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dubsartur:
Yeah, I think I will thank him in my year-end post!  He is reaching a big audience with traditional writing, not some of the newer video-based projects.

Othko97:
This is a great thread! I've definitely found it hard to find things on the "open web" (never heard this term before, but I very much like the sound of it) and so all the hitherto suggested things have been duly added to my RSS reader.
Most of my existing subscriptions are technical software or maths blogs, so probably of limited interest. However below I'll list the ones I have which are of more general interest:

* https://junkcharts.typepad.com/junk_charts/ - A blog critiquing poorly designed or misleading charts and graphs found in the wild
* https://fractalkitty.com/ - Generally seems to live at the intersection of Mathematics, Art and Software, usually just fun bits of geometry
* https://mathwithbaddrawings.com/ - Accessible maths and comicsIt's a real shame that these social media giants have reshaped the web from a federated and syndicated network into a largely a huge conglomerate.  :(

dubsartur:
For those of you who think that Canadians lost the dry British sense of humour to frostbite somewhere near Winnipeg, I give you the following crash report from the Aviation Safety Network:


--- Quote ---A Cessna 172P Skyhawk owned by the Victoria Flying Club, was on a sight-seeing flight south of Victoria International Airport (CYYJ) when smoke was noticed coming from the instrument panel. Shortly after, the engine (Lycoming O-360-A3A) began to run rough and the windscreen became covered in oil. The pilot declared a Mayday and began a return to CYYJ but the engine lost all power and a forced landing was conducted in a field about 9 nm south of CYYJ. The aircraft overturned on landing and was substantially damaged. The pilot and passenger received minor injuries.

Company maintenance found the crankshaft had broken several inches aft of the propeller flange and the propeller departed the aircraft in flight.
--- End quote ---

"the propeller departed the aircraft in flight" ... is that what the kids are calling it these days?

Glaurung:

--- Quote from: dubsartur on October 26, 2020, 11:55:21 PM ---"the propeller departed the aircraft in flight" ... is that what the kids are calling it these days?

--- End quote ---
I suspect it's standard accident report terminology for "the propeller was ejected from the aircraft at high speed when the mechanism disintegrated". "Fell off" might have been used, but I suspect it's felt to imply that the offending part simply dropped downwards, rather than zinging off at high speed in a random direction.

Jubal:
One thing I note is that Bret Deveraux's A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry has opened the possibility of "introduce yourself" guest posts: https://acoup.blog/2021/03/26/fireside-friday-march-26-2021-on-the-nature-of-ancient-evidence/

I'm considering maybe trying to write something for it? I'm hesitant for two reasons: firstly because I had sort of started to engage with the comments sections of his blog a bit and ended up retreating after finding responses... rude would be too strong a term, but uncharitable might work. And secondly, because I keep feeling I ought to have an academic blog I can point people at for these things, or maybe broaden out Thoughts of Progress, or something, but I don't actually have the energy to get into academic blogging properly. But maybe I should do anyway...

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