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The controversy about how we should refer to the terrorist group known in Western Europe as “ISIS” has been going on for some time (the Americans prefer “ISIL”). If you followed the news after the recent attacks (and who hasn’t), you will have noticed that a third name, “Daesh”, is gaining currency with heads of…
Why Andre Gelman doesn’t use the terms “fixed” and “random”. If he doesn’t, we shouldn’t. Probably [contentcards url="http://t.co/3Hx29jse53"] PhD Comics: Overtime [contentcards url="http://t.co/OvTWTqYfTP"] Academic fraud in Political Science [contentcards url="http://t.co/ee0voTQ5tD"] Posters from the Soviet Space Age. [contentcards url="http://t.co/qn2Q3x4z18"] And finally, Fascinating longread on the LaCour affair [contentcards url="http://t.co/HlhC9PP3gX"]
RT @internetofshit: And that’s when our smart devices learned to blackmail us Don’t forget blueprint for this building was stolen, too Unafraid of #Greek / #German national stereotypes? Try this hilariously stupid video: V is for #Varoufakis Exactly MT @BioDataGanache: Sometimes peer review goes wrong… dreadfully wrong. RT @SLdeLange: Charming new poster from UDC/SVP youth…
BBC News: Varoufakis ‘taped confidential EU meeting’ Interesting, but a wee bit pricey: “France and Fascism” monograph RT @BarnabyEdwards: Mum… Dad… I can’t keep it secret any longer: I’m Chinese.
Cameron in Europe: Not a Good Place to Be The Parliament of Women, 1656 Jacob Christensen on the 2015 election in Denmark: Forming a Government – The Game Begins Dazzling picture of Margaret Thatcher, campaigning to stay in EU in 1975 Referendum. Where’s that jumper now?
Interesting piece in the Economist on Germany’s emerging foreign AfD removes whip from “too liberal” MP, two more may follow (in German). My update on the AfD faction in Thuringia is here. ONS constituency interactive maps Greeks continue to love euro more than they love Tsipras
Patrick Dunleavy is not happy about the Conservative win: Three more years of Cameron – but it will be a rocky road ahead Why GRAMMAR MATTERS. This is depressing: Amnesty’s report on “Europe’s sinking shame: The failure to save refugees and migrants at sea” What do you call a past counterfactual? Useful information, anyway: What…
Me, in AfD prophet mode: Full WEP article ($) Rage over the lost coin:British Polling Council seeks investigation into skewed results How I kept a promise to Ben. Definitively time to go home now.
An update on the far-right infighting in the European Parliament: A far-right confederacy of quarrels Lucid: The system used to favour Labour, now favours the Conservatives. Welcome to the lottery: The new “skew” of the electoral system in 2015 Going down Memory Lane: OTDI 1981 Roy Jenkins, David Owen, William Rodgers & Shirley Williams launched…
Great advice from the great: writing good code | OUPblog PHD Comics: Feeling sick English libel laws & Russian autocrats: ‘Book prize judges criticise decision to axe Putin exposé’ You want one of those. You know that you want one of those: Gnome Chomsky: The Essential Ornament for the Thinking Person’s Garden An illustration of…