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Fairmeadow
by KP
https://fairmeadowcomic.com/
in case you need a webcomic about an orc in a hippie commune
via a comment on charlie stross's blog
From Old English to Modern American English in One Monologue
by Simon Roper
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=842OX2_vCic
an impressive performance, and a heck of a lot of work! by about 1400 i could understand most of it
via discord
We Were Totally Wrong About Zebra Stripes
by SciShow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbVSYO-Y-kU
i was literally talking about this with someone yesterday
via youtube recommends

Edmonton to seek province's permission to bring back automated traffic enforcement at some intersections
by Emma Zhao
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-photo-radar-automated-traffic-enforcement-9.7028463
i'm very familiar with one of these intersections, and it absolutely could use more enforecement
via rss
Maybe the best google review ever? The ramblings of a Pelican Market customer
by Jaryn Clouatre
https://www.reddit.com/r/saskatoon/comments/zgmee3/maybe_the_best_google_review_ever_the_ramblings/
this is epic
via wondering what the internet has to say about Pelican Market
Gregorian Calendar Adoption by Country
by wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorian_calendar#Adoption_by_country
can you guess which country adopted the Gregorian Calendar in 2016?
via it coming up in conversation
"Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global"
by TYWKIWDBI reviewing Laura Spinney
https://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/2025/12/proto-how-one-ancient-language-went.html
may have to read this one
via rss
IPA Chart
by Peter Isotalo
https://www.ipachart.com/
in case you need to hear what various IPA thingies sound like
via discord

The Mastermind Box Cover: What the Hell Were They Thinking?
by Robert Rooney
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the-mastermind-box-cover-what-the-hell-were-they-thinking
this all checks out, yup
via discord
A Very Big Fight Over a Very Small Language
by Simon Akam
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/12/08/a-very-big-fight-over-a-very-small-language
i've long known that Switzerland has four official languages, but knew almost nothing about the fourth. turns out it might actually be five (or more?) languages in a trenchcoat?
via Jonathan Crowe

Director Rob Reiner and his wife found dead in Los Angeles home, AP source says
by the Associated Press
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/rob-reiner-home-homicide-investigation-9.7015729
that's not good news
via rss
portmanteau
by Susan Stepney
http://susan-stepney.blogspot.com/2025/12/portmanteau.html
yup, that's a useful one
via rss
this is such a painful loss. my heart is broken.
by wil wheaton
https://wilwheaton.net/2025/12/this-is-such-a-painful-loss-my-heart-is-broken/
following up on link 1, above, a personal reflection
via rss
Book View Café
by Book View Café
https://bookviewcafe.com/
in case you were wondering if there was a co-operative publishing house out there, here's one
via discord

World Peace Cookies (Korova Cookies)
by Dorie Greenspan and Pierre Hermé, with modifications
https://smittenkitchen.com/2007/01/world-peace-cookies/
these look tasty
via discord
boing
by Greg Sadetsky
https://boing.greg.technology/
boing boing boing
via discord
How popular is ecosocialist transformation?
by Jason Hickel
https://jasonhickel.substack.com/p/how-popular-is-ecosocialist-transformation
short answer: rather
via Cory Doctorow
I just wanna be a cheese wizard, or fromage,
by Gretchen McCullough
https://bsky.app/profile/gretchenmcc.bsky.social/post/3lzkixj3hjs2x
hard same
via her blog

The I Can Eat Glass Project
by Ethan Mollick
https://web.archive.org/web/20031206090908/http://hcs.harvard.edu/%7Eigp/glass.html
in case you'd like to be treated with dignity and respect. from the old weird days of the internet
via memory
Encouraging': Negotiations underway to redevelop Edmonton's old Royal Alberta Museum site
by Matthew Black
https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/redevelop-old-royal-alberta-museum-edmonton
hopefully this leads to something!
via taproot

