Anger over an astronomical increase in Reddit's API prices [prev.] boiled over this week as multiple third-party app developers were forced to close down, with one -- Apollo dev Christian Selig -- posting a scathing exposé detailing the company's shady dealings... including a recorded phone call disproving CEO Steve "spez" Huffman's claim that Selig blackmailed them. Huffman took to the site's vaunted AMA format to do damage control, only to double down, ignore tough questions, and reap thousands of downvotes. In response, the community has organized a massive subreddit "blackout" to protest the rate hike that will bankrupt popular apps, hamper critical moderation tools, and exclude blind users. While such protests are not new, this one is unprecedented in scope: 20,000+ mods from over 7,000 subreddits with more than 2 billion collective readers, from familiar mainstays like /r/aww, /r/videos, and /r/todayilearned to niche subs like /r/Eragon and /r/Panda. Facing layoffs, a major pre-IPO valuation cut, and a runaway user revolt reminiscent of Digg [prev.], could this be the end of the "front page of the internet"? Watch the site wink out in real time [livestream], join the fight on /r/Save3rdPartyApps and /r/ModCoord, backup your data, or check out some up-and-coming /r/RedditAlternatives.
posted to MetaFilter by Rhaomi at 8:36 AM on June 12, 2023 (704 comments)

I love Maintenance Phase and If Books Could Kill and would like more podcasts like this.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Shepherd at 2:22 PM on June 10, 2023 (26 comments)

Miles Morales catapults across the Multiverse, where he encounters a team of Spider-People charged with protecting its very existence. When the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles must redefine what it means to be a ...
posted to FanFare by 1970s Antihero at 11:34 AM on June 1, 2023 (74 comments)

Simone and Wiley learn the truth about Clara, the red-haired woman, from an enigmatic new source.
posted to FanFare by ellieBOA at 10:48 AM on April 27, 2023 (10 comments)

Apparently I can't really say much here other than Man City and moms are involved?
posted to FanFare by jenfullmoon at 10:40 PM on May 23, 2023 (128 comments)

It's Friday. What time could be better for an incremental game? Array game does away with all of the useless decorative paperclips, fish, buses, drugs, llamas, wizards, cookies, elves, rockstars, corn, Rembrandts, skyscrapers, cows and trees that other incremental games have. Just a pure hit of numbers going up, things to make the numbers go up faster, and things that make the things that make the numbers go up faster go up faster.
posted to MetaFilter by Superilla at 9:34 AM on June 2, 2023 (77 comments)

A new mission from Jay forces Simone to honor her vows; a kidnapping exposes a conspiracy.
posted to FanFare by ellieBOA at 6:20 AM on April 21, 2023 (9 comments)

On election night, Tom tries to manage an increasingly chaotic newsroom while Kendall, Shiv and Roman spar over the consequences for themselves, the company and the country.
posted to FanFare by jeoc at 4:34 AM on May 15, 2023 (50 comments)

While working underground to fix a water main, Brooklyn plumbers—and brothers—Mario and Luigi are transported down a mysterious pipe and wander into a magical new world. But when the brothers are separated, Mario embarks on an epic quest to find Luigi.
posted to FanFare by cozenedindigo at 4:29 AM on April 9, 2023 (23 comments)

Details inside
posted to FanFare by jenfullmoon at 10:00 PM on May 16, 2023 (96 comments)

Isaac is feeling quiet and weird towards Colin, which turns into an explosion in the stands. Roy is forced to handle the press conference about it. It's adorable. Things get a little weird for Nate when Rupert wants to party.
posted to FanFare by jenfullmoon at 8:57 PM on May 9, 2023 (94 comments)

Fast-forward eight years ...
posted to FanFare by essexjan at 2:08 AM on May 8, 2023 (26 comments)

