November 16, 2022
Princess Arete deserves to be seen.
STUDIO4℃ is making an English subtitled version of Princess Arete available for free on YouTube until Dec. 2nd 2022. Animation Obsessive has a consideration of the film along with a history of its making. [more inside]
I just want the best for your ass - Get Up!
Marc Rebillet - Your New Morning Alarm (full version) (slyt, I guess, if we still bother to say that anymore.)
We Are Living In A Material World
Material culture (previously) surrounds us, both the old stuff and the new stuff [archive.org link]. Sometimes this stuff reveals surprising new facts, as with the recent translation of writing on a hand-shaped bronze ornament uncovered in 2021 that pushes the timeline for the existence of writing in Basque by hundreds of years. Other times, it's just a thing for kids to play with, or maybe adults, or definitely adults[NSFW], but sometimes play carries meaning. [more inside]
📢📢📢 Week 3 Update – With your help, we’re charting a way forward.
The Week 3 Fundraising Update is live on MetaTalk. We’ve blown past our Survive target thanks to you, and are well on our way to being able to 🌱Revive🌱 Metafilter! [more inside]
The Street Finds Its Own Uses
This assumption is the core of post-cyberpunk’s body politic. We are subtly conditioned to believe that the optimal way to fix the world is to fix the system — luring us into a state of realism where we must work with those who rule over us, as opposed to implementing the radical solutions that have in the past led to the kind of change the world is in desperate need of right now. from The Rise and Fall of Cyberpunk
you terrorized an entire generation from 1970 to 1992.
Julia Zarankin, author of the 2020 memoir Field Notes from an Unintentional Birder (book excerpt) wrote a heartfelt "Good riddance, Canada Fitness Test." Relatedly, the memoir includes a chapter on how the desire to carry a spotting scope and accoutrements motivated a weight-lifting regimen, belatedly, after years of marriage to an amateur powerlifter. Interview with Zarankin. Recorded book talk. Life aspiration? "To sport the hairdo of a cedar waxwing, acquire the wardrobe of a northern flicker and develop the confidence of a Ross's goose." [more inside]
Zoomer Ixnayed Dumpster Guac
A Tombstone Head and a Graveyard Mind
What is it like to be 41 and meet the thing that will likely kill you sometime before you turn 45? A reflection on saying goodbye to it all. [more inside]
To put the landlord in prison borders on the unconscionable- Stadtmuelle
Nearly a decade later a deadly house fire near Milwaukee gets a feature article with the depth and history of something you would see in The New Yorker on oranges. Why?
Because with this renter and landlord the outcomes of this deadly house fire demonstrate the two justice systems in the US. The landlord is Todd Brunner, a slum lord with a lengthy history of code violations and fires at his property. It's is not shocking that the the deadly fire at the property that a bank had recently foreclosed on results in no fines, nothing. It is still astonishing that the renter, a mum who loses 3 of her children in the fire, ends up serving back to back child neglect sentences. [more inside]
Because with this renter and landlord the outcomes of this deadly house fire demonstrate the two justice systems in the US. The landlord is Todd Brunner, a slum lord with a lengthy history of code violations and fires at his property. It's is not shocking that the the deadly fire at the property that a bank had recently foreclosed on results in no fines, nothing. It is still astonishing that the renter, a mum who loses 3 of her children in the fire, ends up serving back to back child neglect sentences. [more inside]
You've been eating trash
The Official Apple Rankings with accompanying scores and reviews. 100% accurate. Sample: "The Cameo Apple tastes like a juicy dog fart wrapped in used Whole Foods napkins." How apples are ranked. [more inside]
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