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Useful websites.

The story behind Ommadawn.

Chernobyl’s Reactor 4 just woke up. I don’t know what to say.

It’s too late to stop shortages of cans and cardboard. Blitz Spirit!

Why are Britons so much more relaxed about Covid than Europeans? Will it last?

Trauma books won’t save you. Mixing and matching vaccines pays off.

How Cold War Steve turned Covid angst into art.

Social media doesn’t turn people into assholes—they already were.

Can history predict the future? Did David Graeber explain the past?

How to stay assertive in emotional conversations. What if emotions aren’t universal?

Wellness and the far right.

Cats and their human doubles.

Move over, John Williams.

22 October 2021 · Weblog

Mad World

How we view free time is making us less happy. How to cultivate hope. How to stop languishing. Ready, steady … oh.

Much of white American culture was cooked up by the real estate industry.

Why flight is so controversial in online games.

Armando Iannucci’s epic Covid poem. Six rules that will define our second pandemic winter. Covid was spreading as early as mid-2019. UK private hospitals treated just eight Covid patients a day during the pandemic.

A TikToker disrupted thousands of scientific studies.

Once you see this video of a Welsh seagull, you can’t unsee it. Sorry, Thumper.

Jarvis.

No longer hurting.

Yemen’s floating unexploded bomb.

Maria Ressa’s fight for facts.

The Brexit three-card Monte.

We’ve got 99 problems.

Stages of life.

Read more…

9 October 2021 · Weblog

20 GOTO 10

I was excited to see a sample of Sir Clive’s handiwork at a school open day yesterday…

Sinclair C5

They said it still works.

3 October 2021 · Infotech

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