Best of the Web: the MetaFilter Podcast

Hey hey it's the podcast again. Loup and I talk about the Ask the Mods Anything questions and reveal the winners of the Halloween Costume Contest. Thank you not_on_display for the mixing.Helpful LinksPodcast FeedSubscribe with iTunesDirect mp3 downloadOther mentioned links Kid ballots Neighborhood costumes in Vermont Dark Matter on FanFare Mr. Crocket movie on FanFare MeFi 25th in Cambridge Jessamyn on Wikipedia Mastodon post about "Hey that's my grandmother" on Flickr Wikiproject LGBTQ+ Studies and policies on pronouns and gender identity The Cooter Clock origin story MLTSHP community Yarnify community StumbleUpon still exists! Halloween Costumes

cortex has a new job and was hard to track down and we had a few months of missing each other. We found some time on August 14th and tried to play catch-up. Runs about 97 minutes.Helpful LinksPodcast FeedSubscribe with iTunesDirect mp3 downloadnot_on_display did the mixing on this one and I think it hopefully sounds better than last time? Preroll Heat pumps! BestofMeFi on Facebook Jobs Flickr Commons and Jessamyn's new part-timey job Federal Gov't Administrative Support Specialist by kinsey Projects We built a giant eagle pupper for Iceland's national day by Nothing Have You Played? by adrianhon adrianhon on peglin Our Backyard by joannemerriam Banned Book Book Club by bwerdmuller (MeFi Post by Paul Slade) Jessamyn's tips for dealing with haters FLW inspired Bird Feeder by Marky Infinite LP records from the Boston Public Library via archive.org by metatuesday Today in Tabs Meta MeFi Site Update by jessamyn Happy birthday, Metafilter! by Melismata MeFi24 in 2023 by jessamyn MeFi Jeopardy! contestants weigh 2nd shot at glory vs. crossing picket line by Etrigan The Greatest Animated Series in the Surreal Sci-Fi Toilet Horror Genre by AlSweigart Police Log: "Misdemeanors: blahblahblhablahb" by not_on_display "For me, being an artist means being in community with others." by jessamyn To be more specific, he's a surgeon. by Fizz when you get your ass handed to you, just hand it right back by cortex "A counterexample to established techno-utopian histories" by box Design notes on the 2023 Wikipedia redesign by Etrigan Writing to possible or impossible audiences by brainwane WAH WAH WAH! [wah wah wah wah waaaaaaah] by cortex a comment by unearthed a comment by dephlogisticated Redditors, in defense of Reddit, destroy Reddit by Rhaomi a comment by sdrawkcab What Should We Learn from Reddit? by Bottlecap Room Temperature Superconductivity? by ZakDaddy The Unreality of Pro Wrestling by Pachylad "Don't rub it too high or someone will cry, and steal your homerun away" by The Pluto Gangsta Iocaine Powder by clawsoon AskMe Memory Filter: what is the name of this design thinking author/blogger? by mecran01 Rhinos named Clara by johngoren What does " T—S.T.D.—B" mean in a book? by whitewall Best "I quit Twitter and my life is richer for it" story? by Jon44 Recommend me brilliant biographies about brilliant women by underclocked I bought a dremel. Tell me everything! by cortex MeTa 2023 MeFi Fundraising Month by loup FanFare The Afterparty Peacemaker Mrs. Davis Silo TV Shows Not Set in the US or England Forged in Fore More MeTa A Memorial Day shoesfullofdust passed away

A nerdy debate about the relative term "this week" and "last week" and that mystery week in between them. We got together on March 4th and tried not to talk about the weather too much. Runs about 105 minutes.Helpful LinksPodcast FeedSubscribe with iTunesDirect mp3 downloadNo Jobs Except Cortex's New One Projects Lirdle - Like Wordle, but with one lie per answer by morspin (MeFi Post) Word Searches for Dad (and special meta one) by jasondigitized bondcliff's creation My portrait of COVID Toronto in maps by sindark (MeFi Post) Jessamyn's Zipper Epiphany MeFi Penta, Mariya: Rejected by shino-boy The Genetics of Chernobyl's Dogs by bryon Could you live without a cellphone? by SituationNormal Kill Six Billion Demons by curious nu I've heard it too many times to ignore it by DigDoug Nice social media account, shame if something were to happen to it... by gwint The thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts by gwint The natural destination of poor editorial judgment is the court of law. by curious nu What went wrong at the New York Times? by DarlingBri Playdough surgery by gottabefunky Lightning Crashes by Etrigan All The Malevolence Of A Grade School Music Class In A Box by NoxAeternum Infinite Mac by Fiasco da Gama Into the rest of the 20st century by gwint playing a 2x4 through a tacklebox head into a foamcore cabinet by cortex AskMe Tell me about your adventures with pre-internet physical bulletin boards by wowenthusiast Unsmooth the motion on a hotel tv by quintessence Help me find the blowup doll of my youth by queensissy a comment by Larry David Syndrome a comment by BlueHorse How do I make a cake when my resources are depleted? by toucan Please Tell Me about Pre-internet Personals Ads by wowenthusiast FanFare Kaleidoscope: Kaleidoscope (miniseries, all episodes) by adamrice Physical: 100: Physical: 100 by autopilot MetaTalk Open Gaming Thread: What are you playing right now? by Fizz Best of the Web anniversaries and transcripts by Pronoiac New Moderation Team Member by loup ChatGPT-filter by EndsOfInvention March is Steering Committee election season by Rhaomi Snow sounds from Directory Audio

More or less on time! New theme song! We talk about heating up water and heating up ourselves. cortex read a lot of MetaFilter this month, Jessamyn's still reading old FanFare threads. Runs about 82 minutes.Helpful LinksPodcast FeedSubscribe with iTunesDirect mp3 downloadJob Lead Product Designer by jchan Projects Mondrian's Toothpicks by cortex The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences® The Real Problem With the New Dungeons and Dragons License is Capitalism by overglow Isle of Beasts by Zarkonnen Dither All the Things - Atkinson Dithering for the Web by AndrewStephens Rock Scissor Paper Machine by Literaryhero MeFi Snail Mail Security by cardioid A new kind of smartwatch with a special living component by tiny frying pan 10 PRINT "YADA YADA YADA" / 20 GOTO 10 / RUN by Atom Eyes AV Club: AI Seinfeld show has been given a Twitch suspension "one of many years of Scrabble that I hold dear" by jessamyn "...mourning the loss of yet more games that will soon be lost to time," by Fizz On this website, everyone knows you're a dog by not_on_display Vacuum Cleaner Defense League Knolling for fun and profit by Bella Donna MLTSHP: Dutch emergency services have a gear knolling meme going The Met: Studley Tool Chest Instagram: HAIRCUT Fresh and Full of Life by May Kasahara The Stink A by Etrigan Some Days, the Viewing Felt Like a Curse by logicpunk The Quizzing Equivalent of Holey Moley by Etrigan Remember Y2K? A similar issue will happen in the year 2038. by buffy12 The Mystery of the Dune Font by cgc373 Making Math into Art by duien AskMe ELI5 "Perpetual fireplace" videos by jackbishop Parents: how do you handle non-negotiable extracurriculars? by malhouse a comment by Alensin IRS How? by Alensin "Ingredients people" citation? by shadygrove Another Thing For the Book Of Conflicts by EmpressCallipygos Looking for a sci fi technobabble parody by cheesegrater What is the musical interval/harmony in this song? by unknowncommand FanFare Special Event: The Return of Blaseball by valrus

