Photo by Kübra Arslaner "This was not only an aesthetic issue, cracks are where the light gets in, but also where moisture, dirt, cold air and pests get in ...": mumimor has a fantastic comment discussing the architectural history of ornamentation – practical, industrial, and soc … | Continue reading
DirtyOldTown on the taste of dishwasher rinse additives in St. Peepsburg's question about dishwasher detergent recommendations for the sensitive stomach, in which we also learn to hand wash your travel mug (now and forever!), and "unscented" ≠ "fragrance-free," among other things … | Continue reading
Photo by Arvell Dorsey Jr., via Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/chicagofd1996/with/44650379712/) Chicago, USA is a city known by several names and vibes. But to photographer Paul D'Amato it's the working class neighborhoods near Midway Airport that show a unique and wonderf … | Continue reading
Look, emojis are art ok? If you don't believe that, then check out this post by ambrosen, which highlights recreations of classic art, using emojis. Come see a fun bit of culture and art! | Continue reading
Wait, wait, wait, you mean it’s possible to do comedy and cartography at the same?! As pointed out in this post by rory about the Map Men YouTube series, it is not only possible, the results are... | Continue reading
Yes, this does exist. The best book covers show a visual personification of the book, matching its mood in a compelling way. But this collection of public domain book covers, posted by hurdy gurdy girl, do not do that and the results are mesmerizing in a hilarious way! | Continue reading
Ben Browne letter to his father via smithsonianmag.com chariot pulled by cassowaries posted This Is What Being in Your Twenties Was Like in 18th-Century London, a collection of letters describing a 27-year-old's office job, social life and financial concerns beginning in 1719. | Continue reading
Photo by manuel m. v. on Flickr nouvelle-personne has an extremely helpful and in-depth answer to the question of how to talk with kids about the end-of-life stage of an elder loved one. | Continue reading
Photo by Mark Morgan, via Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/markmorgantrinidad/) If you like Motown then Kattullus has a helluva good post for you! it's about the Motown Junkies blog, where Steve Devereux is reviewing the entire Motown singles discography in sequential order … | Continue reading
Photo by Chris, via Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/1967chevrolet/) The orangutans have been learning, as noted in this post by chariot pulled by cassowaries. One in particular was seen using a medicinal plant to heal a wound. No word on when they'll be starting medical sch … | Continue reading
Photo by Kenny Sun, via Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/kennyysun/) The recent flare up of a feud between hip-hop stars Kendrick Lamar and Drake has been stunning for the sheer amount of lyrical artistry between the two creators, as highlighted in this post by ndr! Come lea … | Continue reading
Photo by Sergey Nikolaev on Unsplash Interesting conversation on Kitteh's post We Need to Rewild the Internet, about the desiccating corporate "pathology of command and control" that has choked, flattened and ravaged the once-lush sprawl of online diversity. | Continue reading
Eyelash would like recs for funny shows with a similar vibe, especially if they have philosophy as a central theme. | Continue reading
chased by a Hartz? chavenet's post on I Understand Thee, and Can Speak Thy Tongue: California Unlocks Shakespeare's Gibberish, is not only a cool theory about the mystery language in "All's Well That Ends Well," it also sets the stage (the STAGE, get it?) for the official winner … | Continue reading
Detail from a cover of Paul Auster's The New York Trilogy In the Paul Auster obit thread, Kattullus commented with a lovely personal remembrance of the author, and the enduring resonance Auster has had in his life. | Continue reading
Have you ever heard of the book, "The Anarchist's Tool Chest" ? Part philosophy, part woodworking guide, it's about building an ethical life by creating furniture that will last for generations. It is now free to download, as noted in this post by slogger! | Continue reading
It's been 25 years since SpongeBob SquarePants first appeared and Rhaomi made a fantastic megapost in celebration! Come check out all the various origins of characters, behind the scenes information and more about everyone's favorite sponge! Photo by Paul Wilkinson via Flickr (ht … | Continue reading
Photo by Anthony Kelly via Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/62337512@N00/) Oh sure, you come to MetaFilter looking for links to interesting things, but it's not the only place for compelling information! So hop on over to Ask MetaFilter, where missjenny is asking for other s … | Continue reading
Hello! We express most joyful salutations and wish to bring you much pleasants from this post by brainwane! Come! Express delight in this sharing of a short story by Fiona Jones! | Continue reading
Chiesa di San Nicolao della Flue in Milan, Italy via dezeen.com "All of these look like first-person shooter levels" (– egypturnash): kaibutsu posted Brutalist Churches, and opinions amble the gamut. | Continue reading
Nextplay Glitz and Glitter Boombox For more than two years, the world of lost media has been flummoxed by 17 seconds of grainy audio uploaded to a small name-that-song site ... until now. | Continue reading
Photo of lemon couscous and cheese by Lisa Fotios on pexels.com NotLost is looking for recipes with high return on investment, where the taste, appearance or "wow factor" is much more than the effort, time or money put into the dish. | Continue reading
Hydropsyche created a post about life after running and how athletes cope with age. In the comments, gmatom shared the moving story of her and her wife and how they fell in love with running through the course of their marriage. This love continued through the awful arrival of ca … | Continue reading
Hubble Monitors Supernova In Nearby Galaxy M82 from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Mefites are expressing joy that their seeking-tendrils have encountered the short science fiction story "Hello! Hello! Hello!" by Fiona Jones ... plus general vibrating gratitude at brainwane for … | Continue reading
