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Donald Trump
25 Minutes in East Hackney, London
Scattered ruminations on urban development, gentrification and future cities.
Slovenia, Cleveland, Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence
On a little known 'consent of the governed' ceremony in the medieval Duchy of Carantania.
Remembering Paris
To bookmark the day Donald Trump decided to pull out of the Paris climate accord.
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On ‘The Twentieth Day of January’, by Ted Allbeury
More evidence that everything really is becoming stranger than fiction.
Tune du Jour: Last Night on Earth by U2
I'm not the only one feeling this way, am I?
This Really is Happening
In less than 72 hours, launch codes of the world's most potent nuclear arsenal will be handed over to a man who's prone to making typos on Twitter.
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Links, Notes, Bookmarks and Briefs for December 26, 2016
Leading with nightmarish creatures from the deepest oceans.
A Cabinet of Deplorables
Hillary Clinton was clearly wrong with her use of the term 'deplorables'. It's more fitting to describe the people…
Umberto Eco’s List of Fascism’s 14 Common Features
Any of these sound familiar? A pre-listicle list.
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Links, Notes, Bookmarks and Briefs for November 18, 2016
Werner Herzog, fake news, Russian wedding photography, and a new leadership in the fight against Climate Change.
Links, Notes, Bookmarks and Briefs for November 17, 2016
Trump's financial conflicts of interest, the fate of the EPA, and scaling Annapurna III.
Links, Notes, Bookmarks and Briefs for November 16, 2016
The Trump aftermath, climate change, Mediterranean crossing death toll reaches record high, RIP Mose Allison
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Trump’s Rise: ‘A product of democracy already in crisis.’
That's how Guardian reporter Gary Younge describes the foundation of the rise of right wing populism in the west.…
President Trump – Now What?
About 59 million Americans voted to give the most powerful office on the planet to a self-proclaimed billionaire endorsed by members of the Ku Klu Klan.
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Zizek’s Trump Endorsement. Kind of.
That is, if saying that a Trump victory as "a means of disrupting the American center-left consensus" is your…
Who Should Bernie Voters Support Now? Robert Reich vs. Chris Hedges on Tackling…
This debate broadcast a few days ago on Democracy Now mirrors my personal politics and echoes my frustrations with…
The Myth of Trump’s Self-Financed Campaign
For the "Lies, Half Truths and Electioneering Deceptions that Become true if Repeated Often Enough" file, because I know we all keep such lists
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