What I saw on the web on 2022.12.30

[reblogarythm]

1. How To Relax, Change & Be Free
   by Ian Welsh
   https://www.ianwelsh.net/how-to-relax-change-be-free/
   perhaps it's time to read some Krishnamurti?
   via rss
   
   
2. Pigs in a Blanket from The Office
   by Binging with Babish
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKgz4DbBDes
   dat flip tho
   via rss
   
   
3. We asked an AI questions about New Brunswick. Some of the answers may surprise you
   by Raechel Huizinga
   https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/ai-question-about-nb-1.6699498
   that is a funny story about New Brunswick!
   via rss
   
   
4. Not only science fiction, but more science fictional than anything else: Rosemary Kirstein’s Steerswoman books
   by Jo Walton, discussing exactly what the title says
   https://www.tor.com/2008/10/30/not-only-science-fiction-but-more-science-fictional-than-anything-else-rosemary-kirsteins-steerswoman-books/
   very mildly spoilery, but if you've been paying attention for the first half-book, no big surprises
   via googlery, after having paid attention for the first half-book
   
   
5. What if your religion required you to be eaten by vultures after you died, but all the vultures suddenly disappeared?
   by Stone Age Herbalist
   https://twitter.com/Paracelsus1092/status/1608737817206849541
   this is for several reasons not good
   via discord
   
   
6. Who should be Person of the Year — or do we need something else instead?
   by Rick Salutin
   https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2022/12/30/who-should-be-person-of-the-year-or-do-we-need-something-else-instead.html
   on the demise of the Great Man theory of history
   via rss
   
   
7. "The Right Place"
   by subnormality
   https://viruscomix.com/page598.html
   i'd also like to find that place
   via rss