columbo by whatleydude (cc by)That time Peter Falk stopped a revolt in Romania? Kattullus posts about the great Decoder Ring podcasts examining this mystery. Oh, and there's just one more thing... in the comments DirtyOldTown talks about Irina Nistor and the "delightful documenta … | Continue reading
Demotivational Poster no. 11 - Today is the Day (yellow) by id-iom (cc by-nc)In Ask Metafilter, Desertshore would like to know, "Is it possible to become an ex-procrastinator?" | Continue reading
image via Chronoscope WorldIf you missed it, be sure to check out vacapinta's post on the excellent Chronoscope World, "a time machine to explore the history of the world by browsing maps dating back to 14th century B.C.," with more than 4,200 high-resolution maps. | Continue reading
Come for the "simple listicle designed to elicit clicks and furious argument" (– doctornemo), stay for the explanation of why Lovecraft is an incel (– mittens) in the Esquire 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time thread. | Continue reading
Internet lore tells us the story of Cheapass Games, founded by prolific gamemaker James Ernest in 1996 ... JHarris posts about Ernest's new (2020) Crab Fragment Labs, "offering an array of both pay-what-you-want-to-print and paid-for-physical products: card games, board games, qu … | Continue reading
Photo by Lucas Hobbs on Unsplashgentlyepigrams posted Parking Lot Map: "This map shows you how much of the downtown land of 50 major US cities is taken up by parking lots," and Parking Reform Network president Tony Jordan (twjordan on Mefi) comments to explain why "In a not insig … | Continue reading
Organize! by david drexler (cc by)In the Wisconsin Supreme Court election thread, rockindata talks about canvassing in Madison and how the Democratic Party of Wisconsin has remade itself in recent years. | Continue reading
RearWindow asks "What are some of your favourite and best 1930s films? ... I am open to comedy, drama, mystery, and all kinds as long as it is well done." | Continue reading
Photo by whitewallAn interesting discussion on the origins of some printed mystery notations in a 1966 Penguin book: "The bottom of page 33—and only page 33 – in my 1966 Penguin edition of Saul Bellow's "Seize the Day" has "T—S.T.D.—B" written on the bottom left, opposite the pag … | Continue reading
In case you missed it, be sure to check out Kattullus' post on "A Space of Her Own by Mary E. Papke," an essay about Pamela Zoline and her 1967 science fiction story "The Heat Death of the Universe." | Continue reading
Image via thepinknews.com"Using recent breakthroughs in photo editing techniques, Eli colorizes, restores, and digitizes photos from queer and trans history. The following images are originally from 1897-1973." Great post from creatrixtiara! | Continue reading
Genesis - Live in London - 25th March 2022 - The Final Domino tour by kitmasterbloke (cc by)Hippybear posted Weighty In The Eighties: When Prog Went Pop by Jim Allen for uDiscover, with all the mentioned songs/videos linked in the post. | Continue reading
Colors by estevan_poll (cc by)Lots of interesting answers to Charity Garfein's question, "Do you know any cool facts about colors?"! | Continue reading
Happy Transgender Day of Visibility! | Continue reading
Detail of photo by pina messina on UnsplashSunflower88 asks for resources for learning to sew and make clothes from scratch for a complete novice. | Continue reading
Week 5, Mar 27 - Apr 2 Get tickets here!A Q&A with Ryan North, Webcomic Maker, 29 March 2023 | 7:00 PM - 8:15 PM ESTRyan North is here to A your Qs! If only there were a better way to put that, but sadly, there is not. Ryan's been a webcomic maker since 2003 with Dinosaur Comics … | Continue reading
hearts by Andrew Huff (cc by-nc)What if climate change meant not doom — but abundance?Finding Britain's Lost GodsFrom One To "40" -- We Have To Talk About The New U2 AlbumThe Post-Socialist Mortality CrisisSelf-testing and toys to help you learn about your music listeningComing t … | Continue reading
gilded bronze head of Minerva at the temple of Sulis Minerva at Bathmisteraitch has posted Finding Britain's Lost Gods, "the first four of an on-going series of hour-long lectures at Gresham College by cravat-wearing historian Ronald Hutton" | Continue reading
Photo by Sonny Mauricio on UnsplashMembers offer guiding principles, recipes, and resources for cruel summer's request to please demystify bowls for me. | Continue reading
Drawing of a Butterfly - Dibujo de una Mariposa by Marcos Telias (cc by-nc-nd)Larva Pupa Imago by Eric Schwitzgebel is a short story about love, personhood, and transformation. It's also about erotica for uplifted butterflies. | Continue reading
PearlRose made a great Eurovision 2023 Preview megapost with info on background, rules changes, 2023 highlights, and links to all the semifinal songs! | Continue reading
"a newly remastered version of my original post from 2011": kirkaracha's super juicy post on the newly remastered Stop Making Sense, 2023 now in our beautiful house. | Continue reading
