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

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
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
Literary genres as equations.
by Ben Orlin
https://mathwithbaddrawings.com/2025/07/07/literary-genres-as-equations/
several fun ones in here
via rss
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
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
3eanuts August 29, 1957
by Charles Schulz assisted by Bill Israel
https://3eanuts.com/post/788429713672732672
i feel seen
via rss

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

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

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
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
#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
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
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
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
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
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

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

limmey joke
by Dr. Manny
https://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=5882
you look like you have something to say. do you?
via rss
Buskers must now sing in French in Quebec City's tourist hub. Not everyone is happy
by Rachel Watts
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/buskers-new-rules-quebec-city-french-rule-1.7570667
for not the first time, i look at a political decision in québec and struggle to see what problem it's attempting to fix
via rss
All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt
by Marissa Lingen
https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/all-i-got-was-this-lousy-t-shirt/
a trade convention at a space station. what could go worng?
via discord

White & Nerdy (Take #1)
by "Weird Al" Yankovic and Donny Osmond
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vq6OncN6_Fo
i feel seen
via discord
Pulp Fiction Game
by cinefix
https://cosmonautroger.tumblr.com/post/786846884437344256/pulp-fiction-game
this is really well done
via wil
Male stick insect hatches from all-female colony at Science World in 'extremely rare' event
by Cheryl Chan
https://vancouversun.com/news/rare-male-stick-insect-hatched-from-all-female-colony-in-science-world
yay rare insect scenario!
via FB, but not directly, cuz meta hates canadian news and vice-versa
The Simple $1,000,000 Problem No One Can Solve
by Veritasium
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x32Zq-XvID4
(it's the Goldbach conjecture)
via rss
Ķ
by Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%B6
purely for the disambiguation
via discord

Poll
by Zach Weinersmith
https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/poll
i wish that would happen more often
via rss
The Day I Wrote Fortunate Son
by John Fogerty
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6s6ENqy395E
apparently this song was used at a political event on the weekend? perhaps the people at that event hadn't listened to the lyrics. in that case, mr. fogerty helpfully has an explanation of what it's all about.
via going looking for the song

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

What next? UCP takes to reading Yours Truly in The Tyee, quoting lefty bloggers in press release
by David Climenhaga
https://albertapolitics.ca/2025/06/what-next-ucp-takes-to-reading-yours-truly-in-the-tyee-quoting-lefty-bloggers-in-press-release/
shared entirely for the "flying buttress" metaphor, which i may have to use at some point
via rss
Here’s What’s Happening in America, in Six (Mostly) Russian Terms
by Maria Kuznetsova and Dan Storyev
https://archive.ph/TF2G4
some unfortunately helpful vocabulary for describing the [gestures broadly]
via discord
Where's Bombadli?
by whypic
https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fm5nbyw69mrs41.jpg
for extra credit, also find: barrow-wight, goldberry, old man willow, fatty lumpkin
via discord
Why I’m so Mad Right Now
by Hank Green
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ChIo3Ubdbo
horrible and plausible strategic analysis
via youtube recommends

Of Fantasy Babies and Genre Bathwater – Post-Tolkien: A Reply to The Second Story
by Daniel Stride
https://phuulishfellow.wordpress.com/2025/06/09/of-fantasy-babies-and-genre-bathwater-a-reply-to-the-second-story/
a take on a take on the history of fantasy literature in the last 50 years
via rss
Sci-fi writer Charles Stross' dark take on Silicon Valley 'religion'
by Charlie Stross speaking with Tom Barfield
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/sci-fi-writer-charles-stross-053049956.html
some notes on where he's coming from, and where he's going, and TESCREAL
via charlie's blog
The Culture vs The Ekumen as Models for Humanity's Future
by hank green
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6PT1VKPLlQ
hard same, hank, hard same
via youtube recommends cuz i still don't have .rss for hankschannel for some reason
Alert Sound
by Randall Munroe
https://xkcd.com/3100/
this sort of thing does indeed work well
via rss
Survival
by Bob Marley and the Wailers
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nk6DytFISpBkLTqJiO1DcaOoutMMCte3U
a fine album
via memory
Peacock Neck Sausage
by Forager Chef
https://foragerchef.com/peacock-sausage/
that's a rather unusual-looking sausage
via wandering around the www