Back on track this year. We resolve to get these out on time. More or less. Maybe. Cortex and I talked on January 3rd about our usual nonsense for a tight 87 minutes. Thanks for listening.Helpful LinksPodcast FeedSubscribe with iTunesDirect mp3 downloadFanFare Letterkenny: Entire Season by fizzix Leverage Rdemption Projects Face To Face: Portraits of People of Color Before Photography by Horace Rumpole jamstats: data analytics for roller derby games by gurple lowercase t: A Very 8-Bit Christmas by ShawnStruck (MeFi Post) The Library Workers' Field Guide to Designing and Discovering Restorative Environments by 10ch Everybody Wins, the greatest board games ever made by Hogshead Psychedelic Drug Legislative Reform and Legalization in the US by jedicus MeFi "Epic put children and teens at risk" by jessamyn It's a book! It's a great wheel! It's a Book Charkha! by janell "We're all the same piece of little stardust energy..." by Ten Cold Hot Dogs They say of the Acropolis, where the Parthenon is... by Etrigan Ana de Armas Fans' Lawsuit Puts Studios at Risk Over Deceptive Trailers by Etrigan The inspiration and raw material to create something new by biogeo "Let me guess. Somebody stole your sweetroll." by Fizz Ah, yes, the [complex plane coordinates] genders by cortex "You don't want little children questioning their budding little bodies" by box "The common good stands as a menace to the status quo." by box Advent Incremental by juv3nal a funny comment by phooky a funny comment by house-goblin AskMe Favorite Internet Radio Stations? by COD Why is it called a "countersink"? by ignignokt (Fewer) papers please by happyfrog Keep me off the streets this winter by escape from the potato planet Looking for books and media with positive neurodivergent representation! by daikaisho Please recommend a book about writing non-fiction books by nezlamnyy Voracious reader of fanfic seeks help by sequel Please help me figure out which edition of a library book I read by Ceridwen MeTa Appreciate your MeFi Holiday Cards here! by HotToddy 6th Annual Mefi Valentine Mail Exchange by SunPower The Ongoing Modern Pen Pal Project by chiefthe Lèse-majesté by y2karl Music is from ccMixter and is Dolorem Ipsum by economix

Cortex and I decided to make up for lost time after the delayed previous episode by knocking out another one quick-like, and here it is! Catching up on what we can of the last couple of months of MeFi, and also ranting and philosophizing a little bit about recent seismic changes in the social media sphere and also about design skeuomorphism and the semiotics of interfaces? That last bit is probably overselling it a little? Anyway, runs about 90 minutes.Helpful LinksPodcast FeedSubscribe with iTunesDirect mp3 downloadMisc - Do some last minute holiday shopping at The MeFi Mall - Jessamyn's hone game memory was Kubrix Jobs - Setting up and moderating a Mastodon instance (but not hosting) by Shepherd - Business Process Automation Specialist by chiefthe - Software development guru by Dansaman Projects - Daily MRRP! by ignignokt - Finishing my grandfather's work: stained glass menorah by cortex (MeFi Post) - Part I of my graphic memoir "Growing In My Gray" by DMelanogaster (MeFi Post) - Get Blogging! by bwerdmuller (MeFi Post) - You've Been Played: How Corporations, Governments, and Schools Use Games to Control Us All by adrianhon - More "More Info" for Netflix (desktop web) by staggernation MetaFilter - Dear Twitter Advertisers by autopilot - Subterranean birdsite blues by nthdegx - a comment by mark k - Cohost, a new social media site by brainwane - Mastodon is having its moment in the sun by toastyk - Sick of Musk? by dobbs - PSA: do not use services that hate the internet by mecran01 - We knew this was coming by May Kasahara - Advent Incremental by juv3nal - No, that can't be done.... WHAM!!! by Pendragon - To a Nacreon in Heaven by Rhaomi - Yummy: Spammer on Toast! by rcade - Colonel Mustardle in the Yardle with a Petardle by taz - The Great Purpling by Etrigan - Explore Quasi-Periodic Tiling by gwint - Everything in Conway's Game of Life can be constructed from 15 gliders by automatronic - "we were, in effect, rewriting our own childhoods" by jessamyn - The State of Ketchup in 2022 by Fizz Ask MetaFilter - What's your Check Please hand signal, and what does it signify? by cortex - Help me give myself the gift of freedom by rebent - MeFiGiftGuide2022 - The Metafilter Gift Guide by rebent - Comparing apples and oranges by Just this guy, y'know - What is up with these old french cars? by selenized - Sci-fi Survey Course by darchildre - Carnivorous Lamp by Just this guy, y'know MetaTalk - Mefi Mastodon server? by Pronoiac - MeFi Posts for "Sale" by jessamyn - What The MeFi BIPOC Board Does by brainwane MeFi Music Snippest of tracks this episode, at the beginning and end respectively: - Death Scene Music for an Imaginary, Low-Budget Cyberpunk Movie by thatwhichfalls - 73 Keep It Beautiful by chococat

Some difficulties hitting escape velocity with this one. We recorded it in October 5th and, well, here it is now.Helpful LinksPodcast FeedSubscribe with iTunesDirect mp3 downloadHelpful links Podcast Feed Subscribe with iTunes Direct mp3 download Misc Jessamyn's Weird Bathroom Damn Bitch, You Live Like This? Buttplug.io MeFi Lumper or Splitter, Tag Yourself Elon Musk Says Fuck It The Deaf Child in Area is Now an Adult and He's Hot The Chess Drama is Over 20 Years of Languagehat History is Freaking Cool You Guys This Post Brought to You by A SYNC I don't Have 1 Billion in the Bank, I Don't Drive Lexuses Oh Bother If You Find A Strange Puzzle Box No Touchy This Isn't How Grief Goes Evil Across Millenia A lumpy toaster a goat exoskeleton and a harmless car walk into a bar Do You Remember I Pray the Tomb Is Shut Forever I Pray the Rock Is Never Rolled Away The Captain and Tenebrous Spiels AskMe What is your favorite song covered by another band Best Video About X Is Y Slowly the west reaches for clothes of new colors Autumn Wedding Poems Please How to Ensure A Happy Old Age Field Specific Terms for We Don't Know MeTa We are Healthy and Vibrant and Remarkably Long Running Have You Read TFA Steering Committee Check In October 2022 Why Does a Librarian Own a Social Media Site Thats Been Around for Long Music Twitter Blues by lipsum

