What I saw on the web on 2025.3.19

[reblogarythm]

1. The Social Uses of War
   by siderea
   https://siderea.dreamwidth.org/1874120.html
   in case you were feeling too chipper about the current political situation
   via rss
   
   
2. Nobody knows why this snowy owl is orange
   by Sheena Goodyear
   https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/orange-snowy-owl-1.7486027
   that's one freaky-looking owl. good choice of name, and the last theory given in the article is pretty plausible
   via rss
   
   
3. What Was The First Ever Bus Route?
   by the Tim Traveller
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsNEVRosKzM
   with a special appearance by a famous mathematician?!?
   via rss
   
   
4. Disconnections
   by Marissa Lingen
   https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00628-9
   a story about an antisocial network
   via discord