reblogarythm: (wednesday)
2025-07-17 06:57 am

What I saw on the web on 2025.7.16


  1. This plant peacefully houses warring ant species by giving them their own apartments
    by Sheena Goodyear
    https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/plant-ant-apartments-1.7585758
    wacky botany keeping bellicose zoölogy in check!
    via rss

  2. Alberta wastewater unlocked key information about COVID-19. Could it help with measles too?
    by Jennifer Lee
    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-wastewater-unlocked-key-information-about-covid-19-could-it-help-with-measles-too-1.7585529
    looks like the answer is yes? now if only we could get more frequent and more quickly-updated wastewater numbers?
    via rss

  3. On Maps
    by Rosemary Kirstein
    https://www.rosemarykirstein.com/2015/08/on-maps/
    i'm rereading the first book, and wanted to have another look at the map. warning: serious spoilers if you've not read the books yet. but if you haven't read the books yet, why not?!?
    via going looking

  4. TheMoment a 'fat' marmot was spotted in a B.C. park
    by Taylor Borth
    https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6833050
    that's a pretty big gopher!
    via rss

  5. Symphony No.9
    by Beethoven and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HljSXSm6v9M
    ah, the glorious 9th of Ludwig van
    via it having been a long time since i listened to the whole thing, and i needed some music to listen to while doing A Thing

  6. Issik v Resler, 2023 ABKB 391
    by N.E. Devlin
    https://www.canlii.org/en/ab/abkb/doc/2023/2023abkb391/2023abkb391.html
    and now i'm curious about which band name was on a ballot, and how many other people noticed that at one point the judgement has "the the" (which, admittedly, is itself a band name, albeit not a hair metal band)?
    via elseDW

  7. a truly crazy 'right' triangle
    by polymathmatic
    https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7iPIJ216qOM
    ok, that's nuts.
    via youtube recommends
reblogarythm: (tuesday)
2025-07-16 07:02 am
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What I saw on the web on 2025.7.15

sorry, nothing of consequence from yesterday
reblogarythm: (monday)
2025-07-15 07:01 am
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What I saw on the web on 2025.7.14


  1. waa
    by Zach Weinersmith
    https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/waa
    best kind of poops!
    via rss

  2. raga Adbhut Kalyan
    by pt. Ritwik Sanyal and party
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rGj6y39TDQ
    an exposition of a rarely-heard raga
    via rss

  3. I think I died and the afterlife looks just like my apartment
    by pretendstorknow
    https://old.reddit.com/r/StonerThoughts/comments/1lz5zpd/i_think_i_died_and_the_afterlife_looks_just_like/
    must remember to also perceive things this way from time to time
    via ran prieur
reblogarythm: (sunday)
2025-07-14 07:01 am
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What I saw on the web on 2025.7.13


  1. Matt Leacock and Matteo Menapace, co-designers of Daybreak. Ask us anything!
    by Matt Leacock and Matteo Menapace
    https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/comments/xk8qws/matt_leacock_and_matteo_menapace_codesigners_of/
    haven't had a chance to read this yet, but will!
    via going looking
reblogarythm: (saturday)
2025-07-13 06:11 am
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What I saw on the web on 2025.7.12


  1. Big Johnson Acoustic Basses
    by Troy Johnson
    https://bigjohnsonbass.com/
    that's a different approach
    via googlery after discord

  2. Uday Bhawalkar on His Dhrupad Journey | A Tribute to Gurus | Guru Purnima Special
    by pt. Uday Bhawalkar
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eLA3ne2LlM
    an excellent little talk from Udayji
    via rss

  3. Understanding Blister In The Sun
    by 12tone, speaking of the Violent Femmes
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDpcVKtxB4g
    a nice bit of analysis there
    via wandering around online

  4. the nearest I can get to defining "religion" is something along the lines of
    by Charlie Stross
    http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2025/06/books-i-will-not-write-this-ti.html#comment-2214800
    that definition might even be serviceable, unlike most of the ones one encounters out there
    via looking to see what he's said recently
reblogarythm: (friday)
2025-07-12 06:31 am

