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The first European-time-zone oriented MetaTalktail Hour asks about fandom!

Cheese... Gruyère Cheese! by Richard Allaway (cc by)

Sciatrix raises the stakes in the Great Metafilter Cheese Wars.

an assemblage of artifacts at belowthesurface.amsterdam

Amsterdam drained a canal and put everything they found online, piece by piece, chronologically, and you can see it all ... mygothlaundry's "Under Amsterdam" post is spectacular.

This is the inspiring tale of one number-loving man with a 2007 Honda Odyssey and a dream...

MetaFilter's own freecellwizard is The Prince of Odometers 👑

Eat by Thomas Hawk (cc by-nc)

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An Impractical Key Cabinet video on Vimeo

I recently finished my year at a woodwork, blacksmithing, and handcraft school in northern Sweden. For my final project I decided to make an automaton, and it has honestly been one of the hardest challenges I've ever had...

Twirlypen made a thing, and it's awesome: Metatalk, Projects.

What's the most implausible but true story about you?

Question 1 by Virtual EyeSee (cc by)

In which Mefites interrogate the proposition that every book/play title should be written in the form of Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.

Steampunk Pirates cards by Nat Iwata at wopc.co.uk

misteraitch reveals a full house in his post on the World of Playing Cards, "a living encyclopaedia of the history and visual art of playing cards"

#81 Signal by Trevor King 66 (cc by)

Great comment from pemberkins about what botanists mean when they talk about "invasive" species (and social concerns about the terms) in the Giant Hogweed discussion.

Memento Mori Acte (1630-1685) - Acte I _DDC6273.JPG by Abode of Chaos (cc by)

Filthy light thief explores the history, art, tradition, and evolution of the obituary.

The Making of Harry Potter by Dave Catchpole (cc by)

In Ask MetaFilter: I would like to read some books that are set in magical (or possibly science fictional) universities and colleges, or about magical or science fictional students and professors.

koko_holds_smoky2 by sidknee23 (cc by-nc-nd)

ChuraChura reflects on the apes involved in language experiments in the passing of Koko obit thread.