What I saw on the web on 2020.12.6

1. Mary Poppins Starring Yondu
   by How It Should Have Ended
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rezm7AJYEdw
   I'm Mary Poppins Y'all!
   via FB
   
   
2. So you say you want a revolution
   by Charlie Stross
   http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2020/12/so-you-say-you-want-a-revoluti.html
   if Charlie's right then, at least for the UK, 2020 is just a warm-up for 2021
   via rss
   
   
3. Parkour VS Normal People In Real Life (Part 2)
   by Nick Pro
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fW_stRQcxw
   some fun stuff in here
   via boing
   
   
4. yakceratops
   by Theropod Apologist
   https://nuclearlemons.tumblr.com/post/636154025740500992/yakceratops
   looks like fun!
   via miriamthewalrus
   
   
5. Well, rewatching Lord of the Rings this year was… different
   by Ed Yong
   https://twitter.com/edyong209/status/1335317248706301958
   a little more movie-centric than I ususally like my tolkienian stuff, but I'll allow it
   via comment on previous entry
   
   
6. U of A international students say attending class in middle of the night is taking a toll
   by Julia Lipscombe
   https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/u-of-a-international-students-say-attending-class-in-middle-of-the-night-is-taking-a-toll-1.5827602
   there are advantages to education-at-a-distance being possible. There are also disadvantages.
   via rss
   
   
7. The Beauty of the Future
   by Ian Welsh
   https://www.ianwelsh.net/the-beauty-of-the-future/
   a quick look at a fascinating building in Milan
   via rss
   
   
8. Small Data, Big Implications
   by Zeynep Tüfekçi
   https://zeynep.substack.com/p/small-data-big-implications
   covid transmission at a distance of over 2m and a duration of only 5 minutes, with some curious implications
   via siderea