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I know the legacy media is in a weird place these days but what the heck is this doing in a newspaper?
posted to MetaFilter by pullayup at 8:34 PM on May 2, 2024

That link interogative mood shared is disturbing. Especially the stuff about the past life therapist encouraging the parents to tell a child that his nightmares were as the result of a past life.

What does that do to a child?
posted to MetaFilter by Zumbador at 8:34 PM on May 2, 2024

A more skeptical look at the Leininger case.
posted to MetaFilter by interogative mood at 8:13 PM on May 2, 2024

I freaking love this episode. Both my girls were born at home and we don’t play prissy about childbirth. My 5 year old immediately wanted to play Dad Baby - sweetest thing ever!
posted to MetaFilter by WorkshopGuyPNW at 9:56 PM on May 2, 2024

HE HAS A NAME. It’s Pat

In other episodes too, the girls regularly address him as "Lucky's Dad." I admire how game he is, but my favorite character is Muffin. (From the FPP list, Faceytime, Pizza Girls, and Sleepover. Library is also great.) I feel some relief seeing a kid less in control of herself than Bluey & Bingo are.
posted to MetaFilter by miles per flower at 7:56 PM on May 2, 2024

That was adorable and Disney is idiotic.
posted to MetaFilter by mygothlaundry at 7:46 PM on May 2, 2024

HE HAS A NAME. It’s Pat

The credits named him Lucky's Dad so Imma call him Lucky's Dad.
posted to MetaFilter by Your Childhood Pet Rock at 5:59 PM on May 2, 2024

Lucky's Dad

HE HAS A NAME. It’s Pat
posted to MetaFilter by lizjohn at 5:14 PM on May 2, 2024

For those who are wondering, the song Lucky's Dad is singing is True Blue by John Williamson, the unofficial team anthem for the Aussie national cricket team and was also performed acoustically at Steve Irwin's funeral.
posted to MetaFilter by Your Childhood Pet Rock at 3:52 PM on May 2, 2024

Just watched the episode (never seen Bluey before) and it was legit SUPER CUTE and AWESOME. Verrrry Ozzie, though, I could understand maybe half of what they were saying.
posted to MetaFilter by rikschell at 3:26 PM on May 2, 2024

Disney allowed the LGBT+ content in Owl House, but cancelled the show. Sort of like they could never quite decide whether they were going to stand up against the Don't Say Gay stuff in Florida or not. Disney is very concerned about trying to walk the line of not offending queer people too much but also not offending people who are offended by queer people too much. They are corporate fuckers at heart.
posted to MetaFilter by rikschell at 2:38 PM on May 2, 2024

Oooh my 2 year old grandbaby and I are going to be watching this tonight! We love Bluey and a new episode, that features babies? What a treat! Thank you!
posted to MetaFilter by mygothlaundry at 2:35 PM on May 2, 2024

Thank you, Disney corporation, for helping shield my children from the perversions of cricket. That's one "boundary" I'm glad they're not pushing!
posted to MetaFilter by phooky at 2:22 PM on May 2, 2024

I've loved Auster's work for most of my adult life. Currently in the middle of 4 3 2 1, which is a fantastic example of his preoccupation with how a slight (or large) change in one circumstance in a person's life can lead to entirely different existence. And like most of his work, ruminating on what might or might not be autobiographical in it is part of the fun. What a tremendous body of work he left us, what a beautiful and profound and sensitive and hilarious and strange writer.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by slappy_pinchbottom at 1:06 PM on May 2, 2024

The neighbor dad asking for cricket updates during “delivery” and also the “baby” crawling back up and refusing to be born was so cute. Why are we so uptight we can’t have this.
posted to MetaFilter by St. Peepsburg at 1:47 PM on May 2, 2024

That was.....delightful!
posted to MetaFilter by capnsue at 1:45 PM on May 2, 2024

Alex Hirsch, in 2022:
Ever curious about the fights I had with the censors on Gravity Falls? I probably shouldn't share this buttttt here are some REAL NOTES from DISNEY S&P and my REAL REPLIES.
posted to MetaFilter by 1970s Antihero at 1:40 PM on May 2, 2024

Disney is fairly predictable on what they cut for Disney+. Seeing the original ABC version of Relax when Bandit says “alright dingleberries, let the holiday begin” upon pulling up to the vacation condo, it’s no shock that it became “super troopers” later on.
posted to MetaFilter by dr_dank at 1:11 PM on May 2, 2024

Before the birthing part started I thought it might be the mother rolling her magazine up to hit the father with if he said something annoying, and then doing it...

