Inside The Strange, Paranoid World Of Julian Assange
Fascinating and horrible.
(tags: wikileaks )

Christopher Marlowe credited as one of Shakespeare's co-writers
on all three parts of Henry VI. Makes sense to me.
(tags: shakespeare )

How Not to Do It: Liquid Nitrogen Tanks
Bang!
(tags: physics )

This Election is Positively Delightful Compared to ( Read more... )

• The Blue Coup in New York City
  Harsh. Fair?
  (tags: uspolitics )
• Good Morning leaflets from the era of telegrams
  Those were the days!
  (tags: ukpolitics )
• Worse than a Defeat
  Britain's most recent military campaigns.
  (tags: ukpolitics Afghanistan iraq )
• Gamergate and Harassment: Learning Lessons Over Time
  But it's all about ethics in journalism, really ( Read more... )

• Suzanne Vega’s lyrical New York
  In case you wondered where Tom's Diner was.
  (tags: music maps )
• "Don't Buy Shirts in Herat": the Lost World of the Hippie Trail
  Alas, I am about eight years too young for this.
  (tags: maps Afghanistan )
• Billionaire Wilbur Ross Declares 'The 1 Percent Is Being Picked On'
  Diddums.
  (tags: uspolitics )

• China Is Burning Almost As Much Coal As the Rest of the World Combined
  And no sign of slowing down.
  (tags: Climate change )
• War, Death and Hubris
  Afghanistan, Britain and Ireland in the 19th century.
  (tags: history War Ireland Afghanistan )
• First Evidence of Life in Antarctic Subglacial Lake
  Tekeli-li! Tekeli-li!
  (tags: Biology )
• A name that's ( Read more... )