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(tags: history ) The EU referendum, John Longworth and the British Chambers of Commerce If there's a line, stick to it!
(tags: ukpolitics eu ) A Moderate Conversation Re: Sad Puppies A valiant effort; will it be listened to?
(tags: sadpuppies sf ) February 2016's ( Read more... )

The Pope's digital guru His Holiness online.
(tags: religion ) Don't call this Government pro-European A Moldovan speaks out.
(tags: moldova ) Cameron on Muslim women: shoddy and shameful Good on @RobinLustig.
(tags: ukpolitics migration islam ) Toxic Workers Great paper by @MichaelHousman and Dylan Minor on the cost of hiring assholes.
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• Brilliant illustrations bring this 1976 Soviet edition of 'The Hobbit' to life
  Wow.
  (tags: sf )
• Jo Walton @BluejoWalton on slates
  Repudiation of slates in all their forms
  (tags: sf sadpuppies )
• Reconciling with Puppies
  Steve Davidson explains the difficulties.
  (tags: sf sadpuppies )
• 16 Maps for 2016
  Brilliant.
  (tags: maps )
• Belgium, Netherlands to ( Read more... )

• Log In - The New York Times
  America’s Empty Embassies Ex-Veep Walter Mondale writes.
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• Donald Trump was for the Clintons before he was against them - POLITICO
  Donald Trump was for the Clintons before he was against them Times change.
  (tags: uspolitics )
• Brilliant illustrations bring this 1976 Soviet edition of 'The Hobbit' to life
  Wow.
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• Dog DNA study reveals the incredible journey of man's best friend
  (tags: biology )
• The Weird, Sketchy History of Internet Cafes
  How we have changed.
  (tags: internet history )
• The Call of the Sad Whelkfins: The Continued Relevance of How To Suppress Women’s Writing
  @leeflower and @eilatan on the reception of Ancillary Justice
  (tags: sadpuppies sf )

• Paris attacks: Is bashing Belgium justified?
  Not entirely, says the BBC.
  (tags: belgium waronterror )
• One fifth of Stormont Assembly members are ‘unelected’ or appointed by parties
  I am quoted.
  (tags: northernireland elections )
• The true cost of becoming British
  A first-person account.
  (tags: ukpolitics migration )
• The future of Chinese science ( Read more... )

• Sci-Fi's Hugo Awards and the Battle for Pop Culture's Soul
  Wired updates its coverage.
  (tags: sf sadpuppies )
• All hail the commodification of Halloween
  How business created an American "tradition".
  (tags: history )
• How the Failure of Reconstruction Destroyed Progress in America
  History being made.
  (tags: uspolitics history )
• Ancillary Stapler
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• College student would be sole voter in sales tax decision
  When gerrymandering backfires.
  (tags: uspolitics elections )
• The Research Is Clear: Long Hours Backfire for People and for Companies
  So why do we do it?
  (tags: lifehacking )
• The World Happiness Report 2015
  Swiss top, Irish 18th, Belg 19th, UK 21st, Togo last.
  (tags: politics economics )
• One ( Read more... )

• Who Won Science Fiction's Hugo Awards, and Why It Matters | WIRED
  Tremendous.
  (tags: sf sadpuppies )
• No ‘Puppy’ Love at Science Fiction’s Hugo Awards - WSJ
  Shorter.
  (tags: sf sadpuppies )
• Asking the Wrong Questions: The 2015 Hugo Awards: Thoughts On the Results
  Abigail's take.
  (tags: sf sadpuppies )
• Black Gate » Dear Puppies: Your Taste Sucks
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• How The Hugo Awards Saboteurs Actually Disproved Their Own Best Argument
  Charlie Jane reflects.
  (tags: sf sadpuppies )
• Harassment: What do we do?
  No easy answers.
  (tags: sf sexandgenderandsexuality )
• I Don’t Read That Stuff
  On quality and science fiction.
  (tags: sf )