What I saw on the web on 2022.3.3

1. How square dancing became a weapon of white supremacy against an anti-Semitic jazz dance conspiracy
   by Jack Smith IV
   https://www.mic.com/articles/186892/how-square-dancing-became-a-weapon-of-white-supremacy-against-an-anti-semitic-jazz-dance-conspiracy
   Ford's antisemitism just keeps on giving. yuck.
   via reddit
   
   
2. How much force did brachiosaurus vomit generate?
   by Rob Beschizza
   https://boingboing.net/2022/03/03/how-much-force-did-brachiosaurus-vomit-generate.html
   finally, answers to the important questions!
   via rss
   
   
3. Why don't Jigsaw Puzzles have the correct number of pieces?
   by Matt Parker
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXWvptwoCl8
   i suppose you could make a case that it's ultimately because of the Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic
   via rss
   
   
4. Rajesh Mehta's "DRUMPET"
   by Rajesh Mehta
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_TpBbVDib0
   fascinating, but confusing
   via reddit
   
   
5. I’m J. Michael Straczynski, aka JMS, here for an AMA about my new novel Together We Will Go and my work across TV series like Babylon 5 and Sense8, films like Changeling, graphic novels, comic books, and more.
   by JMS
   https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/t57x85/im_j_michael_straczynski_aka_jms_here_for_an_ama/
   in case you wondered what he's up to these days
   via reddit
   
   
6. Jason Kenney imposes mandatory freedom on Alberta
   by Mark Hill
   https://www.thebeaverton.com/2022/03/jason-kenney-imposes-mandatory-freedom-on-alberta/
   when did the Beaverton switch from satirizing news to reporting news?
   via reddit
   
   
7. why it's so important that we teach people how to think about history
   by Ada_Palmer
   https://twitter.com/Ada_Palmer/status/1499460338114252807
   an excellent argument
   via her twitter feed