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Privacy: For our analog parents, a diary or a personal letter could rarely be touched by authorities, not even by law enforcement searching for evidence of a crime. Objects such as these had protection over and above the constitutional privacy safeguards. For our digital children, however, the equivalent diaries and letters aren’t even considered worthy of basic constitutional privacy.

In most jurisdictions, there is a constitutional right to privacy. Law enforcement in such countries can’t just walk in and read somebody’s mail, wiretap their phonecalls, or track their IP addresses. They need a prior court order to do so, which in turn is based on a concrete suspicion of a serious crime: the general case is that you have a right to privacy, and violations of this rule are the exception, not the norm.

However, there’s usually a layer of protection over and above this: even if and when law enforcement gets permission from a judge to violate somebody’s privacy in the form of a search warrant of their home, there are certain things that may not be touched unless specific and additional permissions are granted by the same type of judge. This class of items includes the most private of the personal: private letters, diaries, and so on.

Of course, this is only true in the analog world of our parents. Even though the letter of the law is the same, this protection doesn’t apply at all to the digital world of our children, to their diaries and letters.

Because the modern diary is kept on a computer. If not on a desktop computer, then certainly on a mobile handheld one — what we’d call a “phone” for historical reasons, but what’s really a handheld computer.

And a computer is a work tool in the analog world of our parents. There are loads of precedent cases that establish any form of electronic device as a work tool, dating back well into the analog world, and law enforcement is falling back on all of them with vigor, even now that our digital devices are holding our diaries, personal letters, and other items far more private than an analog diary was ever capable of.

That’s right: whereas your parents’ diaries were extremely protected under the law of the land, your children’s diaries — no less private to them, than those of your parents were to your parents — are as protected from search and seizure as an ordinary steel wrench in a random workshop.

So the question is how we got from point A to point B here? Why are the Police, who know that they can’t touch an analog diary during a house search, instantly grabbing mobile phones which serve the same purpose for our children?

“Because they can”, is the short answer. “Also because nobody put their foot down” for advanced points on the civics course. It’s because some people saw short term political points in being “tough on crime” and completely erasing hard-won rights in the process.

Encrypt everything.

Pirate Parties: This past weekend, elections were held in Luxembourg and the Czech Republic. The Pirate Party of Luxembourg tripled their support and entered the Luxembourg Parliament with two MPs, and in the Czech Republic, the Pirate Party increased their support further – now receiving a full 17% in Prague.

With 6.45% of the votes of the final tally, the Luxembourg Pirate Party is entering its national Parliament, being the fifth Pirate Party to enter a national or supranational legislature (after Sweden, Germany, Iceland, and the Czech Republic). This may not seem like much, but it is a very big deal, for reasons I’ll elaborate on later. A big congratulations to Sven Clement and Marc Goergen, new Members of Parliament for Luxembourg!

Further, the Czech Republic has had municipal elections, and the Czech Pirate Party showed a full 17.1% support in Prague, the Czech capital, making the Pirates the second biggest party with a very narrow gap to the first place (at 17.9%). This may or may not translate to votes for the Czech national legislature, but is nevertheless the highest score recorded so far for a Pirate Party election day. I understand the Czech Pirates have as many as 275 (two hundred and seventy-five!) newly-elected members of city councils, up from 21 (twenty-one). Well done, well done indeed!

For people in a winner-takes-all system, like the UK or United States, this may sound like a mediocre result. In those countries, there are usually only two parties, and the loser with 49% of the vote gets nothing. However, most of Europe have so-called proportional systems, where 5% of the nationwide votes gives you 5% of the national legislation seats. In these systems, the parties elected to Parliament negotiate between themselves to find a ruling majority coalition of 51%+ of the seats, trying to negotiate common positions between parties that are reasonably close to each other in policy. This usually requires a few weeks of intense negotiations between the elections and the presentation of a successfully negotiated majority coalition.

