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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How badly is Jeremy Corbyn doing?
"Labour’s current position is poor, but not exceptionally so."
(tags: ukpolitics )

How many presidents has America had?
The Cleveland confusion.
(tags: uspolitics history )

The Terrifying JFK Airport Shooting That Wasn’t
Extraordinary.
(tags: waronterror psychology )

Watership Down and the power of not-quite- ( Read more... )

• A celebration of old-school Livejournal
  How it was in the old days.
  (tags: livejournal blogging )
• Valar Morghulis: An illustrated guide to all 456 deaths in “Game of Thrones”
  The Washington Post decided that we needed to know this.
  (tags: sf )
• When Employee Engagement Turns Into Employee Burnout
  Turns out that working people till they drop isn't ( Read more... )

• "To My Fellow Filthy Rich Americans: The Pitchforks Are Coming"
  A man who almost gets it.
  (tags: economics uspolitics )
• This Summer's Most Unread Book
  Piketty. Sort of.
  (tags: reading )
• Caitlin Moran: my sex quest years
  Hilarious!
  (tags: sexandgenderandsexuality reading )

• SFWA’s Orwellian and Hellish Philosophy
  The SFWA President speaks.
  (tags: sf )
• Ombudsman's report on Jean McConville abduction and murder
  How the police failed to do anything for 20 years.
  (tags: northernireland )
• Top Gear, Teletubbies and Doctor Who to be shown in North Korea
  Yup.
  (tags: northkorea doctorwho )
• My benefits were cut by 40% when I got ( Read more... )

• Reenergizing Democracy Promotion
  Thomas Carothers reflects on the post-election situation. "Finding ways to encourage autocratic allies to respond more productively to impulses for positive political change in their own societies is not easy given the varied interests at stake, but it is not impossible."
  (tags: democratization uspolitics )
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