What I saw on the web on 2025.8.6

Aug. 7th, 2025 06:44 am
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  1. Remembering the original Superman
    by Khalid Albaih
    https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/8/5/remembering-the-original-superman
    i mean, yeah. this stuff should be obvious to people, but obviously it won't be
    via discord

  2. The Ludacris song that BROKE my brain
    by Adam Neely
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8mHggTYYb4
    a fascinating journey into listening correctly
    via rss

  3. LOTR The Fellowship of the Ring - Galadriel's prologue
    by JRRT, Fangorn, Peter Jackson, and Cate Blanchett
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOulsEGvSCo
    remembering that moment right near the start when the image on screen and the narration are both wrong (although in unrelated ways) at the same time
    via tracking the clip down after remembering

  4. Snake-in-the-Box Problem
    by Randall Munroe
    https://xkcd.com/3125/
    unsurprisingly, dimension 8 is done, and higher dimensions are not
    via rss

  5. "This is both objectively hilarious, and a reminder of how easily stupid people are fooled."
    by wil wheaton
    https://wilwheaton.tumblr.com/post/791154173619093504/this-is-both-objectively-hilarious-and-a-reminder
    my experience of the satanic panic was much more muted than wil's, but i grok the fullness
    via rss

  6. What if every team was named after the most abundantly populated animal in their geographical area?
    by /u/jtcmuehlenkamp
    https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/comments/qm7d17/what_if_every_team_was_named_after_the_most/
    i should have seen that coming
    via discord

What I saw on the web on 2025.8.5

Aug. 6th, 2025 08:26 am
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  1. My T-shirt with the entire text of Borges' theoretical Library of Babel
    by sufficientlylargen
    https://www.tumblr.com/sufficientlylargen/759922566882295808/my-because-i-was-left-unsupervised-shirt-is
    excellently technically correct
    via discord

  2. I Tried Every Kit Kat
    by Babish Culinary Universe
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00_HlYma2Qg
    mostly because i appreciate the bit-commitment and discussion of keming
    via rss

  3. Canada’s Main Street
    by Craig Baird
    https://sutherlandhousebooks.com/product/canadas-main-street/
    might have to read this?
    via cbc item

  4. Buckets & Borders
    by Buckets & Borders
    https://bucketsandborders.com/
    an interesting idea
    via seeing them in action

  5. At 17, Hannah Cairo Solved a Major Math Mystery
    by Kevin Harnett
    https://www.quantamagazine.org/at-17-hannah-cairo-solved-a-major-math-mystery-20250801/
    this is deeper in harmonic analysis than i ever got. cool to see progress coming from a comparative newcomer in the field
    via discord i think?

What I saw on the web on 2025.8.4

Aug. 5th, 2025 06:22 am
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  1. Questions About EVs? I Have Answers.
    by Hank Green
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp5KF2IhUtY
    some good info here
    via youtube recommends

What I saw on the web on 2025.8.3

Aug. 4th, 2025 06:35 am
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  1. Why I Actually Love My Brother
    by Hank Green
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OtM1ok6ZK0
    agreed, except that people do say "Mountain Time"
    via rss


  2. Your Review: Joan of Arc
    by anonymous reviewer
    https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/your-review-joan-of-arc
    no, it's not a book review. it's a review of Joan of Arc.
    via rss

What I saw on the web on 2025.8.2

Aug. 3rd, 2025 06:25 am
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  1. Is the tradition of giving party leaders a free pass to the House dead?
    by Darren Major
    https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/leadership-courtesy-tradition-poilievre-byelection-1.7597462
    short answer: no. but PP's situation isn't really muchly precedented
    via rss

What I saw on the web on 2025.8.1

Aug. 2nd, 2025 05:49 am
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  1. Our Side and Epstein
    by [personal profile] siderea
    https://siderea.dreamwidth.org/1879923.html
    including some important reminders about epistemic humility, as well as other things
    via rss