Belated podcast for August, American summer is just like that. No idea what we talked about, but I know we had a good time.Helpful LinksPodcast FeedSubscribe with iTunesDirect mp3 downloadJobs Transfering faculty profiles (~150) into a new format by Shepherd UX/UI Design Intern (Sep-Dec 2022) by jchan Projects Woefully Neglected by Devils Rancher Nelson's Linkblog by Nelson IUDs for All by thandal Making a watermlon chair from green wood by twirlypen Every Diner in Whatcom County, WA by cidrab Latent Space Netsuke by gwint AUTOEXEC.CAT by oulipian I... HAVE... THE POWER ️ by Rhaomi The Kubrick Times by malevolent Metafilter "with this sign for beautiful, there is no objection" by jessamyn You really should watch a manhole entrance get replaced by majick Nice threads by janell "Have you ever wondered what happens to the things you leave behind?" by Kattullus The word on the Bird by storybored I AM IN SO INTO YOU by MollyRealized There was good money to be made as a beatnik by wesleyac Ten Million Power by ThePinkSuperhero "What's it like to be a girl in a band?" by box Ask Metafilter My friends are struggling but I am also struggling. How to balance? by anonymous When did cars stalling fall off as a movie/TV trope (and in...reality?) by cortex Out of Sync by invincible summer Your favorite stars-with-fans videos? by wenestvedt How do I maintain a happy little kitchen? by pleasebekind Tell me your one weird trick for loved one caretaking/advocacy by rednikki Comedy Suggestions to Watch with my 70-year old Mother by pdxhiker Does anyone else mishear the chorus in "Institutionalized"? by Boxenmacher Metatalk Metatalktail Hour: Life's Unwritten Rules by Taz Miscellaneous Ronni Solbert, Children's Book Illustrator, Dies at 96 Sign for MA Route 187 Wikipedia's entry on One Eighty Seven The Untold Story of the Zip Code zipmap.net WHAT IS THIS? Complexity 2022: Innovations in Weaving Sleater-Kinney (Three Interlinked Wireframe Cubes)

It's episode 186 of the MeFi podcast, with Jessamyn and I...and loup! Who joined us to talk a bit about their experiences with internet past and present and their last couple of years as they've been working here. The three of us have a long and winding conversation about community management, internet ethics, MeFi in particular, the recent transition process, etc. Runs about 90 minutes.Helpful LinksPodcast FeedSubscribe with iTunesDirect mp3 downloadWe were so busy just talking about Stuff that we did very little of the normal thread review this time, so the notes are real short. We mentioned in passing: - jessamyn's adventures with the filtering Facebook - the latest Transition Team update - goofy amazon reviews e.g. this old post Music - On The Blue (With Apologies to John Coulton, Valve, Et Al) by cortex - Make it Out Alive by Maaik - A Conversation by ignignokt

Random podcast bonus content! Jessamyn and I decided to do a mid-month episode to just chat about a couple media things we liked. Is it a FanFare podcast? I dunno! Will we keep doing it? I dunno! But it was fun and so here it is. We talk about V Rising, a survive-o-craft vampire game I have been very much enjoying, and about Severance, a TV show that we have both enjoyed tremendously. Runs just about an hour.Helpful LinksPodcast FeedSubscribe with iTunesDirect mp3 download- V Rising's homepage - Severance on FanFare - that's all for links, what do you want from me, I don't even work here

It's episode 185 of the MeFi Monthly Podcast, with Jessamyn and I talking for a good chunk up front about the whole process over the last couple months of figuring out transferring ownership of the site from me to her. We also talk about, like, good stuff from the site for most of it.Helpful LinksPodcast FeedSubscribe with iTunesDirect mp3 downloadOnce again I am gloriously doing almost no work in causing this post to be here; thanks again to eotvos who has once again done all the actually fiddly bits in turning Jess and I rambling on mic into an actual mix down and pile of text as seen below. Projects - I made Some Tools by bondcliff. - The Daily Brief -- News as Information by jkrobin. - ... a look back at your Amazon shopping history by ph00dz. - Every .horse domain by Shepherd. - Dark Patterns Now Available on Android and iOS by cosmic owl. Metafilter - Mechanical Watch by Devils Rancher. - blank blank in the blank of blankety blank, blank blank? by Ten Cold Hot Dogs. - The "FU" is how you answer the phone when the man tries to bring ya down by not_on_display. - The Uselessness of Phenylephrine by brainwane. - Something Went Very Wrong by cavenet. - Things that Make White People Uncomfortable by box. - The Mefi-wiki page about Givewell. - Now you know your A-B-Trees by secretdark. - You're welcome, Matt, by zenon. Ask Metafilter - Everything Everywhere All At When? (streaming) by fleecy socks. - How should I learn Linear Algebra? by cortex. - Expressing a line figure as a set of triangles by Tell Me No Lies. - Advice on Art Appraisals, by Saxon Kane. - Navigating complicated grief for alcoholic father by showeringsuns. - What happened to the squatters? by wesleyac. - Is saying "I'm proud of you" patronizing? by Dressed to Kill. - Is it wrong to use these antique postcards as postcards? by The corpse in the library. Metatalk - Paperwork & Bodywork: short virtual anti-procrastination calls by brainwane. - [MeFi Site Update] May 25th by loup and staff. - MetaFilter: A Utopia of Rules? by General Malaise. - A MetaFilter User Survey by curious nu and the transition team. Music clips - Bigass Pizza Blues by CarrotAdventure - Look At Me by transitional procedures. - One Month Dragon by srednivashtar - For Each One To Discover (AO) by q*ben. - End Credits by CarrotAventure.

