What I saw on the web on 2020.9.6

1. how Song dynasty poet Lu You poem-liveblogged his descent from cat owner to cat slave 800 years ago
   by Xiran Jay Zhao
   https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1299148337774354432.html
   why does this not surprise me at all?
   via a couple of FBs
   
   
2. Dear Toyah & Robert - Agony Aunts Episode #7
   by Toyah & Robert
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5FUl0NgJ2A
   in which they answer so many questions!
   via reddit
   
   
3. Predators and Prey
   by Tom Crawford on Numberphile
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0nRWcF1WJw
   a discussion of a popular pair of differential equations
   via rss
   
   
4. How did Ramanujan solve the STRAND puzzle?
   by Mathologer
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2BybLCmUzs
   in which Ramanujan uses a continued fraction to solve Pell's equation
   via rss
   
   
5. Vegetarian-Non-Vegetarian/Rice-Wheat Line: India
   by india.in.pixles, tweeted by Krishnendu Ray
   https://twitter.com/Raykris1/status/1288269519266471939
   an unexpected (to me) correlation between veg/non-veg diets and the staple grain, in two maps
   via reddit
   
   
6. Squirrel swimming across pond in Hawrelak escorted by ducks
   by /u/mcxavierl
   https://www.reddit.com/r/Edmonton/comments/imti4e/squirrel_swimming_across_pond_in_hawrelak/
   it's admittedly possible that the ducks were pondering eating the squirrel....
   via reddit
   
   
7. A Typology of Dumplings
   by Carl (Calle) Börstell
   https://borstell.github.io/dumplings.html
   In case you need to compare differently-ethnicized pockets of dough
   via memory
   
   
8. BBC's Great Canadian Railway Journeys "Edmonton" S01 EPISODE 14/15
   by well, the BBC
   https://youtu.be/0hFPr72TE5Q
   a curious perspective, but not unwelcome
   via reddit
   
   
9. The Shames of Men
   by Don Kulick
   https://longreads.com/2019/06/26/the-shames-of-men/
   Some of the horrible stuff going on in Papua New Guinea right now
   via reddit
   
   
10. Dusting Em Off: Augustus Pablo – King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown
    by Alex Young
    https://consequenceofsound.net/2008/12/dusting-em-off-augustus-pablo-king-tubby-meets-rockers-uptown/
    it's been said before, it's still true: King Tubby had a massive influence on western popular music
    via reddit