What I saw on the web on 2023.12.9

1. When MUSE only give you 60 seconds to audition
   by Charles Berthoud
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGSDZwtSnSs
   oh, you thought the bass line for hysteria was tough?
   via youtube recommends
   
   
2. Gifts for People You Hate, 2023
   by Naomi Kritzer
   https://naomikritzer.com/2023/12/08/gifts-for-people-you-hate-2023/
   in case you hate people and have to give them gifts
   via mrissa
   
   
3. Let's talk about LA, Vegas, Biden, and trains....
   by Beau of the Fifth Column
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9t2h7rRyUg
   excellent news. except for the bit about bat country.
   via rss
   
   
4. Motion Extraction
   by Posy
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSS6yAMZF78
   what a fun technique!
   via TYWKIWDBI
   
   
5. Trippy Tiny Desk Concert features a "saxocone," a saxophone with a traffic cone in it
   by Jennifer Sandlin reporting on Moon Hooch
   https://boingboing.net/2023/12/08/trippy-tiny-desk-concert-features-a-saxocone-a-saxophone-with-a-traffic-cone-in-it.html
   Moon Hooch is really a great demonstration of the concept of "joyful noise"
   via rss
   
   
6. "If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing"
   by Cory Doctorow
   https://pluralistic.net/2023/12/08/playstationed/#tyler-james-hill
   shared partly for the titular sentiment, partly for the reference of Pavel Chekov
   via rss