What I saw on the web on 2023.1.4

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1. Even More Bay Area House Party
   by Scott Alexander
   https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/even-more-bay-area-house-party
   i like to think he came up with the horrible pun first, and then wrote the rest of the piece to provide scaffolding for it
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2. Texas Gate road signs commonplace in Alberta, a mystery in the U.S.
   by Helen Pike
   https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-texas-gate-cattle-guard-1.6703393
   and guess what they call them in France!
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3. Things That Might Be Making You Miserable
   by Ozy Brennan
   https://thingofthings.substack.com/p/things-that-might-be-making-you-miserable
   lots of good things to think about (and do something about?) here
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4. We Don't Really Know Covid's True Death Toll, So I Made a Few Little Charts
   by Jessica Wildfire
   https://jessicawildfire.substack.com/p/we-dont-really-know-covids-true-death
   yeah, that doesn't look good. plausible? yes. good? no.
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