Tag: internet

  • My russian blog

    I maintained a blog on the LiveJournal platform (“Живой Журнал” in Russian) from 2012 through 2025. I used to pay an annual fee for a “Pro” version—nothing more than a couple of hundred kronor. Making payments became difficult starting in 2022, following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent international sanctions. LiveJournal was well…

  • The kindness of the internet..

    The Internet started out as a fairly friendly and generous medium. As time has gone by, it has become increasingly hard and demanding. Not the Internet as such, of course, but its users, operators and exploiters. Of which I am one. It feels necessary to take a break every now and then. To try yourself,…

  • Will Youtube be blocked in Russia? A personal reflection

    With english subtitles. There are rumors that Youtube will soon be blocked in Russia, which doesn’t seem unlikely. Last year in the month of Mars Facebook and Instagram as well as Twitter was blocked. But Youtube has created some kind of problem for legislators in the State governed by the Putin regime. There are 90…