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Inventing the Renaissance: A Book Discussion with Ada Palmer
by Ada Palmer talking with some guy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_HZ8SJmmXI
in case you need another reason to read the book
via email
I'm Guy Gavriel Kay, back for another AMA. So, please, ask me anything!
by GGK and redditors
https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/1kycegn/im_guy_gavriel_kay_back_for_another_ama_so_please/
some thoughts from himself on his new book, etc
via random googlery
GROOVY!
by JBR
http://jbr.me.uk/attic/groovy.html
the truth about fish names
via memory
The ultimate legacy of our lives
by Cutter Wood
https://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-ultimate-legacy-of-our-lives.html
i mean, that's what i figure my legacy will be
via rss
a suggestion for a character to add to my LARP
by Ada Palmer
https://wandering.shop/@adapalmer/114615781219682043
ah, the wonders of generative a"i"
via rss
Never surrender
by Paul Wells speaking to Rik Emmett
https://paulwells.substack.com/p/never-surrender
as with Wells, more of a Rush fan than a Triumph fan here, but a nice interview
via rss

raga Bhairav, composition in chautal
by Remco Helbers and Nathanael van Zuilen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhiFJiqlr8k
in case you need a little something to listen to in the morning
via rss
Community Libraries Are Spreading Across Rural India
by Geetanjali Krishna
https://reasonstobecheerful.world/rural-india-community-libraries/
i will never complain about people having greater access to books
via rss
Pope Francis, committed to service, humility and healing, dead at 88
by Chris Iorfida, Jackie Ruryk and Megan Williams
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/pope-francis-dead-1.7514706
that is news. while of course not a perfect person, i'll not complain about the ways in which he moved his church
via rss
"For a devoted Jesus fan..."
by Sridhar Ramesh
https://bsky.app/profile/radishharmers.bsky.social/post/3lndatjqnhs2v
it is said: "technically correct. the best kind of correct"
via discord
Pope Francis, sensing he is close to death, moves to protect his legacy
by Ben Munster
https://www.politico.eu/article/pope-francis-legacy-death-complex-italy-rome-health/
from a couple of months ago, but seeing as someone edited this link out of the wikipedia article on the 2025 papal conclave, i'm putting it up here
via the first version of the wikipedia page on the papal conclave
It's time again for the Untied Way
by Jon Carroll
https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/carroll/article/it-s-time-again-for-the-untied-way-4094688.php
some thoughts on charity. and no, that's not a tyope
via discord
Is 1 Prime, and Does It Matter?
by James Propp
https://mathenchant.wordpress.com/2025/04/21/is-1-prime-and-does-it-matter/
eventually also getting around to the question of whether 2 is prime
via rss
it’s the most wonderful time of the year
by wil wheaton
https://wilwheaton.net/2025/04/its-the-most-wonderful-time-of-the-year/
in case you were wondering about wil's hockey predictions
via rss
The Amazing 4 Corners Project
by Michael Borys
https://boingboing.net/2016/03/29/the-amazing-4-corners-project.html
what a fun idea!
via elseDW

Punctuation marks hanging out
by Elle Cordova
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ky0YOo7_Y0o
excellent, but needs more interrobang
via discord
Proof by Induction
by José Pablo Iriarte
https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/proof-by-induction/
a good little story about math and death and parenting. wil's reading is good too
via wil wheaton
Humorous
by Zach Weinersmith
https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/humourous
yum!
via rss
Can't fix the car without a whole lotta milka.
by Kevin McDonald
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIqn3Dzs77g
number one in the charts? Bell Biv DeVoe
via remembering it
Maple leafs deck out Manitoba's legislature for a celebration of Canadian pride
by CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/rally-for-canada-manitoba-winnipeg-1.7503166
why is the Toronto hockey team in Winnipeg?
via rss

