What I saw on the web on 2025.2.21

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1. 12 Balls 24 Catches
   by Tom Whitfield
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGaMUeAfRJI
   this is impressive
   via discord
   
   
2. How Edmonton's winter temperature swings compare to chinooks
   by Travis McEwan speaking with some folks who know some things
   https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6656775
   also gets into the whole weather-change-causes-migraine question
   via rss
   
   
3. The Shape of a Mars Mission
   by Idle Words
   https://idlewords.com/2025/02/the_shape_of_a_mars_mission.htm
   in case you thought going to mars could be simple
   via rss
   
   
4. How to Make a Schadenfreude Pie
   by John Scalzi
   https://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/09/26/how-to-make-a-schadenfreude-pie/
   looks tasty! tasty tasty schadenfreude!
   via discord
   
   
5. No Video Today!!
   by Hank Green
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2CYihu6bjM
   cuz it's not a video!
   via rss
   
   
6. Dr Dhrolin's Dictionary of Dinosaurs
   by Palaeo Games
   https://palaeogames.com/shop/p/dr-dhrolins-dictionary-of-dinosaurs
   if you want to include science-accurate (as far as we know) dinosaurs in your d&d game, this is the supplement for you!
   via somewhere on the web?
   
   
7. Scream Cipher
   by Randall Munroe
   https://xkcd.com/3054/
   fans of diäcritics will rejoice!
   via rss
   
   
8. Inventing the Renaissance The Myth of a Golden Age
   by Ada Palmer speaking to Jana Byars
   https://newbooksnetwork.com/inventing-the-renaissance
   a delightful discussion which among other things reveals which century was the worst
   via AP's mastodon account