What I saw on the web on 2025.7.11


  1. We're Never Going to Feel Normal Again
    by Jessica Wildfire
    https://www.the-sentinel-intelligence.com/p/were-never-going-to-feel-normal-again-5b5
    i mean, Jim Dinning warned us about this decades ago
    via rss

  2. They’re trying to remake you. Don’t let them
    by Anand Giridharadas
    https://the.ink/p/coffee-theyre-trying-to-remake-you
    i think he ascribes them too much intentionality, but this will be the outcome of their project if not actively resisted, yes
    via rss

  3. Flurry Of Emotions!!! "Beds Are Burning" And Is This The Most Pressed Voice I've Analyzed?
    by Elizabeth Zharoff
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqVCZu-nN5U
    i'd honestly not previously thought about Peter Garrett's vocal tone that much. it is weird, isn't it?
    via rss

  4. The Ones Who Love Us
    by Hank Green
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6xgKK_2na4
    hard same, Hank, hard same
    via rss

  5. Frodo Laid a Geas (and other invisible magic)
    by mikkeneko et al
    https://www.tumblr.com/mikkeneko/741889564546908160/frodo-laid-a-geas-and-other-invisible-magic
    an excellent analysis. i'd figured out parts of this before, but not all of it
    via discord
reblogarythm: (thursday)
2025-07-11 07:00 am
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What I saw on the web on 2025.7.10


  1. Measure of the True Guru
    by Rajan Parrikar
    https://www.parrikar.org/nibbles/2025/07/10/measure-of-the-true-guru/
    this is accurate
    via rss

  2. Schedule
    by Seattle Worldcon 2025
    https://seattlein2025.org/program-and-events/schedule/
    in case you're going and wondering what you might be able to see/do while there
    via discord

  3. Nonuplets thriving
    by TYWKIWDBI
    https://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/2025/07/nonuplets-thriving.html
    i sure hope she's got lots of assistance with childcare!
    via rss

  4. Rare Video of Late Pandit Balram Pathak Legendary Sitar Maestro ( Answer down the Raga ?? )
    by pt. Balaram Pathak
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFVEHluzQUk
    in case you're trying to figure out how he does harmonics on sitar, there's a tiny amount of evidence here right at the start of the vid
    via trying to find video of him playing

  5. Balaram Pathak PATHAK
    by pt. Balaram Pathak
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liWjsRRdliA
    better evidence, but i'm still trying to figure out the right hand work. this will help.
    via same as previous

  6. Raga Sindh Bhairavi
    by pt. Balaram Pathak
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_z8_m3xE3I
    he hits some clear harmonics in the first half-minute, and the camera's pointed directly at his right hand, and i'm still not sure what he's doing. pfargle!
    via same as previous

  7. Blackbird Bakery
    by Blackbird Bakery
    https://blackbirdbakery.com/
    looks like an excellent source of tastiness
    via tangential mention on discord

  8. Plurale tantum
    by Wikipedia
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plurale_tantum
    in case you wonder why one never speaks of a single shenanigan
    via discord

  9. Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy
    by Martha Wells
    https://reactormag.com/rapport-martha-wells/
    new murderbot novella!
    via [personal profile] marthawells
reblogarythm: (wednesday)
2025-07-10 07:07 am

What I saw on the web on 2025.7.9


  1. God sent an angel down and her name is
    by siopao-baby
    https://wilwheaton.tumblr.com/post/788567056205398016
    me too
    via rss

  2. A screeching mascot takes wing: Magpie unveiled as Edmonton's official bird
    by Fakiha Baig
    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alta-edmonton-magpie-1.7580506
    an excellent choice
    via rss

  3. The Big Daddy of Infinite Integrals
    by Tom Crawford speaking with Brady Haran
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiO2Ku7V1rw
    i mean, it's the standard derivation, but it's fun to watch, and only slightly handwavy
    via rss

