reblogarythm | Entries tagged with teaching

raga Ahir Bhairav
by pandit Pushpraj Koshti
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGKtKfVUzUs
some more great morning listening
via morning dhrupad youtube playlist
Are We Doomed? Here’s How to Think About It
by Rivka Galchen
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/06/10/are-we-doomed-heres-how-to-think-about-it
i mean, individually, assuredly yes. as a species, with a long enough time frame, assuredly yes.
via boing

raga Jhinjhoti
by pandit Budhaditya Mukherjee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QX6okSI91C0
a rare recording of panditji playing surbahar
via memory
Precious Little Excitement: Warner Brothers, Peter Jackson, and Gollum
by Daniel Stride
https://phuulishfellow.wordpress.com/2024/05/10/precious-little-excitement-warner-brothers-peter-jackson-and-gollum/
might-have-beens are ultimately mostly not helpful, but along with Stride-ji it's hard to avoid them in this sort of situation
via rss
Department of Paranormal Affairs | Trailer
by Michael Petersen et al
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_vFoDCJb3w
i'm getting a strong Men-in-Black meets The Laundry vibe off of this one
via taproot via the official site
Downtown Edmonton 'education district' could spur revitalization, school leaders say
by Madeline Smith
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/downtown-edmonton-education-district-could-spur-revitalization-school-leaders-say-1.7199712
they seem pretty confident about those student body growth projections
via rss
The Stewart Copeland Interview
by Stewart Copeland speaking with Rick Beato
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIJkRhd1CTY
one of the interestingest rock drummers
via youtube recommends
Percentage of letters that are vowels in each language's word for egg
by /u/99685-96-8
https://imgur.com/VwtL60T
in case you were wondering
via discord
Ustad Bahauddin Dagar Saheb Checking our Made Surbahar our work shop
by ustad Bahauddin Dagar, surbahar by Naeem Sitarmaker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWm02p29v6g
that's an unusual-looking instrument that ustadji is playing
via going looking for surbahars on youtube
Aurora Dashboard
by Space Weather Prediction Center
https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/communities/aurora-dashboard-experimental
by the time i post this, i should know if i actually saw anything?
via discord
raga Durga
by Bhushan Koshti
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1Ay13A8VRs
a pleasant pentatonic raga, suitable for nighttime listening
via going looking for surbahars on youtube

Let it Ride
by BTO, covered by Big Sugar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laz6kGaUM6E
an excellent demonstration of Big Sugar's blend of hard rock and reggae
via memory, earworming
Rosemary Kirstein's "The Steerswoman"
by Cory Doctorow, appreciating Rosemary Kirstein
https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/04/the-wulf/#underground-fave
apparently Randall turned Cory on to the Steerswoman! yay!
via rss
We Need to Rewild the Internet
by Maria Farrell and Robin Berjon
https://www.noemamag.com/we-need-to-rewild-the-internet/
(only started, but looks very good so far: sort of James C. Scott + Cory Doctorow analysis?)
via Jonathan Crowe
Nuts about Clams
by Samantha Grooters
https://www.flickr.com/photos/113626553@N05/12239008245/
see? pistachios look like clams!
via wondering if anyone ever calls pistachios "clam nuts", and asking the internet
Porridge With Love
by CBC
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/audio/1.7187882
what a good idea
via hearing this spot on the radio
In Search of Professor Precarious
by Gerry Potter
https://redheelermedia.com/portfolio-item/in-search-of-professor-precarious/
this is an ongoing problem. need to watch the doc.
via word of mouth
Here's the dirt on an Edmonton-area worm farm spreading soil far and wide
by Annelida Soil Solutions
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.4216960
employing 80 million worms!
via rss
Funeral for Justice
by Mdou Moctar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BonOLZPCl0
in case you need some Nigerois guitar rawk
via discord
"Here we would like to note that we find the game’s entire premise of play deeply problematic."
by Luke Crane and Sam Roberts
https://ludologicalalchemy.substack.com/p/a-dungeoneers-survival-guide#footnote-1-142994982
spelling out the problems with the "kill the monster and take its stuff" murderhobo style of d&d play fairly explicilty. also, a footnote to a longer article about the reward cycle in basic d&d
via rss
Beowulf: The Epic in Performance
by the Beowulf poet, and Bejamin Bagby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WcIK_8f7oQ
a live performance, with mediæval harp
via mention in a book's back-matter, and going looking