I didn't edit or write this month's podcast (other than this little bit)! Thanks so much to eotvos for all his work on this; note his note at the end of the podcast about other possible contributions as well! In any case, Jessamyn and I talk about MetaFilter as we are wont to do; it runs the usual 90-ish minutes.Helpful LinksPodcast FeedSubscribe with iTunesDirect mp3 downloadProjects - BOKEH game by malevolent - Reunion Tour by Valrus - Set Side B by JHarris - Ancient Animals by moonmilk Jobs - Usability and Delops cluster hire by rockindata - Freelance project uploading to our CMS by Magami (filled) Metafilter - Elon Musk wants to buy twitter by joannemerriam - the fail whale could not be reached for comment by fight or flight - Harder Drive: Hard drives we didn't want or need by zengargoyle - Medical Gaslighting by dancing leaves - Calleafgraphy by curious nu - I promise you, all of us up here tonight, we WERE that kid! by hippybear - This is the time, and this is the record of the time by oulipian - The Onions Has Been Permanently Banned from Twitter by DirtyOldTown - A LaserWriter dreamscape by furtive - I'm better at this than you are at everything you do. by Etrigan - Gonna go down to Black Mesa and get myself a BajaaAAaaAa Blast by cortex - "...a lot of fuss over a flight with one takeoff and one landing." by jessamyn Ask Metafilter - what have you got in your pocketses? by RobinofFrocksley - Holes found in Net by storybored - Umbrella/generalist terms for jobs/roles that have distinct subroles? by cortex - Where is a pot a kettle? by evilmomlady - Heavy, flat and cheap? by bondcliff - What media hit you differently the second time around? by jeszac - Find me gentle, fictional, happy ending TV by rednikki Fanfare - Our Flag Means Death: Season 1 by gladly Metatalk - Ch-ch-ch-changes! by Eyebrows McGee - Transition Team Post #1 by warriorqueen - Transition Team initial discussion summary and kickoff by cortex - Masto and other accounts by Fiasco da Gama - https://metatalk.metafilter.com/26053/Four-years-of-Mefi-Card-Club by Sparky Buttons Music clips - Hope After Despair by gt2 - Halt to Start by q*ben - Chase Music for an Imaginary Low Budget Cyberpunk Movie by thatwhichfalls - The Only Load the Lord Has Given Me, with Thanks for His Grace by youarenothere - Plumbium by q*ben

It was a very busy turn of the month so we're wandering in pretty late with this episode. I talk a little bit about my recent decision to transition away from running MetaFilter (but we'll, inter alia, keep podcasting); Jessamyn and I talk about MeFi stuff as per usual; we establish that she started watching the wrong show and couldn't figure out why people liked it; and we chatter about at least three words we're not sure how to pronounce and establish, once more, that neither of us can read IPA. Runs our usual "about 90 minutes".Helpful LinksPodcast FeedSubscribe with iTunesDirect mp3 downloadMisc - Jessamyn has been reading The Rabbi Small Mysteries - I have been tweeting about Semantle and word2vec - turns out it's psychosomatic, ADDICT, insane, not "attic", which does make more sense - we didn't do an April Fools thing this year, but there was a nice thread chatting about 4/1 stuff past Jobs - Distinctive Collections Coordinators by mfoight - Distinctive Collection Librarian / Archivist by mfoight - Call for submissions for women's writing anthology by Flock of Cynthiabirds Projects - A VR Schizophrenia Simulator for Us All by Lillitatiana - Anoited by ignignokt - You think you're addicted to Spelling Bee? by AMyNameIs - Hermit Crabs of Paradise Cove, Vanuatu by dobbs - Brass sextet for 6 trumpets and epic digital signal processing by range - Crafting: Ceramics and Metal Wire Trees by gemmy - Guess the AI Jukebox artist by Rhaomi MetaFilter - "Get Free Gold Rush Land Today!" by jessamyn - You are now subscribed to Random Ball Facts! by loquacious - How to make writing easier to read for everyone by storybored - Not what I usually associate with talking mushrooms by clawsoon - Guess the Secret Word! by not_on_display - Mission Accepted.....Mission Complete. by Fizz - These boots were made for narrative photographic essaying by cortex - "reform all the tawdry inefficiencies" by brainwane - The Inevitability Of Bushveld by cortex Ask MetaFilter - You too can be "Jew for a Day!" by Drasher - Funeral smalltalk by b33j - How to find what was on p29 of a 1954 issue of Canadian Bride magazine by paduasoy - This is the best __________ I know of.... by dobbs - Looking for sounds that shout their gender by nosila - How do you interpret Maimonides' levels of charity in a modern context? by dorothy hawk - Outdoor art installations around the world? by cyndigo - Have there been any art shows where the art didn't exist? by andoatnp - Do cavemen have more fun? by Jubey - It's a round...thingy? by cortex - Have the things you find on the ground changed in the last 30 years? by bdc34 - Name this fragment of a tune by mpark - Help me buy a great film! by JimN2TAW - a comment by jessamyn MetaTalk First steps in some MetaFilter changes by cortex

Psst, hey kid, wanna buy a podcast?Helpful LinksPodcast FeedSubscribe with iTunesDirect mp3 downloadMisc - I've been enjoying dry British trivia show Only Connect - jessamyn watched The Sparks Brothers - move over Wordle, here comes Semantle - the old 100K user raffle video, Rafflers Jobs - Illustrator for Rider–Waite style drawing by wesleyac Projects - Quantle by lipsum - DNDle - Wordle, but you're picking stats to guess D&D monsters by avapoet - The World's First Granny Square Pattern by rednikki (MeFi Post) - Saturday morning cartoons by Gucky - WordleWordle by willF MetaFilter - Today's Wednesday...? Really? What does time even mean anymore? by not_on_display - Russia orders troops into Ukraine by russilwvong - twosday by fight or flight - The story behind and after the photo by brainwane - lol, buddy, good luck finding the Lincoln tunnel by bondcliff - "Graham's number is effectively zero compared to TREE(3)" by mubba - It was a great day for America, everybody by Rhaomi - Crease and repeat by janell - Do You Know Who That Worker You Just Hired Really Is? by Toddles - "Back then longevity itself was a newsworthy topic." by jessamyn - Thursday! What A Concept! by cortex Ask MetaFilter - How cold could I comfortably keep my house if I dress really warmly? by Juffo-Wup - How can I monitor the temperature over time in several rooms? by unus sum - Preserving Paper by roue - Defunct blogging platforms by wesleyac - Can I kill somebody with a sock and a hockey ball? by Zumbador - Can you show an Iowa cow at the Illinois State Fair? by Ishbadiddle - You mean I have to do this every night until I die? by Jubey - Chronic Fatigue, dealing with by Brandon Blatcher - Why do (some) people hate athlete profiles? by alex1965 MetaTalk - Newsletter 6: Happy belated Valentine's Day! by Pronoiac - Shoutout to Wenestvedt on His 150,000th Favorite Given by theora55 - A Long Bet Pays Off by Rhaomi - Dearest Reader by the primroses were over - 22222 by loup with congrats to it takes twototututoo