Opinionated History of Mathematics Podcast
by Viktor Blåsjö
https://intellectualmathematics.com/opinionated-history-of-mathematics/
do i need a podcast on the history of mathematics? an opinionated one?
via discord
Where Is The Comma In "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" Supposed To Go?
by RamsesThePigeon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxfxy-3dGz0
a seasonal classic!
via discord
Jazz Musician Reacts to “Pneuma” Live (Drum cam): How Is This Even Human?!
by chris g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lnkSv3kt2A
the question is entirely valid. as is the dude's choice of garment
via youtube recommends

weekly reminder that death is inevitable and you will be forgotten
by some dude
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHvrj4mA-PE
in case you've forgotten
via discord
Etymologies of Endonyms and Exonyms
by Ryan Starkey
https://starkeycomics.com/2025/10/31/etymologies-of-endonyms-and-exonyms/
in case you wondered what the deal with Georgia and Georgia is
via rss
Arithmetic is an underrated world-modeling technology
by dynomight
https://dynomight.substack.com/p/arithmetic
it really is. as the piece points out, keep the units!
via ozy

Seven Days of the Week (I Never Go to Work)
by They Might Be Giants
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geTSBFb_GR4
surprisingly relevant!
via discord
Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time as climate crisis warms country
by Helena Horton
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/21/mosquitoes-found-iceland-first-time-climate-crisis-warms-country
one fewer reason to go visit iceland, then
via discord
Mayflower mouth
by Anand Giridharadas
https://the.ink/p/mayflower-mouth
on mispronounciation and dispronounciation
via rss
How to find things (an intro to binary search)
by David R. MacIver
https://drmaciver.substack.com/p/how-to-find-things-an-intro-to-binary
that this feels very intermediate-value-theorem-coded to me probably says more about me than it does about the essay. well said stuff!
via rss
Honing Your Instrument
by Gary Upton In Conversation with Blake Hinson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRfbq1HSDRg
i would not have guessed that Edgar Meyer uses tuning dots
via rss
Tubthumping
by Chumbawumba, covered by TMBG + the AV Club Chorus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yf0Amcgxot8
yes, that's what it would sound like if they covered it
via going looking after hearing about it on discord

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds
by Susan Stepney
http://susan-stepney.blogspot.com/2025/10/a-foolish-consistency-is-hobgoblin-of.html
that's just goofy
via rss
10 best triangles of the 21st century (so far).
by Ben Orlin
https://mathwithbaddrawings.com/2025/10/14/10-best-triangles-of-the-21st-century-so-far/
i'm actually more partial to some of his honourable mentions
via rss
A pilot out in Nova Scotia seems to have had some fun yesterday.
by mattomic
https://bsky.app/profile/matttomic.bsky.social/post/3m36jr7duhs2k
that's pretty impressive
via discord
Legacy and Faith
by Wayne G. Hammond & Christina Scull
https://wayneandchristina.wordpress.com/2025/10/14/legacy-and-faith/
reviews of two recent books of JRRT scholarship
via rss

So You Want to Write Iambic Pentameter
by Azhdarchid
https://azhdarchid.com/so-you-want-to-write-iambic-pentameter/
look here for helpful hints and tricks! or not!
via discord
Category:Fictional cubes
by Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Fictional_cubes
in case you need a list of fictional cubes. cuz, doesn't everyone?
via discord
U.S. bill calls for more integration between Canadian, American border agents
by Elizabeth Thompson
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-united-states-border-bill-9.6931988
given the sorts of stuff american customs thugs are up to these days, how about not?
via rss
COVID is doing the rounds again
by David R. MacIver
https://drmaciver.substack.com/p/covid-is-doing-the-rounds-again
lots of good stuff in here. how do we upgrade cultural norms?
via rss

