May 2020
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anti-Muslim fake news in India looks just like medieval anti-Semitism -
ThePrintMigration Histories of the Medieval Afroeurasian Transition Zone -
Brill [free download]the UK government is going to screw up contact tracing too -
Guardianhow one US museum has avoided layoffs -
ArtNetSouth Korea delays some school reopenings because of a (workplace) Covid-19 flareup -
KoreaHeraldmeanwhile, UK schools are pushed to start wider opening
a graduate student proves the Conway knot is not slice -
Quantaavoid crowded and unventilated indoor spaces with people talking; wear a face mask -
Atlanticcreativity and mathematics: art, software, music and more -
Imaginarywhy food delivery companies lose money -
NYMag [via Cosma]East Asia's success with SARS-Cov-2 will reinforce its economic might -
AsiaTimesFrom Brexit to Covid: A Very British Debacle -
NYROBArnhem: another sad example of British military incompetence -
NYROBa backgrounder on recent politics in Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa -
SIPRI [30 page PDF]Munich shifts to open source - again -
ZDNet [via @phaseit]how "yellow filter" in American films negatively stereotypes countries -
MatadorNetworkhow Kerala has tackled Covid-19 -
Guardianpublic health is one area where communism really does shine
Iceland stops hunting whales: watching them is more profitable -
Forbesexercise, don't just wash your hands and clap the NHS -
JSportHealthScience -
Guardian"COVID-19 is a wake-up call, a tocsin, to the world to focus on primary prevention countermeasures."
the real Lord of the Flies: nothing like Golding's vision -
Guardiansurviving Covid-19: "Many people will be left with chronic kidney and heart problems. Even their neural system is disrupted." -
ScienceAir France told not to compete with rail (as part of bailout) -
RailJournalGOTO implemented in python! -
GitHubcelebrating and labelling accidental urban flora -
Guardianthe car: "a pathogen that has infiltrated its host (the city) and hijacked its molecular infrastructure to create a more welcoming environment for its own replication" -
Atlanticif you live in Oxfordshire, you might want to respond to the county council's Local Transport and Connectivity Plan -
Oxford BlogSweden's coronavirus response in the context of its epistocratic government -
BPPface mask madness exposes the limits of markets -
Guardian"The Irish government asked Aer Lingus to run supplies out of Beijing. The airline had never flown to China before, and the planning and approvals for a new route would usually have taken six months. Aer Lingus did it in a week."
adventures in etymology: cha if by land, tea if by sea -
Quartzhow united are the United States? Maryland's National Guard protects coronavirus tests from the federal government -
Newsweeknew German regulations to support cycling and car-sharing and counter speeding and illegal parking -
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