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What might be in your 24 for 24 list? dorothyisunderwood posted about Happiness journalist Gretchen Rubin's different approach to the traditional (often onerous or guilt-inducing) New Year's resolution list.

photo by Shimelle Laine on Flickr

"Sitting up straight makes me feel like I'm in the army": In Ask Metafilter, wheatlets asks about how to lounge ergonomically.

Object of lust: TP–7 field recorder, via teenage.engineering

Help satisfy dmd's lust for beautiful functional objects? Difficulty level, been there, fiddled with that.

Homage to Shaun Tan by AlyZen Moonshadow (cc by)

Oh, the Weather Outside is Frightful, but Inside It’s Even Worse ... Hallelujah! GenjiandProust has posted another stellar compilation of weird audio dramas, with descriptions, helpful sorting info and links for all.

Photo by pol sifter on Flickr: sign pointing to the village of Hope, Derbyshire UK

hippybear posted 66 Good News Stories You Didn't Hear About in 2023

Let's check in on humanity's solar system exploration before 2024 kicks in: doctornemo has made a fantastic post about the current state of developments in space, including asteroid bits, fast spaceships, JuMBOs, a space battle, and a space cat video .

Watching by Marcin Wichary (cc by)

Come one, come all and gather around the computer screen for our 10th annual holiday fun of irreverent Christmas comedy and specials! Starting at noon eastern time on December 22, community member JHarris is leading the charge into destressing! It's time to relax and chat, while watching all sorts of movies and fun! This will last for just a little over three days (through Dec 25), so feel free to drop and out as you please!

Fatboy Slim by alterna2 (cc by)

Hippybear provides us with this week's Throwback Thursday, which is about the 25th anniversary of Fatboy Slim's album "You've Come A Long Way, Baby" and the various sources of the musical and vocal samples.

Image created by the artist Come spend some time in the dreamy, surreal imagery of artist Ted Chin. AlSweigart has made a post about artist and is inviting discussion about what you think and feel about the art

via Wikimedia, Tanbo art, Inakadate, Aomori Prefecture. Acala from the 2012 work “Hibo Kannon and Acala”. Viewed from village administation building

Wow! Athanassiel posted about rice paddy art — huge and incredibly clear images made by planting different strains of rice seeds.

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clawsoon wants to know which non-fiction of the past three years you will still be recommending in 2030.

Anna's Hummingbird is one of the top species on BirdWeather

"BirdWeather is a visualization platform that... is continuously listening to over 200 active audio stations around the world and is actively plotting their results in a user-friendly map interface..." jessamyn posted about the birbs, and it is super cool.

typing by Kiran Foster (cc by)

Go ahead and cancel your plans for the next few hours 'cause Kattullus has posted about an addictive game you can play. Best part is that each game only lasts 20 seconds!

Prompt. Type. 20 seconds passes. REPEAT!

Cats & Gadgets by mseckington (cc by)

phunniemee is asking about people's fave minor appliances, "any genre, any room of the house, practical or whimsical, basic or outre."

Dyker Lights 32 - Lonely Glowing Snowman by Amaury Laporte (cc by)

Chavenet shared an amazing piece of fiction, "Christmas on the Moon", by Harrison Scott Keyby. It's a moving, somewhat unconventional story, about Christmas, home, and finding a place while guarding fireworks.