What I saw on the web on 2023.12.3

[reblogarythm]

1. How 'forced financing' makes some car dealerships more money
   by Danielle Nerman
   https://www.cbc.ca/radio/costofliving/financing-car-dealerships-cash-1.7034159
   well, that's an additional cranky-making around car ownership
   via rss
   
   
2. rae’s “chaos but it’s actually not that chaos but just atypical” reading order for Victoria Goddard’s Nine Worlds series
   by rae
   https://toopunkrockforshul.tumblr.com/post/735632434292539392/raes-chaos-but-its-actually-not-that-chaos-but
   there is no "wrong" order to read the Nine Worlds. every order gives you a different perspective on everything that happens
   via discord
   
   
3. Researcher studying why jackrabbits thrive in Edmonton
   by Aaron Sousa
   https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-research-jackrabbit-population-1.7045170
   there certainly are lots of them around
   via rss
   
   
4. A taxonomy of things
   by Amy Smift
   https://www.kith.org/jed/hodgepodge/work-by-others/a-taxonomy-of-things/
   this could be useful....
   via discord
   
   
5. An Immense World
   by Ed Yong
   https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/616914/an-immense-world-by-ed-yong/9781039003903
   to remember for when the hold queue gets depleted
   via someone mentioning it a few days ago? was it one of the vlogbrothers?
   
   
6. The Log Driver's Waltz
   by Wade Hemsworth, the McGarrigles, and John Weldon
   http://www.nfb.ca/film/log_drivers_waltz/
   for some true canadian culture, and the verb "to birl"
   via memory