Monthly Archives: August 2012

Thingspace is a mysterious answer

Posted on 2012-08-24 by Gilbert

[Edit: My interpretation of the thingspace text was probably colored by the context in which I was thinking of it. I still have criticisms of it, but it’s not as useless as I was implying it to be. Read the … Continue reading →

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Divergent reporting

Posted on 2012-08-18 by Gilbert

Basically all English language media report that Pussy Riot gut sentenced to two years in “prison”. All German media report two years in a “Straflager” (penal camp). It’s outrageously excessive either way, but “Russian penal camp” makes me think of … Continue reading →

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Some political worrying on the side

Posted on 2012-08-01 by Gilbert

So when the Euro unravels and if it does so disorderedly, how much of the rest of European integration does it take down with it?

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