Psycho Killer
by Talking heads featuring Saorise Ronan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJ54eImz88w
welp, i feel seen
via FB
Let bygones be bygones? Fans weigh in on criticism of Wayne Gretzky over Trump ties
by Aaron Sousa
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/fans-weigh-in-on-criticism-of-wayne-gretzky-over-donald-trump-ties-1.7554126
personally still not a fan of wayne's MAGA heel turn
via rss
Where and how Tories and Liberals disagree on climate
by Chris Ross
https://www.readtheline.ca/p/chris-ross-where-and-how-tories-and
polling results with curious suggestions about how different political parties may end up crafting their climate change positions. of course, all the policy positions are insufficient for dealing with what's actually going on.
via rss
Talking to Americans' amid 51st state rhetoric
by Rick Mercer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAVf2QoaV9U
there are worse people to ask about the mood of the country right now
via youtube recommends
Preserving Natural Quiet in an Ever-Louder World
by Jennifer Cole
https://reasonstobecheerful.world/preserving-natural-quiet-loud-world/
anything to cut down on the noise is very welcome
via rss
The Oort Cloud
by John Carlos Baez
https://johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com/2025/06/06/the-oort-cloud/
i'd not realized before that it's not spherical. cool!
via rss
Jules Saint-Michel, Luthier
by Jules Saint-Michel, Luthier
https://www.luthiersaintmichel.com/home
i'm curious about their collection of old basses, which they describe as unique in Quebec.
via word of mouth
Double bass model Lamario 2001
by Mario Lamarre
https://lamario.ca/lamario2001-contrebasse.php?lang=en
this thing is utterly weird. a five string, with a B extension, and a C extension on the D string?!? look at that pegbox. utterly bonkers.
via apparently i'm looking up double bass luthiers in montréal now?

True Facts: Beetles That Took Things Too Far
by Ze Frank
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spuO7OpS6zw
those beatles are wacky!
via rss
‘Empathy is a kind of strength’: Jacinda Ardern on kind leadership, public rage and life in Trump’s America
by Jacinda Ardern speaking to Katharine Viner
https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2025/may/31/jacinda-ardern-kind-leadership-public-rage-life-trump-america
i mean, empathy is the foundation of real strength, isn't it?
via discord
Soul
by Zach Weinersmith
https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/soul-8
i'm a monist. there might be subtypes of things, but there's one type of things: things
via rss
this is rocket
by nostalgia-eh52
https://nostalgia-eh52.tumblr.com/post/784997921793966080
do you agree with this decision?
via wil

The David Lynch Collection
by Julien's
https://www.juliensauctions.com/en/auctions/julien-s-auctions-turner-classic-movies-present-the-david-lynch-collection
if you want something that Lynch owned
via discord
Us vs. Them / Our Government vs. The Government
by Ian Welsh
https://www.ianwelsh.net/us-vs-them-our-government-vs-the-government/
agreed inre: sortition. i'll be interested in seeing his thoughts on taxation
via rss
Good or Bad
by Zach Weinersmith
https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/good-or-bad
i feel that
via rss
Have I ever shown you guys these weird late 80s Soviet Lord Of The Rings illustrations?
by someone showing weird late 80s Soviet Lord of the Rings illustrations
https://www.tumblr.com/warrioreowynofrohan/785002299158315008/have-i-ever-shown-you-guys-these-weird-late-80s
a fascinating take
via discord
Is this what door handles should have looked like all along?
by Simone Giertz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JfhSmrKK3A
she makes a good case!
via rss

