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2025-07-14 07:01 am
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  1. Matt Leacock and Matteo Menapace, co-designers of Daybreak. Ask us anything!
    by Matt Leacock and Matteo Menapace
    https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/comments/xk8qws/matt_leacock_and_matteo_menapace_codesigners_of/
    haven't had a chance to read this yet, but will!
    via going looking
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2025-07-05 06:15 am
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  1. This Graph Changed My Life
    by Hank Green
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvtEINcqc6c
    this is stuff that's good to remember
    via rss

  2. Daybreak solo guide: How to beat the solo game in 3 rounds (or less!)
    by Papa Boris
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSgkxxM9Dok
    this feels a little too simple, but it helped
    via BGG

  3. General pointers for approaching Daybreak
    by Remy
    https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3183302/general-pointers-for-approaching-daybreak
    this feels a little too simple, but it helped
    via going looking for suggestions
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2025-07-02 07:04 am
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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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
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2025-07-01 06:21 am
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What I saw on the web on 2025.6.30


  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. #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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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
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2025-06-25 07:02 am
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  1. raga Bilaskhani Todi
    by pandit Kushal Das
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ael8iSX673I
    in case you need a morning raga to listen to
    via looking for a morning raga to listen to

  2. A Deluge of Metanarrative Bullshit
    by Sean Paul Kelley
    https://www.ianwelsh.net/a-deluge-of-metanarrative-bullshit/
    i mean, i'm generally skeptical of narrative, so this fits
    via rss

  3. Why Big Tech Turned Against Democrats — and Democracy
    by Paul Krugman
    https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/why-big-tech-turned-against-democrats
    looks like a plausible analysis to me
    via rss

  4. ad
    by Zach Weinersmith
    https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/ad
    i suspect that whether you consider this the best possible joke or not tells us something about you as a person. possibly not something good.
    via rss

  5. The 13 Trick
    by Vsauce
    https://www.youtube.com/shorts/d4xzmMuJTWs
    looks fun
    via discord

  6. A Swarm of New Asteroids
    by Rubin Observatory
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTuq-vBsDJE
    that's a lot of asteroids!
    via TYWKIWDBI

  7. As You Like It
    by some hack named Shakespeare, directed by David Horack
    https://www.freewillshakespeare.com/mainstage-show
    could be a fun production. i've seen another one in the last few years, and may have to compare
    via email

  8. I'm a proud Québécois. Moving to Alberta helped me feel even more Canadian
    by Thomas Aguinaga
    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/west-quebec-alberta-canadian-first-person-1.7537123
    this is how a multicultural canada is supposed to work
    via rss
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2025-06-21 06:15 am
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  1. White & Nerdy (Take #1)
    by "Weird Al" Yankovic and Donny Osmond
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vq6OncN6_Fo
    i feel seen
    via discord

  2. Pulp Fiction Game
    by cinefix
    https://cosmonautroger.tumblr.com/post/786846884437344256/pulp-fiction-game
    this is really well done
    via wil

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. Ķ
    by Wikipedia
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%B6
    purely for the disambiguation
    via discord
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2025-06-15 06:23 am
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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. a different variety of oreo
    by kuvaton?
    https://kuvaton.tumblr.com/post/786208923330953216
    looks tasty!
    via wil
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2025-06-06 05:55 am
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  1. 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

  2. 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
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2025-06-05 06:23 am
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  1. 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

  2. "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

  3. 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

  4. 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
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2025-05-27 07:04 am
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What I saw on the web on 2025.5.26


  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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
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2025-05-20 07:01 am
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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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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2025-05-18 06:27 am
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  1. 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.

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. coopgestalt
    by coopgestalt
    https://coopgestalt.com/
    in case you're looking for co-operative board games
    via going looking for some
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2025-05-17 06:05 am
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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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
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2025-05-13 08:51 am
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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. the VelociPastor
    by Brendan Steere et al
    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1843303/
    apparently this is a real thing that exists?!?!?
    via FB
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2025-04-29 05:41 am
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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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
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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. Pakistani Carrot Rice Pudding/ Gajrela (Gajar ki Kheer)
    by Henna
    https://chaiandchurros.com/gajrela/
    is tasty
    via trying some

  4. 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
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What I saw on the web on 2025.4.9


  1. 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

  2. How to Cook Dried Beans
    by Daniel Gritzer
    https://www.seriouseats.com/how-to-cook-dried-beans

    via previous link

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. "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
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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. How to Play
    by Daybreak
    https://www.daybreakgame.org/how-to-play
    a game i may play at some point?
    via word of mouth
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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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
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What I saw on the web on 2025.3.26


  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. recreating a famous movie poster
    by Carrie, Harrison, and Mark
    https://wilwheaton.tumblr.com/post/779105851643428864
    an excellent use of pastries
    via rss

  9. 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

  10. Veritas
    by Cheapass Games
    https://www.greaterthangames.com/products/veritas
    could be fun?
    via discord
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