What I saw on the web on 2022.3.25

[reblogarythm]

1. Benedict Cumberbatch reads the best cover letter ever written
   by Benedict Cumberbatch reading Robert Pirosh
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAmEsI8f0es
   what happens when you like words
   via yesterday's last link
   
   
2. Why the train may not be the greenest way to travel across Canada
   by CBC News
   https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/what-on-earth-green-travel-train-1.6396327
   looks like, given current rolling stock and current densities, you're better off flying
   via rss
   
   
3. The Conservative Party Isn't Fit For Purpose
   by Evan Scrimshaw
   https://scrimshawunscripted.substack.com/p/the-conservative-party-isnt-fit-for
   i also had noticed this
   via reddit
   
   
4. How the Liberal-NDP agreement could change everything
   by Éric Grenier and Aaron Wherry
   https://www.thewrit.ca/p/the-writ-podcast-episode-thirty-six
   it really does feel not very precedented for federal politics, it'll be interesting to watch where it goes
   via rss
   
   
5. Now, as I understand it, the bards were feared. They were respected, but more than that they were feared.
   by Alan Moore
   https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/641801-now-as-i-understand-it-the-bards-were-feared-they
   This crossed my mind in the context of yesterday's link about Пу́тін хуйло́
   via googlery after memory
   
   
6. Tanpura samples: divine Indian drones in all 12 keys
   by George Howlett
   https://ragajunglism.org/tunings/tanpuras/
   in case you need some tanpura tracks for riyaz etc
   via reddit
   
   
7. Pritzker Prize awarded to Burkina Faso-German architect
   by Jocelyn Noveck/AP
   https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/pritzker-prize-awarded-to-burkina-faso-german-architect-1.5819833
   meanwhile, in architecture news
   via email