What I saw on the web on 2025.5.22

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1. First Update From Dianna
   by Physics Girl
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqeIeIcDHD0
   this is progress! slow, agonizingly slow progress, but progress!
   via youtube recommends
   
   
2. WE HAVE TO FIGHT IN HOLES.
   by Ryan North
   https://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=2460
   some excellent gender-neutral ideas here
   via discord
   
   
3. The $2 Million Lost Book of Archimedes
   by Ben Syversen
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXNIgHov0Nk
   in case you were wondering about The Method and the palimpsest in which it was rediscovered
   via discord
   
   
4. Because bootstraps aren't real
   by Jessica Hagy
   https://thisisindexed.com/2025/05/because-bootstraps-arent-real/
   excellent point
   via rss
   
   
5. We’ve Long Known That Music Eases Pain. Now, Science Is Proving It.
   by Michaela Haas
   https://reasonstobecheerful.world/how-music-eases-pain/
   indeed, as Robert N Marley told us some decades ago, "one good thing about music: when it hits, you feel no pain"
   via rss