Assange, Julian
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Bourgeoisie and aristocrats
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Civil war (state vs. non-state)
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d’Ancona, Matthew
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“Everyone is equally intelligent”
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Fukushima, biased and/or pretentious analyses
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Grant application
Herbal medicine
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Internet vs. traditional publishing
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Jokes, now deceased & off the twig
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Kazuo Ishiguro
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Libraries, dismantling of
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Massive Attack
Not humanities as we knew them
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Oxford University and deflating gasbags
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Physics and antiphysics
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Quentin Lumsden
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Riots, academic
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Stephen Fry
Television comedy
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University expansion vs. contraction
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Voting systems
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Women on boards
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X-rated speech
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Yanks and their sensibilities
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Zero tolerance of misspelling
aphorism of the month:
It is superfluous to be humble on one’s own behalf; so many people are willing to do it for one.
Celia Green, The Decline and Fall of Science
food for grey cells:
New particle contradicts standard theory?
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