What I saw on the web on 2021.6.1

1. 🎙 Tolkien Podcast: Interview with Christina Scull & Wayne G. Hammond {Exclusive}
   by possibly Annika Röttinger, inerviewing Hammond and Scull
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdYui20qA4o
   fascinating to hear from these two major Tolkien scholars
   via googlery
   
   
2. Kafka Explains Math Education
   by Franz Kafka, with an assist by Ben Orlin
   https://mathwithbaddrawings.com/2021/06/01/kafka-explains-math-education/
   far too true far too often
   via rss
   
   
3. Funeral Kazoo
   by obvious plant
   https://depsidase.tumblr.com/post/652193353941811200
   great for kids!
   via wil
   
   
4. an injunction I can get behind
   by weird people on the internet
   https://aws1.discourse-cdn.com/boingboing/optimized/4X/c/0/3/c03693148f62ac923f273b0f306bc953ffa63317_2_690x397.png
   I mean, I like to think I'm doing this already?
   via boing
   
   
5. Growth Is Our Old Yeller
   by Tom Murphy
   https://dothemath.ucsd.edu/2021/06/growth-is-our-old-yeller/
   potentially an effective, if brutal, metaphor?
   via rss
   
   
6. The Protagonist Problem
   by Ada Palmer and Jo Walton
   https://uncannymagazine.com/article/the-protagonist-problem/
   Given the authors, unsurprisingly brilliant. Well worth reading. I've been pondering these issues in the back of my head for years. Nice to see (some of) them laid out so succinctly.
   via their twitters