November 2019

Latin is neither useless nor useful - LitHub

Peru's Potato Museum: preserving critical agricultural diversity - Guardian

on being French and Chinese - Guardian

David Graeber "Against Economics" - NYROB

"Corbyn's plans are eye-catching but Johnson's are straightforwardly destructive" - Prospect

modern technology makes a huge difference for people with motor neurone disease - KirstenHarley

buses and bicycles: synergies and conflicts - Oxford Blog

short stories celebrating the lives of Indian women - A Kitchen in the Corner of the House [my review]

"mastery" in mathematics teaching remains an ambiguous buzzword - Cambridge Maths

the future of transportation: buses, bicycles and elevators - Slate

"hers", and how bias gets into AI systems - Medium

don't make your child multiply - Oxford Blog

even low concentrations of particulate emissions increase mortality (kill people) - Epidemiology

how Stockholm brought in congestion charging - Fast Company

"In the UK, e-bikes will enable people to not cycle 4 miles instead of not cycling 3 miles, and 70yos to not cycle at the same rates 40yos don't cycle" - Oxford Blog

it's not just the Russians and the Christian fundamentalists: the Indian ruling party and Hindu extremists are also backing UK Conservatives - OpenDemocracy

a backgrounder on digital Estonia - Managers [via @phaseit]

the Commonwealth War Graves Commission only maintains the graves of white soldiers - Guardian