January 2021
<< December 2020 |
Dutch government resigns over scandal -
BBCeven if this is with the coming elections in mind, it's notable that admitting failure seems best (contrast UK, Australia, etc)
dire wolves were not really wolves, but "the last of a dog lineage that evolved in North America" -
SciAmthis is Apartheid: A regime of Jewish supremacy from the Jordan to the Mediterranean -
B'Tselem -
Haaretzwalking, cycling, driving become 3 to 4 times safer in London low traffic neighbourhoods -
Transport Findings"using Stats19 police data 2012-2019, we find a three-fold decline in number of injuries inside low traffic neighbourhoods after implementation, relative to the rest of Waltham Forest and the rest of Outer London... no evidence that injury numbers changed on boundary roads"
five days of remote learning and everything is running smoothly -
Oxford Blog [@larkriseprimary]outsourcing school meals: the government pays £30, children get £5 worth of food -
@RoadsideMumthe difference between 'geek' and 'nerd' -
BigThinkthe default speed limits in the UK should be lowered -
Oxford Blogbut making plane flights and cars more expensive is probably a good thing -
GuardianGreece's Golden Dawn fascists are on the out -
Guardiana short novel of aging and memory, of pain, suffering, love and joy -
Difficult Light [my review]France: "The spectacle of a government stumbling apologetically to vaccinate the willing and eager is unlikely to change the minds of the unwilling and suspicious" -
TheLocalhow complex can lichen symbioses get? -
Atlanticneither "open" nor "shut" are actually options for schools now -
Oxford Blog [my rant]the possible breakup of the United Kingdom -
UKandEUis "dyslexia" a catch-all label that has outlived its usefulness? -
Guardian"the one thing you should never do with a scapegoat is to kill it and eat it" -
Zeit"The EU scapegoat has now been ritually sacrificed to the gods of national identity in the hope that they will in turn bestow the greatness that holds Britain together."
a German town lures Polish emigrants from Britain -
Irish Timesit should be illegal to install wood-burning stoves in urban areas -
Guardian<< December 2020 |