Rogan Collins
@RoganCollins
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Gooner. Cornishman. Drummer. I also listen to metal, read philosophy, watch films & drink beer.
Truro, Cornwall
Joined December 2010
After 12 rejections, Apple finally accepts @joshbegley’s app that tracks drone strikes.
theintercept.com
Simply notifying people of drone strikes — and the lives they take — was previously deemed "excessively objectionable or crude."
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William E. Connolly on "Donald Trump and the New Fascism." Very timely.
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A new documentary explores the devastating effects of drone warfare on victims and whistleblowers
theintercept.com
“National Bird” provides a rare glimpse into the lives of those affected by America’s drone war.
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Death From Above: The Drone Bombs of the Caliphate via @bellingcat
bellingcat.com
(The Conflict Armaments Research (CAR) Group, an NGO working on the ground documenting weapons and ammunition, have confirmed that the plastic tail fins mentioned in this article are in fact moulded....
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A universal basic income should be funded not from taxation, but from returns on capital | @yanisvaroufakis
project-syndicate.org
Yanis Varoufakis devises a mechanism for financing a basic minimum income that does not rely on taxation.
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Interesting discussion of drone warfare, "from soldiering to assassination?", on @BBCRadio4's Thinking Allowed:
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TONIGHT: "Trump is a classic tragic Shakespearean character" - #BreakingBad's @BryanCranston tells us what he thinks of Donald Trump
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Empire shaped the world. There is an abyss at the heart of dishonest history textbooks | Moni Mohsin
theguardian.com
Nearly 90,000 Indian soldiers laid down their lives for Britain in the second world war, yet the scale of that sacrifice – and the troubled history of the imperial project – is barely recognised
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No, seriously. It's time to dust off Hannah Arendt on lying in politics https://t.co/oTAFx5JDYd
#debate
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Gibbet cages "are designed to hold the body together..." inhabiting a "really creepy zone between living and dead.” https://t.co/rFsKl9Ungp
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Killing innocent civilians is necessary for the greater good - sounds exactly like ISIL and every other terrorist organisation #TheSun
"A necessary evil." Former British Army commander says Coalition will need to kill [more] civilians to defeat ISIL
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Typecast as a terrorist | Riz Ahmed | The Long Read
theguardian.com
The Long Read: As my acting career developed, I was no longer cast as a radical Muslim – except at the airport
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Just a reminder, how perceptions are reality thank you @hahellyer for sharing and @HuffingtonPost
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Everybody should listen to "Handmade Cities" by Plini - Extraordinary musicianship! #NowPlaying
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