What I saw on the web on 2022.10.28

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1. You Shall Not Pass [Fantasy Heroine]
   by Jill Bearup
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yCJpgUwWgw
   now i ship Caroline x editor
   via rss
   
   
2. The Best Idea Humans Ever Had
   by David Cain
   https://www.raptitude.com/2022/10/the-best-idea-humans-ever-had/
   best is strong, but it's a good idea. i mean, aren't people doing this already? if not, why not?
   via rss
   
   
3. Book Review: Malleus Maleficarum
   by Scott Alexander
   https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/book-review-malleus-maleficarum
   a fun read, with a nice touch of epistemic humility at the end
   via rss
   
   
4. a fun piece of library trivia
   by Eddie the Giant Librarian
   https://twitter.com/EddieKristan/status/1546497468984168449
   perhaps the library was the friends we met along the way?
   via wil
   
   
5. wow they finally made a novelty halloween costume i actually want to wear
   by Gretchen McCullouch
   https://mobile.twitter.com/GretchenAMcC/status/1585616118219087873
   i'd wear that too. if i did costumes.
   via Ada_Palmer
   
   
6. when you call someone a lord you are calling him an esteemed keeper of the bread
   by Sam
   https://copperbadge.tumblr.com/post/698205296272752640/til-that-the-english-word-lord-in-the-sense-of
   greetings, Ledan
   via Gretchen McCulloch
   
   
7. Encryption
   by Randall Munroe
   https://xkcd.com/2691/
   but what about people named Carole?
   via rss