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Barcelona is leading the fightback against smart city surveillance

Reversing the smart city paradigm. Barcelona is moving from the surveillance capitalism model, where data is opaque and owned by subcontractors and third parties, to a model where citizens own their data.

Linked on 28th May 2018 Details

Collateral Damage: Dance music and orchestras don’t mix

“if the establishment is really interested in taking club music seriously, it might consider throwing some money at the culture rather than airlifting it to the safety of publicly funded arts organisations”

Linked on 13th May 2018 Details

Facebook accused of introducing extremists to one another through ’suggested friends’ feature

Not The Onion.

Linked on 7th May 2018 Details

The war against cars will ultimately be won — and that’s good for everyone

Nice rundown on the multiple advantages of discouraging city car use.

Linked on 6th May 2018 Details

Please Stop Using Adblock (But Not Why You Think)

Use an ad blocker, just not this one.

Linked on 5th May 2018 Details

The Diderot Effect: Why We Want Things We Don’t Need

The spiral of possession as self-expression.

Linked on 23rd April 2018 Details