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In classic Friday afternoon bad-news dump, UCP moves to make COVID vaccines expensive and hard to find
by David Climenhaga
https://albertapolitics.ca/2025/06/in-classic-friday-afternoon-bad-news-dump-ucp-moves-to-make-covid-vaccines-expensive-and-hard-to-find/
some analysis on yesterday's utterly stupid news story
via rss
Every card has a story
by Daybreak game
https://www.daybreakgame.org/explore-cards
a little simpler than scanning a QR code every time you want details about a card
via going looking
The self-moving traffic cones
by Hank Green bothering Tom Scott, Daniel Peake, and Ceri Riley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3B9VOkI5Bc
this totally checks out
via nosing around youtube
a different variety of oreo
by kuvaton?
https://kuvaton.tumblr.com/post/786208923330953216
looks tasty!
via wil

The Twenty-One Second God
by Peter Watts
https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-twenty-one-second-god/
in case you need a short story in the setting of Blindsight. i mean, i know i do. if you do too, condolences?
via FB
The Board Game With No Rules
by Shut Up & Sit Down
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Egd9DYJZ5c
i feel like this is almost a game i'd really enjoy?
via discord

Passacaglia and Fugue BWV 582
by J.S.Bach, arranged and performed by James Howard Young
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhTsuuk5WMU
on four recorders! sadly, the big one doesn't have the low octave pedal point
via youtube recommends
"There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life...."
by John Rogers
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/366635-there-are-two-novels-that-can-change-a-bookish-fourteen-year
the topic came up in conversation
via recalling it
The SECRET Every DM NEEDS To Know (2025 Edition)
by Dungeon Craft
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2mjYDF3o-M
apologies for clickbait-y title, but his two points are worthwhile. may not be suitable for players of TTRPGs.
via youtube recommends
When Financiers Win, They Lose
by Ian Welsh
https://www.ianwelsh.net/when-financiers-win-they-lose/
this is a simple take, and as such, probably not entirely correct. but it's a good first approximation
via rss

Being diagnosed with autism as an adult in Alberta
by Kim Siever
https://albertaworker.ca/politics/being-diagnosed-with-autism-as-an-adult-in-alberta/
not planning on getting assessed myself any time soon, but a lot of this was relatable
via rss
Advanced World Creation
by Jeff Grubb and Kevin Kulp, allegedly talking with Ben Riggs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVVq0_lPUsg
cuz Ben barely gets a word in as the other two continuously nerd at each other
via rss
8 Prinzessinnen
by Monika Roscher Bigband
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iwq0Fd8qYKU
in case you need some fantasy-themed prog big band
via MWM

The Church by the Sea
by Joshua Ginsberg
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-church-by-the-sea-aka-the-chicken-church-madeira-beach-florida
what a fun-looking structure
via looking it up after seeing a picture in discord
Corgis have an extremely low center of gravity and the density of a dead star.
by Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ
https://bsky.app/profile/padresj.bsky.social/post/3lpie6nziqs25
dog got mad skillz
via discord
A Brief History of Traveller
by Shannon Appelcline speaking with Ben Riggs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMwZcnTysHM
a fun talk. i gotta play more traveller one of these decades
via rss
Fun variants of Scrabble
by TYWKIWDBI
https://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/2019/08/fun-variants-of-scrabble.html
more fun than the usual rules, IMHO
via rss
Trump‘s budgetary “cruelty” and more
by Paul Krugman speaking with Anand Giridharadas
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/paul-krugman-on-trumps-budgetary
good to hear someone poking at Krugman from the left, and he has some good responses
via rss

The Ultimate Guide to Cooking Beans in the Instant Pot
by simply quinoa
https://simply-quinoa.s3.amazonaws.com/Beans+in+the+Instant+Pot.pdf
cuz often the guidelines don't discuss soaked vs unsoaked
via going looking. pinto beans now cooking.
The Spiritual Odyssey of Malcolm X
by James Ford
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/monkeymind/2025/05/the-spiritual-odyssey-of-malcolm-x.html
what a fascinating journey, so sadly cut short
via rss
Faculty claim U of A is bargaining in bad faith
by Kim Siever
https://albertaworker.ca/news/faculty-claim-u-of-a-is-bargaining-in-bad-faith/
these secret PBCO orders really need to get some sunlight on them
via rss
COMMIT TO THE BIT
by John Green
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suipiqewpzc
i don't think i'd heard the term "bit commitment" before. i like it.
via getting interested in the origin of the phrase "commit to the bit", and going looking
coopgestalt
by coopgestalt
https://coopgestalt.com/
in case you're looking for co-operative board games
via going looking for some

