Best Of MetaFilter

Crepuscular rays at dawn over the Normandy coast by TeaMeister (cc by)

Eisenhower then makes the biggest call of his life and an example to leaders everywhere: He trusts the expert ... A really great analysis by garius of Blacksod, D-Day, the planning, the storm, the leaders, the meteorologists, the arguments and the massive intwining, nerve-shredding drama of it all.

In A Whisper - 1920x1200 by /\lex (cc by)

Whisper, from OpenAI, is an open source tool you can run on your own computer that "approaches human level robustness and accuracy on English speech recognition"

In Ask Metafilter: I've allowed my Reddit feed to become filled with negative stuff ... Can you recommend quality subreddits full of positive vibes and/or longreads and/or interesting links and videos?

DirtyOldTown has posted Inception on Fanfare, and for some reason, I just have the idea that this might be some of DOT's finest work.

Sunflowers (1887) by Vincent Van Gogh. Original from the MET Museum. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. by Free Public Domain Illustrations by rawpixel (cc by)

I study carbon cycling and other biogeochemical cycles as part of my job ... truly awesome comment from cubeb in the soup on Sunflowers protest thread.

Greetings from Sunny California. (pcard-print-pub-pc-59a) by Fæ (cc by)

In Ask Metafilter, tatiana wishbone says "as a reading challenge, I’d like to read the best novel set in each US state. What are your favorites?"

Tiny Japanese restaurants in 4K. "... there's a whole channel of these wholesome, calming and hunger-inducing videos"

Got to thinking about how Bowie was in The Hunger and Tom Waits was in Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Are there other vampire movies with iconic musicians? mermaidcafe in Ask Metafilter

pneumatic tube by rhinman (cc by)

We got your pneumatic tubes right here. This is one of the things I research (I am an architectural & technology historian) -- and I'm working on a live documentary lecture about them ... maximolly in Ask Metafilter

Mystery Writers by Nanagyei (cc by)

mochapickle will be doing a zero-stress no-rules November writing month on Metafilter's IRL✍🏼

I prefer the dark to the light by Steve Wilson - over 10 million views Thanks !! (cc by)

18,000 years ago in New Guinea, humans tried to domesticate cassowaries

Why is a cassowary the "least birb-like bird on the planet"

“A falcon won’t fuck just any old hat.”

Calling Ornithologists and Birders: Birds Who Are Jerks

Jump! by EoinGardiner (cc by)

ASF Tod und Schwerkraft has a bonkers-good comment explaining the evolution of Irish dance costuming in the thread on the Irish dance competition cheating scandal.

Mirror with frame by Carlos ZGZ (cc by)

Ask Metafilter helpfully suggests seeking expert advice on how to make a bar a more mingle-y space. oh wait