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52 Years of Solitude: Colombian Conflict explained

jb Posted on25/10/202030/10/2022 1 Comment

A humble attempt to explain the complex nature of the bloody Colombian Civil War.

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Humanity vs Reality

jb Posted on27/09/202019/09/2021 Leave a Comment

Travelling in developing countries often confronts the First World person with the real-life consequences of inequality.

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Budget Travel: What is it exactly?

jb Posted on30/08/202030/12/2022 Leave a Comment

The following piece is merely an indication of different takes various travellers can have about their own concept of budget.

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Lockdown 101

jb Posted on26/07/202019/09/2021 Leave a Comment

This is just a light and modest SciFi Noir writting attempt, a result of a very long hardcore Corona lockdown, when I couldn't leave the appartment, knowing that the Atlantic is only 150m away...

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Coronavirus and the media industry: Part two (Alternative and Social Media)

jb Posted on28/06/202023/10/2021 Leave a Comment

Basic analysis of the impact Coronavirus has on the further decline of the media industry. Part two: Alternative media, social media and psycho hygiene.

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Coronavirus and the decline of the media industry: Part One

jb Posted on31/05/202024/01/2023 Leave a Comment

In your own opinion, do you believe that media care about your well-being or do you feel like a tool used to gain more profit?

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Les Touchers

jb Posted on01/04/202019/09/2021 Leave a Comment

Pre-social distancing piece! When you sit down in a bus, plane or on a train and then you suddenly get a very relaxed neighbor that doesn't have a clue about personal space.

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Urban Tetris

jb Posted on23/02/202007/01/2023 Leave a Comment

I believe that urban planners and developers in various cities must have had some sort of obsession with Tetris when they were younger.

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SCAM PhD

jb Posted on26/01/202024/01/2022 4 Comments

Some scammers here are so good and cleverly inventive that sometimes I even feel good paying the extra monies because they deserve it but...

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How far away is the horizon?

jb Posted on12/01/202025/01/2022 Leave a Comment

How far do you think you are able to see when you're staring at the ocean?

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