What I saw on the web on 2023.9.4

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1. American conservatives are not more Catholic than the pope
   by David Gibson
   https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/09/04/pope-wars-against-american-bishops/
   in case you were wondering
   via nosing around on the internet
   
   
2. What colour should a cheap mattress be?
   by Lateral with Tom Scott
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDxj2hVkDPs
   i'm not as impressed as most of the people there, but i've also been hand-coding .html about as long as tom has....
   via youtube recommends
   
   
3. David Copperfield's Real-Life Illusion
   by the Associated Press
   https://www.cbsnews.com/news/david-copperfields-real-life-illusion/
   because sleight of hand also has real-life applications
   via i recalled for some reason that this had happened, and tracked down the story