Sideblog Archive
January 30, 2025
Tired of those AI summaries when using Google search? Well, getting rid of them is really fucking simple!
January 29, 2025
With the onslaught of changes occurring over the past year of the first two weeks of the Trump administration, it's good to be reminded that resistance is possible and not all is lost. African American writer, editor, and transgender rights activist Raquel Willis has some notes on resisting discriminatory times and on the strength and legacy of trans activists through history.
January 28, 2025
Are you ... how shall we say? Of a certain age? For the over 50s, what used to be but is no more? People are sharing all the things in Ask Metafilter!
January 27, 2025
And the Oscar goes to FanFare. This week in fanfare, Oscar-nominated films with FF posts, rebooting the Wolf Man, a new take on the haunted house in Presence, One of Them Days, Star Trek: Section 31 ... but wait, there's more! We have recently released movies, older releases that are new to FanFare, current TV Shows with New Posts, vintage stuff, and "American Rapture," the 2024 novel, to mention a few. Effusive thanks as always to DirtyOldTown!
[COMMUNITY] Who would you be, if you could be anyone? It's your weekly Free Thread!
Short and Sweet ... or not so sweet: Recently from lucidium, The God of Arepo, a short comic about a farmer and a god of small things, and from PussKillian, Wolfskin, a short comic about love. Meanwhile, posts this month from brainwane include short stories about people who think they can outwit or outlast their predators, a short scifi/horror story that partially takes place in an autonomous vehicle, and a couple of speculative stories in which pairs of women figure out some things about their relationships. Not short enough? Cast your eyes upon The Key to All Mythologies from Well I never, "the embodiment of imaginary books mentioned in other books." Sweet!
January 26, 2025
Between 1996 and 2002, VH1 had a show called Pop Up Video which paired music videos with trivia and jokes that "popped up" on screen, mostly without controversy ... A fabulous Kattullus collection, trivia treasure trove, megapost, and deep dive in a "Pop! Pop pop! Pop! Pop into Pop Up Video!" post. (oh, and it turns out rednikki once worked as a researcher for Eyeboogie, the Pop-Up Video producers!)
January 25, 2025
Every temporary solution is permanent: Such a great comment from gelfin in their comment on chavenet's post, Master the Art of the Product Manager "No."
January 24, 2025
The myth, the legend, the Indonesian biscuit tin? Yes, you might have become familiar with the vintage Ladybird books via a number of ways. But a biscuit tin? Yes, that really happened!
January 23, 2025
Daisyace could use your help. They'd love to find a video game that they could play with their husband. Something that is a "engrossing, feel-good video game with gorgeous visuals" but has little or no violence. What do you suggest?
January 22, 2025
Come along as bunderful shares a bit of bean plating in a post. Legume of all your culinary fears as we look back on the history of this pantry mainstay before delving into a few recipes!
January 21, 2025
For various reasons, you might be feeling a bit revolutionary these days and needing a soundtrack to go with those emotions. Over in AskMe, mahadevan knows that feeling and is asking for help in putting together a "positive playlist for these dark times". Stop on by to add your suggestions!
January 20, 2025
[COMMUNITY] What have you broken free from? It's your weekly Free Thread!
Fix Your Hearts or Die! In Fanfare This Week #3, special events, new movies, FF's complete David Lynch, current TV shows under discussion, new comments on older posts, and more, in this week's roundup!
January 19, 2025
A man sits in a chair and delightful things happen in this post shared by dick dale the vampire
January 18, 2025
It's said that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. bBut when the beholder is you, what does one see when that beauty is outside of the norm? Chavenet's post about a burgeoning community of female bodybuilders in Kerala, India touches on this question and the answers highlight the beauty of becoming the person you want to be, and not what society says you should be.
January 17, 2025
Cheese and pepper? Yes, of course, according to Greg_Ace’s homemade and lovingly baked post about four roman pasta dishes united by these not so similar ingredients.
January 16, 2025
Brainwane continues their excellent streak of sharing great stories with a link to J.R. Dawson's "Six People To Revise You". It's a moving tale about searching for and finding your identity in world that gives conflicting signals, and how one focuses on the communications that matter.
January 15, 2025
jacquilynne posted Homeowner captures sound and video of meteorite strike on camera, and scientists believe it's a first. (Also bros, boxers, belts, braces, and suspenders. You'll understand once you get there.)
January 14, 2025
Lemkin posted Sun Ra: A Joyful Noise, one-hour documentary shot over two years, recording the late musician's celebrated and unique fusion of music, mysticism, cosmic mystery, poetry, and mythology. (Plus smashing headgear!)
January 13, 2025
"Wildfire ash is toxic, and the ash of an urban conflagration more so. Especially when most destroyed buildings were pre-1960 and contained unknown amounts of asbestos and lead ..." backwoods has advice and links for evacuees returning to residences affected by smoke and ash
Society to Advocate for the Return of Intermissions in Movies: For your delectation, a loving roundup of what's new, what's cool, what's the haps in FanFare this week #2. Thank you, DirtyOldTown!
