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The Village of Edam
by The Village of Edam
http://www.villageofedam.ca/
apparently this exists. i've driven within 100km of it, but AFAIK never actually visited
via looking for the cheese, finding the village
Science Under Siege
by Peter Hotez and Michael Mann talking with Paul Krugman
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/science-under-siege-a-talk-with-peter
among other things, a good reminder that petrostates almost invariably become autocracies
via rss

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This is THE Tea Time Interview with Bruce Dickinson!
by Bruce Dickinson speaking with Elizabeth Zharoff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zy63bs8hEs
what an excellent (over two hours!) talk, wide-ranging, including a reference to Buckaroo Banzai?!?!?
via rss
Caffeine is Very, Very Strange...
by Hank Green
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-Dy2pcdBSU
i knew some of these things about caffeine, but not all of them
via rss
Bohemian Rhapsody in isiZulu
by Ndlovu Youth Choir
https://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/2025/09/bohemian-rhapsody-in-isizulu.html
impressively done!
via rss
My Latest Book: Rewiring Democracy
by Bruce "Bruce Schneier" Schneier
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/09/my-latest-book-rewiring-democracy.html
a new book, about A"I"
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Major B.C. routes including Coquihalla Highway closed due to wildfires
by Akshay Kulkarni
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/coquihalla-highway-wildfire-sept-3-1.7624680
as an occasional driver of that highway, yikes!
via rss
walked into a bookstore today that is curating on a whole different level
by et-in-arkadia
https://www.tumblr.com/et-in-arkadia/792267001796116480/walked-into-a-bookstore-today-that-is-curating-on
together again for the first time
via discord
This bright orange shark has shocked and delighted scientists
by Sheena Goodyear
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/orange-shark-1.7624485
what an astonishing-looking critter!
via rss
Electricity is About to be Like Housing
by Hank Green
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39YO-0HBKtA
i wish his theory was less plausible
via youtube recommends

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Cursed Number
by Randall Munroe
https://xkcd.com/3137/
remember: don't think about cursed number!
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"Cancer Turned me into an Atheist" - Dear Hank and John Episode 421
by the Brothers Green
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umnjPorpmmw
haven't actually listened to this yet, marking it so i remember to
via youtube recommends
Apologies: You Have Reached the End of Your Free-Trial Period of America!
by Alexandra Petri
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2025/09/america-free-trial-services/684072/?gift=jQN1t1D1nkO2TQodBiz5KLmz9qdi35_pconlf7F6jjg
pretty much, yup. (and for extra irony flavour, if this wasn't a gift link i probably wouldn't be able to read the article, as i think i'm past my free-trial period for the Atlantic)
via Cory Doctorow's blog

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Let's talk about Trump demanding companies fix his rhetoric....
by Belle of the Ranch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sR7IIRjHIR8
this is just absurd
via rss
Can a non-corporate grocery chain work across Canada?
by Frances Willick
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/non-corporate-grocery-stores-canada-1.7616836
lots of thoughts on this, but the very short version: i sure hope so!
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chew
by Zach Weinersmith
https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/chew
shared especially for the mouseover text, which is perfect
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My lifelong passion for flags has taught me about design, diplomacy and who I am
by Michael Lecchino
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/love-of-flags-first-person-1.7620314
i'm not as hardcore on vexillology as this dude, but i get it
via rss
Vance is Worse
by siderea
https://siderea.dreamwidth.org/1882100.html
i'd been wondering about this, not knowing much about the man other than his fondness for furniture. his connexion with NRx doesn't surprise me, and doesn't cheer me.
via rss
Alla-Lakait
by Yacouba Diabaté (performance), Idrissa Coulibay (instrument), tradition (composition)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjdWVNRVO1I
a little bit of excellent kora music
via FB
Here's a piece of literature by me, suitable for seventeen-year-olds in Alberta schools
by Margaret Atwood
https://xcancel.com/MargaretAtwood/status/1962219345448218647
i like the part where Dani is out of a job
via several sources
August 2025 Review & The Great Heatwave of August 2025
by Edmonton Weather Nerdery
http://edmontonweathernerdery.blogspot.com/2025/09/august-2025-review-great-heatwave-of.html
and conveniently, the heat wave breaks because we've got smoke coming in again.
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Dicing an Onion the Mathematically Optimal Way
by The Pudding
https://pudding.cool/2025/08/onions/
yes, there are better approaches!
via Flying Colours Maths
Tea Time with Bruce Dickinson COMING SOON!
by the Charismatic Voice
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/o4EDV5PbIIo
it feels mildly gauche to include a COMING SOON! here, but i'm genuinely looking forward to this conversation!
via rss

