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Photo by Tom Fisk

kliuless has an in-depth post on "the move by national governments, financial investors and private security forces to snap up food and water resources." Robber barons in the food system.

art from Koldunova at Dreamstime.com

latkes just wants to listen to people singing in harmony. If you have some favorite music featuring vocal harmonies, maybe you can chime in?.

Medieval illustration of St. Gallus and the bear

So it turns out a surprising number of Mefites have had up close and personal encounters with bears, though, thankfully, very few report being eaten. How To Avoid Being Eaten By A Black Bear.

The original Dire Straits line-up in Hamburg, Germany (1978), photo by Heinrich Klaffs

“Sultans Of Swing” and “Money For Nothing” were two major hits of the hugely successful band Dire Straits. But what were the origins behind those two hits? AgentRocket’s post has all the fun trivia!

James Lawson, photographed by Joon Powell

Kensington314 and other MeFites celebrate the life and passing of Reverend James Lawson. He was a major figure and advocate of nonviolence during the civil rights movement in the United States and to the end of his life, he championed human rights for all people.

The 80s are known for many things, like big hair, valley girls, MTV, shoulder pads and neon colors. But in the midst of all that, Alvin and the Chipmunks released an absolute monument to sludge rock and 1adam12 made a post celebrating this little known fact. Rock on!

Perhaps, like Faintdreams, this is just what you needed but didn't yet know it: The Ardship of Cambry posted The Deep Ark, an eight hour plus mix of 1990's Warp Records "Electronic Listening Music" and related beats.

adapted from a crow image by Neil Smith on Flickr

A bird flew into my kitchen, pecked a hole in the bag of granola, then ate some granola. Would you eat the rest of the granola in the bag? shock muppet was birb-mugged! With additional insult! What would you do? Do they need a corvid test?

MonkeyToes posted Tiny Awards: Celebrating the Goodness of the Homemade Web about (Mefi's own) Matt Muir's project to "celebrate interesting, small, craft-y internet projects and spaces which basically make the web a more fun place to be." This year's nominations are open until June 23!

Dear distinguished colleagues, LinkMe: A MetaFilter experiment for posts, is an experimental thread, based on a suggestion by Rhaomi, wherein folks can suggest ideas for posts they don't necessarily want to make themselves, and other folks can pick up the baton on ones that interest them. So put on your lab coats and goggles, everyone — we're trying it out!

Photo by Alisa Anton on Unsplash.com

donut_princess is looking for some new small enjoyments, and asks what small things you do to find joy that don't involve a ton of money or time?.

Photo by Tony Austin, from Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/tonyaustin/)

You may think you’re tough, but if you’re a prisoner at a certain prison in South Brazil, you would be wise not to challenge how tough the guard geese are. Wordshore made the post that has the details, check it out!

Photo by Vegan Feast Catering, via Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/veganfeast/)

With apologies to the few that have an allergy to potatoes, please enjoy this post by cupcakeninja about How To Bake A Potato. Come for the novelty, stay for the recipes!

Are there taxes in the Shire? Tolkien never got into those details, but luckily Nathan Goldwag has given some thought to these issues as pointed out in this excellent post by Kattullus!

Video screen capture of the performance via Jaseroque on Bluesky

chavenet links John Bull's (Mefi's own garius's) Bluesky post on the 1994 Pet Shop Boys Brit Awards appearance and their rendition of the Village People's "Go West," performed with 3 separate choirs of Welsh miners — and garius's comment in the thread may make you cry.