reblogarythm: (wednesday)

  1. Food Disgust Test
    by Individual Differences Research
    https://www.idrlabs.com/food-disgust/test.php
    how disgusted do you get by various things related to food?
    via boing

  2. This might be the most unusual bowling alley in America. Want a behind-the-scenes look?
    by News Center Maine
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dY5mUApkXHA
    a feel-good story if you're in the need for one
    via TYWKIWDBI

  3. One More Chapter / Go to Bed Copper Decision Maker Coin
    by Shire Post Mint
    https://www.shirepost.com/en-ca/products/one-more-chapter-go-to-bed-copper-decision-maker-coin
    this could be very useful for some people
    via discord

  4. Parker Square
    by Matt Parker speaking with Grady Haran
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18kehjRa_Ig
    only about half an hour in so far, but this is fun
    via going looking
reblogarythm: (friday)

  1. Strange story of a fake storyboard for Jodorowsky's Dune
    by Natalie Dressed
    https://boingboing.net/2024/03/07/strange-story-of-a-fake-storyboard-for-jodorowskys-dune.html
    Jodorowsky's Dune was already weird, this amps that up
    via rss

  2. Growing tomatoes this summer? Try this to keep snails away!
    by DIY Perks
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAA9nCqNfR4
    it might even work!
    via boing

  3. Behind F1's Velvet Curtain
    by Kate Wagner
    https://web.archive.org/web/20240301170542/https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/a46975496/behind-f1-velvet-curtain/
    in case you're wonderin what a socialist would make of F1 racing
    via discord

  4. I Believed These Four Lies
    by Hank Green
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W92bjv8fNTI
    a wise reminder about epistemological vigilence
    via rss

  5. Physics vs Magic
    by Randall Munroe
    https://xkcd.com/2904/
    not a way i'd seen the distinction phrased before, but TBF the lagrangian is kinda hard to wrap one's head around
    via rss

  6. The Science Fiction of the 1900s
    by Karl Schroeder
    https://kschroeder.substack.com/p/the-science-fiction-of-the-1900s
    reframing how we think about classic SF
    via cory doctorow

  7. Something Mighty Queer: queerness in fantasy, science fiction, speculative fiction, and other mythopoeic work
    by a bunch of people
    https://dc.swosu.edu/oms/oms3/
    haven't dug into any of these talks yet, but there are several topics here which probably worth reading
    via discord

  8. The Best Of Zimbabwe Mbira Music Video Mix by DJ_GUY
    by Zimbabwe Music Channel
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8n4PGEiJzMw
    in case you need some good stuff to listen to
    via FB

  9. Pseudotranslation and the Art of Made Up Words
    by Filip Hajdar Drnovšek Zorko
    https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/pseudotranslation-and-the-art-of-made-up-words/
    when you've got people speaking multiple languages to each other, and none of the languages actually exist, what do you do?
    via discord
reblogarythm: (tuesday)

  1. raga Lalit
    by pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia with Anindo Chatterjee
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAksmwMoPFU
    in case you need some early morning listening
    via memory

  2. THE BEST DAY
    by John Green
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yA7W1MmQH58
    sports fandom ain't my thing, but for those for whom it is, this will likely resonate?
    via rss

  3. These Video Doorbells Have Terrible Security. Amazon Sells Them Anyway.
    by Stacey Higginbotham, Daniel Wroclawski
    https://www.consumerreports.org/home-garden/home-security-cameras/video-doorbells-sold-by-major-retailers-have-security-flaws-a2579288796/
    in case you think a doorbell camera improves your security
    via schneier

  4. i turned myself to face me – from star trek: the cruise vii
    by wil wheaton
    https://wilwheaton.net/2024/03/i-turned-myself-to-face-me-from-star-trek-the-cruise-vii/
    haven't listened yet, but am looking forward to
    via rss

  5. which one of gwenlin's incorrect names for Fitzroy Angursell are you?
    by Gabriel Blue
    https://uquiz.com/quiz/iNwBxI/which-one-of-gwenlins-incorrect-names-for-fitzroy-angursell-are-you
    in case you're wondering
    via discord
reblogarythm: (friday)

  1. IJA 2016 World Championships Gold Medal 1st place
    by Hiroki Kamei
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h43vmAyzTgs
    this is amazing diabolo work
    via TYWKIWDBI

  2. LOL, Said the Scorpion
    by Rich Larson
    https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/larson_05_23/
    a holiday in Portugal. what could go wrong?
    via the author