something.com
by something.com
https://something.com/
in case you're looking for something
via boing
zombo com
by zombo com
https://zombo.com/
you'll be happy to know that the unattainable is still unknown at zombo com
via discussion on previous boing link
Ballard from beyond: six of the famed author's redefinitions
by Roy Christopher and JG Ballard
https://boingboing.net/2024/04/29/ballard-from-beyond-six-of-the-famed-authors-redefinitions.html
i still want someone to create an RPG called B&B: Burroughs and Ballard (or was it B&B: Beckett and Borges?)
via rss
AI is Doomed to Fail the Musical Turing Test
by Adam Neely
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8NyEjB_XeA
i wish i could be that pessimistic
via rss
Understanding Indigenous Mathematics
by Florence Glanfield et al
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amPvflon_3A
this really feels like it's just good practices, but if it's also decolonized, i'm fine with that
via email
commute
by Zach Weinersmith
https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/commute-2
heck, exponents don't
via rss
The UCP's petulant power grab
by Kristin Raworth
https://www.readtheline.ca/p/kristin-raworth-the-ucps-petulant
yes. but what can we do about it?
via rss
Let's talk about bison and dogs and bears....
by Beau of the Fifth Column
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbKMP8Q0FsM
i'm sorry, if you kick a bison and aren't, as a result, dead, you're extremely fortunate
via rss
Alberta government cuts funding for Edmonton, Calgary low-income transit pass, mayors say
by Stephen Cook
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-government-cuts-funding-for-edmonton-calgary-low-income-transit-pass-mayors-say-1.7190050
the latest crap from Danni and her crew
via rss

A 'new' star will light up the sky soon and you can see it for yourself
by Nicole Mortillaro
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/new-star-t-coronae-borealis-1.7175301
i almost certainly won't see this, but cool nonetheless
via rss
nice
by Zach Weinersmith
https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/nice
all of this is true. all of it. you absolute midden.
via rss

Long Distance Walkers Association
by Long Distance Walkers Association
https://ldwa.org.uk/
in case you'd like to go for a walk in the UK
via discord
[UPDATED] World Religions Family Tree
by Matt Baker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fPZA4meJag
Matt explains the tweaks he's made.
via youtube recommends
NDP leadership candidates on worker issues
by Kim Siever
https://albertaworker.ca/news/ndp-leadership-candidates-on-worker-issues/
well, from two candidates. i wish the others had something to say
via rss
My Word As Vorkosigan
by Meg & Alex, with guests
https://plottrysts.wordpress.com/meg-alex-read-the-vorkosigan-saga-by-lois-mcmaster-bujold/
a short series of discussions about the vorkosigan series
via discord
What is it about Shyam Malhar
by collectiverb
https://oorupost.wordpress.com/2024/04/16/what-is-it-about-shyam-malhar/
the use of both madhyam i shyam malhar is fascinating
via FB
Learn
by Zach Weinersmith
https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/learn
indeed, why do kids learn algebra?
via rss
The Lord of the Rings but it’s a commercial for the One Ring
by Shire Rats
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMID4LOJf1s
i mean, it's not worng
via discord
Eärendil was a Wellerman
by Bard of Arda
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4li5ukxMHM
it's a fair cop
via discord

Business as Usual
by siderea
https://siderea.dreamwidth.org/1833954.html
more sober disgruntlement from siderea
via rss
The Four Sacred Artistic Motives
by cryptovexillologist
https://www.tumblr.com/cryptovexillologist/744793803530158080/the-four-sacred-artistic-motives-what-if-this
those do cover a lot of fiction
via discord
The Lonesome Touch
by Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l6zS39HYwuS5cVXAqPVm3eH7pPyiJ6DxY
in which Hayesji deploys again his gorgeous bara khayal approach to traditional irish music
via recollexion
Got a mystery itch? Scientists find clues to the cause
by CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2318871619678
some clues to some causes
via rss
A DOORBELL that YOU RING FOR THE FISH
by Pezcautism and alex51324
https://tinsnip.tumblr.com/post/745155103726731264
vertabrates gotta look out for their fellow vertabrates
via discord
Guelph students among Canadian kids learning math concepts through Métis beading practices
by Karis Mapp
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/guelph-elementary-students-learn-math-concepts-m%C3%A9tis-beading-practices-1.7141518
indigenizing mathematics education is a great idea
via rss
As more people choose the single life, researchers ask: are they happier?
by Ashley Fraser
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/single-life-happiness-1.7135837
and the answer is . . . sometimes! it depends!
via rss

