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We're Never Going to Feel Normal Again
by Jessica Wildfire
https://www.the-sentinel-intelligence.com/p/were-never-going-to-feel-normal-again-5b5
i mean, Jim Dinning warned us about this decades ago
via rss
They’re trying to remake you. Don’t let them
by Anand Giridharadas
https://the.ink/p/coffee-theyre-trying-to-remake-you
i think he ascribes them too much intentionality, but this will be the outcome of their project if not actively resisted, yes
via rss
Flurry Of Emotions!!! "Beds Are Burning" And Is This The Most Pressed Voice I've Analyzed?
by Elizabeth Zharoff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqVCZu-nN5U
i'd honestly not previously thought about Peter Garrett's vocal tone that much. it is weird, isn't it?
via rss
The Ones Who Love Us
by Hank Green
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6xgKK_2na4
hard same, Hank, hard same
via rss
Frodo Laid a Geas (and other invisible magic)
by mikkeneko et al
https://www.tumblr.com/mikkeneko/741889564546908160/frodo-laid-a-geas-and-other-invisible-magic
an excellent analysis. i'd figured out parts of this before, but not all of it
via discord

Read a New Murderbot Story for Free, Right After the Season Finale
by Reactor, with a snippet from Martha Wells
https://reactormag.com/read-a-new-murderbot-story-for-free-right-after-the-season-finale/
something to look forward to on thursday
via remembering that this was supposed to be out this week sometime, going looking
I don't know who you are, neighbor-network owner, but clearly I want to!
by Ada Palmer
https://wandering.shop/@adapalmer/114818360050228510
ditto
via rss
Testing Every Way To Make A Chocolate Chip Cookie
by the Babish Culinary Universe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpSV_oavvyY
lots of variations here. at some point i may need to sit down with the data and decide which ones i'd like to use. hint: not aged beef tallow
via rss

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

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
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
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
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
William Rowan Hamilton (Science YouTuber Collab)
by A Capella Science
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZXHoWwBcDc
cuz ijk = -1
via discord

“Modern Thinking in Fantasy”: Musing on a Twitter Post
by Daniel Stride
https://phuulishfellow.wordpress.com/2025/06/22/modern-thinking-in-fantasy-musing-on-a-twitter-post/
in which is revealed what hobbits actually are
via rss
Uncommon Instrument Awareness Day
by Days of the Year
https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/uncommon-instrument-awareness-day/
this is totally my jam
via going looking after seeing it mentioned somewhere

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

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
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
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
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

Of Fantasy Babies and Genre Bathwater – Post-Tolkien: A Reply to The Second Story
by Daniel Stride
https://phuulishfellow.wordpress.com/2025/06/09/of-fantasy-babies-and-genre-bathwater-a-reply-to-the-second-story/
a take on a take on the history of fantasy literature in the last 50 years
via rss
Sci-fi writer Charles Stross' dark take on Silicon Valley 'religion'
by Charlie Stross speaking with Tom Barfield
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/sci-fi-writer-charles-stross-053049956.html
some notes on where he's coming from, and where he's going, and TESCREAL
via charlie's blog
The Culture vs The Ekumen as Models for Humanity's Future
by hank green
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6PT1VKPLlQ
hard same, hank, hard same
via youtube recommends cuz i still don't have .rss for hankschannel for some reason
Alert Sound
by Randall Munroe
https://xkcd.com/3100/
this sort of thing does indeed work well
via rss
Survival
by Bob Marley and the Wailers
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nk6DytFISpBkLTqJiO1DcaOoutMMCte3U
a fine album
via memory
Peacock Neck Sausage
by Forager Chef
https://foragerchef.com/peacock-sausage/
that's a rather unusual-looking sausage
via wandering around the www