  4. The Hardest Problem Evolution Ever Solved
    by Hank Green
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=On2V_L9jwS4
    "if whales aren't fish, then fish don't exist"
    via youtube recommends

  5. Beans And Cornbread
    by Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fbv3xQA7jJE
    guess what we had for supper today?
    via memory, thanks to the Malcolm X soundtrack
reblogarythm: (tuesday)
2025-07-09 07:13 am
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What I saw on the web on 2025.7.8


  1. Read a New Murderbot Story for Free, Right After the Season Finale
    by Reactor, with a snippet from Martha Wells
    https://reactormag.com/read-a-new-murderbot-story-for-free-right-after-the-season-finale/
    something to look forward to on thursday
    via remembering that this was supposed to be out this week sometime, going looking

  2. I don't know who you are, neighbor-network owner, but clearly I want to!
    by Ada Palmer
    https://wandering.shop/@adapalmer/114818360050228510
    ditto
    via rss

  3. Testing Every Way To Make A Chocolate Chip Cookie
    by the Babish Culinary Universe
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpSV_oavvyY
    lots of variations here. at some point i may need to sit down with the data and decide which ones i'd like to use. hint: not aged beef tallow
    via rss
reblogarythm: (monday)
2025-07-08 07:04 am

What I saw on the web on 2025.7.7


  1. Howya Dune?
    by Frank Herbert and/or chernobog13
    https://www.tumblr.com/chernobog13/787740426331422720/i-think-this-is-the-one-between-dune-messiah-and
    at least it's not one of the [shudder] prequals
    via wil

  2. This woman's Depression Era Garden is full of plants you've probably never heard of
    by Jack Sutton
    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/depression-era-garden-london-ontario-1.7577639
    i had indeed not heard of any of these
    via rss

  3. Literary genres as equations.
    by Ben Orlin
    https://mathwithbaddrawings.com/2025/07/07/literary-genres-as-equations/
    several fun ones in here
    via rss

  4. Real Men Burn Stuff
    by Paul Krugman
    https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/real-men-burn-stuff
    he doesn't even point out the possible instance of accusation = projection = confession. good piece nonetheless.
    via rss

  5. The radical 1960s schools experiment that created a whole new alphabet – and left thousands of children unable to spell
    by Emma Loffhagen
    https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/jul/06/1960s-schools-experiment-created-new-alphabet-thousands-children-unable-to-spell
    a fascinating pedagogical failure attempting to address the atrocity that is english orthography
    via discord

  6. 3eanuts August 29, 1957
    by Charles Schulz assisted by Bill Israel
    https://3eanuts.com/post/788429713672732672
    i feel seen
    via rss
reblogarythm: (sunday)
2025-07-07 07:00 am

What I saw on the web on 2025.7.6


  1. ‘It’s too late’: David Suzuki says the fight against climate change is lost
    by David Suzuki speaking to Davis Legree
    https://www.ipolitics.ca/2025/07/02/its-too-late-david-suzuki-says-the-fight-against-climate-change-is-lost/
    in case your sense of optimism is getting too strong
    via word of mouth and then do the math

  2. Back to the Beginning
    by Black Sabbath et al
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_to_the_Beginning
    that must have been loud
    via nosing around

  3. Roozen Family Hospice Centre
    by Pilgrims Hospice Society
    https://pilgrimshospice.com/about-home-for-hospice/
    a friend is checking in
    via FB

  4. From Individual Climate Guilt to Collective Ethical Action
    by Alexis Shotwell speaking with Jeni Miles
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB0YM8g15L8
    some excellent reminders about the limits of individual action, and the opportunities inherent in those limitations
    via wondering what Alexis has been up to recently
reblogarythm: (saturday)
2025-07-06 06:13 am
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What I saw on the web on 2025.7.5


  1. How to Negotiate With Your Cat
    by chernobog13
    https://www.tumblr.com/chernobog13/787634395083358208/sadly-as-any-cat-parent-can-tell-you-this-is-all
    this is plausible
    via wil

