Current distractions..

My name is no typo

On account of there being this ice hockey player, apparently of some stature, who goes by the name of Patrick Kane, Google regards searches for my name, Patrick Kanne, as a possible typo.

still senator obama on experience and media

In an early-campaign interview with then still Senator Barack Obama, Jon Stewart is able to poke Obama on how he thinks he should deal with press allegations and the whole “experience” narrative, which was then ruling the conversation. We now know The Guy made good on the guy’s word.

rise of religion society’s global warming?

In a social landscape dominated by one or more religions and their interreligious conversations, or better: debate, it is refreshing to meet those that are not limited by dogmas rooted in antiquity, myth and delusion. Richard Dawkins is such a person, and then some. Dawkins thinks religion, and religious thought, is downright dangerous.

Twitterbird Tweets Twestival

In a brilliant move to attract attention to the Amsterdam Twestival, which takes place the 12th of February, the team sends out a bird into Amsterdam to harass unsuspecting bystanders.