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Links I found interesting for 05-12-2015
- Xi Jinping meets President Omaba in Paris
(tags: languages China ) - The £100,000 cost of sacking the sysadmin
Which company *could* this have been???
(tags: work computers )
- Xi Jinping meets President Omaba in Paris
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Links I found interesting for 28-11-2015
- 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... )
- Paris attacks: Is bashing Belgium justified?
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Links I found interesting for 11-11-2015
- The Historic China-Taiwan Meeting Will Not Serve Xi
Less than the sum of its parts.
(tags: China ) - Living and Dying on Airbnb
"The rental that killed my father."
(tags: death ) - Former British soldier arrested over 1972 Bloody Sunday shootings
Never thought that would happen!
(tags: northernireland ) - Spain after Franco
British diplomatic analysis from ( Read more... )
- The Historic China-Taiwan Meeting Will Not Serve Xi
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Links I found interesting for 01-09-2015
- The latest #softpower rankings and key UK soft power assets
A bit rose-tinted in my view...
(tags: ukpolitics politics ) - How My First Boss Taught Me How to "Work Happy"
Lean in, relax, have fun.
(tags: lifehacking ) - New nuclear fuel bank a welcome development
My former boss writes.
(tags: nuclear uspolitics ) - Fan Is A Tool-Using Animal
Maciej ( Read more... )
- The latest #softpower rankings and key UK soft power assets
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Links I found interesting for 07-06-2015
- The story of Minnesota: increase tac and minimum wage, improve the economy
Done by a Republican governor.
(tags: uspolitics economics ) - Why Facebook Is the Junk Food of Socializing
So talk to a human instead!
(tags: internet facebook ) - Other perceptions of China: Views from Africa, Latin America, and Europe
Brookings analysis of polls.
(tags: China ) ( Read more... )
- The story of Minnesota: increase tac and minimum wage, improve the economy
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Links I found interesting for 01-06-2015
- Muslim Woman Says Plane Crew Denied Her Unopened Soda Can Because It Could Be Used 'As A Weapon'
@United again!!!!
(tags: religion unitedairlines ) - 7,530,000 mainlanders petition Taiwan actress to change her name
...from 張鈞甯 to 張鈞寧. Or 張鈞宁.
(tags: China alphabets ) - 89 people banned from Russia.
Includes Nick Clegg and Malcolm Rifkind.
(tags: russia ( Read more... )
- Muslim Woman Says Plane Crew Denied Her Unopened Soda Can Because It Could Be Used 'As A Weapon'
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Links I found interesting for 13-04-2015
- Mediocre Failures
A powerful condemnation of British education policy.
(tags: ukpolitics ) - I Followed My Stolen iPhone Across The World, Became A Celebrity In China, And Found A Friend For Life
Strangely heartening.
(tags: china )
- Mediocre Failures
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Links I found interesting for 04-04-2015
- China And The US: The AIIB Fiasco & America's Colossal Loss Of Face
The failure of American strategy.
(tags: uspolitics China )
- China And The US: The AIIB Fiasco & America's Colossal Loss Of Face
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Links I found interesting for 29-03-2015
- 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... )
- German Power and the Ukraine Conflict
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Links I found interesting for 14-03-2015
- Terry Pratchett
Charles Stross remembers.
(tags: sf death ) - A Note on Call-Out Culture
On activism and discourse.
(tags: internet ) - Belgium withdraws 'controversial' Waterloo coin under French pressure, but has a plan B
A €3 or €5 coin, anyone?
(tags: history france belgium ) - Constitutional Court strikes down absolute headscarf ban
Good.
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- Terry Pratchett