A Problem with Infinite Hotel Keys
by Tom Crawford in conversation with Brady Haran
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uezOrcmHzrQ
it is, of course, all about e
via rss
This Vancouver housing co-op is facing a $1M tax if it wants to renew its lease for more than 30 years
by CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-housing-co-op-property-transfer-tax-1.7536390
yikes! that legislation needs a cut-out for not-for-profit housing!
via rss
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology pausing 18 programs amid financial pressures
by Emily Williams
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/northern-alberta-institute-of-technology-pausing-18-programs-amid-financial-pressures-1.7536597
yikes! that's a lot of programs being cut!
via rss
We can live well, even though we don’t have a higher purpose
by Alexis Shotwell
https://psyche.co/ideas/we-can-live-well-even-though-we-dont-have-a-higher-purpose
an existentialist perspective, based in the writings of Ursual K le Guin
via discord
How to 'See' the 4th Dimension with Topology
by Maggie Miller speaking to Quanta Magazine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MURzTFRRuJQ
yup, dimension 4 is a weirdo
via youtube recommends
A War Without End
by Ursula K le Guin
https://www.versobooks.com/en-ca/blogs/news/3585-a-war-without-end-by-ursula-k-le-guin
an excellent discussion. read it in connexion with link 4, above
via FB
Beyond Solitaire Podcast 189: Ada Palmer on LARPing the Renaissance
by Ada Palmer speaking with Liz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3UUWwMSZ_o
a wonderful and wide-ranging conversation
via checking to see what she'd done on youtube recently

Several conferences relocate north of the border as Canadians refuse to travel to the U.S.
by Sophia Harris
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/conference-us-travel-1.7531255
this is (sadly) no surprise
via rss
It Awaits Your Experiments.
by Peter Watts
https://www.rifters.com/crawl/?p=11511
in which the good doctor gets eloquent about someone else getting eloquent in bacteria
via rss
What was the first RPG? It ain't what you think...
by Jon Peterson speaking to Ben Riggs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAXVDKtH4e0
it's rather more complicated than you might expect. now i may need to track down Jon's books....
via rss
the VelociPastor
by Brendan Steere et al
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1843303/
apparently this is a real thing that exists?!?!?
via FB

Winners of the Tolkien Society Awards 2025 Announced
by Jeremy Edmonds
https://www.tolkiensociety.org/2025/04/winners-of-the-tolkien-society-awards-2025-announced/
could anyone have predicted the winner in the "Best Book" category?
via hearing a partial announcement
Quebec must recognize families with more than 2 parents, Superior Court rules
by Antoni Nerestant and Hénia Ould-Hammou
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/multi-parent-families-rights-children-quebec-civil-code-1.7519867
good news for polyfolk? maybe?
via discord and then rss
Mike Mearls + Kelsey Dionne = An Hour of Happy Ep. 50
by Kelsey Dionne and Mike Mearls speaking proximate to Ben Riggs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRPJ_61QnWs
in which it turns out that these two game designers are sort of the same person ish?
via rss
Suit up! Red Deer friends create epic suit of armour
by Gonzalo and Bernardo Franco, and Alex Osborn
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6733696
nifty looking suit. i wonder how much it weighs
via rss
How Biz Profs Destroyed Free Markets
by Ian Welsh
https://www.ianwelsh.net/how-biz-profs-destroyed-free-markets/
not sure that the title precisely fits the piece, but the piece is good
via rss
Move Fast and Break Kings
by Cory Doctorow talking to Some Dude
https://flipboard.video/w/2aH2AFNTPjcdWCMqjPB5N3
some good Q+A (and some good methodology around Q+A!)
via Cory's blog
Today in Amusing Middle English...
by aeschylus-stan-account
https://skulandcrossbones.tumblr.com/post/665174471168114688/today-in-amusing-middle-english-i-came-across-an
this word is wlonk
via discord
Liberal Party Wins Canadian Election
by Ian Welsh
https://www.ianwelsh.net/liberal-party-wins-canadian-election/
i mostly agree with Ian's analysis
via rss

101 years, 1 house: London centenarian given heritage award for care of lifelong home
by Matthew Trevithick
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/101-years-1-house-london-centenarian-given-heritage-award-for-care-of-lifelong-home-1.7513569
that's kind of impressive. london, ontario, btw, afaict
via rss
Crown of Saint Wenceslas
by Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_of_Saint_Wenceslas
that's a look that one could go for. i suppose. apparently. i like the legend, though.
via word of mouth followed by a wiki search
Pakistani Carrot Rice Pudding/ Gajrela (Gajar ki Kheer)
by Henna
https://chaiandchurros.com/gajrela/
is tasty
via trying some
368 Chickens
by 368 Chickens
https://368chickens.com/
in case you need a way to waste time on the internets
via discord a while back

