Danny Yee's blog - Pathologically Polymathic https://danny.id.au/blog/ links - books, politics, free software, censorship, and more en-au Cosma Shalizi's random ideas are interesting - Bactra https://bactra.org/weblog/obiter-dicta.html Sun, 08 Mar 2026 01:03:00 GMT Dr Seuss studied at Oxford! - BBC https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clywx08zqevo Tue, 03 Mar 2026 01:08:00 GMT sinkholes are eating farmland in eastern Turkey - Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/28/i-live-in-constant-fear-surge-in-giant-sinkholes-threatens-turkeys-farmers Sat, 28 Feb 2026 01:34:00 GMT how much did Cantor copy from Dedekind? - Quanta https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-man-who-stole-infinity-20260225/ Fri, 27 Feb 2026 01:33:00 GMT How to Drive a Nuclear Reactor https://dannyreviews.com/h/How_Drive_Nuclear_Reactor.html Fri, 06 Feb 2026 01:33:00 GMT Oxford's cycling demographics are closer to Amsterdam's than London's - Urban Cycling Institute https://urbancyclinginstitute.substack.com/p/two-cities-different-rides-exploring "In Amsterdam more women cycle than men, with 55% of cyclists being women... [In London] women make up just 26% of cyclists" Wed, 04 Feb 2026 01:57:00 GMT it never occurred to me that there might be any danger reheating rice - "Grain of Terror" Vittles https://www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/grain-of-terror Wed, 21 Jan 2026 01:46:00 GMT Children of Mars: The Origins of Rome's Empire https://dannyreviews.com/h/Children_Mars.html "The Roman Republic was a federation of elite families who worked together for mutual benefit, but in a highly competitive environment" Wed, 21 Jan 2026 01:33:00 GMT Dutch cities are rethinking the role of cars - Bicycle Dutch https://bicycledutch.wordpress.com/2026/01/21/when-space-runs-out-rethinking-the-role-of-the-car-in-dutch-cities/ "The car is being pushed out because doing so offers answers to several of the challenges these cities face today" Tue, 20 Jan 2026 01:58:00 GMT a nice combination of broad themes and illustrative details, in their social and political contexts - Religions of Early India: A Cultural History (Richard H. Davis) my review https://dannyreviews.com/h/Religions_Early_India.html Mon, 12 Jan 2026 01:32:00 GMT