Microlog: Culture & Society
The Guardian profiles Fray Tormenta, the Mexican wrestling priest Fri 02 Feb 2007
David Byrne posits a Marshall Plan for the Middle East Fri 02 Feb 2007
What Really Causes Civil War? Fri 02 Feb 2007
How I never quite fell for South Africa Fri 02 Feb 2007
The Brand Underground Thu 03 Aug 2006
Mark Steel Lectures on YouTube Thu 03 Aug 2006
Wikipedia entry on the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict Thu 27 Jul 2006
Brian Keenan on the current Middle East crisis Thu 27 Jul 2006
Good comment on a MetaFilter thread about the current Mddle East crisis Sat 22 Jul 2006
Lebanon: the world dithers Fri 21 Jul 2006
Israeli terrorism in Lebanon Fri 21 Jul 2006
Murakami hits out at Japanese nationalism Sun 09 Jul 2006
Farms of fear Sun 21 May 2006
Google Trends: Pirate Versus Ninja Fri 12 May 2006
Wikipedia entry for the Irony mark Fri 12 May 2006
Are US campuses in the grip of a witch-hunt of progressives, or is academic life just too liberal? Fri 12 May 2006
Race against time Fri 12 May 2006
White off the scale Fri 12 May 2006
Links on the 'broken windows' theory Mon 10 Apr 2006
Malcolm Gladwell has a blog Mon 10 Apr 2006
Comment is free Sun 09 Apr 2006
Forty-one percent of Israel's Jews favour segregation Sat 08 Apr 2006
Wikipedia study 'fatally flawed' Sat 08 Apr 2006
The BBC has a ranked list of rude words Sat 08 Apr 2006
Multitasking is bad for you Sat 08 Apr 2006
De Gullah Nyews Fri 31 Mar 2006
Introverts of the World, Unite! Sat 11 Mar 2006
Poisonous intellectual thuggery Sat 11 Mar 2006
Negativland Interviews U2's The Edge Sat 11 Mar 2006
Linda Smith, 1958-2006 Wed 01 Mar 2006
Panic on the streets of Dublin Tue 28 Feb 2006
Harper's Yearly Review for 2005 Wed 11 Jan 2006
hyperpeople Wed 11 Jan 2006
What is your dangerous idea? Wed 11 Jan 2006
Robots. Better than people? Tue 10 Jan 2006
The History of the Universe in 200 Words or Less Tue 10 Jan 2006
SA divisions on reconciliation day Sun 08 Jan 2006
Is MetaFilter the realisation of Habermas' public sphere? Sun 08 Jan 2006
"Little Red Book prompts DHS visit" was Big Fat Lie Sun 08 Jan 2006
Stop the war (the other one) Tue 03 Jan 2006
How to recognize Japanese fonts Tue 03 Jan 2006
The Rock Star's Burden Fri 30 Dec 2005
What next for Zimbabwe? Fri 30 Dec 2005
Tutu urges apartheid prosecutions Fri 30 Dec 2005
11 years on, battles of apartheid still rage Fri 30 Dec 2005
China: The Three Emperors, 1662-1795 Thu 29 Dec 2005
A list of residential high-rises constructed in the last few years in Beijing Thu 29 Dec 2005
Little things that we do Wed 28 Dec 2005
Definition of 'mouth-breather' Wed 28 Dec 2005
Fuck Christmas Sun 25 Dec 2005
Japanese battle pencils Tue 20 Dec 2005
MetaFilter's guide to Go Tue 20 Dec 2005
Wikipedia entry for Hiberno-English Wed 07 Dec 2005
Confusion reigns over Pretoria name Sun 04 Dec 2005
This circus of grief has nothing to do with Best Sun 04 Dec 2005
Jews and the Christian right: Is the honeymoon over? Sun 04 Dec 2005
Helping Hoder Sun 04 Dec 2005
Hoder's Predicament and the Racist Response Sun 04 Dec 2005
No more compulsory Irish for the Leaving Cert? Wed 16 Nov 2005
The Great Ask MetaFilter Transatlantic Duvet/Topsheet War Wed 16 Nov 2005
Why do we disagree? Wed 16 Nov 2005
MetaFilter on Christian values Sun 13 Nov 2005
The Nine Most-Wanted Time Capsules Sun 13 Nov 2005
Hobo Signs & Symbols Sun 13 Nov 2005
Beizhing Fri 11 Nov 2005
To Blunt the Razor's Edge Fri 11 Nov 2005
Zimbabwe voices anger at US envoy Fri 11 Nov 2005
Angry SA passengers burn trains Fri 11 Nov 2005
