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When John Watson was bitten by a crocodile, he knew exactly which plant would help his wound. Scientists now think that plant could lead to a powerful pain relief gel [more inside]
posted by chariot pulled by cassowaries at 3:14 PM PST - 17 comments

Tomorrow (Saturday November 25) starting at 3pm PT (6pm ET/11pm GMT) and running for approximately 24 hours, Laser Webber of the Doubleclicks (several previouslies, dating back to 2011) and Becca McGlynn (with some special guests) will be participating in a charity livestream that watches Doctor Who in chronological order -- but NOT chronological order of the airdates. This chronology is presented in order of when each event took place, from the perspective of the show's internal universe. [more inside]
posted by The Pluto Gangsta at 1:43 PM PST - 43 comments

Hear 'n Aid (previously) was a 1986 hard rock/heavy metal charity album that raised $3 million for famine relief in Africa. [more inside]
posted by box at 10:05 AM PST - 8 comments

For 7 years, Cercle has been livestreaming DJs and other musicians playing sets from impressive locations around the world: Icelandic Wilderness (Ólafur Arnalds), Hot air balloon above Cappadocia (Ben Böhmer), Guatape Colombia (Above and Beyond), Lapland (Sofiane Pamart) , The Eiffel Tower (Nina Kraviz), Brighton i360 (Fatboy Slim) or Bali (Lee Burridge)... [more inside]
posted by rongorongo at 9:30 AM PST - 13 comments

100 years ago this month Buster Keaton released his groundbreaking silent film "Our Hospitality", described as his "...first feature as auteur and his first masterpiece." [more inside]
posted by mhoye at 9:28 AM PST - 11 comments

Bringing up the Bodies: The forensic anthropologists who redress migrant death in Texas, by Caroline Tracey. Related: Archaeologist Jason de León's interdisciplinary Undocumented Migrant Project.
posted by Rumple at 8:29 AM PST - 3 comments

Loneliness is not only a feeling of a gap between oneself and others—it is a feeling of an active separation. The world pulls away and I turn from it, from the feeling of rejection, and step into open space. Arguably, if indeed we are born into loneliness, then one measure of what we call living is the ongoing attempt to overcome that isolation. That’s how we develop intimacy and its profound resolve in the face of that impossible distance. The risk lies in the fact that we might fail. The reward is that we all do, at times, succeed in our attempts to throw bridges out to the unseen shores deep in the hearts of others. from So Fierce Is the World: On Loneliness and Philip Seymour Hoffman [The Paris Review; ungated] CW: loneliness, depression, drugs, alcohol, suicide
posted by chavenet at 7:46 AM PST - 9 comments

Compared to the drastic style and aesthetic changes between decades like the 1960s and 80s, looking back on 2003 it doesn’t seem so different.
posted by 1970s Antihero at 6:32 AM PST - 107 comments

From the Guardian: In what has been portrayed as the largest fight in decades to save Sweden’s union model from global labour practices, the powerful trade union IF Metall has been leading a strike across eight Tesla workplaces in Sweden for five weeks. It is the first time workers for the US carmaker have gone on strike. [more inside]
posted by Bella Donna at 3:10 AM PST - 19 comments

JW Lown was the unlikely, beloved former mayor of conservative San Angelo, Texas. [Archive]. Last week, he passed away one day before his 47th birthday [archive].
posted by goo at 12:10 AM PST - 9 comments