Canada's GED high school equivalency test ends after March, leaving adult students in limbo
by Bobby Hristova
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/ged-test-ending-1.7142821
i wonder how the fallout of this will . . . fall out. could have serious implications for a lot of people.
via rss
Wyrmspan
by Connie Vogelmann, Clémantine Campardou, Elizabeth Hargrave
https://stonemaiergames.com/games/wyrmspan/
if Wingspan's main elements aren't scaly enough for you
via discord and searching
S.F.Chronophysics
by Justin B Rye
http://jbr.me.uk/chrono.html
every now and then, it's time to revisit this
via memory

The legal case for robot personhood will be made when an airline wants to get out of paying a refund.
by Chris Farnell
https://twitter.com/thebrainofchris/status/1758835210345484551
saw the news item the other day. totally not surprising
via discord
Errogant:
When you're completely wrong, but you're also totally certain about it.
by Starann quoting someone else
https://twitter.com/StarannThe/status/1758437444796497964
totally using this. it's alarmingly relevant
via FB
Terry Gilliam’s Air Canada
by Peter Watts
https://www.rifters.com/crawl/?p=10977
precisely the person to comment on this farce, with precisely the right comment
via rss
DOUBLE KING
by Felix Colgrave
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_MSFkZHNi4
what a fun little story-without-words
via discord
Educational Content
by Oglaf
https://www.oglaf.com/educational-content/
not all mathematics instruction is like this
via rss

If you want to be one of the ones who resist tyranny, then pay attention to how people fold to it, and ask yourself what you would do under the circumstances.
by Courtney Milan
https://bsky.app/profile/courtneymilan.com/post/3klicsny2sk2w
so that we can ensure there won't be a next time
via discord
Long COVID can destroy your ability to exercise. Now we know why
by Rachel Fairbank
https://bsky.app/profile/thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social/post/3kliq5dni7s2d
well, we know parts of why, and a bit of what to do about it
via discord
J. R. R. Tolkien sings Sam's Rhyme of the Troll
by Samwise Gamgee and JRR Tolkien
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68GDPaywiS4
note the slight variations from the text as published in LotR — i believe this is the original
via memory
Bester Has The Comebacks (Babylon 5 Fan Video)
by Alfred Bester and J.Michael Straczynski
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s72fJb7a-s8
he really does
via youtube recommends
Secrets
by Zach Weinersmith
https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/secrets-2
this is true. sadly, all of it is true.
via rss

Neal Stephenson's Most Stunning Prediction
by Neal Stephenson speaking to Matteo Wong
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/02/chatbots-ai-neal-stephenson-diamond-age/677364/
mostly talking about what's probably still my favourite of his books
via ran prieur
The Over-50s Turning to Teaching
by MaryLou Costa
https://reasonstobecheerful.world/second-career-teachers-fill-gap-uk/
an excellent transition for people to be making
via rss
Inventor vs. Curator (On How Mozart Became A Bad Composer)
by Glenn Gould
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8QYBnDDGg8
in the context of Gouldji's musical tradition, the comments on improvisation are perfectly fine. outside of that tradition, they feel a little hollow. but the comaprison of Mozart and Beethoven is interesting.
via rss

American education has all the downsides of standardization, none of the upsides
by Cory Docotorow
https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/16/flexibility-in-the-margins/#a-commons
excellenty argued
via rss
Free Will: Good Riddance
by Tom Murphy
https://dothemath.ucsd.edu/2024/01/free-will-good-riddance/
i like the "free of what?" question
via rss
Net rotations
by Randall Munroe
https://xkcd.com/2882/
maybe i'll have to start doing this. probably not. but maybe.
via rss
A Walk Through the Planes – Part 122: Fourth Edition’s Core
by Sean Gandert
https://www.expositionbreak.com/a-walk-through-the-planes-part-122-fourth-editions-core/
reminding me again why i'm glad that i sat out 4e
via rss
The Response to the End of the Golden Age of TTRPGs
by Ben and Dr.Scott
https://sites.libsyn.com/49447/the-response-to-the-end-of-the-golden-age-of-ttrpgs
interesting arguments and predictions. we'll see how things play out
via rss

