Lev sabotages Flynne's treatment. Ash finds an unlikely ally. Wilf discovers some unsettling truths about Aelita. Flynne tries to save her world from Cherise.
posted to FanFare by ellieBOA at 9:13 AM on December 2, 2022 (19 comments)

There are two types of holiday songs I like; traditional religious/winter carols as outlined in capricorn’s recent ask, and songs that are extended immature sex jokes. Please help me find more songs in the latter category to make my Christmas playlist of extremely jarring tonal shifts complete.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by ActionPopulated at 5:44 PM on December 4, 2022 (28 comments)

Can you help me find a video of a man singing a Christmas carol that he's rewritten so that every word is "penis"?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Dr. Wu at 12:27 PM on December 21, 2022 (4 comments)

The Doom Patrol try to take themselves seriously as superheroes, only to find that their enemies are more ridiculous than ever.
posted to FanFare by kittens for breakfast at 5:03 PM on December 8, 2022 (7 comments)

Janine, Gregory and Ava arrive (separately) to a hookah bar party, while Jacob, Barbara, Melissa and the janitor party quietly...or not so quietly when Jacob runs his mouth off.
posted to FanFare by jenfullmoon at 10:48 PM on December 8, 2022 (13 comments)

The teachers are appalled after seeing a commercial in support of charter schools criticizing Abbott Elementary; Janine and Gregory talk about Janine's relationship with Tariq.
posted to FanFare by fifteen schnitzengruben is my limit at 9:42 PM on November 3, 2022 (5 comments)

A student steals a bag of candy meant to be given out to the kids at the end of the day and starts distributing it during school hours; Janine is invited to a Halloween party by an old friend and starts to reconsider her personal life.
posted to FanFare by fifteen schnitzengruben is my limit at 10:41 PM on October 27, 2022 (6 comments)

Jackson Lamb is on high alert after a former spy is found dead. Trailer. The Guardian: Every scene in this series has a finesse of quality or invention. Full of lovely comedy and espionage antics. On Apple TV.
posted to FanFare by ShooBoo at 11:51 AM on December 10, 2022 (22 comments)

Three short science fiction stories written by people of color and published this year (and thus eligible for you to nominate for 2022 awards). "there’s official information, but it’s never enough. And there are rumors, but you can’t trust them. This is almost like…in between." "Shared Data" by Malka Older imagines us joining forces to share information as mutual aid. "What he wanted was to leave reality." "Simulations" by Danilo Campos portrays an AI who gives a tech CEO surprising advice. Vaughn reached inside herself experimentally, tentatively, looking for anger, and found only fear again. "All That Burns Unseen" by Premee Mohamed depicts firefighting, eldercare, and a new friend.
posted to MetaFilter by brainwane at 5:14 PM on December 20, 2022 (10 comments)

Albie asks Dominic for a karmic payment to help Lucia. Tanya grows wary of Quentin's motives. Ethan confronts Cam.
posted to FanFare by Violet Blue at 9:59 PM on December 11, 2022 (79 comments)

A mysterious force knocks the moon from its orbit around Earth and sends it hurtling on a collision course with life as we know it.
posted to FanFare by phunniemee at 8:32 PM on February 27, 2022 (18 comments)

Two men (Billy Eichner, Luke Macfarlane) with commitment problems attempt a relationship.
posted to FanFare by DirtyOldTown at 7:33 AM on October 13, 2022 (8 comments)

After recent events, Matt goes into in hiding with a guilty conscience, and he has the airlock codes. Chaos ensues when a narrow window for escape on a rescue shuttle suddenly becomes available. [Season finale; renewed for Season 2]
posted to FanFare by filthy light thief at 10:59 AM on March 20, 2020 (2 comments)

Ethan grows suspicious of Cam. Tanya gives Portia an opaque warning about Jack. Lucia helps the Di Grassos search for long-lost relatives.
posted to FanFare by Violet Blue at 9:46 PM on December 4, 2022 (61 comments)

Flynne, Burton and Conner meet with Lowbeer and are put to the test. Meanwhile, Ella’s life is in danger, and Tommy deals with the Sheriff and Corbell Pickett his own way.
posted to FanFare by infinitewindow at 3:12 PM on November 26, 2022 (12 comments)

Flynne and Wilf discover Aelita’s ties to the Neoprims. Inspector Lowbeer demands to meet Flynne, Burton and Conner.
posted to FanFare by Coaticass at 4:03 AM on November 18, 2022 (19 comments)

Flynne's life is threatened again. (Another day, another hitman.)
posted to FanFare by Coaticass at 10:23 PM on November 13, 2022 (14 comments)

Flynne’s health takes a turn. Wilf visits Flynne in Clanton, deepening their relationship.
posted to FanFare by Zonker at 12:48 PM on November 4, 2022 (17 comments)

Together is an ongoing comic about a nurse, her unemployed boyfriend and the mysterious tumor forcibly joining them together.
posted to MetaFilter by simmering octagon at 12:24 PM on December 16, 2022 (6 comments)

