Sideblog Archive
April 30, 2022
In Metatalk, people are talking about A Metafilter Discord — Metacraft.
Interesting question from Winnie the Proust: "Can you recommend two books that complement each other in striking ways when read at the same time, or one right after the other? I'm not so much thinking of books that refer or respond to each other explicitly, but rather books that have thematic or structural connections, such that your understanding of each is enriched by having read the other around the same time."
April 27, 2022
Less-murdery, plz: Find me gentle, fictional, happy ending TV.
April 25, 2022
Steve needs better toys.
April 23, 2022
In Metatalk: "Mefi Card Club was started as an ongoing card swap in March of 2018, and is still going strong today — that is over four years!"
April 20, 2022
Brändäys, kiitos! the umlaut is probably the least threatening of the diacritic marks ... Kattullus on why Finnish-language brandnames appeal to anglophone marketers.
April 19, 2022
jeszac asks What media hit you differently the second time around? "Have you had experiences of returning to scenes or moments within texts or other media with new eyes or understanding? What shifted both in your interpretation and in your life that allowed for that new interpretation?"
April 18, 2022
As part of the ongoing changes in how MetaFilter is managed, cortex had an initial meeting Friday with several MeFites to kick off a temporary Transition Team. This MetaTalk post summarizes that meeting and various ideas and questions that came out of it, and is the start of a process that seeks to involve folks throughout the MetaFilter community in working toward the next steps for the site.
The spy who loved me? Are Siri, Alexa, et al, relaying your private conversations to advertisers? Kadin2048 on why this isn't the case, why the truth is actually more nefarious, and why the distinction matters.
April 17, 2022
Wherefore Aren't Thou, Balcony?: Nice discussion in eotvos's post on the (un?)balcony scene in Romeo and Juliet, with an especially interesting comment from ricochet biscuit on one Thomas Coryate, "probably the most influential person on your daily life that you have never heard of but who is still known by name" — and a man who would almost certainly understand the dread perils of modern day Twitter (et al).
Please do not miss Rhaomi's Opus DALL·E 2 on "the extraordinary new AI that creates anything you can imagine in a matter of seconds," including examples, explainers, demos, other projects and breakthroughs, fun stuff, deep fakes and more from the new age of synthetic media that will "hit you like a digital blitzkrieg."
April 16, 2022
How many Wordle-likes can folkle regurgitadle? A myriadle? Innumeradle? Multitudindle? Incalculadle? The latest to hit mefi is Redactle, a blank blank blank where the blank blank to blank the blank of a blank blank blank blank. I hope you find it enjoydle!
April 13, 2022
There's something called "the resource curse," or resource trap ... Eyebrows McGee with a fascinating bit of musing on Russia and Ukraine and the hinterlands and yeoman farmers, and resource extraction, wealth concentration, state benefits, education, and how they are bound together ... and why all this might be more important than usual right now. Confused? You won't be!
April 12, 2022
One Night in Bangkok makes a wee baby boogie (what other songs will?), and by the way, what the heck was that (South Korean) song "The Boogie"? (and why was it so funny?). Hey now, don't tell me those boogies are dated — tell me HOW DATED ARE THEY?
April 11, 2022
It's episode 183 of the MetaFilter monthly podcast, with jessamyn and cortex!
April 10, 2022
Deviled egg carrier question goes rogue, devolves into delicious, delicious deviled eggs recipes (the secret is butter!). This wild, cockamamie behavior — and I cannot stress this un oeuf — is very, very naughty.
I used to own a coffee shop in the lower east side of Manhattan ... newpotato with some very interesting inside advice in the Is coffee truck profitable? thread. ☕️
April 9, 2022
The genius of Genius of Love; the genius of Lispector; the genius of a hyperpolyglot carpet cleaner; the genius of a kite; the genius of talkative mefites commenting on the genius of talkative fungi; the genius of a talkative exoskeleton; the genius of design and surviving loss; the genius of poetry.
April 8, 2022
Because, apparently, not everything everywhere all the time is utterly awful: US Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, friends.
April 7, 2022
There's not a lot of research on this, because it can't be monetized and grief is hard to quantify in order to measure ... Lyn Never with some extremely insightful commentary on experiencing grief in lab.beetle's Ask Me post Can you help a friend with how hard and confusing grief can be?
The current Ukraine thread is here.
April 6, 2022
Have you ever been sitting around and suddenly thought, gee, I wish I knew a lot more about Pepsi? No? Well, just in case that happens. Also, don't miss this fascinating explanation of "puffery" from Shepherd. Puffery is weird! And so is "reasonable personhood," about which you might like to know a lot more!
April 5, 2022
omg, it's hidden treasure! Wobbuffet's FPPs I never posted (March edition) in the flipping free thread. (And don't miss the ones that were posted!) 19th Century What-ho!
April 4, 2022
I have big feelings about my very bougie toilet brush! – centrifugal. In Ask Metafilter, dobbs wants to know What are your favorite mundane items? "I want to own the best box cutter, oven mitts, key ring, wallet, dog collar and lead, notebook, pen, reusable shopping bag, bed sheets, sponge, dish washing brush, lint remover, and _______ on the planet."
April 3, 2022
Vehicles what require "the knowing" to operate: Lots of great stories (and wisecracks) in nicwolff's post A few things to know before stealing my 914, including why sardonyx cannot buy a Miata, uncleozzy's friend's Car of Theseus, OHenryPacey's friend and the four seasons of the 914, and more! Vroooom! 🏎
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