December 3, 2022

Get Away from your Computer Idea #1: Watch a Dog Agility Event

How to Find Dog Agility Trials (via https://dogagilitytrials.com/) UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada links inside. See pure happiness without having to talk to anyone! How could anybody have a better time than a very good dog who finally has something to do with all that energy and smarts? The hottest club in [your US state] is your local dog agility course. Culture and rules might vary at places and events – especially indoors, so check before going, but generally you do not have to own a dog to watch an agility trial. [more inside]
posted by amtho at 11:23 PM PST - 13 comments

it's kind of like Suspiria but for synth nerds with perms

The year is very very definitely 1971, and these are Rare Moog Dancers.
posted by cortex at 3:24 PM PST - 18 comments

...It's How Hard You Believe It

Indiana Jones & the Dial of Destiny [Official Trailer] [more inside]
posted by chavenet at 2:22 PM PST - 69 comments

Life under fascism... in space

Andor: Star Wars for Grownups "But Andor is something new and astonishing: a Star Wars series written and filmed entirely for discerning grown-ups. It’s accurate but faint praise to call this the smartest Star Wars ever made; it’s one of the smartest shows anyone has made in recent years, and can reasonably be mentioned in the same breath as, say, The Wire. It’s better than this bloated and wildly uneven franchise deserves; that it was greenlit at all suggests, against all odds, that even endlessly recycled blockbuster intellectual properties have some room for artistry." (n.b. spoilers) [more inside]
posted by gwint at 12:41 PM PST - 71 comments

Flash Forward's "Vanguard Estates" explores dementia

Flash Forward with Rose Eveleth is a podcast that explores possible or not-so-possible futures, taking great care to examine how technology, opportunity, and adversity will be experienced differently by people of different identities. Typically, each episode begins with a short piece of audio fiction, followed by inteviews with experts. The current ongoing special series, Welcome to Vanguard Estates, kicks off a with a choose-your-own-adventure style nonlinear narrative, which you can experience in audio form or read as text. [more inside]
posted by BrashTech at 12:21 PM PST - 3 comments

Joycean Chamber Music

How James Joyce Almost Became A Famous Singer. "Joyce was angry at his defeat in the competition—but in typical fashion, blamed the rules, not his own shortcomings. He complained about the pigheadedness of judges who evaluated contestants in singing music they had never rehearsed. Who cared how a musician learned a song, he argued, when the real measure of ability is what you do after you learn it?" [more inside]
posted by storybored at 11:18 AM PST - 5 comments

Lack of police protection shuts down Columbus Holi-Drag Storytime

The family-friendly Holi-Drag Storytime event in Columbus, Ohio, co-hosted by the Red Oak Community School and the local Unitarian Universalist Church, was canceled early this morning. Last month, the Proud Boys, a domestic terrorist group, publicized their intent to disrupt the event. Columbus police stated that they would be present to'monitor the situation'. The organizer, in an emotional statement, details the actual lack of commitment or support. Posts attempting to communicate and build community support on the usually LGBTQ+-supportive /r/Columbus subreddit have been deleted and the poster shadow-banned. [more inside]
posted by Silvery Fish at 10:08 AM PST - 48 comments

Hoi poli ruining everything

Airport lounges being spoiled by the unwashed masses This is satire? Right? If you read it as White Lotus level parody it's brilliant.
posted by Keith Talent at 10:05 AM PST - 33 comments

The Golden Age of Volleyball Is Here

From the youth game to emerging pro leagues, the sport is booming among women and girls (archive.today link)
posted by Etrigan at 9:34 AM PST - 2 comments

Ted Cruz Is The Most Hated Member of The Senate

Here's Al Franken explaining why, by way of an anecdote involving Amy Klobuchar, as well as a harsh yet very funny observation by Lindsey Graham. Watch the whole video. It's worth it
posted by BadgerDoctor at 8:39 AM PST - 43 comments

Colonel Mustardle in the Yardle with a Petardle

In the latest proof of new legal requirements that all internet puzzle games must now end in "rdle," distinguished readers, I give you Murdle, a daily homicide-based logic / elimination puzzle game. A bit of fun for when you still want to kill somebody some time after the crosswordle and the sudokurdle, but before watching Jeopardle. [more inside]
posted by taz at 3:43 AM PST - 30 comments

No, that can't be done.... WHAM!!!

Matt Parker contemplates the question: can the same net fold into two shapes?
posted by Pendragon at 12:03 AM PST - 11 comments

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