How fossils of giant ringtail possums, marsupial lions and monster koalas could hold clues to surviving climate change. The fossils of prehistoric megafauna, which have been perfectly preserved for hundreds of thousands of years, give scientists an insight into how climate change affects species. - 0 comments

"Now in College, Luddite Teens (previously) Still Don't Want Your Likes" (NYT gift) - 4 comments

A declassified World War II-era government guide to “simple sabotage” is currently one of the most popular open source books on the internet. The book, called “Simple Sabotage Field Manual,” was declassified in 2008 by the CIA and “describes ways to train normal people to be purposefully annoying telephone operators, dysfunctional train conductors, befuddling middle managers, blundering factory workers, unruly movie theater patrons, and so on. In other words, teaching people to do their jobs badly.” - 20 comments

Explorable Flexagons – Learn to create and flex flexagons (in seven interactive chapters, plus appendices). - 1 comments

"This is a series of posts on various aspects of writing scenes with sexual content." Rosina Lippi, a.k.a. historical novelist Sara Donati, offers tips on writing good sex scenes in fiction. The table of contents mostly works. Series includes analysis of scenes that work (e.g., in Jennifer Crusie's Faking It) and scenes that don't (discussing short excerpts from several works). Found via Making Light decades ago. - 5 comments

"Instead of expecting to be coddled with praise and pulled punches all of the time, activists need to grow a spine and fight the right even if they hate their allies." - 29 comments

The Death of an Asylum Seeker and The Shelter Crisis in Peel (slTheLocal) - 0 comments

With her British accent, grandmotherly appearance, stately pace and lightly edited videos, Andrea Borman may not seem like the Youtuber type, but that is where she is, and this is there she does. So, where what is the does that she do? Knitting? Baking cookies? Dressing up cats? Nope, with her it's Linux distros and software. Here she discusses why you should ditch Windows (24m) - Is Fedora Linux for new users? (25m) - Comparing Windows Movie Maker with Openshot Video Editor (27m) - How she makes her videos (18m) - 29 comments

Coperni's Spring/Summer 2023 show during Paris Fashion Week featured model Bella Hadid being clothed onstage with a spray-on dress. - 21 comments

Since I’m trying to describe for you what it feels like to attend a massive outdoor music festival without the aid of hallucinogenic indulgence or the balm of full-proof alcohol, I therefore feel justified in outlining and characterizing some of the more upsetting personal experiences that I’ve endured during this time. Because I’d suggest that when you’re sober, all the festival’s utopian enchantments begin to sort of seem both grotesque and dystopian. From High and Dry by Barrett Swanson [Harper's; ungated] - 30 comments

A US Army helicopter has collided with American Airlines Flight 5342. AA Flight 5342, operated by PSA Airlines, was en route from Wichita, KS to Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, DC. AA Flight 5342 is reported to have carried approximately 60 passengers. Rescue operations are ongoing in the Potomac River area where both aircraft are reported to have crashed. - 124 comments

“We like to think of Wendy’s® as the queen of gaming, and we made that known with the release of our own tabletop role playing game (TTRPG) in 2019. Feast of Legends captures all of our competitive passions and we just had to share that with the world.” The MetaFilter response was… skeptical. (And hung up on the slave labor thing.) But reviewers said “feels like a… labor of love”. “The design work is top notch”. “The art is honestly gorgeous”. “RPG gold”. So if we can market the cosmos with a TTRPG, why not hamburgers? - 5 comments

If you're a fan of True Detective, this will touch something within you. Written and directed by Nic Pizzolatto, with Matthew and Woody coming back, it certainly is Pepsi Blue. But so good. Enjoy. - 31 comments

Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal Recreate the Iconic Fake Orgasm Scene from When Harry Met Sally for Hellmann's 2025 Super Bowl Ad "Oh, this one's REAL!" - 30 comments