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MeFi post: It happens to all of us unless we go first.
My mother is 90, and is currently resting in the nap nook in our living room. I brought her up here (small coastal town, rural) because she was suffering so during the current heat wave. She has been fading since her birthday in June, and when her assisting living facility called a few days ago to tell me that she had stopped eating I had a very, very, bad night where I sobbed "I'm not ready!" over and over. I'm not, even though I thought I was. We've prepared everything; my mom redid... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by jokeefe at 9:21 PM on August 17, 2023
FanFare post: Movie: Barbie
Regarding this:
I can see that the filmmakers were savvy enough to know that they were intelligent enough to question the premise but not independent enough to truly challenge it, so they chose to embrace the paradox into the story itself to a somewhat maudlin finish in lieu of an actual conclusion to their own argument.
And:
I'm really ambivalent. Yes, Margot Robbie, America Ferrera and Ryan Gosling were fantastic, and I... [more]
posted to FanFare by Tom Hanks Cannot Be Trusted at 11:15 AM on July 27, 2023
Technically Ron on Instagram (with screenshots): I took 1 star reviews of #Barbie from furious men on letterboxd and put them on the posters because it makes the film seem ever cooler.
posted to FanFare by ellieBOA at 2:39 PM on July 23, 2023
the Bob Fosse number
pssst, that's Singin' in the Rain
plus a little West Side Story
plus beaching off
posted to FanFare by praemunire at 11:29 PM on July 22, 2023
My made-up-on-the-spot theory while watching is that Will Farrell’s character was actually a Ken who escaped years ago and stayed in the real world and then “failed up” as the Mattel CEO because of how much he knew about Barbie and because he’s a ~man~. Then he hired people who remind him of his fellow Kens. It’s why the offices seem so fake and like a set — and what a toy would decide is a ~manly~ office!
There’s also definitely deep magic connecting Barbieland to the... [more]
posted to FanFare by paisley sheep at 2:23 PM on July 22, 2023
Ask MeFi post: Break my little brain with BOOKS!
Story of Your Life, by Ted Chiang, may very well change the way you think about writing forever.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by The Bellman at 11:48 AM on September 5, 2023 marked best answer
I’m obsessed with Invisible Cities, which is a series of lyrical descriptions of fantastical fictional cities (which are all sort of metaphorical descriptions of all cities), framed by a conversation between Marco Polo and Kublai Khan.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by showbiz_liz at 11:36 AM on September 5, 2023 marked best answer
Ask MeFi post: Reasons to live -- your go-tos?
So, I get into this on my profile, but I'm going to explain why I chose the "Empress" part of my handle - because that answers this question.
Some years ago, I got "The Empress" card in a really dippy "what tarot card are you" online quiz. And when I read what The Empress symbolizes, I loved it - to the point that I now aspire to that. The Empress card is all about "abundance" and nurture and fertility - it... [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by EmpressCallipygos at 9:32 AM on August 19, 2023 marked best answer
FanFare post: Movie: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
I would like to push back a little on this idea (not expressed just by you) that any attempts at non-photorealistic or ultra-simplified animation must be "trying to be Spiderverse." I'm sure that the success of Into the Spiderverse helped persuade studios that there was a wider market for non-Pixar/Illumination-style animation. But otherwise the two movies don't have all that much in common and are really not trying to do the same things.... [more]
posted to FanFare by praemunire at 8:41 AM on August 15, 2023
MeFi post: Trump Indictment #4 - This Time It's RICO
tfMugshot
posted to MetaFilter by glonous keming at 5:36 PM on August 24, 2023
MeFi post: Barbs'n'himmler
The other folks aren’t even bothering to attack DeSantis. They’re all gunning for Vivek.To be fair, attacking the darkest-skinned person within range is a historically proven strategy to appeal to Republican voters.