In 1986, Barbara Lowe Vollick won five games of ‘Jeopardy!’ in a row. Her episodes were then taken out of circulation. What followed was a nearly 40-year hunt for the missing tapes—and a quest to find out what really happened between the show and its most enigmatic champion.
posted to MetaFilter by Etrigan at 5:53 AM on May 2, 2023 (56 comments)

Hoping to work the angles, Kendall and Roman ask Shiv to invite a campaign insider to Logan’s pre-election day party.
posted to FanFare by The Notorious SRD at 6:06 AM on May 8, 2023 (46 comments)

In a 25 minute very accessible video titled The Fastest Maze-Solving Competition On Earth, Veratasium tells us about Micromouse , a yearly competition that has been going since the 1970s, where the object is to get a small robotic mouse to navigate a maze in the shortest possible time.
posted to MetaFilter by Harald74 at 1:44 AM on May 28, 2023 (14 comments)

Stereogum's interview with Insane Clown Posse, of note is the following paragraph:

And the amount of gay Juggalos out there is really surprising. I think about them doing their research and getting the old records, getting excited about it, and getting their hearts broke or something, you know? I tell my daughter, “For the rest of your life, when your friends ask why your dad said that, say it’s because your dad was a fool. Don’t defend me. Say I was a fool then, but I’m not now.” There’s no excuse. I was going with the flow, and that’s the very thing we preach against — being a sheep. And that’s what I was doing.

(some details under the cut about this passage in particular)
posted to MetaFilter by Pachylad at 8:26 AM on May 28, 2023 (66 comments)

Ahead of Investor Day, Shiv weighs a proposal from Matsson, while Kendall and Roman each try to match Logan’s volatile leadership style.
posted to FanFare by The Notorious SRD at 6:01 AM on May 1, 2023 (58 comments)

Barry sings. The Raven squawks. Sally goes there. Noho Hank has the most sand. Gene Cousineau asks a hypothetical. Jim Moss washes out his trunk. A-and Guillermo del Toro?
posted to FanFare by chavenet at 5:27 AM on April 24, 2023 (16 comments)

I found myself devouring "Fired on Mars" last night, anyone else getting into it? From the IMDb description: Jeff Cooper has to reinvent himself after being fired from his position in the space start-up Mars.Iy. With no chance to return to Earth, he has to find meaning in a dangerous, alien, but familiar corporate landscape.
posted to FanFare by elkevelvet at 12:22 PM on May 8, 2023 (4 comments)

John Wick uncovers a path to defeating The High Table. But before he can earn his freedom, Wick must face off against a new enemy with powerful alliances across the globe and forces that turn old friends into foes.
posted to FanFare by chavenet at 11:32 AM on March 24, 2023 (47 comments)

The Great, an occasionally true story, is an American comedy-drama miniseries loosely based on the rise of Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia. All episodes available on Hulu.
posted to FanFare by jeoc at 7:23 AM on May 25, 2020 (22 comments)

The teenage years: the most emotional period in one's life. And that's no different for Shigeo Kageyama, aka Mob, a teenage boy without any notable skills in life, except his psychic powers. Then there's the good student and generally admired kid, Mob's younger brother, Ritsu, and Mob's mentor, the self-proclaimed exorcist named Arataka Reigen. In this first episode, Arataka and Mob face evil spirits with salt and psychokinetic powers.
posted to FanFare by filthy light thief at 2:52 PM on September 24, 2016 (4 comments)

Special Agent Will Trent of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) relies on his keen instincts and unique experience to uncover the truth when a murder investigation reveals there's more to the story than meets the eye.
posted to FanFare by rednikki at 9:13 AM on January 5, 2023 (14 comments)

Convinced they're well on their way to a happy ending, Josh and Melissa both rocket to fame in Schmicago and get embroiled in a deadly plot.
posted to FanFare by Karmakaze at 9:15 PM on April 25, 2023 (9 comments)

After Josh and Melissa realize they need to find a happy ending for everyone, they try to make that happen-with unintended consequences.
posted to FanFare by Karmakaze at 7:29 AM on April 19, 2023 (19 comments)

