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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

Waste Reduction Roadmap ‘30
by the City of Edmonton
https://cityofedmonton.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_247DJ1ParG7RAUu
edmontonians - what can we do to reduce waste?
via taproot
Fireside Fedi Episode 16
by some dude talking to Cory Doctorow
https://video.firesidefedi.live/w/huevh4L6r1yMYXqcQMi8gR
excellent conversation. many familiar notes, but many bits that were new to me too
via cory's blog
The Great Canadian Rat War
by STRANGE ÆONS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMOMa-4D1yQ
yup, it's all true
via youtube recommends

Let's talk about Canadian tourists, Trump, declines, and billions....
by Belle of the Ranch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7Zjgl4CkNY
yup, pretty much
via rss
Is This the Year We Doom Civilization?
by Paul Krugman
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/is-this-the-year-we-doom-civilization
i mean, a lot of this stuff was locked in a decade or two ago. nonetheless, not a good look.
via rss
"He's Not Going To Be Afraid To Speak His Mind"
by James Martin speaking to Stephen Colbert
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRrS1l5-w7I
two american catholics talking about their new pope. interestingest word: "many"
via youtube recommends
Gallus rostromegalus
by Gallus rostromegalus
https://www.tumblr.com/gallusrostromegalus/168284180238/gallus-rostromegalus
an origin story involving a mad scientist's apprentice
via discord

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

Complete Chamber Music
by Dietrich Buxtehude, performed by Ensemble Fantasticus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgaqkPAcSfs
in case you need 3+ hours of baroque instrumental music
via perhaps needing (or, at least, certainly appreciating) 3+ hours of baroque instrumental music
Upstate N.Y. tourism operators offering discounts to win back Canadians
by Campbell MacDiarmid
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/upstate-n-y-tourism-operators-offering-discounts-to-win-back-canadians-1.7527622
i feel like this misses most of the point. canadians aren't boycotting because of the tariffs. we're boycotting because your president has been threatening to take over our country, and it isn't even safe to cross the border these days. deal with those, and we'll take a look at whether the tariffs are an issue.
via rss
75 years of Alberta's mission to keep rats at bay
by CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/75-years-of-alberta-s-mission-to-keep-rats-at-bay-1.7531268
all hail the rat patrol!
via rss
Yarn Theory
by Marie Vibbert
https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/vibbert_05_25/
the intersection between fibre arts and mathematics. and space aliens.
via discord
No One Reported on Colossal’s Bigger Wolf News
by Hank Green, including him speaking with Sarah Suta
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbzcW8d1WOA
a fascinating discussion about extinction, genetics, ethics, etc, etc
via youtube recommends
Calgary, Edmonton mayors call potential separatism referendum 'dangerous'
by Matthew Scace
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-mayors-separatism-referendum-1.7532048
i mean, yeah. don't give this thing oxygen, dani
via rss
Quebec riding of Terrebonne flips to Liberals after recount shows candidate won by single vote
by Benjamin Lopez Steven
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/terrebone-recount-liberal-1.7532136
a reminder that sometimes (only sometimes) every vote counts
via discord and then rss

Spreadsheets and Resurrection: The Pastoral Politics of Hope
by Clint Schnekloth
https://clintschnekloth.substack.com/p/spreadsheets-and-resurrection-the
gets a few details of HotE worng, but still a good discussion of Goddard's stuff
via discord
Spruiking, fake tradies and corflute stoushes: how to understand the Australian election
by Caitlin Cassidy
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/30/spruiking-fake-tradies-and-corflute-stoushes-how-to-understand-the-australian-election
in case your Strine vocabulary needs an update
via discord
Jupiter Core
by Randall Munroe
https://xkcd.com/3083/
avocado!
via rss
plural
by Zach Weinersmith
https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/plural-2
hard agree on all points
via discord and rss
Why We Lost The World's Only Double-Sided Monorail
by the Tim Traveller
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vca3EF4C5xU
just think: we could have had a double-sided monorail!
via rss
oh no , the dog is drinking the wave equation
by lvl10blvkmage
https://www.tumblr.com/lvl10blvkmage/775927859947732992/oh-no-the-dog-is-drinking-the-wave-equation
well, yes, that's a thing that happens sometimes
via wil

Squirrel Buster® Plus
by Brome
https://store.bromebirdcare.com/products/squirrel-buster-plus
in case you need a bird feeder which the squirrels won't empty out
via discord
How far will YOU go to save your language?
by Rhapsody in Lingo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bqM2bIhnw0
what i think is a fairly even-handed discussion of Québec language policy?
via discord
Timeline of Canadian Political Parties
by Matt Baker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PK3dnGheWA
hopefully he'll wait a few more days before finalizing this one?
via rss
How We Form Opinions
by Hank Green
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciJe3oFb134
epistemic humility be tough
via rss
Cardinals Likely to Become Pope
by Turing-Complete Onion
https://bsky.app/profile/cstheoryonion.bsky.social/post/3lnn6sy44yc2s
a solid analysis, possible incomprehensible to those without set theory
via discord

24 hopping baby goats! Oh My!
by Sunflower Farm Creamery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3uYgYq1uWQ
in case you need four and a half minutes of baby goats
via discord
Why Gauss wanted to sow three fields of wheat
by Lateral with Tom Scott
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_9ghQ3MCsc
a quiz/guessing show, where it's positively painful to see how little the guessers know about Gauß
via youtube recommends? i think?

