What I saw on the web on 2023.1.2

1. The "architecture graveyard" is alive and well
   by Tom Scott
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhHM9MT41IE
   looks like an innaresting place!
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2. Dan Savage lives up to his name in this tweet about lying liar George Santos
   by Jennifer Sandlin commenting on Dan Savage commenting on George Santos's mother(s?)
   https://boingboing.net/2023/01/02/dan-savage-lives-up-to-his-name-in-this-tweet-about-lying-liar-george-santos.html
   yes, that does look like carelessness
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3. DM of the Rings Remaster: The Copious Backstory I
   by Shamus Young and children
   https://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=55070
   the seminal parody screencap webcomic, now remastered!
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4. I am tempted to post a blog essay (along the lines of Falsehoods programmers believe about names) on the subject of falsehoods Christians believe about religion.
   by Charlie Stross
   http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2022/12/wtf.html#comment-2163592
   i'm up for it. bring it on, Charlie
   via checking back on his post
   
   
5. The Inspiration of William Blake
   by William Blake with Jah Wobble
   https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m8ZTiMAj5K85Dqm1mh7U4MsXMMSktYvaE
   if dub reggae and Blake's poetry don't seem like a natural match to you, we think about these topics differently
   via memory
   
   
6. He Was a Crook
   by Hunter S. Thompson
   https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1994/07/he-was-a-crook/308699/
   goal: be hated by someone the way Hunter hated Nixon. not really a goal.
   via memory
   
   
7. Spoiler alert: Avatar extends ‘settler fantasy’
   by Niigaan Sinclair
   https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/2023/01/02/spoiler-alert-avatar-extends-settler-fantasy
   having not seen the second one, but recalling the first, this is no surprise at all
   via FB