I love podcasts, woo woo woo! I love podcasts, how 'bout you? Here's episode 181, with jessamyn and I contemplating the idea of a week and a month and talking about misc. MetaFilterian stuff. Runs about 90 minutes.Helpful LinksPodcast FeedSubscribe with iTunesDirect mp3 downloadMisc - my penance for being late getting this up is reusing last months experimental horn version of the original podcast theme even though it hurts to listen to now - rabbit rabbit, apparently - 181 is a palindromic prime - I haven't gone back to figure out if I started doing the podcast at episode 34 or earlier, but god it's been a while either way - Jessamyn, when the reference didn't land Projects - The year I won a year's supply of cheese by jessamyn - The Rocinante, my hand-painted ship model from The Expanse by rachaelfaith - The 885 films I saw and reviewed in 2021 by growabrain - Birdsong Audio Separation by kaibutsu - So I made a Wordle clone (with some extra features) by RustyBrooks - Return to the Planet: a Zine Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of FFVII by subdee MetaFilter - "Life's hard enough, and I'm looking to make people feel better" by jessamyn - WKRIP by guiseroom - No More Waiting For The End Of Time by chavenet - Up to 30 stitches per inch! No bobbins! Quiet! by metaquarry - What came first? Or last, or in between? by brainwane - A Brief History of Windfuckers by oulipian - Ex-NM labor official shares real world experience: capitalism sucks by wenestvedt - "There are as many forms of love as there are moments in time." by oulipian - JEOPARDAMY! by Going To Maine - Look at the quality of this 3D animation by They sucked his brains out! - "It's like people who try to clone their dogs" by jessamyn - Free thread! by cortex - Free Thread Returns by cortex - Free Thread Forever by cortex - Free Thread & Robin by cortex Ask MetaFilter - HELP, there's an elk in my freezer! by MonkeyToes - What was that music video with the giant blue butt sculpture? by mermaidcafe - what's that song? by peppercorn - What's that weird instrument: The Beatles: Get Back edition by 2N2222 - When was Van Halen's 1984 album released? by Short End Of A Wishbone - Help identify this mystery object? by scody - What do they call a stupid SOB in your neck of the woods? by Gotanda - Rock music puns? by OrangeVelour - Do I need a bank with a real building I can go to? by DMelanogaster - Parsing Amazon reviews by Cozybee MetaTalk - Introduce yourself! by cortex - Our favorite under-loved comments of 2021 by MonkeyToes - a comment by kimberussell

I checked in with management and apparently we have to do a 2022 now even though we just finished wiht 2021. Jessamyn and I do our best to roll into the new year and talk about MetaFilter stuff and get in a philosophical discussion of the nature of the literal horizon qua solar objects. Runs about 90 minutes.Helpful LinksPodcast FeedSubscribe with iTunesDirect mp3 downloadMisc - Jessamyn's 2021 wrapup - Library twitter to remain menace - Elmo says worker's rights Jobs - Need a portfolio site for my writing / editing / translation business by Sheydem-tants Projects - Noddy screams "It's Christmas!" for one hour by Shepherd - Volunteer Responsibility Amnesty Day by brainwane (MeFi Post) - Emma Goldcoin by motty - Triple Tautonyms by malevolent - Overtime (a seasonal Laundry Files tale) by cstross MetaFilter - Wordle: A daily word guessing game by hurdy gurdy girl - Wow'en Wilson: The Quiz by Pater Aletheias - HarDCore Videos by Cash4Lead - Free thread! by cortex - Bro. ... Bro. *Bros.* by rewil - Are you a good person? by dancestoblue - Um something has come up... HOOOOOLLLYYY SHIIIITTTTTTT by jessamyn - street fighter, more like, uh, sheet...highlighter by cortex - Sorry, Steve, but we'll use your scene in the DVD's bonus footage by not_on_display Ask MetaFilter - Mental breaks at work by roaring beast - How do I help a friend with cleanup and moving forward? by zooropa - a comment by The Wrong Kind of Cheese - What do healthy people do? by coffeeand - I need to talk to Santa then I need Santa to talk to my kid... by If only I had a penguin... - What's that weird instrument: The Beatles: Get Back edition by 2N2222 - Animal Doctor, M.D. by averageamateur - Recommend boring people taking about kind of boring things? by aspo - EMDR therapy: True or Woo? by Anonymous - Can I (re)read this? by Gotanda - How to disassociate fan behavior from fandoms? by The Adventure Begins MetaTalk - It can be terrifying to make a Front Page post. Please be kind. by bondcliff - Metafilter Webring by beesbees - Newsletter 4: Secrets by Eyebrows McGee - Newsletter 5: Farewell to 2021 by Eyebrows McGee - Your video games of 2021 by curious nu Back to MetaFilter for a second to talk about Babble Royale - Scrabnite? Fortble? by backseatpilot

In our triumphant return to posting podcasts at the turn of the month, Jess and I talk about time management and reminders, complicated conversational dynamics, the assassination of JFK (but only very briefly), and a bunch of somewhat more MetaFilter-centric things. We time-managed our way up to about 93 minutes. Also I play a euphonium.Helpful LinksPodcast FeedSubscribe with iTunesDirect mp3 downloadMisc - talkin' about fake cash which led to an old MeFi post - Chicken in the Corn - hey it's cranberry jelly - twitter discussion about trauma dumping - CALENDRICAL - jessamyn did some filing Jobs - Greasemonkey (or other) script to enable downloads by jessamyn - Shop at arch salvage store in Portland, OR for me by arnicae - Full Stack Developer by jchan Projects - Skittish, a playful space for online events by waxpancake - The Fucking Bible (warning: 7.5 MB) by ignignokt - The Stick Princess by Peach - I finally got my Murder Ballads book back into print! by Paul Slade - Princess Unlimited by yankeefog - "How to Sous Vide," a helpful cookbook by veggieboy - Formula Non (2009 - 2019) An Alternative F1 Photo Project by lawrencium MetaFilter - "The real Pacific Princess had a crew of 373, rather than 6" by jessamyn - a comment by cortex - a fluegelhorn is probably not a fluegelhorn, and vice versa by cortex - Film shows McD's trained new staff in proper use of Vulcan death pinch by not_on_display - Islands in the Stream by dorothy hawk - Divorced, beheaded, live! by Lorc - at the world you've left / and the things you know by fight or flight - Why so many people undercharge for their work by Bella Donna - Those who exist, have existed, or will exist in the vicinity of Omelas by brainwane - "the distance between reader and character or narrator" by brainwane Ask MeFi - a comment by brainwane - Where did the "Rock and Roll Ending" come from? by bondcliff - Why would I use a hot glue gun instead of just glue? by trevor_case - Tennis Pro decoded opponent's body language and serve? by umber vowel - How do you manage your time? by unicorn chaser - Then we'll take it higher - pop songs that are actually protest songs by Frowner - Waltham, MA ca. 1988 - 1990: Manufacturer of Geiger-Mueller Detectors? by ZenMasterThis - Seeking reputable carbon offset programs by Osrinith - Fun classic rock songs (Grateful Dead & more) to walk down the aisle to by Neely O'Hara - logistics! by everybody had matching towels MetaTalk - How MeFi (and other providers) deal with trust & safety issues by brainwane - Obit post: Speedlime by Pallas Athena - Newsletter 3: The Handovering by Eyebrows McGee - MetaFilter Gift Swap 2021 THANK YOU! by mochapickle - Mefi Art & Makers Group, Update by Glinn

