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2025-07-17 06:57 am
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What I saw on the web on 2025.7.16


  1. This plant peacefully houses warring ant species by giving them their own apartments
    by Sheena Goodyear
    https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/plant-ant-apartments-1.7585758
    wacky botany keeping bellicose zoölogy in check!
    via rss

  2. Alberta wastewater unlocked key information about COVID-19. Could it help with measles too?
    by Jennifer Lee
    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-wastewater-unlocked-key-information-about-covid-19-could-it-help-with-measles-too-1.7585529
    looks like the answer is yes? now if only we could get more frequent and more quickly-updated wastewater numbers?
    via rss

  3. On Maps
    by Rosemary Kirstein
    https://www.rosemarykirstein.com/2015/08/on-maps/
    i'm rereading the first book, and wanted to have another look at the map. warning: serious spoilers if you've not read the books yet. but if you haven't read the books yet, why not?!?
    via going looking

  4. TheMoment a 'fat' marmot was spotted in a B.C. park
    by Taylor Borth
    https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6833050
    that's a pretty big gopher!
    via rss

  5. Symphony No.9
    by Beethoven and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HljSXSm6v9M
    ah, the glorious 9th of Ludwig van
    via it having been a long time since i listened to the whole thing, and i needed some music to listen to while doing A Thing

  6. Issik v Resler, 2023 ABKB 391
    by N.E. Devlin
    https://www.canlii.org/en/ab/abkb/doc/2023/2023abkb391/2023abkb391.html
    and now i'm curious about which band name was on a ballot, and how many other people noticed that at one point the judgement has "the the" (which, admittedly, is itself a band name, albeit not a hair metal band)?
    via elseDW

  7. a truly crazy 'right' triangle
    by polymathmatic
    https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7iPIJ216qOM
    ok, that's nuts.
    via youtube recommends
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2025-07-11 07:00 am
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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. Blackbird Bakery
    by Blackbird Bakery
    https://blackbirdbakery.com/
    looks like an excellent source of tastiness
    via tangential mention on discord

  8. 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

  9. Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy
    by Martha Wells
    https://reactormag.com/rapport-martha-wells/
    new murderbot novella!
    via [personal profile] marthawells
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2025-07-07 07:00 am
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  1. ‘It’s too late’: David Suzuki says the fight against climate change is lost
    by David Suzuki speaking to Davis Legree
    https://www.ipolitics.ca/2025/07/02/its-too-late-david-suzuki-says-the-fight-against-climate-change-is-lost/
    in case your sense of optimism is getting too strong
    via word of mouth and then do the math

  2. Back to the Beginning
    by Black Sabbath et al
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_to_the_Beginning
    that must have been loud
    via nosing around

  3. Roozen Family Hospice Centre
    by Pilgrims Hospice Society
    https://pilgrimshospice.com/about-home-for-hospice/
    a friend is checking in
    via FB

  4. From Individual Climate Guilt to Collective Ethical Action
    by Alexis Shotwell speaking with Jeni Miles
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB0YM8g15L8
    some excellent reminders about the limits of individual action, and the opportunities inherent in those limitations
    via wondering what Alexis has been up to recently
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2025-07-01 06:21 am
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What I saw on the web on 2025.6.30


  1. Fashion tips for writing math.
    by Ben Orlin
    https://mathwithbaddrawings.com/2025/06/30/fashion-tips-for-writing-math/
    i don't agree with everything here, but i think i agree with most of it
    via rss

  2. Beloved Drumheller dinosaur set for tests ahead of possible extinction
    by Bill Graveland
    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/tyra-dino-drumheller-1.7573672
    hopefully Tyra's got a bright future ahead of her!
    via rss

  3. #TheMoment a moose stuck its head in a car in Jasper
    by Kellie Paxian
    https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6815713
    that's closer than i need to come to a live moose
    via rss

  4. Indo-European words for ten
    by Starkey Comics
    https://i0.wp.com/starkeycomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Indo-European-Words-TEN-1-PNG-1.png?ssl=1
    fascinating to see the relationships here
    via discord