How to Treat A Bean Right, Because Recession
by doxiepowder
https://www.reddit.com/r/EatCheapAndHealthy/comments/fkh4al/how_to_treat_a_bean_right_because_recession/
i know (and do!) a bunch of this. nonetheless, a bunch of ideas worth investigating further
via wil
How to Cook Dried Beans
by Daniel Gritzer
https://www.seriouseats.com/how-to-cook-dried-beans

via previous link
Peter Watts On ‘Blindsight’, ‘Armored Core’ And Working With Neill Blomkamp
by Ollie Barder
https://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/2025/04/09/peter-watts-on-blindsight-armored-core-and-working-with-neill-blomkamp/
a nice little check-in with Dr.Watts
via discord
Murderbot — Official Trailer
by Murderbot and friends
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEioDeOiqEs
i think i am experiencing an emotion about this
via discord
"Does System Even Matter?"
by Bob World Builder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxEzAJImHQY
on the one hand, bob has selected an excellent metaphor. on the other hand, i feel like bob's horizons on RPGs (and stringed instruments!) could be even wider
via youtube recommends

What's wrong with tariffs
by Cory Doctorow
https://pluralistic.net/2025/04/02/me-or-your-lying-eyes/#spherical-cows-on-frictionless-surfaces
hint: not everything. including a discussion of the five axioms free trade requires in order to be a good thing, and how those axioms generally don't obtain
via rss
Move the United Nations to Montreal
by Taylor C. Noakes
https://cultmtl.com/2025/03/move-the-united-nations-to-montreal/
i don't know the city well, but it seems like an idea worth considering
via cory doctorow
How to Play
by Daybreak
https://www.daybreakgame.org/how-to-play
a game i may play at some point?
via word of mouth

Val Kilmer, star of Top Gun and Batman Forever, dead at 65
by AP
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/val-kilmer-obituary-1.7499709
so noted
via rss
If not capitalism, then what?
by Kim Siever
https://albertaworker.ca/politics/if-not-capitalism-then-what/
in case you were wondering what an anarcho-syndacalist commune is
via rss
Strix's Reviews > The Hands of the Emperor
by Strix
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7395762809
a good review of a wonderful book
via discord
The Man Who Almost Broke Math (And Himself...)
by Veritasium
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cr46G2K5Fo
check out my new Axiom
Axiom of Choice
via rss
Upton Bass Verbal Appraisals
by Gary Upton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCWCjnTL_vQ
if you're looking for a quick but informed appraisal
via youtube recommends
This puzzle is the first of its kind
by Simone Giertz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdU3lMg5K2A
i'm not sure if this would be a fun puzzle or not
via rss

No. 5790: Γαρφιελδ Ιν Φαυξ Γρεεσε
by Reisen U. Inaba
https://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=5790
yup, it checks out, up to and including that's not greek
via rss
Sharks... even more amazing than you realised
by Rochelle Constantine
https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2025/03/11/sharks-.html
the sharktopus content that you've been waiting for
via cbc
列子御風
by 吳文光
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSeeoPSugAA
in case you need some guqin to listen to (and who doesn't?)
via going looking
Stop using anti-extinct creature language
by [citation needed]
https://64.media.tumblr.com/c4af99b88007145aeddc45a8f455b29f/1c6813632e64abc2-de/s1280x1920/cf64db83ffea6129fb3f0ffa43c0c8578be2f10a.jpg
remember Peter Watts:
The game is never over; there's no finish line this side of heat death. And so, neither can there be any winners. There are only those who haven't yet lost.

via wil
Blindsight: Notes and References Longwinded Version
by Peter Watts
https://rifters.com/real/shorts/PeterWatts_Blindsight_Endnotes.pdf
[source for comment on previous link. probably of more interest to those who've already read Blindsight.]
via going looking for the precise text
Incompetent or Evil: A False Dichotomy
by Paul Krugman
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/incompetent-or-evil-a-false-dichotomy
grabbing Hanlon's Razor with both hands
via rss
Let's talk about the next US-Canadian friction point....
by Belle of the Ranch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqwjAGFOP18
oh boy, another friction point.
via rss
recreating a famous movie poster
by Carrie, Harrison, and Mark
https://wilwheaton.tumblr.com/post/779105851643428864
an excellent use of pastries
via rss
give
by Zach Weinersmith
https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/give
this is not the first discussion i've seen today of hydropower. it is the funniest, however
via rss
Veritas
by Cheapass Games
https://www.greaterthangames.com/products/veritas
could be fun?
via discord

