Danny Yee

Pathologically Polymathic (Blog)

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Last update: 19 November 2018 (RSS, twitter, Facebook)

mathematics, approaching six - Oxford Blog
how the Democratic Republic of the Congo is stamping out sleeping sickness: a photo-essay - Guardian
plans to pedestrianise central Paris (arr 1-4) - BBC
trying really hard to kill any joy in primary school mathematics - ThirdSpaceLearning
why we need difficult books - Guardian
a large part of England's "National Cycle Network" is impassable or unsafe - Guardian
even Tory loyalists are unhappy about a choice "between vassalage and chaos" - Medium
some interesting teacher tips for reading instruction - ChrisChivers
twelve medieval books - Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts [my review]
a comedy of manners in a French village - The Alphonse Courrier Affair [my review]
"poor-quality medicines can kill you even if you don’t take them" - Mosaic
"the will of the people" is a very un-British idea - Politics
Monbiot goes after one of the UK's sacred cows (or is that a Nubian ibex?) - Guardian
trying to describe the natural world while avoiding politics is hugely distorting
will the Andenpakt "white boys club" come back after Merkel? - AlJazeera
teaching girls to help each other - WP
the kilogram is about to be redefined! - @MaxFagin
"baseline testing" of four year olds will exacerbate social inequality - LeedsTrinity
the UK ploughs ahead with new roads, ignoring looming climate catastrophe - Forbes
classic book covers, animated - Vimeo
the Australian government now vets research grants for political correctness - SMH
the Tilburg demonstration cycle route, 40 years on - BicycleDutch
breaking down religious divides in Jerusalem's local elections
Haaretz haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-in-j-lem-elections-the-walls-between-the-blocs-are-cracking-1.6609320
mercury, the other geologically persistent planetary poison - RealClimate
is the future of bookshops as community enterprises? - Guardian
is there actually that much disagreement about phonics? - DanielWillingham [via @MrEFinch]
in Australia, European food has higher status than Asian food - ABC
don't make your child read - OxfordBlog
the legacy of Peterloo - Guardian
reading at 5.75 - OxfordBlog
cargobikes rather than drones are the future of last-mile logistics - Forbes
Dunkirk is the largest European city to offer free public transport - Guardian
the early anthropogenic CO2 hypothesis reconsidered - RealClimate
the political future of the Church of England - Guardian
a short guide to computational complexity classes - Quanta
the UK has already lost around 2% of GDP due to Brexit - Bloomberg
Scottish doctors can now prescribe birdwatching! - Guardian
UK government touts spending figures including private school fees! - Guardian
"The Institute for Fiscal Studies estimates that funding per pupil in England fell by 8% between 2010 and 2018, with 66,000 more children in state schools this year than the year before but with 5,000 fewer teachers"
the debate on the revocability of an Article 50 notification - EUlawanalysis [via @StevePeers]
a Nigerian family vignette: grandfather was a slave-trader - NYer [via Cosma]
background on Nissan's presence in Sunderland - Guardian

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Danny Yee