Bloody hell. I shit you not, this whole lockdown hair situation is becoming untenable. We need a solution here.
You Give People a Tool and Then You’re Shocked When They Use It?
Today, I spent about two hours on stream drawing some emotes and sub badges for my Twitch channel. The first emote is live right now. I call it “the foxpalm”. Because it’s a fox doing a facepalm.
If you want to see how I made it, the stream is archived on YouTube:
Next Up: The Witcher
Cyberpunk Completed
I’ve just released this week’s episode of The Private Citizen. I’m a day late because Mike and me recorded that episode late into the night yesterday. In fact, it was already Thursday when we were done. I did my best to get it out as fast as possible today, but I unexpectedly had a lot on my plate. But here it is, our discussion of Trump’s last days, Biden’s inauguration and what the future holds for the US and the rest of the world.
→ The Private Citizen 52: A President for All Americans
Donald Trump has left the White House and Joe Biden is now President. What does that mean for the future of the US and beyond? I look back at what happened with Trump and forward at the future with my guest Michael Mullan-Jensen.
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Incompetent Journalists Are the Biggest Source of Misinformation
A Sign of Things to Come
Yesterday, I published the first Private Citizen episode of the year on the newly redesigned website. Unsurprisingly, the episode deals with the insurrection at the US Capitol and the reactions of social media companies, who banned Trump and then just kept the bans going.
→ The Private Citizen 51: The Twitter Coup
After an angry mob stormed the US Capitol last week, Twitter and other social media companies embarked on an unprecedented power grab for control of the public’s opinion.
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“Südpark”
Rainy winter night in Düsseldorf’s Südpark
Nikon D7100, AF Nikkor 35mm f/2D (ISO 6400 • 1/320 s • f/2)
As promised last year, I’ve redesigned the website for The Private Citizen. The podcast has also gotten an album art refresh to go along with it. As you can see, I’ve now labelled it more clearly as a politics podcast, to reflect the changes in direction the show has experienced during its first year of operation. As before, the design is supposed to convey what the show is about in one glance and then get out of your way to quickly enable you to access the podcast and the substantial amount of show notes for each episode. Pleas let me know if there are any issues.
I will record and release the first episode of the year today. I was planning on streaming the recording starting at 18:00 CET, but looking at the current time, I might actually be a few hours late with that as I still have a lot of prep work to do. I will post in the Discord when I’m getting ready to go live. See you then, I hope!
Alea iacta est
Silicon Valley Declares War
“Hamburg Noir”
Digital painting, Procreate
When I went to my PO box between Christmas and New Year’s, I found a pleasant surprise waiting for me. I would like to thank Terile from my Discord community for gifting me a copy of How Spies Think: Ten Lessons in Intelligence by David Omand. A very thoughtful gift! I am sure it will come in handy for my work, especially on The Private Citizen.
On a side note: That is one clever book cover!
At this point in the night, I feel it’s time for a quick reminder from His Bobness that the history of the United States of America has been more turbulent than most people remember.
Ever since the British burned the White House down
There’s a bleeding wound in the heart of town
I saw you drinking from an empty cup
I saw you buried and I saw you dug up— Bob Dylan, Narrow Way
Face Masks in Magic The Gathering
This is completely spot on. LOL. Well done!