What I saw on the web on 2024.4.26

1. Pepper & Peppercorns
   by the Silk Road Spice Merchant
   https://silkroadspices.ca/collections/pepper-and-peppercorns
   in case you're looking for cubeb, or grains of paradise, or various other obscure pepperoids
   via discussion, going looking
   
   
2. Edmonton councillors say more transparency needed after police commission refuses audit plan
   by Mrinali Anchan
   https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-councillors-say-more-transparency-needed-after-police-commission-refuses-audit-plan-1.7183824
   "you're going to give us a lot of money" combined with "of course we're not going to tell you how we spend it" is not a good look
   via rss
   
   
3. An attack on local democracy': Edmonton mayor rebukes province's new municipal governance bill
   by Natasha Riebe
   https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/an-attack-on-local-democracy-edmonton-mayor-rebukes-province-s-new-municipal-governance-bill-1.7185720
   again, the UCP decides that if something isn't broken, they need to break it
   via rss
   
   
4. UCP’s legislation sets stage for municipal political parties, arbitrary nullification of bylaws, and firing of councillors by cabinet
   by David Climenhaga
   https://albertapolitics.ca/2024/04/ucps-legislation-sets-stage-for-municipal-political-parties-arbitrary-nullification-of-bylaws-and-firing-of-councillors-by-cabinet/
   commentary on the previous news item
   via rss
   
   
5. Antitrust is a labor issue
   by Cory Doctorow
   https://pluralistic.net/2024/04/25/capri-v-tapestry/#aiming-at-dollars-not-men
   because sometimes there's good news too
   via rss
   
   
6. Mexico’s Floating Gardens Are an Ancient Wonder of Sustainable Farming
   by Peter Yeung
   https://reasonstobecheerful.world/mexico-chinampas-floating-gardens-sustainable-farming/
   dunno if this would work elsewhere but it certainly works where it is!
   via rss
   
   
7. ‘Real hope’ for cancer cure as personal mRNA vaccine for melanoma trialled
   by Andrew Gregory
   https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/apr/26/cancer-mrna-vaccine-melanoma-trial
   good news is good news!
   via discord
   
   
8. The Judgment Of Magneto
   by Asher Elbein
   https://archive.ph/ISeee#selection-436.0-436.1
   an investigation of the character and connexions with current geopolitics
   via boing
   
   
9. This trailer for Jim Henson Idea Man made me cry
   by Gail Sherman
   https://boingboing.net/2024/04/26/this-trailer-for-jim-henson-idea-man-made-me-cry.html
   might have to watch this. Jim was huge
   via rss
   
   
10. Is it healthier to sleep on your left side or your right side?
    by Mark Frauenfelder
    https://boingboing.net/2024/04/26/is-it-healthier-to-sleep-on-your-left-side-or-your-right-side.html
    the answer is: it depends. but in an interesting way
    via rss