What I saw on the web on 2025.1.20

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1. How to Reach Across a Divide With Curiosity Instead of Hate
   by Mónica Guzmán speaking to Hannah Wallace
   https://reasonstobecheerful.world/monica-guzman-building-bridges/
   i wish i felt like this was likely to work
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2. The illusory consensus of math reform.
   by Ben Orlin
   https://mathwithbaddrawings.com/2025/01/20/the-illusory-consensus-of-math-reform/
   a clear delineation of the difficulties in reforming math curricula. doesn't actually discuss reforming math
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3. A novelist's guide to poisoning, part 1
   by Charlie Stross
   http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2025/01/a-novelists-guide-to-poisoning.html
   in case you were wondering
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4. The Snakey Hexomino (unsolved Tic-Tac-Toe problem)
   by Sophie Maclean speaking to Brady Haran
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouTE-GYGIA8
   in case you're looking for a simple open math question
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5. DD
   by Zach Weinersmith
   https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/dd
   I agree with QQ
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6. Timelapse shows surprisingly active life of sea sponge
   by Sally Leys speaking to CBC News
   https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6613973
   in case you thought sponges didn't do anything
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7. The Goat In The Machine
   by Flying Colours Maths
   https://www.flyingcoloursmaths.co.uk/goat-in-the-machine/
   key detail: "The host is unaware of this"
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8. Why this food bank doesn’t want the cans from your pantry
   by David Long speaking to Erica Johnson
   https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6617089
   it's great that this is working, it's horrible that there's need, and it's horrible that so much perfectly good food is on the verge of being garbaged
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9. Chemistry Formulas
   by Randall Munroe
   https://xkcd.com/3040/
   this all checks out
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