What I saw on the web on 2021.7.6

1. It's hard to maintain cultural identity when you move out of the family home
   by Nella Chollangi
   https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/pov-cultural-identity-indian-1.6086909
   yup, keeping a cultural identity distinct from that of the ambient culture is tough
   via rss
   
   
2. Inuit leader Mary Simon named as Canada's 1st Indigenous governor general
   by Catharine Tunney
   https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-gg-1.6091376
   about time we got an indigenous person as GG
   via rss
   
   
3. Mike’s Videos of Beavers
   by Mike, presumably?
   https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAz9RfinLIsW13Lt5TsT2Tw/videos
   in case you need video of large wet rodents in saskatoon
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4. Proudly wear your own US Forest Service Lunar Orbit Adjustment Program patch in honor of congressman Louie Gohmert's (R-TX) genius climate change mitigation idea
   by David Pescovitz
   https://boingboing.net/2021/07/06/proudly-wear-your-own-us-forest-service-lunar-orbit-adjustment-program-patch-in-honor-of-congressman-louie-gohmerts-r-tx-genius-climate-change-mitigation-idea.html
   all hail the mighty Gohmert Mission!
   via rss
   
   
5. Life with a Suzuki mini-truck
   by Jason Weisberger reblogging Daily Moutain Bike Rider
   https://boingboing.net/2021/07/06/life-with-a-suzuki-mini-truck.html
   shared mostly cuz I thought the scenery looked familiar and, yup, it's Bellingham WA
   via rss
   
   
6. Catenary arch
   by Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catenary_arch
   in case you're wondering why a catenary isn't just a parabola
   via googlery
   
   
7. God is an Octopus
   by Ryan North et al
   https://9gag.com/gag/aEpRzZ9
   this checks out
   via someone else found it on the internet
   
   
8. El Bouhala 1
   by Hamid El Kasri
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vM88vZsjsQU
   some tasty Gnawa music for your listening pleasure
   via memory