What I saw on the web on 2025.4.28

[reblogarythm]

1. Winners of the Tolkien Society Awards 2025 Announced
   by Jeremy Edmonds
   https://www.tolkiensociety.org/2025/04/winners-of-the-tolkien-society-awards-2025-announced/
   could anyone have predicted the winner in the "Best Book" category?
   via hearing a partial announcement
   
   
2. Quebec must recognize families with more than 2 parents, Superior Court rules
   by Antoni Nerestant and Hénia Ould-Hammou
   https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/multi-parent-families-rights-children-quebec-civil-code-1.7519867
   good news for polyfolk? maybe?
   via discord and then rss
   
   
3. Mike Mearls + Kelsey Dionne = An Hour of Happy Ep. 50
   by Kelsey Dionne and Mike Mearls speaking proximate to Ben Riggs
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRPJ_61QnWs
   in which it turns out that these two game designers are sort of the same person ish?
   via rss
   
   
4. Suit up! Red Deer friends create epic suit of armour
   by Gonzalo and Bernardo Franco, and Alex Osborn
   https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6733696
   nifty looking suit. i wonder how much it weighs
   via rss
   
   
5. How Biz Profs Destroyed Free Markets
   by Ian Welsh
   https://www.ianwelsh.net/how-biz-profs-destroyed-free-markets/
   not sure that the title precisely fits the piece, but the piece is good
   via rss
   
   
6. Move Fast and Break Kings
   by Cory Doctorow talking to Some Dude
   https://flipboard.video/w/2aH2AFNTPjcdWCMqjPB5N3
   some good Q+A (and some good methodology around Q+A!)
   via Cory's blog
   
   
7. Today in Amusing Middle English...
   by aeschylus-stan-account
   https://skulandcrossbones.tumblr.com/post/665174471168114688/today-in-amusing-middle-english-i-came-across-an
   this word is wlonk
   via discord
   
   
8. Liberal Party Wins Canadian Election
   by Ian Welsh
   https://www.ianwelsh.net/liberal-party-wins-canadian-election/
   i mostly agree with Ian's analysis
   via rss