Cyberculture agenda: 36 People Who Run Wikipedia…”Governments’ Requests for Facebook User Data Up 24% …

  Meet the 36 People Who Run Wikipedia  Slashdot blastboy writes By pretty much any logic, Wikipedia shouldn’t work: A vast website, built on the labor of volunteers, with very few tangible rewards and a fairly weird hierarchy. From the article: “The stewards would prefer to go unnoticed. Only one has ever had any real fame—Wikipedia … Read more

Pro-AKP Yeni Şafak decides to defend Boko Haram by insisting on “understanding deep cultural/social/political factors…

Since Islamists cannot be terrorists, according to Yeni Şafakian logic, imperialist games are behind all this chaos in Nigeria… Against poor Muslim Northern Nigearia… rich Southern Nigeria… This little piece in Turkish…  Piotr Zalewski ?@p_zalewski  7h Yeni Safak in fine form: the West’s chaos lobby is using Boko Haram attacks as excuse to intervene in Nigeria http://yenisafak.com.tr/dunya-haber/yuz-kizartici-senaryo-09.05.2014-644165 ?… … Read more

Serhatcan Yurdam (@syurdam): “Sınırdışı etmeyi durdurun!” #LampedusaB

BERLİN- Protestocular, mülteci haklarının tanınması ve mevcut yasal durumlarının iyileştirilmesi için yürüyüş yaptı. Berlin’in Mitte ilçesinde dün saat 4 civarı yüze yakın eylemci mülteci haklarını savunmak için yürüyüş yaptı. Eylemciler yürüyüşte çeşitli döviz ve flamalar taşıdı. Bunlardan bazıları Antifaşist hareketin simgesi haline gelen “Antifa” yazılı flama ve üzerinde “legal şartlarda yaşamak istiyoruz”, “yasal olmayan kimse … Read more

Americana roundup:

Indians Push Back on Racist Taunts to Miss America 2014 New York’s Nina Davuluri, 24, has won the Miss America 2014 title. Photo from Miss New York Organization’s Facebook Page A Cost Analysis of the U.S. Air Force Overseas Posture Estimates the costs associated with U.S. and overseas Air Force installations and units to provide … Read more

The most glorious iftar by the #OccupyGezi citizens…#BoyunEğmeyeceğiz

“Anti-capitalist Muslims” who has been supporting the Occupy Gezi from the outset initiated this lovely iftar right on the İstiklal Street… Gezi Resistance provides the best of Turkey’s citizens continously… I am proud to be a supporter….     Gezi forums showcasing struggles of the oppressed in Turkey Turkey?s nationwide Gezi protests have evolved from frequent, … Read more

#OccupyTurkey the 10th day. Erdoğan is going to be back from his North Africa trip.. A massive roundup:

Revolutionary Muslims give support to Occupy Gezi   ?Blame us if needed,? says RedHack on Twitter detentions over protests The Turkish hacker network gave tips to protesters to avoid being charged over tweets. Turkish protesters have invented a new verb: ‘chapul Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Ergodan hasn’t exactly been conciliatory toward protesters over the … Read more

AJ Stream: Homegrown advancements drive Africa’s tech revolution

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