The Blood is The Life 11-01-2012

• Londonkds has a grim reading of what happens to the Thals in Who Canon....
  ... which I think is disturbingly plausible
  (tags: doctorwho )
  
  
• Qwghlm on why narrow focus is bad in teaching.
  He talks specifically about code here, but I think this could apply to pretty much any subject area; teaching kids to think and problem-solve is more important than teaching by rote.
  (tags: education )
  
  
• Andrew Ducker corrects a commonly held misconception.
  Labour do not tend to win elections because of Scotland
  (tags: politics )
  
  
• Chinese Britons have put up with racism for too long
  I'm shocked but not totally surprised by this
  (tags: racism )
  
  
• Jesus and Mo pit student groups against each other
  Surprised that nobody has made the point that Mo is not a depiction of the prophet, but a depiction of a lookalike....
  (tags: atheism education )
  
  
• The Phoenix Comic
  This looks really interesting, if somewhat worthy. Unfortunately none of my local newsagents are stocking it. Has anyone actually SEEN a copy?
  (tags: comics )
  
  
• The Burger Lab: Revisiting the Myth of The 12-Year Old McDonald's Burger That Just Won't Rot (Testing Results!) | A Hamburger Today
  YAY food science!
  (tags: science food )
  
  
• Chicken Yoghurt calls Time
  I shall miss Justin's wit. And his randomised scans from classic 2000ad. Nobody else gives Devlin Waugh the prominence he deserves....
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