@FiveThirtyEight reports.

Not my fandom, but fascinating.

'This is a dispute between a tattoo artist and a retailer of cacti about the use of the trading name "PRICK".'

And it’s a mess.

Actually, yes she did.

This was in my lifetime.

New version of the Political Compass!

Expanding an old concept to Cyberspace.

@FraserNelson at the @Spectator makes the Tory case for migration and against the government.

Excellent from @AlexMassie.

Fascinating.

The understudy for the lead roles in London.

In case you were wondering.

Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic story of Syrian refugees in America.

Missed this excellent explanation from @AlexMassie.

Wow.

As it turns out, probably not!

Grim.

Books reviewed by @GarvanWalshe.

The extraordinary politics of international chess.

Oh dear...

"Hungary’s biggest problem is not immigration but emigration: as happened after 1956, the best and brightest are already leaving for better money and more congenial regimes."

UK seriously believes that SF is running Ireland’s Brexit policy. For real.

Tremendous piece on the personal impact of sexual abuse.

Lisa, the show's unshakable crusader for justice, including in matters of popular culture, has been reduced to a mouthpiece for the lazy idea that asking for better representation is an unfair burden on creators; an unreasonable demand that things be "politically correct." That is regrettable, to say the least.

Discord? Slack?

Adjusting for inflation, US has spent 50% more on reconstruction in Iraq and Afghanistan than on the Marshall plan.

Water is wet; Pope is Catholic.

...and its similarities with Dr Strangelove.

@ArianeSherine on what matters and what doesn’t. I had not heard of her before, but I loved this.