  5. Trump's 51st state comments can be taken as 'term of endearment': U.S. ambassador
    by Racy Rafique
    https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/pete-hoekstra-trump-51st-state-1.7574449
    mr.ambassador, being leered at collectively by an adjudicated rapist does not constitute endearment in my books
    via rss

  6. Etymonopoly: A Free Print-and-Play Game for Language Lovers
    by Ryan Starkey with Antti Hukkanen
    https://starkeycomics.com/2025/01/16/etymonopoly/
    might be funner than the original game, not that that's a high bar....
    via poking around after link 4

  7. Bifurcation: The secret giant islands formed when rivers split
    by Ryan Starkey
    https://starkeycomics.com/2021/06/10/bifurcation-the-secret-giant-islands-formed-when-rivers-split/
    apparently i live on an island?
    via poking around after link 6

  8. Every OS Sucks
    by Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRlPTbKHIPQ
    i don't think i'd seen the video before. not sure how i feel about the narrative it adds to the song.
    via looking for it online, finding it
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2025-06-28 06:06 am
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  1. The Age of Integrity
    by Bruce Schneier
    https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/06/the-age-of-integrity.html
    in which Bruce attempts to bring a word back into active use
    via rss

  2. How To Fool Your Brain!
    by Mark Rober
    https://www.youtube.com/shorts/eW8ZNkuLhZw
    i was aware of the theory, but hadn't seen this particular technique before
    via rss

  3. Most Albertans will soon pay about $110 for a COVID shot
    by Paige Parsons et al
    https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6813305
    the stupid on this government, it burns
    via rss

  4. One Ring to Bind Them: A Halachic Inquiry on the Occasion of Purim 5775
    by Rymenhild
    https://archiveofourown.org/works/3478202
    in case you're Jewish and were thinking of using the One Ring as a wedding ring, i have bad news
    via word of mouth

  5. William Rowan Hamilton (Science YouTuber Collab)
    by A Capella Science
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZXHoWwBcDc
    cuz ijk = -1
    via discord
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2025-06-27 05:54 am
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  1. limmey joke
    by Dr. Manny
    https://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=5882
    you look like you have something to say. do you?
    via rss

  2. Buskers must now sing in French in Quebec City's tourist hub. Not everyone is happy
    by Rachel Watts
    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/buskers-new-rules-quebec-city-french-rule-1.7570667
    for not the first time, i look at a political decision in québec and struggle to see what problem it's attempting to fix
    via rss

  3. All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt
    by Marissa Lingen
    https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/all-i-got-was-this-lousy-t-shirt/
    a trade convention at a space station. what could go worng?
    via discord
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2025-06-26 06:57 am
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  1. Norwegian tourist says he was barred from entering the U.S. over a JD Vance meme, interrogated for hours, then had his records falsified
    by Lindsey Weedston
    https://www.dailydot.com/culture/norwegian-tourist-barred-from-united-states-jd-vance-meme/
    continuing to discover reasons not to go to the US
    via discord

  2. I Think this Hot Sauce Might be Illegal
    by Hank Green
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YM633vhGCHg
    an investigation of food labelling laws
    via still not rss. why haven't i got an .rss feed for hankschannel yet?

  3. Finding Edmonton's elusive firefly population
    by David Bloom
    https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/finding-edmontons-elusive-firefly-population
    in case you were wondering where to find them
    via going looking because i was wondering

  4. Sask. study finds apparent increase in urban moose excursions
    by Darla Ponace
    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/moose-urban-study-1.7570591
    don't try to pet the very tall deer!
    via rss
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2025-06-24 07:25 am
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What I saw on the web on 2025.6.23


  1. Confirmed case of measles prompts public alert to potential exposures in Edmonton and North Zones
    by Alberta Health Services
    https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/news/Page19145.aspx
    i wasn't at any of those locations, but presumably other folk were
    via Alberta Politics

