What I saw on the web on 2022.4.25

1. Christopher Tolkien’s Amazonian Requests
   by Daniel Stride
   https://phuulishfellow.wordpress.com/2022/04/25/christopher-tolkiens-amazonian-requests/
   this doesn't make me less interested in the amazon middle-earth series
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2. Let Me Explain the 🧀Cheese Option🧀
   by Jill Bearup
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDMCaGQWA7I
   oh, cheese!
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3. Speeding downhill on a sofa is a tourist attraction in Madeira
   by Tom Scott
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19o8yPaVp58
   to remember next time one visits Madeira
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4. derivative
   by Zach Weinersmith
   https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/derivative
   there are indeed some simple solutions to this
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5. Unboxing and testing the new DIGITAL WIND INSTRUMENT
   by Sarah Jeffery
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32qt8UdOHXE
   looks like a decent piece of kit (admittedly, also seems to be a sponsored vid?)
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6. Why I Hate Forrest Gump with the Heat of a Thousand Suns
   by Films, Deconstructed
   https://filmsdeconstructed.wordpress.com/2017/06/26/why-i-hate-forrest-gump-with-the-heat-of-a-thousand-suns/
   my loathing for it comes from a very similar place
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7. 《Homeland》Relax Chinese bamboo flute Bass Xiao and Guzheng《故乡》 张维良 曲 低音箫：陈特超 古筝：吴雅蓉
   by some musicians whose identities are probably included in those Chinese characters somewhere?
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-QFLnLd2Nk
   that Bass Xiao is intriguing
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8. "But differential calculus stops for no pope."
   by Ada Palmer
   https://twitter.com/Ada_Palmer/status/1518618588260839425
   this is true
   via checker her twitter feed
   
   
9. What Economics Gets Wrong (Almost Everything)
   by Ian Welsh
   https://www.ianwelsh.net/what-economics-gets-wrong-almost-everything/
   i can't speak with authority on the topic. in the bits where i'm a little closer to the topic, these statements seem plausible
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