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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

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

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?

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
"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
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
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

Do You Feel Isolated? Rush "Limelight" Vocal ANALYSIS
by the Charismatic Voice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2UOXecJOgU
an appreciative analysis of the song, although it could have gone further into Neil's lyrics as a personal statement from him
via rss
Well, CAN You Prove You’re a US Citizen?
by John Scalzi
https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/06/03/well-can-you-prove-youre-a-us-citizen/
i mean, i can't, cuz i'm not. but i also don't live there.
via discord
‘Dogma’ 25th-Year Anniversary & More
by Kevin Smith speaking with Rich Eisen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWem2DHx6vE
Affleck, as noted, also da bomb in Phantoms
via youtube recommends
Calls to Action
by Indigenous Watchdog
https://www.indigenouswatchdog.org/calls-to-action/
in case you're wondering how canada is doing on the various calls to action from the TRC
via cbc news item
Quebecers can wait years to get into co-op housing. So why isn't there more?
by Sharon Yonan-Renold
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-co-op-housing-1.7550460
i mean, it's a fair question for the whole country
via rss

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

raga Abhogi
by ustad Bahauddin Dagar with Sanjay Agle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vInqnPrhV-s
a very recent performance by the ustad
via email
April 28, 2025 General Election Results
by Elections Canada
https://enr.elections.ca/National.aspx?lang=e
well, really, by the canadian electorate. in case you're looking for the official results
via going looking for the official results
Bubble & Squeak
by Victoria Goddard
https://www.victoriagoddard.ca/products/greenwing-dart-7-bubble-squeak-ebook-preorder
love those subtitles, looking forward to december
via discord

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
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
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

Cats Are Perfect. An Evolutionary Biologist Explains Why
by Anjali Goswami speaking to Kate Wong
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/cats-are-perfect-an-evolutionary-biologist-explains-why1/
the opposite of carcinisation?
via discord i think?
Geek Pride Day
by wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geek_Pride_Day
also Towel Day
via searching after seeing a mention somewhere
The Bovadium Fragments: together with The Origin of Bovadium
by J.R.R.Tolkien et al
https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/The_Bovadium_Fragments:_together_with_The_Origin_of_Bovadium
do we need more tolkien books?
via mention on discord somewhere
The Dumbest Things EV Owners Do
by Hank Green
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbmCIQHYUCs
memo to self upon purchasing an EV....
via youtube recommends
raga Adbhut Kalyan
by pandit Nirmalya Dey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r35uShc50bE
a rarely performed evening raga
via rss
Written on the Dark
by Guy Gavriel Kay
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/783078/written-on-the-dark-by-guy-gavriel-kay/
apparently he has a new book coming out!
via word of mouth

button protector for pure enrichment air purifier
by bluebottle
https://makerworld.com/en/models/1445547-button-protector-for-pure-enrichment-air-purifier#profileId-1505253
now if only i had a 3d printer....
via discord
gently
by Zach Weinersmith
https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/gently
inre the mouseover: dude, it's already happening
via rss
Why Don't Songs Have Sequels?
by 12tone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmcKydVn_j8
excellent question, several answers
via youtube recommends

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

This is Martha Wells, a four-time Hugo, two-time Nebula, and five-time Locus Award winner for The Murderbot Diaries, a book series published by Tordotcom. Ask Me Anything
by Martha Wells and reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/television/comments/1kmjkls/this_is_martha_wells_a_fourtime_hugo_twotime/
haven't seen the show yet, likely will. good to see that MW likes it
via discord
Slave (Official Lyric Video)
by Lucky Dube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaB8lXEP1BY
i admit, i'd not realized before that the song was about alcoholism
via remembering the song
Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings Trilogy: Two Decades Later
by Arthur
https://fakegeekboy.wordpress.com/2025/03/13/peter-jacksons-lord-of-the-rings-trilogy-two-decades-later/
it's been an awfully long time since i've watched those movies. perhaps i'll do it again?
via discord

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

Why we dont get bored
by ustad Wasifuddin Dagar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wq9BpQbRfx8
a cogent response to "dhrupad is boring"
via rss
You've Been Lied To
by Andy Chamberlain with an assit from Adam Neely
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfWy5yhAukA
dude makes a good case
via youtube recommends
Put Your Hand Inside The Puppet Head
by They Might Be Giants
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GiCfqQEEwk
this never stops being great
via memo to myself
Chiacona
by Corbetta, performed by Brandon Acker and Jerry Fuller
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KexMG-WcxxE
a great arrangement
via youtube recommends
‘I came out as autistic. Everyone said: That explains a lot’
by Laurie Penny
https://observer.co.uk/news/first-person/article/laurie-penny-autism
on lying cartoon dinosaurs and "something of a vogue for eliminating human difference"
via her substack

