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Hold back against the darkness Jon Solomon does the thing again. His 35th anniversary Christmas marathon is live on WPRB, going through 6 pm EST tomorrow. If you like off-of-center Christmas music, or are just looking for something to do in the next 20 odd hours, Jon Solomon is here for you.
posted by mollweide at 4:43 PM PST - 9 comments

May you all have a happy holidays! May you great people all have a great holiday season. MetaFilter is just the best. Enjoy your people, (and listen to the Roches). On to 2024, and what horrors that will bring. Love you all.
posted by Windopaene at 3:06 PM PST - 43 comments

Rare recording of mysterious night parrot captured, described as holy grail of ornithology. Aboriginal rangers manage to record the song of the extremely secretive night parrot in a remote part of Western Australia.
posted by chariot pulled by cassowaries at 2:42 PM PST - 4 comments

How Finland is solving homelessness. An incredible video to me, about Finland's housing and accompanying support solutions for homeless people. Showing so many benefits to everyone involved (as well as 'saving the tax payer money') by providing housing for everyone, however low they get. [more inside]
posted by many-things at 1:00 PM PST - 15 comments

Elephant sanctuary beginning in Portugal. Arguably also a climate-migration project.
posted by clew at 11:34 AM PST - 2 comments

All year, the new conservative Christian majority on the Ottawa County Board of Commissioners had been searching for a way to get rid of Adeline Hambley They complained that they couldn’t trust Hambley. They accused her of supporting mask mandates and pushing coronavirus vaccines that they believed were unproven and possibly unsafe. They said her employees had encouraged dangerous, sexually perverse behavior by attending a local Pride festival, where they tested attendees for sexually transmitted diseases and administered the mpox vaccine. [more inside]
posted by bq at 11:21 AM PST - 26 comments

"Something’s off about this story." What's going on with Santa Claus and the northernmost tip of the Earth? Sam Kriss (previously) explores. (SLMedium)
posted by doctornemo at 10:44 AM PST - 14 comments

They Want You To Forget What A Film Looks Like: some people need their deep learning algorithms taken away from them.
posted by simmering octagon at 10:01 AM PST - 35 comments

Star Wars Holiday Special: 5K 60fps Upscale (1978) [more inside]
posted by Artw at 9:14 AM PST - 37 comments

Every year in the week before Christmas, John Peel would invite some musical pals to his home in the English countryside and broadcast their sessions as part of a live party there. Local choirs, bell-ringers and Peel's family took part too. The shows this produced were always hugely enjoyable, and I have two downloadable examples to prove it. The first has Lianne Hall, Camera Obscura, Cowcube & Melys among the guests and the second features Ballboy and Laura Cantrell.
posted by Paul Slade at 8:12 AM PST - 4 comments

From a scientific perspective, however, this dragon’s discovery was both exciting and unexpected.
posted by cupcakeninja at 7:42 AM PST - 6 comments

Anke Richter, Cult Trip; Inside the world of coercion and control publishers promotion. Interesting but disturbing book on modern day cults that took 10 years to write. Anke describes herself as a workshop junkie and lover of radical transformation who enjoys the buzz of "quick fix spiritual solutions". Her goal is to decolonize yoga of the frauds and the sex pests who have gravitated to it.
Centrepoint community first section of book.
Agama Yoga second section of book (on Thai island of Koh Phangan)
Glorivale religious community third section of book.
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posted by Narrative_Historian at 1:59 AM PST - 11 comments

While Gabriel and Miss Daly exchanged plates of goose and plates of ham and spiced beef Lily went from guest to guest with a dish of hot floury potatoes wrapped in a white napkin. [more inside]
posted by chavenet at 12:53 AM PST - 3 comments