We got a rootin' tootin' podcast here. Darn tootin'. Can you both rootin'- and darn'- something that's tootin' in the same paragraph like this? I don't know. I really don't know. I might be going to podcast jail. Before that happens, though, here's me and jessamyn chattering about MetaFilter, the nature of daylight, representation vs. allusion in crappy old Sierra erotic comedy adventures, MetaFilter, the concept of (for some reason) No Nut November, "Meta", and who knows what else because we're both still getting used to the time change. It runs exactly, precisely, to the second 90 minutes.Helpful LinksPodcast FeedSubscribe with iTunesDirect mp3 downloadMisc - Jessamyn is a bee - I got a tattoo and literally everyone guessed right - remember, remember, the No Nut November, the Poe's Law'd Sienfeldian plot - Jess recently enjoyed reading Finna - I recently enjoyed rereading Dune, I don't have a link or anything, I just did is all - also Sierpinski Triangles - okay, on review I totally recognize that yodel breakdown in Focus' Hocus Pocus Jobs - Property project management and maintenance by Barbara Spitzer - Drop off a document at the PA Secretary of State in Harrisburg by Sheydem-tants Projects - The Worst House On The Internet by missjenny (MeFi Post) - Are You a Clickbait Genius? by malevolent - Saturday Afternoon Ikea Trip Simulator by dng (MeFi Post) - Mini-Project: Convert exported Metafilter comments to HTML, JSON, or MBOX by Kadin2048 - Mystic Paths - A new word board game! by meinvt MetaFilter - anyone who enjoys wild birds is a birder! birding is for everyone! by jessamyn - Aspirational rhetorical loquaciousness by simmering octagon - The United States Postal Service: "Non oficialis motto!" by not_on_display - Uh oh by Cookiebastard - Fractal vise by clawsoon - Welp, there goes my evening ... by dancestoblue - Off, dud, over, under, upon, hot, ono, oof, hi, lo, etc. by tss Ask MetaFilter - help me find more podcasts by jessamyn - HBTY HBTY HBD* HBTY by QuakerMel - How fast/reliable is TSA's lost and found? by LSK - What's a good name for an office can crusher? by box - Programming/computer science/IT terms that refer to obsolete tech? by potrzebie - Burying ethernet cable (or wireless??) by wenestvedt - I want to learn art by Brittanie - Donated to take a campaign over its goal. Goal changed afterwards. wtf? by scruss - Have Jazz Hands, Will Jazzercize by meese MetaTalk - MeFi Mall 2021 by hippybear - MetaFilter Gift Swap 2021 Signups by curious nu - MeFi Holiday Card Exchange by needlegrrl - NaNoWriMo 2021 by womb of things to be and tomb of things that were - Roll, Truck, Roll by lauranesson

I accidentally wrote "make a podcast" on a colander instead of the calendar, so on the downside this episode is pretty late but on the upside it has been thoroughly rinsed. Is that anything? Can we do anything with that? Anyway, here's a podcast, it's about 90 minutes, and it involves me and Jessamyn getting off on at least a couple different tangents on the subject *of* getting off on tangents, so it's a very MetaFilter podcast indeed.Helpful LinksPodcast FeedSubscribe with iTunesDirect mp3 downloadMisc - look at this pretty and invasive Emerald Ash Borer - I still think Louis DeJoy sucks honestly - the kids on TikTok have been confounding me lately with what, it turns out, is audio of Adam Driver saying "good soup" - I feel like jessamyn's sister Kate isn't contributing enough - at some point we said something about librarycarpentry.org - also I am supposed to watch The Unbelievable Truth but I do not remember which one now - a flowchart of distractible storytelling Projects - 1,228,178 genetic variants, 2 million years by clawsoon - Datasette Desktop (macOS application) by simonw - Copying a mid-century stool....mid-14th century BCE by brachiopod (MeFi Post) - Wildcard Bicycle Novelties by adamrice - Invisible Sun by cstross - A channel vocoder walkthrough by ignignokt MetaFilter - What I learned about my writing by seeing only the punctuation by eotvos - "Also would've accepted Nine Inch Oates" by carrienation - DO YOU REMEMBER - Can someone explain how this video has 4.1M Views but has 200 likes????? by theodolite - "If we make more angry content, we get more engagement." by They sucked his brains out! - Rewild Your Attention by MonkeyToes - One Woman's Mission to Rewrite Nazi History on Wikipedia by cgc373 Ask MeFi - Can you help find the current location of this old Vienna address? by Miss T.Horn - Can you solve this mystery about a book? by grumblebee - a comment by pocams - Should my child's school's PTA accept cryptocurrency? by Toddles - Nervous system hacks/resets by danceswithlight - What's the oldest thing I can buy, just to have? by tiamat - "Y'know, this stuff is kinda wasted on just ponies..." by Wordshore - Preventing maggots in trash by Anonymous - a comment by Jack Karaoke - Looking for 90s sci-fi story about a librarian & all-knowing computer by kaisemic - Please help me solve a VERY DUMB plumbing emergency. by centrifugal MetaTalk - Metatalktails: Must be the season of the ... which? by taz

Jessamyn and I managed to stumble our way into and through a podcast despite both having the needle pegged hard to E this afternoon, and here is recorded evidence of that fact, at about 75 minutes.Helpful LinksPodcast FeedSubscribe with iTunesDirect mp3 downloadMisc - Jessamyn is still cleaning out her mom's house. - like seriously that's a lot of books - Also, it is Virgo month of leisure, which seems fair, he works really hard in his movies and—oh, I'm being told that Viggo - Samuel Taylor Coleridge is not Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and, by the commutative property, vice versa Jobs - Writing Editor by parmanparman Projects - Antarctic survival manual: art for the pandemic and other disasters by SinAesthetic - New England Carnegies by jessamyn - Pattern Explorer by reventlov - Procedural bit-pattern art by suetanvil - The Camera Offset Project: Hide your face. Save the world. by missjenny - thoughts.page by wesleyac MetaFilter - Cats. Trees. Cat trees. by ardgedee - 40 albums, 1 year, & Mike Townsend hit a Grand Slam by CrystalDave - Nandi Bushell and Foo Fighters by mokey - AIDS denialism in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? by The Ardship of Cambry - Frank Herbert heard "shows within shows" and got excited by cortex - All Your Mashups Belong to Us by WCityMike2 - If you're not Kubla Khan by Sokka shot first - Come as you are? Nevermind by girlmightlive - Hot coffee + brandy + tranquilizers + turpentine = Houses of the Holy by jessamyn - Chuck Close 1940 - 2021 by ardgedee Ask MetaFilter - Can anyone identify this song? by marimeko - Music copyright and TV licensing by soonertbone - 2020 Olympics Best-Of, No Spoilers Edition by exceptinsects - Cashing old checks by Anonymous - Is the concern over vegetarians getting enough protein overblown? by rjacobs - Commonly taught facts/trivia that are oversimplifications by Seeking Direction - a comment by backseatpilot - 1883 House - Money Pit? by imjustsaying MetaTalk - August is MetaFilter fundraising month by cortex - Hey, it's a MetaFilter newsletter! by cortex - Call Me By My Name: Mefi Newsletter 2, the Denominated by taz