  2. Canon
    by Randall Munroe
    https://xkcd.com/3123/
    yup
    via rss

  3. ConCurrent Seattle
    by ConCurrent Seattle
    https://concurrentseattle.weebly.com/
    if you're looking for something to do in seattle along with or instead of worldcon
    via discord

What I saw on the web on 2025.7.31

Aug. 1st, 2025 06:02 am
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  1. Kurt Vonnegut on the future of the United States (1987)
    by Kurt Vonnegut, unsurprisingly
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5Few-ZOGXk
    unsurprisingly, Kurt makes a couple of salient points, almost 40 years ago
    via discord i think?

  2. The Holey Monster (with 934 faces)
    by Richard Elwes speaking to Brady Haran
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhSlqIe1CRQ
    a fun tour of toroidal polyhedra
    via rss

  3. ETS begins adding small surcharge for big-name concert tickets at Commonwealth
    by Colin Gallant
    https://edmonton.taproot.news/news/2025/07/31/ets-begins-adding-small-surcharge-for-big-name-concert-tickets-at-commonwealth
    looks like a good idea to me
    via rss

  4. I Tried The Most Remote Fine Dining in America
    by Babish Culinary Universe
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zm3fAZJiKlg
    mostly shared cuz i'm confused about the server's choice of verb tenses
    via rss

  5. Posters for National Theater of Korea’s production of Macbeth
    by Yuni Yoshida
    https://ghostflowerdreams.tumblr.com/post/762077236024180736
    super-clever costume design!
    via wil

  6. UNCUT John Cleese - Monty Python Actor and Comedian | 11.17.2014
    by John Cleese speaking with Adam Savage
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYaDx2Zxlqg
    two clever people talking
    via hearing Adam mention it elseweb, and going looking

What I saw on the web on 2025.7.30

Jul. 31st, 2025 06:38 am
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  1. MAPfrappe
    by Kelvin Thompson
    https://www.mapfrappe.com/outlines
    in case you're wondering how the sizes (not populations) of different cities compare
    via wondering precisely that

  2. Things I miss about civilization
    by Marissa Lingen
    https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02248-9
    what would you miss about civilzation?
    via discord

  3. Palmer's Algorithm for Good Gelato Recognition
    by Adam Shimi
    https://formethods.substack.com/p/palmers-algorithm-for-good-gelato
    basically just a repackaging of her blogpost
    via trying to track down one of Ada Palmer's anectodes about gelato, coming up with this instead

  4. This Gate is the Reason You Have to Get to the Airport 2 Hours Early
    by Hank Green
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ps2IZyV3Ih4
    in case you think you don't need to be at the æroport quite that early . . . you're likely right
    via youtube recommends

  5. Petition for referendum to ensure Alberta remains in Canada approved by Elections Alberta
    by Cameron MacCuish
    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/anti-separation-petition-approved-1.7597522
    now to figure out where to sign....
    via rss

What I saw on the web on 2025.7.29

Jul. 30th, 2025 06:31 am
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  1. Elections Canada finds an elegant and decisive solution to the Longest Ballot Committee’s shenanigans
    by David Climenhaga
    https://albertapolitics.ca/2025/07/elections-canada-finds-an-elegant-and-decisive-solution-to-the-longest-ballot-committees-shenanigans/
    pretty accurate analysis. i'd still prefer something more proportional.
    via rss

  2. Vancouver Quadra/Election results
    by wikipedia
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver_Quadra#Election_results
    inspired by previous link, i wanted to track down the candidates in the 1988 election. check out the names.
    via going looking after vaguely recalling

  3. Edmonton-made app makes it easier for citizen scientists to count birds
    by Stephanie Swensrude
    https://edmonton.taproot.news/briefs/2025/07/29/edmonton-made-app-makes-it-easier-for-citizen-scientists-to-count-birds
    must mention to the birders i know
    via rss

