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This newsletter is somehow five years old today. Here’s the first post, from way back in 2021.
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Of self-driving cars, and the non-existence of jaywalking
Also this week: the unexpected indeterminacy of rivers; and a barcode map of the UK.
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The Gordian Knot
This week: why is the British state broken? Also: fraudsters hate this one weird trick for spotting man-made numbers! And a map of what’s left of the…
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How Labour should handle the looming debate on Brexit
Labour cannot afford their own version of the Tory madness that paralysed politics
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Shitpost totalitarianism
This week: no, Britain never had a claim to Greenland; and an extremely irritating map. But first: why Donald Trump is like a global toothache.
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The Lies They Told
Sometimes, the implausibility is the point. Also this week: the even truer-size map; and some extremely late but mercifully-brief film reviews.
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Shifting alliances and once neutral territories
This week: is this really the year the western alliance finally breathes its last? Also: a brief history of the lost microstate of Neutral Moresnet.
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