Jonathan and I continue to have fun with our weekly Escape from Tarkov show. You can watch new episodes every Monday on YouTube.
I’ve been very busy with event jobs recently and haven’t posted on the blog as much as I would like to. Because of this, I have not kept you up to date with episodes of The Private Citizen. So here’s a list of the shows I’ve released during the last four weeks:
→ The Private Citizen 114: War and Justice
In response to some input from listeners, I feel it is necessary to explain some things about how I cover the war in Ukraine and how I feel about wars in general. Let’s talk about wars, international law and justice.
→ The Private Citizen 115: A Second Winter War?
What does the Russian war in Ukraine have in common with the Russian invasion of Finland in 1939? What is different? And what can we learn from this about how the current war is going?
→ The Private Citizen 116: The Left’s Fear of Musk
I don’t like Elon Musk. But I think him buying Twitter isn’t a bad thing. The people who do, however, are either unintentionally wrong or they are actively fighting on the side of censorship and propaganda, like the US intelligence community.
→ The Private Citizen 117: Blockchain Basics
Blockchain technology is one of the biggest buzzwords in tech in recent times. But what are blockchains and what do you need them for, really? Spoiler: Not much, actually.
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My friend Jonathan and I have started a new video series where we play the Russian hardcore shooter Escape from Tarkov and talk about life’s simple pleasures and major disappointments. We used to do this on a podcast, but have decided that a YouTube series was better suited for this kind of thing as people wanted to see the gameplay as well.
The first episode is up now and it features us totally dominating Woods. Well, kinda. Mostly Jonathan. I do manage to kill one scav by magdumping my AK in his general direction, though. Have a look. It was a lot of fun to record:
New episodes every Monday.
For the longest time, I’ve meant to create a show where I look very in-depth at individual Star Trek episodes. I’ve tried several different approaches in the past that didn’t work or didn’t make it out of the planning stage and I’ve now decided on a dedicated YouTube show. For this, I have created a new YouTube channel called Star Dregs, which can be reached via stardregs.com.
The plan for this show is that I will look at all Star Trek episodes in series order (TOS, TNG, DS9, VOY and ENT, for starters). Well, or as far as I get before I die of old age. In the first episode, I look at the originally unaired pilot for Star Trek – The Original Series called “The Cage”:
“The investigative journalist is the propagandist’s natural enemy, as the former serves the public interest , while the latter tends to work against it.”
— Mark Crispin Miller, introduction to the 2005 Ig Publishing edition of Edward Bernays’ Propaganda
I’ve updated my map of the Ukraine conflict.
Finally managed to record another episode of the podcast. Enjoy!
→ The Private Citizen 113: Lex Draconis
In Germany, telling someone on the internet that you will hurt and injure them if they visit you at home is apparently a valid defence for actually hitting them now.
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I’m pretty behind on my podcast The Private Citizen. I’ve actually missed two releases now. This is mostly due to a trip to Hanover for work-related reasons in the last week of March and many work commitments I could not postpone coming down to deadlines in the previous week. On top of that, I have to admit, I also used the dropping of almost all of the SARS-CoV-2-related restrictions to finally spend some time with friends and at parties and such. I promise I will give my best to start catching up in the coming week. I do have some work commitments, but it should be more manageable. I already have a lot of interesting topics lined up for the show and can’t wait to record some episodes!
The current episode of my podcast The Private Citizen looks at Russia’s war goal in Ukraine.
→ The Private Citizen 112: What Does Putin Want?
What are Putin’s war goals in Ukraine? What is the Russian military trying to achieve? And how is it going?
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It’s pretty hard to find reliable information on the war in Ukraine that’s not based solely on the propaganda of one of the parties involved. It’s even harder to find a map of the current situation on the ground that’s clearly laid out. Because of this, I’ve done my best to produce such a map, based on the most reliable third party information I could cobble together.
NATO Expansion and Putin’s War in Ukraine
The Russian attack on Ukraine is a direct response to NATO’s post-Cold War strategy of undoing the Russian sphere of influence in Eastern Europe.
Last week’s episode of The Private Citizen deals with Facebook finally showing its true colours when it comes to fighting hate speech.
→ The Private Citizen 111: Peak Hypocrisy
Facebook just made a mockery of the fight against hate speech by admitting that it’s okay if you call for the murder of people the political mainstream doesn’t like. It’s only hate speech if you want to murder the wrong people. What the actual fuck.
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Some Thoughts on Elden Ring
What it feels like to play this game if you’ve never even touched a From Software game before.
Lots of people seem excited about me announcing to play Elden Ring, now that my PC can run it. I have never played a Souls-type game before, know nothing about the game and generally hate hard video games. So it should be an absolute disaster.
If you want to tune in, I’m planning to start playing at around 18:00 CET today on Twitch. See you in chat?
I recorded another Private Citizen episode on the whole Drachenlord situation. I think it’s an important topic that might have significant consequences for people’s civil rights. Especially because mainstream journalism continues to get the story wrong.
→ The Private Citizen 110: Drachenlord on Tour
German YouTuber Drachenlord has sold his infamous Drachenschanze and is travelling in a pickup truck around Germany. Meanwhile, well-meaning people, who have no idea what’s actually going on, think he’s being bullied.
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