What I saw on the web on 2020.10.21
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- Songs for the Philologists
by J.R.R. Tolkien, E.V. Gordon, et al
https://hcommons.org/deposits/item/hc:32873/
silly poems in obscure languages!
via a Phuulish fellow - Raga Bhinna Shadaj
by Murali Mohan Gowda
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HQPD7kPvfQ
Bhinna Shadaj is a raga mostly played within the Dagar tradition (which is Gowda-ji's tradition)
via FB - Outpatients may have to pay for some treatments now covered in Alberta
by Elise von Scheel
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-health-services-medications-treatments-patients-pay-1.5769645
because things get worse
via rss - Fascinating time-lapse security cam footage of a spider spinning a web
by David Pescovitz, reblogging someone else
https://boingboing.net/2020/10/21/fascinating-time-lapse-security-cam-footage-of-a-spider-spinning-a-web.html
and now that web can be seen world-wide! It's a world wide web!
via rss - Awesome Falsehood
by Kevin Deldycke
https://github.com/kdeldycke/awesome-falsehood
a list of all those "Falsehoods Progammers Believe About [foo]" articles
via Cory Doctorow - Pope Francis endorses civil union laws for gay couples in new documentary
by The Associated Press
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/pope-documentary-gay-rights-1.5770754
not something I was expecting to see any time soon
via rss - Femme Africaine
by Star Feminine Band
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdDp6VAXXbk
some fine Beninois music
via boing - the tale of Thomas Massey-Massey
by henryclervals
https://henryclervals.tumblr.com/post/189862751082/happy-christmas-to-my-favourite-story-of-all
in preparation for the yuletide season
via miriamthewalrus - David Graeber on the 'Extreme Centre'
by David Graeber
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9afwZON8dU
late Graeber-saheb again bringing refreshing wisdom
via Ran Prieur - Laura Vaughan explains the Lirone with Pinchgut Opera
by Laura Vaughan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6J-CQ4MQCJ0
Lirones are wicked instruments
via reddit