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Teacher wins Guinness World Record for working 61 years at the same school
by Sheena Goodyear
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/guinness-longest-teacher-9.7031233
i'm pretty sure that's one record i'll not catch up to
via rss
I cannot stand the parodies of modern major general, they're overdone and simply not as good as the original.
by fipindustries
https://www.tumblr.com/fipindustries/752453453273546752/i-cannot-stand-the-parodies-of-modern-major
this is excellent
via discord

Fairmeadow
by KP
https://fairmeadowcomic.com/
in case you need a webcomic about an orc in a hippie commune
via a comment on charlie stross's blog
From Old English to Modern American English in One Monologue
by Simon Roper
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=842OX2_vCic
an impressive performance, and a heck of a lot of work! by about 1400 i could understand most of it
via discord
We Were Totally Wrong About Zebra Stripes
by SciShow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbVSYO-Y-kU
i was literally talking about this with someone yesterday
via youtube recommends

Edmonton to seek province's permission to bring back automated traffic enforcement at some intersections
by Emma Zhao
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-photo-radar-automated-traffic-enforcement-9.7028463
i'm very familiar with one of these intersections, and it absolutely could use more enforecement
via rss
Maybe the best google review ever? The ramblings of a Pelican Market customer
by Jaryn Clouatre
https://www.reddit.com/r/saskatoon/comments/zgmee3/maybe_the_best_google_review_ever_the_ramblings/
this is epic
via wondering what the internet has to say about Pelican Market
Gregorian Calendar Adoption by Country
by wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorian_calendar#Adoption_by_country
can you guess which country adopted the Gregorian Calendar in 2016?
via it coming up in conversation
"Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global"
by TYWKIWDBI reviewing Laura Spinney
https://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/2025/12/proto-how-one-ancient-language-went.html
may have to read this one
via rss
IPA Chart
by Peter Isotalo
https://www.ipachart.com/
in case you need to hear what various IPA thingies sound like
via discord

Bridge over Troubled Water but it's a Renaissance Madrigal | Feat. Tabea Bös
by Jonasquin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0p5bAHc8BuQ
well done
via siderea
Shashibo
by Fun in Motion Toys
https://funinmotiontoys.com/products/shashibo
huh. have to think about this (and figet with it) some more...
via being literally handed one
Playing With One’s Food: The Return of Martin the Chess Bot
by Daniel Stride
https://phuulishfellow.wordpress.com/2025/12/29/playing-with-ones-food-the-return-of-martin-the-chess-bot/
this is just silly
via rss
Talking Oglaf with Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne: ‘We’d stay up all night drawing stuff to make each other laugh’
by Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne speaking with Jason Bergman
https://www.tcj.com/talking-oglaf-with-trudy-cooper-and-doug-bayne-wed-stay-up-all-night-drawing-stuff-to-make-each-other-laugh/
i think this is the first i've actually seen of the creators of Oglaf talking about anything?
via a comment on Charlie Stross's blog

The Mathematics of Tuning Systems
by John Baez
https://johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com/2025/12/26/the-mathematics-of-tuning-systems/
nothing new here for me, but this is entirely candy for me. great stuff.
via rss
Faerie Wing Trinkets
by Faerie Wing Trinkets
https://faeriewingtrinkets.carrd.co/
for all your small trinket-y faerie wing needs
via word of mouth
Pyraminx / Tetraminx / Jing Pyraminx
by Jaap's Puzzle Page
https://www.jaapsch.net/puzzles/pyraminx.htm
in case you need a solution algorithm for the pyraminx
via needing a solution algorithm for the pyraminx (well, a bit of one), and going looking

A Christmas Story
by tailsteak.tk
https://tailsteak.com/archive.php?num=156
a seasonal story about afterbirth
via discord
irregular webcomic no. 2623
by David Morgan-Mar
https://www.irregularwebcomic.net/2623.html
shared mostly for the annotations
via seeing a discussion on a related topic in discord, and remembering
Jazz is just a reflection of life': The musical genius of Jerry Granelli
by Mary Lynk
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/jazz-is-just-a-reflection-of-life-the-musical-genius-of-jerry-granelli-1.5847764
including a bit of christmas music connexion
via word of email

nothing, sorry. was otherwise bizzy.

