~metafilter | Bookmarks (947)
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'We do the doomscrolling for you'
BuzzFeed Looks to Launch Its Own, More Positive Social Media Platform"[...] web publisher BuzzFeed, led by...
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You snus, you lose
How Tucker Carlson's Nicotine Pouch Became the Latest Front in the Culture War [Politico]
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Chill The Lion: Resurrection
I am pleased to report that after some amount of time as a dead link, it...
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The hand is the tool of tools
FKA twigs and Imogen Heap improvise with Heap's MiMu gloves (SLYT, 6 mins)
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They plundered it from us by the law of the land
In 133 BC, lands conquered by Rome were being taken over by vast slave-cultivated estates, pushing...
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Building a Self-Promoting Pawn
Congratulations. Your lowly pawn has reached the last rank and it's time to promote it to...
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'It felt ... that the opera was there waiting to be written'
There is to be an opera about Margaret Thatcher's time as Prime Minister (1979 to 1990),...
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Next stop: the very bottom
How Oil Propaganda Sneaks Into TV Shows | Climate Town (YouTube, 31m13s)Includes a sponsorship slot for...
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That Rules
Knowing unspoken rules, and following them without displaying that we're doing so, is a way to...
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avocado toast forever!
It is in the national interest to promote the extraordinary heritage of our Nation, so California...
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The internet fits particularly well with nostalgia
Over the past few months, several essays have been published in Spain that explore this desire...
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Koalas are thriving in this hotspot but researchers aren't sure why
Koalas are thriving in this hotspot but researchers aren't sure why. More than 60 endangered koalas...
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Suzanne Ciani, Electronic Music Pioneer
Suzanne Ciani: A Life in WavesSuzanne Ciani On Modular Synthesis & The Buchla 200e live performance,...
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How this little fish was once central to cuisine in the Roman Empire
How anchovies, a fish that was once associated with the poor, reached the very heights of...
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Bring me the head of Herman Melville
It hasn't always been devoid of a marker, however. Until recently, Melville's visage graced a small...
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for certain values of 'values'
"We've found as AIs get smarter, they develop their own coherent value systems. For example they...
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The Books of Making
The 75 Most Essential Books for Gen X Aaaand - GO! The list is of course...
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RIP: Rural Indexing Project
"Rural communities are dispersed across the American landscape. The buildings and streetscapes in these places are...
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Do You Turn on the Big Light?
Few things are more contentious among cohabitating adults than "The Big Light." [Slate / Archive] Like...
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It’s alive! It’s alive!
Remember that video from Pixar, years ago, with that cute animated lamp? It appears that Apple...
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An even faster hash table
Andrew Krapivin turned to a common approach for storing data known as a hash table. But...
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Maki-e Fountain Pens
This video about maki-e fountain pens will make you sad that you don't own a maki-e...
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Springtime for Scammers
Matt Stoller and Paul Krugman on the dismantling of the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The...
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Thalassa Mechane
SOLSTICE - 5 (YT 10:36), a visually intricate short sci-fi film about resource extraction on another...