Sideblog Archive
December 31, 2022
"I want to have a nice cosy new year's weekend - good food, crazy cats, and something nice to read/fun to watch. The first two are covered, but suggest me something for the rest?"
December 30, 2022
The New Wave Of American Shoegaze — "While there're so many revelatory new sounds coming out of Philly, the reason we're on the crest of a New Wave of American Shoegaze, not just one city's worth of cool shit, is that there are several other distinct styles coming to fruition in tandem. One of them is country-gaze ..."
December 29, 2022
If someone tells me something or asks me to do something while I’m already doing a task, I will say “sure” and immediately forget the thing they told me, forever. Since most of my time is spent in tasks, that means I forget almost everything. Please help. How to remember things you learn at an inconvenient time
December 27, 2022
Some Very Good Links: Zelda Day 2022: 841 facts you probably didn't know about Zelda games
December 26, 2022
COD is looking for the best streaming radio recommendations
December 24, 2022
In Metatalk:
⦿ Holiday Greetings/Check-in from the Polar Vortex
⦿ Appreciate your MeFi Holiday Cards here!
December 23, 2022
9th Annual MST Club Xmas Video Marathon: "Going from the early morning on December 23rd (going by US Eastern time) and going to midnight December 25th and usually a bit beyond, three solid days of riffing, weird movies and Christmas specials! It all takes place in MST Club's video share room."
bondcliff asks about Browser based games that don't require commitment or much attention
December 21, 2022
"The Maison du Pastel shop, off rue Rambuteau, opens only on Thursday afternoons. In this small window of time, Isabelle and Margaret serve their customers like they are selling elixirs for the soul."
... If you missed it, this post on La Maison du Pastel, the Parisian shop selling handmade pastels since the18th century, is -- like their wares -- just lovely.
Mefites are sharing some of their favourite winter images in the Solstice art thread
December 20, 2022
This is great: Uncovering Edinburgh’s forgotten lives, one stair at a time. "Each entry starts with a specific Edinburgh front door and takes us step by step through 200 years or so of the individuals who've lived there."
December 19, 2022
About those tidings ... limoncello asks, How do I plan a joyful 2023?
December 18, 2022
Everything you didn't know you wanted to know about "countersink": xueexueg drills down on the etymology.
December 16, 2022
So I'm a family doc and I've spent the last ten years doing addiction & HIV medicine out of a syringe exchange in a large city on the east coast. Fentanyl has been the predominant street-obtained opioid for several years here, often combined with xylazine ... Expect this to spread much more widely. A heartfelt and incisive comment, in which, point by point, Richard Saunders addresses the bleak situation surrounding the Fentanyl crisis.
December 15, 2022
Reminder: Here is the Metafilter events list at eventbrite, with several events remaining for this final week, through Sunday ✨
Posts Recently Flagged as "Fantastic":
Books of the Year, etc.
Your platform is not an ecosystem
privatization, technological innovation & other familiar bromides
Material Innovation
cat-related Christmas tree security attempts
.... Cookie Monster.
December 13, 2022
⭐️ MetaFilter Events: Week 4 -- For the final week of 2022’s Metafilter Events, it's 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!
🗣 MetaFilter Fundraiser Auction - How it went and what we're planning: all about how the inaugural auction turned out, and what's coming up!
December 12, 2022
IYKYK, but Wobbuffet has made a list, and that's always a reason to celebrate. This one breaks out recommended books that authors have enjoyed reading this year, plus adds links to excellent readable online works by each of those recommending authors. A labor of love for the end of a tough year. 💖
December 11, 2022
Podcast 189: Snowperson Trauma is now up!
December 10, 2022
The Flowers ... A touching reminder that sometimes people are really grand, actually.
December 8, 2022
How to take it easy? I am very good, very very good, at taking it easy. It's the thing I do best. You could say I'm a C1 in lounging about. Here are my hottest tips ...
December 7, 2022
What are the fanciest cookies, besides macarons?
December 6, 2022
➡️ MetaFilter Events: Week 3. This week, we’re moving on to themes and topics around social justice, government, policy and research. You’ll learn more about advocacy and activism — and how you can have your voice heard on issues that matter to you!
December 5, 2022
Podcast 188: "Big Stride Moonshot" is up! 🎧🌙🚀💫
December 4, 2022
A very interesting discussion of architecture, operational energy, design, density, carbon costs, and urban planning in this thread.
December 3, 2022
Is this question the greatest of all time? Do you have pictures of goats you would let me use for gifts??
December 2, 2022
Latest MeFi Site Update is up!
dorothyisunderwood has proposed #Advent2022 posting for December: "I'm committing to post an FPP every day from Dec 1 to Dec 24 for Metafilter - seeing more activity and diversity on the blue is a direct action to boost Metafilter for our current and future users. Please join in and tag away with #Advent2022!" Here's the tag.
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