US misfires in online fight against Islamic State
How not to do psyops.
(tags: waronterror )

The Landlord Octopus, Still Stalking London
Who owns London?
(tags: london )

The psychology of why Americans are more scared of terrorism than guns, though guns are 3,210 times likelier to kill them - Quartz
Availability bias.
(tags: psychology waronterror ( Read more... )

TrainWorld, the new-ish train museum at the old Schaerbeek railway station in the north of Brussels, has been advertising a temporary Tintin exhibition, and F and I decided to go on the last afternoon of the year, yesterday ( Read more... )

Inequality Is Killing The American Dream
Would be interested to see this methodology applied elsewhere.
(tags: uspolitics economics )

How to Force Cortana to Use Chrome & Google in Windows 10
Avoiding the tyranny of Edge and Bing.
(tags: Internet computers microsoft )

Theresa May’s bunker: only the meekest courtiers are allowed in
Court politics ( Read more... )

What Happened to Eastern Airlines Flight 980?
Brilliant account of a quest for the truth.
(tags: travel history death )

Unapproved Routes: The Irish Border, 1922-1972 - Dancing at the crossroads of history
Sounds interesting!
(tags: northernireland ireland )

Hamilton’s America: Full Film
Brilliant brilliant documentary. Watch it!
(tags: hamilton )
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An ode to the night train
How the EU has unintentionally killed romance.
(tags: travel rail eu )

The Real Power of Putin by Benjamin Nathans
Fascinating on the leader and his country.
(tags: russia )

The Eruditorum Press Doctor Who Poll
Vote! Vote! Vote!
(tags: doctorwho )

Four Europeans lead in race for UN Secretary-General
The plot thickens.
(tags: un )

I’m With The Banned
Passionate, readable account of @PennyRed at the RNC.
(tags: Uspolitics )

Our nine-point guide to spotting a dodgy statistic
Numbers often lie; or the people using them, anyway.
(tags: mathematics statistics politics )

The Stockholm-Helsinki ( Read more... )

Should You Tinder While You Travel? Dating apps in London, Berlin, Sweden and Brooklyn.
(tags: travel internet sexandgenderandsexuality ) All Those New Dinosaurs May Not Be New - Or Dinosaurs Insider nomenclature baseball of paleontology.
(tags: fossils ) Crossing the border My Cypriot friend @esraaygin explores the Franco-German frontier.
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Why do planes still have ashtrays? Yes, I wondered about this too.
(tags: travel ) Record fine for company behind ‘staggering’ 46 million nuisance calls Hooray!
(tags: crime wankers ) Cameron's EU deal: the view from Brussels My friend Chris reflects.
(tags: eu ukpolitics )

A Map of Every City Yep.
(tags: maps ) Man saves money on train fare by flying from Sheffield to Stansted via Berlin @telegraph clickbait but interesting.
(tags: travel ) Look Homeward, Democracy Promoter Tom Carothers casts a cold eye.
(tags: uspolitics elections democratization ) Denmark has voted to confiscate valuables; here are all the other ( Read more... )

• Meet Spencer, the airport robot that will make sure you don't miss your flight
  Aww.
  (tags: travel netherlands )
• Where the polls went wrong
  The election explained.
  (tags: ukpolitics )
• Explaining POLITICO Europe's overreaction to @jonworth's blog post: an explorative approach
  @ronpatz explains.
  (tags: eu blogging news psychology )