What I saw on the web on 2024.5.19
- 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - on Creative Anxiety and Procrastination
by Fredrik Backman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSuSyZ92Cjg
lots of fun bits in here.
via boing - 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 - Call 'round Any Old Time
by Lewis Davies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEplJbGs9fo
a cheering sentiment
via rss - 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