In Ask Metafilter, unus sum says, 'I'm looking for a longish video games to sink my teeth into. I find it nice to have a video game where I can solve interesting problems that don't actually... | Continue reading
In Ask Metafilter, moonmilk is seeking online long form journalism about scams, frauds, shady businesses, and failed businesses — preferably with minimal violence. | Continue reading
I shit you not, I started reading this and thought 'Eh, I'll finish it later.' – hwyengr. Storybored posted Why You Procrastinate. | Continue reading
So, let's talk about the TVA Archive for a bit. If you think it looks familiar, you may have seen it before ... In FanFare, radwolf76 has some great trivia and background about the actual... | Continue reading
From wintersweet, in Ask Metafilter, What are your best tips / gadgets / purchases for preventing things in your household from needing to be cleaned / maintained as much or as often? I don't... | Continue reading
Animated fabulosity from jontyjago: 'Based on the same 3 second model, 2400 CGI artists submitted their own interpretation. These are the 100 best.' | Continue reading
Via Buzzfeed, Photos Of How People Celebrated Juneteenth 100 Years Ago. | Continue reading
In Ask Metafilter, azalea_chant is looking for 'mysteries that deviate from the standard structure/genre tropes etc. Can be fantasy or science fiction, literary, whatever ... just stuff that’s... | Continue reading
The errand hang dances in the sweet vulnerability that comes from the everyday: ellieBOA posts Annika Hansteen-Izora on the errand hang date — 'where you hit your homie up to accompany you while... | Continue reading
In Ask Metafilter wenestvedt wants to know, What have you paid a lifetime/one-time fee for that was worth it? | Continue reading
In Metatalk, The corpse in the library invites us to play Summer book bingo | Continue reading
My aim with my newsletter is to eventually have written a biography of every single woman we know existed in England between roughly 500 and 1100: Wobbuffet posts historian Florence H R Scott's... | Continue reading
In Ask Metafilter, Jane the Brown has a great answer to ficbot's question, Is there really a monster underneath the bed?? | Continue reading
In Ask Metafilter, Hactar wonders, 'Which sports are completely dominated by a single person currently?' | Continue reading
Gin and Broadband in Ask Metafilter: 'bring me your most-loved shortcuts for unloveable Microsoft and Google' | Continue reading
MartinWisse posts about 'Photopea,' a free web-based graphic software alternative to Photoshop. | Continue reading
I recently created a rule that sends email to the Clutter folder if it has the text 'unsubscribe' in the email body. It is literally the best. I look once a week to make sure there's nothing I... | Continue reading
America hating fat Black women — it’s just part of life. It’s in the culture. It’s in the health-care system. You see it in Hollywood, you see it in sports. You don’t have to look around very... | Continue reading
I have 8 nectarines, a reasonably well-stocked kitchen, and a song in my heart. What is the best nectarine-based dessert? | Continue reading
The satisfying resistance of a well-designed knob, the almost imperceptible click of the needle in a VU meter, the tapping of keys, the gentle whirring of reels and discs… simple pleasures. We... | Continue reading
In Ask Metafilter, kristi is seeking likable characters, good writing, humor. Please recommend all your well-written, likeable characters. Humor appreciated. Plot optional, while kingdead... | Continue reading
Hippybear posts the story of nonagenarian Hector Black recalling his life as a closeted gay man — a husband and a father — who didn't come out until he was 70 years old ... and it turns out one... | Continue reading
'Oysters are one thing — Rocky Mountain Oysters are quite another. What other foods are there where adding a toponym materially and radically changes the dish (generally for the worse)?'... | Continue reading
Mefites have their own ideas about what sorts of horror films would fit the current zeitgeist, from the Second Monster, to bacon-enraged intestine-slurping aliens to posh Freddy Krueger (requires... | Continue reading
In Ask Metafilter: This Pride month, I'd like to spend some time reading good adult fiction that features queer joy, not misery / abuse / death. | Continue reading
Hey, it's Episode 173 of the MetaFilter Monthly Podcast with cortex and jessamyn! | Continue reading
Musical passwords given by miniature birds: great post by nickyskye about the Superb Fairy-Wren (and a fun thread!). In other birbtalk news, learn 12 different chicken calls, including the before... | Continue reading
beccyjoe wants to know 'What is an article or essay that you have read that caused a dramatic change in your thinking / perspective / life? ... I would love to hear what you've read that has... | Continue reading
cozenedindigo wants to know 'What's your favorite BBQ side?' | Continue reading
Trespassers William is looking for a song with a certain chorus. Does it ring a bell? (and don't miss this handy suggestion for Google's 'hum to search,' from an earlier 'what's this song' post) | Continue reading
In Metatalk, DirtyOldTown reminds us of a classic mashup thread. | Continue reading
Mefites are talking about their perfect comfort films | Continue reading
Don't miss Rhaomi's really wonderful breakdown of The Lion King's original score, including translations of 'the subtle Zulu/Xhosa vocals woven into the score that actually comments on the film,... | Continue reading
Watching Eurovision and want to chat about it? Here's a thread on FanFare! | Continue reading
A note from the moderation team on the situation in Gaza and MetaFilter discussions | Continue reading
Ahoyhoy, it's episode 172 of the MetaFilter podcast with jessamyn and cortex! | Continue reading
Twenty days after this post on the Derek Chauvin murder trial, he's been found guilty on all three counts. | Continue reading
No foolin' [listens to ear mic] oh that was five days ago? anyway it's episode 171 of the MetaFilter Monthly Podcast with cortex and jessamyn. | Continue reading
No matter how delicious they look, the oil pastels will taste terrible and not be good for the liver or kidneys: actual professional input on an Ask Me post about the (apparently not *that*... | Continue reading
Join the right day, wrong century Exquisite Corpse game underway in Metatalk, or dip into Uncle Mefi's Big Book of Beans for some solo activity game fun! | Continue reading
Greenish is raising the flag for Mefi Music fans, old and new, in Metatalk. | Continue reading
Live updates, silly song parodies, etymology and more. Follow along with Mefites the slow excitement of the Giant container ship stuck in the Suez Canal and the Icelandic volcano | Continue reading
It's episode 170 of the MetaFilter monthly podcast, with cortex and jessamyn! | Continue reading
It's Mefites vs the AI in not on display's posting of paint.wtf, a game in which participants must convince an artificial intelligence that they are the best artist. | Continue reading
Last summer I made a long-held dream of mine come true and started a free garden with herbs and tomatoes and beans and a painted rock saying 'help yourself' in my front yard... RobinofFrocksley,... | Continue reading
I mask to be understood, but I do so with the added duress of knowing that if I fail, I am wrong for failing to fit neurotypical expectations. No one says the neurotypical was at fault for making... | Continue reading
It's episode 169 of the MeFi monthly podcast with cortex and jessamyn! | Continue reading