The Most-Edited Wikipedia Pages Over The Last 15 Years An odd corner of the Zeitgeist.
(tags: wikipedia ) Scholar, courtier, magician: the lost library of John Dee I'm going to have to find a way of going to this.
(tags: magic historyofscience ) The business case for helping refugees - FT.com What the private sector should do.
(tags: migration ) ( Read more... )

This is what makes Republicans and Democrats so different
Repubs believe in (wrong!) ideas, Dems in people.
(tags: uspolitics )

Why are Pluto and Charon so different?
Pluto stole Charon's atmosphere!
(tags: astronomy )

When Video-Game Worlds End
Experiencing online apocalypse.
(tags: internet games )

Peter Jackson: "The Very Hungry Caterpillar ( Read more... )

• Space Debris: 1957 - 2015
  Brilliant visualisation.
  (tags: space )
• The Developer Formerly Known as FreeBSDGirl
  Failing to deal with harassment.
  (tags: sexandgenderandsexuality games )
• Open Carry Gun Laws Make It Harder to Protect the Public, Police Chiefs Say
  Indeed.
  (tags: uspolitics guns )
• State Papers: Disapproval of gardaí retaining maiden names
  ( Read more... )

• The Covert World of People Trying to Edit Wikipedia for Pay
  Of course, they don't just try, they often succeed!
  (tags: wikipedia )
• Search for Missing Woman from 1946 Photograph of the Warsaw Ghetto
  *shiver*
  (tags: photos poland wwii )
• Azerbaijan makes a mockery of justice as couple sentenced in political show trial
  My friends Leila and Arif jailed ( Read more... )

• UK General Election - What Do The Polls Actually Tell Us?
  My colleague Chris Levy analyses.
  (tags: ukpolitics )
• The Map in the High Castle
  How far west would the Reich have reached?
  (tags: maps )
• Ukip to run city council veteran in South Belfast
  (tags: Probably good news for @AlasdairMcD_MP / @SDLPlive. )
• Wikipedia Gamergate scandal: How a bad ( Read more... )

• Obama Sells Out U.S. Diplomats
  It goes way deeper than political ambassadors.
  (tags: uspolitics )
• Margaret Hamilton, lead software engineer, Project Apollo
  Coined term "software engineering". Moon landings ran her code.
  (tags: sexandgenderandsexuality space )
• Bob Purdie: 1940-2014
  I met him only once, in 1994(?) in Glasgow; a great personality.
  (tags ( Read more... )

• Ilgar Mammadov Placed in Penitentiary Medical Unit
  My former colleague, now recognised by Amnesty as prisoner of conscience.
  (tags: azerbaijan )
• Slut Shaming and Concern Trolling in Geek Culture
  Room for improvement.
  (tags: sexandgenderandsexuality )
• Spain files criminal charges over Catalonia independence vote
  Another self-defeating move from ( Read more... )

• Independentism and the European Union
  Lucid analysis from EU enlargement guru Graham Avery.
  (tags: eu scotland catalonia )
• Wikipedia, the Difficulties of Mapping World Religions, and a Most Bizarre Map
  Someone is Wrong on the Internet.
  (tags: religion wikipedia )
• What are the marginal European Parliament seats in the UK?
  I have crunched the numbers.
  ( Read more... )

• Today we have shaming of prats
  
  A poetic take on Wikipedia.
  (tags: funny wikipedia )
• Truth behind the death of suffragette Emily Davison is finally revealed
  
  Old footage, new analysis.
  (tags: history )
• McAlpine v Bercow
  
  The Twitter defamation judgement.
  (tags: twitter )
• "Why the Right could doom welfare reform"
  
  @telegraph's dismay at war on ( Read more... )

• Dear Class of ’13: You’ve been scammed
  The appalling costs of college tuition.
  (tags: education )
• What Is Going on With the Accents in Game of Thrones?
  Indeed.
  (tags: sf )
• Matt Smith and David Tennant Behind the Scenes of the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special
  Whogasm.
  (tags: doctorwho )
• The Man Who Was Thursday by G. K. Chesterton
  Review of the ( Read more... )