What I saw on the web on 2021.12.19

1. a breathtaking moment of enlightenment
   by J.Michael Straczynski
   https://twitter.com/straczynski/status/1472425925446803457
   this really does explain a lot
   via reddit
   
   
2. FACTORING QUARTIC POLYNOMIALS: A LOST ART
   by Gary Brookfield
   https://www.calstatela.edu/sites/default/files/users/u1061/quartic.pdf
   maybe i've linked this before? gives necessary/sufficient conditions for quartics to factor as two irreducible quadratics
   via random googlery