What I saw on the web on 2025.5.16

[reblogarythm]

1. A Problem with Infinite Hotel Keys
   by Tom Crawford in conversation with Brady Haran
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uezOrcmHzrQ
   it is, of course, all about e
   via rss
   
   
2. This Vancouver housing co-op is facing a $1M tax if it wants to renew its lease for more than 30 years
   by CBC News
   https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-housing-co-op-property-transfer-tax-1.7536390
   yikes! that legislation needs a cut-out for not-for-profit housing!
   via rss
   
   
3. Northern Alberta Institute of Technology pausing 18 programs amid financial pressures
   by Emily Williams
   https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/northern-alberta-institute-of-technology-pausing-18-programs-amid-financial-pressures-1.7536597
   yikes! that's a lot of programs being cut!
   via rss
   
   
4. We can live well, even though we don’t have a higher purpose
   by Alexis Shotwell
   https://psyche.co/ideas/we-can-live-well-even-though-we-dont-have-a-higher-purpose
   an existentialist perspective, based in the writings of Ursual K le Guin
   via discord
   
   
5. How to 'See' the 4th Dimension with Topology
   by Maggie Miller speaking to Quanta Magazine
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MURzTFRRuJQ
   yup, dimension 4 is a weirdo
   via youtube recommends
   
   
6. A War Without End
   by Ursula K le Guin
   https://www.versobooks.com/en-ca/blogs/news/3585-a-war-without-end-by-ursula-k-le-guin
   an excellent discussion. read it in connexion with link 4, above
   via FB
   
   
7. Beyond Solitaire Podcast 189: Ada Palmer on LARPing the Renaissance
   by Ada Palmer speaking with Liz
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3UUWwMSZ_o
   a wonderful and wide-ranging conversation
   via checking to see what she'd done on youtube recently