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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

I was going to be brave
by Anand Giridharadas
https://the.ink/p/i-was-going-to-be-brave
step 1: be brave. step 2: ???
via rss
Strikes aren’t selfish: they’re a last resort.
by Kim Siever
https://albertaworker.ca/politics/strikes-arent-selfish-theyre-a-last-resort/
solidarity!
via rss
Asterix & Obelix: The Big Fight | Official Trailer
by Chabat, Oullion, Bloch, et al
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPNrWvatXiU
apparently this is a thing! looks fun?
via going looking after hearing about it
Lachrimae Caravaggio (Hespèrion XXI)
by Jordi Savall et al
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoK8eTqHzak
in case you're wanting a bit of early music
via wanting a bit of early music
Math and the Museum
by James Propp
https://mathenchant.wordpress.com/2025/05/21/math-and-the-museum/
an excellent discussion involving museums of uncertain area, beavers, and ceramic tiles
via rss

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

Complete Chamber Music
by Dietrich Buxtehude, performed by Ensemble Fantasticus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgaqkPAcSfs
in case you need 3+ hours of baroque instrumental music
via perhaps needing (or, at least, certainly appreciating) 3+ hours of baroque instrumental music
Upstate N.Y. tourism operators offering discounts to win back Canadians
by Campbell MacDiarmid
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/upstate-n-y-tourism-operators-offering-discounts-to-win-back-canadians-1.7527622
i feel like this misses most of the point. canadians aren't boycotting because of the tariffs. we're boycotting because your president has been threatening to take over our country, and it isn't even safe to cross the border these days. deal with those, and we'll take a look at whether the tariffs are an issue.
via rss
75 years of Alberta's mission to keep rats at bay
by CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/75-years-of-alberta-s-mission-to-keep-rats-at-bay-1.7531268
all hail the rat patrol!
via rss
Yarn Theory
by Marie Vibbert
https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/vibbert_05_25/
the intersection between fibre arts and mathematics. and space aliens.
via discord
No One Reported on Colossal’s Bigger Wolf News
by Hank Green, including him speaking with Sarah Suta
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbzcW8d1WOA
a fascinating discussion about extinction, genetics, ethics, etc, etc
via youtube recommends
Calgary, Edmonton mayors call potential separatism referendum 'dangerous'
by Matthew Scace
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-mayors-separatism-referendum-1.7532048
i mean, yeah. don't give this thing oxygen, dani
via rss
Quebec riding of Terrebonne flips to Liberals after recount shows candidate won by single vote
by Benjamin Lopez Steven
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/terrebone-recount-liberal-1.7532136
a reminder that sometimes (only sometimes) every vote counts
via discord and then rss

The new Pope has a degree in ...
by /u/Forward-Many-4842
https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2F73gmkrbn6oze1.jpeg
this checks out
via FB
Penn Jillette on Magical Ethics, Pleasing Women and Trump
by Penn Jillette
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNJnc7FgcII
some good stuff in here. but that title needs an oxford comma
via youtube recommends

We can fix UK currency with a £1.75 coin
by Matt Parker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QafT9FgO7rw
a curious numismatic challenge
via rss

Spreadsheets and Resurrection: The Pastoral Politics of Hope
by Clint Schnekloth
https://clintschnekloth.substack.com/p/spreadsheets-and-resurrection-the
gets a few details of HotE worng, but still a good discussion of Goddard's stuff
via discord
Spruiking, fake tradies and corflute stoushes: how to understand the Australian election
by Caitlin Cassidy
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/30/spruiking-fake-tradies-and-corflute-stoushes-how-to-understand-the-australian-election
in case your Strine vocabulary needs an update
via discord
Jupiter Core
by Randall Munroe
https://xkcd.com/3083/
avocado!
via rss
plural
by Zach Weinersmith
https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/plural-2
hard agree on all points
via discord and rss
Why We Lost The World's Only Double-Sided Monorail
by the Tim Traveller
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vca3EF4C5xU
just think: we could have had a double-sided monorail!
via rss
oh no , the dog is drinking the wave equation
by lvl10blvkmage
https://www.tumblr.com/lvl10blvkmage/775927859947732992/oh-no-the-dog-is-drinking-the-wave-equation
well, yes, that's a thing that happens sometimes
via wil

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

Edmonton city council looking for ways to help smartphone-less drivers pay for parking
by Madeleine Cummings
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/epark-council-edmonton-motions-1.7516715
because yes, such people do still exist
via rss
No shortage of offline things to do
by Jonathan Crowe
https://buttondown.com/jonathancrowe/archive/no-shortage-of-offline-things-to-do/
some good stuff here about music and politics, and some linky up i'm going to now follow
via rss
China Miéville says we shouldn’t blame science fiction for its bad readers
by China Miéville speaking to Anthony Ha
https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/30/author-china-mieville-says-we-shouldnt-blame-science-fiction-for-its-bad-readers/
Perdido Street Station is 25 years old?!?
via previous link
A brief introduction to mathematics with one example many times
by DRMacIver
https://notebook.drmaciver.com/posts/2025-04-24-10:00.html
a delightful discussion of methods for figuring out the popular sum of an arithmetic series
via rss
Sustainable Food Edmonton
by Sustainable Food Edmonton
https://www.sustainablefoodedmonton.org/
they do good work
via word of mouth

24 hopping baby goats! Oh My!
by Sunflower Farm Creamery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3uYgYq1uWQ
in case you need four and a half minutes of baby goats
via discord
Why Gauss wanted to sow three fields of wheat
by Lateral with Tom Scott
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_9ghQ3MCsc
a quiz/guessing show, where it's positively painful to see how little the guessers know about Gauß
via youtube recommends? i think?