PROG XMAS: Angels We Have Heard On High
by the Make Weird Music family
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1kTgWAK4C0
precisely what it says on the tin
via rss
Mahler N° 6 | Hammer Tutorial
by Benjamin Schäfer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_byORFC_I-E
in case you need to get hammered
via youtube recommends
Rimbey … it’s Christmas …
by Abe Janzen
https://somemessynotes.wordpress.com/2025/12/23/rimbey-its-christmas/
some excellent reminders
via rss
Alberta looks to protect bridges from big trucks with fines, 'naughty list' for truckers
by Jack Farrell
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/year-edmonton-bridge-9.7027408
with relevant commentary from Jurgen Henn
via rss
Maybe the Default Settings Are Too High
by David Cain
https://www.raptitude.com/2025/12/maybe-the-default-settings-are-too-high/
in that first bit about LotR i very much feel seen
via rss

The Numbers: Predicting 2026 in federal politics!
by Éric Grenier and Philippe J. Fournier
https://www.thewrit.ca/p/the-numbers-predicting-2026-in-federal
this was a lot of fun
via rss

Spem in alium. A mystery in 40 parts
by Jaakko Mantyjarvi discussing Thomas Tallis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv1zZwppTuc
a deep dive into the classic 40-voice motet, including an excellent visualizer to accompany the piece itself
via youtube recommends
The Bizarre Logic of the F-150 Lightning
by Hank Green
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7OvA__3Dzk
mostly (a) for the characterisation of vehicles as appliances and (b) the discussion of Worf
via rss
Isengard in Oxford
by Christian Kriticos reviewing some hack named Tolkien
https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/isengard-in-oxford/
there're several shorter JRRT works that i've not yet read, or indeed even added to my collexion, of which this is one
via discord
Want a Ringtone?
by Jon Singer
https://www.patreon.com/posts/want-ringtone-144694237
some excellent little noodly Bandurria Cusqueña bits
via discord

Here Comes the Sun
by a bunch of british hippies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKdl-GCsNJ0
possibly relevant to folk in the northern hemisphere?
via memory
1 year ago, Alberta’s premier sought to lock down a ‘leaky’ border. Here’s what’s happened since
by Andrew Jeffrey and Joel Dryden
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-montana-border-security-anniversary-9.7020402
oh look, what illegal traffic there is is coming north, not going south. surprise surprise.
via rss
raga Jaijaivanti
by pandit Amiya Gopal Bhattacharya
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVgjd_ZZqXY
an excellent performance from panditji
via rss and FB both
Pizzeria staffed by those on autism spectrum thrives in Italy
by CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.7024634
they had me at a restaurant without a lot of noise
via rss

You've Never Heard Christmas Music Played Like THIS
by Michael Manring and Charles Berthoud
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rJHkuaF4Oc
that's a bass duo i'd happily listen to more of!
via youtube recommends
Guelph inventor's instrument showcased on Resurrection soundtrack
by Aastha Shetty
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/guelph-inventor-s-instrument-showcased-on-resurrection-soundtrack-9.7021461
well, that's an instrument that's very good at making the sound that instrument makes!
via rss
The forecast for Christmas day? It’s a mixed bag
by Tristan Mottershead
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.7023875
on the one hand, i get it, chaos theory. on the other hand, it'd be nice to have a clearer idea of what it's going to be like
via rss
Tiny Bookshop
by neoludic
https://neoludic.games/en/projects/tiny-bookshop
were i into playing games on computer, this is a game i might be into playing
via discord
Every tech startup named after Lord of the Rings (for some reason)
by Generic Entertainment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBbDxDOV6J4
this explains a lot, really
via discord
Tupaia (mammal)
by wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupaia_(mammal)
IYKYK
via reading about spices