When you're parked about a million miles from Earth, just observing the planet, there's not a lot going on. But as pointed out in a post by Tell Me No Lies, sometimes you do get Mooned. | Continue reading
Image by Casey Fleser, via Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/somegeekintn/) When and why did Google search get so bad? Zenon's post has an answer! It's about Edward Zitron, who pinpoints the date and reasons to February of 2019, click to read the details! | Continue reading
Check out this neat tool made by MeFite robintw: the British Placename Mapper and it lets you search for British place names that match certain queries. So you can find all places named 'churchill' or 'royal' in their name. Sadly, nothing seems to be named 'biscuit'. | Continue reading
Lions and snakes on astronomical ceiling at Dendera Rhaomi has a fabulous in-depth post on the very fabulous Dendera temple complex, home to "some of the most superbly-preserved ancient Egyptian art known, ranging from early Roman times back to the Middle Kingdom period over 4,00 … | Continue reading
Photo by Artem Maltsev on Unsplash.com jasondigitized wants to know your magic work phrase that helps you better communicate, frame, set expectations, lead, or work with your colleagues. | Continue reading
nobody posted the beautifully minimalist Hirayama Fireworks' Illustrated Catalog of Night Bomb Shells from the 1890s, via the Yokohama City Library. | Continue reading
Photo by Kendrick Erickson, via Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/wheresmysocks/) | Continue reading
Photo of author by Lisa Blaschke MonkeyToes made a post about Martha Wells, author of the popular Murderbot series, and a keynote address she gave about the rationale behind the main character of the series. Topics range from achieving body and mental autonomy, to slavery, to the … | Continue reading
Photo by Andrew Roberts, via Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/andrewr/) You just want to fall asleep, we get it:emoji: But it doesn't always come easy and you've tried a few different things already. So, check out this post by brainwane, which highlights a few notes on how t … | Continue reading
The tv adaptation of the retro futuristic game Fallout has premiered on Amazon Prime, and MetaFilter is digging it on the FanFare sub-site. Each episode has its own thread to discuss the particular episode, you can subscribe to an RSS feed about the series, so what are you waitin … | Continue reading
Photo by shellac on Flickr In Ask Metafilter bluloo is looking for deeply engrossing beach reads, 168 would like recs for really good book blogs, and WithWildAbandon seeks what seems to be a unicorn — "a comprehensive, continually updated list of celebrity book clubs with ALL of … | Continue reading
Hello, Bob. "it's like a cross between an aquarium and a reality show," observes MrVisible in nobody's meow.camera post about Hello Street Cat's video network of cute human decorated cat feeders set up throughout China to feed and track strays ... plus entertain the folks at home … | Continue reading
Detail from Thomas Dolby album The Golden Age of Wireless She BLINDED me, with one of these several distinct, though interrelated, things! biogeo breaks down what we mean when we say "science." | Continue reading
How are crayons made? Let Mr. Rogers explain it to you in his soothing voice as we marvel at the mixing, melting, and metamorphosis of these magical makers of mental movies. Thanks to bq for this colorful post! | Continue reading
One of many creations made with The Incredible Machine XKCD made a machine and Rhamoi made a post about it! There are balls involved, along with a fan, gears, an anvil and other stuff to direct the things in various ways. This is all about having fun, so come on in, the water's f … | Continue reading
Crested Tit, by Roy Scholten, from his 50 birds project. | Continue reading
Screenshot from video! Ok, say you want to make a film about a clown, complete with colorful hair and attire, on the red sands of Mars. That would be incredibly complicated to do with modern green screen techniques. But what if this technology has been developed decades ago and t … | Continue reading
The first Eyewitness News theme was literally lifted from the 007 James Bond movie theme ... Wow! flug has a fantastic, chewy answer full of background and context for nouvelle-personne's fascinating question, "Tell me more about news music. What is it doing to me?" | Continue reading
oneirodynia asked about their persistent, shifty Mystery House Smell, and answerers have offered an alarming number odorific tips, including sol's experiences with sewer or waste water/drain pipes and a great link to a related article (see the Metafilter post on Man Called Fran, … | Continue reading
Black-anther Flax-lily is one of the many indigenous species planted by ReSource RICA. Photo by Geoff Nowak on Flickr "There were four living trees on it, lots of erosion and it was an eyesore ..." chariot pulled by cassowaries posts the wonderfully inspiring story of a group of … | Continue reading
In MetaTalk, kensington314 has a fun idea for a collaborative mixtape! | Continue reading
Image of the F5 Sayler Park/Bridgetown tornado taken near Bridgetown Ohio, just west of Cincinnati, on April 3, 1974. On April 3 and 4, 1974, thunderstorms spawned more than 100 tornadoes, killing more than 300 and injuring another 6000: backwoods has spun up a whopping megapost … | Continue reading
Photo by Kevin Gale via Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/gale_house/) Here's a roundup of recent recommendations over in Ask MetaFilter: Toucan is searching for pleasant sensations to help themselves feel physically good every day and the suggestions are great!() Caxton1476 … | Continue reading
Bust of Napolean from 'The Six Napoleans' in The Sherlock Holmes Museum by Gail Frederick A hat is defined as a shaped covering for the head worn for warmth, as a fashion item, or as part of a uniform. So yes, there have been a lot of hats throughout history, as chronicled by the … | Continue reading