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posted by the man of twists and turns at 11:54 PM PST - 12 comments

When Did Rarity Start to Equal Greatness in Beer? Today, however, Duvel doesn’t even graze the “Top Beers” list. While it’s still well-regarded, by now its acclaim has been buried under a dogpile of state-of-the-art hoppy pale ales, imperial stouts and fruited sour ales. In fact, in the years since I started considering myself a “beer geek” (and the term became part of the lexicon), the craft beer industry has shape-shifted remarkably, especially among the cognoscenti. But how, exactly?
posted by CrystalDave at 10:33 PM PST - 88 comments

The Seven-Decade Transnational Hunt for the Origins of a Strange Indian Disease "Zeroing in on the genesis of the Kyasanur forest disease was, at one point, called “possibly the most dramatic epidemiological detective story of our time.” This is that story."
posted by dhruva at 9:03 PM PST - 5 comments

World’s First Photonic Neural Network Unveiled. Relevant paper here.
posted by StrikeTheViol at 6:33 PM PST - 15 comments

How To Call Your Reps When You Have Social Anxiety by Cordelia. [more inside]
posted by juliplease at 5:02 PM PST - 34 comments

Everyone thinks farts are funny. Underwater farts (NSFW) are better. Slow-motion underwater farts are better still. But nothing compares to 120fps slow-motion underwater naked farts (also NSFW unless you work with naturists). [more inside]
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 3:56 PM PST - 71 comments

NY Magazine: How Sting’s daughter sabotaged her music career so she make it on her own as an anonymous — until now — DJ.

Sumner is rock royalty. But being born into bohemian privilege is complicated, especially in the UK. “There are a lot of great things about the English music scene, but they have an obsession with taking down their own,” says Andrew Wyatt, a friend and collaborator of Sumner’s who is also the frontman of the band Miike Snow. Or, as one prominent executive at a prestigious British label put it: “I’m not rooting for her, and no one is rooting for her.”

GQ: We're pretty sure Sting's kid Eliot Sumner is from the future. [more inside]
posted by Lexica at 11:38 AM PST - 65 comments

“Fascism cannot be explained only in terms of fanaticism, the history of the places where it gains a lodging must be taken into account.” — Northwest author Robert Cantwell, 1939

Starting in late 2015, Knute Berger of Seattle's Crosscut magazine began a lengthy series on the historical roots of fascism in the Pacific Northwest. [more inside]
posted by Rumple at 9:37 AM PST - 8 comments

"We deserve to feel like it is not just trans people who are moved and outraged by the culture of violence and abuse towards us here and around the world.", Paris Lees, on the Transgender Day of Remembrance. [more inside]
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 9:10 AM PST - 22 comments

TETSUO! KANEDA!! An edit of Akira.
posted by josher71 at 8:59 AM PST - 26 comments

The Adventures of Fat Rice started as a neighborhood restaurant (which got big) serving a cuisine few had ever tasted from a place many had never heard of. The short version: The chefs got an agent and a book deal. The long version is a look at how one cookbook came together, from writing the proposal, to developing the recipes, to designing the inside and cover. [more inside]
posted by veggieboy at 5:47 AM PST - 7 comments

Psithurism is the sound of rustling leaves, or the sound of wind passing through a group of trees. For example, spend ten hours listening to the woods of Pennsylvania, or an hour listening to the golden aspen forests of Arizona. Caution! Forest and wood recordings often include bird, animal and other natural sounds, may be relaxing and distracting from the human world.
posted by Wordshore at 1:34 AM PST - 31 comments