reblogarythm: (friday)

  1. 2026 is the Year We Take Back Our Minds
    by Hank Green
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=041xVAJyMk0
    i'm reminded of that line from WSB of complicated memory: "what does a man do when he finds out he cannot want what he wants?"
    via rss

  2. 2531 Cambridge
    by Wikipedia
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2531_Cambridge
    in case you're planning on a trip to cambridge, make sure you get the correct one
    via discovering a list of cambridges
reblogarythm: (wednesday)

  1. PROG XMAS: Angels We Have Heard On High
    by the Make Weird Music family
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1kTgWAK4C0
    precisely what it says on the tin
    via rss

  2. Mahler N° 6 | Hammer Tutorial
    by Benjamin Schäfer
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_byORFC_I-E
    in case you need to get hammered
    via youtube recommends

  3. Rimbey … it’s Christmas …
    by Abe Janzen
    https://somemessynotes.wordpress.com/2025/12/23/rimbey-its-christmas/
    some excellent reminders
    via rss

  4. Alberta looks to protect bridges from big trucks with fines, 'naughty list' for truckers
    by Jack Farrell
    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/year-edmonton-bridge-9.7027408
    with relevant commentary from Jurgen Henn
    via rss

  5. Maybe the Default Settings Are Too High
    by David Cain
    https://www.raptitude.com/2025/12/maybe-the-default-settings-are-too-high/
    in that first bit about LotR i very much feel seen
    via rss
reblogarythm: (saturday)

  1. Twelve Days of Christmas 12 Keys 12 Time Signatures
    by Bela Fleck & Flecktones
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VYiFpW7ac4
    exactly what it says on the tin
    via youtube recommends

  2. Exactly what we needed
    by [personal profile] mrissa
    https://marissalingen.com/blog/?p=4308
    excellent reflections on cooking, baking, and more than that
    via various sources

  3. Chorumal bodum
    by Albert Kuvezin
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXUO2s5Y3aQ
    i'd not encountered a live performance before
    via discovering that there's a live performance
reblogarythm: (friday)

  1. If you want to shop ethically this holiday season just buy less, Guelph prof says
    by https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/shopping-ethically-holiday-season-9.6995003
    Desmond Brown
    short version: there is no ethical consumption under capitalism
    via rss

  2. The Graph Reconstruction Conjecture
    by Elise Raphael speaking with Brady Haran
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWVCl4p-Zyc
    a neat problem, easy to state, not yet solved
    via rss

  3. Satellites spot gathering of gigantic tusked animals on remote Arctic island. It has never been seen before
    by Daniel Graham
    https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/new-walrus-haul-out-discovered-on-svalbard
    sadly, no mammoths
    via discord
reblogarythm: (saturday)

  1. the Art of Elmenel
    by Elmenel
    https://elmenel.art/
    ooo dat Athrabeth....
    via discord

  2. The Answers Post (#11)
    by Rich Burlew
    https://www.patreon.com/posts/answers-post-11-141468323
    not a lot of surprises here, but good info nonetheless. and yes, asking a middle-aged man an open-ended question about Star Wars is dangerous.
    via wondering if there was a new one up

  3. Beyond the Geometry of Music
    by Dmitri Tymoczko
    https://media.ed.ac.uk/media/Beyond%20the%20Geometry%20of%20Music/1_fxe5vt57
    time to bone up on my orbifolds, so i can grok the fullness
    via John Baez

  4. Boss preppers
    by Cory Doctorow
    https://pluralistic.net/2025/11/22/eschatology-watch/#guillotine-watch
    all the disaster fantasy folk would be cute in a different context
    via rss

  5. Earth's Refillery Coop
    by Earth's Refillery Coop
    https://earthsrefillerycoop.ca/
    if only it were closer.
    via FB
reblogarythm: (sunday)

  1. This video game lets you drive a long-haul truck across western U.S.A. — and soon, B.C.
    by Tom Summer
    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/truck-driving-game-to-add-british-columbia-9.6976551
    speaking as someone who's driven BC a fair amount, wanting to do it virtually seems a little odd. but i'm not the target market, am i?
    via rss

  2. Inventing the Renaissance
    by Ada Palmer
    https://graham.uchicago.edu/course/inventing-the-renaissance/
    not just the book, now it's a one-day course at the Graham School!
    via discord

  3. How Big Should Your Tent Be?
    by Rebecca Solnit
    https://www.meditationsinanemergency.com/how-big-should-your-tent-be/
    if we don't give people room to change and grow, they might not change or grow
    via rss

  4. Wikipedia and the Destruction of Trust
    by Hank Green
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zi0ogvPfCA
    the world needs more wikipedias and fewer youtubes
    via rss

  5. You could get at least $50 from the bread price-fixing settlement. But the deadline is coming up
    by Nick Logan
    https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/bread-price-fixing-settlement-deadline-9.6978171
    am i signing up for this? maybe?
    via discord, but it was probably on rss at some point too?

