From gut feeling to policy: the lifecycle of hate
From gut feeling to policy: the lifecycle of hate The leader of the not so free world is sad (via) In the beginning there was hate The right …
Sentimentality and the building blocks of bigotry
Sentimentality and the building blocks of bigotry Marine Le Pen is sad (via) Last week Dutch TV regaled us with a humanising segment about Geert Wilders’ cats. …
Our collective unconscious of violence: on networks and discipline
Our collective unconscious of violence: on networks and discipline This is the text of the talk I gave at the “Public Lives/Private Platform: The Politics …
Alt-Feminism and the white nationalist women who love it
Alt-Feminism and the white nationalist women who love it A gathering and conference of European and American white nationalists took place in Sweden at the end …
Big Data and the ethics of community surveillance
Big Data and the ethics of community surveillance In the previous essay of this ongoing series about Big Data, I discussed how the emotional states …
Facts to counteract the normalization of neo-nazis
Facts to counteract the normalization of neo-nazis Photo via Vice This past weekend, Richard Spencer was punched while giving an interview to an Australian outlet. Now …
When the personal is necropolitical: on Inauguration Day and alliances of hate
When the personal is necropolitical: on Inauguration Day and alliances of hate Today marks what I believe will be remembered as a new era. We tend …
The new Alt-Feminism, when white supremacy met women’s empowerment
The new Alt-Feminism, when white supremacy met women’s empowerment Much has been written about what is popularly known as “white feminism”. Catherine Young wrote the …
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Surveys, vigilance and the myth of neutral data
Surveys, vigilance and the myth of neutral data In mid December I started a series of explorations on Big Data. I hoped to touch on often …
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Private Internet and Public Streets
Private Internet and Public Streets The peak in search for doxxing on the same week that Adrian Chen published his report Last week I published a very …