Interesting Links for 14-01-2018

[andrewducker]

A Conservative voter explains themselves

(tags: Conservatives economics )

Why D&D should give out experience for gold pieces

(tags: roleplaying design )

Winston Churchill gives great advice on writing reports

(tags: writing advice )

What it’s like being a creative professional and a mother.

(tags: funny fantasy motherhood advice viaFanf )

The First Woman to Translate the ‘Odyssey’ Into English

(tags: translation writing )

Origins of the Sicilian Mafia: The Market for Lemons

(tags: italy mafia history economics )

On interviewing at Amazon in 1995 so you can steal their technology

(tags: amazon interview history )

Citizens Assemblies as a way of getting feedback on what the public want from Brexit

(tags: UK Europe democracy opinion )

Why you're not getting a map (for a fantasy book series)

(tags: maps writing fantasy )

Hawaii sends out missile alert by mistake (and somehow takes twenty minutes to rescind it)

(tags: usa nuclearweapons Hawaii fail )

Brexit talks latest: EU to target UK tax haven territories as trade negotiations begin

(tags: tax UK Europe )

Lighthouses of Europe

(tags: maps light )

Dan Harmon Confesses to Sexually Harassing Community Writer Megan Ganz

(tags: abuse tv DanHarmon )

Comments

[danieldwilliam]

I read a really good book on the Homeric epics last year. Lots of good stuff on the origin and what happened to the stories after they were created.

Buggered if I can remember the name of it off the top of my head.

I'm looking forward to the translation mentioned above.

A Conservative voter explains themselves

[j_v_lynch]

I don't think that conservative explained themselves very well, especially if the goal was to explain how they are not selfish.