posted to MetaFilter by Nerd of the North at 7:16 PM on August 23, 2023
FanFare post: Futurama: Related to Items You've Viewed
Some signs and tiny text:
Uncle Wilty's: Sun-Withered Cabbages and Sun-Ripened Manure
Off Brand Names: Nikie, Goochie, Disnye
Things that everyone else but you has; Things that are broken; Rand-o-Book;
Hangers
- Also Consider: 30 Minute Warranty
- You Will Need: Hanger Repair Kit
- Did You Mean: Hangar, Hunger, Hangry, Handlebar
- Throwing Stars: **, ***, ****, * * *
- Explore... [more]
posted to FanFare by Marticus at 2:02 AM on August 21, 2023
MeFi post: This... is my mastapiece. This is the one that they'll rememba me for.
As promised, I've added a comparison slider to one of the end screens.
You can also use keyboard controls: 1-8 for colours, QWE brushes, SPACE to toggle original.
posted to MetaFilter by malevolent at 8:15 AM on August 22, 2023
MeFi post: "...made her look either ethereal or like a glazed donut..."
I feel a bit annoyed about how many of these winning entires are not "Spectacularly Bad Opening Lines to Novels" but rather "Pretty Decent One Liner Jokes." I mean come on there is a huge difference between these two categories of sentences:
> Even from the hall, the overpowering stench told me the dingy caramel glow in his office would be from a ten-thousand-cigarette layer of nicotine baked on a naked bulb hanging from a frayed wire... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by MiraK at 4:09 PM on August 15, 2023
FanFare post: The Last of Us: When We Are In Need
The more I think about this episode, the more I think two things: yes, there were plot holes (detailed well above); but also, I underestimated the sophistication of the point they were making comparing David to Joel. David sees "protecting people" as a shield that lets him do all of the sick, violent, exploitative shit he wants to do. I don't know that he cared about any of those people. I think he liked having people under his power. Joel doesn't want to do bad... [more]
posted to FanFare by DirtyOldTown at 6:57 AM on March 7, 2023
MeFi post: Trump Indictment #4 - This Time It's RICO
The devil went down to Georgia
He was looking for some votes to steal . . .
The Devil bowed his head because he knew that he'd been beat
And he laid that golden fiddle on the ground at Johnny's feet
The devil actually conceded when he lost in Georgia.
posted to MetaFilter by adept256 at 2:14 PM on August 15, 2023
MeFi post: The S-Files
This was a kick ass post, Rahomi, thank you again!
posted to MetaFilter by tiny frying pan at 10:12 AM on August 15, 2023
MeFi post: Ukraine war, summer grinds on
Russia doesn't have a backup plan when it runs out of artillery
posted to MetaFilter by 1970s Antihero at 9:54 AM on July 24, 2023
FanFare post: Futurama: Children of a Lesser Bog
I wonder how many of the maths & science nerds are still in the writer's room.Maybe they've been swapped out for linguists.
The episode title, at least, is clever, playing on the English-language meaning of "bog" and the Russian-language meaning of "бог" (or "bog" in the Latin alphabet) completing the theater / movie title reference.... [more]
posted to FanFare by Nerd of the North at 10:38 PM on August 13, 2023
MeFi post: Laying Cable
Subsea cables are pretty tough, but every three days or so, one gets cut, TeleGeography said. The primary culprits, accounting for about 85% of cuts, are fishing equipment and anchors.
I was going to bring this up. Apparently they're basically constantly laying new cables as fast as they can as backups and replacements, even if they leave them dark just so they have new cables ready to go when something inevitably gets cut.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by loquacious at 3:30 PM on August 12, 2023
metalgearsolidalertsound.mp3 moment: Shannons everywhere twitching slightly when they get to the bit about the Shannon limit.
One of my fav tech tales is vaguely related to the subject of Internet cables (I think. Sir I am NOT a computer person.)
Can't send email more than 500 miles.
