Abbott Elementary rallies together to fight the threat from Legendary Charter Schools.
posted to FanFare by ThePinkSuperhero at 3:11 PM on March 16, 2023 (13 comments)

On Coruscant, former Imperials find amnesty with the New Republic.
posted to FanFare by EndsOfInvention at 3:50 AM on March 15, 2023 (63 comments)

Scott Lang and Hope Van Dyne, along with Hank Pym and Janet Van Dyne, explore the Quantum Realm, where they interact with strange creatures and embark on an adventure that goes beyond the limits of what they thought was possible.
posted to FanFare by 1970s Antihero at 6:16 PM on February 16, 2023 (32 comments)

Everyone is picking Richmond to finish dead last.
posted to FanFare by Etrigan at 6:57 PM on March 14, 2023 (58 comments)

Janine's sister visits. Everyone gets a bunch of stuff they don't want. Everyone fights over tickets.
posted to FanFare by jenfullmoon at 7:24 AM on March 10, 2023 (8 comments)

Safety on the railway in Latvia is no laughing matter. (It's all great, but the best is at the very end.) This stop-motion animation produced by Animācijas Brigāde features their long-running characters the Rescue Team. Fancy a trip to London or Greece? Or a spot of Latvian history?
posted to MetaFilter by rory at 5:42 AM on March 15, 2023 (11 comments)

Every Sample from Beastie Boys' "Paul's Boutique"
posted to MetaFilter by cortex at 9:41 PM on March 10, 2023 (32 comments)

If you saved $1 a day for a year, do you know how much money you'd have? Roughly $30.000.
posted to MetaFilter by signal at 11:19 AM on March 14, 2023 (40 comments)

Al Jaffee, Now 102, Is Ready to Be Added to Mount Rushmore An extended version of Mike Sacks’s 2008 interview with the MAD Magazine cartoonist, originally excerpted in And Here’s the Kicker: Conversations With 21 Top Humor Writers on Their Craft (2009).
posted to MetaFilter by staggernation at 12:46 PM on March 13, 2023 (15 comments)

Alice goes to a garden party. Women won't talk to Paul. Michael wants to disinvite Jimmy from officiating his wedding. Liz, Sean and Gaby go to her ex's art gallery opening. AV Club Review.
posted to FanFare by jenfullmoon at 12:15 AM on March 11, 2023 (7 comments)

Jimmy attempts damage control after his party. Paul's daughter pays another visit. Liz and Sean discover they have something in common. Disclaimer: Jason Segal's butt is out again. Liz's husband says that he's so tired of grinding away at his job that he wants to be home all day, and it's his turn, and if she wants space, she needs to go leave. AV Club review. Marvelous Geeks Media review.
posted to FanFare by jenfullmoon at 9:45 PM on March 4, 2023 (4 comments)

Abby tries to get the court featured on a popular podcast, but the host only has eyes for Dan, who soon learns that being the center of attention can have its downsides.
posted to FanFare by Servo5678 at 11:26 AM on March 8, 2023 (6 comments)

The Mandalorian and Grogu explore the ruins of a destroyed planet.
posted to FanFare by EndsOfInvention at 1:17 AM on March 8, 2023 (60 comments)

Schwarzenegger told me he really does want to live forever. Not everyone would, at his age. But not everyone has had his life, either. “If you have the kind of life that I’ve had—that I have—it is so spectacular. I could not ever articulate how spectacular it was.” He was trying to project gratitude, but something else came through—a plaintiveness in that gap between the tenses. from Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Last Act [The Atlantic; ungated]
posted to MetaFilter by chavenet at 4:08 PM on March 10, 2023 (25 comments)

A mural's going to be done at the school. The charter thing comes up again. Janine tries to figure out how to break up with Maurice.
posted to FanFare by jenfullmoon at 6:39 PM on March 4, 2023 (11 comments)

Charlie finds herself stranded in a motel during a blizzard; in order to survive the night, Charlie must decipher the deadly tension between her questionable companions.
posted to FanFare by ellieBOA at 7:27 AM on March 2, 2023 (40 comments)

A blood moon brings out some of the weirdest cases New York has to offer along with a surprise visitor; Abby's mom, who's carrying some secrets; Gurgs suspects Dan knows more than he's letting on; Olivia and Neil stumble on the truth.
posted to FanFare by Servo5678 at 10:33 PM on March 1, 2023 (5 comments)

The Mandalorian begins an important journey.
posted to FanFare by EndsOfInvention at 3:24 AM on March 1, 2023 (54 comments)

The #1 adjective others seem to put under her creations routinely and casually shared on Mastodon is cursed. Sibera seems to think likewise. “They are terrible for the most part, but better out of my head than in,” she wrote when I asked. Marcin Wichary writes 2400 words with lots of pictures for the newsletter Shift Happens. [via lobste.rs]
posted to MetaFilter by cgc373 at 7:59 PM on February 27, 2023 (20 comments)

