What I saw on the web on 2022.4.4

1. Education by punishment
   by David R. MacIver
   https://drmaciver.substack.com/p/education-by-punishment
   indeed, something we in aggregate keep on doing, and really need to find ways to stop
   via rss
   
   
2. liberal democracies are being attacked from within by a fascist-authoritarian international movement
   by Charlie Stross
   http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2022/04/behind-the-ukraine-war.html#comment-2142106
   an unpleasantly plausible analysis
   via rss ultimately
   
   
3. In Defense of the Em Dash
   by Clive Thompson
   https://medium.com/creators-hub/in-defense-of-the-m-dash-5684b607c87d
   it's a wonderful — and needed! — punctuation mark!
   via boing
   
   
4. How does Britain know what time it is?
   by Tom Scott
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqciKS_N0K8
   now i'm wondering what the first time was
   via rss
   
   
5. The Rise of the 9 p.m. Work Hour
   by msmash, reblogging an article from The Atlantic, which, if i go on to read and appreciate as well, might be the next link
   https://slashdot.org/story/22/04/04/140223/the-rise-of-the-9-pm-work-hour
   i agree with commentors about being more productive before other people can drag you into meetings
   via rss
   
   
6. I Accidentally Made...
   by Jill Bearup
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0rSWahi5fw
   as noted, don't touch the hot thing
   via rss
   
   
7. translating between slang and professional corporate
   by The Meanest TA, PhD
   https://twitter.com/MeanestTA/status/1509936432625897474
   a lot of fun here
   via wil
   
   
8. Bunya nuts: delicious, culturally important & dangerous 🌰
   by Leeton Lee and ABC Australia
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0f6XNMDb64
   and if you want to know what they taste like, you're going to have to travel to Australia
   via random googlery