What I saw on the web on 2025.7.28

Jul. 29th, 2025 06:23 am
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  1. Low Level Bridge closes Monday as series of bridge repair projects set to begin
    by Liam Newbigging
    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/major-bridge-work-begins-low-level-to-close-in-series-of-bridge-repair-projects-1.7594367
    curious to see how this goes
    via rss

  2. A mathematician’s coming-of-age story.
    by Ben Orlin
    https://mathwithbaddrawings.com/2025/07/28/a-mathematicians-coming-of-age-story/
    totally checks out
    via rss

  3. Collectivize, not unionize, should be our motto
    by Kim Siever
    https://albertaworker.ca/podcast/season-4/s4-e3-collectivize-not-unionize-should-be-our-motto/
    well said! workplace democracy!
    via rss

  4. The Great Rockway Cookie Chase
    by Rockway Mennonite Collegiate
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TGQAOhwd-w
    the lengths to which one might go to get a cookie
    via discord

  5. Write-in ballots to be used in Alberta byelection due to record number of candidates
    by Darren Major
    https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/elections-canada-longest-ballot-1.7595763
    before you ask, i'm pretty sure that a misspelled version of poillievre still counts
    via rss

What I saw on the web on 2025.7.27

Jul. 28th, 2025 06:25 am
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  1. New bladeless wind turbine generates clean, quiet, bird-safe power
    by Joseph Shavit
    https://www.thebrighterside.news/post/new-bladeless-wind-turbine-generates-clean-quiet-bird-safe-power/
    curious to see how this turns out. looks like a nifty idea.
    via FB

  2. Good Parent mug
    by SMBC
    https://smbc-store.myshopify.com/products/good-parent-mug
    i can think of people who might appreciate this\
    via SMBC

  3. With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.
    by opalescent opal
    https://bsky.app/profile/opalescentopal.bsky.social/post/3luxxx27nos23
    RIP Tom Lehrer
    via discord

What I saw on the web on 2025.7.26

Jul. 27th, 2025 06:43 am
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  1. Not Perfect
    by Tim Minchin
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQDDbesNPJ4
    i'm still not sure if it needs another verse at the end "this is my me"
    via discord

  2. Talking With Henry Farrell
    by Henry Farrell talking with Paul Krugman
    https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/talking-with-henry-farrell
    not just discussing SF authors, but there's certainly a chunk of that
    via rss

  3. Beware of Mister Fog
    by Peter Melleville, shared by TYWIKIWDBI
    https://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/2013/04/beware-of-mister-fog.html
    eek! Mister Fog!
    via rss

  4. How To Become A MASTER Musician
    by Victor Wooten speaking to Charles Berthould
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTl7FulF-i0
    two great musicians talking
    via youtube recommends

  5. Soft Peaks
    by Soft Peaks
    https://gastown.org/listing/soft-peaks/
    might have to check this place out
    via discord

What I saw on the web on 2025.7.25

Jul. 26th, 2025 06:22 am
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  1. Why France Delayed Its Railway Station Clocks (& What Happened When They Did)
    by the Tim Traveller
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PELruSTO3qI
    horological shenanigans!
    via rss

  2. Mythgard Academy: The Peoples of Middle-earth, Session 4
    by Corey Olsen
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv2_mc4903g
    mostly just for the bit very near the end when Corey asserts that Québec is Valinor
    via listening through it

  3. Trees Are Trying to Kill Everything (Again)
    by Hank Green
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBI3o7ySlRo
    honestly, i think i'm on the trees' side on this one.
    via rss

What I saw on the web on 2025.7.24

Jul. 25th, 2025 06:26 am
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  1. CBC investigation finds some big grocers promoting imported food with Canadian branding
    by Sophia Harris
    https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/label-grocer-canadian-1.7590956
    not surprised. not impressed, but not surprised. (almonds as a product of canada? almonds?!?)
    via rss
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