What I saw on the web on 2024.9.15

[reblogarythm]

1. An Abundance of Katherines: The Game Theory of Baby Naming
   by Katy Blumer, Kate Donahue, Katie Fritz, Kate Ivanovich, Katherine Lee, Katie Luo, Cathy Meng, Katie Van Koevering
   https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.00732
   this is a thing of brilliance and nift. read the footnotes and endnotes for full giggles
   via discord
   
   
2. De moralibus orcorum: Sargon of Akkad, Rings of Power, Evil, and George R.R. Martin
   by Daniel Stride
   https://phuulishfellow.wordpress.com/2024/09/15/de-moralia-orcorum-sargon-of-akkad-rings-of-power-evil-and-george-r-r-martin/
   a nice take down of someone whose familiarity with morgoth's ring is perhaps less than optimal
   via rss
   
   
3. 2024 Early Music Festival
   by Early Music Alberta
   https://www.earlymusicalberta.ca/
   hmm....
   via discord
   
   
4. sequestering carbon, several books at a time CXXXIX
   by Susan Stepney
   http://susan-stepney.blogspot.com/2024/07/sequestering-carbon-several-books-at.html
   a chunk of familiar stuff here
   via rss
   
   
5. "Waiting Man"
   by King Crimson, performed by BEAT
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsAl0Cgzi9c
   if this is what they're like at the start the tour, they're gonna be on fire by the end!
   via going looking
   
   
6. Gritty Kills Tony Stark
   by Copulation Matrix
   https://archiveofourown.org/works/16620266?view_adult=true
   that's definitely a take on things
   via wil