What I saw on the web on 2023.12.22

1. 360° SPINNING guitar neck is incredible!!
   by Mattias Krantz
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2kJMPfFOX8
   your daily dose of absurd guitar constructions — dude basically recreated the valiha
   via youtube recommends
   
   
2. Like British cheddar? Enjoy it while you can still find it
   by Janyce McGregor
   https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/uk-cheese-import-changes-1.7065052
   not surprised, also not impressed
   via rss
   
   
3. In The Long Run, We're All Dad
   by Scott Alexander
   https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/in-the-long-run-were-all-dad
   well, not all of us
   via rss
   
   
4. Worldbuilding as a Political Weapon
   by Laurie Penny
   https://lauriepenny.substack.com/p/worldbuilding-as-a-political-weapon
   because ultimately any time two people interact, there's politics
   via rss
   
   
5. A Tradition That Keeps Christmas Trees Alive
   by Elizabeth Hewitt
   https://reasonstobecheerful.world/living-christmas-trees-reuse-tradition/
   speaking on behalf of the onodrim, this makes a barbaric custom a lot more tolerable
   via rss
   
   
6. Sustainable Christmas Trees
   by Farlinger Farms
   https://www.farlingerfarms.com/
   and here's the local instantiation
   via previous link
   
   
7. Bad COP
   by Peter Watts
   https://www.rifters.com/crawl/?p=10873
   in case you were feeling cheerful after the recent COP conference
   via rss
   
   
8. A chilling new acronym: WCNSF
   by TYWKIWDBI
   https://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/2023/12/a-chilling-new-acronym-wcnsf.html
   that's deeply disturbing
   via rss