~metafilter | Bookmarks (947)
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All nonsense thus... / Shall in thee centre, from thee circulate
We are at a moment in the history of the web in which the link itself...
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20 people in a two-bedroom apartment
20 people in a two-bedroom apartment: the growing health and safety risks of hot bedding. Sydney's...
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Canada Geese versus NZ Police
The eerie quiet period between Christmas and New Years can make for a slow day in...
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'imagine a podcast for men, by men'
"You're On Your Own." Andy and Tarik, of the All Lawyers Are Bastards podcast, have a...
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Welcome to the world of extreme dreidel tournaments!
DreiBlade! Play in browser or download (with local multiplayer). Bet chocolate coins, defeat colorful low-poly characters,...
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The reader’s challenge
A risky bet is any manuscript that does not look like what sold best yesterday. This...
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What unholy merger of cuisines hath she wrought?
Happy 3rd night of Hanukkah. Put on your aprons. After the early night gifts (sock and...
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Tone Find
Tone Find A fun game where you have to identify a target note. I've become a...
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After you publish a book, there is a reckoning
"Your drive to write books is delusional. Embrace that, for fuck's sake! It's compulsive. It's a...
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Court upholds NT remote tenants' right to clean drinking water
Court upholds Northern Territory remote tenants' right to clean drinking water. The NT Court of Appeal...
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The first muezzin
There is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is His Prophet. Bilal ibn Rabah, a Black...
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American druid: how a 1960s campus prank became a serious lifestyle
Druids are best known as iron age ritual workers, practitioners of an earth-based spirituality found throughout...
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Colorblindness-curing glasses were too good to be true
Youtuber investigation uncovers that those expensive glasses that treat colorblindness don't work at all. This was...
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'cloth fibers ranked by how much sense they make to me'
Wool, silk, plastic, and a few other clothes fibers, ranked. By hobbitron-3000. A short Tumblr post...
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John McPhee's 'A Philosopher in the Kitchen'
In a great restaurant of Europe, the team in the kitchen will be led by the...
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tinsel
"we're not just talking about the successful re-releases of Interstellar and Coraline. As some theater chains...
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To rouse their latent powers
Fuller wanted to be a genius and she wanted to be loved. She wanted to write,...
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Internet use for people aged 50 or above linked to improved mentalhealth
Internet use for people aged 50 or above linked to improved mental health. The study published...
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The crooked hand of Death itself
I never fully understood how an Enigma Machine works until I watched this. I think it...
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One generation begetting brokenness of another generation
But as the pastor pointed out, Jesus came down to us through broken families: "one generation...
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Sometimes things are okay
After nearly twenty years contending with pastel trickster gods [previously], limited-animation cryptids [previously], absurdist undersea novelty...
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Kangaroo remains on the loose in Texas, USA after jumping fence
Kangaroo remains on the loose in Texas, USA after jumping fence.
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Beyond 'Dreidel Dreidel Dreidel'
Light One Candle - Peter, Paul & Mary | Hanukkah Blessings - Barenaked Ladies | Miracle...
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Are you bot-curious?
Empire Wreckers has a brisk 2-hour video A Short Introduction to the First 40 Years of...