Bridge as seen from the north
Community member 'Kat Allison' made a post about the deepest of deep dives into the history of a seemingly trivial phenomenon: a footbridge over a suburban freeway south of Minneapolis. At the same time, an amazing piece of citizen research and reporting on a bit of pre-internet local history.
drewbage1847 made a post about the many, many, MANY, variations of scrambled eggs. Come enjoy this tasty list!
Pancake Crescent Moon with Earthshine by Dawn Sunrise (cc by-nc-nd)
What would be the logistics of making pancakes on the moon? freethefeet needs to know.
Photo by Roberta Sorge on Unsplash
"Recently saw a map where they had divided Europe into butter Europe and olive oil Europe. If this had been a map of the world, what other oils would be on there?" Interesting question from iamsuper, lots of great answers, and fascinating background from Jane the Brown
photo by Tira Howard Photography for SWAIA
If the Indigenous community has its version of the Met Gala, this would be it ... Mefi member Bottlecap offers info and highlights on the designers and designs at the 101st Santa Fe Indian Market
Can you paint a copy of the Mona Lisa in 60 seconds? Share your masterpiece!
Green sauce. by theexploradora
drewbage1847 has posted a bevy of beautiful summer herb sauce recipes.
gentlyepigrams posted "My Parents Are Dead: What Now?", a resource with useful advice and links for folks who are working through one of the awful parts of adult life.
Illustration by Marc Johns (marcjohns.com)
spamandkimchi asks for songs with lyrics about food (especially pie!)
Oil Refinery Reference #133 by claralieu (cc by)
cotton dress sock asks "How close to an oil refinery is too close?," and flug has answers. Lots of answers.
Metafilter podcast 193: What was previously my discretionary time is up!
Rhino Reclining by tinyfroglet (cc by)
VIAMQ! (Very Important Ask Metafilter Question): My 5-year-old wants to know if there are any living rhinos named Clara. "She knows already about the 19th century one, but wants to be reassured after the recent death of a different rhino named Clara in England that there are any rhinos still living who might have that name."
Image from page 195 of "The naturalist's library; containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects;" (1850) by Internet Archive Book Images
If the leopard caucuses long enough with the face eating party, maybe look askance when it asks you for butterfly kisses. That's all I'm saying. Good general advice, and too-good-to-pass-up quote from sciatrix in the thread on The Next Front in the GOP’s War on Women: No-Fault Divorce from hydra77.
Love that we have a member who's a traffic safety researcher commenting in the Speeding Ticket thread. TheKaijuCommuter talks about elements in the (US) built environment and issues that subconsciously trigger people to go faster.
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