  6. Infinity
    by White Rabbit Gameworks
    https://whiterabbitgameworks.com/shop/infinity-puzzle/
    what a fun-looking multi-puzzle. (not, of course, infinite, but fun nonetheless.)
    via discord

  7. WinterCity Book Flood
    by WinterCity Edmonton
    https://wintercityedmonton.ca/event/book-flood/
    good to know!
    via i don't remember now. FB?

  8. Voice of Fire
    by wikipedia, reporting on Barnett Newman
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_of_Fire
    i don't know much about art, but i like this
    via memory
reblogarythm: (saturday)

  1. Slack
    by zvi
    https://thezvi.wordpress.com/2017/09/30/slack/
    in case you lack slack, jack
    via ozy


  2. Facebook's fraud files
    by Cory Doctorow
    https://pluralistic.net/2025/11/08/faecebook/#too-big-to-care
    in case you needed more reasons to hate FB/Meta/the Zuckernet
    via rss
reblogarythm: (tuesday)

  1. Making connections
    by David R. MacIver
    https://drmaciver.substack.com/p/making-connections
    good overall, but shared for the first footnote which, if you know, screams category theory
    via rss

  2. Albertans may eventually suffer from petition fatigue – but not just yet!
    by David Climenhaga
    https://albertapolitics.ca/2025/11/albertans-may-eventually-suffer-from-petition-fatigue-but-not-just-yet/
    here's hoping some of these recalls work
    via rss

  3. Food prices in Canada keep climbing, but these grocery items will give you sticker shock
    by Natalie Stechyson
    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/grocery-prices-food-cost-9.6956462
    no real surprises here. good to know that i'm dodging some of these bullets
    via rss

  4. The Genius of the Louvre Heist
    by Sherri Davidoff speaking with Hank Green
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIGbQ9NHFEg
    in case you wondered how much of the louvre heist was luck and how much was cleverness
    via rss
reblogarythm: (saturday)

  1. 1335: A Righteous Mushroom
    by Rich Burlew
    https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1335.html
    i also make invisible mind spores
    via rss

  2. Reduce the need for active stabilisation
    by David R. MacIver
    https://drmaciver.substack.com/p/reduce-the-need-for-active-stabilisation
    i found myself noticing how many times while reading this my attention got distracted by the rest of the world.
    via rss
reblogarythm: (friday)

  1. weekly reminder that death is inevitable and you will be forgotten
    by some dude
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHvrj4mA-PE
    in case you've forgotten
    via discord

  2. Etymologies of Endonyms and Exonyms
    by Ryan Starkey
    https://starkeycomics.com/2025/10/31/etymologies-of-endonyms-and-exonyms/
    in case you wondered what the deal with Georgia and Georgia is
    via rss

  3. Arithmetic is an underrated world-modeling technology
    by dynomight
    https://dynomight.substack.com/p/arithmetic
    it really is. as the piece points out, keep the units!
    via ozy
reblogarythm: (monday)

  1. The Game-Changing Potential of Balcony Solar
    by Peter Yeung
    https://reasonstobecheerful.world/balcony-solar-renewables-technology-game-changing/
    i wonder what the regulation situation is like here?
    via rss

  2. Plug-in solar panels are the latest green energy trend – here’s what you need to know
    by Dylan Ryan
    https://theconversation.com/plug-in-solar-panels-are-the-latest-green-energy-trend-heres-what-you-need-to-know-260467
    some more stuff to think about
    via previous link

  3. Sound Systems: The Future of the Orchestra
    by various authors, edited by Laing, Eschrich, and Finn
    https://csi.asu.edu/books/soundsystems/
    looks like an innaresting read!
    via discord

