May 2014

new to me term: "vocal fry" - PLOSone

the end of the car city - SlideShare

think calendrical reform is a good idea? - QNTM

Seven Tales of Jewish Life Before, During, and After Nazi Occupation - Regrowth [my review]

an uneven but engaging biography - Bismarck [my review]

an overview of the state of computer go - Wired [via Gabi]

placentas have their own microbial community - Nature

a different look at the UK local election results - AnotherAngryVoice [via Jonathan]

slow but steady improvements to central Sydney for pedestrians and cyclists - SydneyCycleways

17 of Australia's best bookshops - BuzzFeed

a sinecure for the girl - NewMatilda

the unique economics of health care - MacroB

avoid gender stereotyping your children - BlogHer

estimates of oil in Monterey Shale cut by 96%... - LAT [via Posch]

Economic Lives in Early Modern Britain - Earthly Necessities [my review]

a personal response to the double-crested cormorant - YUP

Australia's superannuation system allows rorting by millionaires - Age

some amazing fungi photos - TreeHugger [via Su]

a long piece on improving cycling in Oxford - Oxford Blog

some UK cycling infrastructure is so bad it's funny - Twitter

my proposal to remake Oxford's Broad St as a central square - Oxford Blog

an overview of transport issues in the United Kingdom - The Transport Debate [my review]

anti-human street and building design - @AsEasyAsRiding

television is still the idiot box - Salon

El Niño events briefly slow the Earth's rotation - ArsTechnica [via Matty]

Icelandic "land of giants" pylons unfortunately never built - ChoiShine

Sydney's segregated bike lanes are safe and popular - SMH

"the separated bike lanes in central Sydney regularly carry as many people as in cars on adjacent traffic lanes"

the Tehran international book fair sounds like fun! - Guardian

raising a moral child - NYT

when Anna Akhmatova and Isaiah Berlin met for one night - NYT

academics discriminate against women and minorities - SSRN

not all birds are ducks - unauthorised