Interesting links

There are some extraordinary IT Anthems at ZDNet (link from MeFi). Most are just parodies of current songs, but there are a few specially-composed songs, most notably the venerable Ever Onward IBM. They are all utterly cringe-worthy, but to be honest, not any more so than the school and college

At the TfL site.

rule forty-two, home of misheard lyrics, interesting articles about English life c. 1998, and photos of NYC.

Will climate change cause the Gulf Stream to stop, plunging northern Europe (and particularly Britain) into the freezer? Well, do you want the bad news or the very bad news.

I’m going to be sure to try the Participatory Politics Foundation’s newConversate online discussion tool.

The

Lots of old Private Eye covers.

This old link deserved a re-post: The minimal compact: An open-source constitution for post-national states .

From the New Yorker cartoon store.

Claude Moraes – a Labour MEP in the SouthEast – has written a briefing on migration, exploding the common myths about our being swamped. It’s on his web site.