rockindata posted National Park Service Crochet Patterns: four cool patterns, for Halibut (Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve), Walleye (Voyageurs National Park), Triops (Wupatki National Monument), and Lava Flow Crochet Pillow (El Malpais National Monument) | Continue reading
Oh hi, it’s me, MeFi’s own Roald Dahl expert ... web-goddess weighs in on the controversy. | Continue reading
"Fred Neil really did go searching for the dolphins in the sea": Don't miss vverse23's Searching for the dolphins in the sea, a lovely tribute to mysterious folk singer-songwriter Neil, his mission, his haunting, soulful song, and the artists who covered it. | Continue reading
"it's something like an O Henry story, where the revelation in the last line makes you totally reconsider everything that happened in the story - every relationship, and everything you thought you knew on first reading, you have to put in a new light now ..." flug gives an amazin … | Continue reading
Woodcut of Guillaume Le Gentil's attempted shipboard observation of the 1761 transit of VenueGreat question and answers in storybored's Ask Metafilter post "Who are some lesser known scientists who failed heroically?" | Continue reading
screen capture from videoJHarris posts The Hole of Cartoon Badness, The Best of the Worst Cartoons Ever, with many illuminating notations! | Continue reading
Metafilter podcast 192: The week between last week and this week is up! | Continue reading
When I was a student in the mid-90s, there was a cubicle in one of the University ladies' toilets that was "the problem toilet." It was like a problem page...Great comment by penguin pie on wowenthusiast's question about pre-internet physical bulletin boards. | Continue reading
EmpressCallipygos posts about the strange, dark, sooty Baudoinia compniacensis, otherwise known as "the whiskey fungus." | Continue reading
Iconic photo of Gordon by famed jazz photographer Herman LeonardDexter Gordon was born 100 years ago today: oulipian posts in appreciation of the 6′6″ jazz saxophonist, band leader, and Academy Award winner popularly known as "Long Tall Dexter" and the "Sophisticated Giant". | Continue reading
Health Insurance by EpicTop10.com (cc by)US healthcare: terminology, appealing denial, and Medicaid eligibility — brainwane has assembled a great current resource on Medicaid ... including info on a pending / upcoming requirement for paperwork you may want to prepare for if you a … | Continue reading
Image via Aeon Magazine"For more than 200 years, children have been neglected by archaeologists. It was part of a disciplinary bias towards adult men in archaeological interpretations. This began to change in the 1970s and '80s with the rise of feminist archaeology and the archae … | Continue reading
Fire dancing by Scrap Pile (cc by)In Ask Metafilter: "It's one or three or ten centuries ago. Somebody's ancestors gather around a fire and pretty soon, spontaneous music breaks out, a few people start dancing, everybody winds up happy and breathless. But what I need to know is, … | Continue reading
"We probably don't go around thinking of Agatha Christie as leaving a 'residue of horror' except that is one of its pleasures, isn't it? These people live in a world even more dangerous than our own--piles of strychnine, whole truckloads of it, just lying about, waiting for you t … | Continue reading
Amazon milk frog by hehaden (cc by-nc)blue_beetle posted the Zoomable Tree of Life: All known species in one zoomable fractal. | Continue reading
image via Book RiotMetafilter members are discussing BookRiot.com's list of 20 genre-defying sci-fi books that broke the mold. | Continue reading
steampunk timemachine by damian.eastwood (cc by)"I want to make a list of films that evoke a strong sense of time (and possibly place). Through dialogue, sets, etc. they transport you to the era in which they're set." In Ask Metafilter, jdroth asks, What movies act as time capsul … | Continue reading
Please help me satiate my love for crows: "I am looking for all sorts of information pertaining to those lovable but oft-maligned creatures we call crows. Do you have a fascination for crows? Maybe you can help." | Continue reading
Photo by charlesdeluvio on Unsplashspamandkimchi posted How to Play "Diagram Critique Bingo" by Abby Covert. | Continue reading
In honor of Superb Owl Sunday, this gem from the past: Wordshore vs The Owl. | Continue reading
Metafilter podcast 191: Thoroughly insinuated into the normalcy of our life is up! | Continue reading
Please Tell Me about Pre-internet Personals Ads: "I've always been fascinated by the personal ads of the pre-internet times and I bet there are people here on Metafilter who could tell me more about what the practical experience of using them was actually like..." | Continue reading
Prison by Igwigg (cc by-nc-nd)In Ask Metafilter, If Johnny Cash's character in Folsom Prison Blues shot a man in Reno, which is in Nevada, why was he serving time in Folsom Prison, which is in California? | Continue reading
"The real collection of patterns is the physical collection. Envelopes are individually sleeved and kept safe in 3-ring Binders. This web page, the digital images of the patterns, are put in place so other people can enjoy these wonderful patterns": cardioid has posted abstractco … | Continue reading