What I saw on the web on 2025.10.17
Oct. 18th, 2025 06:34 am- Why Portland ICE protesters are showing up dressed as giant inflatable animals
by Samantha Swindler
https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2025/10/why-portland-ice-protesters-are-showing-up-dressed-as-giant-inflatable-animals.html
yes! more goofy protesters! ribbet!
via discord i think? - The pivot
by Charlie Stross
https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2025/10/the-pivot-1.html
in which Charlie sets out an argument that 2025 will be as pivotal as 1968
via rss - Jane Siberry among musicians to be inducted into Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame
by David Friend
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/kd-lang-jane-siberry-canadian-songwriters-hall-of-fame-9.6942390
well-deserved. congrats, jane!
via rss - On the trail of Blacksburg’s (and Appalachia’s) native tropical fruit, the pawpaw
by Abby Steketee
https://cardinalnews.org/2025/10/17/the-pawpaw-files-on-the-trail-of-blacksburgs-and-appalachias-tropical-fruit/
i suspect i'll never get to eat one of these freshly-picked, but it's interesting to read about them
via discord - Letter 214
by Tolkiengateway, discussing the actual letter by J.R.R.Tolkien
https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Letter_214
a source of a bunch of obscure hobbitish trivia
via going looking after re-reading it