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Comments on my own posts:

The one about Recoll

[cw: what it says on the tin] The one about plague nightmares [one comment, not counting the postscript]

[fairly mild cw: war, amnesia] The one about remembrance poppies

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Comments on other people's posts:

[Substack; Wayback] (OP by Evan Þ) If you enjoy my posts in which I express wildly alien intuitions about things, you may enjoy me dipping my toes into a (very polite) discussion of free will. (At least, I assume these intuitions are wildly alien from how often I see people say things that only make sense under different intuition sets. In any case, we are pleased to offer the finest autoxenoanthropology here at Brinens and Things.) [two comments]

[cw: poverty, venting] [WordPress (Tumblr)] (OP by [tumblr.com profile] catchymemes) In which I have a lot of psychological baggage around museums.

[cw: death, aging, apocalypse] [WordPress (Tumblr)] (OP by [twitter.com profile] treadwells) Cottagecore and a broader view of danger.

[Dreamwidth; Wayback] (OP by [personal profile] mindstalk) The hole in comparative social-media discussions left by ignorance of Tumblr.

[cw: food, poison, illness, (arguably) death] [WordPress (Tumblr)] (OP by [tumblr.com profile] ultraviolet-divergence) Dealing with the latest big listeria outbreak.

[cw: (strong) illness, (strong) apocalypse, bugs] [Dreamwidth; Wayback] (OP by [personal profile] siderea; in response to [personal profile] ewt) The wonders of PPE, climate-catastrophe edition.

[fairly mild cw: corporate bullshit] [WordPress (Tumblr)] (OP by [tumblr.com profile] rustingbridges; in response to [tumblr.com profile] bulbous-oar) How to selectively prevent Android apps from accessing the Internet.

[Scribble Hub; Wayback] (OP by wingedcatgirl) Isekais and the importance of caution when carrying irreplaceable otherworldly technology.

[WordPress (Tumblr)] (OP by [tumblr.com profile] headspace-hotel) Poetic meter and artistic instincts.

[WordPress (Tumblr)] (OP by [tumblr.com profile] reptile-ruler) Fighting Tumblr's slippage down the slope towards Internet silos.

[cw: illness, apocalypse, (arguably) amnesia] [WordPress (Tumblr)] (OP by [tumblr.com profile] eightyonekilograms; partly in response to [tumblr.com profile] sigmaleph) In the future, "zoonosis" will be a word everyone knows; knowing *where* they learned it is another matter. [two comments, sort of]

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Links:

[Imgur; Wayback] Live wire-sculpture (not to be confused with live-wire sculpture).

[arguably cw: injury, embarrassment squick] [Hackaday; Wayback] (by Lewin Day) False positives on Apple's automatic car-crash 911 calling.

[CBS; Wayback] (by Phil Galewitz) Over-the-counter hearing aids now available in the United States.

(Although I am also having feelings about this sentence:

A pair of prescription devices typically sells for {{USD}}$2,000 to $8,000.

Only if you're getting ripped off, dude. Go to Costco. *So* glad we told the non-chain hearing-aid centre to go fuck themselves when they wanted six grand: the perfectly fine Costco hearing aids were CAD$1,800 *before* the $1,000 government subsidy. (that's not even *counting* the refundable tax credits I might be able to wring out of it))

[Kiwix; Wayback] What is the size of Wikipedia? (Also, your regular reminder that Kiwix is amazing and you should check it out. (And it gets even *better* than amazing after you figure out how to make your own ZIM files.))

[AO3; Wayback] (by [archiveofourown.org profile] Edonohana; h/t Ozy Brennan) The intricacies of tardigrade literature.

[cw: what it says on the tin] [Dreamwidth; Wayback] (by [personal profile] siderea) Stop relying on Twitter for third-party authentication.

[cw: what it says on the tin] [Science; Wayback] (by Arevalo et al; h/t [twitter.com profile] KelseyTUOC) A 20-valent influenza vaccine, containing examples of every known flu subtype. Works well in mice and ferrets, soon to be tested in primates and--hopefully--humans. In addition to the obvious benefits, it shows promise of providing cross-protection against novel influenza strains.


Three laugh-rule entries:
[cw: corporate bullshit] [Twitter; Wayback] (by [twitter.com profile] rahaeli) Sporking the Cohost terms of service.

[Youtube; Wayback] (by Lauren Lopez and Robert Manion; h/t Blazing Darkness) Bella Swan is sixteen, going on seventeen...

