What I saw on the web on 2021.6.30

1. make believe goth money
   by Rob Thomas
   https://twitter.com/Kristov086/status/1395471936717688833
   I mean, no. but also yes.
   via FB, then reddit, then googlery
   
   
2. Reminder: Prepare For The Forest Fire/Smoke Season
   by Ian Welsh
   https://www.ianwelsh.net/reminder-prepare-for-the-forest-fire-smoke-season/
   in case you're in the western half of NAmerica and were planning on breathing the air….
   via rss
   
   
3. 2021 Heatwave Pre-cap: Part 3
   by Edmonton weather nerdery
   http://edmontonweathernerdery.blogspot.com/2021/06/2021-heatwave-pre-cap-part-3.html
   don't look at the trend in daily highs. Look at the trend in daily lows.
   via rss
   
   
4. Amazon won't help Klein bottle seller after another company hijacks his product listing with a blackhead remover
   by Mark Frauenfelder
   https://boingboing.net/2021/06/30/amazon-wont-help-klein-bottle-seller-after-another-company-hijacks-his-product-listing-with-a-blackhead-remover.html
   two thoughts. First: stop being mean to Cliff Stoll! he's such a cool dude! Second: do you really want to try underhanded computer hijinx with this guy? He was cracking down on East German hackers in the 1980s!
   via rss
   
   
5. Growing Crops in the Desert with Seawater | Freethink
   by Freethink interviewing Charlie Paton
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvV-iPdORLc
   clever tech notion! I assume they can also harvest the salt somehow?
   via FB
   
   
6. How Twitter can ruin a life
   by Emily VanDerWerff interviewing Isabell Fall
   https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/22543858/isabel-fall-attack-helicopter
   I've not yet read the short story in question, but kinda want to
   via boing
   
   
7. Catholic church asked to keep in mind the good arson has done
   by Beaverton Staff
   https://thebeaverton.com/2021/06/catholic-church-asked-to-keep-in-mind-the-good-arson-has-done/
   this is some Jonathan Swift level satire. Yikes!
   via googlery after reddit
   
   
8. Is This a Sandwich?
   by Mr.Mike Merrill and/or Dr.M.Ritchey
   https://kmikeym.medium.com/is-this-a-sandwich-50b1317eb3f5
   is lasagne a sandwich? If not, why not?
   via tangential googlery
   
   
9. How we show election results is misleading
   by Kim Siever
   https://kimsiever.ca/2021/06/30/how-we-show-election-results-is-misleading/
   I feel that headline should be something more like "The misleading way we show election results": the current version almost reads like the verb should be "are"
   via rss
   
   
10. Utopia
    by Tony Levin, video by Matthew Dimakos
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sg0vSI3zwJU
    more from the great T.Lev
    via rss
    
    
11. David Frum tries to defend Sir John A. Macdonald. He fails
    by Colby Christ
    https://nationalpost.com/opinion/colby-cosh-david-frum-tries-to-defend-sir-john-a-macdonald-he-fails
    I think I'm with mr.Cosh on this one
    via the line