What I saw on the web on 2025.5.12

1. Several conferences relocate north of the border as Canadians refuse to travel to the U.S.
   by Sophia Harris
   https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/conference-us-travel-1.7531255
   this is (sadly) no surprise
   via rss
   
   
2. It Awaits Your Experiments.
   by Peter Watts
   https://www.rifters.com/crawl/?p=11511
   in which the good doctor gets eloquent about someone else getting eloquent in bacteria
   via rss
   
   
3. What was the first RPG? It ain't what you think...
   by Jon Peterson speaking to Ben Riggs
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAXVDKtH4e0
   it's rather more complicated than you might expect. now i may need to track down Jon's books....
   via rss
   
   
4. the VelociPastor
   by Brendan Steere et al
   https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1843303/
   apparently this is a real thing that exists?!?!?
   via FB