Duncan Hart @duncanhart@mastodon.neophili.ac

Many years ago the San Francisco Chronicle published a short column in which the writer mentioned that he had been traveling in India, and when he told the clerk at his hotel in New Delhi that he was from the San Francisco Bay Area the clerk responded, “Oh that is the center of the universe” Um, mumbled the traveller, and why do you say that? “Because the center of the universe is wherever there is the least resistance to new ideas.”

https://kk.org/thetechnium/the-least-resistance-to-new-ideas/

Dan Aykroyd and John Landis: how we made The Blues Brothers http://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/aug/03/how-we-made-the-blues-brothers-dan-aykroyd-john-landis-interview

Working people will pay the price for the Tories' ideological pandemic response http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/aug/03/working-people-pay-price-tory-ideological-pandemic-response-furlough-scheme-ed-miliband

No 10 criticised over drive to recruit White House-style spokesperson http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/aug/02/no-10-criticised-over-drive-to-recruit-white-house-style-spokesperson

Secrecy has harmed UK government's response to Covid-19 crisis, says top scientist http://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/02/secrecy-has-harmed-uk-governments-response-to-covid-19-crisis-says-top-scientist

Crossing the Rubicon: The UK Slips into a Repressive State https://off-guardian.org/2020/07/31/crossing-the-rubicon-the-uk-slips-into-a-repressive-state/

'State-sanctioned gaslighting': a rape survivor recalls her CPS ordeal http://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/jul/30/survivor-talks-of-gas-lighting-of-victims-ahead-of-judicial-review

Matt Hancock's speech on NHS's future leaves audience comatose http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/jul/30/matt-hancock-speech-on-nhs-future-leaves-audience-comatose

Cummings saga damaged UK lockdown unity, study suggests http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/jul/30/cummings-saga-damaged-uk-unity-covid-19-study-suggests

Kraftwerk, Tribal Gathering 1997: past, present and future become one http://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/jul/27/iconic-festival-sets-kraftwerk-tribal-gathering-1997

Intoxicating highs and deep darkness: living and loving with bipolar disorder http://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/jul/27/bipolar-disorder-mental-illness-health

If you’re not terrified about Facebook, you haven’t been paying attention http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jul/26/with-facebook-we-are-already-through-the-looking-glass

The Russia report shows we have a security problem. He lives in No 10 http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jul/26/the-russia-report-shows-we-have-a-security-problem-he-lives-in-no-10

Dawn Sturgess inquest may examine Russia's role in novichok death http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/jul/24/dawn-sturgess-inquest-may-examine-russia-role-novichok-death

UK failed to plan for economic impact of flu-like pandemic, says watchdog http://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/23/uk-failed-to-plan-for-economic-impact-of-flu-like-pandemic-says-watchdog

Boris is the emperor with no clothes and it’s not a pretty sight http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/jul/22/boris-is-the-emperor-with-no-clothes-and-its-not-a-pretty-sight

Boris Johnson was asleep on the job, and since when was idleness a crime? http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/jul/21/boris-johnson-was-asleep-on-the-job-and-since-when-was-idleness-a-crime-

Russia report reveals UK government failed to investigate Kremlin interference http://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/21/russia-report-reveals-uk-government-failed-to-address-kremlin-interference-scottish-referendum-brexit

Q magazine's demise signals the end of the old music press http://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/jul/20/q-magazine-demise-signals-the-end-of-the-old-music-press

Chief nurse was dropped from briefings after refusing to back Cummings http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/jul/20/englands-chief-nurse-dropped-from-covid-19-briefing-after-refusing-to-back-cummings-ruth-may

Trump consults Bush torture lawyer on how to skirt law and rule by decree http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/20/trump-john-yoo-lawyer-torture-waterboarding