Further, it could reasonable be asked what kind of difference the Czech Republic or Luxembourg could possibly make on their own in the global information repression. The answer is, a whole lot. The key here is realizing that one country is sufficient to break the global repression of information; the repression is completely dependent on every single country keeping watertight doors. If one single country decides to allow the free movement of culture and knowledge, then all such distribution will immediately be based there. The copyright industry lobby in other countries will protest, quite loudly, but there’s not really anything they can do about it.

And since the problem from a policymaking standpoint has been that the industry-age era politicians consider the Internet-related policy areas completely peripheral in the first place, conceding those policy areas will be seen as very cheap price to bind those votes to a majority coalition.

“One country is sufficient to break the global repression of information.”

A relevant comparison is how Canada has now legalized cannabis at the country level, following many state-level initiatives here and there in the world, and at once, the floodgates are open. Not just for the illegal distribution networks, but more importantly, for legalization everywhere else. As a German politician dryly said today, “what’s possible in Canada is also possible in Germany”, proposing that cannabis should be legalized outright in Germany. I would imagine the tone is similar in most places — or, importantly, many enough places.

The Luxembourg and Prague coalition talks have just started, with an outcome typically expected in a few weeks.

BMX Instagram Compilation 2016 - Sven Avemaria

Here's a short Instagram compilation of clips we posted at our instagram account kunstformbmxshop about our bro Sven Avemarie from the last couple months. We hope you'll like it!

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Sven Avemaria Is always in a good mood, humorous and on the skateboard, as well as on the BMX a real G!

BMX Since: 2004
BMX Disziplin: everything what makes fun - mostly BMX Street and BMX Park
Hometown: Uhldingen-Mühlhofen
Residence: Uhldingen-Mühlhofen and Stuttgart
Sponsors: kunstform BMX Shop
Homespots: Skatepark Überlingen
Favorite Spots: everywhere, with relaxed people
Favorite thing beside BMX: skate,photographie and relaxing
Instagram: svenavemaria
Vimeo: svenavemaria
Youtube: SVENave

On august 19th 2017 will happend the famous Brickyardtrails Season Ender Jam 2.0. in Brackenheim next to Heilbronn (Germany). It doesn't matter if you ride BMX or MTB, if you love trails then this will be the place for you. There will be a lot of contest like Whip Off, Ring the bell, Best Trick or Highest Air.

When: 19.08.2017 (from 2pm)

Wo: Brickyardtrails, Im Sommerrain 8, 74336 Brackenheim, Germany

Wettbewerbe: Whip Off, Ring the bell, Best Trick, Highest Air

Webpage: https://www.brickyardmafia.de/ oder Facebook Event

Sven Avemaria is, as you can see on his Instagram account, a real style machine and not only on the BMX, also on the skateboard. Sven has been a motivated and diligent team rider for a few years now, which is reason enough to check his current whip!

Yo Sven, where do you come from and how long have you been riding?

I come from Uhldingen-Mühlhofen, which is located on the beautiful Lake "Bodensee". But timewise you can find me also in Stuttgart :)I've been riding BMX for a while (in the year 2004 I got my first 20 "complete bike, which I was still much too difficult ...) Long Live the 12th ", 16" and 18 "BMX, which are available today - And a pity that there wasn't such a thing when I started riding!

What is your favorite BMX video?

BMX-videos are always great <3

What bike setup do you have and what can you tell about it?

Perfect for me are short chainstays, a high standover and a slightly longer top tube! The color scheme on my bike is nice, which I like very much at the moment! But I want Colored tires again, haha

Frame: Volume WarHorse 21”
Fork: Odyssey R25
Bars: Merritt Simms 9.5”
Stem: Merritt - Inaugural MK II
Headset: Merritt Hightop
Grips: Odyssey Broc Raiford
Barends: Odyssey plastic
Tires: Merritt Option 2.35”
Rims: Merritt Battle Rims
FW Hub: Merritt Non-Stop Front Hub
BW Hub: WTP Helix V2
Spokes: Merritt & Salt
Hubguards: Vorne: Merritt Tension Hub Guards & Hinten: WTP driveside & BSD nondriveside
Pegs: Volume WarHorse 4.5” plastic
Seatpost: Tripod (IDK)
Seat: Fiend Morrow Tripod
Crank: Demolition Rig 24mm
Bearings: 24mm MidBB
Pedals: Merritt P1 Pedals
Sprocket: Merritt Pentaguard Sprocket 25T
Chain: Shadow Supreme
Brake: wer später bremst, ist länger schnell

Anything else to talk about? Take your chance!

