June 2014

handling contradictions in Buddhist philosophy and modern logic - Aeon

(I think this really only shows that mathematical logics are capable of modelling anything.)

the dangers of doonas - ABC

rethinking the future of book publishing - IdeaLogical

the surveillance state: looking back at alpha male gorillas is a bad idea - Rifters [via Schneier]

how Australia's largest coal-mining company avoids paying any tax - SMH

fascinating analysis of Oxford transport - TransportParadise [via @ParadiseOxford]

what annoys climate scientists the most - Guardian

forgotten superheroines of the 1940s - SaladinAhmed [via Hornblower]

Bubble Economics book: a long-term perspective on Australia's housing bubble - RWER

a BBC documentary ridicules and maligns people with poor mobility - AsEasyAsRiding

helmet fanaticism sustained by bicycling exceptionalism

bicycling is an ordinary part of everyday life, like walking

a popular presentation of recent research on children - Nurture Shock [my review]

Poynton "shared space" roundabout ok given 26000 vehicles a day, but fails cyclists - AsEasyAsRiding

three decades to investigate police misconduct in 1984 miners' strike?!? - Guardian

they must be waiting for everyone involved to have died

the UK police spy on politicians who criticise them - Guardian

Tony Blair has a bizarre concept of causality - Guardian

compared to Europe, renters in Australia (or the UK) have no rights - Choice [via Robert]

the Dutch can count to three, why can't Australians (or Brits)? - BicyclePerth [via @DavidHembrow]

there are no tipping points for cycling uptake; it requires ongoing investment - ViewFromCyclePath [via @DavidHembrow] - AsEasyAsRiding

a new translation of Herodotus - TLS

Amsterdam is evicting mopeds from its bike paths - BicycleDutch

stupendously annotated and enhanced - The Landmark Herodotus: The Histories [my review]

why he shut down the Lavabit email service - Guardian

the chemistry behind the smell of books, old and new - CompoundChem [via Robert]

ptexts and etexts compared - Athabasca [via DanBurn]

historical debates, challenges and questions - Byzantine Matters [my review]

Ellsberg on Snowden and the Espionage Act - Guardian

"old, being updated" Dutch cyclepath is better than anything I've seen anywhere in the UK - ViewFromCyclepath

even literary prizes are now completely politicised in Australia - Age