  2. "Exit"
    by Mump and Smoot
    https://vimeo.com/1082186348/eddab4f9c0
    i think i saw this one in person? haven't watched yet, but M&S is always worth watching. content warning: horror clowns
    via FB
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2025-06-22 05:58 am
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What I saw on the web on 2025.6.21


  1. Measles 'out of control,' experts warn, as Alberta case counts surpass 1,000
    by Jennifer Lee
    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-measles-cases-pass-1000-1.7567488
    if only there were a well-known, established technology that we could use to prevent this sort of thing from happening. oh, wait....
    via rss

  2. Escapade Online 35.5 Schedule
    by Escapade
    https://escapadecon.net/virtual-con/schedule/
    looks like a potentially fun con. do i have time next weekend...?
    via discord

  3. King Pharoah Plague/Plague Of Horn/Dub
    by Yabby You/Tommy McCook/King Tubby
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoaY4KhjTm4
    if you're in the need of deep bass, this is the place
    via memory

  4. ‘From each according to ability; to each according to need’ – tracing the biblical roots of socialism’s enduring slogan
    by Luc Bovens
    https://theconversation.com/from-each-according-to-ability-to-each-according-to-need-tracing-the-biblical-roots-of-socialisms-enduring-slogan-138365
    nope, not in the US constitution, in spite of what a lot of people seem/ed to think
    via discord
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2025-06-19 07:09 am
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  1. 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

  2. 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
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2025-06-18 07:05 am
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  1. In the face of a trade war, Saskatchewan's helium industry looks to lift off
    by Alexandre Silberman
    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/trade-war-helium-industry-1.7561259
    seems like a good idea to me
    via rss

  2. My Religion
    by John Green
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wi6-PoQHcFM
    nice to hear John's perspective, which is a caring, human one
    via rss

  3. What if you funneled Niagara Falls through a straw?
    by Randall Munroe
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfbzrrcQZjs
    short answer: Bad Things
    via rss

  4. Atlas of Endangered Alphabets
    by Endangered Alphabets Project
    https://www.endangeredalphabets.net/
    have only just seen the link, haven't had a chance to explore yet
    via discord
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2025-06-17 07:11 am
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  1. Moral Standards For Parenting Need To Be Achievable By Mediocre People
    by Ozy Brennan
    https://thingofthings.substack.com/p/moral-standards-for-parenting-need
    a (soft) anti-natalist position makes some of these assertions much easier
    via rss

  2. A convicted felon has entered Canada
    by Canada Hates Trump
    https://wilwheaton.tumblr.com/post/786531833027362816
    all points check out
    via rss

  3. Canada Strong Pass
    by Gouvernement du Canada
    https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/campaigns/canada-pass.html
    this could be useful!
    via both cbc news item and FB

  4. What did J.R.R. Tolkien REALLY think of C.S. Lewis's Narnia?
    by Holly Ordway
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSC6f1lMQ_Q
    not exactly not what we've been told elsewhere. but also not exactly what we've been told.
    via discord, i think?
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2025-06-14 05:51 am
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  1. an important announcement
    by Amazon MGM Studios
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsK-KPi_w3w
    something to look forward to?
    via cbc news item

  2. It hurts
    by InfinitePeeGlitch reblogging skaldish
    https://www.reddit.com/r/CuratedTumblr/comments/1l9w64y/it_hurts/?share_id=sTbSQxSdrm2AmBR45IV6-
    yes, it does hurt
    via discord

  3. The Dying Art We All Depend On
    by David Cain
    https://www.raptitude.com/2025/06/the-dying-art-we-all-depend-on/
    in which an old man yells at a cloud i've not observed this as much, but i wouldn't be surprised if it's increasingly a thing, yes
    via rss

  4. O beautiful
    by Paul Wells
    https://paulwells.substack.com/p/o-beautiful
    as Wells notes, our relationship to the country right beside us is complicated. i wonder if i'll visit it again sometime. i hope so?
    via rss

