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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

Alberta government faces mounting pushback to new COVID-19 vaccine policy
by Jennifer Lee
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-covid-vaccine-policy-pushback-1.7563698
but it's not pushback of the sort that is likely to make them reconsider their idiot decision, cuz it's not coming from their base
via rss
No Nuclear War
by Peter Tosh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hftY6i-tQJg
ah, generational trauma, i didn't miss you
via geopolitical discussions on discord bringing it to mind

Senior Quam Papa Est: When Presidents and Prime Ministers are older than the Pope
by Daneil Stride
https://phuulishfellow.wordpress.com/2025/06/08/senior-quam-papa-est-when-presidents-and-prime-ministers-are-older-than-the-pope/
the answer? occasionally!
via rss
A24 Confirms a Live-Action Barney Movie (And It’s Going to Be REALLY Weird)
by Chris Agar
https://comicbook.com/movies/news/barney-live-action-movie-updates-daniel-kaluuya-ayo-edebiri-a24/
this was not on my bingo card
via discord
a helpful translation
by Jacobin
https://wilwheaton.tumblr.com/post/785813781229027328
yup, it checks out
via rss
Canada won’t become the 51st US state – but could it join the EU?
by Ashifa Kassam
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/08/canada-wont-become-the-51st-us-state-but-could-it-join-the-eu
if those were the only two options, i know which one i'd pick
via discord
10 Visions of the Future; or, Self-Care for the End of Days
by Samantha Mills
https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/10-visions-of-the-future-or-self-care-for-the-end-of-days/
this feels very nearly not fictional. and its point is well-taken
via discord

Lick Samba
by Bob Marley and the Wailers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocivCeEa3w8
trying now to remember how early in BMW's career this happened. was it just "the Wailers"?
via i dunno, it just came to mind
Inventing the Renaissance
by Ada Palmer speaking with Paul Krugman
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/inventing-the-renaissance-ada-palmer
by now i've heard Ada talk about a chunk of this, but nonetheless what a lovely conversation
via rss
Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor BWV 582
by J.S.Bach, performed by Reitze Smits
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzBXZ__LN_M
possibly my favourite of Bach's organ works?
via it also just came to mind
An imam, a zen priest, and an atheist talked in a KUOW studio
by Patricia Murphy and a bunch of interesting folks
https://www.kuow.org/stories/an-imam-a-zen-priest-and-an-atheist-talked-in-a-kuow-studio
when a bunch of people with different religious perspectives speak together, it could go really badly. this one really doesn't.
via email
"And I forget..."
by wil quoting someone else
https://wilwheaton.tumblr.com/post/785728200138473472/and-i-forget-just-why-i-taste-oh-yeah-i-guess-it
you're not wrong
via rss
SmartStop
by Sarah West
https://smartstopcello.com/pages/about-us
might have to get me one of these
via double bass hq

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

Surveillance Via Smart Toothbrush
by Bruce Schneier
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/05/surveillance-via-smart-toothbrush.html
is this the real reason my dentist wants me to get an electric toothbrush?
via rss
Uppest Case
by Starkey Comics
https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fj6xkmzj7hg3f1.jpeg
for when upper case isn't enough up
via discord
Beb's Bagels
by Lindon Carter & Luke Breiteneder
https://www.bebsbagels.ca/
a possible source for montreal-style bagels in edmonton?
via taproot
Everything Old is New Again
by James Nicoll
https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/everything-old-is-new-again
good review, great book
via discord

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

Myths of "the Renaissance"
by Ada Palmer speaking to Tim O'Neill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lq1ksVVeRWI
a wonderful and wide-ranging conversation very different from the one i linked to two days ago
via checking to see what she'd done on youtube recently
I ask my students every week to write 10 observations of the actual world. It’s very hard for them.
by Marie Howe
https://www.tumblr.com/artemis-howl/726643994643382272/tinyghostsi-want-you-to-do-this-with-me-for-one
sounds like an excellent exercise
via discord
big rock candy mountain
by Baby Gramps
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awSI01AqnS0
that would be a thing to do to the inventor of toil, yes
via remembering it
Inventing the Renaissance: A Book Discussion with Ada Palmer
by Ada Palmer, surprisingly enough
https://graham.uchicago.edu/event/inventing-the-renaissance-a-book-discussion-with-ada-palmer/
yet another conversation, but one that hasn't happened yet!
via discord

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.
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
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
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
coopgestalt
by coopgestalt
https://coopgestalt.com/
in case you're looking for co-operative board games
via going looking for some

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
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
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
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
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
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
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

