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Illustration by Caroline, from Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/20466740@N00/)

In Metatalk, Monkeytoes is asking folks to Share the Hidden-Gem Comments of 2023!

Reading the Fine Print by CaptPiper (cc by-nc)

Comments recently flagged as fantastic:

• warrior queen on anger and the adrenal system
• Tom Hanks Cannot Be Trusted on cars as an extension of ourselves
• adept256 with a story about some accidental / incidental art

Recently made us laugh:

• But also "my personal armored mobile rage cocoon"
• Favorite new euphemism: "adjusting the onion"
• Good times: talking to my own crotch

Good Answer!

• restless_nomad on the long story / short story dilemma
• kevinbelt makes a reasonable observation about honking: danger or menace?
• SageTrail on the pool pooing problem

Inaccessible Island Rail (Atlantisia rogersi) by brian.gratwicke (cc by)

There's a reason why chapters of the "Feminist Bird Club" are popping up all over the world and it's part of a larger issue with outdoor recreation, spaces, jobs, and natural/environmental sciences in general that has spawned groups like Latino Outdoors, Outdoor Afro, Unlikely Hikers, and many others: Primalux discusses birding while Latina, poor, queer, and a woman in the Chris Cooper video birdwatch post.

Text TK talks about "my father, Douglas S. Rogers, who lived on Ascension Island from 1966 to 1971, working for Pan-American Airways' Aerospace division ... In his spare time he co-founded the island's historical society, took a ton of amazing photographs with his Hasselblad 500C, and aided visiting scientists" in the How do you get to Inaccessible Island? thread about world’s smallest flightless bird.

My first season, my class had been taught to how handle bees without gloves or even necessarily bee suits, just smokers. Non-africanized bees are gentle enough that they will rarely sting you if you know what you're doing ... Until autumn. Then they switch from "gather the bounty" mode to "protect the spoils at all costs" mode. Which our teacher deliberately did not tell us, because he wanted us to observe it for ourselves. By getting stung: showbiz_liz talks about the "domesticity" of bees in the I Want To Beelieve heart honeycomb thread.

Also recently: birds taking public transit; The Secret Society of Self-Stingers; Why Birds Do What They Do; 'Murder hornets'; "a vicious resource war is being fought between the avians and the rodents"; "Ferris Jabr critiques bird nests and the personalities that build them"; GPS-tracking the movements of eagles; Bird Tableau.

Fantastic by Matt From London (cc by)

Recent member comments flagged as fantastic:

flabdablet on the question of whether you really need to properly eject that USB drive

darkstar on glue slime and fiery chemistry demos (you know, for kids)

DoctorFedora on ninja fashion trivia

mr. remy on a true-life spooky story

MonkeyToes on the transformative experience of a proper bra fitting (and nun management)

Sausalito, CA by ClatieK (cc by-nd)

The very recent 'rats in the shitter' ...
posted by Fig

God, I think I laughed at Rats in the Shitter for 10 minutes straight posted by thetortoise

I think we're due for another "this comment made me choke on my own spit" meta thread!: In Metatalk, phunniemee asks Mefites for "your favorite funny comments, moments where other mefites have made you giggle uncontrollably"