Monatsarchive: Juni 2018

BBC: A consortium of technology companies and governments says it is “far exceeding” its targets for blocking terrorist propaganda online. At a meeting on Friday, hosted by Google, the group will say that 88,000 “hashes” of terrorism-related content have been … Weiterlesen →

Bill McKibben in The Guardian: But [Trump]’s definitely costing us one precious thing, and that’s time. It rolls past every day as we stand necessarily transfixed by his transgressions, and since it can’t be rolled back there are victims who – whatever … Weiterlesen →

Fifteen minutes outside Podgorica. The restaurant to the left is the Niagara. The river apparently dries up in August, so I was happy to be able to see it in June.

The monument is a crypt with very little text other than the names of the dead. I found it powerful.

This statue is quite visible at a traffic roundabout downtown. I feel I am walking the streets of Byzantium.

One of the doors was open when I walked into the courtyard, but closed while I was reading the history of the mosque, and I didn’t open it. I really did want to see inside, but I felt very much … Weiterlesen →

Renovation of the square is courtesy of the Turkish government I walked into the Natural History Museum to find offices on the first floor, and no reception, so I headed upstairs past impressively peeling paint, to find more offices. Back … Weiterlesen →

This museum had permanent exhibitions of art, national costumes, jewelry, firearms, and a current exhibition of photography. I found this woman’s work really interesting. She had a number of portraits of Montenegrans which really held my eye. The medieval bridge … Weiterlesen →

The orthodox cathedral, which my hotel’s receptionist described as „the temple“ is beautiful, majestic, and right where it should be, in the midst of average income residences. I was lucky enough to visit while a mass was in session, and … Weiterlesen →

Lots of switchbacks up and over the mountain from the ocean

Spent a long time talking with a New Zealand war photographer here. He’d spent years covering the Balkan wars. We talked about Kosovo, Chomsky, Christiane Amanpour, Donald Trump, the American public. He is without hope, but I have to say … Weiterlesen →

Guardian: “In the past, Germany was fortunate to have had great US ambassadors who built bridges and did not do party politics,” said Metin Hakverdi‪, a Social Democrat delegate and member of the German-US parliamentary friendship group. “As a member … Weiterlesen →