What I saw on the web on 2020.9.16

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1. Real life duck army helps farmers clean paddies
   by Rob Beschizza
   https://boingboing.net/2020/09/16/real-life-duck-army-helps-farm.html
   I think I prefer the alternate soundtrack
   via rss
   
   
2. Help me with my next book! Small words
   by Lynne Murphy
   https://separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2020/09/help-me-with-my-next-book-small-words.html
   She's working on a book about the tiny little words that do things rather than mean things.
   via rss
   
   
3. Stop the privatization of Mountain Equipment Co-op
   by Michael Roy
   https://www.change.org/p/mountain-equipment-coop-stop-the-privatization-of-mountain-equipment-co-op
   You'd think that, in a co-operative, the members would have something to say about selling off, yunno, the co-operative.
   via Cory Doctorow
   
   
4. Dune’s Not a White Savior Narrative. But It’s Complicated.
   by Haris Durrani
   https://medium.com/@hdernity/dunes-not-a-white-savior-narrative-but-it-s-complicated-53fbbec1b1dc
   I'd noticed this a while ago. One of the reasons to not skip the first few sequels is they really drive the point home.
   via boing
   
   
5. 7つのかご猫　200917
   by かご猫 Ｂｌｏｇ
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9a33NChexeg
   just some cats in baskets
   via boing