I expected this to be the one where the father farted (sorry, did a fluffy) but apparently that's been un-banned?
posted to MetaFilter by trig at 1:08 PM on May 2, 2024

This episode will teach kids all the wrong lessons about breech birth!
posted to MetaFilter by mittens at 1:02 PM on May 2, 2024

In other news, my 13-year-old has us watching Owl House on Disney+. I went into this pretty skeptical. It's a series, aimed at 13-year-olds, set in a fantasy world that reminds me of some superior shows like Adventure Time, Kipo, Steven Universe, etc etc etc. At first my vibe from Owl House was that it seemed a bit derivative and the humor especially was kind of formulaic like you might expect from... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by polecat at 12:56 PM on May 2, 2024

Paul Auster was a very important author to me during a particular time in my life. Checking Goodreads, it looks like I read 14 Auster books between 1999 and 2010. I lived in Park Slope Brooklyn during the early part of that period and knew that Auster frequented the Community Bookstore, but I never encountered him there. Sadly, with the passage of time, I can't remember much from any of the books. Maybe I need to do some re-reading. Also, I've got 4321 on my shelf and really need to give it... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Ben Trismegistus at 12:32 PM on May 2, 2024

Yeah, that's completely harmless. FFS Disney.

Also, Lucky's Dad deserves a lot more credit than he gets for always going with it when the Heelers drag him into their weird shenanigans.
posted to MetaFilter by Naberius at 12:53 PM on May 2, 2024

Saw an article that had an interesting set of quotes trying to demonstrate how EA was a cover for "existential risk" the whole time. I'm not sure if it does that, but I think it does indicate that the rot runs pretty deep into the core, and it's not a weirdo fringe or a person here or there.
posted to MetaFilter by fleacircus at 4:16 PM on May 1, 2024

And out of Chechnya, there are reports that strongman Ramzan Kadyrov is terminally ill with pancreatic necrosis, prompting concerns in Moscow on how to handle a succession. The Kadyrov clan is backed by the Russian state after two wars in a row in the republic, with a majority wanting to secede. But how tight is their grip on power? Especially these days with the Russian army deeply committed in Ukraine?... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Harald74 at 11:25 PM on May 1, 2024

BTW, there's a huge amount of protests going on in Georgia (the country) over the proposed Russian-style "foreign agents" legislation. Puts one in mind of the run-up to the Orange Revolution, and many protesters are bringing Ukrainian and EU flags along their own into the streets. Someone could probably do a good FPP on this.
posted to MetaFilter by Harald74 at 11:16 PM on May 1, 2024

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I don't love dystopian fiction, but In the Country of Last Things had a profound effect on me. I still think about it all the time. Like, literally, at least twice this week.
posted to MetaFilter by thivaia at 6:08 PM on May 1, 2024

A while back, I watched The Music of Chance, not knowing Auster wrote it and has a cameo in it. It was good. Just like everything else of Auster's that I've seen or read.
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posted to MetaFilter by CCBC at 2:45 PM on May 1, 2024

He was one of my dad’s favorite writers. Dad got City of Glass when his life started going sideways (divorce from my mom, trip to rehab, about to lose his job), and I think he saw himself in the main character. Many years later, I found Dad’s notes on City of Glass and incorporated them into my capstone project on The New York Trilogy.

Bye Paul. In the off chance that there’s an afterlife, tell my dad I said hi.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by pxe2000 at 2:22 PM on May 1, 2024

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(I feel he loved a mythologized New York, and then his life was consumed by the real one. He wrote some beautiful stories though.)
posted to MetaFilter by From Bklyn at 2:16 PM on May 1, 2024

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A friend recommended City of Glass to me and since then whenever I've been in a bookstore or library I've kept my eye out for any new books of his. When I was in Japan I was able to pick up a copy of The Book of Illusions and I don't know how many times I read it (English books were hard to come by at the time so good ones were treasured).
posted to MetaFilter by any portmanteau in a storm at 1:36 PM on May 1, 2024

several church members who saw his mugshot called police with suspicions about the clean-cut 33-year-old who materialized out of thin air six months prior.

