What I saw on the web on 2025.5.27
May. 28th, 2025 07:09 am- Mass Spec
by Randall Munroe
https://xkcd.com/3094/
that's hilarious
via rss - Alberta kicks off electoral boundary review as province swells to 5 million
by Joel Dryden
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-electoral-boundaries-jyoti-gondek-bob-marshall-1.7539153
hopefully the independent process is sufficiently independent to get a good result
via rss - Usher of the Black Rod
by the Senate of Canada
https://sencanada.ca/en/about/usher-black-rod/
in case you're wondering what he's up to when the king isn't visiting
via the wikipedia page - YEGO 2025
by YEGO 2025
https://millwoodstowncentre.com/event/yego-2025/
for edmonton area fans of lego
via email - What if you used a flamethrower as a snowblower?
by Randall Munroe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYf9-xfm6t8
excellent question, excellent answer!
via rss - Zen at the End of Religion
by James Ishmael Ford
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/monkeymind/2025/05/zen-at-the-end-of-religion.html
might have to read this. i appreciated the talk, especially the reminder to take traditions seriously but not literally, and the reminder that religious-but-not-spiritual people exist
via rss - Bellingham, Wash., council pens letter to B.C. cities amid cross-border tensions
by CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bellingham-letter-bc-cities-1.7545411
i don't see this getting fixed until POTUS repudiates the lusting-after-our-territory thing
via rss