What I saw on the web on 2023.12.19

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1. Rose-Tinted Nostalgia: The Critical Drinker and Twenty Years of Jackson’s Rings
   by Daniel Stride
   https://phuulishfellow.wordpress.com/2023/12/20/rose-tinted-nostalgia-twenty-years-of-jackson-and-the-critical-drinker/
   yeah, at the time the PJackson films weren't universally loved by Tolkien fans. and they still aren't.
   via rss
   
   
2. Davis Bay Tea Co.
   by Davis Bay Tea Co.
   https://davisbaytea.ca/
   might be something to check out
   via FB
   
   
3. RecreAIting DemocrAIcy
   by Jon Evans
   https://aiascendant.substack.com/p/recreaiting-democraicy
   a discussion of Schneier's recent IWORD conference, leading to discussion of AI
   via rss
   
   
4. What if NASCAR had no rules?
   by Randall Munroe
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcXpCyPc2Xw
   things'd get pretty unpleasant pretty fast, that's what!
   via rss
   
   
5. The song Rush almost nixed and other tales from Geddy Lee's 'My Effin' Life'
   by Geddy Lee speaking to NPR
   https://www.npr.org/2023/12/04/1217004402/geddy-lee-memoir-my-effin-life
   i promise i'll get the book soon and stop spamming this linkblog with stuff about it
   via noticing the youtube version thanks to recommends
   
   
6. Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012
   by J.S.Bach, performed by Nina Bernat
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQZdC_zW39s
   this is not the first of the Suites i'd've attempted on double bass. kudos!
   via youtube recommends