What I saw on the web on 2021.7.14

1. You're welcome, road sign designers:
   by David Morgan-Mar
   https://twitter.com/dmmaus/status/1412198374825029635
   this is a clever idea!
   via Irregular Webcomic
   
   
2. Very philosophical of my Italian lesson today:
   by David Morgan-Mar
   https://twitter.com/dmmaus/status/1411962656295030785
   I agree!
   via Irregular Webcomic
   
   
3. In hot water for hiring private eye to shadow judge, social conservative litigator John Carpay exits, stage right
   by David Climenhaga
   https://albertapolitics.ca/2021/07/in-hot-water-for-hiring-private-eye-to-shadow-judge-social-conservative-litigator-john-carpay-exits-stage-right/
   this story just keeps on giving. As noted, we're still wondering who else got followed by a PI.
   via rss
   
   
4. Fracture - King Crimson - Full Guitar Cover
   by Maria Barbieri
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvYxSSu3cOs
   given that Fripp, who wrote it, claims that it's impossible to play, this is rather impressive
   via boing
   
   
5. The Sun is also named….
   by Depsidase
   https://depsidase.tumblr.com/post/656173935107440640
   a couple of clever puns here
   via wil
   
   
6. Art Should Be a Doorway, Not a Mirror
   by Lincoln Michel
   https://countercraft.substack.com/p/art-should-be-a-doorway-not-a-mirror
   some good thoughts on æsthetics here
   via Jonathan Crowe
   
   
7. Food banks, literacy groups to distribute 150,000 children's books across Canada this summer
   by Jane van Koeverden
   https://www.cbc.ca/books/food-banks-literacy-groups-to-distribute-150k-children-s-books-across-canada-this-summer-1.6095084
   I like this idea
   via rss
   
   
8. The Litany Against Fear
   by the Bene Gesserit, transcribed by Frank Herbert, rendered unforgettably by Gilbert Gottfried
   https://www.cameo.com/v/60eb070e06c104001d38adca
   and now . . . The Aristocrats!
   via boing
   
   
9. True Facts: Wild Pigs
   by Ze Frank and Jerry
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eb6ja96y6Ps
   so that's what the pigs are up to
   via rss
   
   
10. COVID's R-value (or ability to spread) is once again rising in Alberta
    by Sarah Rieger
    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-covid-r-value-1.6101837
    in case you don't have enough bad news
    via rss