What I saw on the web on 2020.9.11

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1. Burkina Faso: 13 dead as days of heavy rains cause floods
   by Al Jazeera
   https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/09/burkina-faso-13-dead-days-heavy-rains-floods-200910061452659.html
   Why is all the news from BF unhappy news?
   via rss
   
   
2. Tactical Frivolity
   by Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tactical_frivolity
   my preferred protest tactic
   via boing
   
   
3. Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal: Demarcation
   by Zach Wienersmith
   https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/demarcation
   How to distinguish hard and soft sciences
   via rss
   
   
4. Darmok Memes
   by Neil Shyminsky
   https://twitter.com/neilshyminsky/status/1302322781091229700
   it seems obvious in retrospect
   via FB
   
   
5. Rise Up
   by Parachute Club
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNwuB76pBcc
   it's been a while since I last listened to this. Nice bass line.
   via memory
   
   
6. Blade Runner: San Francisco
   by terrythethunder
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_m9TUP_t_Y
   because it's 2020 and why not?
   via boing
   
   
7. That is what I call entertainment
   by TheRealR0tb3rd
   https://imgur.com/a/FnSoN8p
   In case you need something cheerful and silly
   via boing
   
   
8. Scotland let the separatist genie out of the bottle, and Shetland Islanders have a wish
   by Colby Cosh
   https://nationalpost.com/opinion/colby-cosh-scotland-let-the-separatist-genie-out-of-the-bottle-and-shetland-islanders-have-a-wish
   The fracticality of separatisms!
   via rss
   
   
9. Ndodya Marasha
   by Thomas Mapfumo
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVw1Uwltw6g
   Still a favourite
   via memory
   
   
10. The 6 Coolest Dune Book Spoilers We Spotted in the Trailer
    by Beth Elderkin
    https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-6-coolest-dune-book-spoilers-we-spotted-in-the-trai-1844832214
    some good catches here.
    via googlery
    
    
11. Dune Cast Q&A with Stephen Colbert
    by Nerdist
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjLijCWt76o
    a fun group interview
    via googlery based on previous link