By Jana Paegle Chechnya is one of Russia’s most impoverished and closed-off republics situated in the Northern Caucasus, ruled through so-called “pseudo-Islamistic” governance. It is a nation of dualisms, dependent on aid until this day and is run by an erratic, megalomaniac leader and ex-separatist war-hero’s son — the eclectic Ramzan Kadyrov. As Kadyrov’s father, Akhmat, a Chechen guerrilla separatist…
The turbulent compromises of internet privacy and the reluctant trajectory of cookie warfare By Jana Paegle It comes to nobody’s surprise that data has been deemed the most valuable resource in our extractivist economic system. Our mammal tendencies of oversharing and committing to the Internet’s colorful and dark corners alike…
Read MoreBy Jana Paegle Chechnya is one of Russia’s most impoverished and closed-off republics situated in the Northern Caucasus, ruled through so-called “pseudo-Islamistic” governance. It is a nation of dualisms, dependent on aid until this day and is run by an erratic, megalomaniac leader and ex-separatist war-hero’s son — the eclectic…
Read MoreBy Jana Paegle Does funky public-school tuna (MSC-branded!) caught in Thailand sound familiar? Recognize Hungarian raspberries? Ever seen Indian grapes on discount, Brazilian mangoes sold for a penny, or Danish pork ethical rants being the source of patriotic mobilization? Ever questioned the Sumatran palm oil in Swedish chocolate? It seems…
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