What I saw on the web on 2022.8.17

[reblogarythm]

1. A hierarchy of alienness: Pictures of animals from least to most related to you.
   by parasociality
   https://twitter.com/parasociality/status/1558935731745296384
   a fun stroll through zoological taxonomy
   via word of mouth
   
   
2. Mentioning Everything Twice: Samuel R. Delany’s Tales of Nevèrÿon
   by Jo Walton
   https://www.tor.com/2022/08/16/mentioning-everything-twice-samuel-r-delanys-tales-of-neveryon/
   a good review of a book i now feel like rereading
   via checking what was new on tor.com
   
   
3. The Bizarre Bird That’s Breaking the Tree of Life
   by Ben Crair
   https://www.newyorker.com/science/elements/the-bizarre-bird-thats-breaking-the-tree-of-life
   what happens when trees stop being trees?
   via Ran Prieur
   
   
4. on didgeridoos & rabbits...
   by Robert Fripp
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAZ4SK4-SAc
   a couple of good answers to questions (in both long and short versions)
   via rss
   
   
5. Navigating Middle-earth Before the Bending of the Seas
   by Jonathan Crowe
   https://www.tor.com/2022/08/16/navigating-middle-earth-before-the-bending-of-the-seas/
   a problem i'd not considered before. fortunately, a resolvable one
   via word of mouth
   
   
6. You were so concerned with whether you could, you didn't stop to think if you ALREADY DID BUT ARE TRAPPED IN A TIME LOOP!!!!!
   by Ada Palmer
   https://mobile.twitter.com/Ada_Palmer/status/1559724661491077124
   it's a fair point
   via her twitter feed