Histories by Aldaron (cc by)
paduasoy posted "English Historical Fiction Authors," a group blog that has been going since 2011, where researchers and novelists post about British history. "There are posts about wool and war, Schools of Gardening for Ladies, beds and bugs, aspirin, theatrical censorship, magazines, tours of Ruthin and Snowdon, slipcoat cheese and posset, subversive fairy tales, and The Learned Pig," and more linked selections. Lovely.
⭐️ MetaFilter Events: Week 4 -- For the final week of 2022’s Metafilter Events, it's MetaFilter Week! Get to know Jessamyn and the admin, meet the Steering Committee, discover the secret sauce in MetaFilter's approach to moderation, check out creative performances by fellow Mefites and participate in Metafilter Trivia Night!
So, let's talk about the TVA Archive for a bit. If you think it looks familiar, you may have seen it before ... In FanFare, radwolf76 has some great trivia and background about the actual physical setting of the TVA (Time Variance Authority) archive in the Disney+ Loki series.
politician. by boulanger.IE (cc by)
A great thread on Alberta and it's apparent singular lack of rats, plus everything you didn't know that you really, really wanted to know about Warfarin.
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)
The Human Cannonball by SeeMidTN.com (aka Brent) (cc by)
Eyebrows McGee asks Mefites to Tell Us A Fascinating Thing About Yourself.
notebook page 1 by rachelyra (cc by)
From the Ask Metafilter archives: holterbarbour wants to put together a notebook full of handy reference information and mental utilities.
I'm imagining the user would bust it out of his/her bag and use the knowledge within to solve a wide range of MacGyver/James Bond/bar bet problems. An intellectual "Swiss army knife", if you will.
Mefites oblige, suggesting everything from slide rules to star maps, alphabets and animal tracks.
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