What I saw on the web on 2022.2.16

[reblogarythm]

1. Fat Tails for Jesus
   by a bunch of tumblristas
   https://arsanatomica.tumblr.com/post/675741189973082112
   i was not aware of that!
   via miriamthewalrus
   
   
2. She'll Be Coming Round the Mountain When She Comes
   by Daniel Radcliffe
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAxsEWBz4t4
   puts the phrase "yer a Wizard, 'Arry" in an entirely new context
   via email after yesterday's first link
   
   
3. Emergencies Act Emergency Dispatch: Checking the convoy naughty list (twice)
   by The Line
   https://theline.substack.com/p/emergencies-act-emergency-dispatch-1ff
   some good observations here
   via rss
   
   
4. A theory of trios.
   by Ben Orlin
   https://mathwithbaddrawings.com/2022/02/16/the-card-game-set-as-a-grand-unified-theory-of-three-person-friend-groups/
   this is fun
   via rss
   
   
5. gender & language
   by Minami Funakoshi and Sam Granados
   https://graphics.reuters.com/GENDER-LANGUAGE/LGBT/mopanqoelva/index.html
   a striking presentation of an interesting topic
   via email
   
   
6. How To Keep Enforcers Like Police, Military And Spies Under Control
   by Ian Welsh
   https://www.ianwelsh.net/how-to-keep-enforcers-like-police-military-and-spies-under-control/
   a reasonable program of action which of course won't be followed
   via rss
   
   
7. Reading in 2022
   by Levar Burton
   https://twitter.com/TheDailyShow/status/1493933681731194880
   Levar gives us excellent advice
   via Ada_Palmer
   
   
8. Human Exceptionalism
   by Tom Murphy
   https://dothemath.ucsd.edu/2022/02/human-exceptionalism/
   indeed, this is the problem
   via rss
   
   
9. The Web Starts on Page Four
   by Christian Heilmann
   https://christianheilmann.com/2021/12/20/the-web-starts-on-page-four/
   this is all true
   via Ran Prieur