[COMMUNITY] What sort of noises do you make? It's your weekly Free Thread!
Wretch729 in the Check-in for LA MeFites Metatalk: "I haven't seen it posted yet so just sharing -- Mutual Aid Los Angeles (MALA) has put together a spreadsheet [offsite link] with resources such as shelter info, animal boarding info, addresses for distribution centers, volunteer opportunities and more."
Sheep farmer here, raising pedigree Shetlands for fleece quality ... Rhedyn comments in the post on how synthetic textiles made from plastic took over the fashion industry. Wow, there is so much fascinating info in this thread! If you have an interest in fashion, textiles, environment, design, climate, farming ... take a look. Plus Nibbly Fang with more info and some great book recs at the end.
January 12, 2025
Pineapple? 🍍 Pineapple. music for skeletons seeks suggestions for the whole pineapple, and gets some great ideas. Grill / roast caramelization sounds delicious! [Update: Also, Pineapple.]
... It’s remarkable how many woodchucks he killed. Was he eating them? vitabellosi has commented on a rather wonderful artifact — a 19th century diary belonging to "my first cousin 3X removed" and the stories just touched on here are pretty amazing! Posted on clavdivs' FPP, Kicking it with Napoleon, about Youtube channel "Life in the 1800s."
January 11, 2025
From ftrtts, 12 Word Searches. A book of 12 small puzzles that get trickier as you progress. For 1 or more solvers: as foxtongue describes in the comments, "puzzles in puzzles in puzzles." Just something cool that we didn't manage to point out amid the holiday bustle (and thread archived here now, sorry!), but Mefi puzzle lovers should take note of the seductive Itch.io tags: "Difficult," "secrets," "Text based," "Trivia," "Word game," "word-search." Maybe just the thing for a little decompression during these puzzling times.
January 10, 2025
Rocks and hard places: Mumimor has an excellent, super helpful, comment explaining the Greenland situation from close up, if you are bemused at all by the perplexing political tempest swirling around the world's largest island and its tiny population.
As the shore of 2024 fades away and we move forward (whether we want to or not), community member summerteeth posted a thought provoking question in AskMetaFilter: "What gives you hope for the future, in 2025?"
January 9, 2025
Community member Kitteh wants to share the awesome sound of the Toronto band The Beaches, so pull up a speaker and get ready to dance!
[COMMUNITY] Los Angeles MeFites, please check in and let us know how you're doing!
January 8, 2025
Who doesn't like soup? But one of the best things about making soup is how it can make your home smell so good. With that in mind, Charity Garfein is seeking soup (and stew) recipes that will give off the rich aroma of a warm and cozy home. What do you suggest?! What one are you going to make?!
January 7, 2025
[COMMUNITY] Check out something new and fantastic: This Week in FanFare, on the blue!
Wolfdog has posted Essential tools to make the modern web more bearable, and people have even more recommendations in the thread. Bookmarked so hard. 🔖
January 6, 2025
[COMMUNITY] 💌 MeFi Valentine Card Exchange! 💌
[COMMUNITY] How are you? It's the weekly Free Thread.
[COMMUNITY] In Metatalk, people are talking about ideas for promoting and surfacing more Fanfare activity, and in Fanfare itself, Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, Nosferatu, Yacht Rock, and A Complete Unknown are among current hot topics. See more at the Watercooler!
January 5, 2025
I spent several weeks in Sudan around 1990 or 91 -- driving in a truck from Wadi Halfa, through Khartoum and Nyala, to the Central African Republic ... Read BlahLaLa's comment in storybored's post on The Decline and Fall of Sudan
January 4, 2025
Maybe one of the best things you'll ever read about how to think about cleaning / organizing in your home or personal space: I want to end the cycle of managing my living space. Yes, the whole thread. Fantastic advice abounds — well-done, mefites!!
January 3, 2025
Without this fancy mechanic and those like her, our world would be drastically different. Read on to find out what “fabulous” work they do that the world depends on!
January 2, 2025
[COMMUNITY] Let’s start the year with lots of links, courtesy of Rhaomi and a new LinkMe thread!
January 1, 2025
True that: btw, today's Gisnep is fun!
Stardate 2025.01: The Carol Reed Mysteries indie point-and-click detective video game series just released its 20th annual installment, Murder Malady, January 1, 2025 ❖ Defector's rundown of What We Got Stuck In Our Various Orifaces and What We Did To Mr. Happy ❖ United State of Pop 2024 - Blame It on the Whiskey ❖ Happy Public Domain Day 2025! ❖ 2025 is remarkable ❖ 10 Horror Movies That Prove January Is a Box Office Dumping Ground ❖ Poems at sea in the US Navy ❖ Outrageous Predictions 2025 ❖ The most-borrowed books from U.S. public libraries in 2024 ❖ Out with 2024, in with 2025: it's the Free Thread ❖ Days are long, but Years are short ❖ Clean slate - January reset online challenges ❖ Happy New Year!
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