Sand orgy!
sex on the beach by emme-dk (cc by)
What do you call it when you have more than one Sex on the Beach?
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Posts from May 2012
the insidiousness of conservative talk radio
"it isn't nearly as simple as being told what to think. The best way to impregnate ... an idea into someone's mind is to tell them to think for themselves, and then offer "facts" that lead them to what becomes an unavoidable conclusion."
The lowdown on Dick Tracy
Shel Dorf with Warren Beatty by Alan Light (cc by)
Another stellar don't-miss-it post from member hippybear, this time covering everything interesting about the 1990 feature film Dick Tracy.
A well-curated list of the best tribute albums according to MetaFilter.
"Tribute albums - I would like to hear your favorites."
Smokin' toasters out of the sky.
Photoshoppery by MeFi member greenland for tor.com
The decisions that go into making an image of Countess Crawley in a space fighter.
Everything you wanted to know about the Facebook IPO
DSCN1753 by Perpetualtourist2000 (cc by)
In an Ask MetaFilter question about short term buying of Facebook stock around the IPO, member jeb lays out the crazy world of stock market IPOs, how they function, and why you'll probably pay more than the opening price.
The way the IPO business works is…sort of corrupt, to varying degrees. It's definitely not a good place for the individual investor. Basically what happens is this...
Moon Patrol! Masters of the moon!
Everybody's been talking about the moon, but what about the Moon Patrol? They get up at noon!
If that's not enough goofy space-related music from mefite erikgrande (with some help from Uncle Jimmy), you might also check out the improvised and thoroughly ridiculous 9 minute Star Wars blues jam, Is Everything OK?
the decline in American women religious is actually quite well-studied...
"Would you like to read books about bad-ass nun ladies? OF COURSE YOU WOULD, WHO WOULDN'T!"
How and why to desensitize a lion to prey animals
"If there's anyone to feel sorry for here, it's the pygmy goats who have to keep doing the desensitization training"
Canadian police officer spells it out
"In summary, always call the police to report bad drivers."
How Bird Flu transmission really works
Life on a Grain of Sand 4 by adonofrio (cc by)
MeFi member Osrinith drops some science (ha!) on a recent study that looked at mutations to change bird flu into something humans could contract didn't work out in the way we thought it might, and how ultimately transmission likely happened through natural means:
What this paper shows is something that's been known for a long time in term of organism adaptation: we can't out-science Nature (yet). So if you were a bio-terrorist, and all you cared about was making the virus deadly, and didn't care anything about how it works, then all you'd have to do is buy some ferrets and a sick chicken.
complicated Roman economics and taxation
"Large agribusiness; bad for Rome, bad for the United States, bad for you."
I'll Be Seeing Her Tonight, by fingers_of_fire
Metafilter musician fingers_of_fire (aka Alec Berlin) has been posting some great stuff to Metafilter Music lately, from his new album Innocent Explanations. It's fun, well-produced stuff with a lot of rocky jangle to it, and this track, I'll Be Seeing Her Tonight, is a pretty darned good example of what he's been up to.
it's been all uphill from there...
"I can tell you how a natural disaster changed me - I moved back home to New Orleans three days before Katrina."
a brief history of Roundhouse
"So thank you, MeFi and ThePinkSuperhero for allowing my shamelessly self-indulgent memories a moment of blue airtime."
Highlighting the best bits from the MetaFilter universe
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