August 2016

repeating patterns, from the plane to higher dimensions - The Symmetries of Things [my review]

the UK government's inaction on obesity is a scandal - Lancet

Nottingham's workplace parking levy has been a success - CityMetric

100 Days in 1945 that Changed Asia and the World - End of Empire [my review]

Korean short stories about aging and being old - Lonesome You [my review]

life and death in Hebron - Guardian

a nice graphical presentation of worldwide shipping routes - ShipMap

OECD comparisons show how clearly US healthcare is failing - VisualCapitalist

Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons had a Syrian connection - BBC

grouse moors illustrate how the rich simply buy laws, public opinion, and subsidies - Monbiot

the Department for Transport doesn't really do walking or cycling - AsEasyAsRiding

surely "High Visibility Burqa" is actually a statement about car-centric transport policy? - Bloomberg

a political murder mystery in 1871 St Petersburg - Harlequin's Costume [my review]

is Switzerland prepared to accept lower growth to get fewer foreigners? - Guardian

current debates over physics and the philosophy of time - Quanta

"Stop. Using. Periods. Period." - WP

a lovely walk in the Chilterns: Pulpit Hill and Ninn Wood - OxfordBlog

can we import some Danish children's tv along with the crime thrillers? - Economist

real-world experience with job guarantees: Argentina's _Jefes_ program - NEP [via @tristramwyatt]

macroeconomics: do Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium models have a future? - PIIE [PDF via Cosma]

Kurya women in Tanzania marry one another to protect property rights - MarieClaire

informed speculation as to what went wrong with the Aus census - Twitter

the evidence is clear: grammar schools decrease social mobility - BBC

humpback whales rescue other mammals from orcas - MNN - MarineMammalScience

a retired vicar is refusing to pay council tax as a protest - Guardian

sports drinks and the "hydration industry" are a scam - MotherJones

45-year study shows low exercise/aerobic capacity is the biggest mortality risk for men after smoking - MedNewsToday [via @dnunan79]

25% of men and 40% of women in the UK have no household car or no driving license - Poverty

and they are shut out by a transport system that is almost entirely car-centric

Samuel Richardson and the modern novel - NYer

Squid and Owl, a biophilosophical comic - Tapastic [via]

the complexities of Faraday Cages - SIAM

in a safe environment, cyclists dump their helmets - AsEasyAsRiding