Lying About Autism is a Full Time Job
by Hank Green
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdpSfrD3Nzs
in which hank gets justifiably angry, and tracks down the source of the misinformation, and 2018 occurs more often than other years
via youtube recommends
The Stilt-Walking Shepherds of France's Grasslands: Old Photos, 1843-1937
by Rare Historical Photos
https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/stilt-shepherds-of-france-1843-1937/
today i learned! historical practical stilt-walking!
via discord
Ben Crystal talks about Original Pronunciation
by Ben Crystal, curiously enough
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqmgeth4tFY
shakespeare sounds nice in OP
via surfing the web
Quebec government to mull possible ban on face coverings in public
by Franca G. Mignacca
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-government-1.7645676
setting aside the whole "i don't see what problem this solves", as per the last paragraph, have these folks ever existed in a québec winter?
via rss

Appendix:Fictional English curse words
by Wiktionary
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Fictional_English_curse_words
i knew some of these, but several were new to me
via discord
Breaking news: 3+3=5!
by Matt Parker as well as Mark Brittenham and Susan Hermiller
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx7f-nGohVc
i also was not expecting this result! wow!
via rss
A moment in history: Sept. 26, 1974
by Scott Lilwall
https://edmonton.taproot.news/briefs/2025/09/26/a-moment-in-history-sept-26-1974
a short history of the ward system in edmonton municipal elections
via rss

Interim update
by Charlie Stross
http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2025/09/interim-update.html
in case you're wondering how Charlie's eyes are doing, and why he's pivoting away from topical fiction
via rss
A handy guide to French Canadian/Québecois expressions (with crows)
by secondlina
https://bsky.app/profile/secondlina.com/post/3lzho5kmo522z
not getting into things like "chalice" and "tabernacle", cuz, let's keep our language clean
via discord
B.C. sushi chef refuses to provide extra soy sauce — even for $1K
by Akshay Kulkarni
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/kitimat-bc-sushi-j-no-soy-sauce-1.7640761
no soy sauce for you!
via rss

Quadruple Take Masterclass
by sir Patrick Stewart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFMrBldVk0s
with a background apperance by Peter Gabriel!
via recollexion (someone mentioned triple takes)
The Perils of Learning Alien Languages: The Sapir-Whorf Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis
by Ruthanna Emrys
https://reactormag.com/the-perils-of-learning-alien-languages-the-sapir-whorf-linguistic-relativity-hypothesis/
in some ways i wish the strong S-Wh was true, in other ways i'm glad it isn't
via discord
Edmonton dad starts bike bus to pedal change
by Stephanie Swensrude
https://edmonton.taproot.news/briefs/2025/09/10/edmonton-dad-starts-bike-bus-to-pedal-change
what an excellent idea!
via rss
Dialect: A Game About Language and How It Dies
by Throny Games
https://thornygames.com/pages/dialect
a neat concept for an RPG
via second link, above
The sound of an owl is very interesting
by Sukanya Doerr
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FdT0MWa9P9w
but remember, they are not what they seem
via discord

a commonly used initialism from 1908 now stands for something different AND YET the contextual meaning is still the same to a 21st-century reader
by goatsandgangsters
https://www.tumblr.com/factysatin/792725300538654720?source=share
that's hilarious
via discord
Tape Bowing Ensemble
by Open Reel Ensemble
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaG5tVnpkwc
what an excellent way to control articulation of electronic music
via siderea (see below)
Untitled for Three Jigakkyu
by siderea
https://siderea.dreamwidth.org/1880890.html
excellent commentary on previous link
via rss
Stable attention as a prerequisite for skill
by DRMacIver
https://notebook.drmaciver.com/posts/2025-08-24-12:11.html
"You should, ideally, be able to hold attention on something regardless of whether you find it interesting."
via rss
Friction cannot be reduced, it can only be redistributed
by Cory Doctorow
https://pluralistic.net/2025/08/23/become-unoptimizable/#downward-redistribution
i feel like there are situations where, due to good innovations, this doesn't have to be zero-sum. but it very very often is.
via rss
After years of losses, fruit growers in the Okanagan celebrate bountiful harvest
by Santana Dreaver
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bountiful-okanagan-fruit-harvest-1.7615123
speaking as a beneficiary of this year's harvest, i hope they continue!
via rss