Passacaglia and Fugue BWV 582
by J.S.Bach, arranged and performed by James Howard Young
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhTsuuk5WMU
on four recorders! sadly, the big one doesn't have the low octave pedal point
via youtube recommends
"There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life...."
by John Rogers
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/366635-there-are-two-novels-that-can-change-a-bookish-fourteen-year
the topic came up in conversation
via recalling it
The SECRET Every DM NEEDS To Know (2025 Edition)
by Dungeon Craft
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2mjYDF3o-M
apologies for clickbait-y title, but his two points are worthwhile. may not be suitable for players of TTRPGs.
via youtube recommends
When Financiers Win, They Lose
by Ian Welsh
https://www.ianwelsh.net/when-financiers-win-they-lose/
this is a simple take, and as such, probably not entirely correct. but it's a good first approximation
via rss

The David Lynch Collection
by Julien's
https://www.juliensauctions.com/en/auctions/julien-s-auctions-turner-classic-movies-present-the-david-lynch-collection
if you want something that Lynch owned
via discord
Us vs. Them / Our Government vs. The Government
by Ian Welsh
https://www.ianwelsh.net/us-vs-them-our-government-vs-the-government/
agreed inre: sortition. i'll be interested in seeing his thoughts on taxation
via rss
Good or Bad
by Zach Weinersmith
https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/good-or-bad
i feel that
via rss
Have I ever shown you guys these weird late 80s Soviet Lord Of The Rings illustrations?
by someone showing weird late 80s Soviet Lord of the Rings illustrations
https://www.tumblr.com/warrioreowynofrohan/785002299158315008/have-i-ever-shown-you-guys-these-weird-late-80s
a fascinating take
via discord
Is this what door handles should have looked like all along?
by Simone Giertz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JfhSmrKK3A
she makes a good case!
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

This is Martha Wells, a four-time Hugo, two-time Nebula, and five-time Locus Award winner for The Murderbot Diaries, a book series published by Tordotcom. Ask Me Anything
by Martha Wells and reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/television/comments/1kmjkls/this_is_martha_wells_a_fourtime_hugo_twotime/
haven't seen the show yet, likely will. good to see that MW likes it
via discord
Slave (Official Lyric Video)
by Lucky Dube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaB8lXEP1BY
i admit, i'd not realized before that the song was about alcoholism
via remembering the song
Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings Trilogy: Two Decades Later
by Arthur
https://fakegeekboy.wordpress.com/2025/03/13/peter-jacksons-lord-of-the-rings-trilogy-two-decades-later/
it's been an awfully long time since i've watched those movies. perhaps i'll do it again?
via discord

Winners of the Tolkien Society Awards 2025 Announced
by Jeremy Edmonds
https://www.tolkiensociety.org/2025/04/winners-of-the-tolkien-society-awards-2025-announced/
could anyone have predicted the winner in the "Best Book" category?
via hearing a partial announcement
Quebec must recognize families with more than 2 parents, Superior Court rules
by Antoni Nerestant and Hénia Ould-Hammou
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/multi-parent-families-rights-children-quebec-civil-code-1.7519867
good news for polyfolk? maybe?
via discord and then rss
Mike Mearls + Kelsey Dionne = An Hour of Happy Ep. 50
by Kelsey Dionne and Mike Mearls speaking proximate to Ben Riggs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRPJ_61QnWs
in which it turns out that these two game designers are sort of the same person ish?
via rss
Suit up! Red Deer friends create epic suit of armour
by Gonzalo and Bernardo Franco, and Alex Osborn
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6733696
nifty looking suit. i wonder how much it weighs
via rss
How Biz Profs Destroyed Free Markets
by Ian Welsh
https://www.ianwelsh.net/how-biz-profs-destroyed-free-markets/
not sure that the title precisely fits the piece, but the piece is good
via rss
Move Fast and Break Kings
by Cory Doctorow talking to Some Dude
https://flipboard.video/w/2aH2AFNTPjcdWCMqjPB5N3
some good Q+A (and some good methodology around Q+A!)
via Cory's blog
Today in Amusing Middle English...
by aeschylus-stan-account
https://skulandcrossbones.tumblr.com/post/665174471168114688/today-in-amusing-middle-english-i-came-across-an
this word is wlonk
via discord
Liberal Party Wins Canadian Election
by Ian Welsh
https://www.ianwelsh.net/liberal-party-wins-canadian-election/
i mostly agree with Ian's analysis
via rss

