Young Maya Lopez leaves her hometown of Tamaha, Oklahoma following her mother's death and moves to New York City, where Wilson Fisk raises her to be a ruthless assassin.
posted to FanFare by ellieBOA at 3:57 PM on January 10, 2024 (11 comments)

The quiet town of Pedraza is shaken by the unsettling birth of a mysterious child.
posted to FanFare by miss-lapin at 3:53 PM on January 15, 2021 (6 comments)

This holiday season, things are gonna get... purple.
posted to FanFare by Halloween Jack at 12:25 PM on December 24, 2023 (9 comments)

THE TEXAS LIBRARY ASSOCIATION TELLS CHUCK TINGLE TO STAY HOME BUT WE PROVE LOVE ANYWAY “just when you buckaroos thought 2024 would be a break from book drama, here comes chuck tingle in the mix. recently i was asked to be a featured speaker at the TEXAS LIBRARY ASSOCIATION annual conference. a few days ago they rescinded my invitation. here is what happened….”
posted to MetaFilter by bq at 8:16 PM on January 9, 2024 (44 comments)

The TARDIS takes the Doctor and Donna to the furthest edge of adventure. To escape, they must face the most desperate fight of their lives, with the fate of the universe at stake.
posted to FanFare by Blue Jello Elf at 11:39 AM on December 2, 2023 (50 comments)

Which is to say, what if Yondu handed young Peter over to his father, Ego the Living Planet, as per the original plan? Well, then you might have a gathering of Earth's Mightiest Heroes... of 1988. Can a couple of plucky kids help save the day? Hey, it's the eighties.
posted to FanFare by Halloween Jack at 7:14 PM on December 23, 2023 (4 comments)

The tide turns.
posted to FanFare by stopgap at 10:53 PM on January 10, 2024 (26 comments)

Terry Bisson, award winning SFF author of short stories such as Bears Discover Fire and They're Made Out of Meat (video) has passed away.
posted to MetaFilter by Hactar at 3:17 PM on January 10, 2024 (57 comments)

In the first of three 60th anniversary specials, the Doctor is caught in a fight to the death as a spaceship crash-lands in London. But as the battle wreaks havoc, destiny is converging on an old friend.
posted to FanFare by Blue Jello Elf at 12:12 PM on November 25, 2023 (74 comments)

The hugely influential Swiss computer scientist Niklaus Wirth (pronounced "Veert"), the designer of Pascal and eight other programming languages and the winner of the prestigious Turing Award in 1984, has died at the age of 89.
posted to MetaFilter by Umami Dearest at 7:13 PM on January 4, 2024 (63 comments)

What, again? Before the new MST show covered Starcrash, Mystery Fandom Theater 3000 did it, and that's what we're watching tonight!
posted to FanFare by JHarris at 6:09 PM on January 4, 2024 (2 comments)

Roy's campaign continues; Indira takes a stand; Witt tries to help.
posted to FanFare by neilbert at 8:50 PM on January 3, 2024 (23 comments)

The website fatherhood.gov maintains a database of Dad Jokes.
posted to MetaFilter by JHarris at 3:36 PM on December 29, 2023 (84 comments)

Dot takes a fantastic journey. (CW for this episode for graphic depictions of domestic & child abuse.)
posted to FanFare by fight or flight at 9:11 AM on December 28, 2023 (21 comments)

Lorraine calls things off, Gator asks questions, Wayne makes a surprising discovery and Indira offers a new perspective.
posted to FanFare by fight or flight at 4:47 AM on December 21, 2023 (8 comments)

100 Little Ideas that Explain how the Human World works. "Bizarreness Effect: Crazy things are easier to remember than common things, providing a distorted sense of “normal.” Nonlinearity: Outputs aren’t always proportional to inputs, so the world is a barrage of massive wins and horrible losses that surprise people. Moderating Relationship: The correlation between two variables depends on a third, seemingly unrelated variable. The quality of a marriage may be dependent on a spouse’s work project that’s causing stress. Denomination Effect: One hundred $1 bills feels like less money than one $100 bill. Also explains stock splits – buying 10 shares for $10 each feels cheaper than one share for $100. Woozle Effect: “A reliable way to make people believe in falsehoods is frequent repetition, because familiarity is not easily distinguished from truth.” - Daniel Kahneman."
posted to MetaFilter by storybored at 11:53 AM on December 31, 2023 (35 comments)

