What I saw on the web on 2023.10.1

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1. The Plot of All Objects in the Universe
   by Charles H. Lineweaver and Vihan M. Patel
   https://pubs.aip.org/view-large/figure/85342364/819_1_5.0150209.figures.online.f2.jpg
   in case you're wondering what sorts of things exist
   via discord
   
   
2. President Jimmy Carter
   by TYWKIWDBI reblogging WaPo
   https://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/2018/08/president-jimmy-carter.html
   probably the best ex-president the US has had in the last 50 years (at least)
   via rss
   
   
3. wantok
   by Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wantok
   i'd seen it in a book as "wontok" a while ago, and only just figured out the etymology
   via going to check
   
   
4. Open My Hotel Window
   by Open My Hotel Window
   https://openmyhotelwindow.com/
   in case you're looking for a hotel where you can open the windows (or have a balcony). so far US only
   via boing
   
   
5. dhun in mishra pahadi
   by Pravin Godkhindi with Supreet Deshpande
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HP8Rhfx4Js
   a nice bit of mountain music
   via rss
   
   
6. Yanis Varoufakis's "Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism?"\
   by Cory Doctorow reviewing Yanis Varoufakis
   https://pluralistic.net/2023/09/28/cloudalists/#cloud-capital
   may have to read this
   via rss
   
   
7. How To Turn Off Google’s “Privacy Sandbox” Ad Tracking—and Why You Should
   by Thorin Klosowksi
   https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/09/how-turn-googles-privacy-sandbox-ad-tracking-and-why-you-should
   in case you were wondering. i was, and just turned it off
   via cory doctorow
   
   
8. Italian cuisine is world’s most popular
   by Matthew Smith
   https://yougov.co.uk/consumer/articles/22632-italian-cuisine-worlds-most-popularreports%2F2019%2F03%2F12%2Fitalian-cuisine-worlds-most-popular
   curious answers to questions i wouldn't've thought to ask
   via ACX
   
   
9. Hyundai Mobis Reveals "Crab-Like" Driving System
   by CNET Highlights
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LK_TnFZNKh0
   speaking as someone who's at best mediocre when it comes to parallel parking, i welcome this development
   via ACX
   
   
10. Lectures on Applied Category Theory
    by John Carlos Baez
    https://johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com/2023/09/28/lectures-on-applied-category-theory/
    might be a thing to look at some time?
    via rss
    
    
11. in a dis ya time
    by the Itals
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXq22eneiFw
    excellent tune
    via memory
    
    
12. Much Smarter/Much Smarter Dub
    by the Meditations/the Upsetters
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXq22eneiFw
    excellent tune, with version
    via memory
    
    
13. Italian Concerto in F major BWV 971
    by Johann Sebastian Bach, performed by Christine Schornsheim
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjXCJL8P0rs
    also excellent tune, no version
    via memory
    
    
14. Win a vintage Minimoog signed by Geddy Lee of Rush ⚝
    by Geddy Lee and the Moog Foundation
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_2eiKzulZg
    Geddy talks about one of his instruments, and signs one
    via nosing around youtube