What I saw on the web on 2021.1.16

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1. Too much nutmeg
   by David Morgan-Mar
   https://www.dangermouse.net/wordpresshome/2021/01/16/too-much-nutmeg/
   a strong opinion on a spice
   via rss
   
   
2. The Philosophy of Decline and Collapse
   by Ian Welsh
   https://www.ianwelsh.net/the-philosophy-of-decline-and-collapse/
   what to do when the world goes in the toilet? This is republished from some time ago, but it hasn't gotten less relevant
   via rss
   
   
3. How to make a birthday cake entirely out of potato foods
   by Thom Dunn
   https://boingboing.net/2021/01/16/how-to-make-a-birthday-cake-entirely-out-of-potato-foods.html
   relevant JPark quote is relevant. I'm a little disappointed that it has no potato chips or french fries in it.
   via rss
   
   
4. Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Bad Thing
   by Zach Wienersmith
   https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/bad-things
   this is pretty common, ayup
   via rss
   
   
5. First Time Seeing Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith
   by Quinn's Ideas
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuSIeznVqdw
   a fair assessment of SW:III
   via rss
   
   
6. Pelosi Removes Katie Porter… Bringing Joy & Gratitude To Every Crooked Bankster On Wall Street
   by Yves Smith
   https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2021/01/pelosi-removes-katie-porter-bringing-joy-gratitude-to-every-crooked-bankster-on-wall-street.html
   what?!? Porter's work has been one of the most beautiful things to watch in congress in the horrible last four years.
   via cory doctorow
   
   
7. COVID denialism and the Alberta context
   by Drew Anderson
   https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/covid-denialism-conspiracy-masks-alberta-1.5874969
   the dude toward the end of the piece who says it's important to check oneself for bias, but never worries that he's wrong. Yeah, that.
   via rss
   
   
8. Animated GIFs Reveal Differences Between Subway Maps and Their Actual Geography
   by Kelly Richman-Abdou, reporting on /r/dataisbeautiful
   https://mymodernmet.com/animated-subway-maps/
   look at all those homeomorphisms!
   via FB
   
   
9. analyzing data scraped from Parler before it was shut down
   by anonymous data scientist
   https://anonymousdata.medium.com/
   an ongoing series of not-surprising not-happy distillations
   via FB
   
   
10. Anything can be an instrument: The Imperial March on a toaster
    by Rusty Blazenhoff reblogging Device Orchestra
    https://boingboing.net/2021/01/16/anything-can-be-an-instrument-the-imperial-march-on-a-toaster.html
    fun!
    via rss