I want a single chronological list of posts -- blue, askmefi, meta, fanfare, whatever -- all pouring down and intermingled in the order in which they were posted. Let me just select or clear a checkbox for each channel that's possible to include in the combined list. Can we do that? Would others be interested in browsing like that?
posted to MetaTalk by pracowity at 8:29 AM on December 29, 2023 (28 comments)

IRIS: A Space Opera by Justice (Official Video) [~1h] reminds me a bit of The Chemical Brothers, but I'm sure there are other things going on in here. I liked this enough to post it here.
posted to MetaFilter by hippybear at 8:09 PM on December 28, 2023 (9 comments)

Aretha Franklin/ Black Sabbath mashup. 'supernaut/'chain of fools' (slyt) and toss in a dash of Randy Rhodes. Steele makin' it real reviews.
posted to MetaFilter by clavdivs at 2:35 PM on December 28, 2023 (14 comments)

12-year-old demigod Percy Jackson discovers his abilities, gets expelled from school, is hunted by monsters, runs away to Camp Half-Blood, and plays capture-the-flag.
posted to FanFare by 1970s Antihero at 10:38 AM on December 21, 2023 (9 comments)

The multiverse-spanning animated series starts its second season with the cyborg daughter of Thanos working as a part of the planet Xandar's police force in what you could call NCPD Blue. Jeffrey Wright returns as the Watcher.
posted to FanFare by Halloween Jack at 6:36 PM on December 22, 2023 (10 comments)

Season finale. The Slow Horses fight for their lives. Lamb shares some devastating truths with Catherine.
posted to FanFare by ellieBOA at 10:42 AM on December 27, 2023 (27 comments)

Sabotage Holiday 2023 "It only took 4 years and a major global event but the kids were finally old enough to do the stunt work required to recreate SABOTAGE by THE BEASTIE BOYS for our holiday card this year. We hope you enjoy it as much as we loved making it. Happy Holidays one and all! (the original)
posted to MetaFilter by Gorgik at 6:48 PM on December 26, 2023 (14 comments)

This year we are holding our tenth annual (yikes) Christmas Video Marathon, at https://cytu.be/r/Metafilter_MST3KClub. The enormity of that number is not lost of us. From the noon (Eastern time) of December 22nd, and all through December 23, 24 and 25, that's 84 straight hours of irreverent Christmas comedy and specials, along with other fun things, all produced with the intent of giving you something to unwind to during stressful times. More information inside....
posted to MetaTalk by JHarris at 5:29 AM on December 22, 2023 (46 comments)

The villain who plans to demolish the toy shop in a Hallmark Christmas movie sets the record straight. By Joanna Castle Miller, December 2021.
posted to MetaFilter by russilwvong at 11:12 AM on December 25, 2023 (23 comments)

Dot creates diversions, Roy meets his match, and Indira helps a new friend.
posted to FanFare by fight or flight at 9:23 AM on December 14, 2023 (19 comments)

Munch makes a bold move, Indira and Witt have questions, Wayne takes a fall and Gator disappoints.
posted to FanFare by neilbert at 6:15 AM on December 6, 2023 (14 comments)

Dot and Wayne protect their home; Roy neutralizes an obstacle; Witt suspects foul play; Gator makes a move.
posted to FanFare by neilbert at 8:04 PM on November 30, 2023 (29 comments)

When a military general inherits a toy making company and begins making war toys, his employees band together to stop him before he ruins the name of Zevo Toys forever.
posted to FanFare by leesh at 7:24 AM on January 31, 2015 (12 comments)

Tavarner and Tearney face off for control MI5. River and Louisa find themselves caught in the crossfire.
posted to FanFare by ellieBOA at 4:45 AM on December 21, 2023 (15 comments)

"You can only be ironic for so long — you can only post so many George Wallace memes — before you start thinking that two sets of water fountains aren’t a bad idea.”
posted to MetaFilter by Kitteh at 5:57 AM on December 13, 2023 (413 comments)

Apple announces Murderbot series starring Alexander Skarsgård. The series is based on Martha Wells' series of novellas and novels about Murderbot, a cyborg piece of security equipment who, after maybe probably definitely maybe murdering a bunch of its clients for reasons it can't remember, hacks its own governor module to free itself so that it can endlessly watch The Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon and other media whenever its clients aren't killing each other or getting eaten by fauna.
posted to MetaFilter by GCU Sweet and Full of Grace at 5:16 PM on December 14, 2023 (186 comments)