Guess whos coming to dinner
by Black Uhuru
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWEGXb2juvM
no, not Sidney Poitier
via just remembering it for some reason
Mozilla Thunderbird Finally Takes On Gmail With New Email Service
by Jason Evangelho
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2025/04/01/finally-mozilla-thunderbird-takes-on-gmail-with-new-email-service/
i've been pondering reducing google's role in my life. this might be a step to take?
via cory doctorow
Rewilding Death in the Appalachian Mountains
by Michaela Haas
https://reasonstobecheerful.world/conservation-burials-rewilding-death/
more of this, please
via rss
Standard Ebooks
by Standard Ebooks
https://standardebooks.org/
a source for "new editions of public domain ebooks that are lovingly formatted, open source, free of U.S. copyright restrictions, and free of cost"
via discord
Shingles vaccine tied to fewer dementia diagnoses, study in Wales suggests
by Australian Broadcasting Corporation
https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/shingles-vaccine-dementia-wales-1.7500368
reminding me that i should get my shingles vax
via rss
Liberals drop Rod Loyola as Edmonton candidate with less than a month to go before polls open
by Wallis Snowdon
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/liberals-drop-rod-loyola-as-edmonton-candidate-1.7501904
huh.
via rss
Tetrahedron
by Michael Manring
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt5jVpno2yI
the manthing is always worth listening to. now i'm wondering what the d4 tie-in is
via charles berthoud

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

Building a REAL pawn that transforms into a queen (automatically)
by Works By Design
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSOnnle3zbA
what a fun project!
via cory doctorow
Like “ConstruKction of Light,” but heavier
by Make Weird Music interviewing Tonnen Von Hall
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJz89UCVVmA
like it sez on the tin
via rss
The Recluse: a documentary film on ustad Nasir Aminuddin Dagar
by Arvind Sinha
https://archive.org/details/dni.ncaa.IGNCA-890-VHS
i wish i had hindi so i'd understand more of this
via looking after a reference in wikipedia
Joanne Beverly “Bev” Adams, 1932-2025
by her granddaughter
https://marissalingen.com/blog/?p=4122
a fine tribute for an obviously special person
via discord

How a unionized job changed my life
by Kim Siever
https://albertaworker.ca/politics/how-a-unionized-job-changed-my-life/
a good reminder. solidarity, folks
via rss
Doctorow Has the Best Idea for How Canada Should Retaliate to Trump’s Tariffs + Make It So Americans Can’t Drive
by Ian Welsh reblogging Cory Doctorow
https://www.ianwelsh.net/doctorow-has-the-best-idea-for-how-canada-should-retaliate-to-trumps-tariffs-make-it-so-americans-cant-drive/
of course, this won't actually come to pass
via rss
The Secret Reason the Dems Keep Losing
by Adam Conover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKgNrshVdMw
of course, this won't actually come to pass
via youtube recommends
Filmmaker David Lynch, director of Twin Peaks and Blue Velvet, dead at 78
by CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/david-lynch-dead-1.7433266
the world will be less wonderful and strange without him
via rss, fortold on discord

The Sheltering Sky • 2024-12-08 • Kings Theatre, Brooklyn, NY
by BEAT covering King Crimson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yocWjVBHK0g
Steve Vai bringing some great stuff to the guitar solos
via youtube recommends
The Cornered Ruling Class
by Michael O. Church
https://antipodes.substack.com/p/the-cornered-ruling-class
in which he hopes that we don't have to take the Serious People seriously
via rss
Here's where you can go to celebrate New Year's Eve in Edmonton and surrounding communities
by CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/here-s-where-you-can-go-to-celebrate-new-year-s-eve-in-edmonton-and-surrounding-communities-1.7417908
several interesting-looking things here
via rss
President Jimmy Carter (1924 - 2024)
by TYWKIWDBI, excerpting form the washington post
https://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/2018/08/president-jimmy-carter.html
i'm not sure it's possible to execute the office of president of the united states ethically, but jimmy likely got closest of anyone in the last 60 years
via rss
The Hypothesis: Episode #9
by Ludological Alchemy
https://ludologicalalchemy.substack.com/p/the-hypothesis-episode-9
an extended consideration of what "fairness" is in TTRPGs, with a special shout-out to Glorfindel!
via rss

