What I saw on the web on 2021.9.23

1. Vegetarian Zucchini Slice
   by pkey1
   https://www.bestrecipes.com.au/recipes/vegetarian-zucchini-slice-recipe/uf45jukn
   might be worth trying
   via David Morgan-Mar
   
   
2. Facebook initiative to present pro-Facebook news items
   by Annie Rauwerda
   https://boingboing.net/2021/09/22/facebook-initiative-to-present-pro-facebook-news-items.html
   when no one else likes you...
   via rss
   
   
3. No More Apologies: Inside Facebook's Push To Defend Its Image
   by msmash reblogging NYT
   https://tech.slashdot.org/story/21/09/22/1443238/no-more-apologies-inside-facebooks-push-to-defend-its-image
   another take on the same story
   via rss
   
   
4. we used that music...
   by brucesterling, presumably gakking it from somewhere
   https://brucesterling.tumblr.com/post/663085888808583168
   i know someone who's qualified to have professional opinions on this
   via wil
   
   
5. Is this the end of majority governments in Canada – or the beginning?
   by Andrew Coyne
   https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-is-this-the-end-of-majority-governments-in-canada-or-the-beginning/?cmpid=rss
   i'm not disagreeing over here
   via rss
   
   
6. Divorced Sask. parents fight in court over COVID-19 vaccination for teen daughter
   by Guy Quenneville
   https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/divorced-couple-court-fight-daughter-vaccination-1.6180214
   oy veh, what a mess. curiously, anti-vaxxers struggle to find evidence that will stand up in a court of law
   via rss
   
   
7. Mutual Aid: An Illuminated Factor of Evolution
   by Peter Kropotkin
   https://www.pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1185
   ooo! new edition! the front matter looks like it could be tasty too!!
   via cory doctorow
   
   
8. Facebook algorithm boosts pro-Facebook news
   by Cory Doctorow
   https://doctorow.medium.com/facebook-algorithm-boosts-pro-facebook-news-b4f29c893d6
   more on the same topic as 2 and 3
   via rss
   
   
9. DUNE as a one-page RPG
   by SiennaSasha
   https://twitter.com/mordicai/status/1438291085760122880 (haven't yet found original link)
   deeply silly :-)
   via boing
   
   
10. Here's how the housing landscape could change under a newly re-elected Liberal government
    by Tanya Fletcher
    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-housing-landscape-change-new-federal-government-real-estate-1.6186072
    this is an ongoing problem: as long as housing is about both investment and, well, housing, this will be a problem. we need to decouple housing from investment
    via rss
    
    
11. The Zen priest considers Tradition and a Naturalistic Perennialism
    by James Ford
    https://www.patheos.com/blogs/monkeymind/2021/09/the-zen-priest-considers-tradition-and-a-naturalistic-perennialism.html
    well said, roshi-ji
    via rss
    
    
12. Berlin residents to vote in referendum on seizing rentals from corporate landlords
    by Jonas Becker speaking to Carol Off
    https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/berlin-residents-to-vote-in-referendum-on-seizing-rentals-from-corporate-landlords-1.6185423
    see link 10: this is the other half of the housing problem. if people can't afford to buy, they rent, and thus become vulnerable to extractive landlords
    via rss
    
    
13. Native Land
    by Native Land Digital
    https://native-land.ca/
    obviously a lot of work yet to be done on this, but it's already fascinating
    via boing
    
    
14. William Shatner Reviews Impressions of Himself
    by William Shatner
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xw-1C8DsufE
    some of these are funnier than others
    via boing
    
    
15. Five Sure Fire Tips to Get on the Cushion Every Day
    by Brad Warner
    http://hardcorezen.info/five-sure-fire-tips-to-get-on-the-cushion-every-day/7786
    these work for me, perhaps they'll work for you. i especially appreciate Discipline is being able to do things when you don’t want to do them.
    via rss
    
    
16. Raga Bihag
    by Budhaditya Mukherjee
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icEJQ-u6S_k
    in case you're in need of a well-rendered evening raga
    via googlery
    
    
17. "This user refuses to be gaslit"
    by yeahiwasintheshit
    https://yeahiwasintheshit.tumblr.com/post/663146595127361536
    indeed, this user does
    via wil
    
    
18. Unboxing Priceless Original Dune Encyclopedia
    by Quinn's Ideas
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtrk9fDiRSc
    it's a cool book, has the real Dune backstory
    via rss