It's only the first day of August, but the weather in Portland is such that it already feeling like plural dog days have elapsed. And yet, through it all, a podcast episode drags itself through the sun-baked streets to appear, sweating and winded, on your doorstep. Come along with Jessamyn and I as we...chatter about MetaFilter? Basically what we normally do. This one's about an hour and 45.Helpful LinksPodcast FeedSubscribe with iTunesDirect mp3 downloadMisc - the wikipedia article on 175 has, since recording, lost the specific nag it had when we were discussing it! - jessamyn has been catsitting - more like the hooey decimal system - wellllll, Godot? We're WAAAAAAITTIiiiing! - freedom to tinker - you ever (Stevie) Wonder about the clavinet? - it's a BEACH that makes you OLD - jessamyn's maple dealer Projects - Quarantine Happy Hour concert archive by hades - Recollections Of A Summer by dng - The Sound of the Far Future by ignignokt MetaFilter - Patterns by They sucked his brains out! - A unanimous vote for the right to repair. by mhoye - Nikole Hannah-Jones and Ta-Nehisi Coates joining Howard University by Nelson - Whammy Clavinet by Harald74 - His last purchases—beer, cigarettes, pot—occurred 18 years ago. by Grandysaur - Happy birthday, Metafilter! by Melismata - Shawty Got Low in Those Apple Bottom Memes by jonp72 - All mountains are old, but the Appalachians are incomprehensibly old by Karmakaze - The world's first 1541 disk drive graphics demo by JHarris Ask MetaFilter - What to do in Vermont when traveling companion has mobility issues? by The Pluto Gangsta - How does MetaFilter have such a high user engagement compared to others? by oracleia - Nouns that you would never say "the" before? by ftm - Library book with potentially valuable author's signature by clair-de-lune - What song is this? by Trespassers William - Songs with radio clips? by ftm - Voices coming out of my iPad in the middle of the night by squink - Why is my gas bill so high? by artificialard - Friends' anxiety makes me angry/anxious by unicorn chaser - Dating Failure by Aranquis - How commonplace is crossing one's arms at Catholic communion? by Charity Garfein MetaTalk - Metatalktail Hour: Sneaky pet/kid stories by LobsterMitten - MetaFilter's new Privacy Policy document by cortex - A change in moderator coverage of the site by cortex - 1. money 2. budget 3. ??? 4. profit!! by bendy - Donated By "Anonymous" by cursed MeFi Music Featured in this episode: - Car Music by gt2 - You Should Eat Your Yellow Vegetables by not_on_display - Brazilian Brooks by CarrotAdventure - Signal Tower by edlundart

Jessamyn and I were both feeling excessively chatty today so this one clocks in at about one hour fifty five, with discussions about MeFi, Ask, etc. along with a bunch of wanderings and heat wave chatter. Also there is a spider and a bird, and Jessamyn saw a bear outside her window. Also I fixed my goddam GarageBand, so we have music tracks again. I missed those.Helpful LinksPodcast FeedSubscribe with iTunesDirect mp3 downloadMisc - i made a podcast spider friend and Jessamyn made a podcast bird friend - of which, Michael Fogleman is a bird nerd AND a math nerd - Find out ahead of time if the dog dies in the movie, or various other content warnings, at doesthedogdie.com - we mentioned user soy bean's 'Change the Subject' Documentary at one point - of which, see also the Conscious Style Guide - more like LAST aid kit amirite Job(s) - Technical Project Manager by ochenk Projects - Penrose tiling quilt by ubermuffin (MeFi Post, and see also his excellent Penrose quilt roundup) - A couple of utilities for PICO-8 by Mister_Sleight_of_Hand - NPR's Joy Generator by Four String Riot - object: murder is a hand-drawn comic about objects with murderous intent by obliquicity - My attempt at the Trans Am Bike Race by adamrice MetaFilter - The Moving Finger of WhoWunIt by jenfullmoon - The Errand Friend Hang/Date by ellieBOA - 'The Broken Earth' to be Adapted by Quonab - The Tactile Beauty of Buttons, Meters, Knobs and Dials by chavenet - look out for fast mimes by cortex - patron records and circulation privacy in libraries by brainwane - Tubes consume a lot of electricity, as it turns out by They sucked his brains out! Ask MeFi - Pasta Sauces Wanted - One-time fees that are worth it? - What song is this? by Trespassers William - Can one practise to be patient? by Nieshka MetaTalk - Metafilter Pride by zamboni - Summer book bingo! by The corpse in the library - Ways to make posts more accessible for neurodivergent folks by Sheydem-tants - Do we really need to use the m word? by lemur - What's Wrong With The Guardian? by CCBC - Metatalktail Hour: I'm Gonna Do Something With It Eventually by cortex - Rosemary's Baby's Day Out by DirtyOldTown FanFare You know what's pretty good? That Loki show is pretty good. Music Featured tracks in this episode: - Io Buggy by ignignokt - Seven Up / Old Sledge / All Fours by hades - Guardian by q*ben - That's The Story Of My Life by MajorDundee

