aug 2010 18:29:36 +0800

“CrowdVoice, a service recently created by the activist organization Mideast Youth, is different. It is an alternative media outlet which relies on activists to crowdsource links to information related to causes they care about, such as women’s rights in Iraq or Kurdish human rights.”

- Apps for Activists Only: CrowdVoice :

The challenge for Crowdvoice now is to rise awareness of the tool among activists. This is the same challenge as the other activist apps, which lack advertising budgets and entertainment value.

Stoppt die Vorratsdatenspeicherung! - Aufruf zur Demonstration Freiheit statt Angst 2010 am 11.09.2010 in Berlin, Potsdamer Platz, 13 Uhr

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:05:09 +0800

Stoppt die Vorratsdatenspeicherung! - Aufruf zur Demonstration Freiheit statt Angst 2010 am 11.09.2010 in Berlin, Potsdamer Platz, 13 Uhr:

Aufruf zur Demonstration Freiheit statt Angst 2010 am 11.09.2010 in Berlin, Potsdamer Platz, 13 Uhr Bürgerrechtlerinnen und Bürgerrechtler rufen bundesweit zur Teilnahme an einer Demonstration gegen die ausufernde Überwachung durch Wirtschaft und Staat auf. Am Samstag, den 11.09.2010 werden wir unter dem Motto “Freiheit statt Angst - Stoppt den Überwachungswahn!” auf die Straße gehen. Treffpunkt ist um 13.00 Uhr am Potsdamer Platz in Berlin. Die Demonstration ist Teil des internationalen Aktionstages “Freedom not Fear - Freiheit statt Angst”, zu dem weltweit Proteste gegen die Überwachung der Bürgerinnen und Bürger stattfinden werden. Aktuelle Informationen rund um die Demonstration und den derzeitigen Stand der Vorbereitungen sind im “Freiheit-statt-Angst”-Blog zu finden.

"1. Netzzugang ist ein Grundrecht und Bedingung für die Teilnahme am kulturellen und politischen..."

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 23:03:00 +0800

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1. Netzzugang ist ein Grundrecht und Bedingung für die Teilnahme am kulturellen und politischen Leben

2. Nutzen des Netzes kann sich nur entfalten, wenn die Netzneutralität garantiert ist

3. IT-Großprojekte der öffentlichen Hand nach sinnvollen Kriterien vergeben

4. Öffentliche Daten transparent handhaben

5. Klare Absage an Softwarepatente

6. Urheberrechtgesetzgebung modernisieren

7. Zugangsprovider haften nicht für die Daten ihrer Kunden

8. Private Daten besser schützen

9. Recht auf Anonymität etablieren

10. Profilbildung über Menschen verhindern

11. Whistleblower-Schutz verbessern

”

- CCC | Forderungen für ein lebenswertes Netz

Touche Pas à Ma Constitution

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:47:12 +0800

Touche Pas à Ma Constitution:

An association called “Hands off my Constitution” has responded to the impending ban by setting up a 1-million-euro fund to help Muslim women pay the 150 euro fines for wearing a burqa in public.
Rachid Nekkaz, a French businessman and activist who tried to stand in presidential elections in 2007 founded the association together with his wife Cecile Le Roux. They have said they will use proceeds from property sales to help women who are fined.

Internet Censorship Report – woorkup.com

Sat, 10 Jul 2010 22:19:00 +0800

Internet Censorship Report – woorkup.com

Calendar World Cup 2010 by MARCA.com

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:34:29 +0800

Calendar World Cup 2010 by MARCA.com:

Beautiful and comprehensive world cup calendar

"They are not stupid. They understand words, in many cases - I fear - better than we do. History,..."

Tue, 01 Jun 2010 05:31:43 +0800

“They are not stupid. They understand words, in many cases - I fear - better than we do. History, too. They know that we are drowning our vocabulary with the language of generals and presidents, from the so-called elites, from the arrogance of the Brookings Institute experts, or those of those of the Rand Corporation or what I call the ‘TINK THANKS’. Thus we have become part of this language.”

- Robert Fisk, The Independent newspaper’s Middle East correspondent, gave an interesting address to the fifth Al Jazeera annual forum on May 23: Journalism and ‘the words of power’

"Die Erklärungen, die Google für das Entstehen des Fehlers gegeben hat, sind in im Kontext der..."

