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• "Which Means You Have Failed to Recognize That Women Are People"

  It isn’t a fact universally acknowledged that a person who mistakes his opinions for facts may also mistake himself for God. This can happen if he’s been... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2

  

  The compelling question at the heart of the series has always been how Katniss Everdeen can retain her agency, her freedom, her ability to make choices about he... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Links 17/12/15

  Politics:I moved out of Europe this year, and watching from a distance has had a strange effect on me - a combination of trying to come to terms with the lack o... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• The Paris Climate Deal

  The 195 negotiating countries reached a climate agreement in Paris, an agreement that includes China, India, and the Pacific island nations that will likely bea... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Links 10/12/15 Compact Version

  Some stories to read before the end of the year, about the year:2015 in Ideas from TED talks.The New York Times stories of the year 2015 by how much time reader... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Links 7/12/15

  Politics:Foreign Policy's Leading Global Thinkers. About innovation, the future, and ethics:A coalition of tech entrepreneurs will try to tackle climate... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Reading List: November.

  Non-Fiction: Maggie Nelson: The Argonauts. Virginie Despentes: King Kong Theory.Tracy Daugherty: The Last Love Song. A Biography of Joan Didion. Carrie... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Links 30/11/15

  Politics:Always hit and miss, but here is Slavoj Žižek on the Paris attacks, refugees and feminism and human rights. About the dire situation of LGBTQ asylum... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Links 20/11/15

  Politics:A brilliant look into new research on climate migration, at VOX EU. How Berlin keeps housing affordable. (Maybe?) terrifying tech news: Toyota is... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• On Paris

  These attacks, in their cruelty and awfulness, targeted the everyday, people going about the rituals of Friday night (eating out, going to a sports event,... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Random Mixtape - Only Together Do We Make the Rules.

  

  Greg Ponthus [via tumblr]sleater-kinney | surface envy. roseau | new glass. little may | oh my my. the notwist | object 2. THEEsatisfaction feat. shabazz palace... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Links 6/11/15

  Politics: The Atlantic on how ISIS spread in the Middle East. A portrait of a Hungarian city: There are many reasons for Hungary’s embrace of right-wing... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Reading List: October.

  Non-Fiction: Alvin Toffler: Future Shock. David Rushkoff: Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now.William Gibson: Distrust That Particular Flavor. Martin... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Links 29/10/15

  Politics: What it means to live in a country where only very few workers are organised in unions: Unions reduce inequality by bringing up the wages of... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Das Lied Zum Sonntag

  Saveges - The Answer[via The Wild Honey Pie]Boycrush feat. Yumi Zouma and Madeira - Flirt [via Gorilla vs. Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Links 23/10/15

  Politics: The Intercept with a collection of leaked documents about the drone wars. A trail of evidence regarding the NSA's partnership with AT T, which itself... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Links 08/10/15

  Politics: "994 mass shootings in 1,004 days: this is what America's gun crisis looks like".Earlier this year, the President recalled, he made this point in an... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Reading List: September

  Non-Fiction: Nassim Nicholas Taleb: Antifragile. Kenneth Cukier and Viktor Mayer-Schönberger: Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Links 24/9/15

  Politics: On the refugee crisis: Throughout the crisis, a debate has been on whether it is a “migrant” or a “refugee” crisis. It has been important for the... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Random Mixtapes - i Unravel Your Mistakes.

  

  Petros Koublistei shi | see me. laura marling | strange. julia holter | feel you. roísín murphy | evil eyes. wishyunu | photoplay. ghostpoet feat. nadine shah... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO