Here you can find summaries of, and links to, hundreds of IRSE published papers, articles and videos, and to other non-IRSE technical papers on the subject of train control and communications.

MuckRock uses open-source tools and public records to track the costs and revenues of hosting the two biggest, and competing, submission grappling events in the world. The findings show big discrepancies between net revenue and competitor payouts for both organizers. ADCC profits from ticket sales while CJI's huge prize money can't be met by ticket sales alone.

Head of the EU's foreign policy, Josep Borrell, and the EU's special representative for human rights, Olof Skoog, sent a proposal to EU's foreign ministers to end political dialogue with Israel. The document, detailing potential war crimes by Israel, was rejected by the EU foreign ministers. (mirror)

POSIX or UNIX time synchronizes leap seconds with UTC and, therefore, does not represent actual seconds since the Epoch. CLOCK_MONOTONIC, on the other hand, starts counting seconds from the moment the system was booted.

Drawing attention to humanity's historical migration from the continent, Kato traveled through eastern Africa, meeting welcoming people, passing through conflict zones, and visiting relatives in Uganda.

Craig Jones and the B-Team are an interesting phenomenon in the world of jiu-jitsu. In the first episode of their new traveler series, they conclude that giving back to the community is more important than shallow individual financial gain. At the same time, they seem to successfully funnel resources into CJI.

Share or design information so it's easy to understand and act on. Use simple language and fewer distractions to reduce cognitive load. Cognitive load theory.

Algorithmic media has a way of creating apathy and distress in individuals, which surely has negative effects on society.

A study from 2017 on International Boxing Association competitions shows that removing head guards seem to reduce the rate of referee stoppages due to suspected cerebral concussion (TKO).

Sanity has nothing directly to do with the way you think. It’s a matter of presenting yourself as safe. Little old men wander around London hallucinating visibly, but no one gets upset. The same behaviour in a younger, more vigorous person would get him shut away. A Canadian study on attitudes to mental illness concluded that it was when someone’s behaviour was perceived as ‘unpredictable’ that the community rejected them. A fat lady was admiring a painting at a private view at the Tate when the artist strode over and bit her. They threw him out, but no one questioned his sanity—it was how he always behaved.

Impro by Keith Johnstone