Weekly roundup December 30 - January 12

Articles/Columns

For tech-weary Midwest farmers, 40-year-old tractors now a hot commodity Star Tribune

Colby Cosh on Flight PS752: coincidental calamity, or mirror of Vincennes? National Post

The birthday paradox puzzle: tidy simulation in R variance explained

(Pretending to) believe the worst? StatsChat

10 Ways the Bon Appétit Test Kitchen Will Be More Sustainable in 2020 Bon Appetit

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Screenshot from Twitter. 2019-12-31T23:25:49.000Z. Dr Claudia Antolini 🌌🚀#BLM she/her 🐯 (@CA_AstroComm). Make yourself proud in 2020.   Not your parents  Not your teachers  Not your partner   Not your boss   Go around and lift your chin, smile to strangers, do random acts of kindness, be outrageously awesome.  Go out there and make yourself proud.  #NewYear #NewYears2020.

Screenshot from Twitter. 2020-01-08T05:59:05.000Z. Chris Turner (@theturner). I’m reminded every winter how the Canadian media encourages a weird sort of denial about the climate we live in. Reply 2020-01-08T06:00:45.000Z. Chris Turner (@theturner). “Canada braces for brutal assault from utterly typical January weather”.