What I saw on the web on 2024.11.16

1. You sent your weirdest — I listened!
   by Make Weird Music
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_770jRfpKzA
   lots of great tasty stuff here. dig it!
   via rss
   
   
2. Newton’s Fractal is beautiful
   by 3Blue1Brown
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOulCFdVOGY
   a short little intro to the fractals that Newton's method creates in the complex plane
   via rss
   
   
3. some clever knitting and photography work
   by nina dodd and joseph ford
   https://www.tumblr.com/clementiens/766420479895601152/this-is-one-of-a-series-and-theyre-all
   nice work on both parts!
   via discord
   
   
4. Lasers vs Lightning - Which is More Powerful?
   by Mark Robert and guests
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5Zwg3Ag-bE
   what's your guess?
   via rss
   
   
5. Bodhisattva Vow
   by Beastie Boys
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTCCc6VMW_k
   therefore it only makes sense to thank our enemies despite their intent
   via recollexion
   
   
6. A History of the Silmarils in the Fifth Age
   by Scott Alexander
   https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/12/26/a-history-of-the-silmarils-in-the-fifth-age/
   in case you were wondering
   via recollexion
   
   
7. that theory that the Arkenstone is a Silmaril…it’s doubly implausible, but imagine if nobody knew.
   by greyhairedgeekgirl and other tumblristas
   https://greyhairedgeekgirl.tumblr.com/post/640043512790908928/rrrush-shewhodoesnotexist-countesskittymeow
   this is excellent headcanon
   via discord
   
   
8. The Mirthful Assyriologist, the Real Noah's Ark, and the Oldest Writing in the World
   by Brian Klaas
   https://www.forkingpaths.co/p/the-mirthful-assyriologist-the-real
   Irving Finkel is great!
   via discord
   
   
9. Irving Finkel and the Chamber of Lewis Chessmen
   by Irving Finkel et al
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZBXTy5KK3I
   tee hee
   via previous link