Short-circuiting the very language of literary value, permanently wrongfooting the custodians of taste, Gravity’s Rainbow proposes a new way of thinking about what we treasure most, what we fritter away, and what is taken from us. from Join the Counterforce: Thomas Pynchon’s postmodern epic Gravity’s Rainbow at 50
posted to MetaFilter by chavenet at 2:38 PM on February 27, 2023 (46 comments)

"Stuck together during a massive hurricane, Eliot and Parker must stop a band of corrupt cops who have taken over a small hotel, and find what the cops are searching for, before it’s too late."
posted to FanFare by jenfullmoon at 10:07 PM on October 14, 2021 (6 comments)

"I don't know about you, but I get shamed for the things I say all the time, from supremacists and bigots, from people whose criticism I desire and from whose company I hope to be shunned. I would be ashamed to hold beliefs they would approve of. They may mischaracterize me, but they understand me very well. And I crave their understanding. I want them to know exactly what I think of them. That’s what the shunning is for." A.R. Moxon writes a fiery response to Scott Adams' racism (previously) and the New York Times' hypocrisy over J.K. Rowling and trans rights.
posted to MetaFilter by clawsoon at 8:00 AM on February 27, 2023 (97 comments)

Brian's going to throw an engagement party. Sean's getting into his issues. Paul told his daughter, she's on a campaign, he's gonna try one of those gummies. AV Club review.
posted to FanFare by jenfullmoon at 6:22 AM on February 24, 2023 (6 comments)

A live audience at Elsewhere in Brooklyn, Torres displays his favorite shapes on a custom-made industrial conveyor belt used as a runway for the various items.
posted to FanFare by ellieBOA at 9:51 AM on February 15, 2023 (4 comments)

"Home Economics" is a sitcom currently airing on ABC in the US. It's reasonably funny, and has some fun actors and writing. The third season just finished and we don't know whether ABC will renew the show for a fourth. As English Wikipedia summarizes: "Home Economics follows the lives of three siblings. Tom, the oldest, his wife Marina, and their three children are considered a middle class family. The middle sibling, Sarah, her wife Denise, and their two adopted children live in a tiny apartment and are barely scraping by on their meager incomes. The youngest, Connor, is very well off financially but unlucky in love, as the series begins with him finalizing a divorce." The third season includes a book release, a family secret coming to light, a natural disaster, and a flashback to Marina's and Tom's wedding day.
posted to FanFare by brainwane at 5:40 AM on February 20, 2023 (4 comments)

A special effects artist unearths a past project to find closure from the guilt of a fatal on-set accident; when old demons resurface, Charlie is left to unravel a new deadly plot. [TW: suicide]
posted to FanFare by ellieBOA at 5:23 AM on February 23, 2023 (26 comments)

When Jimmy hits a roadblock with Sean, he doesn't have Paul to consult for advice. Brian makes an announcement about his relationship. AV Club review.
posted to FanFare by jenfullmoon at 5:56 PM on February 17, 2023 (5 comments)

Nell tries to restart her life in a new area with a new job writing obituaries at the local paper and a new roommate; Nell receives life advice from an unlikely source.
posted to FanFare by oh yeah! at 6:26 PM on February 10, 2023 (5 comments)

"Work was a shit show today too. I got one patient avoiding me, I got one who won't open up to me, I got one who made out with me, I know you're not a mental health specialist, Liz, but that ain't good!" Jimmy finds out Alice lost her virginity to the neighbor's kid and does not react like a cool dad. Paul can't tell his kid he's got an illness. Ladies talk about dirty sex stuff. AV Club review.
posted to FanFare by jenfullmoon at 6:24 PM on February 10, 2023 (5 comments)

"I do this thing where I grieve hard for 15 minutes a day." AV Club review. Sean awkwardly lives with Jimmy now. Paul hits Gaby's new Tesla. Gaby's getting divorced and already has a new dude. Jimmy tries the 15 minutes crying thing...WHILE RIDING HIS BIKE. This is a bad idea.
posted to FanFare by jenfullmoon at 6:48 PM on February 3, 2023 (5 comments)

To get Sean out of legal trouble. Jimmy reconnects with his estranged best friend--trying to hide it all from Paul. AV Club review here.
posted to FanFare by jenfullmoon at 4:48 PM on January 28, 2023 (2 comments)

Jimmy, a therapist mourning his wife, takes a more proactive approach with his patients in the hopes that helping them will help himself. AV Club review.
posted to FanFare by jenfullmoon at 4:44 PM on January 28, 2023 (6 comments)

