What I saw on the web on 2020.12.14

1. Citizen scientists help reveal new features of the mysterious aurora-like phenomenon called STEVE
   by Quirks and Quarks
   https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/dec-12-spotting-steve-superbolts-and-megaflashes-hyperventilating-sober-and-more-1.5835976/citizen-scientists-help-reveal-new-features-of-the-mysterious-aurora-like-phenomenon-called-steve-1.5835994
   STEVE!
   via rss
   
   
2. The Fibonacci Sequence as a Functor
   by Tai-Danae Bradley
   https://www.math3ma.com/blog/fibonacci-sequence
   not just a functor, a continuous one!
   via rss
   
   
3. Mary, Jesus, and Cookie Monster
   by Devid Pescovitz, reblogging someone
   https://boingboing.net/2020/12/14/mary-jesus-and-cookie-monster.html
   I'll let y'all figure out the theological implications
   via rss
   
   
4. Franenberg on the violone | Netherlands Bach Society
   by Robert Franenberg
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3-nAWn2EH8
   a nice little bit about the violone
   via a similar vid
   
   
5. A Christmas poem about grammatically-tense ghosts
   by Thom Dunn, reblogging Brian Bilston
   https://boingboing.net/2020/12/14/a-christmas-poem-about-grammatically-tense-ghosts.html
   actually two poems
   via rss
   
   
6. The Transformative Power of Replacing Guns With Jobs
   by Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
   https://reasonstobecheerful.world/the-transformative-power-of-replacing-guns-with-jobs/
   a good idea. Why can't it happen in more places
   via rss
   
   
7. Exclusive: Firefly Reboot Coming To Disney+
   by Liana Keane
   https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/ent/firefly-reboot-disney.html
   not gonna get excited about this yet
   via FB
   
   
8. Down Memory Gap Lane
   by Dubcheck
   https://dubchek.bandcamp.com/album/down-memory-gap-lane
   can't be too huge a gap if I still remember it exists?
   via memory gap
   
   
9. Macroeconomics, money and post-Brexit recovery, all in one Twitter thread
   by Richard Murphy
   https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2020/12/12/macroeconomics-money-and-post-brexit-recovery-all-in-one-twitter-thread/
   a very short primer on MMT. Terminology is UKian but the concepts are broader than that
   via Cory Doctorow