Josh grows hair and joins a commune. Melissa goes to the bad side of town. Bobby shows off her skills.
posted to FanFare by jenfullmoon at 12:38 PM on April 12, 2023 (11 comments)

Josh gains a sunshine hippie roommate while Melissa tries to get him sprung via a lawyer and some undercover work.
posted to FanFare by Karmakaze at 8:58 AM on April 5, 2023 (12 comments)

Even though they found love after leaving Schmigadoon, Josh and Melissa's relationship has hit another bump, so they attempt to find Schmigadoon again. They end up in another world based on musicals from the 60s through the 80s, Schmicago
posted to FanFare by Karmakaze at 8:55 AM on April 5, 2023 (17 comments)

Richmond is winning! So instead the show focuses on Ted angsting about whether or not Michelle will get engaged, Henry visits and wants to watch West Ham, Nate officially has Jade as a girlfriend (I know, folks), Keeley gets hacked and a sexy video of hers goes awry, and most of the football team knows to delete their own shit.
posted to FanFare by jenfullmoon at 11:00 PM on May 2, 2023 (85 comments)

Everyone goes to Norway to get to a number.
posted to FanFare by chavenet at 3:46 AM on April 24, 2023 (64 comments)

For 40 years, since "The Story of Mel" was published (May 21st 1983), the existence of the hacking legend Mel Kaye was in doubt. Until today. We found his final resting place, which unfolds the life and work of the Mel (Melvin) Kaye (Kornitzky), who hacked a blackjack game for the LGP-30 and RPC-4000 some 70 years ago, in Glendale, Los Angeles. The article "Mel Kaye – CV" is published on the Mel's Loop project website, which is dedicated to hacker folklore research, and to the research of The Story of Mel in specific.
posted to MetaFilter Projects by lipsum at 10:19 PM on May 22, 2023

Who are you, Mel Kaye? [via mefi projects] 40 years (and two days) ago, The Story of Mel was posted to Usenet. This tale of a software engineer, his blackjack program, and the ingenious hack hidden inside it has enshrined "Mel" in the pantheon of Real Programmers. But did Mel really exist? Who was he?
posted to MetaFilter by mpark at 2:16 PM on May 23, 2023 (49 comments)

If the metatribe reflects anything about our wider cultural moment, it is our shared disillusionment with the broader liberal optimism the rationalists have come to embody. The promise proffered by so much of Silicon Valley — that we can hack our way to Enlightenment, transcending our humanity along the way — no longer seems plausible amid the broad ennui and general pessimism that has settled into our culture over the last decade. from Rational Magic by Tara Isabella Burton
posted to MetaFilter by chavenet at 11:10 AM on May 17, 2023 (43 comments)

The Mandalorian and his allies confront their enemy.
posted to FanFare by EndsOfInvention at 12:58 AM on April 19, 2023 (77 comments)

While pursuing a lead, Wiley endures an absurd competition; Simone reveals a long-kept secret.
posted to FanFare by ellieBOA at 6:17 AM on April 21, 2023 (8 comments)

Trigun Fan Account's Tweet Turns Queer Sci-Fi Novel Into An Amazon Bestseller. An enthusiastic tweet on Sunday from the account of one bigolas dickolas woIfwood now has the 2019 scifi novella This Is How You Lose The Time War sitting at #7 on Amazon's bestseller list. Co-author Amal El-Mohtar reacts and is interviewed. Co-author Max Gladstone says it feels like coming full circle. Bookriot: "There is something so delightful about this whole experience."
posted to MetaFilter by mediareport at 1:34 PM on May 10, 2023 (87 comments)

It is worth remembering that the internet wasn't supposed to be like this. It wasn't supposed to be six boring men with too much money creating spaces that no one likes but everyone is forced to use because those men have driven every other form of online existence into the ground. From Kelsey McKinney, writing for Defector.
posted to MetaFilter by Harald74 at 3:38 AM on May 4, 2023 (90 comments)