Eight Year Old Physics Student Admitted to College Fri 11 Nov 2005
Burning down the house Thu 10 Nov 2005
What's happening in France? Thu 10 Nov 2005
Cory jumps the gun Sun 06 Nov 2005
Israel accused of 'road apartheid' in West Bank Sun 30 Oct 2005
Weapons witnesses 'IRA-nominated' Fri 30 Sep 2005
Bulky Jacket Syndrome Fri 30 Sep 2005
Hospital shock for SA's minister Mon 26 Sep 2005
Crime in South Africa Grows More Vicious Mon 26 Sep 2005
Boing Boing's $1 million Intelligent Design challenge Mon 22 Aug 2005
South Africa tops road rage list Mon 22 Aug 2005
SA fears Zimbabwe 'failed state' Tue 16 Aug 2005
Sun lounger law rules towels illegal Wed 10 Aug 2005
Got Game? Sun 07 Aug 2005
A History of Role-Playing Games Sun 07 Aug 2005
The Fall of the House of Saud Sun 07 Aug 2005
We Are the Web Sun 07 Aug 2005
Garrison Keillor appreciates his mobile phone Sun 07 Aug 2005
The message of Hiroshima Sat 06 Aug 2005
The Big Fish: The story of Suck.com Sat 06 Aug 2005
South Africans' long wait for land Sat 06 Aug 2005
We are all threatened by this plague Sat 06 Aug 2005
SA minister cleared in Aids row Sat 06 Aug 2005
The making of internet terrorists... Sat 06 Aug 2005
Blair's two faces of terrorism Sat 06 Aug 2005
Nick Sweeney on Scientology Sat 06 Aug 2005
Simon Waldman on Wikipedia's success Sat 06 Aug 2005
What if they had a protest and everyone came? Sat 06 Aug 2005
An open letter to Jan Hommen, chairman of Reed Elsevier Sat 06 Aug 2005
Is Knowing The Cultural Reference Better Than The Culture Itself? Sat 06 Aug 2005
What the papers say about George W. Bush's support of 'intelligent design' Sat 06 Aug 2005
Barbelith discusses political correctness Mon 01 Aug 2005
On the buses Mon 01 Aug 2005
The Last Days of Fulton Fish Market Mon 01 Aug 2005
Postwar Japan's exploding subculture Sun 31 Jul 2005
Japan racism 'deep and profound' Sun 31 Jul 2005
Who killed Richard Cullen? Sun 31 Jul 2005
Live8: All Rock, No Action Thu 28 Jul 2005
The Situationist International Thu 28 Jul 2005
Weasel Words Ripped My Flesh! Thu 28 Jul 2005
Fascism is on the march! Thu 28 Jul 2005
The World Is Round Thu 28 Jul 2005
Etiquette and the Singularity Thu 28 Jul 2005
Extreme tension in Kenyan village Wed 27 Jul 2005
Zimbabwe slum demolitions resume Wed 27 Jul 2005
South Africa presses farm land reform Wed 27 Jul 2005
Suicide Bombs as Viral Media Wed 27 Jul 2005
Is London Londonistan? Wed 27 Jul 2005
Dialogue is the only way to end this cycle of violence Wed 27 Jul 2005
NY commuters face random searches Wed 27 Jul 2005
New York apologises after Britons seized in security scare Wed 27 Jul 2005
Seven arrested over Kenya attack Mon 18 Jul 2005
Fundamentalism is often a form of nationalism Mon 18 Jul 2005
Hunt for child killers in Kenya Mon 18 Jul 2005
Matt Webb on the London bombings Sun 17 Jul 2005
What does the G8 agreement mean for Africa? Sun 17 Jul 2005
Mordechai Vanunu's long walk to freedom Sun 17 Jul 2005
'Can we drop the 7/7 bullshit, please?' Wed 13 Jul 2005
Serbs turn their backs on their past Mon 11 Jul 2005
Back to Normal Mon 11 Jul 2005
London hurts? Hardly Mon 11 Jul 2005
How Japan grew bored with love Fri 01 Jul 2005
Canada approves same-sex marriage Wed 29 Jun 2005
Africa rejects action on Zimbabwe Sat 25 Jun 2005
Hoder back to Iran Wed 22 Jun 2005
OAP 'died after hot bath at home' Tue 21 Jun 2005
A historian disgraces himself Sun 05 Jun 2005
The Daily Show on Britain's general election Sun 15 May 2005 | 1 Comments
The puzzle that ate the world? Sat 14 May 2005
Brain candy Wed 11 May 2005
