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Trolls and Participation

“We need to be careful not to let this abuse discourage us from pursuing online interactions in a way that enhances democratic participation.”

@timdunlop on trolling and “the strategic use of civility“.

Meanwhile:

“Instead of a hearse, he drove the coffin himself in the family car to the church of St Mary’s in Lutterworth, Leicestershire.”

Hannah Smith’s funeral.

Crowd Funding for The Cheetah

$30k being sourced to complete the filming of a Nelson Vails biog. From NYC bicycle messenger to Olympic Silver - quite some story.

Chapeua!

via @BillBuffalo.

Topological Topics

Circling the Society: Women’s Geographical Frontiers in Edwardian London.

Curating science in an age of empire: the Museum of Economic Botany at Kew.

A privy without a door: The socio-politics of toilets in the slums of Kitale and Kisumu, Kenya.

Selected, um, highlights from the psychogeography wankfest that is the annual conference of the Social and Geography Society.

IN, Comrades.