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Links I found interesting for 08-11-2015
- Languages Are Products of Their Environments
Fewer consonants in the jungle.
(tags: languages linguistics ) - Dubai and New York - both are vertiginous cities. So why is only one of them full of surprises?
The art of serendipity.
(tags: travel ) - Brexit lunatics will destroy Britain
@chrisdeerin gives it both barrels.
(tags: eu ukpolitics ) - Astronaut ( Read more... )
- Languages Are Products of Their Environments
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Links I found interesting for 03-11-2015
- The Financial Times Partners With Google To Guide Readers Through Europe’s “Hidden Cities”
Starting with Brussels.
(tags: maps belgium ) - Juncker's kisses
Greetings from the President of the European Commission!
(tags: eu ) - The rating game
When the customer becomes the boss.
(tags: work ) - The Game is Rigged
It's not enough to be consensual; it ought ( Read more... )
- The Financial Times Partners With Google To Guide Readers Through Europe’s “Hidden Cities”
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Links I found interesting for 04-11-2014
- #Gamergate and the failure of ethics
What ethics actually means, and what it is wrongly said to mean.
(tags: internet games ) - Building an organisation to defend EU-wide rail
A call to action from @JonWorth.
(tags: eu travel rail ) - There’s A Bat Hospital In Australia That Takes In Abandoned Baby Bats
Awww!!!!
(tags: cute australia animals ) - The 20- ( Read more... )
- #Gamergate and the failure of ethics
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Links I found interesting for 01-10-2014
- Congress (rightly) grills the Secret Service
Serious problems brought to light by congressional scrutiny.
(tags: uspolitics ) - What It’s like to Fly the $23,000 Singapore Airlines Suites Class
"As we finally landed at New York, a huge problem presented itself - I didn't want to leave the plane."
(tags: travel )
- Congress (rightly) grills the Secret Service
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Links I found interesting for 06-05-2014
- None of the leading candidates will be Commission President: analyst
This scenario may be the closest we can get to a soft landing.
(tags: eu ) - How Much Source Material Does HBO’s ‘Game of Thrones’ Have Left to Work With?
The statistics of Westeros.
(tags: mathematics sf ) - Chandler, Joey, Ross, Rachel, Monica, Phoebe-which friends were closest on ( Read more... )
- None of the leading candidates will be Commission President: analyst
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Links I found interesting for 06-03-2014
- A rail postcard from Liège
When Belgian and German trains don't communicate. @NBMS @SNCF @DB_bahn
(tags: travel ) - 25 Tips For Speaking To Other Humans On The Internet
Sane and sensible.
(tags: Internet ) - Greg's Cable Map
An even better map of the internet cables (thanks, @K_dPage !)
(tags: internet maps ) - Marshall Islands says climate change behind ( Read more... )
- A rail postcard from Liège
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Links I found interesting for 18-02-2014
- Vivienne Faull: a pioneer tipped to be the first female bishop
Go, Viv, go!
(tags: religion ) - In Kansas, Right Joins Left to Halt Bill on Gays
Hooray!
(tags: uspolitics sexandgenderandsexuality ) - The Wakhan Valley and Eastern Pamir
Peter in Central Asia.
(tags: travel )
- Vivienne Faull: a pioneer tipped to be the first female bishop
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Links I found interesting for 24-01-2014
- Sea is for Cookie
It's good enough for me.
(tags: art ) - The Definitive Ranking Of London Tube Lines
There is some room for reasonable disagreement, but not about the DLR.
(tags: london travel ) - Report: Most Americans Can’t Even Name Their State’s Shadow Lord
Ah, The Onion!
(tags: funny )
- Sea is for Cookie
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Links I found interesting for 23-01-2014
- What Grantland Got Wrong
A closer examination of Grantland's mistakes on trans issues.
(tags: sexandgenderandsexuality ) - The Dr. V Story: A Letter From the Editor
Grantland apologises for its appalling treatment of a trans inventor, who then committed suicide.
(tags: sexandgenderandsexuality ) - The Frenzy
Why the hysteria over a non-existent swarm of ( Read more... )
- What Grantland Got Wrong
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Links I found interesting for 16-01-2014
- Depardieu Airways Set for Take-Off
@vanessamock reports.
(tags: belgium travel ) - EU migrants avoiding tax ? Or Sunday Telegraph avoiding full story?
@telegraph lying again.
(tags: eu migration ukpolitics ) - Tales of Trenzalore
Hmph. 4 male authors, one of them George Mann...
(tags: doctorwho ) - The New York Times Had a Mistake on Its Front Page Every ( Read more... )
- Depardieu Airways Set for Take-Off
