What I saw on the web on 2025.7.1
Jul. 2nd, 2025 07:04 am- 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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