The Code of the Woosters, by P.G. Wodehouse
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One reads it not for the plot, and certainly not for the social commentary, but for the delightful turns of phrase.

Surprisingly poor analysis from POLITICOEurope. Milanović actually lost the election, and Plenković won, by any reasonable standard of measurement; but you wouldn’t know that from reading the article!

Auditors slam EU’s untransparent transparency register brusselstimes.com/eu-affairs/101…

The Space Unicorn was always Caitlin.

During the production of Star Wars, capturing the moment when Peter Cushing experiences a slip-up while delivering his lines.

Kinda, by Frank Collins (and Christopher Bailey, and Terrance Dicks)
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I vividly remember watching Kinda when it was first shown in 1982, and being a little baffled but also a little reassured; I wanted interesting adventures on distant planets, like...

There are only 26 authors who have each earned at least 10 prose-category #HugoAward nominations.

It's a pretty big milestone that IMHO reflects enduring relevance to the Worldcon community

Two of those authors were shortlisted for the 10th time in 2024: @Scalzi and Aliette de Bodard (hiatus)!

On this day in Northern Ireland in 1949. A sectarian murder in the Newington area of Belfast by a Tiger's Bay resident inflames local tensions and produces a controversial legal ending.

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Tuesday reading
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Short books and long journeys.

Sleepers of Mars, by John Wyndham
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Five stories by Wyndham in the space opera tradition, which is not what he is best known for.

The best known books set in each country: India
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The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy (if we don't count Hermann Hesse's Siddartha)

The shoes of a toddler, one of the almost 1500 people who drowned on this date in 1912 when the Titanic sank.
A small thread for a little kid.
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Get those shades ready... a very happy birthday to the Twelfth Doctor, Peter Capaldi! 😎 #DoctorWho

That’s two thirds of the distance from home to the office. The big push awaits…

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Nobody under the age of 38 has voted in a U.S. presidential election where the Republicans got the most votes. Nobody under the age of 54 has voted in *two* presidential elections where the Republicans got the most votes.

Hamas actually believed it would conquer Israel, and divided it into cantons haaretz.com/israel-news/20….

Glasgow 2024 Hugo Awards Subcommittee Explained

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Happy 73rd birthday, Peter Davison! ❤🥳 #PeterDavison

Public art in Bratislava, especially Colin Spofforth
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Back from Bratislava, with photos of statues.