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God sent an angel down and her name is
by siopao-baby
https://wilwheaton.tumblr.com/post/788567056205398016
me too
via rss
A screeching mascot takes wing: Magpie unveiled as Edmonton's official bird
by Fakiha Baig
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alta-edmonton-magpie-1.7580506
an excellent choice
via rss
The Big Daddy of Infinite Integrals
by Tom Crawford speaking with Brady Haran
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiO2Ku7V1rw
i mean, it's the standard derivation, but it's fun to watch, and only slightly handwavy
via rss
The Hardest Problem Evolution Ever Solved
by Hank Green
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=On2V_L9jwS4
"if whales aren't fish, then fish don't exist"
via youtube recommends
Beans And Cornbread
by Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fbv3xQA7jJE
guess what we had for supper today?
via memory, thanks to the Malcolm X soundtrack

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

This Graph Changed My Life
by Hank Green
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvtEINcqc6c
this is stuff that's good to remember
via rss
Daybreak solo guide: How to beat the solo game in 3 rounds (or less!)
by Papa Boris
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSgkxxM9Dok
this feels a little too simple, but it helped
via BGG
General pointers for approaching Daybreak
by Remy
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3183302/general-pointers-for-approaching-daybreak
this feels a little too simple, but it helped
via going looking for suggestions

How to Become a Millionare by Solving One Math Problem
by Xyla Foxlin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGe2nmRw-sg
a nice quick explainer of the Millennium Problems. her discussion of Hodge is extremely hand-wavy, but mine would be too, so no shade thrown there
via rss
Legendary RPG Designer Breaks Media Silence- Ep. 59
by Kevin Crawford and Steve Winter, with occasional comments from Ben Riggs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLe3saMZYk4
meaning no disrespect to Ben, but his best episodes are the ones where the two guests end up interviewing each other
via rss
The Changing Room Illusion
by Michael A. Cohen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXk-Oc35oN4
i'm not surprised that this works, but it's still impressive to (not) watch
via TYWKIWDBI
Iranian Blackout Affected Misinformation Campaigns
by Bruce "Bruce Schneier" Schneier
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/07/iranian-blackout-affected-misinformation-campaigns.html
that's not suspicious at all
via rss
Is there such a thing as a magnitude 0 earthquake?
by Randall Munroe
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FKXVs4UteSc
there sure is, it's an open-ended scale in both directions!
via rss
342760575891993352
by Peregrin Took with assistance from [citation needed]
https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Futdwmmz10g951.jpg
apparently [citation needed] speaks French?
via discord
Nouveau Nonfiction
by Matthew Surridge
https://www.splicetoday.com/writing/nouveau-nonfiction
i've read and appreciated three of the discussed books. perhaps i need to track down the other ones as well?
via discord
A Scots Tune
by Brandon Acker, playing a tune from the Jane Pickering Lute Book (1616)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I27_gx2VDSQ
some pleasant lute music
via looking for some pleasant lute music

raga Bilaskhani Todi
by pandit Kushal Das
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ael8iSX673I
in case you need a morning raga to listen to
via looking for a morning raga to listen to
A Deluge of Metanarrative Bullshit
by Sean Paul Kelley
https://www.ianwelsh.net/a-deluge-of-metanarrative-bullshit/
i mean, i'm generally skeptical of narrative, so this fits
via rss
Why Big Tech Turned Against Democrats — and Democracy
by Paul Krugman
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/why-big-tech-turned-against-democrats
looks like a plausible analysis to me
via rss
ad
by Zach Weinersmith
https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/ad
i suspect that whether you consider this the best possible joke or not tells us something about you as a person. possibly not something good.
via rss
The 13 Trick
by Vsauce
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/d4xzmMuJTWs
looks fun
via discord
A Swarm of New Asteroids
by Rubin Observatory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTuq-vBsDJE
that's a lot of asteroids!
via TYWKIWDBI
As You Like It
by some hack named Shakespeare, directed by David Horack
https://www.freewillshakespeare.com/mainstage-show
could be a fun production. i've seen another one in the last few years, and may have to compare
via email
I'm a proud Québécois. Moving to Alberta helped me feel even more Canadian
by Thomas Aguinaga
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/west-quebec-alberta-canadian-first-person-1.7537123
this is how a multicultural canada is supposed to work
via rss

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
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
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
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

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
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
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

I'm not back yet, but I'm looking for where to go next.
by Tom Scott
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K97lp7xWPCQ
looking forward to what mr. Scott comes up with next!
via rss
I’m going to calculate π on the Moon. Literally.
by Matt Parker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGtVej1Qx5Y
and yes, the kickstarter is already funded
via rss

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?

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

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

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
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
How to Fix Grocery Stores
by Hank Green et al
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxMR1TMec04
this could work!
via youtube recommends
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
Northern Bricks 2025
by Northern Bricks
https://northernbricks.ca/
if you're an AFOL who wants to see some great MOCs!
via FB
I am a mature adult
by Rob Waugh et al
https://wilwheaton.tumblr.com/post/784463894210101248
i also am a mature adult
via rss

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

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

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

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

Donut-Shaped Planets
by Tony Padilla speaking to Brady Haran
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMlGs4X67q8
in case you were wondering if such a thing is possible
via wondering if such a thing is possible, and going looking
How Do Hot Air Balloons Actually Steer?
by Mark Rober
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6tlNyr5sl8
actually seven questions, of which the titular is the last
via rss
Dishwasher update
by Plumber John
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX2ahSS2ovk
the future is almost here!
via TYWKIWDBI
An Interview with Daniel Dacombe & Cory Doctorow
by surprisingly enough Cory Doctorow speaking to Daniel Dacombe
https://zencastr.com/z/O5TlD_uI
an interview that gets into some corners Cory doesn't often get to talk about
via Cory's Blog

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

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