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

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

Haggis pakora
by wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haggis_pakora
truly the heart of indo-caledonian cuisine
via mention on discord
raga Todi
by ustad M.Bahauddin Dagar with shri Vivek Krangale
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGfYmlGDvwQ
in case you need some morning music
via going to look for it
Trump’s Negotiating Is Failing
by Ian Welsh
https://www.ianwelsh.net/trumps-negotiating-is-failing/
i mean, yes, that's certainly what it looks like. and no, i don't think he's playing 5D chess
via rss
Hug a Medievalist Day – March 31, 2025
by Sarah Laseke
https://nationaltoday.com/hug-a-medievalist-day/
in case you have one handy
via discord
100 Questions: A Mathematical Conventions Survey
by Thomas Lam
https://cims.nyu.edu/~tjl8195/survey/results.html
i did the survey just now. several fun questions there
via discord
Hank Green Has Some Explaining To Do
by hank green
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reb7mM3rh8k
in case you're wondering is pure soap too soap?
via youtube recommends
Filipino Chicken Adobo (Flavour Kapow!)
by Nagi
https://www.recipetineats.com/filipino-chicken-adobo-flavour-kapow/
something to try sometime soon?
via discord

Well you gotta
by DRMacIver
https://notebook.drmaciver.com/posts/2025-03-29-10:40.html
this is the part of stoicism on board with which i'm very much
via rss
This is the context for the pitch
by Jonathan Crowe
https://buttondown.com/jonathancrowe/archive/this-is-the-context-for-the-pitch/
in case you wondered whatever happened to the blogosphere
via rss
Haq Ali Ali
by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and party
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KhGnR5C-N4
likely my faourite of NFAK's qawwals, although he doesn't blow the roof of as much as sometimes on this performance
via tracking down a recording
gluten-free chocolate financiers
by smitten kitchen
https://smittenkitchen.com/2007/10/gluten-free-chocolate-financiers/
looks tasty!
via discord
Fire the unelected social media dictators: Cory Doctorow on tech and US politics | UpFront
by Cory Docotrow speaking with Redi Tlhabi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXa4DzhkUZ8
Doctor O delivering the good bits about several current topics
via Cory's blog

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

Ada Palmer - "Inventing the Renaissance" - Gary K. Wolfe
by Ada Palmer interlocuted by Gary K. Wolfe
https://www.semcoop.com/event/ada-palmer-inventing-renaissance-gary-k-wolfe
were i in chicago this coming saturday, this is where i'd be
via discussion on discord, then going looking
B.C.-Washington border communities rally for peace amid rising political tensions
by Shaurya Kshatri
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/peace-love-and-a-handshake-rally-peace-arch-1.7490981
wishing that this would actually lead to change
via rss
How I clean my kitchen at the end of the day
by DRMacIver
https://notebook.drmaciver.com/posts/2025-03-23-21:48.html
my process isn't quite this structured, but i have a process
via rss

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

Is the Renaissance a Myth?
by Ada Palmer speaking with Eleanor Janega
https://shows.acast.com/gone-medieval/episodes/is-the-renaissance-a-myth
as always a delightful discussion of history
via hearing it
So, Discord has added a feature that lets other people "enhance" or "edit" your images with different AI apps.
by leidensygdom
https://www.tumblr.com/leidensygdom/776487225290555392/for-servers-you-are-an-admin-in
signal boost
via discord
Have You Heard the Incredible Sound of a Fretless Guitar?
by Brandon Acker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92TxCGBNEVg
a lovely demonstration of the strengths and weaknesses of the instrument
via youtube recommends

12 Balls 24 Catches
by Tom Whitfield
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGaMUeAfRJI
this is impressive
via discord
How Edmonton's winter temperature swings compare to chinooks
by Travis McEwan speaking with some folks who know some things
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6656775
also gets into the whole weather-change-causes-migraine question
via rss
The Shape of a Mars Mission
by Idle Words
https://idlewords.com/2025/02/the_shape_of_a_mars_mission.htm
in case you thought going to mars could be simple
via rss
How to Make a Schadenfreude Pie
by John Scalzi
https://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/09/26/how-to-make-a-schadenfreude-pie/
looks tasty! tasty tasty schadenfreude!
via discord
No Video Today!!
by Hank Green
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2CYihu6bjM
cuz it's not a video!
via rss
Dr Dhrolin's Dictionary of Dinosaurs
by Palaeo Games
https://palaeogames.com/shop/p/dr-dhrolins-dictionary-of-dinosaurs
if you want to include science-accurate (as far as we know) dinosaurs in your d&d game, this is the supplement for you!
via somewhere on the web?
Scream Cipher
by Randall Munroe
https://xkcd.com/3054/
fans of diäcritics will rejoice!
via rss
Inventing the Renaissance The Myth of a Golden Age
by Ada Palmer speaking to Jana Byars
https://newbooksnetwork.com/inventing-the-renaissance
a delightful discussion which among other things reveals which century was the worst
via AP's mastodon account

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