owls in towels
by Stone Willows
https://owlsintowels.org/
owels! towls!
via discord, twice
Get Your Library Card
by the Library of Congress
https://www.loc.gov/research-centers/use-the-library/research-at-the-library/get-your-library-card/
in case you'd like to read something in their collexion
via observing a discussion in which someone wanted precisely this
Canada renamed the Great Lakes
by possibly erijewi?
https://imgur.com/gallery/canada-renamed-great-lakes-Z0qARY5
it's a fair cop
via word of mouth, email
Will There Ever Be Flying Cars?
by Akilah Hughes asking Hank Green
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUnR0szT4mg
this and several other question as well, many of which are not about weed
via youtube recommends

Mass Spec
by Randall Munroe
https://xkcd.com/3094/
that's hilarious
via rss
Alberta kicks off electoral boundary review as province swells to 5 million
by Joel Dryden
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-electoral-boundaries-jyoti-gondek-bob-marshall-1.7539153
hopefully the independent process is sufficiently independent to get a good result
via rss
Usher of the Black Rod
by the Senate of Canada
https://sencanada.ca/en/about/usher-black-rod/
in case you're wondering what he's up to when the king isn't visiting
via the wikipedia page
YEGO 2025
by YEGO 2025
https://millwoodstowncentre.com/event/yego-2025/
for edmonton area fans of lego
via email
What if you used a flamethrower as a snowblower?
by Randall Munroe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYf9-xfm6t8
excellent question, excellent answer!
via rss
Zen at the End of Religion
by James Ishmael Ford
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/monkeymind/2025/05/zen-at-the-end-of-religion.html
might have to read this. i appreciated the talk, especially the reminder to take traditions seriously but not literally, and the reminder that religious-but-not-spiritual people exist
via rss
Bellingham, Wash., council pens letter to B.C. cities amid cross-border tensions
by CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bellingham-letter-bc-cities-1.7545411
i don't see this getting fixed until POTUS repudiates the lusting-after-our-territory thing
via rss

Adulting 101' programs are helping Gen Z catch up on key life skills
by Marcus Medford-Kerr
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/adulting-101-life-skills-course-for-gen-z-1.7542212
on the one hand, it's alarming that such things are needeed. on the other hand, if they're needed, it's good that they're available
via rss
information is often tied to the systems that transmit it
by max1461
https://www.tumblr.com/max1461/735519648444022784/thinking-about-this-post-the-only-way-to-make-a
even as they say
via discord
How to Fix Grocery Stores
by Hank Green et al
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxMR1TMec04
this could work!
via youtube recommends
98-year-old Grunthal twins happy to still be teasing, living next door to each other
by Ian Froese
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/twins-98-year-old-birthday-live-next-door-down-the-hall-1.7539883
news from Jantsied! (or is it Ditsied?)
via rss
Northern Bricks 2025
by Northern Bricks
https://northernbricks.ca/
if you're an AFOL who wants to see some great MOCs!
via FB
I am a mature adult
by Rob Waugh et al
https://wilwheaton.tumblr.com/post/784463894210101248
i also am a mature adult
via rss

First Update From Dianna
by Physics Girl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqeIeIcDHD0
this is progress! slow, agonizingly slow progress, but progress!
via youtube recommends
WE HAVE TO FIGHT IN HOLES.
by Ryan North
https://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=2460
some excellent gender-neutral ideas here
via discord
The $2 Million Lost Book of Archimedes
by Ben Syversen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXNIgHov0Nk
in case you were wondering about The Method and the palimpsest in which it was rediscovered
via discord
Because bootstraps aren't real
by Jessica Hagy
https://thisisindexed.com/2025/05/because-bootstraps-arent-real/
excellent point
via rss
We’ve Long Known That Music Eases Pain. Now, Science Is Proving It.
by Michaela Haas
https://reasonstobecheerful.world/how-music-eases-pain/
indeed, as Robert N Marley told us some decades ago, "one good thing about music: when it hits, you feel no pain"
via rss

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

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