reblogarythm | Entries tagged with religion

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

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

The Ultimate Guide to Cooking Beans in the Instant Pot
by simply quinoa
https://simply-quinoa.s3.amazonaws.com/Beans+in+the+Instant+Pot.pdf
cuz often the guidelines don't discuss soaked vs unsoaked
via going looking. pinto beans now cooking.
The Spiritual Odyssey of Malcolm X
by James Ford
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/monkeymind/2025/05/the-spiritual-odyssey-of-malcolm-x.html
what a fascinating journey, so sadly cut short
via rss
Faculty claim U of A is bargaining in bad faith
by Kim Siever
https://albertaworker.ca/news/faculty-claim-u-of-a-is-bargaining-in-bad-faith/
these secret PBCO orders really need to get some sunlight on them
via rss
COMMIT TO THE BIT
by John Green
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suipiqewpzc
i don't think i'd heard the term "bit commitment" before. i like it.
via getting interested in the origin of the phrase "commit to the bit", and going looking
coopgestalt
by coopgestalt
https://coopgestalt.com/
in case you're looking for co-operative board games
via going looking for some

Let's talk about Canadian tourists, Trump, declines, and billions....
by Belle of the Ranch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7Zjgl4CkNY
yup, pretty much
via rss
Is This the Year We Doom Civilization?
by Paul Krugman
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/is-this-the-year-we-doom-civilization
i mean, a lot of this stuff was locked in a decade or two ago. nonetheless, not a good look.
via rss
"He's Not Going To Be Afraid To Speak His Mind"
by James Martin speaking to Stephen Colbert
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRrS1l5-w7I
two american catholics talking about their new pope. interestingest word: "many"
via youtube recommends
Gallus rostromegalus
by Gallus rostromegalus
https://www.tumblr.com/gallusrostromegalus/168284180238/gallus-rostromegalus
an origin story involving a mad scientist's apprentice
via discord

Several conferences relocate north of the border as Canadians refuse to travel to the U.S.
by Sophia Harris
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/conference-us-travel-1.7531255
this is (sadly) no surprise
via rss
It Awaits Your Experiments.
by Peter Watts
https://www.rifters.com/crawl/?p=11511
in which the good doctor gets eloquent about someone else getting eloquent in bacteria
via rss
What was the first RPG? It ain't what you think...
by Jon Peterson speaking to Ben Riggs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAXVDKtH4e0
it's rather more complicated than you might expect. now i may need to track down Jon's books....
via rss
the VelociPastor
by Brendan Steere et al
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1843303/
apparently this is a real thing that exists?!?!?
via FB

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

Danielle Smith is destroying my kitchen
by Jen Gerson
https://www.readtheline.ca/p/jen-gerson-danielle-smith-is-destroying
i'm not coming from the same political perspective as Jen, but we end up with a lot of the same conclusions. Dani, give it a break already
via rss
Fixing Education In The Age of “AI” Is Simple, But Hard
by Ian Welsh
https://www.ianwelsh.net/fixing-education-in-the-age-of-ai-is-simple-but-hard/
basically, yup
via rss
The new Pope didn't tweet once in 2024. In 2025, he's posted 5 times
by Aaron Reichlin-Melnick retweeting the cardinal subsequently known as Leo XIV
https://bsky.app/profile/reichlinmelnick.bsky.social/post/3looh2t6zhc2e
so, Vat-DC relations to continue spicy
via discord
So I looked at the "query" that Worldcon used....
by Simon Bisson
https://bsky.app/profile/sbisson.com/post/3lolj2usnbc2k
yup, not a good look for the worldcon team
via discord
It hurts me like you wouldn’t believe that Gen X is lumped in with the Boomers.
by Wil Wheaton
https://wilwheaton.tumblr.com/post/783003711452708864/it-hurts-me-like-you-wouldnt-believe-that-gen-x
agree on all points, except that my parents were pre-boomer, and i don't live in the US
via rss
I recreated The Tower of Babel paint in Minecraft. What do you think?
by /u/MineDesigns_
https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraftbuilds/comments/1jy9l0i/i_recreated_the_tower_of_babel_paint_in_minecraft/
the comments are [chef's kiss]
via discord
Pascal's wager you say?
by /u/falcy
https://imgur.com/pascals-wager-you-say-mDMcx
in case you were wondering if you're doomed
via discord

‘The Only Person in the World Claiming to Be the Pope Right Now’
by Ruth Graham
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/us/conclave-pope-class.html?unlocked_article_code=1.FE8.NfI_.w6UWjzWiSlIe&smid=url-share
habemus papem! apologies to those waiting for the roman papal election results
via discord
New Liberal government should scrap EV tariffs on China to help trade, climate goals, say critics
by Lisa Xing
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/china-trump-ev-electric-vehicle-tariffs-canada-carney-1.7526835
i've been wondering about that tariff, and the retaliatory one on canola
via rss
Biktrix sees selling e-bikes downtown as a core belief
by Coliln Gallant
https://edmonton.taproot.news/briefs/2025/05/06/biktrix-sees-selling-e-bikes-downtown-as-a-core-belief
to be kept in mind if/when i need an ebike
via rss

You can't parse [X]HTML with regex.
by bobince
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1732348/regex-match-open-tags-except-xhtml-self-contained-tags/1732454#1732454
he comes
via discord
The Numbers: How long will this Parliament last?
by Éric Grenier and Philippe J. Fournier
https://www.thewrit.ca/p/the-numbers-how-long-will-this-parliament
mostly for Philippe's quiz and how Éric does in it.
via rss
Ahead of conclave, this Italian tailor is making 3 different sizes of cassocks
by Megan Williams
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/pope-enclave-cassock-tailor-robe-1.7526544
so if they use fewer buttons, what does that symbolize?
via rss
Murderbot — An Inside Look
by Alexander Skarsgård, Murderbot, et al
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSCDyYOQgQA
honestly, this gets me more excited about the upcoming adaptation than the trailer did
via checking to see if there was anything more out there, and there was

