What I saw on the web on 2024.5.19

1. the Prancing Pony
   by Tomás Hijo
   https://www.deviantart.com/tomashijo/art/The-Prancing-Pony-566289535
   what a lovely depiction of the scene!
   via discord
   
   
2. Time to replace the kitchen tap
   by David Morgan-Mar
   https://www.dangermouse.net/wordpresshome/2024/05/19/time-to-replace-the-kitchen-tap/
   actually sharing for the discussion of chocolate/lemon as a flavour combination
   via rss
   
   
3. Dagar legacy continues to enthrall city
   by Shailaja Khanna
   https://thepatriot.in/reports/dagar-legacy-continues-to-enthrall-city-49127
   mostly about Wasifuddin and his part of the lineage
   via FB
   
   
4. Let's talk about explaining Earth to aliens....
   by Beau of the Fifth Column
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VURKY-447dk&t=0s
   in which Beau attempts to explain human society to space aliens. it . . . doesn't go well
   via today's Roads with Beau video
   
   
5. A Manitoba farmer had a surplus of potatoes. So he gave millions of them away
   by Padraig Moran
   https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/potato-donation-manitoba-1.7206483
   i feel like "farmer" is a little misleading: "Hutterite colony" would be more accurate. but still, good news story!
   via rss
   
   
6. on Creative Anxiety and Procrastination
   by Fredrik Backman
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSuSyZ92Cjg
   lots of fun bits in here.
   via boing
   
   
7. How Did Roasting Vegetables Become a Thing?
   by J. Bryan Lowder
   https://slate.com/human-interest/2014/12/roasting-vegetables-history-when-did-this-technique-overtake-boiling.html
   apparently it's comapratively recent?
   via discord
   
   
8. Call 'round Any Old Time
   by Lewis Davies
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEplJbGs9fo
   a cheering sentiment
   via rss
   
   
9. Spying Glass (Extended Mix)
   by Massive Attack with Horace Andy and Mad Professor
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuJHSwKBrKI
   tasty track, with version
   via memory, searching