Beautiful Things.
by Peter Watts
https://www.rifters.com/crawl/?p=11458
in case you're looking for extremely expensive books
via ~~rss~~ FB, actually, although presumably it'll show up on the feeds fairly soon
The Moment B.C.'s elusive spirit bear emerged for a close-up photo shoot
by CBC talking with Paul Nicklen
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6702109
on the one hand, yes, natural beauty and all. on the other hand, why are you standing a metre away from a bear?!?!?
via rss
Douglas Adams on David Letterman (14 February 1985)
by the aforementioned
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SF2fZ2iOXhk
in which the author relates a classic story
via youtube recommends

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

CROWS BEFORE BROS support your local murder
by spookysalem13 et al
https://wilwheaton.tumblr.com/post/778873177760776192
i also support this murder
via rss
File:Brown rat distribution.png
by wikipedians
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Brown_rat_distribution.png
reading through the history is kinda funny if you know about the alberta rat patrol
via discord
Lexeme jest: Eleven excellent genres
by eric neyman?
https://ericneyman.wordpress.com/2021/08/13/lexeme-jest-eleven-excellent-genres/
several fun examples of constrained writing here
via discord
Everything is in 4/4 if you try hard enough
by Adam Neely/Sungazer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ2Q_skcBn0
it checks out
via rss

Megalodon-mania: Teeth from massive ancient shark up for auction in Saint John
by Isabelle Leger
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/megalodon-teeth-saint-john-auction-house-jones-nb-1.7486828
in case you need some fossilized shark teeth
via rss
Against All Reason: William Blake and the Private Fantasy Mythology
by Daniel Stride
https://phuulishfellow.wordpress.com/2025/03/20/against-all-reason-william-blake-and-the-private-fantasy-mythology/
picking one nit: i'm pretty sure that somewhere in the letters JRRT discusses Blake's use of "orc", although it certainly wasn't where he got the word from
via rss

The Social Uses of War
by siderea
https://siderea.dreamwidth.org/1874120.html
in case you were feeling too chipper about the current political situation
via rss
Nobody knows why this snowy owl is orange
by Sheena Goodyear
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/orange-snowy-owl-1.7486027
that's one freaky-looking owl. good choice of name, and the last theory given in the article is pretty plausible
via rss
What Was The First Ever Bus Route?
by the Tim Traveller
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsNEVRosKzM
with a special appearance by a famous mathematician?!?
via rss
Disconnections
by Marissa Lingen
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00628-9
a story about an antisocial network
via discord

Daylight Ravings Time
by Tom Murphy
https://dothemath.ucsd.edu/2025/03/daylight-ravings-time/
precisely all of this
via rss
Daniel Pinkwater's "Jules, Penny and the Rooster"
by Cory Doctorow reviewing Daniel Pinkwater
https://pluralistic.net/2025/03/11/klong-you-are-a-pickle-2/#martian-space-potato
sadly, i have misplaced my brass martian potato
via rss
Weird pupils let octopuses see their colorful gardens
by Robert Sanders
https://news.berkeley.edu/2016/07/05/weird-pupils-let-octopuses-see-their-colorful-gardens/
given that the previous mechanism i'd heard was that they see colours using their skin, this is plausibler
via discord, i htink?
Snowbirds must soon submit fingerprints for U.S. travel under new Homeland Security rules
by Holly Cabrera
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/us-travel-immigration-law-executive-order-canadians-1.7481054
this doesn't make me more inclined to visit. which i suppose is the point.
via rss

The True Size
by James Talmage and Damon Maneice
https://www.thetruesize.com/
in case you're wondering how bit a country is, and are tired of the Mercator projection
via wanting to compare Israel and Manitoba
a female common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) emerging from brumation in a dry lake mudhole with 18 lbs of dirt & grass on her back
by Timothy C. Roth
https://bsky.app/profile/c0nc0rdance.bsky.social/post/3lguzcusdqs2u
it is, of course, turtles all the way down
via discord
How Hollywood Ruined The Funniest Thing Ever Written
by Giant Freakin Robot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFTvqWFDSJs
it makes a strong case. (i don't think i've seen this since it was in theatres?)
via youtube recommends
Sabbatical
by Susan on the Soapbox
https://susanonthesoapbox.com/2025/03/09/sabbatical-2/
feeling all of this. rest well, Soapboxji
via rss
Actual footage of me travelling back in time to punch the inventor of Daylight Savings:
by [citation needed], possibly depsidase
https://wilwheaton.tumblr.com/post/777577162816536576
precisely. except that it's saving, not savings. and it's not saving anything
via rss

