Sideblog Archive
July 31, 2020
Intermediate staples? Phunniemee asks, What's the next level after basic? What should I keep in my fridge and pantry to enable me to cook slightly more interesting than basic food? The primroses were over kicks off the answers with a great tip on lemons 🍋 and furnace.heart brings the link love for various pantry staples by cuisine.🌶
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Meanwhile, over in Fanfare, people are talking about the novel In an Absent Dream đź“–, and the film The Old Guard
🎬 among other things.
July 30, 2020
Last chance to participate in the Music Swap; deadline for submission is Saturday, so if you feel like swapping playlists, get to it!
"Socialism’s DIY Computer": The Galaksija computer was a craze in 1980s Yugoslavia, inspiring thousands of people to build versions in their own homes.
July 29, 2020
Life hacks for the psyche and emotional wellbeing? What's a good habit that you introduced in your life and has since made all the difference?
July 28, 2020
[fan/fawn pun goes here]: Harpist playing outdoors receives an unexpected visit
July 27, 2020
"Fire and Quarrels": Japanese Firemen’s Coats (19th century)
July 26, 2020
Sunday is a good day for railway history! Dame posted Retours, "a digital magazine on the intersection of railway history, design and photography."
July 25, 2020
Signal asks, Please recommend SF books that are significantly Other.
July 22, 2020
When it comes to comfort food ... Like many Kashmiris, I long for rogan josh, our traditional lamb dish, spicy and rich, whose recipe my mum holds hostage in Michigan: ChuraChura posts Priyanka Mattoo's How to Extract a Mother’s Rogan Josh Recipe Over Zoom.
July 20, 2020
Ghostwriters Needed, urgent! Help me come up with new verses for "Twinkle Twinkle, Little Ghost"
July 15, 2020
Would lions eat clams?
July 14, 2020
Check out the view from a window in a random home somewhere else in the world
July 13, 2020
Very interesting post from dhruva on DNA analysis showing that Polynesians and Native Americans met 800 years ago, including a great comment in the thread from atrazine, who explains in detail some of the reactions to the article: The disagreement with some archaeologists seems to be not the genetic analysis but the hypothesis around where the mixing occurred ...
July 8, 2020
If you're looking for coronavirus face-masks made by Mefites, or if you're a seller, here's a Metatalk collecting shop links for covid supplies!
July 6, 2020
Interested in participating in a music swap? Because there's a music swap!
July 3, 2020
It's episode 165 of the MetaFilter monthly podcast with cortex and jessamyn!
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