- A walk among Hong Kong’s protesters (here’s my impression from a visit 9 months ago)
- Lower speed limits improve city life (and safety)
- Climate change is affecting crop yields and reducing global food supplies
- Two Dutch guys might get life in prison for trafficking marijuana and MDMA. I consider this a terrible injustice given that murderers get shorter sentences (e.g., 18 years for killing a leading politician). I guess that Big Pharma/Alcohol don’t like competition.
- “Despite all my efforts to leave Russia, it had followed me. Why? Are we suddenly living in a Russian-like world that Putin has created?“
- How Eric Arthur Blair became George Orwell
- Climate catastrophe looms ever larger as the bad news (e.g., Greenland’s icesheet slipping off land and raising sea level by 7.5 meters in a short time) outpaces even the worst fears of scientists. Related: Watch this video on how the people of the Sundrabans (Bay of Bengal) are trying to cope with rising seas.
- There are some really interesting parallels between Brexit and warfare. Yes, the UK will adapt and survive, but no it’s not a good idea to declare a war that you will lose.
- The funny economics of near-zero interest rates
- The Dutch are innovating to feed 11 billion
H/T to FB