  3. God save us all: Britain is about to get the king it deserves
    by Stephen Marche
    https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/may/03/king-charles-iii-coronation-canada-britain
    a pondering of brexit fallout, and canadian identity
    via TYWKIWDBI

  4. Music Inn
    by Jeff Slatnick et al
    https://www.musicinn.nyc/
    to check out next time i'm in NYC
    via reddit

  5. The Co-op Funeral Home of People's Memorial
    by The Co-op Funeral Home of People's Memorial
    https://funerals.coop/
    if you're dying in Seattle, this looks like the place to go?
    via [personal profile] ironymaiden
reblogarythm: (saturday)

  1. Cotton Eye Joe Gregorian Chant Nightcore Hardcore Dubstep Remix
    by Horologium
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i98bKRYIZd8
    finally a clear demonstration that we're living in the future
    via elsewhere on DW

  2. Ball of the Century
    by Shane Warne and wikipedia
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_of_the_Century
    in case you've never yet read a wikipedia page about a single play in a single game of cricket, now's the time
    via DMM

  3. Estimated heights and weights of on-screen Batmen
    by apparently Matthew McLean
    https://twitter.com/AlexSelbyB/status/1499376742510862336/photo/1
    in case you need to compare several Batmen (not to be confused with batmen, which is a cricket thing. if you're still thinking about cricket, you need to go back to item 2 in this reblogarythm)
    via boing

  4. 10 Lessons from Seeing Samuel Delany this Week
    by Chris Robinson, passing on the wisdom of Chip Delany
    https://robinsonmusicwriter.com/2019/04/06/10-lessons-from-seeing-samuel-delany-this-week/
    lots of good points in here
    via Cory Doctorow

  5. In Lieu of Fun, Episode 605: Lila Shapiro on Joss Whedon
    by Lila Shapiro and in Lieu of Fun
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5UOCA9rypc
    fascinating to hear the story of the piece that Shapiro wrote
    via i check on in iLoF from time to time, and this time it payed of in ♠s

  6. Selected Negative Teaching Evaluations of Jesus Christ
    by Amanda Lehr
    https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/selected-negative-teaching-evaluations-of-jesus-christ
    these seem all too plausible
    via email from someone who found it on FB
reblogarythm: (saturday)

  1. Augmented reality planetarium experience in Sutton, Que., opens up the sky to campers
    by Spencer Van Dyk
    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/planetarium-open-air-sutton-1.6096840
    looks fun! Next time I'm in PQ….?
    via rss

  2. Wrong on the Internet
    by Hank Green
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvAznN_MPWQ
    I've watched surprisingly little of the vlogbrothers' stuff. When I do remember them, it's always good stuff
    via [personal profile] siderea's post

  3. ragam Abheri
    by Harikumar Sivan
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0KWHSEsDFM
    playing a 7-string electric violin
    via rss

  4. Priest slams 'pitiful' lack of Catholic fundraising for residential school survivors
    by Jason Warick
    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/priest-slams-lack-of-catholic-fundraising-for-residential-school-survivors-1.6096717
    the article notes the org-chart shenanigans that help the church evade responsibility
    via rss

  5. Sneezing is not normal.
    by John Green
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6ipMj8HDDM
    Thinking about Dr. Neversneezer Scrooge isn't normal. I never think about Dr. Neversneezer Scrooge.
    via link #2

  6. Fresh Caught Lobster Tacos in Mazatlán
    by Rick Martinez
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIjdwDr9xA8
    they look tasty!
    via rss

  7. You Want It Darker
    by brother Jikan
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0nmHymgM7Y
    now I feel middle-class and tame
    via memory

  8. Why the Euro Ball being a Rhombicuboctahedron is good for England.
    by Matt Parker
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNQs_Qj46yc
    I still prefer Catalan solids
    via rss

  9. The Unwanted Shape
    by Katie Steckles
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wN9f-k9oRts
    justice for the elongated square gyrobicupola! although, yunno, its dual isn't face-transitive, which suggests it might not be a fair die….
    via previous link

  10. The Complaint of Mîm the Dwarf
    by Tolkien Gateway
    http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/The_Complaint_of_M%C3%AEm_the_Dwarf
    apparently this is a thing that exists, but only in German?!?
    via reddit

  11. Prison Mathematics Project
    by Prison Mathematics Project
    https://www.prisonmathproject.org/
    seems like a good idea to me
    via reddit
reblogarythm: (tuesday)

  1. The Life Is the Red Wagon
    by Jane Siberry
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttgTfwXu_wA
    you pull for me, and I pull for you
    via memory, prompted by FB

