What I saw on the web on 2024.8.7

[reblogarythm]

1. Let's Read A Study: The Impact of Denying a Wanted Abortion on Women and Children
   by Ozy Brennan
   https://thingofthings.substack.com/p/lets-read-a-study-the-impact-of-denying
   fascinating study, and now i'm also very curious about Colombia's tutelas
   via rss
   
   
2. Hinduism doesn't exist
   by Naomi Kanakia
   https://www.woman-of-letters.com/p/hinduism-doesnt-exist
   the orthodoxy/orthopraxis point she raises really applies to any non-protestant "religion"s. now i'm thinking i need to read the Mahabharata....
   via discord
   
   
3. Circular battery self-sufficiency
   by Cory Doctorow
   https://pluralistic.net/2024/08/06/with-great-power/#comes-great-responsibility
   an excellent piece by doctor O, and not only for the stuff he says about batteries
   via rss
   
   
4. “Divide By Half”: A Pet Peeve
   by Daniel Stride
   https://phuulishfellow.wordpress.com/2024/08/08/divide-by-half-a-pet-peeve/
   well put, sir. no notes
   via rss
   
   
5. Honey! I shrunk the party! UCP membership shrivels as Danielle Smith moves farther into loony MAGA territory
   by David Climenhaga
   https://albertapolitics.ca/2024/08/honey-i-shrunk-the-party-ucp-membership-shrivels-as-danielle-smith-moves-farther-into-loony-maga-territory/
   i would not have predicted that UCP memberships would be lower than NDP memberships, and yet here we are
   via rss
   
   
6. Can you go over what is going on with Paladins and Clerics in DND, not from a mechanical or in universe perspective, but from what different sources/genres/tropes they are drawing on?
   by prokopetz
   https://www.tumblr.com/prokopetz/734104440290885632/can-you-go-over-what-is-going-on-with-paladins-and
   the surprisingly specific origins of two now commonplace classes in d&d
   via discord
   
   
7. the question of what D&D’s assumed mode of play is reduces to a more focused question: what is a dungeon?
   by prokopetz
   https://www.tumblr.com/prokopetz/155035042627/why-did-the-guys-that-wrote-up-things-like-the-bag
   an understanding of the different editions based on how they answer that question. no idea yet what sixth edition will have to say
   via discord