Boom.

About a thousand people a day.

Brilliant account by Alison Freebairn of how she found papers relating to the Franklin expedition.

I have never heard of these people, but it is a compelling read.

"We try so hard to downplay and outright ignore the role chance clearly plays in life, moving through it oblivious to the randomness of fate, controlling everything we can in the hopes that it will help with those things we can’t control."

Things have changed since my day. (Switzerland was a black hole then.)

with help from Benedict Cumberbatch.

Why there should *not* be a Hugo for video games.

Places to go.

Lovely piece about Good Omens.

A fascinating bit of British marketing nostalgia.

I tend to feel this is the right decision. There is a difference between private agony and public advocacy, and commemorating a nom de plume honours a literary legacy, not anything else.

@pmdfoster on the disastrous path that has brought us here.

Yep.

Great analysis from @HelenevonBismarck.

Headline of the week!

Great @irishtimes write-up of @Dublin2019.

Yep.

Penetrating the metaphor.

Not as funny as the writer thinks.

The brutal linkage, back in 1962: “If the UK joins the EEC, Ireland will too. If the UK stays out, so will Ireland.”

Good explainer.

Good question, to which the answer is yes, some of them do. With embarrassing examples.

The English local government map, by @NickJBarlow.

Good summary from @JP_biz.

Brief and to the point.

Very interesting point - increasing the size of the House of Representatives would help to address the unfair American electoral system.

@scalzi on @Jeannette_Ng.