Also Sprach Zarathustra
by Strauss, arranged and performed by some other people
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMZvbWH1eQo
(just the start, to be far. but this orchestration is brilliant)
via going checking on the soloist's channel as one does occasionally
What to do and where to spend this holiday season
by Debbi Serafinchon and Karen Unland
https://edmonton.taproot.news/news/2025/12/19/what-to-do-and-where-to-spend-this-holiday-season
shall have to check some of this out
via rss
Amahl and the Night Visitors
by Gian Carlo Menotti and original cast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQf4GwGJgdU
an annual tradition
via memory
winter squash and spinach pasta bake
by smitten kitchen
https://smittenkitchen.com/2021/10/winter-squash-and-spinach-pasta-bake/
this looks tasty!
via discord
Be bison wise
by Parks Canada
https://parks.canada.ca/pn-np/ab/elkisland/securite-safety/bison
short version: don't pet the fluffy cows! and regarding "attacks on vehicles", do not assume the vehicle will win such an attack
via ultimately link 2

RUDRA VEENA: A LIVING LEGACY
by ustad M.Baha'uddin Dagar speaking with Sajan Sankaran
https://medium.com/%40sajanready/rudra-veena-a-living-legacy-c7178a7b0f7f
i'll admit there are parts of this i don't grok, but the overall point is clear
via FB
Down Under (original version 1980)
by Men at Work
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2lhmqKLais
i'd never heard this before!
via mentions elseweb
One Two Three Four
by Danny Carey, Les Claypool, Stewart Copeland, Neil Peart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piLUfNc-96w
what an excellent jam. with lyrics appropriate for sesame street, even!
via memory
One Night in Bangkok but it's a 16th century chanson
by Jonasquin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3jHv0GZB9U
this is brilliantly done
via green eyed so and so
it was they were...
by zefrank and creepy dave
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hbywki24Pzw
all checks out
via rss

Wamo Zamo's Hidden Gem Exposes Edmonton's Best 🇸🇴 EastAfrican Food Secrets!
by MTL lifestyle & Reviews
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg0kWRSCRu8
may have to try this place sometime soon. looks tasty!
via word of mouth
Censorship from the Inquisition to the Internet
by Ada Palmer
https://graham.uchicago.edu/course/censorship-from-the-inquisition-to-the-internet/
might be something up for which to sign?
via word of mouth

The Mastermind Box Cover: What the Hell Were They Thinking?
by Robert Rooney
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the-mastermind-box-cover-what-the-hell-were-they-thinking
this all checks out, yup
via discord
A Very Big Fight Over a Very Small Language
by Simon Akam
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/12/08/a-very-big-fight-over-a-very-small-language
i've long known that Switzerland has four official languages, but knew almost nothing about the fourth. turns out it might actually be five (or more?) languages in a trenchcoat?
via Jonathan Crowe

Director Rob Reiner and his wife found dead in Los Angeles home, AP source says
by the Associated Press
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/rob-reiner-home-homicide-investigation-9.7015729
that's not good news
via rss
portmanteau
by Susan Stepney
http://susan-stepney.blogspot.com/2025/12/portmanteau.html
yup, that's a useful one
via rss
this is such a painful loss. my heart is broken.
by wil wheaton
https://wilwheaton.net/2025/12/this-is-such-a-painful-loss-my-heart-is-broken/
following up on link 1, above, a personal reflection
via rss
Book View Café
by Book View Café
https://bookviewcafe.com/
in case you were wondering if there was a co-operative publishing house out there, here's one
via discord

How To Make Golden Syrup
by Kimbery Killebrew
https://www.daringgourmet.com/how-to-make-golden-syrup/
in case you don't have access to Lyle's or Roger's
via wondering, although i generally just use Roger's
Möbius Strips (An Unexpected Twist)
by Ben Sparks speaking to Brady Haran
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izIKV98Awnw
some excellent visualizations for this popular nonorientable manifold
via rss
What's the Second Most Important Technology?
by Hank Green speaking with Virginia Postrel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4dYGdjgsz8
now i'm likely going to have to read the book?
via rss

Twelve Days of Christmas 12 Keys 12 Time Signatures
by Bela Fleck & Flecktones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VYiFpW7ac4
exactly what it says on the tin
via youtube recommends
Exactly what we needed
by mrissa
https://marissalingen.com/blog/?p=4308
excellent reflections on cooking, baking, and more than that
via various sources
Chorumal bodum
by Albert Kuvezin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXUO2s5Y3aQ
i'd not encountered a live performance before
via discovering that there's a live performance

Apples
by Randall Munroe
https://xkcd.com/3180/
this is accurate
via rss

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