Elizabeth, a brilliant but frustrated lab technician in the 1950s, is punished after she's caught conducting her own research after hours.
posted to FanFare by ellieBOA at 10:17 AM on October 13, 2023 (8 comments)

In 1962, cookbook author Julia Child boldly pitches a groundbreaking television series centered on demonstrations for the home cook--despite pushback from male station executives and her own husband.
posted to FanFare by oh yeah! at 4:12 PM on April 5, 2022 (6 comments)

Tearney takes bold decision. Unaware of their hidden agenda, slow horses assists the tiger team. Meanwhile, Lamb and Ho Goes on a road trip.
posted to FanFare by ellieBOA at 8:08 AM on December 13, 2023 (13 comments)

Andre Braugher, titan of modern TV acting, died on Monday at 61.
posted to MetaFilter by praemunire at 7:47 PM on December 12, 2023 (132 comments)

The Wiki's There Is Help page is a great service. It offers links for emergencies, mental health, grief, homelessness, general survival. But it was last updated in the summer of 2020.
posted to MetaTalk by tangerine at 2:57 PM on December 12, 2023 (11 comments)

AskMe is 20 years old today! Thanks for the heads up, mbrubeck.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 3:21 PM on December 8, 2023 (48 comments)

The seventh entry in Wells’ Murderbot Diaries series, and set immediately following the events of Network Effect, finds everyone’s favorite SecUnit dealing with humans, colonists, nefarious corporations, and its own mental health.
posted to FanFare by Thorzdad at 2:07 PM on November 28, 2023 (24 comments)

This thread is for discussing the second season of the new Quantum Leap, which so far doesn't have any timey-whimey stuff apart from its usual "victim-of-the-week" procedural. Enjoying it so far, especially Ben's angst, but hoping for more of the time war that we saw in the season 1 finale.
posted to FanFare by Mogur at 8:32 AM on October 20, 2023 (2 comments)

Marcus and Shirley face Lamb's wrath. River discovers revenge is a dish best served cold.
posted to FanFare by ellieBOA at 12:28 PM on December 7, 2023 (10 comments)

River has to steal something out of the Park to save a life. Lamb realizes a stranger game is afoot.
posted to FanFare by ellieBOA at 6:55 PM on November 29, 2023 (7 comments)

A romantic relationship in Istanbul ends badly. Lamb hits the panic button when one of his Slow Horses fails to show up for work.
posted to FanFare by ellieBOA at 6:54 PM on November 29, 2023 (11 comments)

This web app lets you search a song on Spotify and will then generate a never-ending and ever changing version of the song.
posted to MetaFilter by chavenet at 12:52 PM on December 8, 2023 (72 comments)

Scott, Ramona and their friends face their toughest challenge yet in a knockdown epic showdown that could change everything.
posted to FanFare by neilbert at 6:12 AM on December 6, 2023 (3 comments)

Unfinished business, mind-blowing revelations - and a mix of lovers, friends, and exes. What could go wrong?
posted to FanFare by neilbert at 6:11 AM on December 6, 2023 (3 comments)

Ramona arrives at Julie's doorstep with more questions and curiosity. A surprise visitor seeks forgiveness from Gideon. Knives taps into new talents.
posted to FanFare by neilbert at 7:58 PM on December 1, 2023 (2 comments)

A documentary about the Toronto production reveals drama - and steamy romance - behind the scenes. Ramona takes on a daring but demanding gig.
posted to FanFare by neilbert at 7:57 PM on December 1, 2023 (1 comment)

"I don't need to get the most juice out of every single lime" [TikTok] "If I could make as much money as possible I would be a total prick, a con man, or both!"
posted to MetaFilter by mecran01 at 10:37 AM on December 4, 2023 (18 comments)

On Saturday night, Kiss closed out the final performance of their “The End of the Road” farewell tour at New York City’s famed Madison Square Garden. But as dedicated fans surely know — they were never going to call it quits. Not really. from Kiss say farewell to live touring, become first US band to go virtual and become digital avatars
posted to MetaFilter by chavenet at 2:09 PM on December 3, 2023 (53 comments)