Come Join Us In the Radiant City... If You Can Survive It.

Community member workingdankoch has created a fantastic science fiction audio drama titled Metropolis. It's a murder mystery in neon utopia that may be slightly topical for US citizens or an excellent escape, you decide! An original science fiction audio drama! | Continue reading


@bestof.metafilter.com | 7 hours ago

Getting It Done

[COMMUNITY] In the IRL subsite, paduasoy has posted Getting stuff done in February 2025 as a space to "support ourselves and each other in getting things done, whatever that means to you. Decluttering, organising, cleaning, admin, making progress on projects," including arts and … | Continue reading


@bestof.metafilter.com | 1 day ago

Look For the Helpers?

We found them, and they are in a website near you! In Ask Metafilter, alex1965 asks, What can I do in my spare time to benefit society?, while in Metatalk, Glinn posted Small Things, for people who "feel like they should be doing something or contributing something ... even if it … | Continue reading


@bestof.metafilter.com | 2 days ago

You Have A Blüthner? *I* Have A Blüthner!

In Ask Metafilter, vernondalhart asks, What should I expect / what should be included in renovating an old piano? and gets some super spot-on info from Pallas Athena | Continue reading


@bestof.metafilter.com | 2 days ago

Fanfare This Week #5

Making You the You You Are brings us Best Documentary Feature nominees, new movies, what's new in TV, special events, and much more, including a new episode of Severance ... and its fictional self-help book "The You You Are" gets a real e-book. Enjoy! and thanks, DOT! | Continue reading


@bestof.metafilter.com | 2 days ago

Language, Please!

حر, Free, Frei, Gratis, Dohainik ... It's your weekly Free Thread! | Continue reading


@bestof.metafilter.com | 2 days ago

More Female-fronted Metal, You Know, For the Kids

French metalcore act Novelists For it is a human number / Its number is 5, 5, and 5. Did you know signal has been posting a regular series showcasing great female-fronted metal bands since October? Now you know! It's basically a Mefi metal shredfest, is what it is. | Continue reading


@bestof.metafilter.com | 3 days ago

Mefi Music Radio Hour?

in Metatalk, es_de_bah pitches a new Mefi Music podcast. What a great idea! | Continue reading


@bestof.metafilter.com | 4 days ago

"I Am Using It Ecstatically"

image via pixabay.com Ryvar comments with details and insights on Deepseek in _benj' post OpenAI Furious DeepSeek Might Have Stolen All the Data OpenAI Stole From | Continue reading


@bestof.metafilter.com | 4 days ago

February 2025 LinkMe Thread

[COMMUNITY] It's a new month so does that mean Rhaomi is creating a new LinkMe thread? Yes, Virgina, yes it does. | Continue reading


@bestof.metafilter.com | 4 days ago

Well Shit, That's Cool!

Photo by Kaysse via Flickr Tired of those AI summaries when using Google search? Well, getting rid of them is really fucking simple! | Continue reading


@bestof.metafilter.com | 6 days ago

RESIST

Photo by Kim Carpenter (https://www.flickr.com/photos/kim_carpenter_nj/) With the onslaught of changes occurring over the past year of the first two weeks of the Trump administration, it's good to be reminded that resistance is possible and not all is lost. African American write … | Continue reading


@bestof.metafilter.com | 7 days ago

Lighting the Corners Of Our Minds

They are called P A Y P H O N E S Are you ... how shall we say? Of a certain age? For the over 50s, what used to be but is no more? People are sharing all the things in Ask Metafilter! | Continue reading


@bestof.metafilter.com | 9 days ago

Fanfare This Week #4

Oh, no! The other Oscar, actually! And the Oscar goes to FanFare. This week in fanfare, Oscar-nominated films with FF posts, rebooting the Wolf Man, a new take on the haunted house in Presence, One of Them Days, Star Trek: Section 31 ... but wait, there's more! We have recently r … | Continue reading


@bestof.metafilter.com | 9 days ago

I'd Quite Like To Be My Cat — Paduasoy

Who would you be, if you could be anyone? It's your weekly Free Thread! | Continue reading


@bestof.metafilter.com | 10 days ago

Short and Sweet ... Or Not So Sweet.

image via pixabay.com Recently from lucidium, The God of Arepo, a short comic about a farmer and a god of small things, and from PussKillian, Wolfskin, a short comic about love. Meanwhile, posts this month from brainwane include short stories about people who think they can outwi … | Continue reading


@bestof.metafilter.com | 10 days ago

Wow. Wow Wow Wow.