Shoutout to all who rides BMX and make BMX to what it is at the moment! And a huge thank you goes to all those who always stand by me, support me and have made me the man I am now! LOVE Y'ALL <3

Yo Sven, thank you for your answers! We are glad to have you on board and look forward to the coming time with you!

Are We There Yet? – wethepeople in Australien

Our bro Felix Prangenberg was visiting Australia with his Wethepeople team mates Jordan Godwin and Ed Zunda. Unfortunately, the weather was not quite on their side, despite all the guys had a good time in Down Under! Enjoy the video, your kunstform BMX Shop.

Video: Callum Earnshaw

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Robin Kachfi vs. Florian Faust - Game of Bike 2017

Bro Robin Kachfi has played with his homie Florian Faust a Game of Bike at the Skatepark in Mannheim, Ger. Check the whole video now! Enjoy the video, your kunstform BMX shop team!

Video: Robin Kachfi

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Sven Avemaria - One Dude Two Days x Freedombmx

Our allrounder Sven Avemaria was last summer with Freedombmx on the streets of stuttgart, to film a new episode of "One Dude Two Days", which u shouldn't miss! Enjoy the video, Your kunstform BMX Shop.

Video: Freedombmx



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Jonas Bader - Australien BMX Trip Video

Bro Jonas Bader was in 2015 with his homies in the beautiful Australia, where the boys enjoyed the "Aussie" BMX life with the locals there! Jonas captured all his moments and adventures with his camera, to make sure to don't miss any moment. Check the full video now!

Enjoy the video, your kunstform BMX Shop Team!

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Simple Session 18 - Tallinn, Estonia

The 18th edition of the annual Simple Session contest series, one of the world's most iconic action sports events will take on the heart of the notorious Nordic winter in 2018, taking place on February 3 –4, in Tallinn Estonia.

The world-renowned international contest will once again host 140 contestants from 30 countries and their newest show-stopping tricks at the cozy Saku Arena, the place that everyone has come to love through the series. As one of the most international action sports events out there, Simple Session 18 pits the globe’s best BMX riders and skateboarders against each other on it’s magnificent one-off contest course, so watch out for the ultimate show of progressive riding ever seen!

The contests will again be held in pro BMX street/park and Pro skateboarding street/park + additional shows/demos. The electrifying contest will be followed by non-stop after-parties and make up one unforgettable festival experience.

Our bros Felix Prangenberg and Miguel Smajli were in California for over a month, to hang out, ride BMX and filming for their video projects. Both filmed a lot of insta jibs, which you can check out in the latest Freedombmx video. Check also the Interview about their USA trip on Freedombmx.


Enjoy the Video, your kunstform BMX Shop Team!



Video: Freedombmx



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To escape the cold german winter our bro Miguel Smajli visited the sunny state of california. He spent a fun time riding in the sun and filmed some clips with Grant Casteluzzo during his stay. Check the full video now on our Youtube-Channel!



Enjoy the videos, your kunstform BMX Shop Team!



Video: Grant Casteluzzo



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Simple Session 19 - Tallinn, Estonia

The 19th edition of the annual Simple Session contest series, one of the world's most iconic action sports events will take on the heart of the notorious Nordic winter in 2019, in Tallinn Estonia.

The world-renowned international contest will once again host 140 contestants from 30 countries and their newest show-stopping tricks at the cozy Saku Arena, the place that everyone has come to love through the series. As one of the most international action sports events out there, Simple Session 19 pits the globe’s best BMX riders and skateboarders against each other on it’s magnificent one-off contest course, so watch out for the ultimate show of progressive riding ever seen!

The contests will again be held in pro BMX street/park and pro Skateboarding street/park + additional shows/demos. The electrifying contest will be followed by non-stop after-parties and make up one unforgettable festival experience.

