What I saw on the web on 2021.6.15

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1. Sask. chemist bringing Indigenous perspectives to science hopes to spread knowledge in schools
   by Heidi Atter interviewing Dawn Pratt
   https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/chemist-bringing-indigenous-perspectives-to-science-1.6064560
   what a good idea!
   via rss
   
   
2. Speaking at Mythmoot VIII
   by James Tauber
   https://digitaltolkien.com/2021/06/15/speaking-at-mythmoot-viii.html
   Modeling the Multiple Dimensions of Time in Tolkien’s Legendarium sounds fun!
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3. The Suzuki Andes 25F flute Keyboard
   by BG Ollie
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odWgnq1MyGw
   what a nice little instrument!
   via boing
   
   
4. Meat-Ghetti & Spag-Balls from American Dad
   by Binging with Babish
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwbgLteVwvs
   never do this
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5. Missa Maria zart
   by Jacob Obrecht, performed by the Tallis Scholars
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaCYf6GWXPY
   great renaissance polyphony
   via John Baez
   
   
6. Rosie Abella said she’d answer questions when she turned 75
   by Paul Wells
   https://www.macleans.ca/news/rosie-abella-said-shed-answer-questions-when-she-turned-75/
   what does a retiring Supreme have to say?
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7. TIL that in 1986 an astronomer trying to trace a 75 cent computer time discrepancy for 10 months eventually found a German hacker selling defense secrets to the KGB
   by /u/Skarmunkel
   https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/o0eb3c/til_that_in_1986_an_astronomer_trying_to_trace_a/
   shared mostly for /u/CliffStoll's many comments. (In case you're not in the know, he was the titular astronomer, and is an awesome dude.)
   via /u/CliffStoll
   
   
8. wiggling around nihilism
   by Peter Watts
   https://www.rifters.com/crawl/?p=9941#comment-50736 (scroll to the final portion of the comment)
   it feels like taking the mere existence of something valuable isn't a very big thing to ask
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