Between 1996 and 2002, VH1 had a show called Pop Up Video which paired music videos with trivia and jokes that "popped up" on screen, mostly without controversy ... A fabulous Kattullus collection, trivia treasure trove, megapost, and deep dive in a "Pop! Pop pop! Pop! Pop into P … | Continue reading


@bestof.metafilter.com | 11 days ago

"Every Temporary Solution is Permanent"

Such a great comment from gelfin in their comment on chavenet's post, Master the Art of the Product Manager "No." | Continue reading


@bestof.metafilter.com | 12 days ago

There's More Than Biscuits In There!

The myth, the legend, the Indonesian biscuit tin? Yes, you might have become familiar with the vintage Ladybird books via a number of ways. But a biscuit tin? Yes, that really happened! | Continue reading


@bestof.metafilter.com | 12 days ago

Video Games With the Spouse?

Screenshot from the game The Witness Daisyace could use your help. They'd love to find a video game that they could play with their husband. Something that is a "engrossing, feel-good video game with gorgeous visuals" but has little or no violence. What do you suggest? | Continue reading


@bestof.metafilter.com | 14 days ago

More Beans Than You Eat Or Count

, via Wikimedia Commons Come along as bunderful shares a bit of bean plating in a post. Legume of all your culinary fears as we look back on the history of this pantry mainstay before delving into a few recipes! | Continue reading


@bestof.metafilter.com | 14 days ago

Soundtrack For A Revolution

Dimension (1972) - Bertina Lopes (1924-2012) Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Modern Collection, Lisbon, Portugal. Photo by Pedro Ribeiro Simões via Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/pedrosimoes7/) For various reasons, you might be feeling a bit revolutionary these days and needin … | Continue reading


@bestof.metafilter.com | 16 days ago

No Chains Can Bind the MeFite!

[COMMUNITY] What have you broken free from? It's your weekly Free Thread! | Continue reading


@bestof.metafilter.com | 17 days ago

Fanfare This Week #3

Fix Your Hearts or Die! Special events, new movies, FF's complete David Lynch, current TV shows under discussion, new comments on older posts, and more in this week's roundup! | Continue reading


@bestof.metafilter.com | 17 days ago

ZOOOOM, Indeed

A man sits in a chair and delightful things happen in this post shared by dick dale the vampire | Continue reading


@bestof.metafilter.com | 18 days ago

Defying Conventional Standards Of Beauty

Photo © Keerthana Kunnath It's said that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. bBut when the beholder is you, what does one see when that beauty is outside of the norm? Chavenet's post about a burgeoning community of female bodybuilders in Kerala, India touches on this question a … | Continue reading


@bestof.metafilter.com | 19 days ago

I Know What I'm Cooking Tonight!

Screenshot from How To Cream Pasta Like a Great Master - The Ultimate Guide by Luciano Monosilio Cheese and pepper? Yes, of course, according to Greg_Ace's homemade and lovingly baked post about four roman pasta dishes united by these not so similar ingredients. | Continue reading


@bestof.metafilter.com | 19 days ago

Fiction By J.R. Dawson

Photo by nicholaspollock, via Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/iamataman/) Brainwane continues their excellent streak of sharing great stories with a link to J.R. Dawson's "Six People To Revise You". It's a moving tale about searching for and finding your identity in world t … | Continue reading


@bestof.metafilter.com | 21 days ago

"It's Not Anything We've Ever Heard Before"

jacquilynne posted Homeowner captures sound and video of meteorite strike on camera, and scientists believe it's a first. (Also bros, boxers, belts, braces, and suspenders. You'll understand once you get there.) | Continue reading


@bestof.metafilter.com | 22 days ago

Along Came Ra

Sun Ra, Space Is the Place (1974) via IMDB Lempkin posted Sun Ra: A Joyful Noise, one-hour documentary shot over two years, recording the late musician's celebrated and unique fusion of music, mysticism, cosmic mystery, poetry, and mythology. (Plus smashing headgear!) | Continue reading


@bestof.metafilter.com | 22 days ago

Be Safe

"Wildfire ash is toxic, and the ash of an urban conflagration more so. Especially when most destroyed buildings were pre-1960 and contained unknown amounts of asbestos and lead ..." backwoods has advice and links for evacuees returning to residences affected by smoke and ash | Continue reading


@bestof.metafilter.com | 23 days ago

Fanfare This Week #2

Society to Advocate for the Return of Intermissions in Movies: For your delectation, a loving roundup of what's new, what's cool, what's the haps in FanFare this week! Thank you, DirtyOldTown! | Continue reading


