Tim Harford — How this climate change economist changed my world

Good perspective


Room for change: the problem with Extinction Rebellion


Paper to Paperless: A Guide to Digitalizing Your Journals with a Scanner App

Very thorough guide that covers both how and why you might want to do this. Most interesting, it links to a Python script for adding a Table of Contents to a PDF, which would be very handy indeed.But shouldn’t it be “digitising”?


"Meat traders came out in support of ...

“Meat traders came out in support of vegan activists who occupied Smithfield Market in London last night.”

Happy to take your word for it, as The Times won’t let me read without registering.


Daring Fireball: Correction: Regarding an Erroneous Allegation in ‘Richard Stallman’s Disgrace’

This is how you do this sort of thing.


Uh-oh. Asking people to stop eating meat ...

Uh-oh. Asking people to stop eating meat is one thing, stopping people who sell it for a living is quite another. I fear that the blockade of Smithfield market in London might prove to be an XR error.


I have been tempted recently to start ...

I have been tempted recently to start using Chrome again, specifically to work with Lighthouse. Maybe if I just restrict myself to that use only …


the economist


IndieWebCamp Amsterdam After Event Notes – Interdependent Thoughts


Not to deny your personal experience, but ...

Not to deny your personal experience, but in view of the number opf psychology experiments that cannot be replicated, I wonder whether any else has confirmed the one you cite.


Flashing Palely in the Margins


Having only recently begun to do this ...

Having only recently begun to do this particular version of high intensity circuit training, I hope I’ll have no problem in changing what I call it.


Luscious.


We’re not in Kansas.


Happy to confirm that sautéed radishes with the tops are indeed absolutely delicious. Live and learn.


Brexit, Trump, Johnson and civic virtue

Look at the people, not at the institutions.


And then there's the question of sautéed ...

And then there’s the question of sautéed radishes. I’ve had one reply so far, telling me they are super delicious.

So who else has tried that?


Surely the very best reason to pay ...

Surely the very best reason to pay judges, especially if you are charging scads to enter and attend the ceremony, is to ensure that all judges are beyond bribery.

Not you, of course …


Attenborough documentaries ‘actively mislead audiences’into thinking wildlife is doing fine, scientists warn | The Independent

Say it isn’t so!


Well, that was a bit of a long day.