Savory Satire
It’s been said that once you peel away the layers, satire is simply a wrapping of exaggeration around a core of reality.
Which makes rubatan’s post about “india’s Most Honest News Source” a particularly savory and hilarious read!
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Posts tagged with news
Rockets, a lunar light switch, water, explosions, and strange noises
Venus' lower clouds, via planetary.org
doctornemo posted a great roundup of true adventures in space, July-August 2024.
Tape To Wall
Apropos of nothing in particular, EndsOfInvention reminds us of The Breaking News Consumer's Handbook. Always good to keep at hand.
Driving eyeballs to the station
"The first Eyewitness News theme was literally lifted from the 007 James Bond movie theme" ... Wow! flug has a fantastic, chewy answer full of background and context for nouvelle-personne's fascinating question, "Tell me more about news music. What is it doing to me?"
"It's not all gloom and doom"
Photo by pol sifter on Flickr: sign pointing to the village of Hope, Derbyshire UK
hippybear posted 66 Good News Stories You Didn't Hear About in 2023
Alt links for Ukraine updates
Teegeeack AV Club Secretary has compiled a useful collection of Twitter alternatives for keeping up with Ukraine news.
Transition Team initial discussion summary and kickoff
As part of the ongoing changes in how MetaFilter is managed, cortex had an initial meeting Friday with several MeFites to kick off a temporary Transition Team. This MetaTalk post summarizes that meeting and various ideas and questions that came out of it, and is the start of a process that seeks to involve folks throughout the MetaFilter community in working toward the next steps for the site.
Politicsfilter
Connected by hosszuka (cc by-sa)
Following the news from around the world -- threads worth digging into, as Mefites share their insights on:
- the forthcoming Catalan independence referendum in Spain
- the just-completed election in New Zealand
- the "most ridiculous constitutional crisis" in Australia, and
- the scandal leading to the collapse of the government in Iceland.
Spinach in Ur MetaTalk
Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1747 by Ape Lad (cc by-nc-nd)
lately in MetaTalk:
Why, the site is a glorious peacock!: Announcing More Color for the Classic Theme
Mefi Podcast 114 is out: "I Say It's Spinach, And To Hell With It"
Discussing Books in Fanfare: Let's talk about books, baby
How YOU doin'?: What's new, MeFites? Have a life update you'd like to share?
Highlighting the best bits from the MetaFilter universe
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