March 2021

what are low traffic neighbourhoods for? - Red Pepper

Decisive Moments in the History of Christianity - Turning Points [my review]

for cities to reach net-zero, cycling is 10x more important than electric cars - Conversation

the divide between US and European e-bike (pedelec) speed and power restrictions - Verge

insulting the Polish president? up to three years in prison - Notes from Poland

Josep Pla's stories of the north Catalan coast - Salt Water [my review]

B.1.1.7 does seem to be relatively more infectious among children - medrxiv [via @SarahDRasmussen]

some printed travel guides are surviving the Internet age - Guardian

Papua New Guinea is at risk of a Covid catastrophe - ABC

"Promoting active travel should be a cornerstone of strategies to meet net zero carbon targets, particularly in urban areas" - Transportation Research Part D

an Oxford road-safety film from 1953 - BFI

20min silent black and white film of Oxford (Uni) in 1928 - BFI

why I explained what a Grothendieck prime is to my daughter - Oxford Blog

nine principles for teaching mathematics - Mathigon

how Europe and the United States lost against Covid - NYmag

snowflakes try to cancel examination of Churchill's less pleasant aspects - Guardian

Australia's history of apartheid in Papua New Guinea - PNGblogs

using a laser to generate true random numbers at 250Tb/s - Science [via Schneier]

will the UK temporally disengage from the EU as well? - Wired

Toronto opts for sustainable and affordable over high-tech - Guardian

positive results from a Californian universal basic income trial - Atlantic

Daily Mail owner buys New Scientist - Guardian

the strangeness of Italian power plugs and voltages - @tech963

blow up that junction! my history with low traffic neighbourhoods - Oxford Blog

the Uyghur Genocide: China's breaches of the Genocide Convention - Newlines

both pro-democracy and pro-Beijing users are shifting away from Facebook - Rest of World

240+ tweets documenting the myriad harms of Brexit - @rdanielkelemen

health and inequality in London's 'Covid Triangle' - FT

Zwolle a model for bike parking at Oxford's new railway station? - BicycleDutch

A Contextual History - Mathematics in Ancient Egypt [my review]