  4. There Has Never Been a Better Time to Start a Ph.D.
    by Ada Palmer
    https://www.chronicle.com/article/there-has-never-been-a-better-time-to-start-a-ph-d
    a cogent argument. also a reminder that post-secondary education really shouldn't just be about whether it leads directly to a job
    via discord

  5. Command Interface: How Your Device Choice Shapes Power Relations
    by Zak El Fassi
    https://zakelfassi.com/command-interface-device-power
    the strong version of the thesis is likely unsupportable. the not-as-strong version is a significant part of why i mostly stay far away from smartphones
    via ran prieur
reblogarythm: (saturday)

  1. Enshittification and the Rot Economy: A Deep Dives Conversation
    by Cory Doctorow and Ed Zitron speaking to Whitney Beltrán
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tz71pIWbFyc
    great talk, but i think i side with cory's wife regarding the soup stock
    via one of cory's blogs, don't recall which one

  2. It’s Storytime With Wil Wheaton Returns October 29
    by Wil Wheaton
    https://wilwheaton.net/2025/10/its-storytime-with-wil-wheaton-returns-october-29/
    oh good! more excellent stories excellently narrated by an excellent person!
    via rss

  3. Smells Like Teen Spirit (Reggae Version)
    by Nirvana with Andy Rehfeldt and Flea
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LW-IK-LFraY
    i feel like this actually works pretty well, and it's a good reminder that Flea also plays trumpet
    via remembering it, tracking it down
reblogarythm: (tuesday)

  1. Seven Days of the Week (I Never Go to Work)
    by They Might Be Giants
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geTSBFb_GR4
    surprisingly relevant!
    via discord


  2. Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time as climate crisis warms country
    by Helena Horton
    https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/21/mosquitoes-found-iceland-first-time-climate-crisis-warms-country
    one fewer reason to go visit iceland, then
    via discord


  3. Mayflower mouth
    by Anand Giridharadas
    https://the.ink/p/mayflower-mouth
    on mispronounciation and dispronounciation
    via rss


  4. How to find things (an intro to binary search)
    by David R. MacIver
    https://drmaciver.substack.com/p/how-to-find-things-an-intro-to-binary
    that this feels very intermediate-value-theorem-coded to me probably says more about me than it does about the essay. well said stuff!
    via rss


  5. Honing Your Instrument
    by Gary Upton In Conversation with Blake Hinson
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRfbq1HSDRg
    i would not have guessed that Edgar Meyer uses tuning dots
    via rss


  6. Tubthumping
    by Chumbawumba, covered by TMBG + the AV Club Chorus
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yf0Amcgxot8
    yes, that's what it would sound like if they covered it
    via going looking after hearing about it on discord
reblogarythm: (sunday)

  1. Recall Nicolaides
    by Jenny Yeremiy et al
    https://recallnicolaides.ca/
    an i were in calgary bow, i'd be signing that so hard
    via FB

  2. Dengo Chocolates
    by Dengo Chocolates
    https://www.dengo.com.br/
    an i were in brazil, i'd be eating that so hard
    via discord

  3. Governments, if they endure,
    by Calvin & Muad'Dib
    https://calvinanddune.tumblr.com/post/797835571262357504/governments-if-they-endure-always-tend
    not as perfect a match as they sometimes are, but appropriate in light of yesterday
    via rss

  4. The 10 Questions Everyone Asks About My 6-Foot, 14-String Lute
    by Brandon Acker
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0lwWwJJfXk
    i knew most fo this, but the bit where it folds is awfully cool
    via youtube recommends
reblogarythm: (friday)

  1. Why Portland ICE protesters are showing up dressed as giant inflatable animals
    by Samantha Swindler
    https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2025/10/why-portland-ice-protesters-are-showing-up-dressed-as-giant-inflatable-animals.html
    yes! more goofy protesters! ribbet!
    via discord i think?