Well, seems like everyone in the congregation is a snitch... And people wonder why church membership is declining.
posted to MetaFilter by kaibutsu at 8:29 PM on April 30, 2024

Makes me think of this story out of Providence Place mall.
posted to MetaFilter by mkb at 4:29 PM on April 30, 2024

From a month ago: Ex-Caltrain workers allegedly built personal residences in stations with public funds
posted to MetaFilter by neuron at 4:01 PM on April 30, 2024

Conan made a reference to red head’s higher pain tolerance. It turns out at least one study has found that this does extend to how red heads experience capsaicin the active ingredient in hot sauces.
posted to MetaFilter by interogative mood at 6:51 AM on April 30, 2024

I like the description of the Glasgow University first folio which was annotated by someone who appears to have known the actors who originally performed the works.

Would love to know how someone worked out that oak galls would somehow make the basis of the best ink.
posted to MetaFilter by rongorongo at 8:07 AM on April 30, 2024

That Dobson article’s description of the Lilly Library and Indiana University, though. Oof.

Far away in south central Indiana, for example, can be found the Lilly Library, an Albert Speer-style Neoclassical limestone bunker funded by the multinational pharmaceuticals corporation which manufactures Prozac. Here, at a university of little other interest except to basketball fans...

posted to MetaFilter by Thorzdad at 3:57 AM on April 30, 2024

Spotify playlist.
posted to MetaTalk by kirkaracha at 4:52 PM on April 11, 2024

Okay folks, I have made the final thing! I added every song that got at least three votes (9), and then had three instances of the Mixer's Privilege:

(1) I added "Walkin' My Cat Named Dog" by Norma Tanega because the song compels it.

(2) I added "Giant Kitty" by Shonen Knife because they rule and neither SK song suggested her is actually on Tidal (a tragedy of streaming).

(3) I added John K. Samson's... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by kensington314 at 3:36 PM on April 11, 2024

Lovely documentary. I especially liked the comments at the end, about the autonomy granted by non digital production
posted to MetaFilter by Zumbador at 12:56 AM on April 30, 2024

emptythought, the one bright point about all of this is that, for a long while, Google's benevolent stewardship made it seem like it might be possible to have a corporation that did mostly good things. Google made a strong case that techno-utopianism was not only possible, but viable.

It's been at least 14 years in coming (since the demise of Google Reader [puts a dollar in the Reader Lament Jar]), but it's now evident it's all fallen apart. And if freaking... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by JHarris at 8:51 PM on April 29, 2024

Thanks for sharing--I'm looking forward to watching this tonight!
posted to MetaFilter by indexy at 1:32 PM on April 29, 2024

I'm curious: was there anything like the First Folio produced for other playwrights of the time? It seems it must be a sign of how much Shakespeare's work was esteemed even by his contemporaries, but I'm wondering if he was unique in that.

As noted above, Johnson's "Workes" was the only thing even vaguely similar in terms of "popular" writing (and certainly not something done for something as lowbrow as plays).... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by anastasiav at 10:51 AM on April 29, 2024

well that is an incredibly lovely film
posted to MetaFilter by Joeruckus at 9:59 AM on April 29, 2024

Lauren Gunderson wrote a play about this topic.
posted to MetaFilter by jenfullmoon at 9:56 AM on April 29, 2024

I'm curious: was there anything like the First Folio produced for other playwrights of the time? It seems it must be a sign of how much Shakespeare's work was esteemed even by his contemporaries, but I'm wondering if he was unique in that.
posted to MetaFilter by tavella at 8:43 AM on April 29, 2024

My partner works for an institution with a First Folio. When he retrieves it for patrons, he notes that it is "in the original Klingon". Nobody laughs. Except me.
posted to MetaFilter by avocet at 8:31 AM on April 29, 2024

Yes, that on the podcast was some fantastic shooting the shit. 😂

But yes, definitely more scatalogical than my joke there if you're going to listen to that somewhere other people might hear it.
posted to MetaFilter by ambrosen at 8:29 AM on April 29, 2024

Conan debriefs on his Hot Ones episode on his podcast.
posted to MetaFilter by ishmael at 8:10 AM on April 29, 2024

There's some great tension in me being released as everyone kind of collectively accepts that google is dead, and google search sucks now. I felt like a conspiracy theorist crank for years, and would regularly lose bar-bet type arguments/conversations looking like a kooky old bird bc i couldn't pull up anything to prove my point about random subjects with the results just being gone.

Hell, i even posted on ask about some of the meta-conversations i... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by emptythought at 7:03 PM on April 26, 2024