EU, U.S. Envoys: Macedonia Not Ready For 'Credible' Elections Strong stuff.
(tags: macedonia ) Eight hours in airport detention for wanting to talk about a course? Welcome to the UK Britain's war on clever foreigners.
(tags: ukpolitics migration ) order amid chaos What order should you watch the episodes of The Prisoner in?
(tags: sf ) How to ( 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... )

• Postponing Elections is Macedonia’s Only Hope
  Erwan Fouéré makes his views clear.
  (tags: macedonia )
• The History Of The Hedgehog
  @RoryStewartUK's parliamentary speech.
  (tags: ukpolitics biology )
• 'Fairytale of New York': How a soused Irish punk band created the greatest Christmas song of all time
  An appreciation.
  (tags: music )
• It Happened One Night
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• I’m a Muslim woman, Mr Cameron: here’s what your radicalisation speech means to me
  Heartfelt.
  (tags: ukpolitics islam )
• True Cost of ‘Skopje 2014’ Revealed
  A lot.
  (tags: macedonia )
• Colin Baker and Doctor Who Magazine
  A statement from the editor.
  (tags: doctorwho )
• How to keep Greece in
  @COdendahl of @CER_London recommends more investment.
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• Now is the time to reform the Lords
  Conservative MEP @CharlesTannock tries to convince his party.
  (tags: houseoflords ukpolitics )
• EU Tweets of last week from @viEUws
  Hilarious re Farage. Serious re Macedonia.
  (tags: eu ukpolitics macedonia )
• Human Rights Act Repeal and Devolution: Quick Points and Further Resources on Scotland and Northern Ireland
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• 10 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings
  Some of these work. Some of them don't. You decide!
  (tags: lifehacking funny )
• Leonard Nimoy: "A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory."
  His last tweet.
  (tags: sf death )
• My Secret Service "Diploma"
  An angry journalist writes.
  (tags: macedonia )
• Russia opposition ( Read more... )

• Hacked Off responds to Peter Oborne’s resignation from the Daily Telegraph
  "We told you so!" (And they did.)
  (tags: ukpolitics )
• The ‘Proof’ is Around You, Mr Hahn
  Commissioner @JHahnEU downplays attacks on Serbian media freedom.
  (tags: eu macedonia serbia )
• Greece: Pandora's Cat (or Schrodinger's Box)
  @ChairmanYaffle of @APCOworldwide gives his ( Read more... )

• 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 )

• Europe's Flailing Capital of Kitsch
  Skopje's revamp.
  (tags: macedonia )
• The EU's 'yellow card' comes of age: Subsidiarity unbound?
  A little-noted development in EU procedures - federalism rolled back?
  (tags: eu )
• Oh My GOD! Have the TORIES ERASED THE INTERNET?
  Er, no.
  (tags: internet ukpolitics )

• A Cucumber Map of Europe
  With a bonus map of oranges.
  (tags: languages maps )
• President Obama plays Daniel Day Lewis in White House skit
  Quite funny (and short).
  (tags: uspolitics funny )
• Stalemate in Western Sahara frustates organizers
  Interview with a Saharawi human rights activist.
  (tags: westernsahara )
• Museums in Macedonia
  Constructing history ( Read more... )