reblogarythm | What I saw on the web on 2025.1.6

January 16: Science Fiction and How We Imagine Climate Futures
by Alexis Shotwell and Kilian Jörg
https://carleton.ca/climatecommons/january-16-science-fiction-and-how-we-imagine-climate-futures/
looks like a good talk, which i'll have to miss
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Cuts to provincial training program left thousands without affordable access to continuing education
by Janet French
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/cuts-to-provincial-training-program-left-thousands-without-affordable-access-to-continuing-education-1.7421151
collecting much of what's known at this point
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"Bilbo would teach the elves of Rivendell the concept of a mathom with the express purpose of oh so politely asking them over dinner how were the Silmarils not a mathom"
by assorted tumblristas
https://www.tumblr.com/eri-pl/771957214561910784/thank-you-also-in-a-random-brain-error-i-missed?source=share
an excellent perspective on things with which the feanoreans will attempt to disagree
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Mystery of bananas on Nottinghamshire road has residents a-peeling for answers
by Jessica Murray
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jan/06/mystery-of-bananas-left-on-nottinghamshire-road
mystery bananas are the best kind of bananas
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I’m trying to figure out a good way to say “you really should actually learn the basics of small talk” with sounding like I’m biased against autistic people.
by writer-ace and other tumblristas
https://allthingslinguistic.com/post/771968240890068992
some excellent points here
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D&D on Death Row
by Keri Blakinger speaking with Ben Riggs and Aaron Trammell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akG28SH_6cA
a fascinating discussion of TTRPGs in a nonstandard context
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A survey of recent works in Oulipo.
by Ben Orlin
https://mathwithbaddrawings.com/2025/01/06/a-survey-of-recent-works-in-oulipo/
now i want to read a review of this survey by Pierre Menard
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