Avoiding Reconciliation Roulette
Reservations about truth commissions.
(tags: war cyprus )

Japan's Unprecedented Warning To UK Over Brexit
Told you so.
(tags: brexit japan )

Obama quashes prospect of fast-track Brexit UK-U.S. trade deal
Told you so.
(tags: brexit uspolitics )

What I learned about languages just by looking at a Turkish typewriter
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Looking behind the Brexit anger
It's political culture, rather than economics. #fb
(tags: eu ukpolitics )

Why Brexit Might Not Happen at All
Wishful thinking, I suspect; though widely shared. #fb
(tags: ukpolitics eu )

UK voted for Brexit - but is there a way back?
Difficult to see, but these are the scenarios. #fb
(tags: ukpolitics eu )

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• 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
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• Sorting Out What Russia and Turkey Say Happened in the Sky
  (tags: war russia turkey )
• The Serial Swatter
  Harassment online, again.
  (tags: internet )
• An Alarming New Escalation in the Syria War
  *gulp*
  (tags: russia turkey syria )
• Satellite launch accident provides unexpected test of Einstein’s theory
  Timewarps, for real.
  (tags: science space )

• Britain and the Spectre of Geopolitical Irrelevance
  What James Bond films tell us.
  (tags: ukpolitics films )
• Why Did the ‘Twitter Revolutions’ Fail?
  Ivan Krastev draws lessons from 1851.
  (tags: democratization russia turkey )
• It's going to be okay.
  A mind-blowingly effective short comic. (There's some dust in my eye.)
  (tags: comics )
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• Where are the women in Brussels’ policy panel debates?
  Good question.
  (tags: eu sexandgenderandsexuality )
• It’s the geopolitics, stupid: Why TTIP matters
  Unusually passionate from @CER_London.
  (tags: eu uspolitics )
• A Good Week for Democracy Globally
  @gerrylynch: "if elections didn’t change anything, people wouldn’t be shot for demanding them."
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• 4 Maps Crucial to Understanding Europe's Population Shift
  where the growth is - in jobs and people.
  (tags: eu migration )
• Underwater Archeology: Diving 800 Feet in Ancient Cathedral
  The secrets of Agia Sofia!
  (tags: turkey archaeology )
• The Tories' Strange Facebook Strategy
  It's not the (huge) cost, it's what they're spending it on.
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• Disaster at Xichang
  The worst space launch accident in history.
  (tags: space )
• Request for Blogs, Answered
  Alex Harrowell's reading list.
  (tags: blogs )
• Microsoft just exposed email's ugliest secret
  They're reading your hotmail.
  (tags: internet privacy )
• Twitter usage SOARS in Turkey
  The ban that failed.
  (tags: twitter turkey )
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• The Book Smugglers The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein
  Two reviewers give a harsh judgement.
  (tags: sf race sexandgenderandsexuality )
• Tomb of Doom?
  A *very* small exclave of Turkey in Syria.
  (tags: maps syria turkey )
• Aphra Behn meets The Blues Brothers
  Exactly what it says.
  (tags: literature theatre films )

• Insubordination and the surveillance state
  "There’s nothing new about this, just the tools to do so are far more powerful."
  (tags: humanrights internet )
• All of Mercury
  Amazing!
  (tags: astronomy )
• Will Doctor Who have a very special surprise for us in November?
  I really really hope this rumour is true.
  (tags: doctorwho )
• North Down elects gay mayor
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