TV game show host unintentionally delivers the perfect EDM sample opportunity
by David Pescovitz reblogging Amol Rajan
https://boingboing.net/2024/01/11/tv-game-show-host-unintentionally-delivers-the-perfect-edm-sample-opportunity.html
we need jungle
via rss
Reasoning with Robots
by Tom Murphy
https://dothemath.ucsd.edu/2024/01/reasoning-with-robots/
assuredly a problem, and his case study is alarmingly interesting
via rss
Ed Broadbent, former NDP leader, dead at 87
by Catharine Tunney
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ed-broadbent-dies-1.7080936
RIP Ed
via FB? no, discord
So would you venture down this sea foam covered trail?
by David McColm
https://twitter.com/davidlmccolm/status/1745218651689717891
that's . . . um . . . creepifying
via boing
Understanding Morality
by Ian Welsh
https://www.ianwelsh.net/understanding-morality/
an interesting three-axis model
via rss
Who put the H in Jesus H. Christ?
by David Pescovitz reblogging Dan McClellan
https://boingboing.net/2024/01/11/who-put-the-h-in-jesus-h-christ.html
Christograms are the culprit!
via rss
Analog Kid
by Rush
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72KdQKwxWyk
ok, now i'm wondering if David Tennant's look in Good Omens is based on Geddy?
via a recent mention of Alex's solo, and thus tracking it down

Quarter-Comma Meantone (Part 2)
by John Carlos Baez
https://johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com/2023/12/18/quarter-comma-meantone-part-2/
three equations in two unknowns means three popular tuning systems!
via rss
Why your favourite musicians wake up at 3 am for Riyaz
by Aysha Imtiaz
https://www.darbar.org/article/why-your-favourite-musicians-wake-up-at-3-am-for-riyaz
ultimately, because it works
via relevant youtube vid
The Battlestar Galactica Theory of Math Education
by Ben Orlin
https://mathwithbaddrawings.com/2023/12/18/the-battlestar-galactica-theory-of-math-education/
a cogent observation from mr.Orlin here
via rss
Debbie Urbanski's 'After World'
by Cory Docotorw reviewing Debbie Urbanski
https://pluralistic.net/2023/12/18/storyworker-ad39-393a-7fbc/#digital-human-archive-project
sounds like a fascinating book. i don't think i could read it
via rss

Let's talk about St. Paul and a unique debt story....
by Beau of the Fifth Column
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8TgHkaqqN0
this also is great news!
via rss
Should math class be hard?
by Ben Orlin
https://mathwithbaddrawings.com/2023/12/11/should-math-class-be-hard/
interesting perspectives here!
via rss
IWORD 2023
by Bruce Schneier et al
https://www.schneier.com/iword/2023/
would love to be a fly on the wall for this
via seeing several references, going hunting. Bruce, i don't imagine you'll make any of these available to us plebes?
Geddy Lee's Rush bandmate Alex Lifeson joins him at Toronto book tour stop
by Jill Lances
https://www.rock107.com/rock_news/geddy-lees-rush-bandmate-alex-lifeson-joins-him-at-toronto-book-tour-stop/article_2c32b249-0f59-59f2-a753-2e1c1853251f.html
nice that Lerxst showed up!
via FB

