What I saw on the web on 2024.5.24

[reblogarythm]

1. raga Bilaskhani Todi
   by pandit Balaram Pathak
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWKZv4XZN4M
   not much to say here. go listen.
   via it being appropriate
   
   
2. New study provides the "definitive answer on masks." They work.
   by Jennifer Sandlin
   https://boingboing.net/2024/05/24/new-study-provides-the-definitive-answer-on-masks-they-work.html
   in case you were wondering
   via rss
   
   
3. Masks and respirators for prevention of respiratory infections: a state of the science review
   by Greenhalgh et al
   https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/cmr.00124-23
   the study referenced in the previous link
   via the previous link
   
   
4. Just Through Forgetting
   by Hank Green
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LMV745i0s8
   in which there is (an) erratic rock
   via rss
   
   
5. 3 Minutes Of Pure Entertainment
   by Bruford Levin Upper Extremities
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z73l-2KImgo
   warning: is longer than 3 minutes, although it's all entertaining
   via rss
   
   
6. mathematics
   by Zach Weinersmith
   https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/mathematics-2
   it's a fair cop
   via rss
   
   
7. Vai talks Belew, Bruford, Levin, Carey, and Fripp
   by Steve Vai speaking to Make Weird Music
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyqZRPLG2VI
   still fascinated by this (and a little sad that "Discipline" isn't on their set list)
   via going looking
   
   
8. Absolute miracle' breakthrough provides recipe for zero-carbon cement
   by Michael Irving
   https://newatlas.com/materials/concrete-steel-recycle-cambridge-zero-carbon-cement/
   good news about concrete production!
   via discord
   
   
9. Their names are frequently autocorrected. This campaign wants tech companies to change that
   by Abby Hughes
   https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/autocorrected-names-tech-companies-1.7213177
   this ought to be a simple fix. c'mon, tech.corps!
   via rss