What I saw on the web on 2024.7.30

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1. Evolution of the Italian pasta ripiena: the first steps toward a scientific classification
   by Nazari et al
   https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s44187-024-00136-1
   culinary cladistics! two things that taste great together!
   via discord
   
   
2. Will Kamala Harris Be A Worse President Because She Doesn’t Have Children?
   by Ian Welsh
   https://www.ianwelsh.net/will-kamala-harris-be-a-worse-president-because-she-doesnt-have-children/
   short answer: no, possibly the opposite
   via rss
   
   
3. A roundup of recent books on math
   by Ben "Ben Orlin" Orlin
   https://mathwithbaddrawings.com/2024/07/30/a-roundup-of-recent-books-on-math/
   is this clever? i think this is clever.
   via rss
   
   
4. Mort, Terry Pratchett, 1987
   by Terry Pratchett, but reviewed by Alter S. Reiss
   https://www.patreon.com/posts/mort-terry-1987-109024097
   i appreciated the comparison and contrast between T.Pratchett and D.Adams
   via discord
   
   
5. Source Says Weekly WotC Meetings Like “Christians being thrown to lions.”
   by Ben Riggs and Scott Bruner
   https://readingdndaloud.libsyn.com/source-says-weekly-wotc-meetings-like-christians-being-thrown-to-lions-ep-19
   continuing dissection of fascinating TTRPG news
   via rss
   
   
6. Peter Kropotkin The Man Who Would Not Be Prince
   by Dunning-Kruger Philosophy
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPanuPa_EnM
   the world would be a better place if more folk knew about Kropotkin
   via going looking
   
   
7. Contra Charles Fain Lehman On Mentally Ill Homeless People
   by Ozy Brennan
   https://thingofthings.substack.com/p/contra-charles-fain-lehman-on-mentally
   hard agree on a bunch of this. locking people up merely for being mentally ill in public is repugnant.
   via rss