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Detail from Thomas Dolby album The Golden Age of Wireless

She BLINDED me, with one of these several distinct, though interrelated, things! biogeo breaks down what we mean when we say "science."

Photo by Kevin Gale via Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/gale_house/)

Here’s a roundup of recent recommendations over in Ask MetaFilter: Toucan is searching for pleasant sensations to help themselves feel physically good every day and the suggestions are great!()

Caxton1476 is looking for advice on music education for the middle-aged, because it's never to late to get your groove on!

Finally, lizard2590 would like recommendations for podcasts on past pop culture.

Bust of Napolean from 'The Six Napoleans' in The Sherlock Holmes Museum by Gail Frederick

A hat is defined as a shaped covering for the head worn for warmth, as a fashion item, or as part of a uniform. So yes, there have been a lot of hats throughout history, as chronicled by the HatHistorian, in this post by ChurchHatesTucker. Click to check it out and discover the history of that oddly shaped hat worn by Napoleon!

Screenshot from the movie Office Space

Just ignore that PC Load Letter problem, leave those TPS reports for later, and come celebrate 25 years of the movie Office Space! NotMyselfRightNow created a post about the iconic movie that parodying working in an office and others are chiming in with their memories, so if you could just go ahead and click on the link that would be greeaaaat

Tell me some more about two types of people ... A Terrible Llama asks for examples of (lesser known) "two types of people" tropes, and you will either find the answers fascinating, or not.

Come watch this documentary on the British Ritual Year of 2019, which showcases 20 local traditions across the Britain. Long and fascinating, well worth the time!

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.

Full English by jthetzel (cc by)

'Phunniemee' asked about cultures that don't eat breakfast. 'Jane the Brown' provided a deliciously enlightening answer that covers technology, logistics, and history.

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

photo via loc.gov

adamsc links to a super secret stash of cunningly hidden Library of Congress cultural treasure in the Lizzo LOC thread

Conventional by Thomas Hawk (cc by-nc)

Grangousier in Fanfare with a grand deep dive comment on The Rocky Horror Show and The Rocky Horror Picture Show, their roots, the zeitgeist, and connections to the wider culture and adjacent subcultures.

"What's in a name?" by jack dorsey (cc by)

as someone who studies gender, the evolution of nonbinary / trans communities, and cultural ideas about androgyny, I'd categorize "Bixby" as in the name group moving pretty rapidly from a prior masculine-of-center position, to a current "gender neutral" position, and possibly soon to be in the feminine-of-center position. Some Interesting observations from DrMew on ambiguous, androgynous, gender neutral, and unisex naming trends in the We need to talk about Kévin thread.

Starred by kevin dooley (cc by)

storybored posts about Trabian Shorters and "Asset Framing," a cognitive skill to magnify humanity.

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"

On Metafilter, A critical look and serious discussion of Netflix's "Indian Matchmaking"
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Meanwhile over on Mefi Music, the most playlisted tracks in the last week were Soviet Girl and Pulse, and the most favorited tracks were Pulse, Mirrorball, and Activity Indicating Activity