What I saw on the web on 2021.5.24
May. 25th, 2021 06:07 am- … our neighbors …
by Abe Janzen
https://somemessynotes.wordpress.com/2021/05/24/our-neighbors/
on working with people who don't agree with us
via rss - Mennonites, Muslims come together to bury their dead
by Siaka Traoré
https://anabaptistworld.org/mennonites-muslims-come-together-to-bury-their-dead/?utm_source=Anabaptist+World&
a specific case of the matter discussed in previous link
via previous link - Finnegans Wake
by James Joyce
http://finnegansweb.com/wiki/index.php/Page_3
the text of the entire book, online and hypertexted the way it was meant to be
via googlery - Exploring the People of Middle-earth: Nienna, the Mourning Vala
by Megan N. Fontenot
https://www.tor.com/2020/12/10/exploring-the-people-of-middle-earth-nienna-the-mourning-vala/
what does it say of JRRT's legendarium that there's amajor goddessarchangelic entity in charge of Grief along with ones in charge of Air, Water, etc?
via memory - I'd much rather be in New Zealand than Canada when a big earthquake strikes
by Kristina Jenei
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/first-person-earthquake-canada-newzealand-1.6035294
a fairly well-put case. Vancouver: up your seismic game!
via rss - When a trillion dice are no better than a dozen.
by Ben Orlin
https://mathwithbaddrawings.com/2021/05/24/when-a-trillion-dice-are-no-better-than-a-dozen/
some fun probability questions relating to a probably-not-so-fun game
via rss - The Long-Forgotten History of the British Moon Spacesuit
by Tom Scott
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYgiV4Iz7I0
fascinating retrofuturism!
via rss - Nyckelharpa Johannes Mayr
by Johannes Mayr
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbodQDB5b-a2CgOfVVSkGfg/videos
some nice-sounding instruments here
via reddit - Book Review: Arabian Nights
by Scott Alexander
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/book-review-arabian-nights
because it's all about the simulation hypothesis
via rss - The Futhark Song
by Sassafrass
https://sassafrass.bandcamp.com/track/the-futhark-song-4
now I know my Nordic Runes. Next time won't you join my tune?
via Ada Palmer's twitter - Digital Library of Mathematical Functions
by NIST
https://dlmf.nist.gov/
in case you're looking for a digital library of mathematical functions
via reddit