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

20980
by Charles Schulz and 3eanuts
https://3eanuts.com/post/780810715278835712
come for the bleak existentialism, stay for the alarming degree of topicality
via rss
The Problem in Relativity Einstein Couldn't Fix
by Veritasium
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcjdwSY2AzM
if you say good = accurate things about Emmy Noether, i will mention them here
via rss
April 14
by Ran Prieur
https://ranprieur.com/
I think libertarians are economic authoritarians, and if "economic freedom" means anything, it means freedom from money.'
via rss

The World's LONGEST Klein Bottle
by Cliff Stoll and Lucas Clarke
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7yKZzbyF74
Cliff is such a goofball!
via rss
Philip K. Dickens
by Ward Q. Normal
https://bsky.app/profile/wardqnormal.bsky.social/post/3lmfg4dbkkc2w
seems accurate at this point ayup
via FB
The Wisconsin cartographer who mapped Tolkien’s fantasy world
by Rob Ferrett and Beatrice Lawrence
https://www.wpr.org/news/wisconsin-cartographer-karen-wynn-fonstad-mapped-tolkien-fantasy-world-oshkosh
Fonstad's maps are getting scanned! excellent news!
via discord
Anachronym Challenge
by Randall Munroe
https://xkcd.com/3075/
clever
via rss
Reimagining Democracy
by Bruce Schneier
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/04/reimagining-democracy-2.html
a bunch of good hard questions
via rss

No. 5802: Modernist Garfield
by Jim Davies, T.S.Eliot, and Manyhills
https://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=5802
hurry up, Garf, it's time
via rss
Explaining the Trump Tariff Equation
by Matt Parker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j04IAbWCszg
yup, that's problematic. (note to Matt: examine the spelling of the word "askerisk")
via rss
History and Nationalist Myth-Making in The Lord of the Rings
by Abby Roberts
https://www.speculativeinsight.com/essays/what-lies-and-threats
in case you thought Tolkien was all about nationalism and racial purity
via discord
This time, the border guard asked: "What do you think about Donald Trump?"
by JReynolds
http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2025/04/living-in-interesting-times.html#comment-2209508
or, i could just not try to go there
via reading comments on Charlie Stross's latest post
30 Years Later, Real Genius is Still the Geek Solidarity Film That Nerd Culture Deserves
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
https://reactormag.com/30-years-later-real-genius-is-still-the-geek-solidarity-film-that-nerd-culture-deserves/
having come somewhat late myself to the film, i agree with this assessment
via Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow on the Evils of Copyright Law
by Cory Doctorow speaking to Andrew Heaton
https://player.fm/series/the-political-orphanage/cory-doctorow-on-the-evils-of-copyright-law
in which Cory talks with someone who leans libertarian, and they agree on a bunch of policy proposals?!?
via Cory's blog

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

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

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

That’s why people become monks
by Joy Williams
https://www.chinamieville.net/2115-2/
i feel that
via rss
How Pi Almost Wasn’t
by James Propp
https://mathenchant.wordpress.com/2025/03/13/how-pi-almost-wasnt/
including another way in which pi could be worng
via rss
We calculated pi with colliding blocks
by Matt Parker et al
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlUTlbZT4ig
and it didn't work as well as you might have hoped
via rss
There's more to those colliding blocks that compute pi
by Grant Sanderson et al
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dTyOl1fmDo
wait, there's more!
via rss

A 1.58-Dimensional Object - Numberphile
by Ben Sparks speaking to Brady Haran
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnRhnZbDprE
and also, even more surprising, some two dimensional objects!
via rss
Your DnD Party is Too Big
by Hank Green
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pc9Uf3vFDU
i have wondered about this. apparently i managed the impossible for some years
via youtube recommends

Jurassic Pork: What Could a Jewish Time Traveler Eat?
by Roy E. Plotnick, Jessica M. Theodor & Thomas R. Holtz Jr.
https://evolution-outreach.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12052-015-0047-2
in case you are both (a) an observant jew and (b) a time-traveller, this may be helpful!
via discord
The Secret to Learning & Problem-Solving in Life
by Ben Orlin speaking to Eric Zimmer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qb26GeRjEr0
can we take insights from mathematics and apply them to daily life? sometimes!
via math with bad drawings
German tourist held indefinitely in San Diego area immigrant detention facility
by Gustavo Solis
https://www.kpbs.org/news/border-immigration/2025/02/28/german-tourist-held-indefinitely-in-san-diego-area-immigrant-detention-facility
my inclination to visit that country is getting less and less every day
via discord
You've got to have a laugh,' says British man who put fake legs in pothole
by Sheena Goodyear
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/you-ve-got-to-have-a-laugh-says-british-man-who-put-fake-legs-in-pothole-1.7471661
doesn't scale, of course, but still fun
via rss
The Answers Post (#10)
by Rich Burlew
https://www.patreon.com/posts/answers-post-10-119041677
i don't check in on Rich's patreon regularly, so hadn't yet seen this set from the end of 2024
via checking in

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