Geely Vision: as fast as a Citroën 2CV flat out

I was very interested to see this graphic on the Geely Instagram account today:    Spot the issue? I commented (and I wonder if they will delete it): ‘I would be a bit worried if the Geely GC7 found 71·5 mph its “flat out” speed. That would make it only as fast as a Citroën […]

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Time for a rewatch: Reza Aslan interviewed on CNN about Muslim violence

Found on my wall today. While it’s over three months old, the responses from Prof Reza Aslan of the University of California Riverside address a lot of the comments that have surfaced post-Charlie Hebdo head-on—which shows that we continue to go round and round the same arguments and not making an awful lot of progress. […]

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Modern terrorism and where we are in history

Thoughts today on social networks, chatting to friends about issues stemming from the Charlie Hebdo massacre and the hostage saga in Paris’s 11th arrondissement.    In response to an Australian friend of Chinese heritage: [Muslims] have been [speaking out against violence] since 9-11 and probably before but no one cared or no one could be […]

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Je suis Charlie

I was watching France 24 about half an hour after the Charlie Hebdo attack and made the above graphic a few hours later, in support of press freedoms and the victims’ families, and showing solidarity with other members of the media. One friend has made it his Facebook profile photo and I followed suit about […]

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