Twiter
Interesting and thoughtful spin on the Sophia nonsense https://t.co/N5Ylb7cGsKRead more... )

Two weeks again, so a lot of links again.

DreamWidth

purplecat | Photos from the Oxford Half Marathon

purplecat | Random Neolithic Stuff on a Friday
A photo of Windmill Hill. Mostly grass and sky.

purplecat | Fourth Doctor: Season 18 Outfit
Paper doll of the Fourth Doctor

purplecat | The Randomiser: Survival
I review Survival

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Still figuring this out... (and of course two weeks' worth of links because I was sleeping on a train this time last week)

DW/LJ

purplecat | The Randomiser: The Reign of Terror
I review the Reign of Terror.

purplecat | Random Neolithic Stones on a Friday
Avebury at Sunset

purplecat | Random Doctor Who PictureThe Cover for the Lost in Time DVD ( Read more... )

I Helped Create the Milo Trolling Playbook-Stop Playing Right Into It | ObserverA really interesting read. Over the past few weeks I've become increasingly concerned about the culture of outrage. I'm not against it per se, I went on the Women's March and I remain glad I marched. But the hysterical and knee-jerk reactions to anything certain groups ( Read more... )

deborah | Information literacy: No, Trump did not craft White House policy that "women dress like women"I said in my last link roundup that I was finding it very difficult to judge which of Trump's actions were genuinely exceptional and worrying and which were business as normal for a Republication President. This kind of thing is part of the ( Read more... )

Once again it would appear to be a while since I posted one of these!

Dorothea Lange’s Censored Photographs of FDR’s Japanese Concentration Camps - Anchor Editions

Some stunning photos, together with quotes from many of those involved.

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News: The Opening of Lascaux IV, Dordogne, France. - Darkness Below UK


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A long time since I posted one of these, some old links...

Do not turn Brexit into Britain's version of Bush v Gore

Interesting comparison noting that attempts to involve the courts in the decision about whether or not parliament must vote on the triggering of Article 50 inevitable force the courts to make a political decision.

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US election: what impact do celebrity endorsements really have?
I'd been wondering this and am a little surprised at the conclusion that celebrity endorsements are important, since I'd a feeling that they were the sort of thing that only seemed impressive and compelling to people who were already signed up to a cause.
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The new puritans: What Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn have in commonAn interesting discussion of the tension between the need for showmanship and probity. It turns out to have been written by a biographer of Boris Johnson which probably explains his more than usually sympathetic portrayal of Johnson, but in that regard it is interesting since not ( Read more... )

Why Britain should play the long game with its Brexit strategy
It is depressing to think that any chance we may have of remaining in the single market probably depends on the rise of far right parties across Europe.
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The civil service must keep calm and carry on with Brexit - but can it?Interesting, though I would say clearly biased, ( Read more... )