Quebec's language watchdog will stay away from 'Go! Habs Go!' from now on, minister says
by Matthew Lapierre
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/go-habs-go-quebec-1.7518712
this is no surprise
via discord
The Greatest Hits
by Simon & Glorfindel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D59HIXarYMA
all of these are excellent. the last one is perfect
via discord
Hearing word that 338 is down in parts of the country
by Philippe J. Fournier
https://bsky.app/profile/338canada.bsky.social/post/3lnqlywehdk2e
apparently the Quebec/French version works? ok, i can work with that. i can't imagine who would want to DDOS 338canada at this point in the campaign....
via wondering what was up with 338canada.com
Chai Tea: FIGHT ME ABOUT IT
by Hank Green
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jawQ-HvJFhQ
he's not without a point
via youtube recommends
The Most Dangerous Building in Manhattan
by Veritasium
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q56PMJbCFXQ
yikes! fortunately, this was fixed. but, yikes!
via rss

Disputationes adversus astrologiam divinatricem, by Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1496): A Complete English Translation
by Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, translated by Daniel Stride
https://phuulishfellow.wordpress.com/2025/04/18/disputationes-adversus-astrologiam-divinatricem-by-giovanni-pico-della-mirandola-1496-a-complete-english-translation/
huh. i mean, i have feelings about the use of ChatGPT. but nontheless, a huge pile of Pico in english. huh.
via rss
Moving the consistency bubble around
by DRMacIver
https://notebook.drmaciver.com/posts/2025-04-17-18:19.html
i don't have this specific problem (if anything, the opposite), but the general methodology is worthwhile
via rss
Canada’s Role in a Shifting Global Order
by Mark Carney speaking with Scott Galloway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V11qNDDElZw
we'll see how this plays out domestically in a little over a week
via at least three different pointers
April 2025 Update for Digital Tolkien Project
by James Tauber
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxV-eC7XDVc
even just the map stuff he talks about around 14:00 is truly excellent. always nice to hear what he's up to
via rss
Grass fire prompts evacuation, closure of Highway 16 near Elk Island National Park
by Emily Williams
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/grass-fire-prompts-evacuation-closure-of-highway-16-near-elk-island-national-park-1.7514210
huh. that's not great
via rss
Sometimes things are actually important
by DRMacIver
https://notebook.drmaciver.com/posts/2025-04-18-23:33.html
a good cautionary note on the quick hot takes one gets from some therapeutic modalities
via rss

Western Pop Music Is Trash
by Rajan Parrikar
https://www.parrikar.org/nibbles/2025/04/15/western-pop-music-is-trash/
as always, Rajan states and defends his opinions rather vigorously. while i don't agree with all of it, he makes several valid points
via rss
Vote Now in Tolkien Society Awards 2025
by Jeremy Edmonds
https://www.tolkiensociety.org/2025/04/vote-now-in-tolkien-society-awards-2025/
i mean, i don't think i have a vote? but lots of good stuff here.
via discord
France's Controversially Colourful Château (& How The Owner Got Away With Painting It Like That)
by the Tim Traveller
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1Vx-7pfzLE
i'm not in the neighbourhood, but if i were, i'd give it a look
via rss
force or violence?
by Rose Nylund
https://sophsun1.tumblr.com/post/779742420941324288/the-golden-girls-526-the-presidents-coming
an understandable answer
via wil

The World's LONGEST Klein Bottle
by Cliff Stoll and Lucas Clarke
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7yKZzbyF74
Cliff is such a goofball!
via rss
Philip K. Dickens
by Ward Q. Normal
https://bsky.app/profile/wardqnormal.bsky.social/post/3lmfg4dbkkc2w
seems accurate at this point ayup
via FB
The Wisconsin cartographer who mapped Tolkien’s fantasy world
by Rob Ferrett and Beatrice Lawrence
https://www.wpr.org/news/wisconsin-cartographer-karen-wynn-fonstad-mapped-tolkien-fantasy-world-oshkosh
Fonstad's maps are getting scanned! excellent news!
via discord
Anachronym Challenge
by Randall Munroe
https://xkcd.com/3075/
clever
via rss
Reimagining Democracy
by Bruce Schneier
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/04/reimagining-democracy-2.html
a bunch of good hard questions
via rss

