What I saw on the web on 2020.11.5

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1. Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Slug
   by Zach Wienersmith
   https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/slug
   I'm really not sure how I feel about this
   via rss
   
   
2. Yamaha Live Custom Drum - Alfredo Golino ft. Pino Palladino [4K]
   by Alfredo Golino and Pino Palladino
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5Y1_d87gRM
   came here for Pino's bass line. Was not disappointed.
   via reddit
   
   
3. Disorder Persists in Larger Graphs, New Math Proof Finds
   by Dave Whyte describing the work of David Conlon and Asaf Ferber
   https://www.quantamagazine.org/new-math-proof-raises-lower-bounds-of-graph-randomness-20201104/
   some good new results in Ramsey theory
   via reddit
   
   
4. Drugs win big in Tuesday's election
   by Colby Cosh
   https://nationalpost.com/opinion/colby-cosh-drugs-win-big-in-tuesdays-election
   it'll be curious to see the consequences especially of the oregonian referenda
   via rss
   
   
5. Appetite for local garlic growing in Alberta
   by CBC News
   https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/appetite-for-local-garlic-growing-in-alberta-1.5788145
   now I'm wondering what my annual garlic consumption is
   via rss
   
   
6. You can now legally compost dead bodies in Washington state
   by Thom Dunn
   https://boingboing.net/2020/11/05/you-can-now-legally-compost-dead-bodies-in-washington-state.html
   about freaking time!
   via rss
   
   
7. Recompose: The process
   by Recompose
   https://recompose.life/our-model/#the-process
   some details on how the composting process works
   via previous link
   
   
8. … a little extravagance …
   by Abe Janzen
   https://somemessynotes.wordpress.com/2020/11/05/a-little-extravagance/
   a bit of an alternate perspective, a tonic for our times
   via rss
   
   
9. Is Jason Kenney playing politics with science?
   by Graham Thomson
   https://ipolitics.ca/2020/11/04/is-jason-kenney-playing-politics-with-science/
   I don't think that's a question
   via rss
   
   
10. Why a narrow Biden victory would be the best result
    by Rick Salutin
    https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2020/11/05/why-a-narrow-biden-victory-would-be-the-best-result.html
    I don't think "best result" has been in play for a while now
    via rss
    
    
11. Opinion: In decline, adrift, America struggles to revive itself
    by Andrew Coyne
    https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-in-decline-adrift-america-struggles-to-revive-itself/?cmpid=rss
    also not a terribly optimistic take
    via rss