• The Telescope that Disproved Liberalism, Part II
  True story.
  (tags: ireland historyofscience )
• A New ‘Wrinkle in Time’
  Cut passage more nuanced in critiquing Communism and U.S. Security.
  (tags: sf )
• FIFA officials arrested on US corruption charges
  Dramatic!
  (tags: football )
• Tumblr blog shames those who arrange 'manels'
  Plenty of choice...
  (tags: ( Read more... )

• German Power and the Ukraine Conflict
  @uli_speck looks at Merkel's key role & her changed approach.
  (tags: germany ukraine eu )
• I Made a Joke About Guns and a Man Threatened to Assault Me
  Everyday sexism online.
  (tags: internet sexandgenderandsexuality )
• Breakaway Turkish Cypriots set to join ranks of Cyprus FA
  Congrats to Deniz Birinci @deniz1inci ( Read more... )

• Football and the Brussels Brontë Story…
  Unexpected connections!
  (tags: belgium bronte football )
• jean-paul sartre on: the problem with other players
  Some of this might not be true.
  (tags: football france )
• WWII Films
  Did WW2 last longer than the films about it?
  (tags: films history )

I watched a football match last night for the first time since the (disappointing) World Cup final last summer. I'm generally not much of a sports fan, but this match had been hyped so much that I wanted to share the mass viewing experience and also hoped that it would be a genuine pleasure to watch. I have also, in the vaguest possible way, been ( Read more... )

An interesting coda to our recent discussion from, of all people, veteran socialist Eamonn McCann. See also subsequent discussion on Slugger O'Toole.

blonde222 asks: so did you watch the football the other night? were you metaphorically dancing in the streets of Belfast?
I've been pondering my own reaction to this a bit, balancing on the one hand the joy from the McDonald/Crowe household, with additional contributions from here and, south of the border, here, against someone else on my f-list who put in ( Read more... )