What I saw on the web on 2025.10.17

[reblogarythm]

1. 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?
   
   
   
2. 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
   
   
   
3. 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
   
   
   
4. 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
   
   
   
5. 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