What I saw on the web on 2020.12.19

[reblogarythm]

1. “Perhaps the Stars” has been delayed to August.
   by Ada Palmer
   https://twitter.com/Ada_Palmer/status/1340092776810225666
   it's a longer wait, but the reasons totally make sense, and the copy editor does deserve a purple heart, and this gives us more time to reread books 1-3
   via her twitter
   
   
2. I think their real belief, unspoken, in their bones, is that everything which is happening is part of a narrative in which they are the protagonists.
   by Jon Evans
   https://twitter.com/rezendi/status/1338008253066711041
   it's a not-implausible theory
   via also Ada Palmer's twitter
   
   
3. From Gingerbread House to Gingerbread Höme.
   by IKEA
   https://www.ikea.com/ca/en/campaigns/from-gingerbread-house-to-gingerbread-hoeme-pub3e65e2d0
   if any of you make gingerbread houses and are wondering about how to furnish them
   via FB
   
   
4. How to build a Chien (hurdy gurdy buzzing bridge)
   by Barnaby Walters
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEa-vqlCzL0
   who knew hurdy gurdies had jawari?
   via reddit
   
   
5. Where might Donald Trump run, in a bid to avoid prison?
   by Shannon Gormley
   https://www.macleans.ca/opinion/in-a-bid-to-avoid-prison-where-might-donald-trump-run/
   some plausible cases here
   via a comment on Charlie Stross's blog
   
   
6. Binging with Babish: Shawarma from The Avengers
   by Babish Culinary Universe
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iErqWGwso7o
   looks tasty!
   via others of his vids