Dirac's belt trick, Topology, and Spin ½ particles
by Noah Explains Physics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACZC_XEyg9U
in case you're wondering how something can only be symmetric under a double rotation. warning: uses algebraic topology.
via going looking
Hardest thing I've ever done': Man runs 7 marathons in 7 days on 7 continents
by Darla Ponace
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/great-world-race-reg-willick-1.7408917
the istanbul thing feels like a bit of a cheat, but in this context i'll allow it
via rss
Age
by Zach Weinersmith
https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/age
indeed, think of the possibilities!
via rss
Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain dies at 73 in US hospital, his family confirms
by Ashutosh Acharya
https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/zakir-hussain-dies-at-73-tabla-maestro-icu-suffering-heart-problems-san-francisco-icu-2650234-2024-12-15
Zakirji was monumental as a musician. rest in peace, ustadji!
via FB and then going looking

Surging demand puts pressure on high school upgrading programs in Edmonton
by Emily Williams
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/surging-demand-puts-pressure-on-high-school-upgrading-programs-in-edmonton-1.7389961
i'd been already aware of bits of this
via rss
Why Assisted Suicide Bills Will Proliferate & Deaths Will Increase
by Ian Welsh
https://www.ianwelsh.net/why-assisted-suicide-bills-will-pass-deaths-will-increase/
on the one hand, i'm totally in favour of MAiD being a thing. on the other hand, Ian's got a point here
via rss
Math Puzzle
by [citation needed], reblogged by TYWKIWDBI
https://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/2024/11/math-puzzle.html
a nice little snack
via rss

Erdős Lap Number
by Oleg Pikhurko
https://pikhurko.github.io/Gallery/ELN/
i knew about Erdős numbers, but these are new to me
via discord
Lacking definitions among Alberta privacy commissioner's worries over 2 government bills
by Jack Farrell
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-privacy-commissioner-concerned-bills-1.7389224
one of these is probably just regular incompetence. the other smells of malicious intent
via rss
Can School Plays Change Kids’ Lives?
by Michaela Haas
https://reasonstobecheerful.world/can-school-plays-change-kids-lives/
short answer: yes, of course. longer answer: this sounds like a truly nifty program
via rss
Burned forests in Jasper National Park showing signs of life ahead of winter freeze
by Acton Clarkin
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/jasper-alberta-wildfire-forest-renewal-1.7388814
good to see that there's recovery, but it's going to be a while....
via rss
Passenger rail engagement
by the Government of Alberta
https://www.alberta.ca/passenger-rail-engagement
what? the provincial government is doing something that isn't entirely stupid?!?
via going looking after reading a cbc news item that didn't actually have a link to the survey
Welcoming the SFF world to ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ
by the bid committee
https://www.edmontonin2030.org/
worldcon in Edmonton? i'm in favour!
via FB
Expert agencies and elected legislatures
by Cory Doctorow
https://pluralistic.net/2024/11/21/policy-based-evidence/#decisions-decisions
including a (relevant!) discussion of the Nutt Sack affair
via rss
On transphobia, memory and mourning.
by Laurie Penny
https://lauriepenny.substack.com/p/on-transphobia-memory-and-mourning
i'm now a day late linking this. apologies.
via rss

