Why you should care about the Muslim headscarf ban
Hear, hear, @aryngbeck!
(tags: humanrights eu race )

Unspeakable Realities Block Universal Health Coverage In America
Race and class and history.
(tags: uspolitics ushealth )

What the war on terror looks like
What's really happening in Iraq.
(tags: iraq )

How to manage Brexit
More sense from @AndrewDuffEU.
(tags: brexit ukpolitics eu )

Brexit reinforces Britain's imperial amnesia
Great @ ( Read more... )

Swallows and Amazons: The Syria connection
Missed this at the time. Fascinating.
(tags: books syria )

United Nations Committee Affirms Abortion As A Human Right
Headline exaggerates, but important news.
(tags: humanrights abortion )

Peter Capaldi confirms he'll leave Doctor Who at end of series 10
No big surprise.
(tags: DoctorWho )

EU Law Analysis: Brexit and the Future of Human Rights Law in the UK
Not pretty.
(tags: brexit eu ukpolitics humanrights )

The EU’s Brexit negotiators prepare for disaster
The Economist reports.
(tags: ukpolitics eu brexit )

Learning Avar
It's not easy. (Difficult language, few materials.)
(tags: languages )

Most Mammals Take 21 Seconds to Pee
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What if Star Trek Had Never Existed?
Indeed.
(tags: Sf )

It’s time for the United States to act on Azerbaijan
Too right.
(tags: azerbaijan humanrights )

First Past the Post is now harming unionism
From @gerrylynch.
(tags: northernireland )

How Hillary Clinton can get that ‘presidential look’
Important advice.
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Worldcon 74 Interview: Dave McCarty Talks Hugo Award Process
Thanks for shoutout to me at 17:50!
(tags: sf hugos )

Four reasons why Brexit negotiations are harder than you (or the Cabinet) might think
Good analysis.
(tags: brexit eu ukpolitics )

Russia blocks re-appointment of Finn as OSCE Minorities High Commissioner
Outrageous!
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Candidates' Commitment to Human Rights Should Play Crucial Role in UN Secretary-General Election
Who's failed to deliver?
(tags: humanrights un )

Who Is to Blame for Brexit’s Appeal? British Newspapers
Mr. Johnson and his fellow Brexit proponents are now campaigning against the caricature of the European Union that he himself helped create. They ( Read more... )

If Azerbaijan is a democracy, why were we imprisoned for our views? "If."
(tags: azerbaijan humanrights ) How to Hack an Election A chilling read.
(tags: elections democracy )

[Mar. 24, 1961] The Second Sex In SF First of a series.
(tags: sf sexandgenderandsexuality ) Moon's axis wandered billions of years ago Wow.
(tags: astronomy ) Disaster for Theresa May as legal ruling brings student deportations to a halt "How did the Home Office get to the point where it started deporting innocent people on the basis of ( Read more... )

Referendum madnessDirect democracy's attractive flaws.
(tags: netherlands eu democracy voting )Carswell wrong on snooper rightsQuelle surprise.
(tags: ukpolitics eu humanrights internet )Headline on Malheur occupation is inaccurate, irresponsibleUrsula Le Guin writes to the Oregonian.
(tags: uspolitics )Five planets visible in the pre-dawn sky, 20 ( Read more... )