What I saw on the web on 2024.10.29

[reblogarythm]

1. Do Personal Air Cleaners Work?
   by Joey Fox
   https://itsairborne.com/do-personal-air-cleaners-work-f3356c85ef12
   short answer . . . no. longer answer . . . occasionally, in the right circumstance
   via rss
   
   
2. If Hank and John Were God for 15 Minutes
   by Hank and John and God
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8QG9SGVG8g
   i'm here for the hobbits
   via rss
   
   
3. 4 Fireworks vs Metal Pot
   by Mark Rober and MRINDIANHACKER
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZ-HhgCNT2w
   happy diwali!
   via rss
   
   
4. Quebec music store owners say new language law will hurt business
   by CBC News
   https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6549462
   i suppose if destroying music shops is required in order to protect Québec culture, then that's what they'll do...?
   via rss
   
   
5. "The Murderbot Diaries are finally being translated into my first language"
   by a Finnish tumblrista, with commentary
   https://www.tumblr.com/wigglybunfish/763516250973421569/contributing-to-the-chinese-translation-ive
   the specific question being how to translate ART
   via discord
   
   
6. Sandflies
   by Claudia Babirat with photos by George Novak
   https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/sandflies/
   i still have unpleasant memories of these critters. not yet finished reading, will likely finish tomorrow
   via going looking