What I saw on the web on 2022.6.3

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1. My new favorite thing is #dalle messing up corporate logos.
   by Janelle Shane
   https://twitter.com/JanelleCShane/status/1531624303770279937
   some excellent mangles here
   via boing
   
   
2. Are you tired of your neck effecting your thumb position playing? Well now there’s an option for you!
   by /u/Halflings1335
   https://i.redd.it/tnhe3y37fb391.jpg
   this is horrible. and great.
   via reddit
   
   
3. You Do the Calculus: We’ll Do the Cat Food
   by Jerry Farlow
   https://tenreasonsfornotnamingyourcatcalculus.pressbooks.com/chapter/you-do-the-calculus-well-do-the-cat-food/
   in case you're wondering why companies don't put their products in optimal cans (hint: define "optimal")
   via CLP1
   
   
4. The Story of the Internet and How it Broke Bad: A Call For Public-Interest Technologists
   by Bruce Schneier
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMsPUKizT3k
   and a suggestion for how to start fixing things
   via Bruce's blog
   
   
5. Your Book Review: The Castrato
   by someone who is not Scott Alexander
   https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/your-book-review-the-castrato
   and now i know more about that topic than i did. (and small editorial comment: "University of Indiana" in the first paragraph should be "Indiana University"
   via rss
   
   
6. Alberta government memos on school masking 'damning,' union leader says
   by Jennifer Lee
   https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-government-mask-mandates-1.6477208
   that's pretty alarming, and not very surprising
   via rss