EUVL tool, that deposits virtually defect-free, ultra-thin films on integrated circuits. Without this fancy mechanic and those like her, our world would be drastically different. Read on to find out what "fabulous" work they do that the world depends on! | Continue reading
Let's start the year with lots of links, courtesy of Rhaomi and a new LinkMe thread! | Continue reading
Poems at sea in the US Navy ❖ Outrageous Predictions 2025 ❖ The most-borrowed books from U.S. public libraries in 2024 ❖ Out with 2024, in with 2025: it's the Free Thread ❖ Days are long, but Years are short ❖ Clean slate - January reset online challenges ❖ Happy New Year! | Continue reading
First of all, your dog. Then these dogs. Warning: Dust. Not kidding even a little bit. | Continue reading
Death of Tiberius Gracchus at the hands of the mob via Wikimedia Commons How much do you think about ... ROME? Senatus vs. Populusque Romanus, a magnificent multi-part megalicious magnus postus from Rhaomi. Veni, Vidi, Mefi! | Continue reading
Portrait of Michel de Montaigne, 1570s (cropped); unknown author Gwint has posted the excellent, feature-rich Montaigne's Essays from Hyperessays.net, with 107 texts, including "On Cannibals," "On the Custom of Wearing Clothes," and "On Smells." What a good find! | Continue reading
Oh hey, the Metafilter Card Club swap is still vibing ... continuously for nearly seven whole years now! Wow! Check the thread for how to participate in this ancient tradition. Thank you, Sparky Buttons!!! Also, CMcG is sharing their 2024 Fanfare EXTRAVAGANZA, a place where folks … | Continue reading
Artwork by Sandbox Studio, Chicago with Caroline Fox at symmetrymagazine.org below the weak scale, everything is so intensely quantum-mechanical that it doesn't really make sense to talk about length at all anymore. Instead, we talk about energy ... You want to talk about Planck … | Continue reading
La, la, do be doo la ba dada da mm hm ... this is a nice song! Oh wait. In Ask: "Dark lyrics, upbeat tune: Hell in a Handbasket Edition" | Continue reading
In this great thread on Concord grapes, see Baby_Balrog's recipe for producing "the most delicious liquid that exists on the face of the planet earth" from riverbank grapes, Vitis riparia. Warning: contains angry squirrel. | Continue reading
Image via Carolina Gelen What unholy merger of cuisines hath she wrought? scblackman brings us a gift from the interwebs: schnitzel latkes. But what should we call them? | Continue reading
If you're looking for something to sink your brain into during this final week of the year, then check out chavenet's post about the first 300 years of data visualization and information graphics. Gorgeous graphics mixed with interesting historical bits? YES, PLEASE! | Continue reading
Community member doctornemo is back at it again with a fantastic and fascinating post that covers humanity's exploration of space. Click the link and travel inside for wealth of information to pour over! | Continue reading
For this Christmas please allow us to share with you a post from verstegan that tells a story that spans decades. It's a tale of memory and discovery, of hope and wishes, the mischevious goblins of today, and the importance of Noble Professions. | Continue reading
Screenshot from film Everyone wants to look their best, even creatures of fantasy. So step right and make yourself comfy for this post by Tau Wedel and see how everything can be better for almost everyone with the right haircut! | Continue reading
image from inside the Manor at Hemingford Grey, via inigo.com Brian Sibley has put online his dramatisation of the 1951 novel The Children of Green Knowe by Lucy Boston. Thanks, paduasoy, this looks fascinating! | Continue reading
Miracle Mile screenshot DirtyOldTown: This is one of my three or four favorite movies EVER. I have a list of things. I could fill the whole page. Great, interesting comment about Steve de Jarnatt in Lemkin's very interesting post on the film "Miracle Mile". Go ahead and fill the … | Continue reading
Your weekly Free Thread is here; the annual MST Club Christmas Video Marathon is go; it's (still) the season to be linkin'; the current Gift Swap thank you thread is here. | Continue reading
Best Windows + Lovecraft mashup actual question and answer about cloning the C drive. Tell Me No Lies seeks the truth. gregr calls on the elder Gods to answer. | Continue reading
Best Windows + Lovecraft mashup actual question and answer about cloning the C drive. Tell Me No Lies seeks the truth. gregr calls on the elder Gods to answer. | Continue reading
Screenshot from Stewart Hickman video Come for the McMansion-enabling truss connector plates, stay for the malt liquor, beer cans, and blunts. | Continue reading
Ever wondered what a moderator shift looks like? Then take a gander at these TikTok videos that are fresh out of the oven! There's a bit verbose (at 20 minutes total), but give you a general feel of things are. Enjoy! Part 1 and Part 2 | Continue reading
Photo by Saad Akhtar via Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/saad/) You like mangos? Great, just be aware that the mango you're enjoying may not be a mango, but it doesn't matter, it's still delicious! Community member agentofselection created a fantastic and fascinating post a … | Continue reading
