Flagged as fantastic! Or as kristi says, "an absolutely marvelous paragon of a post": joannemerriam's magnificent latest roundup of more than 50 new and forthcoming small press books. ❣️ | Continue reading
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
For getting ideas, or sharing answers, some #GiftFilter posts currently in AskMe: ">Gift for the guy who has everything? ❖ Fantastic gift (basket)? ❖ Rubik's Cube and Rubik's Cube Adjacent Gift ideas? ❖ Sewing/fashion gift to inspire a creative, crafty tween? ❖ High Quality, Inte … | 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
Ferry to Bremerton, Washington by Barret Anspach via Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/anspach/ The world needs your poems! Or at least the town of Bremerton, Washington does, according to this post from JHarris. Click the link to learn where to send yours! | 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 from Muséum de Toulouse, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Who are MetaFilter's BlueSky favorites? | 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
"With a decent local GPU and some free open source software like ollama and open-webui you can try 'open source' LLM models like Meta's llama, Mistral AI's mistral, or Alibaba's qwen entirely offline." Lenie Clarke has a big ol' post on Homebrew LLMs and Open Source Models | 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
photo by Smart Destinations - https://www.flickr.com/photos/gocardusa/3856316180/, CC BY-SA 2.0 jontyjago has a great comment about how finding a chance article by late member pjern on Metafilter eventually led to a career change as a UK railway signaller. Very interesting!! | 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
Photo by William Yeung, courtesy of Flickr You want scenes of cats? 'Cause this is how you get scenes of cats, courtesy of Pink Fuzzy Bunny's Ask MetaFilter question! | 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
What's inside the box? Pain. What's inside this week's Free Thread? Your happy place. Come tell us about it, if you feel so inclined. | 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
Brook Horse on successful compassionate communication with (literally) delusional people, and lessons about how the approach can work with people swamped with dis- and mis-information. | 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. (Also of site interest, some thoughts from warriorqueen on S … | 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
video screenshot via abc.net.au Recently besieged by dry weather and Crazy Ants, Christmas Island's Red Crabs are Back, baby. Chariot pulled by cassowaries has posted about their 100 million march to the ocean (and incidental occupation of roads, school grounds, living rooms, toi … | 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
Would you like another distraction from *waves around* all this? Sweet, come check out lucidium's post about a wig making game. Yeah, you heard that right, come try it! | 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
Rhaomi has made a great, in-depth US election day megapost, The Most Important Election of Our Lifetimes. | 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
Photo by Chic Bee, via Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/80454089@N00/) Signups are open for the 8th annual holiday card exchange! | 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
Come on over for November's LinkMe thread! Share a link you think would make a good post and put it on someone's radar so they can make that post! | 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
The 2024 presidential election is coming to some sort of conclusion (don't forget to vote), but 24/7 slog is making many of us anxious. Thankfully Belladonna made a post about 'How not to freak out about the US election' and plenty of people chimed with advice about how to stay s … | Continue reading
Photo by Ruth Ellison, via Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/laruth/) The question is simple, yet so important: What things make you happier when you do them? Community member Eyelash is asking and thankfully, MeFites are pouring in with answers! | Continue reading
Photo by Lisa Zins, via Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lisazins/) DirtyOldTown has the most appropriate question for this time of year: What's your favorite scary movie. No, this is not about real life or the US Presidential election, just plain ol' Halloween! | 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
The Final Pam screenshot Rhaomi posts about one of the funniest goddamn things ever published on the internet – McElroy brothers' Monster Factory vids, with beloved faves ... and new episodes! | 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
Peri-menopause and menopause are still woefully understood phases of a woman's life. Here's a couple of recent Ask MetaFilter questions that delve into various aspects of these natural biological processes: 1. If hormones mess with you, what was peri/menopause like? 2. Menopause … | Continue reading
image via pixabay.com Don't tell anyone, but wooh is looking for books that feature elaborate schemes. | Continue reading
Alvy Ampersand highlighted cartoonist Chris Ware's look back at American author and illustrator Richard Scarry. Just in time for the 50th Anniversary of Scarry's beloved illustrated book, Cars and Trucks and Things That Go! | 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
Photo by M. Scott Brauer Over in MeFi Projects, msbrauer has posted an absolutely amazing story he did about Treb Heining, who created the entire balloon decorating industry. What does that mean? Oh, just that Heining has engineered the balloon drops at every Republican National … | Continue reading
2024 MetaFilter Gift Swap Sign-Ups are Open!! Thank you, rhyspenbras and okayokayigive for organizing this year's festivities! | Continue reading
image via pixabay.com Tzikeh asked for "Reproducible examples of AI being terrible at basic facts and tasks" and the answers are just sort of fascinating to read. | 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
Eyelash is looking for low-key hobbies that don't involve screens. | 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
One fine day in 2003, a man stopped in a McDonald's for a meal, but instead discovered the amazing artist, Wes Cook. Take the 20 minutes and enjoy this magical story that zig zags along on a fantastic journey, you won't be disappointed! | 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