What I saw on the web on 2025.1.31

[reblogarythm]

1. Raj Pannu, gentlemanly and scholarly leader of Alberta’s NDP from 2000 to 2004, is fondly remembered
   by David Climenhaga
   https://albertapolitics.ca/2025/01/raj-pannu-gentlemanly-and-scholarly-leader-of-albertas-ndp-from-2000-to-2004-is-fondly-remembered/
   Raj was always against the machine. RIP
   via rss
   
   
2. The weight of books
   by Roger Epp
   https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/the-weight-of-books/
   any bibliophibian, academic or otherwise, will understand
   via email
   
   
3. What to do if your mostly-benign cult-adjacent sport sides with the bigots? (Guest post)
   by Alexis Shotwell
   https://fitisafeministissue.com/2025/01/31/what-to-do-if-your-mostly-benign-cult-adjacent-sport-sides-with-the-bigots-guest-post/
   just one example of anticipatory compliance, and how to push back
   via discord
   
   
4. When the Patriot Act was passed, libraries got requests for patrons’ borrowing history.
   by Jennifer Goodland
   https://bsky.app/profile/libraryjenn.bsky.social/post/3lgvlord4622p
   malicious compliance is much, much funner
   via discord
   
   
5. January 2025 (with bad drawings)
   by Ben Orlin
   https://mathwithbaddrawings.com/2025/01/31/january-2025-with-bad-drawings/
   several book recommendations here up on which i'll want to follow
   via rss
   
   
6. What’s The Sexiest Part of A Chicken?
   by Hank Green, Rhett & Link
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42ymRPVKdUA
   a fun chat
   via youtube recommends