What I saw on the web on 2020.12.1

[reblogarythm]

1. All the Birds of the Forest, They Bitterly Weep
   by siderea
   https://siderea.dreamwidth.org/1675639.html
   in the pandemic, we're losing our third spaces
   via rss
   
   
2. With Tanden Choice, Democrats Stick it to Sanders Voters
   by Matt Taibbi
   https://taibbi.substack.com/p/with-tanden-choice-democrats-stick
   with friends like these, Bernie, …
   via rss
   
   
3. 'Is anybody in there?' Life on the inside as a locked-in patient
   by Josh Wilbur
   https://www.theguardian.com/news/2020/nov/26/life-on-the-inside-as-a-locked-in-patient-jake-haendel-leukoencephalopathy
   a rather harrowing tale
   via boing
   
   
4. Undergraduate Math Student Pushes Frontier of Graph Theory
   by Celeste Noche
   https://www.quantamagazine.org/mit-undergraduate-math-student-pushes-frontier-of-graph-theory-20201130/
   a nice new result in Ramsey theory
   via reddit
   
   
5. "Insurance Fraud": My go-to beginner hook for a sandbox of scumbaggery.
   by /u/AllUrMemes
   https://www.reddit.com/r/DnDBehindTheScreen/comments/k42k6w/insurance_fraud_my_goto_beginner_hook_for_a/
   a nice=sneaky way to get a new party into a D&D game
   via reddit
   
   
6. First Time Seeing Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back
   by Quinn's Ideas
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9w-ynaVtHA
   a fresh perspective!
   via rss
   
   
7. London Calling
   by Joe Strummer and the Pogues
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IL9hDmoxkiA
   seems like a natural fit, really
   via boing
   
   
8. A two-year-old's solution to the trolley problem
   by E.J. Masicampo
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-N_RZJUAQY4
   it's a fair solution!
   via boing