  2. How Zohran Humiliated the Democrats
    by David Roth speaking with Adam Conover
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SD_tCDklyCg
    all the analysis is utterly plausible
    via youtube recommends
reblogarythm: (friday)
2025-07-05 06:15 am
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What I saw on the web on 2025.7.4


  1. This Graph Changed My Life
    by Hank Green
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvtEINcqc6c
    this is stuff that's good to remember
    via rss

  2. Daybreak solo guide: How to beat the solo game in 3 rounds (or less!)
    by Papa Boris
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSgkxxM9Dok
    this feels a little too simple, but it helped
    via BGG

  3. General pointers for approaching Daybreak
    by Remy
    https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3183302/general-pointers-for-approaching-daybreak
    this feels a little too simple, but it helped
    via going looking for suggestions
reblogarythm: (thursday)
2025-07-04 05:55 am
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What I saw on the web on 2025.7.3

sorry, i gots nothing fer ya today
reblogarythm: (wednesday)
2025-07-03 07:03 am
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What I saw on the web on 2025.7.2


  1. Come Do Grammar With Me (Silly Song)
    by T. Vardomskaya
    https://vimeo.com/26139713
    precisely what is says: a silly song about grammar!
    via discord
reblogarythm: (thursday)
2025-07-02 07:04 am

What I saw on the web on 2025.7.1


  1. How to Become a Millionare by Solving One Math Problem
    by Xyla Foxlin
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGe2nmRw-sg
    a nice quick explainer of the Millennium Problems. her discussion of Hodge is extremely hand-wavy, but mine would be too, so no shade thrown there
    via rss

  2. Legendary RPG Designer Breaks Media Silence- Ep. 59
    by Kevin Crawford and Steve Winter, with occasional comments from Ben Riggs
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLe3saMZYk4
    meaning no disrespect to Ben, but his best episodes are the ones where the two guests end up interviewing each other
    via rss

  3. The Changing Room Illusion
    by Michael A. Cohen
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXk-Oc35oN4
    i'm not surprised that this works, but it's still impressive to (not) watch
    via TYWKIWDBI

  4. Iranian Blackout Affected Misinformation Campaigns
    by Bruce "Bruce Schneier" Schneier
    https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/07/iranian-blackout-affected-misinformation-campaigns.html
    that's not suspicious at all
    via rss

  5. Is there such a thing as a magnitude 0 earthquake?
    by Randall Munroe
    https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FKXVs4UteSc
    there sure is, it's an open-ended scale in both directions!
    via rss

  6. 342760575891993352
    by Peregrin Took with assistance from [citation needed]
    https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Futdwmmz10g951.jpg
    apparently [citation needed] speaks French?
    via discord

  7. Nouveau Nonfiction
    by Matthew Surridge
    https://www.splicetoday.com/writing/nouveau-nonfiction
    i've read and appreciated three of the discussed books. perhaps i need to track down the other ones as well?
    via discord

  8. A Scots Tune
    by Brandon Acker, playing a tune from the Jane Pickering Lute Book (1616)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I27_gx2VDSQ
    some pleasant lute music
    via looking for some pleasant lute music
reblogarythm: (monday)
2025-07-01 06:21 am

What I saw on the web on 2025.6.30


  1. Fashion tips for writing math.
    by Ben Orlin
    https://mathwithbaddrawings.com/2025/06/30/fashion-tips-for-writing-math/
    i don't agree with everything here, but i think i agree with most of it
    via rss

  2. Beloved Drumheller dinosaur set for tests ahead of possible extinction
    by Bill Graveland
    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/tyra-dino-drumheller-1.7573672
    hopefully Tyra's got a bright future ahead of her!
    via rss

  3. #TheMoment a moose stuck its head in a car in Jasper
    by Kellie Paxian
    https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6815713
    that's closer than i need to come to a live moose
    via rss

  4. Indo-European words for ten
    by Starkey Comics
    https://i0.wp.com/starkeycomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Indo-European-Words-TEN-1-PNG-1.png?ssl=1
    fascinating to see the relationships here
    via discord

