On Brexit

Democratically, the basic problem is this: there is no way a 51.9% share of a 72.2% turnout (so ~37.5% of voters) provides a remotely comfortable mandate for major constitutional change.

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Making The 8Bitdo NES30 Pro Work With RetroPie On Raspbian Jessie

Last night was long.

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Brief Encounter

Tonight, as I was leaving the Argyll Arms before busking, I got buttonholed by a woman on the stairs leading down from the toilets.

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Book Review - The Art of Asking by Amanda Palmer

I was busking in Tottenham Court Road tube station the other night, playing my cover of Get Lucky, when a young man walked past me and commented, “You’re not really playing that, mate.”

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Book Review - Unspeakable Things by Laurie Penny

If you don’t believe that Laurie Penny gets disproportionate online hate, try tweeting praise of her on Twitter. When I was halfway through her latest book, Unspeakable Things, I was already so excited and inspired by it that I tweetedHalfway through @PennyRed’s Unspeakable Things and I already want to go round handing out copies to strangers demanding they read it.

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