Alexander Kaan
@alexanderkaan.bsky.social
Creative Director from Amsterdam NL
The Lamp Club — an organization for people with Luddite tendencies — is part of a growing ecosystem of groups across the U.S. that encourage people to transform their relationship to technology. nyti.ms/4nxA0tw
De toekomst van media? Alles is televisie. Resultaat? Iedereen "Lonely, Mean, and Dumb" Goed artikel via de uitstekende nieuwsbrief van Ernst-jan Pfauth. www.derekthompson.org/p/why-everyt...
Everything Is Television
A theory of culture and attention
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Chris Murphy: "There's a lot of history that has taken place in the East Wing & it was just destroyed without any conversation in the public, without any consent of Congress. It's absolutely illegal. That visual is powerful b/c you're watching destruction of the rule of law as those walls come down"
In Western democracies, intelligence services increasingly buy data and analyses from private firms. These companies provide OSINT reports, satellite imagery, and cybersecurity expertise, allowing governments to boost capabilities without permanently expanding bureaucracies. 1/11
Indringende productie van @humanrightswatch.bsky.social over Cherson, waar inwoners door Russische drones systematisch worden achtervolgd, verwond en vermoord.
Listen, Run, Hide
Since the summer of 2024, Russian forces have increasingly armed quadcopter drones and used them to chase, injure, and kill residents living in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson.
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Timmermans bij CNN over een nieuwe veiligheidsstructuur in Europa nu het volgens hem niet zeker meer is dat de VS te hulp schieten bij een Russische aanval: 'We moeten het zelf oplossen. We hebben de militaire mankracht en middelen. Maar hebben we de politieke wil?' edition.cnn.com/2025/03/02/w...
On GPS: Can Europe stand on its own without the US? | CNN
Fareed discusses the future of the transatlantic alliance with Anne Applebaum, staff writer at The Atlantic, and Frans Timmermans, who served as executive vice-president of the European Commission.
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I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F. 18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it. We made this website to tell our story: 18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
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Rustig legt @timothysnyder.bsky.social uit langs welke 5 lijnen de schoffering van Zelenskyy gisteren voor VS een schot in eigen voet is. 24 uur na historische gebeurtenis worden we getrakteerd op openbaar hoorcollege hierover van gerespecteerde hoogleraar Geschiedenis. We leven in bizarre tijden.
Five Failures in the Oval Office (video)
America hurt itself badly today.
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