What I saw on the web on 2022.9.30

[reblogarythm]

1. Eli5: why does ̸̢̛̞̱͓Z̵̪͙͊̎̌ä̷̳͕̋̚l̵͉̙̓͘ͅg̴̫̠̑̈͜o̴̻͛ text look the way it does?
   by /u/LonelyGnomes
   https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/xr3hvw/eli5_why_does_zalgo_text_look_the_way_it_does/
   excellent discussion, including Lego!
   via reddit
   
   
2. Unicode Text Analyzer
   by font space
   https://www.fontspace.com/unicode/analyzer
   a fun way to decode unicode!
   via previous link
   
   
3. DISCOVER Free Online Tutoring
   by DISCOVER Free Online Tutoring
   https://www.mydiscoverprep.com/
   might have to point some people at this?
   via library website
   
   
4. Dinosaur
   by King Crimson, live on Conan O'Brian
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XptvMu8Mg2c
   a rare tv appearance by the double trio
   via reddit
   
   
5. Chevron Ad
   by Hyperobject Industries
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2XTGteritE
   essential for all meatpuppets who feed Chevron their profits
   via boing
   
   
6. Wolfenoot
   by Wolfenoot
   https://www.wolfenoot.com/
   for all your wolfenoot needs
   via word of mouth
   
   
7. Fourmilab Switzerland
   by John Walker
   https://www.fourmilab.ch/
   worth visiting again every few years to see what's new
   via recollection from the elder days of the inernet
   
   
8. Il futuro si vede dal passato
   by ada_palmer
   https://www.italian.tech/dossier/speciale-itw-2022/2022/09/29/news/il_futuro_si_vede_dal_passato-367765854/
   (with some translational assistance from the italian)
   via her twitter feed
   
   
9. World's population at 8 billion people
   by visual capitalist
   https://www.visualcapitalist.com/visualized-the-worlds-population-at-8-billion/
   in case you're wondering where most people live
   via ada_palmer
   
   
10. Mathematical Surprises
    by Mordechai Ben-Ari
    https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/978-3-031-13566-8.pdf
    have only just started reading, but it looks (unsurprisingly) fun!
    via reddit
    
    
11. Dance Yrself Clean - LCD Soundsystem - Muppets rock out in Brighton !
    by LCD Soundsystem, some muppets, and Javier Douglas
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zj9Sv1JpmPs
    a classic interpretation
    via memory, googlery