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2025-07-20 06:02 am
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  1. Sauron Defeated: Session 6 - The Sigh And Murmur Of The Sea
    by Corey Olsen et al
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BJE4MlbtlQ
    in case you'd like an in-depth discussion of the epilogue which JRRT cut from the Lord of the RIngs
    via wanting an in-depth discussion of the epilogue

  2. Welcome home gifts
    by AjKaramba
    https://imgur.com/gallery/welcome-home-gifts-welcome-home-gifts-eZs2F54#/t/aww
    what excellent gifts! good job!
    via wil

  3. Nathan Fillion's superpower? Being Canadian
    by Nathan Fillion speaking with Tom Power
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AknAAdHWuE
    a fun check-in with Mill Woods's finest son
    via youtube recommends

  4. Sharks Aren't Fish, but Whales Are
    by Hank Green
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-C3lR3pczjo
    cuz of course
    via youtube recommends
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2025-07-19 07:32 am
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  1. Rerun of No. 2829
    by David Morgan-Mar
    https://www.irregularwebcomic.net/2829.html
    shared mostly because it reminds me of a friend who describes himself as "a liquid kind of guy", and whose personality matches the one seen herein
    via rss

  2. I was bron in 1892 in Bloemfontein...
    by possibly /u/SnooStories6404
    https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fxts9gt396hnd1.jpeg
    it's funny because it's true. or, yunno, not true. but, funny.
    via discord

  3. All The Ghosts You Will Be
    by Vsauce
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHd4zsIbXJ0
    still doesn't convince me that people at events watching it via their phones is generally a good thing
    via youtube recommends

  4. Apocalyptic Plagues and Anthropocene Forests: How Charles C. Mann’s 1491 Rewrote My Brain
    by Ruthanna Emrys
    https://reactormag.com/seeds-of-story-how-charles-c-mann-1491-rewrote-my-brain/
    in which Emrysji starts a new interesting-looking series with a discussion of a book i'm now trying to remember if i've read. i think i have?
    via discord

  5. Remembering Gary Karr
    by Gary Upton
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0GG1pWX-fs
    RIP Gary Karr. he was a monumental musician
    via rss
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2025-07-18 05:38 am
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  1. The Road to MechaHitler
    by Paul Krugman
    https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-road-to-mechahitler
    only point of disagreement is that "a bit to the left" should read "a homeopathic epsilon to the left". otherwise it all tracks.
    via rss

  2. When .999… Isn’t 1
    by James Propp
    https://mathenchant.wordpress.com/2025/07/17/when-999-isnt-1/
    welcome to the q-deformed numbers!
    via rss

  3. How does wildfire smoke affect birds? This researcher is looking to find out
    by Darla Ponace
    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/university-of-saskatchewan-research-birds-wildfire-smoke-1.7586781
    i was wondering this exact thing!
    via rss
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2025-07-17 06:57 am
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  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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2025-07-10 07:07 am
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  1. God sent an angel down and her name is
    by siopao-baby
    https://wilwheaton.tumblr.com/post/788567056205398016
    me too
    via rss

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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
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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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2025-07-05 06:15 am
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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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
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2025-07-02 07:04 am
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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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
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2025-06-25 07:02 am
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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. The 13 Trick
    by Vsauce
    https://www.youtube.com/shorts/d4xzmMuJTWs
    looks fun
    via discord

  6. A Swarm of New Asteroids
    by Rubin Observatory
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTuq-vBsDJE
    that's a lot of asteroids!
    via TYWKIWDBI

  7. 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

  8. 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
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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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2025-06-13 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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2025-06-12 06:59 am
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  1. 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

  2. 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
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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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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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  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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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. the VelociPastor
    by Brendan Steere et al
    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1843303/
    apparently this is a real thing that exists?!?!?
    via FB
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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. Yarn Theory
    by Marie Vibbert
    https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/vibbert_05_25/
    the intersection between fibre arts and mathematics. and space aliens.
    via discord

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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
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2025-05-04 06:20 am
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  1. Unstoppable Force and Immovable Object
    by Randall Munroe
    https://xkcd.com/3084/
    the physics checks out
    via rss

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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?

  7. 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
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  1. 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

  2. A Dancing Robot
    by Stephen Notley
    https://www.angryflower.com/dancingrobot.gif
    in case you need a dancing robot
    via BTAF

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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
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