Tag: politics

Regards, your automated decision

As automated decision-making systems become central for distributing rights and services, institutions increasingly recognize their role in public life. Ideas on how to approach this.
Angela van Rooden
Topic Developer

Let’s build the Life Sciences Hub of Europe

Lift Basel, taking place from 29-30 October 2015, the not-to-be-missed conference connecting Life Sciences and Technology, had one clear message: It is time to innovate and think …
Nadia Fischer

The president of the greens (city zurich) is blogging

and does this on our very own Freeflux.net . It's all here: http://kunz.freeflux.net/blog/ As next year is big election year in Switzerland, he certainly won't be the last one starting …
Christian Stocker
Software Developer, Co-Founder

Apocalypse soon

Robert McNamara in “Apocalypse Now” (in English , in German). At the risk of appearing simplistic and provocative, I would characterize current U.S. nuclear weapons policy as immoral, …
Christian Stocker
Software Developer, Co-Founder

Swiss voted Yes to Gay “Marriage” (and Europe ;) )

It's not totally official yet, but looks like both polls were accepted by the Swiss people. We have now something-like-marriage (it's not totally the same, but “good enough”. No …
Christian Stocker
Software Developer, Co-Founder

Swiss People. Vote!

Another voting weekend for Switzerland in approx. 2 weeks for its citizens. This time about joining the Schengen/Dublin treaty and allowing a registered partnership between gay couples …
Christian Stocker
Software Developer, Co-Founder

Become a swiss pioneer polit blogger

The “NZZ am Sonntag” ran an article about Blogs today yesterday (the usual kind, nothing really interesting, but also nothing really really bad). But the author is lamenting about the …
Christian Stocker
Software Developer, Co-Founder

Posters against WEF

After the success of “posters against war“, the successor: “Plakate gegen das WEF“. Really good stuff and hosted by our partner netzwirt
Christian Stocker
Software Developer, Co-Founder

Google Bombing – Swiss Edition

Jämmerlicher Waschlappen ;) Via Adi on IRC
Christian Stocker
Software Developer, Co-Founder

It ain’t pretty.

Via “Back to Iraq 3.0” from TIME: Important parts of the country, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Richard Myers said, are controlled by rebels. Principal cities and major …
Christian Stocker
Software Developer, Co-Founder