For your reading pleasure (?), the 2022 winners of the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, which "challenges entrants to compose opening sentences to the worst of all possible novels."
posted to MetaFilter by Mr.Know-it-some at 11:51 AM on December 16, 2022 (15 comments)

A cash-strapped Nicolas Cage agrees to make a paid appearance at a billionaire super fan's birthday party, but is really an informant for the CIA since the billionaire fan is a drug kingpin and gets cast in a Tarantino movie.
posted to FanFare by jenfullmoon at 5:25 PM on April 26, 2022 (15 comments)

[TRAILER] Tugg Speedman (Ben Stiller), pampered action superstar, sets out for Southeast Asia to take part in the biggest, most-expensive war movie produced, but soon after filming begins, he and his co-stars, Oscar-winner Kirk Lazarus (Robert Downey Jr.), comic Jeff Portnoy (Jack Black) and the rest of the crew, must become real soldiers when fighting breaks out in that part of the jungle.
posted to FanFare by DirtyOldTown at 8:05 AM on December 12, 2022 (19 comments)

Daryl Zero (Bill Pullman) is a private investigator, and with the help of his exasperated assistant Arlo (Ben Stiller) he solves impossible crimes and puzzles. Although Daryl's a master investigator, his methods might be called frustrating.
posted to FanFare by fleacircus at 12:07 PM on December 11, 2022 (9 comments)

Welcome to our final week (Week 4) of 2022’s Metafilter Events - MetaFilter Week! Get to know Jessamyn and the admin, meet the Steering Committee, discover the secret sauce in MetaFilter's approach to moderation, check out creative performances by fellow Mefites and participate in Metafilter Trivia Night! Along the way, learn more about internet communities and content moderation - and how technology is shaping the way we communicate and act collectively.
posted to MetaTalk by aielen at 2:27 AM on December 13, 2022 (18 comments)

The MetaFilter Auction has ended - but it’ll be back soon! Thank you to everyone who contributed items, and everyone who placed bids. It raised around $5,740 for the 2022 MetaFilter Fundraiser (approximate because some generous Mefites overpaid for their items). It was the first time we've tried something like this, so we’re delighted at the community response, and we’re planning another round in the new year.
posted to MetaTalk by tavegyl at 7:18 AM on December 12, 2022 (19 comments)

On December 11th, 1992, The Muppet Christmas Carol was released. Gregory Wakeman finds out how grief and addiction helped shape a film that still has a huge following 30 years on. The Muppets reminisce with Brett Goldstein about making the movie.
posted to MetaFilter by the primroses were over at 1:17 PM on December 11, 2022 (90 comments)

Indiana Jones & the Dial of Destiny [Official Trailer]
posted to MetaFilter by chavenet at 2:22 PM on December 3, 2022 (69 comments)

Tom Cardy: The Ballad of Smokin' Joe Rudeboy [previously 1, 2, 3]
posted to MetaFilter by lazaruslong at 10:46 PM on December 8, 2022 (6 comments)

Raspberry (the people with the tiny computers) had the great idea of hiring a former surveillance cop to be a "maker in residence." The lack of enthusiasm for this decision has been answered on Twitter and Mastodon with snark and blocking, so all is going just fine.
posted to MetaFilter by dominik at 9:11 AM on December 8, 2022 (90 comments)

Robin Sloan on how Big Tech's recent stumbles can open the door to a new internet: Some of you reading this were users and/or developers of the internet in the period from 2002 to perhaps 2012. For those of you who were not, I want to tell you that it was exciting and energizing, not because everything was great, but simply because anything was possible. The concrete hadn’t set. Now, after a decade of stuckness, the pavement is cracking — crumbling — and I want to insist to those of you who lived through that time, and those of you who didn’t: we all have a new opportunity.
posted to MetaFilter by Cash4Lead at 2:08 PM on December 7, 2022 (41 comments)

Cassian attempts to lay low on Ferrix as agents of the law close in.
posted to FanFare by EndsOfInvention at 5:58 AM on September 21, 2022 (6 comments)

Five years before he helps strike a vital blow for the Rebellion in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Cassian Andor's reckless search for answers about his past makes him a wanted man.
posted to FanFare by EndsOfInvention at 5:57 AM on September 21, 2022 (36 comments)

When Tanya receives an impromptu invite from dashing ex-pat Quentin, Portia finds herself spending the day with his beguiling nephew, Jack. After returning from her trip with Daphne, a relieved Harper is blindsided by a piece of evidence from Ethan’s night out. Meanwhile, a suddenly guilt-ridden Lucia tries to keep Mia on a righteous path.
posted to FanFare by Violet Blue at 9:09 AM on November 21, 2022 (15 comments)

After promising to have a more positive attitude, Harper gets looped into a side excursion with Daphne – leaving Ethan and Cameron behind for some bro time. On her own for two days, Tanya seeks advice from a local tarot reader and summons Portia back from sightseeing with the Di Grassos. Later, Albie questions whether his father truly respects women.
posted to FanFare by Violet Blue at 9:07 AM on November 21, 2022 (5 comments)

