April 5, 2022
Good to see you again, Captain!
In Space with Markiplier: Part 1 is a choose your own adventure youtube thing by Markiplier. previously [more inside]
Where Everybody Knows Your Name
For many of us, Metafilter is our online 'third place.' Off-line, however, how easy are they to find? Do Yourself a Favor and Go Find a ‘Third Place’ is fundamentally describing the bar in Cheers or Central Perks — the cafe — in Friends. A pleasant place to hang out that's not home and not work — where folks know your name, or maybe could learn your name. Reminiscent of a college hang-out, they are not anyplace you're supposed to be: Instead, they're simply a place where one afternoon, or on the odd night, you choose to be. Sitting, sipping, shooting the sh*t with the bartender or the cafe keeper, chatting with your neighbor at the next table, cracking wise to the person beside you on a stool. [more inside]
show local (but serious) climate impacts
A new visual language for climate change. All too often, the climate change imagery the world sees is ineffective at driving change – it may be aesthetically pleasing and illustrative but not salient or emotionally impactful. Instead of a polar bear on an ice floe, let's use climate visuals that are more compelling and diverse. For example, images of floods are emotionally powerful... but they can also be overwhelming. Make sure to include solutions or immediate tangible action.
Librarian / Happy Easter / X
In November 2020, Cambridge University Library announced that two of Charles Darwin's notebooks, including his famous 'Tree of Life' sketch, were missing, believed stolen. (Previously on MetaFilter.) Now there's an update, and it's good news: the notebooks have returned, in a bright pink gift bag left outside the librarian's office with the printed message: Librarian / Happy Easter / X.
M.I.T. scans the brain of hyperpolyglot Vaughn Smith
A “watershed” moment for the arts?
In Ireland, a new Basic Income for the Arts pilot scheme will see 2,000 artists and creative arts workers receive €325 a week for three years starting in 2022, no strings attached. The only obligation on the artist is to keep a weekly journal for research purposes. Read the government press release here, news coverage here and here, and information for applicants (including eligibility criteria) here. [more inside]
Big Time Context Shift Shock Going On Here
A new trailer, for a film distributed by A24 no less, featuring Marcel the Shell With Shoes On. (Marcel previously)
For anyone who wants to bunk off ...
for anyone who wants to do some flipping perusing, for anyone who wants to taste the apple, for anyone who wants to bite the electric tiger's tail and ride it until the end of the mother flipping line — HERE IS YOUR FLIPPING FREE THREAD.
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