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Tired of those AI summaries when using Google search? Well, getting rid of them is really fucking simple!

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With the onslaught of changes occurring over the past year of the first two weeks of the Trump administration, it's good to be reminded that resistance is possible and not all is lost. African American writer, editor, and transgender rights activist Raquel Willis has some notes on resisting discriminatory times and on the strength and legacy of trans activists through history.

They are called P A Y P H O N E S

Are you ... how shall we say? Of a certain age? For the over 50s, what used to be but is no more? People are sharing all the things in Ask Metafilter!

Oh, no! The other Oscar, actually!

And the Oscar goes to FanFare. This week in fanfare, Oscar-nominated films with FF posts, rebooting the Wolf Man, a new take on the haunted house in Presence, One of Them Days, Star Trek: Section 31 ... but wait, there's more! We have recently released movies, older releases that are new to FanFare, current TV Shows with New Posts, vintage stuff, and "American Rapture," the 2024 novel, to mention a few. Effusive thanks as always to DirtyOldTown!

Who would you be, if you could be anyone? It's your weekly Free Thread!

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Recently from lucidium, The God of Arepo, a short comic about a farmer and a god of small things, and from PussKillian, Wolfskin, a short comic about love. Meanwhile, posts this month from brainwane include short stories about people who think they can outwit or outlast their predators, a short scifi/horror story that partially takes place in an autonomous vehicle, and a couple of speculative stories in which pairs of women figure out some things about their relationships. Not short enough? Cast your eyes upon The Key to All Mythologies from Well I never, "the embodiment of imaginary books mentioned in other books." Sweet!

Between 1996 and 2002, VH1 had a show called Pop Up Video which paired music videos with trivia and jokes that "popped up" on screen, mostly without controversy ... A fabulous Kattullus collection, trivia treasure trove, megapost, and deep dive in a "Pop! Pop pop! Pop! Pop into Pop Up Video!" post. (oh, and it turns out rednikki once worked as a researcher for Eyeboogie, the Pop-Up Video producers!)

Title hat-tip to rachelfaith :D

Such a great comment from gelfin in their comment on chavenet's post, Master the Art of the Product Manager "No."

The myth, the legend, the Indonesian biscuit tin? Yes, you might have become familiar with the vintage Ladybird books via a number of ways. But a biscuit tin? Yes, that really happened!

Screenshot from the game The Witness

Daisyace could use your help. They'd love to find a video game that they could play with their husband. Something that is a "engrossing, feel-good video game with gorgeous visuals" but has little or no violence. What do you suggest?

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Come along as bunderful shares a bit of bean plating in a post. Legume of all your culinary fears as we look back on the history of this pantry mainstay before delving into a few recipes!

Dimension (1972) - Bertina Lopes (1924-2012) Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Modern Collection, Lisbon, Portugal. Photo by Pedro Ribeiro Simões via Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/pedrosimoes7/)

For various reasons, you might be feeling a bit revolutionary these days and needing a soundtrack to go with those emotions. Over in AskMe, mahadevan knows that feeling and is asking for help in putting together a "positive playlist for these dark times". Stop on by to add your suggestions!

[COMMUNITY] What have you broken free from? It's your weekly Free Thread!

Fix Your Hearts or Die! Special events, new movies, FF's complete David Lynch, current TV shows under discussion, new comments on older posts, and more in this week's roundup!

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