What I saw on the web on 2020.10.29

1. Countdown to Crazy
   by Charlie Stross
   http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2020/10/countdown-to-crazy.html
   if you want to talk with Charlie about next week's fun
   via rss
   
   
2. McConnell Played Trump
   by John Gruber
   https://gruber.micro.blog/2020/10/27/mcconnell-played-trump.html
   a theory on the recent SCOTUS appointment
   via previous link
   
   
3. Morgoth's Ring seminar
   by Corey Olson
   https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLasMbZ4s5vIWFCX4Zf1wBfkhTSpfONkHX
   I've got some listening ahead of me, apparently!
   via reddit
   
   
4. New Age [excited language] Generator
   by Seb Pearce
   https://sebpearce.com/bullshit/
   because reality has always been overflowing with lifeforms whose chakras are baptized in stardust.
   via boing
   
   
5. Hearse enthusiasts to haunt southside Edmonton neighbourhood Halloween night
   by Madeleine Cummings
   https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/hearse-enthusiasts-southside-edmonton-halloween-cars-1.5781138
   I've occasionally mused about getting a hearse, painting it robin's-egg blue, and putting rainbow stripes on it
   via rss
   
   
6. Doc Pop's One-Dimensional Chess
   by Doctor Popular
   https://gumroad.com/l/1DChess
   what an odd notion!
   via boing
   
   
7. Against ‘The Family’.
   by Laurie Penny
   https://pennyred.medium.com/against-the-family-aeea76769512
   explaining what "Family Values" actually means
   via rss
   
   
8. Responding to Fear
   by Brad Warner
   http://hardcorezen.info/responding-to-fear/6862
   a zen perspective (as opposed to a "zen" perspective) on interacting with fearful people
   via rss
   
   
9. The World Is Trapped in America’s Culture War
   by Helen Lewis
   https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2020/10/internet-world-trapped-americas-culture-war/616799/
   written by a Brit. Canada's presence is even tinier
   via Charlie
   
   
10. The Ingenious Design of the Aluminum Beverage Can
    by engineerguy
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUhisi2FBuw
    (and the presenter looks and sounds a little like Mark Hamill)
    via shared by someone with me
    
    
11. What happened to the absolute value of free speech?
    by Rick Salutin
    https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2020/10/29/what-happened-to-the-absolute-value-of-free-speech.html
    technology happened
    via rss