Sideblog Archive
August 31, 2023
Community member 'Kat Allison' made a post about the deepest of deep dives into the history of a seemingly trivial phenomenon: a footbridge over a suburban freeway south of Minneapolis. At the same time, an amazing piece of citizen research and reporting on a bit of pre-internet local history.
August 29, 2023
drewbage1847 made a post about the many, many, MANY, variations of scrambled eggs. Come enjoy this tasty list!
What would be the logistics of making pancakes on the moon? freethefeet needs to know.
August 28, 2023
"Recently saw a map where they had divided Europe into butter Europe and olive oil Europe. If this had been a map of the world, what other oils would be on there?" Interesting question from iamsuper, lots of great answers, and fascinating background from Jane the Brown
August 27, 2023
There's a Manual for That: Horace Rumpole posted an eclectic selection of digitized manuals from the Internet Archive, curated by Jason Scott
August 26, 2023
If the Indigenous community has its version of the Met Gala, this would be it ... Bottlecap offers info and highlights on the designers and designs at the 101st Santa Fe Indian Market
August 22, 2023
Clone-a Lisa: Can you paint a copy of the Mona Lisa in 60 seconds? Share your masterpiece!
drewbage1847 has posted a bevy of beautiful summer herb sauce recipes.
August 21, 2023
gentlyepigrams posted "My Parents Are Dead: What Now?", a resource with useful advice and links for folks who are working through one of the awful parts of adult life.
August 20, 2023
spamandkimchi asks for songs with lyrics about food (especially pie!)
August 19, 2023
cotton dress sock asks "How close to an oil refinery is too close?," and flug has answers. Lots of answers.
August 15, 2023
Metafilter podcast 193: What was previously my discretionary time is up!
August 14, 2023
VIAMQ! (Very Important Ask Metafilter Question): My 5-year-old wants to know if there are any living rhinos named Clara. "She knows already about the 19th century one, but wants to be reassured after the recent death of a different rhino named Clara in England that there are any rhinos still living who might have that name."
August 13, 2023
If the leopard caucuses long enough with the face eating party, maybe look askance when it asks you for butterfly kisses. That's all I'm saying. Good general advice, and too-good-to-pass-up quote from sciatrix in the thread on The Next Front in the GOP’s War on Women: No-Fault Divorce from hydra77.
August 12, 2023
Love that we have a member who's a traffic safety researcher commenting in the Speeding Ticket thread. TheKaijuCommuter talks about elements in the (US) built environment and issues that subconsciously trigger people to go faster.
August 9, 2023
Is this chatfilter? Maybe...
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August 5, 2023
SUPER informative post for Women's World Cup of Soccer 2023 by Superilla
August 4, 2023
"...one of the most influential and intriguing buttons in history." Community member brundlefly links to a story of the Zenith Space Command, one of the earliest examples of a remote control for television. Many memories ensue!
August 2, 2023
"I think the movie has a few different messages, all of which overlap with one another, which is another very campy thing: when you're parodying dumb, incoherent things by embracing them, you wind up a little incoherent yourself."
Over in Fanfare, 'Tom Hanks Can't Be Trusted' dives deep on the overlapping messages in the Barbie (2023) film.
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