  5. Trump's 51st state comments can be taken as 'term of endearment': U.S. ambassador
    by Racy Rafique
    https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/pete-hoekstra-trump-51st-state-1.7574449
    mr.ambassador, being leered at collectively by an adjudicated rapist does not constitute endearment in my books
    via rss

  6. Etymonopoly: A Free Print-and-Play Game for Language Lovers
    by Ryan Starkey with Antti Hukkanen
    https://starkeycomics.com/2025/01/16/etymonopoly/
    might be funner than the original game, not that that's a high bar....
    via poking around after link 4

  7. Bifurcation: The secret giant islands formed when rivers split
    by Ryan Starkey
    https://starkeycomics.com/2021/06/10/bifurcation-the-secret-giant-islands-formed-when-rivers-split/
    apparently i live on an island?
    via poking around after link 6

  8. Every OS Sucks
    by Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRlPTbKHIPQ
    i don't think i'd seen the video before. not sure how i feel about the narrative it adds to the song.
    via looking for it online, finding it
reblogarythm: (sunday)
2025-06-30 05:59 am
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What I saw on the web on 2025.6.29


  1. I miss being a late adopter.
    by Charlie Jane Anders
    https://charliejaneanders.tumblr.com/post/787537163694768128/i-was-the-last-person-i-knew-to-get-a-cell-phone
    i don't miss it, cuz i still am one
    via wil

  2. Greyhound owner FlixBus launching daily bus trips in Sask. starting July 1
    by Chris Edwards
    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/flixbus-routes-regina-saskatoon-north-battleford-1.7573699
    i'm still dubious about the value of axing STC
    via rss

  3. How Lalo Schifrin Composed the Mission Impossible Theme Song
    by Ted Gioia
    https://www.honest-broker.com/p/how-lalo-schifrin-composed-the-mission
    less Brubeck than you might expect, and more Morse code!
    via discord

  4. Chocolate Cherry Upside Down Cake
    by Barry C Parsons
    https://www.rockrecipes.com/chocolate-cherry-upside-down-cake/
    in case you need something ridiculously tasty to do with cherries
    via tracking it down for someone
reblogarythm: (saturday)
2025-06-29 06:24 am
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What I saw on the web on 2025.6.28


  1. Despite bad reviews for its sovereignty panel, UCP sails into Canada Day weekend with the wind in its sails
    by David Climenhaga
    https://albertapolitics.ca/2025/06/despite-bad-reviews-for-its-sovereignty-panel-ucp-sails-into-canada-day-weekend-with-the-wind-in-its-sails/
    in which three things happen all of which will make danni's chaos demons happy
    via rss

  2. How to Surf the Web in 2025, and Why You Should
    by David Cain
    https://www.raptitude.com/2025/06/how-to-surf-the-web-in-2025-and-why-you-should/
    i feel old now
    via rss
reblogarythm: (friday)
2025-06-28 06:06 am

What I saw on the web on 2025.6.27


  1. The Age of Integrity
    by Bruce Schneier
    https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/06/the-age-of-integrity.html
    in which Bruce attempts to bring a word back into active use
    via rss

  2. How To Fool Your Brain!
    by Mark Rober
    https://www.youtube.com/shorts/eW8ZNkuLhZw
    i was aware of the theory, but hadn't seen this particular technique before
    via rss

  3. Most Albertans will soon pay about $110 for a COVID shot
    by Paige Parsons et al
    https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6813305
    the stupid on this government, it burns
    via rss

  4. One Ring to Bind Them: A Halachic Inquiry on the Occasion of Purim 5775
    by Rymenhild
    https://archiveofourown.org/works/3478202
    in case you're Jewish and were thinking of using the One Ring as a wedding ring, i have bad news
    via word of mouth

  5. William Rowan Hamilton (Science YouTuber Collab)
    by A Capella Science
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZXHoWwBcDc
    cuz ijk = -1
    via discord