Thu, 20 May 2010 16:17:31 +0800

“Die Erklärungen, die Google für das Entstehen des Fehlers gegeben hat, sind in im Kontext der Standards und im Vergleich mit anderer Software, die ähnliches leistet, konsistent und schlüssig, der Fehler, der zu dem Problem geführt hat, ist naheliegend.”

- Ein Informatiker erklärt Googles Streetview Panne. Wie man aus Versehen WLAN-Daten mitschneidet - Die wunderbare Welt von Isotopp

Als der Oligarch die Regel brach

Wed, 19 May 2010 05:02:48 +0800

Als der Oligarch die Regel brach :

Chodorkowski, Putin und der Fall Yukos
Le Monde diplomatique, deutsche Ausgabe vom 9.4.2010

Sehr empfehlenswerter Artikel, aus gegebenem Anlass.

Europe’s biggest Ukuleleshop is now in Berlin....

Wed, 12 May 2010 03:38:00 +0800

Europe’s biggest Ukuleleshop is now in Berlin. LELELAND

Really time to go home.

Dropbox blocked in China

Tue, 11 May 2010 00:09:00 +0800

Time to go home.

"我相信地球人和外星人也许价值观不一样，但是西方人和东方人，除了生活习惯不一样以外，价值观应该是差不多的，为何一定要争呢。 I believe that there may be different..."

Sat, 08 May 2010 21:32:00 +0800

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我相信地球人和外星人也许价值观不一样，但是西方人和东方人，除了生活习惯不一样以外，价值观应该是差不多的，为何一定要争呢。

I believe that there may be different values between earthlings and aliens. But for Westerners and Easterners? Other then different living habits, how much different could the values be?

”

- Han Han’s (韩寒) blogpost 散文一篇 has been on sina.com for over a month now. 1359318 readers, 26132 comments so far. English translation at:
China News: Han Han (韩寒) Comes in at Number Two in Time 100 Poll: “Let the Sunshine In” (Updated with Readers’ Comments) | China Digital Times (CDT)

A bit old, but it was so beautiful, that I can’t leave it...

Sat, 08 May 2010 13:33:00 +0800

A bit old, but it was so beautiful, that I can’t leave it out. (via Most creative protest ever: 50 cent bills rained on Yunnan’s super censor Wu Hao - Shanghaiist)

"When we examine the iPhone users’ arguments defending the iPhone, it reminds us of the famous..."

Sat, 08 May 2010 13:26:00 +0800

“When we examine the iPhone users’ arguments defending the iPhone, it reminds us of the famous Stockholm Syndrome”

- For Sarah.
How will psychologists describe the iPhone syndrome in the future?

madeinrevolution: DAY DREAMERS by Eric LELEU Lovely.

Sat, 08 May 2010 13:14:13 +0800

madeinrevolution:

DAY DREAMERS by Eric LELEU

Lovely.

A survey about GFW circumvention by the great Kenengba Blog, not...

Sat, 08 May 2010 12:56:00 +0800

A survey about GFW circumvention by the great Kenengba Blog, not scientific but pretty interesting. And from what I’ve seen, the results feel right. Global voices online have a short translation.

"If you asked me which big Chinese city is a cultural desert, then I’d say Shanghai. One hundred..."

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 03:02:53 +0800

“If you asked me which big Chinese city is a cultural desert, then I’d say Shanghai. One hundred percent, it’s Shanghai.”

- Novelist Han Han:A City Built on a Heap of Money Won’t Shine [Commonwealth Magazine, Taiwan] « Wandering China

Another long Han Han article and interview. “While Han Han is not optimistic about the future development of Shanghai or China at large, his emergence as a celebrity writer also shows that there is an opportunity for change in China.”

Drought Along the Mekong River - The New York Times > World > Slide Show > Slide 1 of 9

Fri, 02 Apr 2010 16:50:40 +0800

via nytimes.com

Some actual pictures, most from Kunming (and an article worth reading)

Instructions issued by The Ministry of Truth

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 21:46:06 +0800

The Ministry of Truth Limits Reporting on Google in China 03/23/10 (Updated)

Google has left

Tue, 23 Mar 2010 10:14:07 +0800

No more Google China. They stopped censoring and redirect to Google Hong Kong, not only google.cn, also google.com. See the new post on the Google Blog: A new approach to China: an update How long will it take until they get blocked?