"He has to be able to solve it with his hand with string first, because we found the computer modeling never works.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Baethan at 11:44 AM on August 12, 2023
MeFi post: Car Rental problems
Driving my Citroen ZX home late one night after a gig when I was younger, and realised I'd left it a bit close on the M3 motorway on the way home with a friend. Car starts sputtering on the northbound section just after junction 5. Move over to the hard shoulder, and get the last burst of speed out of the car before the engine dies.
Put the car in neutral and we're coasting up the hill, slowing more and more in silence, with just the hazard light clicking and whispered... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by MattWPBS at 10:36 AM on August 12, 2023
FanFare post: The Last of Us: Left Behind
Interesting connection to the Syrian UN ambassador you mention, Mr. Excellent. I liked the portrayal of a good guy in a bad system during that exchange. Kwong cares about Ellie and is trying to help her in the way he knows how.
Loved the relationship between Ellie and Riley. I thought the pacing was nice. It felt more like a nostalgic look back at a near-perfect moment for Ellie, one she would come to think about as her last few minutes of peace with someone she loved... [more]
posted to FanFare by glaucon at 7:15 AM on February 27, 2023
One bit really struck me: The FEDRA schoolmaster laid out all the advantages of being an officer (they get to make others do the shit work while living cushy lives), but then said “and we hold it all together, the QZ civilians would starve and murder each other without us”. When I was in college, back in 2005, the Syrian UN Ambassador came to my school on a goodwill tour, and one of his staffers said almost the same thing to me: “We’re not democratic, but we hold the country together. Without us,... [more]
posted to FanFare by Mr. Excellent at 12:05 AM on February 27, 2023
Ask MeFi post: AMA Session!
MARKDOWN is already here....
Thanks to Evan Dickinson's browser extension, "Markdown for MeFi"
evan-dickinson.github.io/md4mefi
Available for Safari, Firefox, and Chrome
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Jesse the K at 2:17 PM on August 11, 2023
MeFi post: Room Temperature Superconductivity?
The Korean team announced a few days ago that they’ll send samples to the College of William & Mary in Virginia. Two of their collaborators are physics professors there.
posted to MetaFilter by mbrubeck at 6:49 AM on August 11, 2023
Ask MeFi post: Does anyone have a spare Bluesky code?
Sent to mathiu, emelenjr, and Rhaomi.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by migurski at 10:39 PM on August 9, 2023
MeFi post: Why do you want to force someone to stay with you?
Probably related:
It was the result of having multiple pastors tell me, essentially, the same story about quoting the Sermon on the Mount, parenthetically, in their preaching — "turn the other cheek" — [and] to have someone come up after to say, "Where did you get those liberal talking points?" And what was alarming to me is that in most of these scenarios, when the pastor would say, "I'm literally quoting Jesus Christ," the response would... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by clawsoon at 3:26 PM on August 9, 2023
MeFi post: in June 2020, OverDrive was sold to private equity firm KKR
is there any alternative at all?
Besides all of the above, Anna's Archive exists and intends to be a harder-to-squash replacement for Z-Library. No, I'm not linking it here.
posted to MetaFilter by The Pluto Gangsta at 12:27 PM on August 9, 2023
MeFi post: Large Language Models: a useful summary
Of all the GPT4 generation models, I've been the most amazed, (hair standing up on my arms, spooked) by Pi. The level of EQ and relatability was more than uncanny. https://pi.ai/talk?scr
posted to MetaFilter by Dag Maggot at 8:38 PM on August 7, 2023
MeFi post: “a tacitly racist game of telephone”
Y’all ever just sprinkle a lil msg in your mouth? It makes your mouth taste like MORE MOUTH.
Hmm. Tried this just now and it tastes… odd but I wouldn’t say it tastes more mouthy.
