What I saw on the web on 2025.4.24

[reblogarythm]

1. Edmonton city council looking for ways to help smartphone-less drivers pay for parking
   by Madeleine Cummings
   https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/epark-council-edmonton-motions-1.7516715
   because yes, such people do still exist
   via rss
   
   
2. No shortage of offline things to do
   by Jonathan Crowe
   https://buttondown.com/jonathancrowe/archive/no-shortage-of-offline-things-to-do/
   some good stuff here about music and politics, and some linky up i'm going to now follow
   via rss
   
   
3. China Miéville says we shouldn’t blame science fiction for its bad readers
   by China Miéville speaking to Anthony Ha
   https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/30/author-china-mieville-says-we-shouldnt-blame-science-fiction-for-its-bad-readers/
   Perdido Street Station is 25 years old?!?
   via previous link
   
   
4. A brief introduction to mathematics with one example many times
   by DRMacIver
   https://notebook.drmaciver.com/posts/2025-04-24-10:00.html
   a delightful discussion of methods for figuring out the popular sum of an arithmetic series
   via rss
   
   
5. Sustainable Food Edmonton
   by Sustainable Food Edmonton
   https://www.sustainablefoodedmonton.org/
   they do good work
   via word of mouth