Canada Post workers go on strike, disrupting deliveries
by CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/canada-post-strike-1.7384146
not a big surprise. hopefully those involved get this sorted soon and the workers get a good deal
via discord and then rss
Ten years of building Middle-earth in Minecraft.
by ArdaCraft
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Aq0KJMo4RA
congratulations!
via discord
Okay, I Love Spinal Tap! "Big Bottoms" has me bouncing with joy!
by Spin̈al Tap and the Charismatic Voice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sikUM1B8VyE
the bottom end is always important
via rss
Sarod maestro Aashish Khan passes away in US at 84
by Priyanka Dasgupta
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/tributes-pour-in-as-sarod-maestro-aashish-khan-passes-away-at-84/articleshow/115339123.cms
RIP ustadji
via going looking after seeing the news on FB
Whales are Fish (and Everything Else is Beetles)
by Lindsay Nikole and Hank Green
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAWDeQvCg4I
i also am fish
via rss
New Alberta middle school curriculum coming in math, social studies and wellness
by Janet French
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/new-alberta-middle-school-curriculum-coming-in-math-social-studies-and-wellness-1.7383898
i'm curious about several aspects of this
via rss
Attention spans for math and stories
by Jeremy Kun
https://www.jeremykun.com/2019/03/26/attention-spans-for-math-and-stories/
excellent ideas here. (and now i'm wondering if the camp counsellor story is true, or is something he made up....)
via rss
How to read more books
by David R. MacIver
https://drmaciver.substack.com/p/how-to-read-more-books
includes a couple of possibly useful spells
via rss

Haka erupts in Parliament before Treaty Principles Bill passes first reading
by Daniel Perese
https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2024/11/14/watch-haka-erupts-in-parliament-before-treaty-principles-bill-passes-first-reading/
i find haka fascinating. that one would happen in parliament is doubly so
via discord
What It Means To Be Left Wing
by Ian Welsh
https://www.ianwelsh.net/what-it-means-to-be-left-wing/
in case you have a hard time distinguishing liberals and leftists
via rss
Why did Jesus have twelve apostles?
by Aaron Smith-Teller
https://www.tumblr.com/aaronsmithtumbler/767138345069527040/q-why-did-jesus-have-twelve-apostles-a-twelve
in case you were wondering
via rss
Huskangerdongs
by Creepy Dave with Ze Frank
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ry1S5yOpD6Y
stoopid reindeer!
via rss
The Life Is The Red Wagon
by jane siberry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2quamwdyoeA
cuz it's always relevant
via memory
Facebook of the Dead
by Randall Munroe replying to Emily Dunham
https://what-if.xkcd.com/69/
just give it a few more decades....
via it coming up on, surprisingly enough, FB
Tribal People React to Neil Peart's Drum Solo - Rush Live in Frankfurt
by Neil Peart and several folks watching/listening to him for the first time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKbWeLCGCF4
the comment at 10:08 nails it: "he is an Ustad, he gave all his life to this and ultimately succeeded"
via youtube recommends

Collins Official SCRABBLE ™ Words 2024
by Brett Smitheram
https://scrabble.collinsdictionary.com/blog/collins-official-scrabble-words-2024/
i think i knew most of these?
via discord
Mirror Maze Challenge
by someone? [citation needed]
https://jja.sga.mybluehost.me/maze/
this is nontrivial
via boing
On Being An Altruistic Parent
by Ozy Brennan
https://thingofthings.substack.com/p/on-being-an-altruistic-parent
this is an argument (or, at least, an argument-form) which i've previously contemplated
via rss
Public Message
by Earth's General Store
https://earthsgeneralstore.ca/
they're closing?!?!?
via word-of-mouth
5 bison dead after 2 vehicles hit them in Elk Island National Park: Parks Canada
by Nicholas Frew and Sam Samson
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/bison-dead-elk-island-national-park-vehicle-collision-1.7330184
not good news. (and i would not have bet on the vehicles coming out on top in those collisions)
via rss

The “Join Matrix!” Guide: Basics
by Matrix
https://joinmatrix.org/guide/
in case you're looking for a distributed, open source, fediverse equivalent-to-discord. which short term i'm probably not, and long term i'm probably
via discord, curiously enough
Birchwood Funeral Chapel Co-op
by Birchwood Funeral Chapel Co-op
https://birchwoodfuneralchapel.com/43/Home.html
always good to see co-ops, and funeral services are an area where they're really needed
via other stuff