Live in Seattle
by Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kzqeh5lwjoD7-LvFVvHHOoKGsEVtBaYqE
Hayes's jigs'n'reels as bara khayal never gets old
via memory
Why use many streetlights when one will do?
by Tom Scott
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDiXNsWQzD0
i'd not been aware previously of Austin's Moon Towers
via rss
What are these strange dice?
by Henry Segerman speaking to Brady Haran
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3akBMSJ37Uk followed by https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rYLBXd_kzI
honestly, i prefer catalan solids. nonetheless, fun
via rss
A Walk Through the Planes – Part 118: The Savage Tide
by Sean Gandert
https://www.expositionbreak.com/a-walk-through-the-planes-part-118-the-savage-tide/
sounds like a great read and an interesting thing to play too
via rss
I designed a silly but semi-functional computer.
by Matt Parker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1Kw3yJoNxw
do not believe title. he built three of them
via rss
Under UCP, AB lost 170 FT university teachers
by Kim Siever
https://albertaworker.ca/news/under-ucp-ab-lost-170-ft-university-teachers/
none of this surprises me
via rss
B.C. welcomes federal housing dollars, but co-ops disappointed by timeline
by Jon Hernandez
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-welcomes-federal-housing-dollars-co-ops-disappointed-by-timeline-1.7038155
yup, canada needs more housing co-ops. and then more. and then? some more
via rss
a new kind of semicolon
by isabel
https://twitter.com/_unwell/status/1728975310195134479
undeathing the humanities is a great idea
via discord

Strike at Vancouver sugar refinery taking the sweetness out of the holiday season for businesses
by Amanda Stephenson
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/rogers-sugar-strike-1.7033140
hmr. i was planning on purchasing some Rogers products in the near future....
via rss
The Night Oven
by The Night Oven
https://thenightoven.ca/
looks tasty!
via word of mouth
"My students know the last question on any quiz or test in my class will always be the same."
by We Are Teachers
https://twitter.com/WeAreTeachers/status/1725847078037828087
neat idea!
via FB
KCTI passenger bus service
by KCTI
https://www.kcti.ca/
if you're bussing between saskatoon and edmonton
via seeing one on the road
Geddy Lee on My Effin’ Life, Rush, and the story of Neil Peart’s audition
by Geddy Lee speaking with Tom Power
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMUaFy-bJSs
good to hear this stuff — Neil's job after retiring is wonderful
via checking to see if there were videos related to Ged's new book

We're sorry we created the Torment Nexus
by Charlie Stross
http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2023/11/dont-create-the-torment-nexus.html
because cautionary tales are supposed to be, well, cautionary
via rss
Livestream - Revised Tolkien's Letters book release party
by Tolkien Collector's Guide
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0F55b1W7bik
a discussion of the new=old book!
via discord?
Edmonton teachers reject new contract
by Kim Siever
https://albertaworker.ca/news/edmonton-teachers-reject-new-contract/
not a strike yet, but closer to a strike
via rss
Alberta proposes bill to allow cabinet to adjust gift limits for politicians
by Dean Bennett
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-legislation-dollar-limits-on-gifts-politicians-1.7026070
cuz grifters gotta grift
via rss

raga Asavari
by Nilanjan Dey with Balazs Viragh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CLY6QDnGOw
another of pandit Nirmalya Dey's promising talents in dhrupad
via rss
DEF CON 31 - An Audacious Plan to Halt the Internet's Ensh*ttification
by Cory Doctorow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rimtaSgGz_4
well said, sir!
via ada palmer's mastodon
Using TeX Notation
by moodle
https://docs.moodle.org/403/en/Using_TeX_Notation
in case you were wondering. i know i was!
via wondering, looking

“All we have is means”: Ursula K Le Guin’s imperfectionist anarchism
by Alexis Shotwell
https://alexisshotwell.com/2023/10/12/all-we-have-is-means-ursula-k-le-guins-imperfectionist-anarchism/
as Osterman says, "nothing ever ends"
via rss
The Logic of The Larder
by Ozy Brennan
https://thingofthings.substack.com/p/the-logic-of-the-larder
when is it justified to kill things and eat them? it's complicated
via rss
Past, Present, & Future of Mathematics
by Grant Sanderson speaking to Dwarkesh Patel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDyviiN4NVo
always good to hear Grant's thoughts on the state of mathematics education technology
via youtube recommends
This Strathcona County author wants kids to learn 'the only way to make bread'
by Aaron Sousa
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/this-strathcona-county-author-wants-kids-to-learn-the-only-way-to-make-bread-1.6994444
might be something to get for some small people...?
via rss
Dandelion Small-Batch Chocolate
by Dandelion Small-Batch Chocolate
https://www.dandelionchocolate.com/
looks tasty!
via discord

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