What I saw on the web on 2025.10.3

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1. Now you can be buried in a coffin made of fungi
   by CBC News
   https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/what-on-earth-mushroom-coffin-1.7648990
   sounds like a fine idea. well, assuming one is dead before being buried, that is
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2. A moment in history: Oct. 3, 1968
   by Scott Lilwall
   https://edmonton.taproot.news/briefs/2025/10/03/a-moment-in-history-oct-3-1968
   TIL: Edmonton stores used to close on Wednesdays as well as Sundays?!?
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3. When your ISP pays you
   by Cory Doctorow
   https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/03/we-dont-care-we-dont-have-to/#were-the-phone-company
   just one reminder about how nifty consumer co-operatives are
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