So then I was curious and had honey nearby, sprinkled some “flavor enhancer” on it, and it was … interesting? But I realized what I needed was a little actual salt, so I salted my honey and then added a small amount of MSG. GOOD GOD THIS STUFF IS... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by [insert clever name here] at 10:50 PM on August 5, 2023
MeFi post: Bhutan Ball
By the way, it should be mentioned that the photo accompanying the article is absolutely an incredible shot.
posted to MetaFilter by azpenguin at 2:35 PM on August 5, 2023
MeFi post: A cookbook for accessible cooking
I am gonna ignore the derail and just say thanks to the OP.
I have ADHD and sometimes run out of spoons to be able to decide what to cook, let alone have the executive function to do the steps to cook whatever it is.
Jack Monroe's "Good Food For Bad Days" contains plenty of tasty, nutritious, but low prep recipes.
posted to MetaFilter by Faintdreams at 1:09 PM on August 4, 2023
MeFi post: Reading to escape solitary confinement
I spent a week in solitary due to a paperwork error - none of the guards who worked the hole would give me the time of day when I would tell them that I wasn't supposed to be there, until finally after a week a Sergeant did a walk through, I recognized he had a Boston accent and started asking him about North Shore stuff through the slot in the door. I guess this humanized me enough that he gave me a couple minute phone call, I called my family and told them as quickly as possible where I was... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by youthenrage at 1:32 PM on August 3, 2023
MeFi post: It's counter-intuitive, but too much Disney might be killing Disney
While we were in Japan, we spent a day at DisneySea and it was amazing.
DisneySea, if you're not familiar with it, is a second park next to Disneyland Tokyo co-operated with outside partners. The way it was explained to me, the people owning the adjacent land asked to partner with Disney and Disney said... Ehhhh, okay, but you can't use any of our top shelf IP. They said fine, if we can use your designers. They asked said designers, "What are... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by DirtyOldTown at 9:01 PM on August 2, 2023
MeFi post: A baffling new movie on Amazon Prime misses the point of “never forget.”
South African comedian Trevor Noah tells a story about knowing children given nicknames such as Hitler, Mussolini, or Bruce Lee in hopes of emulating "strong men" and having people with these nicknames in his DJ entrouage when he was just starting out in his very early days. As he tells it....
We also need to understand that there are many histories, and they are all taught in different ways. In many educational systems, history is mostly taught as a bunch of... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by beaning at 7:17 AM on August 3, 2023
Metafilter: we're all a little like Metafilter, aren't we? Blue and filled with words
posted to MetaFilter by dbscissors at 10:34 PM on August 2, 2023
MeFi post: New species of dinosaur discovered in Thailand
"I'm 34 years old and, well, I found a new dinosaur. It's very, very exciting," Dr Manitkoon says.
taquito sunrise, I thought exactly the same thing. We are looking at a man who decided, probably when he was eight years old, that he loved dinosaurs and nobody was going to stop him from being a Doctor Of Dinosaurs, and now a quarter century later here he is, with PhD (that secretly stands for "Philosophy, Dinosaurs"), announcing... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by mhoye at 4:48 AM on August 1, 2023
MeFi post: "I don't have to see it. I lived it."
The post:
For those of you who live/lived in San Rafael, Marin county, you might remember a great little indy music store on 4th Street, Maximum Music. The owner, Claire, was a sweetheart, and her main employee is this cool guy, Jim Harris. Think of "High Fidelity", and you've got an accurate picture. Jim was a MAJOR Pee Wee Herman fan, and one of the things hanging on the wall, behind the counter, was a HUGE pair of Pee Wee briefs - like a size 90, they were... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by dbiedny at 12:24 PM on July 31, 2023
MeFi post: Zenith’s original ‘clicker’ remote were a mechanical marvel
[ Hey, this post has been added to the sidebar, Best Of page, Mefi.Social, Facebook, Insta, Threads, and TikTok. ]
posted to MetaFilter by Brandon Blatcher at 9:21 AM on August 4, 2023
MeFi post: Like Donald Trump, But For Nerds
could someone explain the really intense hatred?
* He perpetuates harmful and wrong stereotypes about crime in San Francisco.
