Today's the last day of Doubles Jubilee month: see our beautiful doubles!
Brooklyn bridge by www.ownwayphotography.com (cc by)
In Ask Metafilter, storybored asks, What are some real-life thefts of unusually large physical objects? Just curious as to how thieves manage to steal large things. What they stole and how they did it.
Ted Chiang's "Story of your life" by hwtnv2006 (cc by)
Helping to play out Doubles Jubilee month, Rhaomi with a grand updating of his 2010 post on Ted Chiang, including links to short stories, articles, essays, and interviews.
Voyage dans la Lune by striatic (cc by)
Film historian here. Audience reaction is actually one of the holy grails (or missing links; choose your metaphor) of film history ... Dr. Wu has a great answer to circular's great question about viewer feedback from classic films.
Can I kill somebody with a sock and a hockey ball? She would prefer to disable, not to kill, but she's pretty ruthless.
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181: Pivot Table the Calendar
It's episode 181 of the MeFi podcast with jessamyn and cortex!
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heart by Enchant_me (cc by)
February is the season of love ... love and yet more love for wonderful old Mefi posts! 💖 To celebrate, Metafilter members dig out their old favorites and repost to share the goodness, again. See the Metatalk post for more info, and check the doublesjubilee tag to read double-loved posts.
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