25 myths and facts about Ukraine and Ukrainians
In case you were wondering.
(tags: ukraine )

Trump campaign CEO once charged in domestic violence case
Jeepers.
(tags: Uspolitics )

You may think the world is falling apart. Steven Pinker is here to tell you it isn't.
For once, he has a point.
(tags: politics War )

Burkini ban suspended: French court ( Read more... )

WFC 2016: Programming Thoughts
Another major screw-up.
(tags: Sf sexandgenderandsexuality )

Policy or Project? France, Germany, and EU Defense
A reality check on the mythical EU army. #fb
(tags: eu germany france )

Putin's 'Human Rights Council' Accidentally Posts Real Crimean Election Results
Oops.
(tags: ukraine russia )

7 Things I Did To Reboot ( Read more... )

Hanna and Barbera: the last portraits Lovely!
(tags: photos ) The Dutch Referendum on the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement: Legal options for navigating a tricky and awkward situation Indeed.
(tags: Netherlands eu ukraine ) Who Can Forget the Inheritance Tax Riots of 1990? "I feel morally certain that these riots were incited by 'the most hated ( Read more... )

Grayling’s arguments exposed in Brussels Eurosceptic myths busted.
(tags: eu ukpolitics ) This Is What It's Like Being An Ambassador To An Anti-Gay Country When You're A Lesbian Judith Gough speaks.
(tags: sexandgenderandsexuality ukraine ) Comiccon Brussels review @Torettox84 had the same experience as me at @Comic_Con_BXL.
(tags: sf Belgium ) ( Read more... )

• Tales from the Coffeeshop
  A particularly good column this week.
  (tags: cyprus )
• The new Conservatism
  The Economist on Osborne: "often wrong and sometimes dangerous".
  (tags: ukpolitics )
• Four Ways Ukraine Isn't Greece
  Important differences.
  (tags: ukraine greece )
• The Death of Reddit
  Not my fight, but interesting on managing online communities.
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• 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... )

• Life of a Russian internet troll
  Kremlin-sponsored AstroTurf!
  (tags: russia internet )
• Russia’s top 120 lies about Ukraine
  Latest in a long list.
  (tags: russia ukraine )
• Dispatches: Thirty One Hours Marooned at Azerbaijan’s Airport
  Baku bars my friend & ex-colleague @giorgi_gogia.
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• German Power and the Ukraine Conflict
  @uli_speck looks at Merkel's key role & her changed approach.
  (tags: germany ukraine eu )
• I Made a Joke About Guns and a Man Threatened to Assault Me
  Everyday sexism online.
  (tags: internet sexandgenderandsexuality )
• Breakaway Turkish Cypriots set to join ranks of Cyprus FA
  Congrats to Deniz Birinci @deniz1inci ( Read more... )

• Soviet Tourism Posters Of The 1930s
  Mostly advertising Ukrainian destinations.
  (tags: ukraine )

• Macedonia Opposition Leader Charged With Spying
  Extraordinary news.
  (tags: macedonia )
• Putin's Fantasy Island
  What the Russians are telling themselves.
  (tags: russia ukraine )
• Desert Island Discs, William Hartnell
  Recorded in 1965.
  (tags: doctorwho )