  5. Most Albertans will have to pay for COVID-19 shots starting this fall, province says
    by Jack Farrell
    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-charging-for-covid-shots-1.7561338
    in case you thought we might not be in the darkest timeline....
    via rss
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2025-06-13 06:04 am
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  1. Are there 'snooping provisions' in Carney's massive border bill?
    by Evan Dyer
    https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-border-bill-c2-criticism-1.7558557
    here's a thought: how about we respect people's rights? could we do that?
    via rss

  2. Help Erin (re)Build a Life Worth Living
    by Terry David Mulligan
    https://www.mulliganstew.ca/2025/05/03/ep-347/
    this doesn't even get into all the troubles they've had
    via FB

  3. Can I Lick It?
    by Teachers gram
    https://teachersgram.com/products/can-i-lick-it-funny-science-teacher-t-shirt
    excellent question, excellently answered!
    via discord
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2025-06-11 06:54 am
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  1. What next? UCP takes to reading Yours Truly in The Tyee, quoting lefty bloggers in press release
    by David Climenhaga
    https://albertapolitics.ca/2025/06/what-next-ucp-takes-to-reading-yours-truly-in-the-tyee-quoting-lefty-bloggers-in-press-release/
    shared entirely for the "flying buttress" metaphor, which i may have to use at some point
    via rss

  2. Here’s What’s Happening in America, in Six (Mostly) Russian Terms
    by Maria Kuznetsova and Dan Storyev
    https://archive.ph/TF2G4
    some unfortunately helpful vocabulary for describing the [gestures broadly]
    via discord

  3. Where's Bombadli?
    by whypic
    https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fm5nbyw69mrs41.jpg
    for extra credit, also find: barrow-wight, goldberry, old man willow, fatty lumpkin
    via discord

  4. Why I’m so Mad Right Now
    by Hank Green
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ChIo3Ubdbo
    horrible and plausible strategic analysis
    via youtube recommends
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2025-06-07 06:12 am
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  1. Psycho Killer
    by Talking heads featuring Saorise Ronan
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJ54eImz88w
    welp, i feel seen
    via FB

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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?
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What I saw on the web on 2025.6.3


  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. ‘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

  4. 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

  5. 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
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2025-05-28 07:09 am
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  1. Mass Spec
    by Randall Munroe
    https://xkcd.com/3094/
    that's hilarious
    via rss

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. YEGO 2025
    by YEGO 2025
    https://millwoodstowncentre.com/event/yego-2025/
    for edmonton area fans of lego
    via email

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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
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2025-05-26 07:00 am
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  1. 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?

  2. Geek Pride Day
    by wikipedia
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geek_Pride_Day
    also Towel Day
    via searching after seeing a mention somewhere

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. raga Adbhut Kalyan
    by pandit Nirmalya Dey
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r35uShc50bE
    a rarely performed evening raga
    via rss

  6. 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
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  1. Adulting 101' programs are helping Gen Z catch up on key life skills
    by Marcus Medford-Kerr
    https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/adulting-101-life-skills-course-for-gen-z-1.7542212
    on the one hand, it's alarming that such things are needeed. on the other hand, if they're needed, it's good that they're available
    via rss

  2. information is often tied to the systems that transmit it
    by max1461
    https://www.tumblr.com/max1461/735519648444022784/thinking-about-this-post-the-only-way-to-make-a
    even as they say
    via discord

  3. How to Fix Grocery Stores
    by Hank Green et al
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxMR1TMec04
    this could work!
    via youtube recommends

  4. 98-year-old Grunthal twins happy to still be teasing, living next door to each other
    by Ian Froese
    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/twins-98-year-old-birthday-live-next-door-down-the-hall-1.7539883
    news from Jantsied! (or is it Ditsied?)
    via rss

  5. Northern Bricks 2025
    by Northern Bricks
    https://northernbricks.ca/
    if you're an AFOL who wants to see some great MOCs!
    via FB

  6. I am a mature adult
    by Rob Waugh et al
    https://wilwheaton.tumblr.com/post/784463894210101248
    i also am a mature adult
    via rss
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