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7th Night of Hanukkah by aaronparecki (cc by)

Hey, it’s Throwback Thursday to 2019, when ‘jb’ posted about the Hanukkah Holiday movie pitch challenge, which featured some great suggestions!

Apollo 8 Reentry by NASA Goddard Photo and Video (cc by)

Community member 'automatronic' made a great comment about Artemis 1's fiery re-entry to Earth. It's an amazing recounting of a fantastic engineering feat by NASA!

oh to be 20 again..... by Beatnik Photos (cc by)

AskMetafilter recently turned 20 and various members stopped by to give a shout out! Here's to 20 more! How should we celebrate when AskMe turns 21?!

image via generationamiga.com

Z303 has crafted an amazing megapost on demoscene history, techniques, creations, social scene, and more.

Image by Sue Carroll on Unsplash

How do you ask for help when being cared for feels terrifying? Anonymous reaches out in Ask Metafilter.

pivot-table by okfn (cc by)

Parasite Unseen (delightfully) admits to being a "spreadsheet person" in the Placeholder Girlfriend thread

Movies - Films - Hollywood by fxorturr26 (cc by)

Break out the popcorn and snacks, because 'oulipian' has created a post highlighting the greatest films you (probably) haven't seen. Even better, there's 101 of them, from a poll on Sight and Sound!

The glorious cheese sandwich, in all its history and variations, is celebrated in this Throwback Thursday post by Wordshore!

pirate flag by Identity Photogr@phy (cc by)

Ah, the 17th century, where pirates roamed the seas and one in particular was a reviewer/critic of food he came across. User 'chariot pulled by cassowaries' posted about the amazing exploits of William Dampier, who gave us words like barbecue and chopsticks.

Mars Rover by US Department of State (cc by)

There's bad days at work and then there's the day Chris Lewicki made a mistake and thought he had destroyed a $500 million dollar Mars rover. User rikschell shares the story of learning from failure!

The majestic Snowyoctopowl, perhaps?

In case you missed it, Brids, Sfish and other Amals, a fun browser toy by dng that mixes up Victorian animal illustrations to create amazing new hybrid animals every time you click.

Christmas Street by NathalieSt (cc by)

FencingGal asks "What are some really great gifts you've given or received that are things? So no experiences, gift cards, alcohol, or food. Ideas for useful gifts are especially appreciated."

smcdow writes software that connects to crypto exchange APIs, and speaks on the nuts and bolts of "the always-amateur-hour that is the crypto world" in the Bond villain compliance strategy thread

image via ruth-tappin.co.uk

brachiopod posted the Gilded Advent Calendar playlist of short videos from gilder Ruth Tappin showing the creation of 24 tree ornaments as a sampler of gilding techniques. Shiny!

Christmas Balls by Theo Crazzolara (cc by)

In the mood for a good "Hallmark esque" holiday movie? So is MiraK and over in AskMetafilter, the community is giving lots of suggestions!