[cw: scopophobia, (arguably) corporate bullshit] [Reddit; Wayback] (h/t [tumblr.com profile] trivialagent) It's not paranoia if they're really out to get you.
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Comments on my own posts:

[arguably cw: poison] The one about gardening and whether high-effort food tastes better [four Tumblr-based comments (not all visible in the same reblog chain), one of which is new]

[arguably cw: amnesia] Part 2 of the series about wget problems [two comments]

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Comments on other people's posts:

[arguably cw: poison] [WordPress (Tumblr)] (OP by [tumblr.com profile] andmaybegayer) The distinction between communing with nature and learning about it.

[Reddit; Wayback] (OP by u/the_archiviest/) Alternatives to wget (and the flaws in wget that cause us to need alternatives).

[Dreamwidth; Wayback] (OP by [personal profile] contrarianarchon) Non-shady ways to read Money Stuff without spending anything.

[Dreamwidth; Wayback] (OP by [personal profile] contrarianarchon) The pros and cons of various methods of funding websites.

[cw: aging, (fairly mild) discourse] [WordPress (Tumblr)] (OP by [tumblr.com profile] 3liza) A piece of discourse from a very different kind of life.

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Links:

[iFixit; Wayback] (by Kyle Wiens) iPhones are allergic to helium.

[arguably cw: nsfw text] [WordPress; Wayback] (by Jukebox) I feel like those of y'all with an anthropological interest in kink might like this. (Some of y'all with a non-anthropological interest in kink might like it too.)

[Rebuilding Civilization; Wayback] (probably by Ron Sanders, but not entirely clear) Evaporative refrigeration.

[Audubon; Wayback] (by Rashmi Shivni; h/t [tumblr.com profile] rustingbridges) Birdsong syntax.



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Comments on my own posts:

Comment and Link Roundup: October 14, 2019 [three comments]

Delayed reactionblogging: 'A Confusion of Princes,' by Garth Nix [two comments, not counting the edit notice]

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Comments on other people's posts:

[cw: food] (Note: this post is subject to a formatting glitch. The last post is still last, but all *other* posts in the thread are in reversed order.) [Tumblr; Wayback] (OP by [tumblr.com profile] star-anise; second response is to [tumblr.com profile] misskillamarmalade) No Name's graphic design is very itself. (I mean this as a compliment.) [two comments]

[Dreamwidth; Wayback] (OP by [personal profile] wolffyluna) Incompetent redirects to country-specific websites. [two comments]

[Dreamwidth; Wayback] (OP by [personal profile] contrarianarchon) Paradoxical lullaby effects.

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Links:

[Tumblr; Wayback] (by [tumblr.com profile] carry-on-my-wayward-butt; h/t [tumblr.com profile] itsmaledict (Halloween alt of [tumblr.com profile] itsbenedict)) Ex nihilo fandom memes.

[WordPress; Wayback] (by Siggy) The 2019 Ace Community Survey is now open!

Two laugh-rule entries:
[Harvard; Wayback] (by James Mickens) Hey, remember "The Night Watch"? Turns out the guy's written some other hilarious stuff too, such as this:
Yes, I am aware of the “use a vivid image” technique, and if I lived in a sensory deprivation tank and I had never used the Internet, I could easily remember a password phrase like “Gigantic Martian Insect Party.” Unfortunately, I *have* used the Internet, and this means that I have seen, heard, and occasionally paid money for every thing that could ever be imagined. I have seen a video called “Gigantic Martian Insect Party,” and I have seen another video called “Gigantic Martian Insect Party 2: Don’t Tell Mom,” and I hated both videos, but this did not stop me from directing the sequel “Gigantic Martian Insect Party Into Darkness.” Thus, it is extremely difficult for me to generate a memorable image that can distinguish itself from the seething ocean of absurdities that I store as a result of consuming 31 hours of media in each 24-hour period.

[cw: food, alcohol] [McSweeneys; Wayback] (by Ross Bullen; h/t Matt Levine)
Brandon (age 4) is currently on a five-meal streak of throwing away any piece of food that does not bear a sufficiently strong resemblance to Olaf from Frozen.
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what the fuck

I just saw? a pornbot's camgirl ad?? where her smartphone case looks like a fucking *Windex bottle*???

*googles*

you're telling me this is some fucking couture shit????

(although I guess, come to think of it, couture shit makes *some* sense as it *is* an area you'd expect to find blatantly impractical accessories. I'd have guessed it was a cheap gag gift, though)

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