- Sat, 12:56: Think Tanks at a Crossroad: Adapt or Be Replaced https://t.co/w0OlGUYBOv Aimed at the UK, but of general applicability.
- Sat, 14:30: Nicholas Whyte poručuje: Republika Srpska neće biti model za Zajednicu na Kosovu https://t.co/wXYZchLnXf
- Sat, 14:34: RT @DavidHenigUK: Ultimately what we seem to need is the UK to be reassured the EU doesn’t want to set our rules, and the EU to be reassure…
- Sat, 14:48: Scotland has never been closer to independence – and Boris Johnson is to blame https://t.co/CUxnnbxPQf @chrisdeerin thinks the writing is on the wall.
- Sat, 14:58: RT @piris_jc: You underestimate the shock of the Internal Market Bill. 27 and EU were flabbergasted to see UK, while negotiating a new trea…
- Sat, 16:05: How Gabby Giffords Survived a Shot to the Head, and Outsmarted the NRA https://t.co/UdKA7biRyg A great (long) read.
- Sat, 18:05: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) https://t.co/XdNBX55IX7
- Sat, 18:29: Belgian ex-Prime Minister, now Foreign Minister, has tested positive for COVID. https://t.co/lzqpnAxReA
- Sat, 20:48: RT @PaulJamesHanley: 1/8 Since folks have asked, here’s a thread of all the “Morbius TARDISes”. Many of these were cobbled together and n…
- Sun, 09:04: Strangers in Paradise: Pocket Book 1, by Terry Moore This comic about love and sinister goings-on seems rather good – reminiscent a bit of “Love and Rockets” but much less confusing. #nwbooks https://t.co/Yiq8YkFOXD https://t.co/HnYTCCGhEk https://t.co/2OUdid3TqR
- Sun, 09:30: Whoniversaries 18 October: An Unearthly Child [recording], Planet of Evil #4, Meglos #4, Mindwarp #3 https://t.co/qf9xJxZrp6
- Sun, 09:44: A Treasury of Great American Scandals, by James Farquhar The shortest chapter reads in full: In 1875 James Stephen Hogg, the first native-born Texan to become the state’s governor, names his daughter Ima. Enough said. #nwbooks https://t.co/uKFq85NYnS https://t.co/AlYbXF5VxF https://t.co/nrMOTEFm8m
- Sun, 10:00: Interesting! She gave *6* stars to Mrs Miniver, which went on to win the Oscar; to The Jungle Book with Saba, was a Retro Hugo finalist in 2018; and to Charley’s Aunt, which I have not seen. She didn’t see Casablanca, or Bambi. https://t.co/yiHMvZLy7L https://t.co/VRAIAV8L8a https://t.co/uXfH3QYD0D
- Sun, 10:25: The Forever Machine / They’d Rather be Right, by Mark Clifton and Frank Riley It’s not a great book, but it’s not utterly terrible either; more sort of forgettable. #nwbooks https://t.co/i1krgGkb9s https://t.co/Fr851LJwgp https://t.co/aG0n0qyrPy
- Sun, 10:45: Prehistoric footprints of woman carrying toddler while dodging sabre-toothed cats unearthed https://t.co/zeyHCHfycc Wow.
- Sun, 10:59: RT @davidallengreen: Having watched Brexit closely since the inception, two rules: – take EU formal statements on negotiations seriously,…
- Sun, 11:05: Well worth 10 mins of your time looking at this. https://t.co/TVSc64yh4w
- Sun, 11:06: Wintersmith, by Terry Pratchett This is a tremendously accomplished novel. I think even a reader who had read none of the previous Discworld novels would enjoy this. #nwbooks https://t.co/rKAuwro9LD https://t.co/TcIB0KyMMa https://t.co/33XOxwIX1b
- Sun, 11:47: Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero, by William Makepeace Thackeray Really enjoyed the story of Becky and Amelia, and what happens to them both after they leave school and marry against their husbands’ families’ wishes. #nwbooks https://t.co/hX4oU98i7Y https://t.co/TMrao7Maqu https://t.co/yyjuZlgPX9
John Bird and John Fortune’s comment on the British electoral system works here as well: “A few thousand people who can’t consistently make up their minds, in a few parts of the country, decide who will run the country for the next 5 years”.