* He promotes inaccurate and racist misinformation.
* Employees at Tesla have been treated badly for years. Examples: 2017, 2018 (California); 2022 (Texas); and 2023 (Germany)
* Tesla illegally restricted the speech of workers, according to the National Labor Relations Board.
* Tesla is... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Bella Donna at 11:27 AM on July 31, 2023
MeFi post: Sinéad O’Connor, acclaimed Dublin singer, dies aged 56
O’Connor wrote in her memoir that she visited her mother’s home after her death and “took down from her bedroom wall the only photo she ever had up there, which was of Pope John Paul II.”
She says she kept the photo with her for years. “I never knew when or where or how I would destroy it, but destroy it I would when the right moment came”.
posted to MetaFilter by Lanark at 3:03 PM on July 26, 2023
A nice little anecdote from Jeffrey St. Clair, editor at CounterPunch:
[copied-and-pasted from twitter]About 8 years ago, an irate Sinead O'Connor rang up the CounterPunch office and threatened to sue us over a piece we'd run. Becky sensibly gave her my number. I was walking the dog when my iPhone buzzed. "This is Sinead." "Sinead who?" I inquired.
"Who the fuck do you think, asshole!"
"Oh, O'Connor,... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Atom Eyes at 12:03 PM on July 26, 2023
MeFi post: The S-Files
a transcript of the hearing is now available here, fyi. looks like it's ai-generated, so a bunch of typos.
relatedly, aoc making some interesting comments on the hearing and setting out her case for congress continuing to investigate (for some reason i can’t get instagram to load, so unfortunately only have a twitter link). points of interest:
- the gop is consumed by infighting and therefore incapable of progressing various other more prosaic... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by inire at 6:46 AM on July 30, 2023
For that argument to make sense we'd have to believe two things:
1) The US military does NOT consider the fact that it is in possession of UFO's, alien technology, and alien bodies to be classified. Gruch and the others who claim to have learned this are completely free to talk about it and even to say that further evidence exists and that does not violate any secrets or classification.
but also
2) The actual... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by inire at 9:31 AM on July 28, 2023
Ask MeFi post: can someone walk me through downloading an old blog
First, my condolences for your loss.
You wrote "I think the blog is offline now", which (for me anyway) leaves open the possibility that it may still be online. Have you had a chance in the past couple of days to confirm whether it is or isn't? (I'm sorry to ask for clarification; I know writing while grieving is difficult, and getting asked annoying questions on top of that is, well, annoying. I'm trying to ask gently; my sincere apologies if I'm failing.)... [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by StrawberryPie at 8:56 PM on July 24, 2023 marked best answer
MeFi post: Goofus reads Reddit. Gallant reads MetaFilter
Highlights has leaned into merchandise heavily of late. I think a t-shirt emblazoned with “A Gallant on the street and a Goofus in the sheets” would be a bestseller.
posted to MetaFilter by dr_dank at 8:58 AM on July 3, 2023
MeFi post: Tear Here
Still love the KFC ketchup because you can do this.
posted to MetaFilter by JoeZydeco at 4:12 PM on July 2, 2023
MeFi post: "Maybe it's the worst song ever, but it's also a great song"
Barbie Girl is well suited to be sung to dogs.
Important qualities for songs being sung to dogs:
(1) Simple and catchy, ideally at least a little annoying
(2) Easily transmutilated so the words are about the dogs in question
I'm a puppy girl in a puppy world (vallhund girl, [name of dog] girl also work well here)
Eating kibbles sometimes I go dribbles
"Shake Your Love" also... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by GCU Sweet and Full of Grace at 9:38 AM on July 21, 2023
MeFi post: Michigan attorney general charges 'false electors'
Rachel Maddow clip comparing the forged elector letters across various states.
(Spoiler: they're all identically formatted, indicating a coordinated effort.)
posted to MetaFilter by DirtyOldTown at 9:59 AM on July 19, 2023