  2. On the Relations Between Dancing and Fighting
    by prof Gitanjali Kolanad
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smcGwWskwO0
    a discussion of dance and martial arts. Not yet watched.
    via email

  3. A Walk Through the Planes
    by Sean Gandert
    https://www.expositionbreak.com/category/a-walk-through-the-planes/
    guess I've got some reading ahead of me UPDATE: parts 1-15 read
    via reddit

  4. A Walk Through the Planes – Part 3: Dragon Magazine
    by Sean Gandert
    https://www.expositionbreak.com/a-walk-through-the-planes-part-3-dragon-magazine/
    the sentence This features not only the spectacular piece of weird three-dimensional art you see below, but also casually brings in the idea that quasi-elemental planes must exist because, well, isn’t this a cool box Gygax constructed? is alarmingly close to how i think about this sort of stuff sometimes
    via previous link

  5. No third breakfast for you.
    by Jessica Hagy
    https://thisisindexed.com/2021/06/no-third-breakfast-for-you/
    if you know beagles, you know this
    via rss
reblogarythm: (saturday)

  1. Pork-Barrels Out of Bond: Subsidising the Amazon LOTR TV series
    by Daniel Stride
    https://phuulishfellow.wordpress.com/2021/05/01/pork-barrels-out-of-bond-subsidising-the-amazon-lotr-tv-series/
    a NZ Tolkien geek isn't thrilled about the NZ government supporting the new middle-earth tv series
    via rss

  2. the middle row in an Oreos package
    by Kim Siever
    https://twitter.com/kim_siever/status/1387166541158879232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1387166541158879232%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fkimsiever.ca%2F2021%2F05%2F01%2Fmy-most-popular-social-media-posts-from-april-2021%2F
    it's a perspective, I suppose
    via his blog

  3. Moth Joke
    by Norm McDonald
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJN9mBRX3uo
    amaizing delivery
    via boing

  4. Why the US has two different highway fonts
    by Vox
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eky17clTEeQ
    I don't know that I'd ever through about this before. I certainly don't recall noticing different typefaces on different signs
    via TYWKIWDBI

  5. 一緒に太鼓が叩きたい
    by a japanese youtube channel of some sort
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcEdRM3se6w
    for all your headbanging parrot needs
    via reddit

  6. don't fear the reaper
    by Blue Oyster Cult, covered by Frank Maglio Tico & The Man
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MKNTSzftCA
    freestyling parrot vocals
    via reddit

  7. The first in a series of videos discussing my book, Menno-Nightcaps.
    by The Drunken Menno aka Sherri Klassen
    https://www.slklassen.com/video-introducing-menno-nightcaps/
    do I need to get this for some people I know? Maybe?
    via rss

  8. Making Fried Rice is Way Harder Than I Thought (ft. Chinese Cooking Demystified)
    by Alex
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO1zQnLT138
    telling this dude to not overthink food? Yeah, that's a non-starter
    via rss

  9. Kung Fu Story Time
    by A.Diaz
    https://dresdencodak.tumblr.com/post/650018489214599168/kung-fu-story-time
    what's the difference between chinese and japanese martial arts?
    via rss
reblogarythm: (sunday)

  1. Look up: Mars will be at its brightest on Wednesday
    by Nicole Mortillaro
    https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/mars-opposition-1.5755804
    if you feel like doing some mars-gazing, now's the time!
    via rss

  2. Democracy sausage
    by wikipedia
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_sausage
    a tradition that needs to spread more widely
    via irregular webcomic

  3. Kala Kendar
    by Kala Kendar
    https://www.kalakendar.com/
    if you're looking for indian classical instruments in the toronto area
    via a friend who would know

  4. 124 year old snowball fight
    by realest-asami-requiem and charlesoberonn
    https://charlesoberonn.tumblr.com/post/631130413555908608/realest-asami-requiem-snowball-fight-124-years
    some things apparently don't change
    via miriamthewalrus

  5. Colouring Knots
    by Sylvain Cappell and Numberphile
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9uVj9rf73E
    a comparatively simple knot invariant
    via rss

  6. Fun socks: the heel is a baby bump
    by Rusty Blazenhoff
    https://boingboing.net/2020/10/11/fun-socks-the-heel-is-a-baby-bump.html
    something fun for your feet
    via rss

  7. Monster Tubulum: Time to Start II [thejerrymobile classic]
    by thejerrymobile
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZJNEF6iBNE
    yup
    via reddit
reblogarythm: (friday)

