Danny's Pathologically Polymathic: March 2017

the cold reality of Brexit begins to bite: there will be no unicorns or pots of gold - Politics

The Vital Question: Why is life the way it is? [my review]

are the Northern hemisphere mid-latitudes going to get "stickier" weather? - WP

this is what real political interference with science looks like - Guardian

becoming a scientist involves learning how to fail - SciAm

Theresa May: banal rhetoric with no substance - Guardian [via @amanda_wrigley]

mad ideologues are destroying prosperity, upending lives, and dividing the nation - Guardian

book update at age 4 - OxfordBlog

"there is no developed economy on the planet which trades with the EU only under WTO rules" - EUReferendum

no dramas at all since the UK legalised same-sex marriages 3 years ago, Australia get your act together - SMH

would you actually want to live in a tax haven? - Guardian

the Australian government is being run by anti-science activists - Quiggin

London may cope with Brexit better than the rest of the UK - FlipChartFairyTales

but this is trade, not services; also, immigration restrictions will hurt London more

the problem with facts - TimHarford

in Japanese, _tsundoku_ is "the stockpiling of books never consumed" - Quartz

(I'm running at a 62% read rate for books acquired while in the UK)

nice profile of @JolyonMaugham - Bloomberg

the children of rapists now get extra benefits - Guardian

how an undergraduate got the 27th Amendment to the US Constitution passed - Kut [via Tomlin]

why people claim bicycles are more dangerous than cars - AsEasyAsRiding

"pedestrian comfort and convenience only seems to be a matter of concern when cycling is involved"

the Japanese pay less than Australians for Australian gas... - MichaelWest

Ursula Le Guin answers twenty questions - TLS

The Structure of Soviet History: Essays and Documents [my review]

a Korean blockbuster about expatriates in China - The Human Jungle [my review]

the IT disaster UK Customs is facing - EUreferendum

the UK, still obsessed by 19th century fears about poor people having children - Guardian

the baby name book for mathematical variables - MathWithBadDrawings

how newspapers lied the UK into Brexit - InFacts

"When the sanction for a huge misleading story is a minor slap on the wrist, it's hardly surprising that we are living in a world of fake news and post-truth politics"

what we can learn from the failure of Google Flu Trends - Wired

conscious consumerism is a just a distraction from the real problem - Qz

"climb on out of your upcycled wooden chair and get yourself to a town hall meeting"

how Britain became obsessed with immigration - IBTimes

is Brexit going to force the UK out of a European patent system too? - Politics

the UK over the next 5 years: the poor will get poorer + the rich richer - Sky