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May 2022

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even normally, Sydney gets nearly 2x as much rain as Oxford - Guardian
Oxford needs adequate pavements and space for cycling on Hythe Bridge St, so the traffic filter there needs to operate 24/7 and only exempt emergency vehicles - Oxford Blog
resistance to the Taliban in the Panjshir valley - India Today
rising temperatures may make Jacobabad (with the population of Oxford) unhabitable - Guardian
stop using disabled people as an excuse not to remove cars - Novara Media
vellum versus paper: the battle for longevity - Worcester Cathedral Library
Plymouth has an effective 20mph average speed camera - VisionZeroSouthwest - LAD BIBLE
it's grim in Sri Lanka - Reuters
the Russians have destroyed Ukraine's National Gene Bank of Plants - Odessa Journal
"more than 160 thousand varieties of plant seeds, and hybrids of agricultural crops worldwide"
the UK currently has a gas glut, high retail prices notwithstanding - Sky
even Ford has realised that cars rarely make sense in cities! - Ford
Melitopol under Russian occupation - New Yorker
Uyghur incarceration rates are 30x China's average - ABC
"Chinese authorities expanded the definition of extremism to include displays of religion such as growing a long beard or wearing a veil"
what came first, mitochondria or phagocytosis? - Quanta
the "Fulda Gap Effect" - overestimating Russia's military capabilities - CEPA
a new gamelan font - Kraton Jogja
a short video on Dutch Sustainable Safety - YouTube
York as a model for central Oxford? - Oxford Blog
Antisocial by Design - making entire cities antisocial to stop occasional antisocial behaviour - Guardian
does the extended British royal family have a purpose? - New Yorker
Tom Shippey on J.R.R. Tolkien - The Road to Middle-Earth + Author of the Century [my review]

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