This is a lovely story.

@CarnegieEndow: "The United States has fallen behind most established democracies with respect to women’s representation in politics."

The story doesn’t Czech out. (Sorry!)

@gerrylynch works it out.

Well worth reading for us non-USians to grasp some of the weirdness of the debate.

@Sophie_Aldred on the art of audio.

Gloomy but accurate from @Tom_deWaal.

How the proposed new voting system for the European Parliament helps the centre and the centre-right.

Another Brilliant Map.

Brilliant long piece.

For the record.

Recipes of the planet Winter, including hot beer.

Fascinating!

Yep.

Malcolm Gladwell’s grim analysis.

Interesting analysis. @JulianHJessop?

Fascinating and worrying.

Yep.

Final ballot now out!

This is important. There is of course a difference between “accept” and “recognise”.

Some of the best from Ask A Manager.

By American Express. #client

The Irish government’s guide to what’s going on.

Good question, from @ChrisHanretty.

More interesting stuff from @AndrewDuffEU.

Sensible from @CEPS_Thinktank.

Wow. Not impossible; just mind-bogglingly complicated.

On gender and Erdős numbers.

Appropriate for V-Day!

Best-before date was some time ago.