Beyond the Torment Nexus: How Does Science Fiction Help Us Prepare for the Future?
by Ruthanna Emrys
https://reactormag.com/beyond-the-torment-nexus-how-does-science-fiction-help-us-prepare-for-the-future/
perhaps "does" might be better read as "could"?
via discord
Old Strathcona Farmers' Market set to open on Sundays
by Emilie Rubayita
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/old-strathcona-farmers-market-set-to-open-on-sundays-1.7504123
probably could have happened some years ago by now? probably a good idea?
via rss
Thinking about a 5-string cello with a low F? So are we.
by Upton Bass
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cyq1NBT8NrE
i've seen five-string 'cellos with a high string before. ones with a low string could be fun!
via youtube recommends
Chad Bornholdt's Tolkien Content Tools
by Chad Bornholdt
https://www.texastolkien.com/home/tolkien-resources-helpful-links
lots of useful stuff here
via discord
Edmonton Gateway
by 338Canada
https://338canada.com/48016e.htm
wondering how this will change after the LPC dropped their initial choice of candidate
via discord
"... fell right out of the ballroom"
by Mike Primavera et al
https://thememedaddy.tumblr.com/post/778054433366065152
that's an image i'm not sure i needed. so i'm sharing it with you
via wil

No. 5802: Modernist Garfield
by Jim Davies, T.S.Eliot, and Manyhills
https://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=5802
hurry up, Garf, it's time
via rss
Explaining the Trump Tariff Equation
by Matt Parker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j04IAbWCszg
yup, that's problematic. (note to Matt: examine the spelling of the word "askerisk")
via rss
History and Nationalist Myth-Making in The Lord of the Rings
by Abby Roberts
https://www.speculativeinsight.com/essays/what-lies-and-threats
in case you thought Tolkien was all about nationalism and racial purity
via discord
This time, the border guard asked: "What do you think about Donald Trump?"
by JReynolds
http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2025/04/living-in-interesting-times.html#comment-2209508
or, i could just not try to go there
via reading comments on Charlie Stross's latest post
30 Years Later, Real Genius is Still the Geek Solidarity Film That Nerd Culture Deserves
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
https://reactormag.com/30-years-later-real-genius-is-still-the-geek-solidarity-film-that-nerd-culture-deserves/
having come somewhat late myself to the film, i agree with this assessment
via Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow on the Evils of Copyright Law
by Cory Doctorow speaking to Andrew Heaton
https://player.fm/series/the-political-orphanage/cory-doctorow-on-the-evils-of-copyright-law
in which Cory talks with someone who leans libertarian, and they agree on a bunch of policy proposals?!?
via Cory's blog

EXCLUSIVE Fripp & Eno - 21st Century Schizoid Man (Re-recording 2025)
by Fripp & Eno, with some assistants
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrB24ojAg4o
that's a pretty bold reimagining
via rss
Does Baby Have Hat
by Jeremy Kun
https://www.jeremykun.com/2025/04/01/does-baby-have-hat/
because reducing unplanned descents to the floor is a good thing
via rss
What if the Earth rotated 90 degrees?
by Randall Munroe replying to Socke
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH4g1ptJ-70
a fun ponder
via rss
Expect extra questions, take a burner phone: Immigration lawyers weigh in on travel to the U.S.
by Muriel Draasima
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/canadians-travel-to-united-states-advice-1.7498326
or, one could just not go there
via rss
Hyphens as Sub-Lexical Morphemes in The Hobbit
by Sparrow Alden
https://www.jstor.org/stable/48650605
i've heard reference to this paper before, but never actually seen it. if i can just remember how i have JSTOR access, i'll have to read the thing
via discord
Nyckelharpa (16 strings, 39 keys)
by Amy Hakanson demonstrating to Rob Scallon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0uinr8IyhY
more instruments need sympathetic strings
via youtube recommends?

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