Category Archives: politics
Brooklyn Bridge tonight
links for 2010-04-17: David Cameron anecdote generator
Who has David Cameron been talking to? "Last week, I met an imaginary Iraq veteran, who told me that dubstep killed Diana." (tags: humour david-cameron politics election)
New Kennard
Peter Kennard’s photomontage work was everywhere in the early to mid-80s, but I haven’t seen his name about for years. He hasn’t lost his touch. (via the publics – who describe Kennard, Steve Bell and Banksy as contemporaries, which is … more…
informal announcement?
I just looked at some election-related junk mail, which tells me, in large white sans-serif on a red ground: The election on May 6th is about our future I was under the impression that the date hadn’t yet been announced, … more…
links for 2009-12-15: generation ships
Charlie's Diary: Designing society for posterity Charles Stross polls his readership: "So. You, and a quarter of a million other folks, have embarked on a 1000-year voyage aboard a hollowed-out asteroid. What sort of governance and society do you think … more…
So farewell then, Senator Stevens…
As noted all over the place, the internets will love you 4eva (a nice reminder, on the occasion of his political demise, from Cosmic Variance)
We Can Has?
The jewel amongst the Obama campaign videos. It seems like a year ago I first saw this (maybe it was) and here it is again, amongst a selection of YouTubes at 3quarksdaily. The looming election is making me anxious: possibly … more…