What I saw on the web on 2023.11.5

1. Tolkien’s Mistake in the List of Kings
   by James Tauber
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfnJm2YiV3c
   quick question for all the JRRT nerds out there: who was the nineteenth ruler of Numenor?
   via rss
   
   
2. Hotwheels | Empty Waterslide
   by DreamTrack
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HT-K5n0gWaY
   a combination that needed to happen. excellent musical accompaniment too
   via boing
   
   
3. India's millet revival: How the once-neglected seed is making a comeback
   by Salimah Shivji
   https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/india-millet-revival-campaign-1.7013629
   this is good news!
   via rss
   
   
4. Dengue rates plunged after release of lab-altered mosquitoes
   by Clare Roth
   https://www.dw.com/en/dengue-rates-plummeted-in-colombia-after-lab-infected-mosquito-release/a-67268943
   i'm in favour of anything that reduces Dengue rates
   via discord
   
   
5. Is uBlock Origin updated to the last Anti-Adblocker YouTube script?
   by dr hyperion 451
   https://drhyperion451.github.io/does-uBO-bypass-yt/
   in case you were wondering
   via cory doctorow
   
   
6. UAW Tells Other Unions to Align Contracts to Set Up Possible National General Strike in 2028
   by Jason Koebler
   https://www.404media.co/uaw-calls-on-workers-to-line-up-massive-general-strike-for-2028-to-defeat-billionaire-class/
   looking forward to May Day 2028
   via cory doctorow
   
   
7. After being run over by a car, Ted Kulczycky had one goal: recover enough to see Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense
   by Brad Wheeler
   https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/article-how-a-talking-heads-superfan-found-healing-with-the-concert-film-stop/
   you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile?
   via cory doctorow
   
   
8. Talking Heads Stop Making Sense Q & A Toronto film fest September 11, 2023
   by talking heads and some guy named Spike Lee
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGq6qIcSaZg
   a nice post-film discussion
   via going looking after hearing about this in previous link
   
   
9. Quick Baked Potato Soup
   by taste of home
   https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/quick-baked-potato-soup/
   quick if you have the baked potatoes
   via discord