What I saw on the web on 2024.6.1

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1. Cat in the Box
   by 横内宗幸
   https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/345972/cat-in-the-box-deluxe-edition
   a quantum trick-taking game that sounds (a) fun and (b) tricky
   via DMM
   
   
2. Auto insurance overhaul likely for Alberta. How far will UCP go?
   by Jason Markusoff
   https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-auto-insurance-reforms-analysis-1.7221427
   that a conservative government in this province would consider switching to public auto-insurance is so unprecedented that i'm having to resort to italics
   via rss
   
   
3. Letter 340
   by J.R.R.Tolkien
   https://www.tolkienestate.com/letters/christopher-tolkien-11-july-1972/
   the saddest thing Tolkien ever wrote
   via recalling it, after reading chapter 19 of The Silmarillion, which provides necessary context