Bro Sven Avemaria filmed together with the dudes from Nutsandboltsbmx his new BMX Street Edit in the beautiful City Zurich and the result is just awesome!

All the best, your kunstform BMX Shop Team!



Video: NutsandBoltsBMX



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Sven Avemaria got a brand new BMX bike from GT Bikes. Freedombmx has asked Sven about his new bike and his plans in the near future. Check the whole Bike Check now on Freedombmx!

Click here for the full interview.

Interview: Freedombmx

Fotos: Sven Avemaria

All the best, your kunstform BMX Shop Team!

Related links:

• all products of GT Bikes
• all Products of kunstform

On the 11th of May 2019 will be a BMX Street Jam at the Skatepark of Voru (Estonia) organised by local BMX riders. The BMX jam will starts officially at 12 o'clock. You'll find more infos about this BMX Event at the Facebook event page!

More information about the BMX event:
Facebook Page - Street BMX Mayhem 2k19 - Voru (Estonia)

What: Street BMX Mayhem 2k19 - Voru (Estonia)

BMX disciplines: BMX Street

When: 11th of May 2019

Where:Skatepark of Voru (Estonia)

All the best,
your kunstform BMX Shop Team!

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• all products of kunstform

Vans team rider and seven times BMX Flatland World Champion Matthias Dandois got his own signature colorway from the Old Skool Pro BMX and a matching longsleeve.

Related links:

• all products of Vans

Simple Session 20 - Tallinn, Estonia

The 20th edition of the annual Simple Session contest series, one of the world's most iconic action sports events will take on the heart of the notorious Nordic winter in 2020, in Tallinn Estonia.

The world-renowned international contest will once again host 140 contestants from 30 countries and their newest show-stopping tricks at the cozy Saku Arena, the place that everyone has come to love through the series. As one of the most international action sports events out there, Simple Session 20 pits the globe’s best BMX riders and skateboarders against each other on it’s magnificent one-off contest course, so watch out for the ultimate show of progressive riding ever seen!

The contests will again be held in pro BMX street/park and pro Skateboarding street/park + additional shows/demos. The electrifying contest will be followed by non-stop after-parties and make up one unforgettable festival experience.

Oh boy, our homie & GT Bikes team rider Sven Avemaria went two times to the BMX Street Mecca Barcelona within the last 6 month to enjoy the sun, spots & sangria. While being there, Sven was stacking a lot of clips with chilled BMX Street Lines which you can now enjoy nicely in your hammock!

Have fun with the video, your kunstform BMX Shop Team!

Video: kunstform

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• all products of GT Bikes
• all products of kunstform

Our Bros Tom Venzke & Elias Bauer from Berlin are now officially part of the kunstform BMX Shop Team 2020/21. Due to Corona there is currently no Welcome to the Team Edit. So that nobody has to go empty-handed here, you can now treat yourself with an Insta Mix by Elias & Tom. There is only one thing left to say: Welcome to the team!

Have fun with the video, your kunstform BMX Shop Team!

Video: freedombmx

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• freedombmx Youtube Channel

Elias Bauer is strong in the Peg-Game!

BMX Since: 2015
BMX Discipline: BMX Street, also Skateparks
Hometown: Berlin
Residence: Panketal
Sponsors: kunstform BMX Shop
Homespots: Skatepark Bernau
Favorite Spots: Skatepark Bernau
Favorite thing beside BMX: meeting friends, hanging out
Instagram: @e.liass_

We still have a solid stock of the popular Dickies Icon Logo collection, so we can now offer these to you at a super special price. So grab it while stocks last.

The popular Mongoose "Legion L16", "Legion L18" and other models of the Mongoose BMX-bikes are back in our stock and since we bought a larger amount of them, we can currently offer them to you with a very good price! "Hit while stocks last!" is definitely the motto....

LEGO has published a video on Facebook and Instagram featuring the Endurance, an Icons rendition of Sir Ernest Shackleton's famed ship that contains 3011 pieces.

The video does not provide information about price or availability, but suffice to say, we will probably learn more later today!

Update: Just minutes later, the press release has been published!

Watch the video below...

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