What I saw on the web on 2020.10.1

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1. Sandham Instruments
   by some guy named Luke?
   https://www.sandhaminstruments.ca/
   he made a real purdy mandolin for a friend of mine
   via FB
   
   
2. The 17-year legal battle fought over … bread
   by Colby Cosh
   https://nationalpost.com/opinion/colby-cosh-the-17-year-legal-battle-fought-over-bread
   it's in Ireland, but similar stuff happens elsewhere
   via rss
   
   
3. Funny short video: The first couple ever to get married
   by Julie Nolke and Ryan George, reblogged by Mark Frauenfelder
   https://boingboing.net/2020/10/01/funny-short-video-the-first-couple-ever-to-get-married.html
   if you've ever thought that our practices around marriage and divorce seemed senseless, this video will show you where they came from
   via rss
   
   
4. Harry Smith's Musical Catalogue of Human Experience
   by Amanda Petrusich
   https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/10/05/harry-smiths-musical-catalogue-of-human-experience
   on the genesis of a deeply influential collection
   via email
   
   
5. See That My Grave Is Kept Clean (Live)
   by Lou Reed
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7X9ovMTMF4
   previous link calls it "a meandering dirge"
   via googlery based on previous link
   
   
6. I Wish I Was A Mole In The Ground
   by Basom Lamar Lunsford
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICXYMjgmG88
   Of which Greil Marcus said "He wants to see nthing and to be seen by no one. He wants to destroy the world and to survive it."
   via more googlery based on that same link
   
   
7. We Learn Faster When We Aren’t Told What Choices to Make
   by Michele Solis
   https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/we-learn-faster-when-we-arent-told-what-choices-to-make/
   now trying to sort out the pedagogical implications
   via /.
   
   
8. Thirty-three years of TNG
   by Wil Wheaton
   http://wilwheaton.net/2020/10/thirty-three-years-of-tng/
   wil talks about growing up on Star Trek
   via rss
   
   
9. Tsuut'ina member displaced by Calgary's new section of the ring road cuts braids during opening
   by Seth Cardinal Dodginghorse
   https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1798526531941
   a powerful statement
   via rss and FB
   
   
10. Apple removes two RSS feed readers from China App Store
    by Rita Liao
    https://techcrunch.com/2020/09/30/apple-removes-two-rss-feed-readers-from-china-app-store/
    apparently RSS is subversive. Who knew?
    via /.
    
    
11. Ada Palmer, the history professor turned science fiction novelist
    by Tom Jackson
    https://sanduskyregister.com/news/8052/ada-palmer-the-history-professor-turned-science-fiction-novelist/
    an interview with the author from a few years ago
    via reddit
    
    
12. Building the Mathematical Library of the Future
    by Kevin Hartnett
    https://www.quantamagazine.org/building-the-mathematical-library-of-the-future-20201001/
    could be fun to play with?
    via reddit