An Abundance of Katherines: The Game Theory of Baby Naming
by Katy Blumer, Kate Donahue, Katie Fritz, Kate Ivanovich, Katherine Lee, Katie Luo, Cathy Meng, Katie Van Koevering
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.00732
this is a thing of brilliance and nift. read the footnotes and endnotes for full giggles
via discord
De moralibus orcorum: Sargon of Akkad, Rings of Power, Evil, and George R.R. Martin
by Daniel Stride
https://phuulishfellow.wordpress.com/2024/09/15/de-moralia-orcorum-sargon-of-akkad-rings-of-power-evil-and-george-r-r-martin/
a nice take down of someone whose familiarity with morgoth's ring is perhaps less than optimal
via rss
2024 Early Music Festival
by Early Music Alberta
https://www.earlymusicalberta.ca/
hmm....
via discord
sequestering carbon, several books at a time CXXXIX
by Susan Stepney
http://susan-stepney.blogspot.com/2024/07/sequestering-carbon-several-books-at.html
a chunk of familiar stuff here
via rss
"Waiting Man"
by King Crimson, performed by BEAT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsAl0Cgzi9c
if this is what they're like at the start the tour, they're gonna be on fire by the end!
via going looking
Gritty Kills Tony Stark
by Copulation Matrix
https://archiveofourown.org/works/16620266?view_adult=true
that's definitely a take on things
via wil

Sneakers (9/9) Movie CLIP - The Team's Demands (1992) HD
by various first-rate actors
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74ocbvwam7c
RIP JEJ
via looking for it after the news about JEJ

The halfway point between Edmonton, Alberta and Seattle, Washington is:
by travelmath
https://www.travelmath.com/halfway/from/Edmonton,+Canada/to/Seattle,+WA
oh good!
via i was wondering
Rain and a trade means ex-Jay will become 1st in MLB history to play for both teams in same game
by The Associated Press
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/mlb/baseball-danny-jansen-double-duty-aug-25-1.7304649
that's unusual!
via rss
Ottawa hoping to convince reluctant civil servants of the benefits of working from the office
by Daniel Leblanc
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/public-service-telework-pandemic-1.7303267
i can see edge cases where it might be better, but most of the time let people work where they're more productive!
via rss
At least 100 people killed in deadly jihadi attack in central Burkina Faso
by The Associated Press
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/burkina-faso-violence-1.7305373
why are headlines about Burkina Faso almost never good news?
via rss

The weirdest guy I ever met in a church was this boy who referred to “Buzz Aldrin and his husband” going to the moon....
by assorted tumblristas
https://www.tumblr.com/estelendur/756617026513108992?source=share
and tumblr does exactly what it's here for
via discord
James C. Scott passed away on July 19.
by Gerardo L. Munck
https://x.com/GerardoMunck/status/1815059432382067053
RIP
via mention on discord, going looking
What is Entropy?
by John Carlos Baez
https://johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com/2024/07/20/what-is-entropy/
[adds to TBR file]
via rss

Cat in the Box
by 横内宗幸
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/345972/cat-in-the-box-deluxe-edition
a quantum trick-taking game that sounds (a) fun and (b) tricky
via DMM
Auto insurance overhaul likely for Alberta. How far will UCP go?
by Jason Markusoff
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-auto-insurance-reforms-analysis-1.7221427
that a conservative government in this province would consider switching to public auto-insurance is so unprecedented that i'm having to resort to italics
via rss
Letter 340
by J.R.R.Tolkien
https://www.tolkienestate.com/letters/christopher-tolkien-11-july-1972/
the saddest thing Tolkien ever wrote
via recalling it, after reading chapter 19 of The Silmarillion, which provides necessary context

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