What I saw on the web on 2024.5.11

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1. A Turtle Riding Its Tiny Skateboard
   by /u/RevolutionaryTell668
   https://www.reddit.com/r/oddlysatisfying/comments/1bekyg5/a_turtle_riding_its_tiny_skateboard/
   the cat be like . . .. what?!?
   via TYWKIWDBI
   
   
2. Algorithmic feeds are a twiddler's playground
   by Cory Doctorow
   https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/11/for-you/#the-algorithm-tm
   at this point, i'm not planning on adding on anything more that doesn't give me full curation of my feed. DW, rss, discord, email? y'all are good. everything else is suspect
   via rss
   
   
3. Heat Death of the Internet
   by Gregory Bennett
   https://www.takahe.org.nz/heat-death-of-the-internet/
   this is indeed a thing
   via Cory Doctorow
   
   
4. Spray Painting with Wool
   by Andrea Love
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj3XDe4h93s
   a cute little craft project
   via boing
   
   
5. Ultra Custom Burma Teak Sitar
   by Karasek Sound
   http://karaseksound.com/ShowBigPic.php?ID=IMG0151
   a bunch of fascinating customizations on this one. nine main tuning pegs?!? the leaves on the chikari posts! the pegs for the two longest taraf strings, and the dogleg. wow!
   via looking at his custom builds. this is the fascinatingest
   
   
6. Smoke clouds much of northern Alberta due to wildfires near Fort McMurray, Grande Prairie
   by Emily Williams
   https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-wildfire-fort-mcmurray-grande-prairie-air-quality-1.720
   hence, after one very nice spring day, the air has switched over to unbreathable.
   via rss