What I saw on the web on 2020.11.11

[reblogarythm]

1. Oregon’s New Hard Drugs Policy Is Both Radical and Sane
   by Eric Krebs
   https://reasonstobecheerful.world/oregons-new-hard-drugs-policy-is-both-radical-and-sane/
   a discussion of various effective drug policies
   via rss
   
   
   
2. Can You Move in Armour?
   by Medievalists
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-bnM5SuQkI
   for the next time someone in a d&d game is arguing that you can't do that in armor
   via TYWKIWDBI
   
   
   
3. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
   by Iron Maiden, after Samuel Taylor Coleridge
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7zk4as9kzA
   not shared just for the bass solo
   via memory
   
   
   
4. Why do Biden's votes not follow Benford's Law?
   by Stand-up Maths
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etx0k1nLn78
   for non-nefarious reasons!
   via rss
   
   
   
5. Premier Kenney responds to spike in cases by expanding Alberta’s y-axis
   by The Beaverton
   https://www.thebeaverton.com/2020/11/premier-kenney-responds-to-spike-in-cases-by-expanding-albertas-y-axis/
   [before you respond to this, make sure you understand what The Beaverton is]
   via reddit
   
   
   
6. "8:46"
   by Dave Chappelle
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tR6mKcBbT4
   some truth from mr.Chappelle
   via googlery
   
   
   
7. Opinion: There is no limit to what Trump might do, and we have to stop pretending there is
   by Andrew Coyne
   https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-there-is-no-limit-to-what-trump-might-do-and-we-have-to-stop/?cmpid=rss
   yup, we're not done with this yet
   via rss
   
   
   
8. Singing Ringing Tree at Sunset, Panopticons, Burnley | Nature ASMR | Calming, Relaxation, Meditation
   by Richard Cutler
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W07_p8sMofQ
   slightly discordant ambient stuff
   via boing
   
   
   
9. Screw the Mars hype. Here's why we should move to Venus.
   by Annalee Newitz
   https://thehypothesis.substack.com/p/screw-the-mars-hype-heres-why-we
   or, yunno, figure out how to live sustainably here?
   via boing