The Creator Does Not Answer
by Lance Parkin
https://medium.com/@lancejparkin_44549/the-creator-does-not-answer-85aa6e011df3
a consideration of how the moral character of the artist (in this case Gene Rodenberry) is related to the moral character of the art (in this case, Star Trek), with a consideration of who actually created modern Trek
via Jonathan Crowe
Unemployment benefits for striking workers gain approval from Washington Senate
by Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero
https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2025/03/07/unemployment-benefits-for-striking-workers-gain-approval-from-washington-senate/
more of this, please!
via mention in this video
HONK
by Cyriak
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u08E7c-FRbU
honk indeed!
via wondering what cyriak has been up to recently

Take a look inside this giant satellite dish
by Giacomo Panico
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6666871
i'd always wondered what was inside those big golf balls on top of buildings
via rss
It's Pancake Day! Time to EAT PANCAKES in HONOR OF MACHIAVELLI!
by Ada Palmer
https://wandering.shop/@adapalmer/114105764293469686
yay pancake nerds!
via rss
Covert Resistance Giraffe!
by Ada Palmer
https://wandering.shop/@adapalmer/114105215636854158
also includes: what happens when a King and a Pope get an elephant and a rhino to fight?
via rss
How rebellion against moralizing has become a surprising rallying point for the political right
by Alexis Shotwell and Killian Jörg
https://theconversation.com/how-rebellion-against-moralizing-has-become-a-surprising-rallying-point-for-the-political-right-250549
saving the tab, haven't read yet
via discord
How far I’ll go to make an RSS feed of your website
by Chris Hardie
https://tech.chrishardie.com/2025/rss-feed-of-your-website/
saving the tab, only skimmed so far
via Cory Doctorow

Jurassic Pork: What Could a Jewish Time Traveler Eat?
by Roy E. Plotnick, Jessica M. Theodor & Thomas R. Holtz Jr.
https://evolution-outreach.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12052-015-0047-2
in case you are both (a) an observant jew and (b) a time-traveller, this may be helpful!
via discord
The Secret to Learning & Problem-Solving in Life
by Ben Orlin speaking to Eric Zimmer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qb26GeRjEr0
can we take insights from mathematics and apply them to daily life? sometimes!
via math with bad drawings
German tourist held indefinitely in San Diego area immigrant detention facility
by Gustavo Solis
https://www.kpbs.org/news/border-immigration/2025/02/28/german-tourist-held-indefinitely-in-san-diego-area-immigrant-detention-facility
my inclination to visit that country is getting less and less every day
via discord
You've got to have a laugh,' says British man who put fake legs in pothole
by Sheena Goodyear
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/you-ve-got-to-have-a-laugh-says-british-man-who-put-fake-legs-in-pothole-1.7471661
doesn't scale, of course, but still fun
via rss
The Answers Post (#10)
by Rich Burlew
https://www.patreon.com/posts/answers-post-10-119041677
i don't check in on Rich's patreon regularly, so hadn't yet seen this set from the end of 2024
via checking in

Sask. snowbirds selling vacation home in Arizona, say they can no longer live in Trump's America
by Colleen Silverthorn
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/snowbirds-list-vacation-home-in-arizona-1.7468998
this is no surprise
via rss
No matter what the weather is, I wish for all of you blue skies and golden sunshine internally all along the way.
by David Lynch
https://wilwheaton.tumblr.com/post/776702627026288640
same, David, same
via rss
reporting this to the olympic interference hotline. she wont get away with this
by a cat
https://www.tumblr.com/cute-catts/758364410829062144
that explains a lot
via discord
Tuxedo Cat vs. LEGO Tuxedo Cat
by 2in1 Bricking
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAy9ZYWq8_o
the uncanny valley, feline version
via discord, right after previous link
For the 1st time in Canada, surgeons put teeth in patients' eyes to restore sight
by Sheena Goodyear
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/tooth-in-eye-surgery-canada-1.7470626
what a bizarre medical procedure. but hey, if it works, it works
via rss
Library’s resident musician wants to connect Edmonton’s music scene
by Colin Gallant
https://edmonton.taproot.news/briefs/2025/02/28/librarys-resident-musician-wants-to-connect-edmontons-music-scene
looks like a great program. hopefully they can keep it going
via rss
We Will Eradicate Measles
by Hank Green
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCvLbT1uXXg
i hadn't known about the lack of an animal resevoir. that's good news! hopefully there's also the necessary political will?
via rss

True Facts: How Camels Conquered the Desert
by Ze Frank and some camels
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc0ZCqLUjSo
in case you need to learn about camel poops
via rss
How Does A Homing Pigeon Know Where To Go?
by Michelle Khare and Hank Green
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhkkiXArOn8
i found the stuff about the coral even more interesting than the pigeons
via youtube recommends
How Curling Stones are Made?
by How it's made
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUy9ake9q8w
in case you were wondering
via wondering and going looking

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