What I saw on the web on 2021.8.11

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1. Avatar Legends: The Roleplaying Game
   by Magpie Games/Kickstarter
   https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/magpiegames/avatar-legends-the-roleplaying-game
   not that it needs your support, but it could be fun!
   via email
   
   
2. Divergent Association Task
   by Jay Olson
   https://www.datcreativity.com/task
   i got almost 95%!
   via TYWKIWDBI
   
   
3. Planting Linguistic Seeds with Tolkien’s “The Hobbit”
   by James K. tauber
   https://teachingwithmagic.blog/2020/12/10/planting-linguistic-seeds-with-tolkiens-the-hobbit/
   if you want to get Tolkien-obsessed kinds into linguistics. see also part 2 and part 3
   via Digital Tolkien Project
   
   
4. Ace of Spades - Torenfestival Weert
   by Fankr Steijns and Jitse Zonneveld covering Mötorhead
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-JsEP9hDQk
   this is heavy metal
   via boing
   
   
5. Breakdown
   by Moe Szyslak
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kw39tcyg7So
   pretty much, Moseph
   via memory
   
   
6. Average Familiarity
   by Randall Munroe
   https://xkcd.com/2501/
   yup. i mean, everyone can name the three peaks of Khazad-Dûm in Khuzdul, prove the Power Rule from first principles, and recite melodies in sargam, right?
   via rss
   
   
7. thoughts on the University of Alberta's 10-minute eCourse on returning to teaching in person
   by IPEdmonton
   https://twitter.com/IPEdmonton/status/1425231930384031749
   this is not good
   via IPEdmonton
   
   
8. Rewards for Change
   by rewardsforchange.ca
   https://rewardsforchange.ca/
   can we bribe the population into getting vaccinated? i sure hope so!
   via IPEdmonton