What I saw on the web on 2021.6.23

1. 'Higgs Bison' Is The Missing Link In European Bison Ancestral Tree
   by Rebecca Hersher
   https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/10/18/498281083/higgs-bison-is-the-missing-link-in-european-bison-ancestral-tree
   tee hee "Higgs Bison"
   via ACX
   
   
2. About Time
   by Chris Jones
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYMznvmx2oU
   not a big fan of political ads in general, but this is nicely done
   via boing
   
   
3. One in twenty workers are in ‘useless’ jobs – far fewer than previously thought
   by Craig Brierley
   https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/one-in-twenty-workers-are-in-useless-jobs-far-fewer-than-previously-thought
   I still think Graeber's criterion is useful: jobs are valuable to the extent that they're helping other people
   via ACX
   
   
4. there's a whole millennia-long debate about astrology in judaism
   by QiaochuYuan
   https://twitter.com/QiaochuYuan/status/1288237483927339009
   that's a curious position
   via ACX
   
   
5. on the efficacy of bullying weirdos in encouraging them to not be weirdos
   by various tumblristas
   https://wilwheaton.tumblr.com/post/654832739961438208/triviallytrue-loud-and-queer-star-anise
   indeed, the method doesn't work. But it does create extra trauma!
   via wil