Twirl Time by The Boy from Bare (cc by)
Among other things, Mefites ponder fashion changes (or lack thereof) in the last 20 years, and whether 96 unfrosted brown sugar PopTarts is too many unfrosted brown sugar PopTarts. Also, bisons are BACK, baby, and, timely: a 24-hour Dr. Who charity livestream event beginning 11/25, POV, Time Lord time.
Screenshot of Metafilter from 1999.
Prepare yourself, we're about to toot the horn of MetaFilter!
Mecran01 has shared a post from someone who joined MetaFilter in the early 2000s and grew up reading the site. It's a reflection on themselves, and the site, through changing times personally and on the internet.
Ever Changing Weather by catAsmith (cc by)
Starred by kevin dooley (cc by)
storybored posts about Trabian Shorters and "Asset Framing," a cognitive skill to magnify humanity.
Cold Dawn, Warm World by marktmcn (cc by)
For millennia, people of all different cultures have done things with unintended consequences that changed and sometimes ruined their environment, from over-hunting megafauna in the Americas to salination of ancient Sumerian irrigated fields to deforestation which led to disasters in 19th century northern China ... jb on the the climate crisis, with an historical view of human perception and the externalities leading to disastrous outcomes
Le Jour ni l’Heure 6327 : Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, 1617-1682, Saint Pierre en larmes, c. 1650-1655, musée des Beaux-Arts de Bilbao, lundi 29 mai 2017, 12:37:42 by Renaud Camus (cc by)
In Ask Metafilter, jeszac asks What media hit you differently the second time around? "Have you had experiences of returning to scenes or moments within texts or other media with new eyes or understanding? What shifted both in your interpretation and in your life that allowed for that new interpretation?"
Enlightenment by marceloquinan (cc by)
beccyjoe wants to know "What is an article or essay that you have read that caused a dramatic change in your thinking / perspective / life? ... I would love to hear what you've read that has blown your mind"
MetaFilter started as a community weblog in 1999, later added question and answers, then music by members, jobs, projects by members, a podcast, and finally an area dedicated to meetups.