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

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

Bara Bada Bastu
by KAJ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK3HOMhAeQY
in case you need more encouragement to use a sauna
via the Charismatic Voice
How to Become Pope
by CGP Grey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kF8I_r9XT7A
in case you were wondering
via the youtube recommendation algorithm suddenly popping it up from 12 years ago for some reason

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

Nardwuar vs. Prime Minister Mark Carney
by Nardwuar the Human Serviette and Mark Carney
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZmh_PNMImE
and will PP respond?
via youtube recommends
The God of Minor Troubles
by Megan Chee
http://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fiction/the-god-of-minor-troubles/
"problem, or inconvenience?" — Sigmund Wollman
via storytime with wil wheaton

No. 5790: Γαρφιελδ Ιν Φαυξ Γρεεσε
by Reisen U. Inaba
https://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=5790
yup, it checks out, up to and including that's not greek
via rss
Sharks... even more amazing than you realised
by Rochelle Constantine
https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2025/03/11/sharks-.html
the sharktopus content that you've been waiting for
via cbc
列子御風
by 吳文光
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSeeoPSugAA
in case you need some guqin to listen to (and who doesn't?)
via going looking
Stop using anti-extinct creature language
by [citation needed]
https://64.media.tumblr.com/c4af99b88007145aeddc45a8f455b29f/1c6813632e64abc2-de/s1280x1920/cf64db83ffea6129fb3f0ffa43c0c8578be2f10a.jpg
remember Peter Watts:
The game is never over; there's no finish line this side of heat death. And so, neither can there be any winners. There are only those who haven't yet lost.

via wil
Blindsight: Notes and References Longwinded Version
by Peter Watts
https://rifters.com/real/shorts/PeterWatts_Blindsight_Endnotes.pdf
[source for comment on previous link. probably of more interest to those who've already read Blindsight.]
via going looking for the precise text
Incompetent or Evil: A False Dichotomy
by Paul Krugman
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/incompetent-or-evil-a-false-dichotomy
grabbing Hanlon's Razor with both hands
via rss
Let's talk about the next US-Canadian friction point....
by Belle of the Ranch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqwjAGFOP18
oh boy, another friction point.
via rss
recreating a famous movie poster
by Carrie, Harrison, and Mark
https://wilwheaton.tumblr.com/post/779105851643428864
an excellent use of pastries
via rss
give
by Zach Weinersmith
https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/give
this is not the first discussion i've seen today of hydropower. it is the funniest, however
via rss
Veritas
by Cheapass Games
https://www.greaterthangames.com/products/veritas
could be fun?
via discord

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

King Crimson + Looper = Fun
by Make Weird Music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIlKdPNw7H8
fun! clever!
via rss
candle loses its mind
by TJ Voice man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55-r7rfkhAM
that's an unusual perspective on burning to death
via discord
Styles and privileges of the Archbishop of York
by wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archbishop_of_York#Styles_and_privileges
in case you'd (erroneously) assumed that the "Primate of England" and the "Primate of all England" were the same archbishop....
via discord
raga Kambhoji
by ustad H.Sayeeduddin Dagar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgfd64KzVv0
the ustad's presentations are always so warm and comforting
via going looking

a low polygon version of yourself
by Brobexx @ tired
https://daily-spooky.tumblr.com/post/771528443222523904
it me
via wil
Sunday Morning Exercise: Take “The Wug Test”
by Gretchen McCulloch reblogging Nancy Rosenbaum discussing the work of Jean Berko Gleason
https://allthingslinguistic.com/post/168977408695/sunday-morning-exercise-take-the-wug-test
(the answer to the last one is obviously ( figure it out for yourself first? )
)
via discord
A Weird Way to Win the Trade War with Trump
by Cory Doctorow speaking to Jesse Brown
https://www.canadaland.com/podcast/1100-a-weird-way-to-win-the-trade-war-with-trump/
i mean, the war is allegedly off. for now. i still like the idea, and it's still not going to happen
via Cory's blog
Scary!
by [citation needed, found on reddit]
https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2F48j89v1isf921.jpg
i mean, yeah
via discord? i think?
Digger
by Ursula Vernon
https://diggercomic.com/
if you're in need of a great webcomic about a wombat
via remembering, in an online discussion of wombats

The Real Line versus the Fakes
by James Propp
https://mathenchant.wordpress.com/2025/01/17/the-real-line-versus-the-fakes/
a fun introduction to an introduction to Dedekind cuts
via rss
Let's talk about Americans learning from Canadians...
by Belle of the Ranch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbNSYfyG_k4
i mean, yeah.
via rss
Mad at Meta? Don't Let Them Collect and Monetize Your Personal Data
by Lena Cohen
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/mad-meta-dont-let-them-collect-and-monetize-your-personal-data
if you're still using FB, might want to do these
via Cory Doctorow
BOOM
by Zach Weinersmith
https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/boom-2
i'll admit that some of the stuff i've read sometimes feels like this
via rss
The simple thing you can do that might help beat the winter blues
by Holli-Anne Passmore speaking to Nancy Carlson
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6612180
agreed
via rss
Brain Tumor Survivor Simone Giertz Eats Her Last Meal
by Simone Giertz and some guy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs9A20wRUxI
jackfruit are large
via youtube recommends

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