What I saw on the web on 2024.3.29

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1. Cello Suite #3 BWV 1009
   by J.S.Bach, performed by Joel Quarrington
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=or5VFxRljmE
   three down, three to go! i played one movement of this decades ago.
   via the second suite (see yesterday)
   
   
2. What Happened to Merry?
   by James Tauber
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1sm-mmkCdk
   immediately after his first appearance in LotR, he vanishes?
   via rss
   
   
3. AI and Trust
   by Bruce "Bruce Schneier" Schneier
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oI8W5Mfr8tw
   necessary thinking on upcoming tech topics
   via his blog
   
   
4. Announcement time!
   by Charlie Stross
   https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2024/03/announcement-time.html
   a couple of fun announcements from Charlie, with more probably to come...?
   via rss
   
   
5. 2024 Hugo Finalists
   by Mike Glyer
   https://file770.com/2024-hugo-finalists/
   looks like good lists all 'round, and the transparency on declined/ineligible is welcome
   via discord
   
   
6. How to use BRICKIT to SCAN, ORGANISE and REBUILD your LEGO | (This is almost MAGIC!)
   by QuickTips for iPhone
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-wx0pCpPdc
   i can imagine this being useful. the magic of technology, huh?
   via boing
   
   
7. Gygax and Freud
   by Jo Walton
   https://www.patreon.com/posts/32470027
   a comparison of two giants of twentieth century psychological taxonomy. in verse.
   via discord
   
   
8. The current carbon tax debate is important — it's just not serious
   by Aaron Wherry
   https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/carbon-tax-trudeau-poilievre-1.7159005
   i feel like this distinction could be made about several current political debates
   via rss
   
   
9. Characters from Yonder Website
   by homestar runner
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4Bq42UdpAU
   i invite everybody, no pressure, put your mind at ease
   via a friendly reminder from my past self
   
   
10. Periodic Table Regions
    by Randall Munroe
    https://xkcd.com/2913/
    i'm sure many chemistry students will find this helpful
    via rss
    
    
11. Ketchup dispensers installed outside restaurants that refuse to serve it
    by David Pescovitz, Heinz, and the people of Chicago
    https://boingboing.net/2024/03/29/ketchup-dispensers-installed-outside-restaurants-that-refuse-to-serve-it.html
    what will the second-order consequences of this be?
    via rss
    
    
12. The 17 Weirdest Things I Learned at the Zoo
    by Hank Green
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nk3efZh5ELg
    a bunch of fun animal facts!
    via rss