What I saw on the web on 2023.6.18

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1. That is not a weakness. That is life.
   by Jean-Luc Picard
   https://astralvagabond.com/post/713988389947555840/star-trek-the-next-generation-s02e21-peak
   quoted for truth
   via wil
   
   
2. "The basic problem..."
   by Eugène Ionesco
   https://www.chinamieville.net/2015-2/
   don't tell Chagatai
   via rss
   
   
3. Something Comically Wicked This Way Comes: A Review of Goblin Macbeth
   by Jim Beard
   https://calgaryguardian.com/a-review-of-goblin-macbeth/
   sounds like a fun take!
   via discord
   
   
4. Committee's Punch Bowl
   by Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committee%27s_Punch_Bowl
   a bit of cool geography — it drains in two different directions!
   via googlery after a random picture of it showed up in this news item
   
   
5. World’s largest and heaviest kidney stone removed from Sri Lankan man
   by Sanj Atwal
   https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2023/6/worlds-largest-and-heaviest-kidney-stone-removed-from-sri-lankan-man-753054
   ouch! (warning, link includes pictures)
   via boing
   
   
6. In the Universe of Equations, Virtually All Are Prime
   by Kevin Hartnett
   https://www.quantamagazine.org/in-the-universe-of-equations-virtually-all-are-prime-20181210/
   some small quibbles here, including an only-belatedly-stated dependence on RH, but nonetheless an interesting result
   via email