What I saw on the web on 2023.5.31

[reblogarythm]

1. CDC conference cursed by Covid outbreak, 181 infected
   by Mark Frauenfelder, reblogging from the Washington Post
   https://boingboing.net/2023/05/31/cdc-conference-cursed-by-covid-outbreak-181-infected.html
   as someone observes of the CDC in the comments, "you had one job"
   via rss
   
   
2. The Brick Factory Problem
   by James Grime speaking to Brady Haran
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBfAYxxRsjY
   an interesting (and useful!) open question in combinatorics
   via rss
   
   
3. Sinsinbo
   by Dounanke Koita
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PqUDffcpUc
   what gets me on this is the profoundly tasty guitar line
   via sudden, unexpected memory
   
   
4. I Ka Di Nye
   by Bajourou
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORXn4YFBT5s
   more excellent west african guitar stuff
   via memory, riffing off of previous