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

Unstoppable Force and Immovable Object
by Randall Munroe
https://xkcd.com/3084/
the physics checks out
via rss
we need more limbs
by Nathan W Pyle
https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F923f0cae-5820-457b-9e4c-5ff3d4f08dd0_526x526.jpeg
i've noticed this, yes
via thing of things
We've been wrong about math for 2300 years
by David Bessis
https://davidbessis.substack.com/p/weve-been-wrong-about-math-for-2300
a reminder about the importance of imagination (structured imagination) in mathematics
via thing of things
Ursula Le Guin's Anarchist Alternative
by Alexis Shotwell speaking with Joseph Orosco
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r73s-YMcNTI
an excellent hour of conversation on SF nerdery and political possibilities
via that interview with Alexis that i linked up yesterday
Quebec to mandate formal 'vous' in schools for respect. Teachers say leave it to us
by Annabelle Olivier
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-education-civility-schools-1.7524977
still going after the big issues, i see
via rss
Baffling Smoke Signal
by Lee "Scratch" Perry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFrHuys02l0
coming soon to a conclave near you?
via it suddenly seeming topical?
regarding when trust in the US will be gone
by Charlie Stross
http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2025/04/meanwhile-in-real-life.html#comment-2210747
in case you were wondering, Charlie's perspective here echoes my thoughts
via skimming through the comments on that blogpost

UR-Values Of The Right, Center and Left
by Ian Welsh
https://www.ianwelsh.net/ur-values-of-the-right-center-and-left/
as is so often the case with Ian's stuff, read if your will to live is too strong
via rss
A Dancing Robot
by Stephen Notley
https://www.angryflower.com/dancingrobot.gif
in case you need a dancing robot
via BTAF
What Should We Be Doing Right Now?
by Alexis Shotwell speaking with Zoë Yunker
https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/05/02/Alexis-Shotwell-Interview/
several good reminders here
via discord
How volunteering to become a lab rat paid off
by Felicity Nelson
https://thesicktimes.org/2025/05/02/how-volunteering-to-become-a-lab-rat-paid-off/
both news on a treatment modality that looks like it works for some long covid cases, and good reminders about what being in a clinical trial involves
via discord
I Found the Dumbest Time Zone
by Hank Green
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lz3jAEdzbbA
i mean, any place that uses DST (note to Hank: it's Saving, not Savings) has a dumb time zone at least part of the year
via rss
The Ethics of Fake Guitar
by Adam Neely
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1QEV9euGAg
a fascinating discussion, including the idea of delineating genres of music based on their ethical codes
via rss

Election Night 2025 hot take: There was something to disappoint almost everyone!
by David Climenhaga
https://albertapolitics.ca/2025/04/election-night-2025-hot-take-there-was-something-to-disappoint-almost-everyone/
yeah, i feel that on all points. although the current numbers suggest that Lib+NDP > 172?
via rss
Smallest possible circles containing 0.1% to 100.0% of the world's population (0.14 second/frame)
by alexmijo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kja7upA9MvQ
poor NZ
via discord
Trump is the Godfather in Reverse
by Paul Krugman
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trump-is-the-godfather-in-reverse
yup. and we've all of us got several years yet of dealing with the direct consequences. (and how long after that dealing with the aftermath?)
via rss
Llibre Vermell de Montserrat
by New London Consort, directed by Philip Pickett
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k4l0LIV_5noHKxsj98cucNBzDApYaSHCk
if you need some pilgrim songs and dances from the 14th century
via remembering it
Poilievre vows to stay on as party leader for reasons of being otherwise unemployable
by Ian Macintyre
https://www.thebeaverton.com/2025/04/poilievre-vows-to-stay-on-as-party-leader-for-reasons-of-being-otherwise-unemployable/
i mean, yes, it's satire. but the value of satire, as HST pointed out, is that it makes it easier to say true things than it is in ordinary journamalism
via disord
Performance Review: ‘Stag and Doe’
by Leah Hennig
https://thegatewayonline.ca/2025/04/performance-review-stag-and-doe/
yup, a fun play
via FB
Parti Rhinocéros Party
by Parti Rhinocéros Party
https://www.partyrhino.ca/en/
Why agree with an imitation? In the next election, vote for the real jesters !
via wondering what they're up to these days
2,000 Years of AI Doom
by Jon Evans
https://aiascendant.com/p/2000-years-of-ai-doom
what, you thought Eliezar Yudkowsky came up with something new?
via both rss and discord

Quebec's language watchdog will stay away from 'Go! Habs Go!' from now on, minister says
by Matthew Lapierre
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/go-habs-go-quebec-1.7518712
this is no surprise
via discord
The Greatest Hits
by Simon & Glorfindel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D59HIXarYMA
all of these are excellent. the last one is perfect
via discord
Hearing word that 338 is down in parts of the country
by Philippe J. Fournier
https://bsky.app/profile/338canada.bsky.social/post/3lnqlywehdk2e
apparently the Quebec/French version works? ok, i can work with that. i can't imagine who would want to DDOS 338canada at this point in the campaign....
via wondering what was up with 338canada.com
Chai Tea: FIGHT ME ABOUT IT
by Hank Green
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jawQ-HvJFhQ
he's not without a point
via youtube recommends
The Most Dangerous Building in Manhattan
by Veritasium
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q56PMJbCFXQ
yikes! fortunately, this was fixed. but, yikes!
via rss

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