Cross-border trips to the U.S. reach COVID lows with nearly 500,000 fewer travellers in February
by John Paul Tasker
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/cross-border-trips-decline-235k-february-1.7485695
this is no surprise
via rss
All Games Are Political
by Max Haiven
https://jacobin.com/2025/03/board-games-palestine-daybreak-pandemic/
i've been thinking about this for a while, particularly in the ways that agency is represented in TTRPGs
via Cory Doctorow
This Phantom Swordfight is ⚔️POINTLESS⚔️
by Jill Bearup
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbnpHg6D8wc
mostly just because of the continuity stuff in the review
via rss
Kuvarira Mukati
by Thomas Mapfumo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo88ImxL9HA
dat hammond organ with the mbiras!
via looking for more of his stuff on youtube, finding this
Can the city make transit stations safer?
by Emily Fitzpatrick speaking to Anne Stevenson
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6689239
given that they already are safer, i gotta wonder how much of this is some kinds of people not being comfortable in the vicinity of other kinds of people
via rss

A 1.58-Dimensional Object - Numberphile
by Ben Sparks speaking to Brady Haran
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnRhnZbDprE
and also, even more surprising, some two dimensional objects!
via rss
Your DnD Party is Too Big
by Hank Green
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pc9Uf3vFDU
i have wondered about this. apparently i managed the impossible for some years
via youtube recommends

Naturel with tuba
by tykylevits
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRKlLKnXt-g
really this just needs to be experienced
via FB
[Bracket City]
by
https://bracket.city/
in case you need another once-a-day browser game
via discord
Schubertiade Calgary
by Schubertiade Calgary
https://schubertiadeyyc.ca/
in case you're interested in the music of Schubert, and in/near Calgary
via discord

12 Balls 24 Catches
by Tom Whitfield
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGaMUeAfRJI
this is impressive
via discord
How Edmonton's winter temperature swings compare to chinooks
by Travis McEwan speaking with some folks who know some things
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6656775
also gets into the whole weather-change-causes-migraine question
via rss
The Shape of a Mars Mission
by Idle Words
https://idlewords.com/2025/02/the_shape_of_a_mars_mission.htm
in case you thought going to mars could be simple
via rss
How to Make a Schadenfreude Pie
by John Scalzi
https://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/09/26/how-to-make-a-schadenfreude-pie/
looks tasty! tasty tasty schadenfreude!
via discord
No Video Today!!
by Hank Green
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2CYihu6bjM
cuz it's not a video!
via rss
Dr Dhrolin's Dictionary of Dinosaurs
by Palaeo Games
https://palaeogames.com/shop/p/dr-dhrolins-dictionary-of-dinosaurs
if you want to include science-accurate (as far as we know) dinosaurs in your d&d game, this is the supplement for you!
via somewhere on the web?
Scream Cipher
by Randall Munroe
https://xkcd.com/3054/
fans of diäcritics will rejoice!
via rss
Inventing the Renaissance The Myth of a Golden Age
by Ada Palmer speaking to Jana Byars
https://newbooksnetwork.com/inventing-the-renaissance
a delightful discussion which among other things reveals which century was the worst
via AP's mastodon account

Irregular Webcomic! no. 5379
by David Morgan-Mar
https://www.irregularwebcomic.net/5379.html
partly for the PC reviews of the Tomb of Horrors, partly because it's one of the last IWC episodes?
via rss
Flat back vs round back
by Gary from Upton Bass
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MN7_9Wlu-PM
in case you're wondering about the difference in sound, an almost perfectly-matched comparison
via checking out their channel again
Geometry Puzzle
by [citation needed], reblogged by TYWKIWDBI
https://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/2025/02/geometry-puzzle.html
tee hee
via rss

The Fastest Fooler in History
by Juan Luis Rubiales
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pay48nKSmBI
a wonderfully smooth routine
via youtube recommends
Joke
by Zach Weinersmith
https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/joke-3
This joke would be offensive to humans, however HA HA HA HA HA
via rss
Fnord
by Steve Jackson Games
https://www.sjgames.com/secret.html
remember: if you don't see the fnord, it won't eat you
via Warehouse 23
5-Player Go First Dice
by the Dice Lab
https://www.mathartfun.com/thedicelab.com/GFD5.html
in case you and four friends need to put yourselves in some order, and would rather not roll your d120 and use factoriadic representations
via looking for weird dice
The Analemma
by Bill Busler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qh4PfP_Lhoc
in case you're wondering why it has the shape it has
via discord

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