Hey, did you know about that time when the Idaho Fish and Game program relocated 76 beavers by flying them to central Idaho and then parachuting them to the ground? No? Then let community member sawdustbear tell you all about it via folk musical puppet documentary done with stop … | Continue reading
The recent news events with UnitedHealthcare CEO has inspired a lot commentary. But what about a song? Well, limeonaire wrote one, a folk song titled "The New Folk Hero". Come stop by for a listen, the lyrics and the chords! Photo by Eli Christman, via Flickr (https://www.flickr. … | Continue reading
I really need something to cheer myself up tonight. What can I watch? | Continue reading
image via pixabay.com Answerers are offering some very interesting ideas about different ways to think about achieving personal objectives in aeighty's Ask Me thread about creating a plan for achieving goals. | Continue reading
It's a new MetaFilter tradition, the airing of manifesti!. This holiday season, some beautiful sparkling rants to decorate your curmudgeon dungeon. Thanks, Wordshore! (HT to nickmark for the title) | Continue reading
Peter Waddell, Tiber Creek: The Bathers, oil on canvas, via The White House Historical Association, whitehousehistory.org Down down we went past the gym, past the print shop, down below the law library where there was a quiet study room that was hardly ever used ... a rather amaz … | Continue reading
Photo by Book Catalog, via Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/bookcatalog/) Lois1950's grandson would like a book of poetry. He's 13 and a avid reader, what would you recommend? | Continue reading
For all you lovers of design, retro products, and, oh yeah EXPRESSO, you should check out this post by chavenet. It's a link to an absolutely beautiful site that showcases antique espresso coffee machines. Go away decaf, we're busy (and in love)! | Continue reading
Banana peel for scale Slipping on a Banana Peel | Manifesting a Dr. Who Scarf | Glare Rage | eBikery | Bad Service | ChatGPT Gaslighting | Continue reading
We earlier mentioned mephron's great link to advice about fighting back on US healthcare denials. Now adrienneleigh has added some more very helpful info: ProPublica also has a tool that will help you write a letter to ask for this information. | Continue reading
✨Reminder!✨ Mefi Bingo game is ongoing! Please tag your related posts with MefiBingo2024, so we can enjoy them all! (for convenience, there's an image in the post to refer to, which also links to a larger size for tired eyes). | Continue reading
portrait of Maryanne Moore by Richard Avedon, 1958 clavdivs posts in praise of the entirely fascinating human and poet, Marianne Moore, who once wrote When you take my time, you take something I had meant to use. It is time well-used here, if this sort of thing is the sort of thi … | Continue reading
Photo by Filip Bunkens on Unsplash.com ... to highlight some great recent posts: Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player / That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, / And then is heard no more. It is a tale / Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, / Signifying nothing. | Continue reading
chavenet has a great post on the surreal art of Fletcher Hanks: The Most Twisted Comic Book Artist of All Time Fletcher Hanks panel via flashbak.com | Continue reading
Photo by Djsgmnd The air fryer has been around for a bit, but it's never a bad time to revisit what your favorite recipe is for using one! | Continue reading
For Americans, mephron highlighted some sadly good advice about fighting back on healthcare denials in the States. Shame it's come to that, but this advice could be incredibly helpful. | Continue reading
It's THAT most time of the year, where Hallmark Christmas movies rain down like Santa plopping down the fireplace. Fortunately, jenfullmoon has started a review blog about them, so you can figure which one's are really worth it! | Continue reading
inevitability needs to bake 4 dozen cookies. What is tasty, perhaps fancy, and extremely low effort? | Continue reading
The latest Link-Me thread is here | Continue reading
tiny frying pan is looking for fantastic physical gifts to buy that benefit charities. Go to that wonderful post to find some great options. | Continue reading
The clerk says, "why the long reading list?" Oh, hey, cupcakeninja has made a post for lists of "classic novels that bring the laughs." | Continue reading
Hey, it's Mefi Bingo! Be cool, get square! | Continue reading
Braeburn is looking for quirky, unique, not gendered gift guides, preferably UK based, while egeanin is seeking gifts that teach the constellations, and nouvelle-personne wants to give the gift of Beeps and Boops for two siblings, 3 and 5, who LOVE interactive educational toys th … | Continue reading
nobody posted about IMG_0001, a time capsule cache of mostly unwatched direct-to-Youtube iPhone Photo uploads – 5 million of them, from between 2009 and 2012, ordered randomly. | Continue reading