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A couple moved into a house on Fire Island and found 20 years worth of cassettes, documenting DJ sets and party soundtracks from 1979-1999. Over 200 tapes are being digitized and uploaded to MixCloud.
posted by hwyengr at 4:12 PM PST - 22 comments

Russian state TV hosts discussed the possibility of a war that expands outside of Ukraine on Tuesday, and Margarita Simonyan, journalist and head of RT, told viewers that a nuclear war would be OK because "we're all going to die someday." [Newsweek, yes, I know but the reported it first] This is the new nuclear war thread.
posted by hippybear at 3:47 PM PST - 145 comments

Started Out As A Fish. How Did It End Up Like This? (NYT; archive.ph link). A meme about the transitional fossil Tiktaalik argues that although we did emerge from the sea, we aren’t doing just fine.
posted by fight or flight at 3:09 PM PST - 8 comments

What have Too Many Zooz been up to since their last previously? Smells Like Teen Spirit, Moon Zooz Part 2, and their recently uploaded I Will Survive.
posted by clawsoon at 2:10 PM PST - 14 comments

Neal Adams, a hugely influential comic book artist has died at age 80. In the late 1960s, he was instrumental in reviving Batman as the "Dark Detective" in the wake of the campy Adam West television series. With writer Denny O'Neill in 1970, he sparked a trend in socially relevant comics with Green Lantern & Green Arrow's road trip across America. Adams gave many budding artists their start in the business and was a champion of creator's rights.
posted by marxchivist at 11:45 AM PST - 39 comments

It's International Dance Day! It's a day to encourage participation and education in dance through events and festivals held all over the world. Take in some international dance, some jazz dance, some tap (like Michelle Dorrance), some musical theater dancing, some swing dancing, some party dancing, some hip hop, some modern dance, some ballroom dancing, or some ballet. And bob your head, move your feet, or sway a bit yourself. International Dance Day at Wikipedia. dance on MetaFilter. [more inside]
posted by kristi at 10:45 AM PST - 6 comments

The breed of dog doesn't seem to predict much about that dog's behavior.
posted by PussKillian at 8:27 AM PST - 112 comments

The U.S. military is actively discussing an initiative, proposed by a defense contractor, to fund athletic scholarships for tens of thousands of college athletes each year in exchange for their mandatory service.
posted by Etrigan at 6:59 AM PST - 56 comments