  1. an expanded map of the US
    by [unknown, attribution appreciated]
    https://i.redd.it/8agcgsbt9d951.png
    A longish piece about what Britishness is perceived to be, and what it is.
    via FB

  2. Allligator pursues laser pointer
    by Gators Daily, blogged by Rob Beschizza
    https://boingboing.net/2020/09/04/allligator-pursues-laser-point.html
    not only cats like laser pointers
    via rss

  3. David Graeber in conversation with Cory Doctorow
    by the two of them
    https://www.c-span.org/video/?446716-2/bullshit-jobs
    two interesting people chatting
    via Cory Doctorow

  4. Fun home experiments with supercooled water
    by Andrea James
    https://boingboing.net/2020/09/04/fun-home-experiments-with-supe.html
    what it says on the tin
    via rss

  5. Lamb Truck
    by T K
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3A8XRAb5BY
    another way to exercise a dog?
    via boing

  6. Expert archers show how to hit a target that's behind something
    by Andrea James
    https://boingboing.net/2020/09/04/expert-archers-show-how-to-hit.html
    this explains how some feats in d&d work
    via rss

  7. Watch this superhero chef use her incredible superpowers to make Mooncake
    by xiaoxiaodou, blogged by David Pescovitz
    https://boingboing.net/2020/09/04/watch-this-superhero-chef-use.html
    so that's why they're called mooncakes!
    via rss

  8. The Trump Era Sucks and Needs to Be Over
    by Matt Taibbi
    https://taibbi.substack.com/p/the-trump-era-sucks-and-needs-to
    as he says, we deserve (or, at least, some of us dearly desire) slow news days again
    via rss

  9. How the Henday expansion gobbled up a country greenhouse in Edmonton's northeast
    by Tanara McLean
    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/how-the-henday-expansion-gobbled-up-a-country-greenhouse-in-edmonton-s-northeast-1.5711696
    probably better to say enveloped, rather than gobbled up?
    via rss

  10. Ew, what is that? Photographer captures gross, beautiful slime moulds around Yellowknife
    by Jay Legere
    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/slime-mould-yellowknife-1.5709358
    I think they're kind of cute.
    via rss

  11. Lacrosse's Olympic dreams
    by Colby Cosh
    https://nationalpost.com/opinion/colby-cosh-lacrosses-olympic-dreams
    in which I discover that the World Games are a thing
    via rss

  12. The Rocket Equation: Mathematician vs Astronaut
    by Stand-up Maths
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_brZ-KWY3g
    mathematician derives the equation, astronaut talks about flying
    via rss

  13. Fight the Power (2020 Remix)
    by Public Enemy via Channel ZERO
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNUl8bAKdi4
    still relevant
    via Cory Doctorow

  14. The Incredible Proof Machine
    by Joachim Breitner
    http://incredible.pm/
    a rather addictive chance to revisit the joys of symbolic logic
    via Cory Doctorow

  15. Hamming codes, h■w to ov■rco■e n■ise.
    by 3blue1brown
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8jsijhllIA
    on the idea of hamming codes and error correction
    via rss

  16. Hamming codes part 2, the elegance of it all
    by 3blue1brown
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3NxrZOu_CE
    how to code hamming codes
    via rss
reblogarythm: (wednesday)

  1. Disco spider
    by TYWKIWDBI
    https://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/2020/09/disco-spider.html
    that's a fancy ararchnid!
    via rss

  2. Circulating seal
    by pusa hispida
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39t1ul5iaxw
    in which a seal swims round and round
    via boing

  3. Nick Brett makes a brilliant shot during the World Bowls Tour Pairs Final!
    by Canadian Bowler
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7Yp-ZSpPfc
    some alarmingly impressive rolling of balls here
    via boing

  4. And a little gingerbread house in the woods.
    by Jessica Hagy
    https://thisisindexed.com/2020/09/and-a-little-gingerbread-house-in-the-woods/
    A diagram explaining what women want.
    via rss

  5. 4 on the Floor
    by The Frantics
    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe7haUgEh5PIkmww5EQIVt8AT9IpOiYaQ
    A playlist of the entire 1986 CBC comedy series from The Frantics.
    via memory

  6. Alberta government expands criminal charge pre-screening pilot project
    by Jennie Russell
    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-government-expands-criminal-charge-pre-screening-pilot-project-1.5708710
    seems like a worthwhile idea
    via rss

  7. Inigo vs. Westley: Perfectly Subversive
    by Jill Bearup
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0rkUbrPo3k
    in case you need to watch 17 minutes on the famous fight scene from The Princess Bride
    via rss

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