  2. The pivot
    by Charlie Stross
    https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2025/10/the-pivot-1.html
    in which Charlie sets out an argument that 2025 will be as pivotal as 1968
    via rss


  3. Jane Siberry among musicians to be inducted into Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame
    by David Friend
    https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/kd-lang-jane-siberry-canadian-songwriters-hall-of-fame-9.6942390
    well-deserved. congrats, jane!
    via rss


  4. On the trail of Blacksburg’s (and Appalachia’s) native tropical fruit, the pawpaw
    by Abby Steketee
    https://cardinalnews.org/2025/10/17/the-pawpaw-files-on-the-trail-of-blacksburgs-and-appalachias-tropical-fruit/
    i suspect i'll never get to eat one of these freshly-picked, but it's interesting to read about them
    via discord


  5. Letter 214
    by Tolkiengateway, discussing the actual letter by J.R.R.Tolkien
    https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Letter_214
    a source of a bunch of obscure hobbitish trivia
    via going looking after re-reading it
reblogarythm: (thursday)

  1. How pen caps work
    by David R. MacIver
    https://drmaciver.substack.com/p/how-pen-caps-work
    quite possibly not how you thought they did! with some general notes on epistemology as well.
    via rss

  2. Thousands of teachers rally downtown as the Premier addresses the province
    by CBC News
    https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6941651
    saw some of these folk gathering. hoping for good outcomes! Dani, sit down!
    via rss

  3. Tales of the Plush Cthulhu
    by Jon Hansen
    https://web.archive.org/web/20020724164852/http://logicalcreativity.com:80/jon/plush/01.html
    IA! IA! CTHULHU FHTAGN!
    via ancient reminscence
reblogarythm: (friday)

  1. Surprise Hair Loss Breakthrough: A Sugar Gel Sparks Robust Regrowth
    by Carly Cassella
    https://www.sciencealert.com/surprise-hair-loss-breakthrough-a-sugar-gel-sparks-robust-regrowth
    . . . in mice . . . but nonetheless an interesting result!
    via discord

  2. Jane Goodall's Famous Last Words
    by Jane Goodall
    https://bsky.app/profile/yasharali.bsky.social/post/3m2hzscc4wc2z
    worth listening to!
    via discord

  3. a scene from Rosenkrantz & Guildenstern are dead
    by Tom Stoppard, performed by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith and Benedict Cumberbatch
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDZ0ynoouQQ
    i wouldn't think about it if i were you. you'd only get depressed
    via relevant tumblr post

  4. The end of tt-rss.org
    by fox
    https://community.tt-rss.org/t/the-end-of-tt-rss-org/7164
    i wonder how this will affect my .rss access....
    via some piece comparing .rss readers

  5. Expert Panel on Post-Secondary Institution Funding and Alberta’s Competitiveness
    by several panellists
    https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/0fc4d498-dcb5-440b-930d-9600e19c39b1/resource/a5e7a93b-0208-4721-a347-24a65b2c3ce7/download/ae-expert-panel-post-secondary-institution-funding-albertas-competitiveness-report-2025.pdf
    i've only skimmed the recommendations so far. will have to read more closely
    via cbc news item
reblogarythm: (friday)

  1. Now you can be buried in a coffin made of fungi
    by CBC News
    https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/what-on-earth-mushroom-coffin-1.7648990
    sounds like a fine idea. well, assuming one is dead before being buried, that is
    via rss

  2. A moment in history: Oct. 3, 1968
    by Scott Lilwall
    https://edmonton.taproot.news/briefs/2025/10/03/a-moment-in-history-oct-3-1968
    TIL: Edmonton stores used to close on Wednesdays as well as Sundays?!?
    via rss

  3. When your ISP pays you
    by Cory Doctorow
    https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/03/we-dont-care-we-dont-have-to/#were-the-phone-company
    just one reminder about how nifty consumer co-operatives are
    via rss
reblogarythm: (tuesday)

  1. Interim update
    by Charlie Stross
    http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2025/09/interim-update.html
    in case you're wondering how Charlie's eyes are doing, and why he's pivoting away from topical fiction
    via rss

  2. A handy guide to French Canadian/Québecois expressions (with crows)
    by secondlina
    https://bsky.app/profile/secondlina.com/post/3lzho5kmo522z
    not getting into things like "chalice" and "tabernacle", cuz, let's keep our language clean
    via discord

  3. B.C. sushi chef refuses to provide extra soy sauce — even for $1K
    by Akshay Kulkarni
    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/kitimat-bc-sushi-j-no-soy-sauce-1.7640761
    no soy sauce for you!
    via rss
reblogarythm: (sunday)

  1. The big meaning behind micro-relationships, and why we should talk to strangers more
    by Brieanna Charlebois and Nono Shen
    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/micro-relationships-and-talking-to-strangers-1.7636486
    yup, talk with people!
    via rss

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