What I saw on the web on 2021.7.20

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1. random D&D-esque adventure module generator
   by possibly Andrew Coker?
   https://www.mezzacotta.net/generate/dungeon/
   in case you need more old-school TSR d&d modules. Or, at least, their covers
   via dangermouse
   
   
2. Reservation Dogs Trailer
   by Taika Waititi and Sterlin Harjo
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoHewFAkrWU
   could be fun!
   via boing
   
   
3. The trauma model of talent blocks
   by DRMacIver
   https://notebook.drmaciver.com/posts/2021-07-20-00:32.html
   starting with the trauma many people feel about mathematics, and going on to generalize
   via rss
   
   
4. How to Raise Kids Who Don’t Grow Up to Be Jerks (or Worse)
   by Clara Moskowitz interviewing Melinda Wenner Moyer
   https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-to-raise-kids-who-dont-grow-up-to-be-jerks-or-worse/
   some good bits here, and points to Moyer's book which presumably contains even more
   via boing
   
   
5. A 1 Kilometer "Ball Drop" On Solar System Bodies
   by Dr James O'Donoghue
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIMMZl4n-uk
   how long does it take something to hit the ground, depending on your choice of ground?
   via boing
   
   
6. Dhrupad of the Dagars
   by Ashish Sankrityayan
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT-ByjgmXKU
   must read this sometime
   via FB
   
   
7. What it's like
   by Zach Wienersmith
   https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/what-its-like
   yes, this is what it's like
   via reddit
   
   
8. The Decision to Let Covid Go Chronic
   by Ian Welsh
   https://www.ianwelsh.net/the-decision-to-let-covid-go-chronic/
   not attributing active agency, but, well, money talks
   via rss
   
   
9. TORN’s Spy Report on the Amazon LOTR/Second Age Series
   by Daniel Stride, reporting on information obtained by certain crebain
   https://phuulishfellow.wordpress.com/2021/07/21/torns-spy-report-on-the-amazon-lotr-second-age-series/
   nothing fundamentally horrifying to canon here
   via rss