Ich habe also mit meiner Aktion das alteingesessene Bild instituitionalisierter Brauchtums-Macht performativ dekonstruiert. Würde ich aus heutiger Sicht vielleicht sagen. Damals am Christkindlmarkt sagte ich nur “Esmeralda!” und humpelte wie Igor durch die Fleischberge an Touristen.

• Not an April Fool
  An article by Charlie Stross on privacy in regard to social media, stalking apps and more.
• Auf LSD am Christkindlmarkt
  Now that we all had sufficient time to get over Christmas, I can finally post this article by a Vice reporter who took some LSD before going to a Christmas market (in German).
• Just how big are porn sites?
  Interesting, I always thought that from a system engineering/devops perspective it’d be very interesting to work for a porn site.
• A Simple Commitment
  A potentially interesting idea regarding sexism in tech-related fields.
• How Smart Is the Octopus?
  I often like articles on animal intelligence and this one is no exception.
• The Best Birth Control In The World Is For Men
  This sounds very interesting.
• What Cuba Can Teach Us About Food and Climate Change
  Forced by a lack of oil-based products, Cuba had to develop a form of agriculture that could prove useful to the rest of the world.
• China Buys Inroads in the Caribbean, Catching U.S. Notice
  While the US are preoccupied elsewhere, China is making its presence felt in the Carribean.
• ‘War on drugs’ has failed, say Latin American leaders
  Since Latin America suffers most from the war on drugs, it’s about time that politicians there start exploring alternatives.
• The Sahel falls apart
  Some background on the current situation in Mali.

It’s probably not unrealistic to say that porn makes up 30% of the total data transferred across the internet.