Does unbiased journalism exist? It is possible to present a story without imposing your personal opinions? As I asked the question in the first paragraph instead of the headline, let’s forego Betteridge and appease the Facebook generation by jumping straight to the conclusion: no. I do not believe so, and I think it is a problem. […]
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So, here’s an interesting experiment. As I start writing this post, I have no idea what the conclusion is going to be. See, the thing is, I recently started a new job, and like any citizen of the Netherlands I bike there. The difference is it is roughly 40 km from my home, so on […]
I had accumulated a couple posters and decided to hang them up. In total, I added 10 posters and one calendar, for an improvement of 111%, more than doubling the number of Britney posters in my two rooms. My bedroom (the one on the left is not new): Bedroom from another angle (the Femme Fatale […]
In this piece, I’ll try and dig into the concept of people’s opinions and how modern media does not try and challenge that, making people think they are much more tolerant than they really are.
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Decided that having all my concert memorabilia lying in a big pile wasn’t a good solution. Before the great reorganization: After getting a pin-board (which, by the way is more difficult than getting a record player these days): […]
Global warming or not, coal and oil are not the best energy sources. Wouldn’t it be great to use something else like sun or wind? Then why don’t we?
Well, there are a couple reasons. Current sustainable energy sources in the form of solar and wind are quite bad. Furthermore, the current generation is not really renewable either, and we have other options with a bigger positive impact on the environment. […]
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