What I saw on the web on 2021.6.17

1. When Graphs Are a Matter of Life and Death
   by Hannah Fry
   https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/06/21/when-graphs-are-a-matter-of-life-and-death
   and no mention of Florence Nightengale!
   via /.
   
   
2. Contracting Iris
   by Peter Watts
   https://www.rifters.com/crawl/?p=9958
   a tiny bit from Dr.Watts's upcoming fic
   via rss
   
   
3. Interview with Wayne G. Hammond & Christina Scull
   by Tolkien Talk
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdBAwyYvUIU
   haven't listened yet, but over an hour with these two should be great!
   via their blog
   
   
4. When history rhymes: A Chat with Ada Palmer about history and Sci-Fi
   by Matthew Guy interviewing Ada Palmer
   https://racket.com/maguay/r5TDr
   yet another (little, 9 minute) conversation with a great author
   via Ada retweeted
   
   
5. Flying Colours Maths
   by Colin Beveridge
   https://www.flyingcoloursmaths.co.uk/
   some fun stuff here
   via reddit
   
   
6. The mysterious king Bladorthin
   by Lalaith
   http://web.archive.org/web/20120201184417fw_/http://lalaith.vpsurf.de/Tolkien/Bladorthin.html
   a deep reading of a single phrase in Tolkien
   via reddit