What I saw on the web on 2022.1.19

[reblogarythm]

1. Vertically Challenged
   by Cory Doctorow
   https://doctorow.medium.com/vertically-challenged-2ffe2557d589
   a moderately deep (it's a blogpost, not a book) consideration of what the harms of vertical integration are, and what the remedies might be
   via rss
   
   
2. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power - Title Announcement
   by some people Adapting Tolkien's stuff
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhqGCPMfkNM
   this is sufficiently vague that it's not yet offensive to canon....
   via Daniel Stride
   
   
3. A book of deep, easy-to-play mathematical games (and why they matter).
   by Ben Orlin
   https://mathwithbaddrawings.com/2022/01/19/math-games-with-bad-drawings-2/
   should be a fun read, if i remember to track it down in April
   via rss
   
   
4. Ranking your polyrhythms
   by Shawn Crowder and Adam Neely
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEkYwxRcyIk
   only the most bespoke polyrhythms
   via rss
   
   
5. Why Futurama Is The Greatest Sci-Fi Cartoon of All Time
   by Quinn's Ideas
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFxEagKteGs
   haven't watched the series, haven't even watched all of this vid, but i'm aware that it's something i'm likely to enjoy
   via rss