Tanya enlists Greg to help her live out her perfect Sicilian day. Harper questions Cameron and Daphne's claims about their marriage.
posted to FanFare by Tom Hanks Cannot Be Trusted at 1:01 PM on November 9, 2022 (7 comments)

Cocaine Bear (SLYT) is freebased on true events and stars Ray Liotta and Keri Russell, reuniting her with her co-star from The Americans, Margo Martindale.
posted to MetaFilter by emelenjr at 5:55 PM on November 30, 2022 (37 comments)

The first pattern that most people learn in Conway's Game of Life is the diagonally-moving glider. Over the decades, Life enthusiasts have found that many other patterns can be constructed from gliders, by positioning enough of them to hit each other in the right way - sometimes thousands of them. Just a couple of weeks ago, it was finally demonstrated that you can construct all these other patterns from just 15 gliders... you just might need to start them really far apart. So far, in fact, that the distances between them are measured in millions of binary digits: enough to encode a two-stage constructor, the design itself, and a cleanup mechanism. Math blogger biggiemac42 explains how it was done: at the end of the post is a video of it in action.
posted to MetaFilter by automatronic at 7:41 AM on November 30, 2022 (20 comments)

As you look around for a new social media platform, I implore you, only use one that is a part of the World Wide Web. If posts in a social media app do not have URLs that can be linked to and viewed in an unauthenticated browser, or if there is no way to make a new post from a browser, then that program is not a part of the World Wide Web in any meaningful way. Consign that app to oblivion.
posted to MetaFilter by mecran01 at 12:18 PM on November 29, 2022 (62 comments)

An Oral History Of The Time Six Doctors Swallowed Lego Heads To See How Long They’d Take To Poo
posted to MetaFilter by backseatpilot at 1:47 PM on November 28, 2022 (50 comments)

A brain wrinkler.
posted to FanFare by Etrigan at 7:04 AM on November 21, 2022 (7 comments)

Smart, sarcastic and a little dead inside, Wednesday Addams investigates a murder spree while making new friends — and foes — at Nevermore Academy. (Netflix) Starring: Jenna Ortega, Gwendoline Christie and Christina Ricci
posted to FanFare by pjsky at 3:53 PM on November 27, 2022 (63 comments)

The Guardians, who are on a mission to make Christmas unforgettable for Quill, head to Earth in search of the perfect present. On Disney Plus.
posted to FanFare by jenfullmoon at 10:39 AM on November 25, 2022 (34 comments)

In honor of Charles Schulz's 100th birthday, dozens of syndicated cartoonists worked Peanuts references into their strips today.
posted to MetaFilter by COD at 8:28 AM on November 26, 2022 (36 comments)

"Good ol' Charlie B" is a sad-and-sweet, talky comic by Marina Kittaka taking place years after the events of Peanuts: "half essay, half tribute to visiting old friends". A text-only version is available. "Yeah. I've been having a hard time, just. Figuring out where to go from here. Trying to piece something together that actually... feels like a life." Kittaka has also written about art and community and co-option, noting, "to practice my philosophy I must learn to be okay with people not getting it, to stop fighting to stay legible and correct-feeling in everybody's mind."
posted to MetaFilter by brainwane at 7:46 AM on April 14, 2021 (44 comments)

The overworked project manager on the redesign of the Imperial Lambda-class shuttle gets surprisingly competent feedback from an unknown official on Coruscant. She promptly decides that anyone bored enough to do a technical review of their own free will should be found proper employment for their own good. (AO3, Beth Winter, Star Wars, Gen) - because project management in any galaxy goes darkside.
posted to MetaFilter by dorothyisunderwood at 5:18 AM on November 26, 2022 (14 comments)

Two couples navigate awkwardness, an Italian American family deals with a conspicuous absence, and Tanya arrives with her new assistant.
posted to FanFare by paper chromatographologist at 12:44 PM on November 1, 2022 (10 comments)

Captain Freeman and the crew of the Cerritos race for their careers against the new, automated Texas-class vessel. Mariner questions who’s funding all of these archaeologists, anyway.
posted to FanFare by fifteen schnitzengruben is my limit at 1:59 AM on October 27, 2022 (28 comments)

We’ve blown past our Survive target thanks to you, and are well on our way to being able to 🌱Revive🌱 Metafilter! As we enter the final week of the Metafilter Fundraiser 2022, here’s what you can do to help push the site over the finish line.
posted to MetaTalk by tavegyl at 12:30 PM on November 16, 2022 (85 comments)

We asked Mefites for funds, we opened up site finances to show their dire state, and you stepped up. Today, we’re only $500 a month away from our Survive target!* The community is coming together to keep the lights on at our shared online home. But we need to go further to safeguard Metafilter’s future. It’s time to 🌱Revive Metafilter.🌱
posted to MetaTalk by wesleyac at 11:01 AM on November 9, 2022 (107 comments)

Seven days into our fundraiser, here’s an update on where we stand. (Click here to help fund Metafilter).
posted to MetaTalk by tavegyl at 8:38 AM on November 2, 2022 (54 comments)