What I saw on the web on 2023.11.7

1. Hardball Questions For The Next Debate
   by Scott Alexander
   https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/hardball-questions-for-the-next-debate
   now with more palindromes!
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2. Poe's Law in real life: Why it might be hard to tell when the Alberta government is serious about policy
   by Robson Fletcher
   https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-finance-minister-horner-home-heating-oil-converstion-joke-sarcasm-1.7020071
   indeed, it is getting tougher to tell with this bunch of [insert noun phrase here]s
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3. Mathematicians Play “Set”
   by Ben Orlin
   https://mathwithbaddrawings.com/2023/11/07/mathematicians-play-set/
   i suspect that the category theorist is my favourite?
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4. Am I actually seeing this?': Muskox spotted in Fort Chipewyan, Alta.
   by Mah Noor Mubarik
   https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/muskox-in-fort-chipewyan-1.7020509
   i also would have been surprised to find a musk ox there
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5. writing cross-genre SF & why publisher changes can affect even established writers
   by Charlie Stross speaking to page one the writes' podcast
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAnnEFMZLkw
   always good to hear Charlie's perspective on stuff
   via going looking for interviews with him