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Retired, but lovely, "Frank", #3 at the link and his reoccurring visits have become an issue at the office, what to do? Ask-A-Manager posts the eventual solution.
posted by Lesium at 7:40 PM PST - 27 comments

CatGPT is one of the strangest sites I've seen in some time. I have no idea how these people got a cat wedged into a ChatGPT interface, or why.
posted by Jacqueline at 5:38 PM PST - 35 comments

“I’ve always thought that my books are more interesting than my life...The world appears to disagree." David Remnick in The New Yorker provides an overview of Salman Rushdie's life and career up to now, including a new interview regarding his new novel and his recovery from the August, 2022 stabbing attack. (SLNewYorker) [more inside]
posted by dnash at 5:27 PM PST - 10 comments

If Star Trek: The Original Series Episodes Opened Like Mission: Impossible. (SLYT)
posted by gentlyepigrams at 4:14 PM PST - 30 comments

The worst literary agent? Bryan Denson begins the story by describing how journalist/literary agent Robert Eringer helped Earth Liberation Front spokesperson Craig Rosebraugh develop a book. Then things take a turn. (SLNYT) [more inside]
posted by doctornemo at 2:33 PM PST - 8 comments

The Great Gatsby of Gold Took Their Millions—and Vanished; Shady Gold Guru Burnished Image With Paid-For Media Titles [The Daily Beast; ungated 1 and 2 ]
posted by chavenet at 2:14 PM PST - 17 comments

Kelly Link in Praise of Ursula K. Le Guin's Genuine Magic - "It is also, notably, Le Guin's deliberate foray into Philip K. Dick's territory, with its hallucinatory beginning, its drug-using protagonist, and its surreal, literally world-melting alternate realities. Dick and Le Guin were admirers of each other's work and occasional correspondents." [more inside]
posted by kliuless at 5:56 AM PST - 26 comments

Hidden pictures, exploded diagrams, and cross-section illustrations are a type of detailed image well known from famous coffee table books and children's book series (previously). A modern book featuring such illustrations is commonly referred to as a wimmelbilderbuch or wimmelbook, but the concept has been around for centuries. Wimmelbooks are also the subject of study, both as tools for childhood literacy and as semiotic playgrounds.
posted by cupcakeninja at 5:21 AM PST - 10 comments

American actor Viola Davis becomes the 18th person to reach EGOT status, after winning her first Grammy Award. EGOT = a person who has won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony award during their career, reflecting their work in television, music, film and theatre.
posted by chariot pulled by cassowaries at 5:00 AM PST - 43 comments

Happy Monday, everyone! If you are returning to work today, you may want to contemplate the Latin term, "otium" or "leisure time." As in "dang, I sure wish I had more otium." Well, this thread can help. In a way. [more inside]
posted by taz at 3:11 AM PST - 105 comments

The French lyric version of Chaise Longue. As posted previously, Chaise Longue is a song by Isle of Wight band Wet Leg. Live performances: Green Man, Copenhagen, Glastonbury, and Live on the Porch. Also by Wet Leg: Wet Dream, Ur Mum, Angelica, Oh No.
posted by Wordshore at 3:04 AM PST - 26 comments