Do you know paraprosdokians?
I am glad to re-share a post I came across on a social network: Winston Churchill loved paraprosdokians, figures of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected. […]
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Nigel Farage Interviewed By George Galloway, Who Agreed With Him On Everything They Discussed
George Galloway interviewed Nigel Farage in what must be the most underwhelming clash of Left vs Right in recent political history.People who expected fireworks when they heard the fiery rhetorici Source: Nigel Farage Interviewed By […]
The Interpreter: Putin’s Media Are Pushing Britain For The Brexit
The Kremlin’s English-language outlets are at it again: Just months after lobbying for Jeremy Corbyn’s election as leader of the UK opposition, they are now backing the campaign to take the UK out of the […]
Internet Trolling as a hybrid warfare tool: the case of Latvia | StratCom
Source: Internet Trolling as a hybrid warfare tool: the case of Latvia | StratCom
We need a social media with heart that gives us time to think | Will Hutton
As even Tim Berners-Lee has recognised, the volume of data with which we’re being bombarded prevents us from engaging in genuine debate Source: We need a social media with heart that gives us time to […]
Comment des journalistes ont piégé des adeptes de théories du complot – rts.ch – Monde
Une équipe de journalistes raconte dans le documentaire “ConspiHunter” – chasseurs de conspirations – comment elle a piégé des adeptes de théories du complot en utilisant leurs propres codes. Source: Comment des journalistes ont piégé […]
FastCompany|The Woman Who Created Netflix’s Enviable Company Culture
Patty McCord created a remarkable corporate culture – pity that it chewed her up and spat her out, in the end. Probably the only management principles I can identify with – apart from the only […]
El País interview with Etienne Davignon
Etienne Davignon: “La UE está a punto de colapsar y casi ningún líder la defiende” Ante la grave crisis que atraviesa el proyecto europeo, la Alianza de Periódicos Líderes Europeos (LENA) entrevista a uno de […]
Jennifer Pahlka helps improve how government works
Public administrations – not only in the USA – invest real money on websites which are supposed to provide services to users. More often than not, the websites are half-baked, difficult to use and […]
Democracy collapsing in eastern Europe?
When we talk about people with different opinions in democratic societies, we refer to people who can perhaps argue and disagree, but can do it in an acceptable manner and within the limits of laws […]
Cologne assault: Cultural difference is no excuse for rape
It pains me to agree with The Telegraph, but this opinion piece is spot on. There is no excuse for criminal behaviour – and certainly not a cultural one. The Cologne events only confirm what […]
Vox: Denmark’s government wants to seize valuables from Syrian refugees
Denmark’s government wants to seize valuables from Syrian refugees Denmark has one of the harshest records on Syrian refugees of any European Union nation, and last week it got even worse. On Thursday, December 10, the […]