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08May/23

Good books a christian reads. six battles every man must win

May 8, 2023Human InterestArticles, Bill Perkins, C.S. Lewis, Christianity, Francis Schaeffer, Human behavior, J.R.R. Tolkien, John Eldredge, John Eldredge Wild, Prayer, Randy Alcorn, Religion, Spirituality, Stasi, Wild at Heartadmin

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08Sep/22

Digital nomads have rejected the office and now want to replace the nation state. But there is a darker side to this quest for global freedom

September 8, 2022Human InterestAgnes Nyamwange, Alex Garland, Andrew Keen, Anthropology, Augusta, Australia, Balaji Srinivasan, Bangkok, Barbados, Barbara Jovanovic, Ben, Blue, Brazil, Chiang Mai, China, Coinbase, Creative Commons, Cultural anthropology, Culture, Dave Cook, Digital nomad, dropshipping, eBay, El Salvador, Estonia, Eventbrite, Fabian Dittrich, Feli Hargarten, Geoarbitrage, Hamburg, Humans, Internet culture, John Perry Barlow, Karoli Hindricks, Ko Pha Ngan, Larry, Lauren Razavi, Lena Leonhardt, Levels, London, Lyft, Manila, Marcus Meurer, Montenegro, Natalie Sissons, New York, Nomad, PAYPAL, Pete, Philippines, Pieter Levels, Portugal, Russia, Shopify, SHUTTERSTOCK, SNAPCHAT, Stasi, Sydney, Ted, Thailand, Theresa May, Thom, Tim Ferriss, Tony Simonovsky, Tsugio Makimoto, Uber, United Kingdom, United States, Yassin, Zenaadmin

Dave Cook, UCL

A ‘network state’ is ideologically aligned but geographically decentralised. The people are spread around the world in clusters of varying size, but their hearts are in one place.

In June 2022 Balaji Srinivasan, former chief technology officer of the Coinbase cryptocurrency exchange, published an ebook entitled The Network State: How To Start a New Country. It is the latest in a flurry of utopian visions by self-styled digital visionaries, crypto believers and web 3.0 evangelists who are lining up to declare the death of the traditional concept of countries and nationhood.

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02Sep/22

Saudi snitching app turns citizens into social media police

September 2, 2022MobileAbsher, Adel al-Jubeir, BEIRUT, bint Saeed al-Qahtani, Countries, India, Khalid Ibrahim, Kollona Amn, Lina al-Hathloul, Nazih Osseiran, Nourah bint Saeed al-Qahtani, Reactions to the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi, Riyadh, Rothna Begum, Salma al-Shehab, Saudi Arabia, Software, South Africa, Stasi, Taha Alhajji, Twitter, Washington, Western Asia, Women's rights in Saudi Arabiaadmin

Saudi government apps seen encouraging citizen spies
Apps needed for greater efficiency, authorities say
Digital vigilantism on the rise worldwide

By Nazih Osseiran

BEIRUT, Sept 2 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A Saudi app that lets ordinary people “play the role of a police officer” may have alerted authorities to the tweets of a student whose sentencing to 34 years in jail has drawn international condemnation.
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26Aug/22

The inside story of the CIA v Russia – from cold war conspiracy to ‘black’ propaganda in Ukraine

August 26, 2022PoliticsAfghanistan, Art Hulnick, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Barry Goldwater, Bill Casey, Bob Gates, Bridget Rose Nolan, Caspar Weinberger, Central Intelligence Agency, Civil awards and decorations of the United States, Cold War, Cold War conflicts, Contras, Creative Commons, Dmitri Medvedev, Donald Trump, Edward Snowden, Egypt, Federal government of the United States, Geneva, George Shultz, Hillary Clinton, Iran, Iran–Contra affair, Iraq, Israel, Jennifer Lynn Gaudemans, Joe Biden, John Brennan, John Le Carré, John Negroponte, Kabul, Langley, Leonid Brezhnev, Libya, Michelle Obama, Mikhail Gorbachev, Mohammad Mossadegh, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Moscow, Nicaragua, Nicaragua–United States relations, Nicaraguan Revolution, Nick, Nikolai Patrushev, North Korea, Osama bin Laden, Overcompliance, Patrick Moynihan, Peter A Clement, Poland, Presidency of Ronald Reagan, Putin Burns, Reagan, Rhodri Jeffreys, Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones, Robert Gates, Ronald Reagan, Russia, Russo, Soviet Union, Soviet Union–United States relations, St Petersburg, Stasi, Syria, Tehran, the national security agency, Thomas Fingar, Ukraine, United States, Vietnam, Vladimir Putin, Washington, Washington Trust, William F Burns, William J Burns, Zawahriadmin

In the early 1990s, Senator Patrick Moynihan campaigned for the abolition of the CIA. The brilliant campaigner thought the US Department of State should take over its intelligence functions. For him, the age of secrecy was over.

In a New York Times opinion piece, Moynihan wrote:

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28Jul/22

Revealed: untold story of the CIA/Stasi double agent abandoned after 22 years of service

July 28, 2022PoliticsAfghanistan, Aldrich Ames, Ben de Jong, Berlin, Braat, Budapest, Bulgaria, China, Creative Commons, Denmark, Eleni Braat, Gerber, Germany, Handcuffs, Heinz Nötzelmann, Herr, Hohenschönhausen, Iain Masterton, Israel, John Gittinger, Leiden, Leipzig, M’s, Markus Wolf, Netherlands, Physical restraint, Russia, SHUTTERSTOCK, Stasi, United States, Utrecht University, Volvo, West Germany, Wolfgang Koch, Yugoslaviaadmin

Eleni Braat, Utrecht University and Ben de Jong, Leiden University

I was naked, tied to a hard chair with handcuffs. Three or four burly fellows in uniform are standing around me, one of them behind me with a truncheon… ‘Sie sind ein Verräter! [You are a traitor!],’ they snap.

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