What I saw on the web on 2020.10.8

[reblogarythm]

1. Stealing "libertarianism"
   by Stumbling and Mumbling
   https://stumblingandmumbling.typepad.com/stumbling_and_mumbling/2020/10/stealing-libertarianism.html
   a reminder that libertarian isn't supposed to be synonymous with libertine
   via rss
   
   
2. The Complete Wermo's Guide to Huttese
   by Summer
   http://www.completewermosguide.com/index.html
   in case you want to speak Huttese
   via irregular webcomic
   
   
3. Doom and Gloom
   by Kathryn Grody and Mandy Patinkin
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j7Bm7lBLRA
   I'll admit I was hoping for a little Inigo Montoya
   via boing
   
   
4. Some planets may be better for life than Earth
   by Washington State University
   https://phys.org/news/2020-10-planets-life-earth.html
   in case you're looking for somewhere to move to
   via TYWKIWDBI
   
   
5. Study finds that right-wing authoritarians aren't very funny
   by Mark Frauenfelder
   https://boingboing.net/2020/10/08/study-finds-that-right-wing-authoritarians-arent-very-funny.html
   that's funny…
   via rss
   
   
6. Facebook Just Forced Its Most Powerful Critics Offline
   by David Gilbert
   https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7g5ga/facebook-just-forced-its-most-powerful-critics-offline
   why am I not surprised?
   via slashdot
   
   
7. Explaining the Pandemic to my Past Self Part 3
   by Julie Nolke
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pbdk_lBCxJk
   but watch part 1 and part 2 first
   via boing
   
   
8. "Mr. Robot"
   by TYWIKIWDBI
   https://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/2020/10/mr-robot.html
   still meaning to get around to watching this
   via rss
   
   
9. A PSA for Robots and Computers
   by Aaron Smith-Teller
   https://aaronsmithtumbler.tumblr.com/post/631429263628926976
   sound advice for digital entities
   via rss
   
   
10. Roger Penrose’s Nobel Prize
    by John Baez
    https://johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com/2020/10/08/roger-penroses-nobel-prize/
    in case you wondered what Penrose's prize was based on, a not-quite-layman level sumamry
    via rss
    
    
11. Freedom, Equality, & Justice
    by Brad Warner
    http://hardcorezen.info/freedom-equality-justice/6852
    a buddhist perspective on what we tend to think of as good things
    via rss
    
    
12. How a pharmacist's prescription for 'Monster Spray' helped a Prince George boy brave the dark
    by Andrea Ross
    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/prince-george-monster-spray-1.5756302
    i'm told you don't have to believe in it for it to work
    via rss
    
    
13. A Quarter Century of Hype - 25 Years of the Gartner Hype Cycle
    by Mark Mine
    https://vimeo.com/464835556
    on how tech adoption trends tend to go
    via cory doctorow
    
    
14. The Speed Cubers | Official Trailer
    by netflix
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wrTIWx_Z6k
    might have to track this down sometime
    via TYWKIWDBI
    
    
15. The Organistrum
    by Ramon Elias
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oO7ErQDVbmY
    looks like fun!
    via reddit
    
    
16. Concrete Jungle
    by Bob Marley and the Wailers
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8qp1LqiuAU
    the original, very different from the subsequent version, reminds me more of Yabby You than Bob Marley
    via memory