Writing tagged politics
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The natural order of things
Bits from an LRB review of a book about how socialism has disappeared from America.
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Tech’s tunnel vision
Trying to imagine a less capitalist worldview for the tech industry.
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Twelescreen
I made a big-screen Twitter client devoted to showing Tweets from the UK and US governments and security forces because the Tweets seem scary.
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Ask About Going Home
About a Tumblr I knocked up to highlight the absurdity of the UK Border Agency’s and Home Office’s anti-illegal-immigration campaigns.
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They hate competition
On companies hating competition.
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Slender gains
A bit from a review of a book by Katherine Boo, about how the poor complain about their neighbours more than they do about the rich.
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Placards for everyday life
Placards aren’t just for demonstrations, but should be carried more frequently.
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Zing!
Two good quotes about politicians from Stewart Lee and Simon Hoggart.
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Protecting the City
David Cameron protecting the City of London — not the UK — in Europe.
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Asymmetry
The asymmetry of how we judge others, at an individual level and as one country to another.
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Ships, terrorists, red tape, persons
Notes from an article about the history of English law.
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A metaphor
The only two responses Palin’s team could make to the Giffords shooting that make sense.
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I want to care
The mainstream political parties don’t need social media strategies. They need policies that we can care about.