What I saw on the web on 2025.5.27

1. Mass Spec
   by Randall Munroe
   https://xkcd.com/3094/
   that's hilarious
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2. Alberta kicks off electoral boundary review as province swells to 5 million
   by Joel Dryden
   https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-electoral-boundaries-jyoti-gondek-bob-marshall-1.7539153
   hopefully the independent process is sufficiently independent to get a good result
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3. Usher of the Black Rod
   by the Senate of Canada
   https://sencanada.ca/en/about/usher-black-rod/
   in case you're wondering what he's up to when the king isn't visiting
   via the wikipedia page
   
   
4. YEGO 2025
   by YEGO 2025
   https://millwoodstowncentre.com/event/yego-2025/
   for edmonton area fans of lego
   via email
   
   
5. What if you used a flamethrower as a snowblower?
   by Randall Munroe
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYf9-xfm6t8
   excellent question, excellent answer!
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6. Zen at the End of Religion
   by James Ishmael Ford
   https://www.patheos.com/blogs/monkeymind/2025/05/zen-at-the-end-of-religion.html
   might have to read this. i appreciated the talk, especially the reminder to take traditions seriously but not literally, and the reminder that religious-but-not-spiritual people exist
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7. Bellingham, Wash., council pens letter to B.C. cities amid cross-border tensions
   by CBC News
   https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bellingham-letter-bc-cities-1.7545411
   i don't see this getting fixed until POTUS repudiates the lusting-after-our-territory thing
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