Sanne Roemen - Door mijn filters #29

Meander maar weer even met me mee door wat het internet me voorschotelde op die schaarse momenten dat ik in dit tropische weer mijn laptop ter hand nam.

Nog even over klimaatverandering...

Climate Change Debate: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) - YouTube

Climate Change Debate: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) - YouTube

John Oliver hosts a mathematically representative climate change debate, with the help of special guest Bill Nye the Science Guy, of course. Connect with Las...

Space, Climate Change, and the Real Meaning of Theory - The New Yorker

Space, Climate Change, and the Real Meaning of Theory - The New Yorker

Piers Sellers on the theories behind climate-change models and why scientists can be so certain about the causes of the Earth’s warming.

"But theories are abstract, after all, so it’s easy for people to get tricked into thinking that because something is based on theory, it could very likely be wrong or is debatable in the same way that a social issue is debatable. This is incorrect."

Over gamification...

Heb jij eigenlijk al ontdekt hoe gamification voor jou van waarde kan zijn?

Get ready for Pokémon Go in the classroom | UWE | Student | The Independent

Get ready for Pokémon Go in the classroom | UWE | Student | The Independent

There’s a chance that by now you’ve heard of Pokémon Go: downloaded 10 million times on the day of its release in Japan, cause of a bizarre stampede in Central Park and even provoking calls to the emergency services over ‘stolen’ Pokémon. In addition to this mayhem, is the game also the herald of a new age of augmented reality?

Why You Get More Done When You Gamify Your Life - Trello Blog

Why You Get More Done When You Gamify Your Life - Trello Blog

Gamify your life, get more done? According to these gamification systems, you can level up your productivity and get more done in record-breaking time.

Burkiniverbod haalde de feminist in mij naar boven

Uit de grond van mijn hart heb ik een hekel aan opgelegde kuisheid. Sluiers dus, in al hun gedaanten. Zouden wij vrouwen nou ineens verantwoordelijk zijn voor de driften van de man? En hoe hard een vrouw ook roept dat ze die sluier uit eigen wil draagt, bij mij gaat het er niet in. Maar een burkiniverbod gaat er bij mij dus ook niet in. Verhulde Islamofobie van franse koloniale macho's. Maar goed, daar wil ik het verder niet over hebben. Het verbod is verboden tenslotte.

En toen stuitte ik op dit pareltje van een geanimeerd interview met Nora Ephron.

On breasts, beauty and being a female journalist in the women’s movement | Aeon Videos

On breasts, beauty and being a female journalist in the women’s movement | Aeon Videos

‘It’s okay being a woman now. I like it. Try it some time.’ The US writer Nora Ephron, who died in 2012, is probably best known for her prolific career in Hollywood, which included writing and directing successful romantic comedies such as Sleepless in Seattle (1993) and You’ve Got Mail (1998), among many others. However, Ephron first broke through as a journalist, writing for the New York Post and covering women’s issues for Esquire. In this characteristically honest and witty interview from 1975, revitalised by PBS’s Blank on Blank series, Ephron discusses her relationship with the women’s movement, including why her writings on it could never be ‘objective’, and why beauty and breast size matter.

Zelfcensuur

Dit soort issues kietelt mijn zelfcensuur spier. Ik wil graag een open dialoog voeren, ook online. Maar de kans dat er een legertje trollen op af komt is bij sommige thema's en op sommige platformen erg groot.

How Trolls Are Ruining the Internet | TIME

How Trolls Are Ruining the Internet | TIME

They’re turning the web into a cesspool of aggression and violence. What watching them is doing to the rest of us may be even worse