What I saw on the web on 2021.10.2

1. Lifelode Audiobook
   by Jo Walton and Jack Larsen
   https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2027413000/lifelode-audiobook
   this could be worth starting some kick!
   via Ada_Palmer
   
   
2. 38: Adrian Belew Families Tree
   by jep
   https://misterjep.substack.com/p/38-adrian-belew-families-tree
   did you know all of these things about guitar wizard Adrian Belew?
   via reddit
   
   
3. Weekend Roundup: Vaccine passport’s new QR code won’t work; Mandel quits AHS board; pipeline association folds tent
   by David Climenhaga
   https://albertapolitics.ca/2021/10/weekend-roundup-vaccine-passports-new-qr-code-wont-work-mandel-quits-ahs-board-pipeline-association-folds-tent/
   our typical pile of political news, shared for usage in the wild of "vaxxport"
   via rss
   
   
4. a thread on how pandemics end
   by Dr Ellie Murray
   https://twitter.com/EpiEllie/status/1444088804961304581
   indeed. when people start honking on about "endemic", they need to specify what level of death is acceptable
   via IPEdmonton retweeting
   
   
   
5. Book speedrun: On Humour by Simon Critchley
   by DRMacIver
   https://notebook.drmaciver.com/posts/2021-10-02-12:17.html
   especially for

   It also reminds me of the whole problem of corporate mindfulness. One of the virtues of humour is that it helps cope with a bad situation, but when that virtue is being touted by people responsible for that bad situation, that seems intrinsically problematic.

   
   via rss
   
   
6. I tried caving and found out I'm very bad at caving
   by Tom Scott and Elise Freshwater-Blizzard
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KOZUw_Ah8w
   what do you do when your body starts unexpectedly freaking out, and you're underground, and you brought a camera crew along?
   via rss
   
   
7. a reflection on two Jesii
   by wil wheaton
   https://wilwheaton.tumblr.com/post/663953980764913664/portrait-of-jesus-by-digital-artist-bas-uterwijk
   i also am on board with original jesus, not a big fan of supply-side jesus
   via rss
   
   
8. Why don't they teach Newton's calculus of 'What comes next?'
   by Mathologer
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AuV93LOPcE
   i first encountered this stuff via Knuth et al's Concrete Mathematics. it's very pretty!
   via rss
   
   
9. What links Ada Palmer’s Terra Ignota novels and Robert Nozick’s Anarchy, The State and Utopia?
   by Alastair J R Ball
   http://www.redtrainblog.com/books/2021/7/what-links-ada-palmers-terra-ignota-novels-and-robert-nozicks-anarchy-the-state-and-utopia
   an interesting take. pity that he consistently gets the title of Nozick's book worng
   via Ada_Palmer retweeting
   
   
10. Vegan Mini Oatmeal Butternut Squash or Pumpkin Scones
    by Nava Atlas
    https://theveganatlas.com/vegan-mini-oatmeal-butternut-squash-or-pumpkin-scones/
    lookin' tasty!
    via DW reading page