Sick of politics: Ten charts that show why Donald Trump and Brexit could happen in Australia
Graphic.
(tags: politics australia )

Four myths about Brexit and financial services
A sobering message to the industry.
(tags: ukpolitics eu brexit )

How We Identified the D.N.C. Hack’s ‘Patient Zero’
Journalism in action.
(tags: media uspolitics )

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DUP likely to drop seats but stay top My piece for the News Letter.
(tags: northernireland my media ) The forgotten occupation The broken promise of an independence referendum for Western Sahara.
(tags: westernsahara ) Regarding My 2016 Hugo Award Nomination Tom Mays withdraws his story from 2016 Hugos.
(tags: sf ) Rabid Puppy Finalists’ Reactions ( Read more... )

• Tony de Brum: The emerging climate champion
  Go @MinisterTdB - a fantastic guy who I loved working with!
  (tags: climatechange marshallislands )
• The Salty Truth About Ceres' Mysterious Bright Spots
  MgSO4!
  (tags: astronomy asteroids )
• Brontë Sisters Power Dolls
  Hooray!
  (tags: literature )
• No vindication here. Only survival.
  @peatworrier on the Alastair ( Read more... )

• Worldcon: Winning and Losing
  GRRM comments in advance: watch for the Campbell result!
  (tags: sf sadpuppies )
• In 1975, this Kodak employee invented the digital camera. His bosses made him hide it.
  Progress.
  (tags: photos technology )
• Why Western Sahara matters, by Jeremy Corbyn
  I deeply respect JC as the most engaged UK politician on this issue.
  (tags ( Read more... )

• Listen: two disastrous interviews by Natalie Bennett
  Green leader crashes and burns.
  (tags: ukpolitics )
• The day the Green party surge hit a cliff
  It's not enough to have policies - need to present them properly too!
  (tags: ukpolitics )
• Perhaps I Should Have Been Aborted…
  A different perspective. (Trigger warning: sexual assault.)
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• Nowhere Land
  Foreign Policy magazine looks in depth at the Western Sahara. A fascinating piece.
  (tags: westernsahara )

• What do Europeans call a platypus?
  Because you really needed to know.
  (tags: languages )
• The London Evolution Animation
  The Streets of London (historical) - let me show you something!
  (tags: history maps )
• The Google, the Bad and the Ugly
  I need to make a point of watching @brusselsgeek on Fridays.
  (tags: eu )
• Trouble in Western Sahara
  Some excellent ( Read more... )

• The audacious rescue plan that might have saved space shuttle Columbia
  Extraordinary.
  (tags: space )
• Lovecraft's hand-written Mountains of Madness sketch
  “Tekeli-li! Tekeli-li!”
  (tags: sf )
• The $20 Million Case for Morocco
  The Kingdom's costly Washington outreach.
  (tags: westernsahara )

• Delegate Detective
  Jac Rayner (@GirlFromBlupo) tries to work out which galactic delegate is which!!!
  (tags: doctorwho )
• Walled world
  (tags: westernsahara )
• let's play a game
  "I will have to ask you to provide essentially all the raw materials, plus shielding to protect the structure until it's ready to go."
  (tags: sexandgenderandsexuality )

• Georgians Revealed
  I got an email about this and thought of the wrong #Georgia !
  (tags: history )
• Letter From Western Sahara, a Land Under Occupation
  Report from the camps.
  (tags: westernsahara )
• Disabled people win living fund case against government
  A rare defeat for the UK government in its war on the disabled.
  (tags: ukpolitics disability )
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