Why Geeks and Nerds Are Worth It... Wed 11 May 2005
The decline of Trivial Pursuit Mon 18 Apr 2005
Sokwanele: This is Zimbabwe Wed 30 Mar 2005
Judging a city to live in Mon 28 Mar 2005
The Ko Chang Cure Sun 27 Mar 2005
The rabbi who pricks Israel's conscience Fri 25 Mar 2005
Welcome to Mugabeland Wed 23 Mar 2005
Pretoria becomes Tshwane Tue 08 Mar 2005
Wiki Becomes a Way of Life Tue 08 Mar 2005
Identity in South Africa: the story of Happy Sindane Thu 03 Mar 2005
A Hard Day's Night Tue 01 Mar 2005
Princeton Public Lectures Sat 19 Feb 2005
Underground Tokyo Guidebook Mon 14 Feb 2005
Eight years of darkness Sun 13 Feb 2005
Geldof cast as 'Mr Bloody Africa' Wed 02 Feb 2005
Blogger sacked for sounding off Sun 30 Jan 2005
I don't like Monday 24 January Tue 25 Jan 2005
Skutt Farkas Tue 25 Jan 2005
Travels in the floating world Sat 11 Dec 2004
The DNA of Literature Tue 16 Nov 2004
A schoolgirl riddled with bullets. And no one is to blame Thu 11 Nov 2004
Ireland tries to end its love affair with drink Thu 11 Nov 2004
Ben Schott: A trivial pursuit Thu 11 Nov 2004
South Africans 'as fat as Americans' Wed 03 Nov 2004
Nigerians put down new roots in Ireland Tue 07 Sep 2004
The Non-Expert on Accents Tue 07 Sep 2004
Yesterday was the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition Tue 24 Aug 2004
The Alphabets of Europe Fri 20 Aug 2004
Dungeons and Dragons Turns 30 Fri 20 Aug 2004
Guardian Work IQ Test Fri 13 Aug 2004
Leuschke on anonymity Wed 11 Aug 2004
SAT Math Sampler Wed 11 Aug 2004
All words are equal... Tue 13 Jul 2004
A remarkable collection of interconnectivity diagrams Fri 09 Jul 2004
Jerusalem Journal, by Danny Gregory Wed 07 Jul 2004
Little Red Blogs Sat 05 Jun 2004
Timeline of the History of Information Wed 02 Jun 2004
Da Vinci Day-by-day Sun 30 May 2004
Jay Allen's got a troll Mon 17 May 2004
Results from MIT Media Lab survey: Bloggers' Expectations of Privacy and Accountability Sat 20 Mar 2004
This year's Bloggies results are in Tue 16 Mar 2004
15 Minutes Thu 11 Mar 2004
Scientists behaving badly Wed 10 Mar 2004
Japanese train chimes Wed 03 Mar 2004
In pictures: The new South Africa Mon 16 Feb 2004
Too late for two states? Sat 31 Jan 2004
Gary Younge on illiberal secularism Tue 27 Jan 2004
You see, the trouble is, I'm not actually American... Wed 21 Jan 2004
Twisted racist right-wing lunatics Sat 17 Jan 2004
70s/80s punk rock show flyers from SoCal and NYC Fri 16 Jan 2004
Cab driver Elvis makes a comeback Fri 12 Dec 2003
The Guardian asks 16-year-olds: What policies would persuade you in the voting booth? Thu 11 Dec 2003
Which historical lunatic are you? Thu 11 Dec 2003
Japanese emoticons Wed 03 Dec 2003
Questions for Chomsky Wed 03 Dec 2003
The high IQ moron hunt Tue 02 Dec 2003
So close, and yet so far... Thu 23 Oct 2003
Timelines Mon 13 Oct 2003
Michael Moore Mania! Tue 07 Oct 2003
How To: By You Sat 20 Sep 2003
George Monbiot on Trade Sat 20 Sep 2003
The end of Zionism Mon 15 Sep 2003
What Does a Professor Do All Day, Anyway? Sun 07 Sep 2003
The Onion interviews P.J. O'Rourke Sun 07 Sep 2003
Penthouse bankrupt Fri 15 Aug 2003
Google as Gaeilge Sun 10 Aug 2003
Why I Infringe Wed 06 Aug 2003
The Luckiest Nut Sat 02 Aug 2003
The Brooklyn Free Store Wed 30 Jul 2003
Political compass test Sun 06 Jul 2003
The summer of fuck Sat 05 Jul 2003
Error 404: Cannot find Weapons of Mass Destruction Thu 03 Jul 2003
White House art advisers quit to protest looting of Baghdad museum Tue 06 May 2003
Chemical kids Wed 23 Apr 2003
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