Darcy and Tom gather their families for the ultimate destination wedding but when the entire party is taken hostage, "'Til Death Do Us Part" takes on a whole new meaning in this hilarious, adrenaline-fueled adventure as Darcy and Tom must save their loved ones if they don't kill each other first.
posted to FanFare by chavenet at 4:49 PM on February 24, 2023 (5 comments)

Ben jumps into Eva, a bounty hunter who is in love with the Manny from “This is Us”. Can he catch the criminal while solving problems of the heart?
posted to FanFare by rikschell at 7:49 AM on February 23, 2023 (1 comment)

Ben leaps into the body of a promising young boxer in 1970s Las Vegas on the eve of a title fight.
posted to FanFare by rikschell at 8:38 PM on February 20, 2023 (4 comments)

Ben finds himself headed into orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis in 1995. Addison confides to Ian about a discovery and finds herself at odds with Magic and Jen.
posted to FanFare by oh yeah! at 8:14 PM on September 26, 2022 (10 comments)

It's teacher conference time! Also highlights the differences between people who want to do everything on vacation or at conferences (Janine, Jacob, Gregory) and those who wish to relax (Barbara, Melissa, Amber).
posted to FanFare by jenfullmoon at 5:39 AM on February 24, 2023 (10 comments)

Content warning: racism. More in extended description.
posted to MetaFilter by AlSweigart at 8:19 PM on February 23, 2023 (222 comments)

Philomena Cunk's epic 5-part essay on civilization, tracing humanity's journey from prehistory to the present day.
posted to FanFare by SPrintF at 5:45 AM on February 4, 2023 (35 comments)

After a public controversy left him disgraced and demonetized, a washed up internet personality tries to win back his followers by livestreaming himself spending one night alone in a haunted house. When he accidentally pisses off a vengeful spirit, his comeback event becomes a real-time fight for his life (and social relevance) as he faces off with the sinister spirit of the house and her own powerful following.
posted to FanFare by DirtyOldTown at 10:52 AM on October 6, 2022 (14 comments)

I was trying to explain the plot of The Matrix to this 15-year-old once, and that the character I played was really fighting for what was real. And this young person was just like, “Who cares if it’s real?” People are growing up with these tools: We’re listening to music already that’s made by AI in the style of Nirvana, there’s NFT digital art. It’s cool, like, Look what the cute machines can make! But there’s a corporatocracy behind it that’s looking to control those things. Culturally, socially, we’re gonna be confronted by the value of real, or the nonvalue. And then what’s going to be pushed on us? What’s going to be presented to us? from Keanu Will Never Surrender to the Machines [Wired]
posted to MetaFilter by chavenet at 5:03 PM on February 20, 2023 (39 comments)

Take it from Jack Billings: The life you've always wanted is just one great deal away.
posted to FanFare by ellieBOA at 4:23 AM on February 20, 2023 (6 comments)

Twenty years after a fungal outbreak ravages the planet, survivors Joel and Tess are tasked with a mission that could change everything.
posted to FanFare by ellieBOA at 8:01 AM on January 16, 2023 (32 comments)

Richard Belzer, who became one of American television’s most enduring police detectives as John Munch on “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” and several other shows, died on Sunday at his home in Beaulieu-sur-Mer, France. He was 78.
posted to MetaFilter by praemunire at 5:06 PM on February 19, 2023 (54 comments)

Do you perhaps like your historical/fantasy fiction short and silly? "first day as a second century warlord..." starts a 16-paragraph farce of mistakes, crucial conversations gone wrong, and accidental intrigue. Found via unpretty.
posted to MetaFilter by brainwane at 8:58 PM on February 17, 2023 (13 comments)

BookRiot.com, a bit breathlessly, gives us 20 genre-defying sci-fi books that broke the mold. I've read four of these, and they were all very good, so I'm taking a chance on sharing the full list.
posted to MetaFilter by Harald74 at 12:54 PM on February 16, 2023 (83 comments)

While working at a go-kart complex, Charlie becomes involved in a bitter feud between an aging race car driver and a hotheaded young upstart, whose rivalry has explosive consequences.
posted to FanFare by ellieBOA at 4:01 AM on February 16, 2023 (19 comments)

Bill Watterson, creator of "Calvin and Hobbes", has a new book coming out, a project done in collaboration with John Kascht.
posted to MetaFilter by Ipsifendus at 3:41 AM on February 15, 2023 (27 comments)

Hello Everyone! Please join me welcoming our newly-hired Moderator: Brandon Blatcher!
posted to MetaTalk by loup at 10:28 AM on February 15, 2023 (93 comments)

Otters see the first snow of the year. Happy otters enjoy playing with snow, and swimming in a warm outdoor tub and a cold outdoor pool.
posted to MetaFilter by chariot pulled by cassowaries at 11:30 PM on February 13, 2023 (11 comments)