@bestof.metafilter.com | 23 days ago

*cough*

What sort of noises do you make? It's your weekly Free Thread! | Continue reading


@bestof.metafilter.com | 24 days ago

LA Fires: MALAN Fire & Wind Storm Resources

Wretch729 in the Check-in for LA MeFites Metatalk: "I haven't seen it posted yet so just sharing -- Mutual Aid Los Angeles (MALA) has put together a spreadsheet [offsite link] with resources such as shelter info, animal boarding info, addresses for distribution centers, volunteer … | Continue reading


@bestof.metafilter.com | 24 days ago

Thread

Drop spindle with wool via Wikimedia Sheep farmer here, raising pedigree Shetlands for fleece quality ... Rhedyn comments in the post on how synthetic textiles made from plastic took over the fashion industry. Wow, there is so much fascinating info in this thread! If you have an … | Continue reading


@bestof.metafilter.com | 24 days ago

I Have Pineapple

Pineapple? Pineapple. music for skeletons seeks suggestions for the whole pineapple, and gets some great ideas. Grill / roast caramelization sounds delicious! | Continue reading


@bestof.metafilter.com | 25 days ago

Before On the Road, Before Easy Rider, Before Pee-wee's Big Adventure ...

image via The Online Bicycle Museum There was vitabellosi's first cousin 3X removed ... It's remarkable how many woodchucks he killed. Was he eating them? vitabellosi has commented on a rather wonderful artifact — a 19th century diary belonging to their family and the stories jus … | Continue reading


@bestof.metafilter.com | 25 days ago

"He Who Would Search For Pearls Must Dive Below"

image via pixabay.com From ftrtts, 12 Word Searches. A book of 12 small puzzles that get trickier as you progress. For 1 or more solvers: as foxtongue describes in the comments, "puzzles in puzzles in puzzles." Just something cool that we didn't manage to point out amid the holid … | Continue reading


@bestof.metafilter.com | 26 days ago

Rocks and Hard Places

image via pickpik.com Mumimor has an excellent, super helpful, comment explaining the Greenland situation from close up, if you are bemused at all by the perplexing political tempest swirling around the world's largest island and its tiny population. | Continue reading


@bestof.metafilter.com | 26 days ago

Ready Or Not, We're In the New Year

Photo by Rob Young, via Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/rob-young/) As the shore of 2024 fade away and we move forward (whether we want to or not), community member summerteeth posted a thought provoking question in AskMetaFilter: "What gives you hope for the future, in 202 … | Continue reading


@bestof.metafilter.com | 27 days ago

Music Even Brett Would Like

Photo by Meg Moon (https://www.instagram.com/meg_moon/?hl=en) Community member Kitteh wants to share the awesome sound of the Toronto band The Beaches, so pull up a speaker and get ready to dance! | Continue reading


@bestof.metafilter.com | 28 days ago

Los Angeles Fires Check In

[COMMUNITY] Los Angeles MeFites, please check in and let us know how you're doing! | Continue reading


@bestof.metafilter.com | 28 days ago

Smells Like Soup Spirit

Photo by April Spreeman, via Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/krisandapril/) Who doesn't like soup? But one of the best things about making soup is how it can make your home smell so good. With that in mind, Charity Garfein is seeking soup (and stew) recipes that will give o … | Continue reading


@bestof.metafilter.com | 29 days ago

Aisle Be Seeing You In All the Right Places

Check out something new and fantastic: This Week in FanFare, on the blue! | Continue reading


@bestof.metafilter.com | 1 month ago

Twisty Passages

image via pixabay.com Wolfdog has posted Essential tools to make the modern web more bearable, and people have even more recommendations in the thread. Bookmarked so hard. | Continue reading


@bestof.metafilter.com | 1 month ago

Valentine Card Exchanged 2025

[COMMUNITY] MeFi Valentine Card Exchange! | Continue reading


@bestof.metafilter.com | 1 month ago

Good Morning

How are you? It's the weekly Free Thread. | Continue reading


@bestof.metafilter.com | 1 month ago

(Water) Cooler Than You

completely unknown? Ways to promote Fanfare on the site ... In Metatalk, people are talking about ideas for promoting and surfacing more Fanfare activity, and in Fanfare itself, Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, Nosferatu, Yacht Rock, and A Complete Unknown are among current hot topics. … | Continue reading


@bestof.metafilter.com | 1 month ago