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Kerri Andrews (Lapham's Quarterly), "A Most Laborious Road": "Arriving in Edinburgh on April 21, 1822, aboard the Leith Smack Superb, Sarah Stoddart Hazlitt stepped onto the docks toward a most uncertain future. She had journeyed for seven days up the British east coast ... in order to be divorced by her husband of fourteen years ... [S]he documented both the circumstances of her divorce and the miles and miles of walking she undertook when she had the chance to steal away. On foot, she was able to enjoy something approaching freedom." Sarah Stoddart Hazlitt, "Journal of My Trip to Scotland." An annotated map of her travels [Google Earth], via The Sarah Stoddart Hazlitt Project. Interview with Kerri Andrews about Sarah Stoddart Hazlitt and other notable walkers / hikers, including Nan Shepherd whose work inspired the short documentary "The Living Mountain: A Cairngorms Journey."
posted by Wobbuffet at 5:29 PM PST - 2 comments

"What do you say when a guy walks up to you, stares squarely into your light brown eyeballs and says: 'Buddy, man will never fly!'" The Man Will Never Fly Memorial Society was founded in 1959 to combat the global conspiracy that claims human flight has happened. [more inside]
posted by eotvos at 5:08 PM PST - 34 comments

What sort of things do you picture when you think "small indie videogame gets a rabid online following"? Oh I assure you, none of those things go far enough. Here, in 40 minutes, is the amazing story of What The Internet Did To Undertale, a $5K Kickstarted game that became something much much larger than anyone could ever have expected.
posted by hippybear at 3:50 PM PST - 28 comments

Post-Gogol World [via mefi projects]
posted by lipsum at 3:06 PM PST - 5 comments

Today at 3pm Eastern, Yo La Tengo will do their long standing WFMU tradition of taking requests for pledges for the mighty WFMU. If you donate $100 to this great independent radio station, Yo La Tengo will try to play any song you request. The YLT request show has become a low-key Metafilter tradition over the years, with Mefites getting their favorite songs in and sharing commentary. Unlike nearly everything else on WFMU, you can't listen to the request show in the archive later. When it's done, it's done. If you do put in a request, be sure to use this link (with the pledge earmarked for Todd-a-phonic Todd's show). Otherwise, the request may not make it to the band. [more inside]
posted by wheelieman at 12:02 PM PST - 11 comments

From The Guardian: I can be cold and not know it. I can be hungry and not know it. I can need to go to the bathroom and not know it. I can be sad and not know it. I can feel distressed and not know it. I can be unsafe and not know it. You know how sometimes you put your hand under running water and for a brief moment you don’t know if it is hot or cold? That is every minute of my life. Being perpetually potentially unsafe is a great recipe for anxiety. And – spoiler alert – anxiety is bad.
posted by Bella Donna at 11:51 AM PST - 21 comments

Wood Sorrel House is a short (horror?) story by Zach Williams. Content warning for themes of child neglect and abuse. The author discusses his story here. Archive link.
posted by Rora at 10:44 AM PST - 12 comments

Christopher Alexander, a towering figure in architecture and urbanism—one of the biggest influences on the New Urbanism movement—died on Thursday, March 17 [2022], after a long illness, it was reported by Michael Mehaffy, a long-time collaborator and protege. Alexander was the author or principal author of many books, including A Pattern Language, one of the best-selling architectural books of all time. He is considered to be the father of the pattern language movement in software, which is the idea behind Wikipedia. In 2006, he was one of the first two recipients, along with Leon Krier, of CNU's Athena Medal, which honors those who laid the groundwork for The New Urbanism movement. [quoted from cnu.org] [more inside]
posted by Multicellular Exothermic at 7:06 AM PST - 38 comments

Mia Hannson has been recreating the Bayeaux Tapestry on her own for the past six years, with its original mistakes. Her Facebook: Mia’s Bayeux Tapestry Story. She also has had published Mia’s Bayeux Tapestry Colouring Book
posted by ShooBoo at 6:41 AM PST - 5 comments