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Links I found interesting for 31-01-2014
- Devoted to voting
Excellent profile of my former intern, Jenny de Nijs. (Though her time with ID has been edited out!)
(tags: eu li ) - Which is your favourite Hugo-wining novel?
Important poll!
(tags: sf ) - Dr. Seuss Went to War
The war cartoons of Theodore Geisel.
(tags: war comics )
- Devoted to voting
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Links I found interesting for 23-01-2014
- What Grantland Got Wrong
A closer examination of Grantland's mistakes on trans issues.
(tags: sexandgenderandsexuality ) - The Dr. V Story: A Letter From the Editor
Grantland apologises for its appalling treatment of a trans inventor, who then committed suicide.
(tags: sexandgenderandsexuality ) - The Frenzy
Why the hysteria over a non-existent swarm of ( Read more... )
- What Grantland Got Wrong
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Links I found interesting for 13-01-2014
- Hugo Award Eligible Art(ists)
Possible nominees gathered.
(tags: loncon3 sf art ) - EU freedom of movement. This stuff matters.
@jonworth lays it out.
(tags: eu migration ukpolitics li ) - My attendance record (by a UKIP MEP)
His own words: "flaky to say the least. But so what? "
(tags: ukpolitics eu ) - Coalition partners reject Tory MPs' call for veto ( Read more... )
- Hugo Award Eligible Art(ists)
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Links I found interesting for 10-01-2014
- Britain cannot afford to be the friendless pariah of Europe
Excellent piece from @telegraph: Britain "hiding under a duvet of doubt and debt".
(tags: ukpolitics eu li ) - Meat Atlas - Facts and figures about the animals we eat
*gulp* @boell_stiftung
(tags: food ) - Steamship Routes of the World, 1914
Cool.
(tags: maps ) - The World's Most Dangerous Trail ( Read more... )
- Britain cannot afford to be the friendless pariah of Europe
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Links I found interesting for 03-01-2014
- "Ugly and stupid"
@TimFarron hits out at Tories on immigration pandering.
(tags: ukpolitics migration libdems ) - Immigrants are not the problem
Unemployment and benefit cuts *are* the problem.
(tags: ukpolitics migration ) - The Geopolitics of the Gregorian Calendar
Unusually good article from @Stratfor about the length of the year.
(tags: timekeeping ) ( Read more... )
- "Ugly and stupid"
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Links I found interesting for 25-12-2013
- Britain's Bulgaria-Romania phobia
@dimobe dissects the UK rhetoric.
(tags: eu ukpolitics romania bulgaria li ) - Reading digital sources: a case study in ship's logs
Brilliant analysis of 19th-century sailing!
(tags: maps history )
- Britain's Bulgaria-Romania phobia
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Links I found interesting for 24-12-2013
- Jason O Mahony's Irish Political Predictions for 2014.
(tags: ireland li ) - FREE, complete Big Finish Audios by big-finish on SoundCloud
Sample of 8 great Doctor Who plays from @bigfinish.
(tags: doctorwho audio ) - Zeno of Elea: the game
(tags: mathematics funny ) - Turing: what happened and what should have been done.
by @JackofKent.
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- Jason O Mahony's Irish Political Predictions for 2014.
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Links I found interesting for 19-12-2013
- Azerbaijan: Prominent Election Monitor Arrested
(tags: azerbaijan li ) - Why I want Bitcoin to die in a fire
by @cstross.
(tags: economics ) - Surviving the job hunt-It’s a jungle out there!
@sluggerotoole brainstorms getting in the door.
(tags: careersadvice ) - Defenceless?
Remember the Eurosceptics predicting the army of an EU superstate? Yeah.
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- Azerbaijan: Prominent Election Monitor Arrested
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Links I found interesting for 17-12-2013
- Sculpture on the moon: Paul van Hoeydonck’s Fallen Astronaut.
An extraordinary story. (With a certain Belgian theme.)
(tags: space art li ) - 635 - Sex and Drugs and Border Changes
How and why the Netherlands/Belgium border is being changed.
(tags: maps belgium netherlands ) - “Opposition” - another example of Simplistic Progressives?
@ianjamesparsley ( Read more... )
- Sculpture on the moon: Paul van Hoeydonck’s Fallen Astronaut.
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Links I found interesting for 16-12-2013
- 38 Test Answers That Are 100% Wrong But Totally Genius At The Same Time
It's time for some old chestnuts...
(tags: funny ) - Wow, That Took Off Quickly
The power of social media - lost bears, sacked chefs - by @EyeEdinburgh.
(tags: twitter li )
- 38 Test Answers That Are 100% Wrong But Totally Genius At The Same Time
