What I saw on the web on 2020.10.25

1. The Slow Web Server
   by Terence Eden
   https://slowww.ml/
   why be fast when you can be slow?
   via DRMacIver's pinboard
   
   
2. Facebook tries to block tool aimed at promoting transparency around political ads
   by Politico
   https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/23/facebook-block-transparency-political-ads-432038
   standard FB policy: why be transparent when you can be skeezy?
   via Cory Doctorow
   
   
3. India's oldest String Instrument
   by ustad Bahauddin Dagar
   https://youtu.be/eOq4M2jAyqk?t=1039
   Dagar-saheb presents the rudra veena, courtesy SPIC MACAY
   via FB
   
   
4. Save the Tiger …and maybe also the ‘Rudra Veena’ - A SPIC MACAY Perspective
   by Kiran Seth
   https://spicmacay.org/save-the-tiger-and-maybe-also-the-rudra-veena-a-spic-macay-perspective
   sort of a follow-up to previous link?
   via googlery from previous link
   
   
5. ReasonableAgreement.org – the anti-EULA
   by Cory Doctorow
   https://boingboing.net/2007/01/25/reasonableagreemento.html
   a blast from the past - Cory's EULA that he sticks on his emails
   via memory
   

a slow news day. apologies to the dedicated fans.