20 Feb Truth and Facts
Today i was told to Fuck Off for trying to explain that there is no such thing as Truth and Facts. I quote: I'm sure that years of training on how to debate words like, real or true or factual, can make you feel superior...
05 Feb On grievability for Haiti
…the shared condition of precariousness leads not to reciprocal recognition, but to a specific exploitation of targeted populations, of lives that are not quite lives, cast as “destructible” and “ungrievable.” Such populations are “lose-able” or can be forfeited, precisely because they are framed as being...
18 Jan Exam, phase 1
I have never worked so hard for only 9 pages. I cleaned my desk two days ago. Then i got back to work. What you can't see are the piles under the desk. And the ones in front of the bookcase...
17 Jan Duvalier
Duvalier has returned to Haiti, from exile in France last night. No one knows why or how. Or at least, they're not saying. This can't be good. Human rights groups are calling for prosecution. Humanitarian organizations are warning against civil war. Twitter is abuzz...
17 Jan The cult of academia
I have a friend who has been sucked into a cult. I fretted and worried about the balance between his own happiness and the ridiculousness of the group - well, that and the growingly-exorbitant fees they require for him to reach Wizard-hood. I started to...