And another inspiring story that I stumbled across

How suffragette Sylvia Pankhurst became an 'honorary Ethiopian'

Jo Cox

From The Washington Post: Killing in Britain spawns a reckoning over rhetoric on eve of E.U. vote

Jo Cox's Fund

'Jo Cox was stolen from us' - the outpouring of grief from Syria

The last one is especially apt as Darcy and I went to a screening of A Syrian Love Story Thursday night.

Brexit

Worth reading this Rupert Murdoch quote again before you place your cross. #EUref pic.twitter.com/GgRTBSfN3o

— Ben Hatch Novelist (@BenHatch) June 18, 2016

Brexit cont.

I received a letter from Lord Sugar today, asking me to vote Remain. This almost feels like rubbing salt in the wound, as I of course can't vote, being Danish. (Nevermind that I've lived here for 20 years. Btw I don't have any particular reason for not becoming a British citizen, except for being able to live here without any issues ever, because of being in the EU and never having £600-800 spare...)

Here are some thoughts from other European countries:

Dear Britain: Elena Ferrante, Slavoj Žižek and other European writers on Brexit

Instead of ranting, I give you Sir Patrick Stewart: What has the ECHR ever done for us?:

ETA:

This is one of the most accurate comments on the Brexit campaign I've seen pic.twitter.com/LYl6nSOUDk

— Tomas Hirst (@tomashirstecon) June 18, 2016

So depressing I can't even. And once people realise they've been lied to it'll be too late. :(

Music post

Sort of... just because. (I should be hoovering.) Mostly for me, but I figured others might like it too? Random selection of stuff from youtube that I like, but never got round to buying.

I'll probably add more. Most of these I use for when I write, and I have listened to them on repeat over and over and over. Enjoy?

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Sorry about the spamming...

But Erin Burr (@erinscafe) is live tweeting from a Trump rally...

This is the worst fucking thing I've ever livetweeted. And I livetweeted Zombeavers.

— Erin Burr, sir (@erinscafe) June 18, 2016

Go read, if you can bear it...