February 2014

the bishop of Oxford's statement on Anglican same sex marriage - ThinkingAnglicans

the wrongness of generational labels - Larbalestier

investing in startups is Black Swan hunting - PaulGraham

a dark comedy of reputation in small-town Nigeria - Diaries of a Dead African [my review]

the tensions of San Francisco's gentrification - Guardian

what the ration packs of different countries' armies contain - Guardian

more vitamin supplements shown to be dangerous - Guardian

"Men using these supplements should stop, period. Neither selenium nor vitamin E supplementation confers any known benefits, only risks."

supermarket claims "today" can mean "six months ago" - Guardian

burning coal mine in Victoria a health hazard - ABC

an old-fashioned approach to moving children by bicycle - Twitter

mathematics-fetishising UK politicians are misguided (and confused by statistics) - Guardian

Discovery Channel fabrications encourage wildlife massacres - Monbiot

paramilitary goons policing Manus Island - NewMatilda

mobile banking apps are miserably insecure - ComputerWorld

(I can't imagine Android apps are any better than the iOS ones.)

plans for Oxford Plain roundabout rebuild criticised - OxCivicSoc [via @lizbatty]

Facebook now supports 56 custom genders - LL

Australian Heatwaves: Hotter, Longer, More Often - ClimateCouncil

another £300,000 of "cycling" money spent speeding up motor traffic - AltDeptTransport

African Union steps in to help flooded Thames Valley - DailyHawk

small children encounter modern art - LostAtEMinor

major eruption of Mr Kelud, 200,000 in East Java evacuated - AlJazeera

another publisher caves in the face of militant Hinduism - Guardian

UK drivers are above the law - BeyondKerb

judge explicitly instructs jury to ignore the Highway Code

why the Three Musketeers don't use muskets - Bookshelf

they dubbed over David Attenborough for US audiences?! - DailyBeast

more about that LEGO ad - WomenYouShouldKnow

Risk, Uncertainty, and Economics for a Warming World - The Climate Casino [my review]

oh no, Iran has sent a third of its navy into the Atlantic! - Informed

some fun cartoons about cycling - BikeyFace

give children traffic-free routes and they will cycle to school - MaidstoneOnBike

in the age of Tesco, why is testing food quality a local government responsibility? - Guardian

biological determinism is a poor argument for gay rights - Nation [via Mertz]

camels weren't domesticated in the Levant till the late 10th century BCE - Tau [PDF via Informed]

the big-bang theory for the origin of eukaryotes - Nautil.us

government demonisation might well induce this kind of individual brutality to refugees - SMH

using category theory to improve spreadsheets - Baez

Bronowski on the essential fallibility and uncertainty of science - NYT [via Pam]

Saudi Arabia's Shura Council is becoming more activist - MFM [via CrossA]

Balzac's short stories - BelieverMag