Scethrog (n.)
by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd
https://tmoliff.blogspot.com/2012/03/scethrog-n.html
these days, it's a hip look in other contexts as well, i think?
via recalling it
We Tried To Climb Monaco's Highest Point Using Only Elevators
by the Tim traveller with Matt Gray
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhLYlBGSAHI
(well, one of them did it using only elevators)
via rss
Pony Express
by Eric Weissberg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwvb-Pa5fF8
funky banjo chord changes
via discord
Say it, don't show it
by Neal Stephenson
https://nealstephenson.substack.com/p/say-it-dont-show-it
in which NS dissects a single sentence of Dickens
via discord
Martha Wells' Murderbot & More Book Bundle
by Martha Wells and the Humble Bundle people
https://www.humblebundle.com/books/martha-wells-murderbot-and-more-tor-books
if you've been wanting to get all of Murderbot, here's a way to do it!
via discord
Will we continue scientific research? Alexander Grothendieck
by Alexander Grothendieck
https://github.com/Lapin0t/grothendieck-cern
words of wisdom from a deep weirdo
via roaming the web. what we used to call "surfing" back in the day

Canada's Really Big
by the Arrogant Worms
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhiDILWFXBE
agreed inre pointy/not
via the title being mentioned
Narnia by Tube
by Surprised Eel Maps
https://www.patreon.com/posts/narnia-by-tube-135529794
shared mostly for the Rage Against the Machine - Teletubbies crossover band
via discord
Are Languages Alive?
by Hank Green
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFux7pl6lf4
excellent question! maybe?
via rss
I’m Spending the Year at the Munk School
by Bruce "Bruce Schneier" Schneier
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/08/im-spending-the-year-at-the-munk-school.html
i mean, heck, if you want to hang out in canada for longer, i won't complain
via rss

Our Side and Epstein
by siderea
https://siderea.dreamwidth.org/1879923.html
including some important reminders about epistemic humility, as well as other things
via rss
Canon
by Randall Munroe
https://xkcd.com/3123/
yup
via rss
ConCurrent Seattle
by ConCurrent Seattle
https://concurrentseattle.weebly.com/
if you're looking for something to do in seattle along with or instead of worldcon
via discord

Measure of the True Guru
by Rajan Parrikar
https://www.parrikar.org/nibbles/2025/07/10/measure-of-the-true-guru/
this is accurate
via rss
Schedule
by Seattle Worldcon 2025
https://seattlein2025.org/program-and-events/schedule/
in case you're going and wondering what you might be able to see/do while there
via discord
Nonuplets thriving
by TYWKIWDBI
https://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/2025/07/nonuplets-thriving.html
i sure hope she's got lots of assistance with childcare!
via rss
Rare Video of Late Pandit Balram Pathak Legendary Sitar Maestro ( Answer down the Raga ?? )
by pt. Balaram Pathak
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFVEHluzQUk
in case you're trying to figure out how he does harmonics on sitar, there's a tiny amount of evidence here right at the start of the vid
via trying to find video of him playing
Balaram Pathak PATHAK
by pt. Balaram Pathak
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liWjsRRdliA
better evidence, but i'm still trying to figure out the right hand work. this will help.
via same as previous
Raga Sindh Bhairavi
by pt. Balaram Pathak
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_z8_m3xE3I
he hits some clear harmonics in the first half-minute, and the camera's pointed directly at his right hand, and i'm still not sure what he's doing. pfargle!
via same as previous
Blackbird Bakery
by Blackbird Bakery
https://blackbirdbakery.com/
looks like an excellent source of tastiness
via tangential mention on discord
Plurale tantum
by Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plurale_tantum
in case you wonder why one never speaks of a single shenanigan
via discord
Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy
by Martha Wells
https://reactormag.com/rapport-martha-wells/
new murderbot novella!
via marthawells

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