Entries by tag: li
- Devoted to voting
Excellent profile of my former intern, Jenny de Nijs. (Though her time with ID has been edited out!)
- Which is your favourite Hugo-wining novel?
Important poll!
- Dr. Seuss Went to War
The war cartoons of Theodore Geisel.
- What Grantland Got Wrong
A closer examination of Grantland's mistakes on trans issues.
- The Dr. V Story: A Letter From the Editor
Grantland apologises for its appalling treatment of a trans inventor, who then committed suicide.
- The Frenzy
Why the hysteria over a non-existent swarm of migrants?
- London in 1927 & 2013
That colour film from 1927 - updated!
- In flight: see the planes in the sky right now
Brilliant documentary by the Guardian.
- Gender Performance in Earth Girls Are Easy
More going on here than I had realised.
- 40 more maps that explain the world
Brilliant.
- Hugo Award Eligible Art(ists)
Possible nominees gathered.
- EU freedom of movement. This stuff matters.
@jonworth lays it out.
- My attendance record (by a UKIP MEP)
His own words: "flaky to say the least. But so what? "
- Coalition partners reject Tory MPs' call for veto over European Union laws
A rare display of backbone.
- Britain cannot afford to be the friendless pariah of Europe
Excellent piece from @telegraph: Britain "hiding under a duvet of doubt and debt".
- Meat Atlas - Facts and figures about the animals we eat
*gulp* @boell_stiftung
- Steamship Routes of the World, 1914
Cool.
- The World's Most Dangerous Trail on Mr. Huashan Leads to a Teahouse
Just looking at this gives me vertigo!
- Improbable Research: Postal Experiments
The USPS comes up trumps.
- Top EU official slams British ministers on immigration
#creditwhereitsdue Reding is right.
- "Ugly and stupid"
@TimFarron hits out at Tories on immigration pandering.
- Immigrants are not the problem
Unemployment and benefit cuts *are* the problem.
- The Geopolitics of the Gregorian Calendar
Unusually good article from @Stratfor about the length of the year.
- Where Will We Live?
The UK's housing catastrophe - caused by all parties, esp Tories.
- Why the Passenger Pigeon Became Extinct (@thenewyorker)
"The short answer is that it tasted good."
- Our Airport, Your Airport
The Brussels airport feelgood video. Really.
- Britain's Bulgaria-Romania phobia
@dimobe dissects the UK rhetoric.
- Reading digital sources: a case study in ship's logs
Brilliant analysis of 19th-century sailing!
- Jason O Mahony's Irish Political Predictions for 2014.
- FREE, complete Big Finish Audios by big-finish on SoundCloud
Sample of 8 great Doctor Who plays from @bigfinish.
- Zeno of Elea: the game
- Turing: what happened and what should have been done.
by @JackofKent.
- Bah humbug behind bars
The British government hits prisoners harder.
- Azerbaijan: Prominent Election Monitor Arrested
- Why I want Bitcoin to die in a fire
by @cstross.
- Surviving the job hunt-It’s a jungle out there!
@sluggerotoole brainstorms getting in the door.
- Defenceless?
Remember the Eurosceptics predicting the army of an EU superstate? Yeah.
- Sculpture on the moon: Paul van Hoeydonck’s Fallen Astronaut.
An extraordinary story. (With a certain Belgian theme.)
- 635 - Sex and Drugs and Border Changes
How and why the Netherlands/Belgium border is being changed.
- “Opposition” – another example of Simplistic Progressives?
@ianjamesparsley asks the sensible but hard questions.
- 35 фатальных ошибок перевода
Mainly (but not entirely) for my Russian speaking friends.
- Stunning Photos Of The Ukrainian Protests
Courage in the cold.
- The Shipping Forecast: From Britain's Seas Into Its Soul
Americans investigate a British institution.
- The fiction of Ted Chiang: Why you should read his stories
In @TheEconomist, of all places.
- 38 Test Answers That Are 100% Wrong But Totally Genius At The Same Time
It's time for some old chestnuts...
- Wow, That Took Off Quickly
The power of social media - lost bears, sacked chefs - by @EyeEdinburgh.
- The dignity and grace of Nelson Mandela.
My former boss, Gareth Evans, remembers.
- People's review of the WCA: further evidence
An update on the UK govt's war on the disabled.
- Why are Upworthy headlines suddenly everywhere?
What's really going on with Facebook and Twitter.
- NSA surveillance: tech companies demand sweeping changes to US laws
Industry challenges the securocrats.
- Nora: Emerald of Bengal
A short film about my aunt.
- Booker, Hemming and the “forced caesarian” case: a masterclass in Flat Earth news | Head of Legal
The facts of the matter.
- Travesty
Unarmed man, shot by police, charged with assault for bullet wounds to bystanders. Seriously.
- Why John Kerry Wants You to Drink Moldovan Wine
A man of good taste.
- “Black Pete” and the Legacy of Racism in the Netherlands
The tarnished heritage of the Golden Age.
- Review: The Day of The Doctor
@Matthew_Kilburn writes.
- The Cookie(-Less) Monster
Tips on online privacy from @AriaCahill.
- Tom Baker, Lalla Ward and John Leeson Return for New Audio Stories!
Hooray! Based on two excellent novels! #doctorwho
- Croatia: MEPs regret Church-led referendum on marriage
Am even less convinced that citizens' initiative is a good idea.
Comments
Yeah, and…
I’ve been obsessed with “A Boy and His Dog” for as long as I can remember, and I look for new scholarship and articles on the novella (and the film) regularly, just to keep up to date…