05 January 2020

Sunday Sundries

Miscellaneous items I found of interest during the week.

It's not often I'm quoted in the Globe and Mail
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-trudeau-governments-promises-on-tackling-climate-change-stymied-by/

The Science of Baby-Name Trends
From JSTOR Daily.

Historic Winchester Press closes after 131 years
There's a message ... the closing was announced on the Facebook page.

The Irish Times view: Neglect of the National Archives

What Canadians thought the future in 2020 would look like, 50 years ago
An opinion piece from the Globe and Mail based on the book Visions 2020: Fifty Canadians in Search of a Future, (1970), Stephen Clarkson (editor). Edmonton : M. G. Hurtig.

The daily mean temperature in 2019: 278/365 days were hotter than the 30-year normal.

Summary of daily global mean temperature in 2019 [OC] from r/dataisbeautiful

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