Tales from the Coffeeshop: High diplomacy at our ministry of foreign delusions
Particularly vicious Cyprus analysis this week.
(tags: cyprus )

Danger, Breakdown Ahead!
It can happen to any of us.
(tags: psychology work )

Breaking Down the Father on BBC Being Interrupted by His Children
This absolutely nails everything about it.
(tags: tv family )

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xkcd: Earth Temperature Timeline
*gulp*
(tags: climatechange )

The Custodian of Forgotten Books
About a guy who I knew through livejournal!
(tags: Books reading )

Zero chance EU citizens in UK will keep same rights post-Brexit, says expert
And vice versa.
(tags: brexit ukpolitics eu )

My grandfather Roald Dahl, the magician
On his centenary.
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• Labour moves to support Tories' lower benefit cap despite 'children on breadline' warnings
  The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.
  (tags: ukpolitics )
• Is the world more dangerous for kids than it was 30 years ago?
  Not in America. (Same ( Read more... )

• Ilgar Mammadov Placed in Penitentiary Medical Unit
  My former colleague, now recognised by Amnesty as prisoner of conscience.
  (tags: azerbaijan )
• Slut Shaming and Concern Trolling in Geek Culture
  Room for improvement.
  (tags: sexandgenderandsexuality )
• Spain files criminal charges over Catalonia independence vote
  Another self-defeating move from ( Read more... )

• As Scotland Mulls Independence, A Stupid London Plays It Dirty
  Forbes Magazine on London's overreach.
  (tags: scotland )
• A moving account of an adoptee identifying his birth mother...
  ...and finding that she had recently died.
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• Atos crisis: Fit-to-work checks shelved amid government contractor firm shambles
  So, it seems the system collapsed ( Read more... )