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A Jackson Marathon at the Museum: Some Thoughts on the 2001-2003 Movie Trilogy
by Daniel Stride
https://phuulishfellow.wordpress.com/2025/08/31/a-jackson-marathon-at-the-museum-some-thoughts-on-the-2001-2003-movie-trilogy/
it's been a probably-similar long time since i've watched them. will i pull them out again? dunno. i'm as miffed as DS about what happened to Fangorn.
via rss
Interview with Cory Doctorow
by Cory Doctorow speaking with Farah Mendelsohn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1tgRTl9SJ0
includes some good stuff on canadian/american/british differences
via going looking for where else he's been talking recently
Average number of sick days taken by public servants growing post-COVID, new data shows
by Catherine Morrison
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/sick-days-federal-servants-canada-1.7622222
so people working at home take fewer sick days. and yet we're mandating people to work in person. huh.
via rss

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When Sages Forget – from Shankara to Einstein
by Rajan Parrikar
https://www.parrikar.org/nibbles/2025/08/30/when-sages-forget-from-shankara-to-einstein/
two tales of epistemic humility
via rss
Edmonton music station's AI host part of growing trend
by Fakiha Baig
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-music-station-s-ai-host-part-of-growing-trend-1.7622032
i don't think i'm a fan of this?
via rss
Ted Chiang Reflects on “Arrival” (2016) | Creative Conversations
by Ted Chiang speaking to Ink to Film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sAwJjbJrvw
an excellent discussion of an excellent story and an excellent movie with an excellent author
via the third link from yesterday and then checking their back catalogue

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Myths About Love-Shy Men
by Ozy Brennan
https://thingofthings.substack.com/p/myths-about-love-shy-men
yup
via rss
Orders
by Grace Seybold
https://augursociety.org/orders/
yay Blinky!
via discord
“Murderbot” S:01 | Creative Conversations (WORLDCON 2025 LIVE)
by Martha Wells speaking with Ink to Film and Worldcon folks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-JRHSABM24
good to hear her perspective on the first season
via marthawells

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Quebec plans to table bill banning prayer in public
by Matthew Lapierre
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/public-prayer-ban-quebec-1.7619985
i still don't understand what problem this is supposed to solve
via rss

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Work
by Zach Weinersmith
https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/work-3
delightfully evil
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Conversations with Sir Ian McKellen and Sir Patrick Stewart
by the two Sirs talking with some chappie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmcdkb2CcdE
a delightful conversation with two fine gentlemen
via i was looking for something to listen to

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"Corporations are colonizing your imagination for profit. TTRPGs are a liberation movement!"
by Jonathan Tweet and Shannon Appelcline talking with Ben Riggs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H148ZM9LlAA
a bunch of interesting stuff here, including the title summary, and much on the history of Ars Magica
via rss
Hitchhiker Awaiting "True Call"
by Charles Gunning, mostly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jx9b3tQU5IA
mostly for the rant at 3:00
via memroy
Hey Jude
by the Beatles, covered by Tiny Tim with Brave Combo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-NwsWuARqo
mr.Tim covering the beatles as only he can. well, he and brave.com/bo
via hearing mention that today's the anniversary of the original being released
On Apologizing To Kids
by Ozy Brennan
https://thingofthings.substack.com/p/on-apologizing-to-kids
hard same, Ozy. children are people. therefore, we apologize to children if we do something to them that we regret.
via rss
By all means, tread on those people
by Cory Doctorow
https://pluralistic.net/2025/08/26/sole-and-despotic-dominion/#then-they-came-for-me
as per the subhead, "We know you love freedom, we just wish you'd share"
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Is math discovered or invented?
by Ben Orlin
https://mathwithbaddrawings.com/2025/08/25/is-math-discovered-or-invented/
four entertaining perspectives on the age-old question. i think the last one is my favourite
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Diving Into Peter Gabriel's Live Performance Of "In Your Eyes", And My Ears Are So Giddy!
by The Charismatic Voice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgOv7IcXdyM
tiny note regarding vocalists: that's Papa Wemba. and personally, i'm here for Tony Levin, but it's a great track (and a great performance) in a bunch of ways
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a commonly used initialism from 1908 now stands for something different AND YET the contextual meaning is still the same to a 21st-century reader
by goatsandgangsters
https://www.tumblr.com/factysatin/792725300538654720?source=share
that's hilarious
via discord
Tape Bowing Ensemble
by Open Reel Ensemble
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaG5tVnpkwc
what an excellent way to control articulation of electronic music
via siderea (see below)
Untitled for Three Jigakkyu
by siderea
https://siderea.dreamwidth.org/1880890.html
excellent commentary on previous link
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Stable attention as a prerequisite for skill
by DRMacIver
https://notebook.drmaciver.com/posts/2025-08-24-12:11.html
"You should, ideally, be able to hold attention on something regardless of whether you find it interesting."
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Friction cannot be reduced, it can only be redistributed
by Cory Doctorow
https://pluralistic.net/2025/08/23/become-unoptimizable/#downward-redistribution
i feel like there are situations where, due to good innovations, this doesn't have to be zero-sum. but it very very often is.
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After years of losses, fruit growers in the Okanagan celebrate bountiful harvest
by Santana Dreaver
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bountiful-okanagan-fruit-harvest-1.7615123
speaking as a beneficiary of this year's harvest, i hope they continue!
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