Dan Bull’s Dear Lily, [an open letter to Lily Allen]:
Best bit of activism I’ve seen all year!
Dear Lily
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Argleton
Matt is fascinated by the story of Argleton, the unreal town that appeared on GeoMaps but which doesn’t actually exist. When he and his friend and flatmate Charlie are standing at the exact longitude and latitude that defines Argleton, Matt sets in motion a chain of events that will take him places he didn’t know existed… and which perhaps don’t.
A Passion for Science
From the identification of the Horsehead Nebula to the creation of the computer program, from the development of in vitro fertilisation to the detection of pulsars, A Passion for Science: Stories of Discovery and Invention brings together inspiring stories of how we achieved some of the most important breakthroughs in science and technology.
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Queen of the May
Every year, on May Day, a young woman is stolen away by the faeries to become their Queen for a year. This year, though, the faeries have bitten off more than they can chew. Shakti Nayar will do whatever it takes to get her own life as a botanist back. As she struggles to work out how to get home, she uncovers Faerie’s dark secret and finds that she is not the only human who needs saving.
Strange Attractor- Daily Maverick: A model of the power of membership
- How journalism can help rebuild civic society in the US
- Finding out the needs (and wants) of local news audiences
- America is tense and divided: Here is how media and innovators are addressing the problem
- Why news organisations need to understand the difference between product and project management
Hei, da ‘di Dan.
My filesharing story: went into an independent record shop, had a bit of a browse, picked out a handful of CDs, took them to the desk and asked if they had the new Animal Collective CD.
“No mate, don’t think it’s out yet.”
“Oh,” I replied, “I downloaded it a couple of weeks ago, thought it must be released by now.”
The shopkeeper flips out, telling me that it’s people like me who are killing music, and specifically small record shops.
Then he takes my £60 for the CDs he *did* have in stock, all of which I’d heard having downloaded them first.
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