What I saw on the web on 2024.11.2

1. I was trying to check when the great English vowel shift happened and got the strangest ad I’ve seen lol
   by pantheraleo04
   https://pantheraleo04.tumblr.com/post/741151460183638016/i-was-trying-to-check-when-the-great-english-vowel
   personally, i'd like to get a refund on that one. vowel shifts not make one great.
   via all things linguistic
   
   
2. No. 5646: Classic Blunders
   by Jamz64
   https://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=5646
   indeed a classic
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3. When most of Canada switches from daylight saving time, I won't participate
   by Peter Warwick
   https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/first-person-daylight-saving-time-winter-blahs-1.7371398
   i suppose he balances me off, then? and it's delightful that he seems to think a swing from nine to fifteen hours of daylight is large
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4. Bluesky and enshittification
   by Cory Doctorow
   https://pluralistic.net/2024/11/02/ulysses-pact/#tie-yourself-to-a-federated-mast
   i wasn't planning on setting up there anyway (never having been on the Tweety-box, i don't need a replacement for it), but this is more reason not to
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5. The Magic of Induction
   by Asaf Karagila speaking to Brady Haran
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhZORrqL3xI
   clarifying some fine points regarding induction
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6. A LITTLE MORE NOISE
   by Stewart Copeland and friends
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mUjLAWIj7E
   a situation where there are very solid arguments that mr.copeland might not be even the second best percussionist in the room?!?
   via wandering around youtube for a while
   
   
7. YYZ
   by Geddy and Alex with Danny Carey
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4mPNuAaB34
   as the comments note, there are very very few people i'm comfortable with sitting in for Neil. Danny is perhaps top of that very short list.
   via youtube recommends