18th Century portrait of Francis Williams in his study like a real life version of a spy thriller (art & science history edition) — comment by Ausamor Kattullus has posted about the mysteries of the portrait of Francis Williams, brilliant Black Jamaican polymath and member of the … | Continue reading

Image by Scott Curran, via Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/tog_go_bog_e/) I've always enjoyed traditional Irish music, so these recent uploads to the Music section by wurl1tzer_c0 have brought a smile to my face and a bit of head bobbing. Here's 30 seconds of a traditional … | Continue reading

Condour75 has made a neat little app called Memento Movi! Here's how they describe it: "The user enters date of birth and life expectancy, and chooses from a list of movies. The site then shows a frame from that movie that represents your place in your lifespan. So, for instance, … | Continue reading

image via pixabay.com (not the book cover art!) I remember this old paperback in my old used bookstore where Greek or Roman voyagers end up in America and meet the Mayans ... suburbanbeatnik is looking for a particular hard-to-find DAW paperback from the 1970s | Continue reading

via theparisreview.org, Wacław Szpakowski, A1, 1930, ink on tracing paper, 9 5/8″ x 14 3/4″ These works did not reach an audience until 1978, five years after Szpakowki's death; today they're still obscure and easily misunderstood ... dhruva posted the Paris Review's Rhythmical L … | Continue reading

The newest edition of "Why did you think that was a good idea" is live in ShooBoo's post about a bear attack that actually wasn't. Folks, this is not what you should use a bear costume for! | Continue reading

Here is dng's explanation of their quirky project: Quest Heroes is a sort of cute and cuddly (and hand drawn and fairly rough) card game version of 80s role playing board game classic Hero Quest which I made for my niece and nephew the other week (who both love Hero Quest a lot f … | Continue reading

Not from the edges ... rather from small pockets of good work: duien posted an excellent and quite useful quote from Kathleen Dean Moore in the Signs of Hope Ask Metafilter post. In fact saving and sharing this quote is probably one small significant affirmative act of refugia in … | Continue reading

Gorgik had a question about a joke Tina Fey made and peppercorn slid into Ask MetaFilter to give a fuller context to the answer, thank you! | Continue reading

As of November 1, 2024 ... the Metafilter Community Foundation exists as an officially registered Delaware nonprofit non-stock corporation.. Yay! In Metatalk, 1adam12 has a Quick Nonprofit Update from the Interim Board. | Continue reading

Looking for loungewear? Over in Ask MetaFilter, phunniemee is seeking suggestions, so if you have any or want see what's been recommended, come on over! | Continue reading

Photo by Bart Everson, via Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/editor/) Today is a very good day to dig into a few fantasy stories about strangers joining forces to save each other, so come check out brainwane's latest links to several awesome stories! | Continue reading

The New York Times Building photo by Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA - New York Times Building - Bottom Portion The NYT Tech Guild is on strike, which means NYT Games (and Cooking) are behind the picket line. But never fear! Mefites needing their puzzle fix can find Wordle alt … | Continue reading

DrGail asks about recipe sites "where every recipe you've tried has been at least very good and most you've tried have made it into the regular rotation? The ones that absolutely nail the deliciousness-to-effort ratio?" Fellow Cooks of Metafilter, Enlighten Me! | Continue reading

Not enough of these. (adze re-enactment tool via daegradtools.com) At some point someone dared to wonder, "what if a time-displaced MMA-fightin' Viking orphan became a carpenter's apprentice to Jesus of Nazareth?" and voila, a movie was born! But of all the tools in this producti … | Continue reading

dancestoblue posts about a surprisingly potent technique to boost your short and long-term recall. Just lie back and think of ... nothing. | Continue reading

image via pixabay.com my inbox's thousands of unread emails could achieve sentience and I still wouldn't care about it — scruss. People are talking about how they handle their emails in response to Well I never's Ask Me post, "What's in your email inbox?" | Continue reading

image via pixabay.com Don't tell anyone, but wooh is looking for books that feature elaborate schemes. | Continue reading

Photo by GlitterandFrills from Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/stampinmom/) To keep up with the most spookiest time of the year, MeFites have been getting into the mood over on MeFi Music! Valrus composed "a short, somewhat creepy guitar-arpeggio-centric near-instrumental" … | Continue reading

2024 MetaFilter Gift Swap Sign-Ups are Open!! Thank you, rhyspenbras and okayokayigive for organizing this year's festivities! | Continue reading

There's a few site updates, the first being news from the interim board on transforming MetaFilter from an LLC to a non-profit. After that, there's the monthly site update! | Continue reading

Illustration by Joseph McDermott (https://joemcdermottillo.com/) First, the delivery of 5,000 pairs of shoes was four days late. Then six days late. Then there were mysterious text messages with the supposed driver with promises that he would show up... eventually. And that's how … | Continue reading

Mount Vesuvius by Carlo Raso (https://www.flickr.com/photos/70125105@N06/) Mount Vesuvius didn't kill everyone, with refugees from Pompeii fleeing to nearby towns. This fascinating post by rory highlights how archaeologists are starting to understand how they rebuilt their lives. | Continue reading