French scientists study the important issues and have discovered the best way to call a strange cat to you. (SLGizmodo)
posted to MetaFilter by NoxAeternum at 2:25 PM on May 8, 2023 (56 comments)

Still reeling from the loss of Gamora, Peter Quill rallies his team to defend the universe and one of their own - a mission that could mean the end of the Guardians if not successful.
posted to FanFare by ellieBOA at 9:38 AM on May 3, 2023 (69 comments)

Barry gets an unexpected visitor. Hank and Cristobal attempt to restart their operations. Gene tells his story. Sally deals with the aftermath of having dated Barry.
posted to FanFare by ellieBOA at 7:34 AM on April 17, 2023 (7 comments)

In the series premiere, Mason Kane and Nadia Sinh - top agents of the independent spy organization Citadel - collide with a nefarious, new syndicate - Manticore - leading to catastrophe. Eight years later, Mason Kane is living a quiet life as "Kyle Conroy," with no memory of his past. Until one day an old colleague enlists his help to stop a now powerful Manticore from creating a new world order.
posted to FanFare by ellieBOA at 9:40 AM on April 28, 2023 (11 comments)

Beard presents Total Football. Barbara continues to dislike Keeley and her boss-dating ways. Nate tries to get up the nerve to ask Jade out. Jack announces to the office that she and Keeley are dating and love bombs her. Sam gets into political protest again.
posted to FanFare by jenfullmoon at 10:29 PM on April 25, 2023 (93 comments)

The Great God Om has a problem. Several problems, really. Despite a theocratic nation worshiping, warring, torturing, and avoiding all manners of pleasure in His name, he's all but faded away and died. Confined to the body of a decrepit tortoise, he must join up with Brutha, an illiterate youth with a phenomenal memory who is also his only remaining actual believer, to save his own existence and, if the chance comes along, change the course of history for all of Omnia for the better. (Discworld #13, Standalone.) By Terry Pratchett.
posted to FanFare by Navelgazer at 4:35 PM on April 27, 2023 (21 comments)

Pedro Pascal, (#1 champion of Chilean food and big brother to Lux) as an academic. (CW: birbsite)
posted to MetaFilter by signal at 4:03 PM on April 28, 2023 (13 comments)

Iceberg lovers go wild over 'dickie berg' near Dildo Newfoundland.
posted to MetaFilter by fimbulvetr at 1:50 PM on April 28, 2023 (25 comments)

Ed Zitron goes on a lovely, if lengthy, rant about popularity, Twitter Blue and social media in general, before dropping a plug for Bluesky Social, a new social media network that was founded by Twitter in 2019 as an open-source, decentralized spinoff. It now seems to be getting much more media attention .
posted to MetaFilter by slogger at 9:12 AM on April 28, 2023 (102 comments)

In 2017, Hari Kondabolu created The Problem with Apu: a documentary that examined and criticized the character of Apu on The Simpsons, voiced by white actor Hank Azaria. Azaria, notably, did not appear in the film, and was not available for comment. Now, nearly six years later, Azaria and Kondabolu sat down with NPR's Codeswitch to discuss what came out of that callout.
posted to MetaFilter by Four String Riot at 7:32 AM on April 28, 2023 (34 comments)

As she contemplates her next move, Simone discovers her ex is part of an underground resistance.
posted to FanFare by ellieBOA at 6:15 AM on April 21, 2023 (7 comments)

BEST CROISSANT IN PARIS
posted to MetaFilter by NotMyselfRightNow at 4:22 AM on April 27, 2023 (29 comments)

In a lengthy and deeply personal video, Kevin Smith revisits his recent mental breakdown, discusses his decision to part with cannabis, and details the practical breathing and mindfulness techniques that have aided his journey to recovery. Content warning (CW) for discussion of sexual abuse.
posted to MetaFilter by Gordion Knott at 7:17 PM on April 26, 2023 (23 comments)