My dog ate my podcast synopsis. It's me, it's Jessamyn, it's a podcast recorded in the deep past of before the long weekend, it's about 90 minutes.Helpful LinksPodcast FeedSubscribe with iTunesDirect mp3 downloadMisc - no Jessamyn it's not Pingu - no Josh it's not Gunther O'Brian - also we briefly discussed The Myth of Pruitt-Igoe Jobs - nobody wants to work anymore Projects - Shape: The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy, and Everything Else by escabeche - Blaseball is a Horror Game by restless_nomad - Violent Penguin (Series One) by dng - An electro cover of Laurie Anderson's "From The Air" by Artifice_Eternity - Art by Josh Millard by cortex MetaFilter - cats and their Muslim humans who just would like some peace and quiet by cendawanita - Simplifier by Foci for Analysis - The invention of trousers. by Bee'sWing - El Mago by chavenet - One Two Three FOUR Five, Six Seven Eight NINE Ten, Eleven Twelve ... by metabaroque - "Fitness is a journey and we all start somewhere" by brainwane - "My brain just gave up" by hanov3r - We are all the same inside, the real inside, the brain by sammyo - Neurotypical Syndrome and the Double Empathy Problem by brook horse - The resistable rise of the Tartarian empire by ivan ivanych samovar - As long as you're still pulling something, you're racing by cortex - "The martyrs go hand in hand into the arena; they are crucified alone." by mecran01 Ask MetaFilter - What song is this? by Trespassers William - Very long paperback books? by Jacqueline - What novels do you re-read and why? by BWA - Drawing for the dumb dummies? by Melismata - Cat lost in unfamiliar territory by tinymojo - What will you keep from a year in Shelter-in-Place? by Toddles - songs with interpretations the songwriter denied by kevinbelt FanFare - Saturday Night Live: Anya Taylor-Joy / Lil Nas X by rhizome - Eurovision Club Music - Music podcast is back! Turn On Some Music by greenish MetaTalk - Modern Pen Pal Project by chiefthe - Gender & metafilter names by Margalo Epps - Rosemary's Baby's Day Out by DirtyOldTown

I'll be straight with you: this is an episode, of a podcast, and it's me and Jessamyn, and we talk about MetaFilter and stuff adjacent to MetaFilter. There's no sugar-coating it: this is 90 minutes of MeFi-adjacent chatter.Helpful LinksPodcast FeedSubscribe with iTunesDirect mp3 downloadMisc - 172 is the 19th element in the Lazy Caterer sequence, which should really be called the hyperoptimized caterer problem because this takes way more work than just making a couple extra slices and being done with it. - jessamyn is now very slightly on TikTok - I continue to be somewhat more actively on TikTok though my shitposting has really fallen off recently - Klaus Floride et al covering Bad Reputation Projects - Doing Standup Comedy in Pre-COVID New York City Taught Me How To Live by chinese_fashion - The Chaoyang Trap - A Newsletter about Everyday Life on the Chinese Internet by beijingbrown - Covid Project: Grocery Bags by macrael - Music Video and Vinyl! by Corduroy MetaFilter - Mefi's own Corduroy made a record! by umbú - "Should we just fend?": A vernacular for eating whatever by Going To Maine - You can still askme by ardgedee - Google v. Oracle by jedicus - ed balls by fight or flight - Josh v Josh v Josh v Josh by meese - "The martyrs go hand in hand into the arena; they are crucified alone." by mecran01 - Parking Achievement Unlocked by Cardinal Fang - Fotomat's Greatest Hits by not_on_display - You think I own Ikea? by Ahmad Khani - Prancer, "a chucky doll in a dog's body" by Hypatia - infinity.mod by schmod - Eternal Sunshine of the Monetized Ghost Life by MonkeyToes - The Girl in the Kent State Photo by tonycpsu - "This is magic. We are watching magic unfold here." by Stark Ask MetaFilter - Is it strange if most of the windows in a house don't open? by ClaireBear - How can I get soft serve from SF to LA by car without ruining it? by rileyray3000 - Can a string taken off a guitar be used again? by BadgerDoctor - Songs that are about a song of the same name by LSK - Comeback Songs by BuddhaInABucket - What strange things has your dog eaten? by warriorqueen - Deleting contacts of people who have passed away? by Dip Flash - Travel to Canada this June? by wenestvedt - north by northwest train romance scene by snerson MetaTalk - Bread Glaive Jalapeña by Going To Maine - Updating the graphical style of mod notes by cortex

We've made it through the dark tunnel that is April 1 online and jessamyn and I are here with that good good MetaFilter chatter and a little bit of linguistics speculation. Runs about 85 minutes.Helpful LinksPodcast FeedSubscribe with iTunesDirect mp3 download- Leah Velleman notes that a lot of free software is free as in piano - I can't believe we had a whole conversation about doubting ourselves about what a gas mantle is supposed to be called and didn't once riff on gaslighting - chess masters make history with double bongcloud opening Jobs - Research assistant - neuroimaging by ghostbikes - Executive Director by mcbaya - Musical Entrepreneur by MrVisible - USGS Water Data Science, Machine Learning, and Product Management Cluster Hire by rockindata - help me brainstorm pros and cons of using static jekyll site by elgee Projects - Recent work at USGS Water by rockindata - Painted pine linen press by bonobothegreat - The Kilobyte's Gambit 1k chess game by malevolent (MeFi Post) - Women and Other Monsters book by babelfish - A make-believe band by jragon - Needledrop by thomaspark MetaFilter - The quest to save "the floppy goblin," the Blakiston's fish owl by jessamyn - Malign Directive by adrianhon - And his bio sounds like the worst dog in the world! by jacquilynne - Swatchbook by Fiasco da Gama - Daniel Tiger welcomes new autistic character to the Neighborhood by brook horse - GothamChess vs Dewa Kipas by interogative mood - a comment by value of information - No one is ugly. No one is really fat. Everyone is beautiful. by Ghidorah - Shrimp Heaven Now by punchtothehead - It's stuck by automatronic - Ways to research the modern and ancient worlds by brainwane Ask MetaFilter - Have you convinced a reluctant family member to get the vaccine? by Kutsuwamushi - Catholic School Crossover Ties by falsedmitri - Streaming Romanian/Hungarian TV in USA by DirtyOldTown - NAME! THAT! SHOW! From a single still image. by magnetsphere - I need to grow a 100 pound pumpkin. by Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug - a comment by jessamyn - Who was the 80s? band with white pants and/or white belts? by cortex - looking for book titles! by =^.^= - Can I set up RSS on my made-by-hand blog? by mark7570 MetaFilter Music - MUSIC CHALLENGE - ideas and votes! by greenish - MeFiMusic - O Come All Ye Faithfull! by greenish MetaTalk - Right day, wrong century by cortex - Uncle Mefi's Big Book of Beans by cortex - Asian American MeFite Checkin by Alensin - Thank you MeFi for career change advice, & coding bootcamp success story by skwt

number one victory royale / yeah podcast with Jess who's my pal / 90 minutes running time oh wow / just cleaned out my Chrome tabs nowHelpful LinksPodcast FeedSubscribe with iTunesDirect mp3 downloadMisc - purple otter PDF - purple sea urchin - and hey why are flamingos pink - I made some Stop sign permutation linocuts - also apparently I am on TikTok now, god help us all - Steve Miller Band's 'The Joker' but the Wolf Whistle Happens After Every Line - you know who doesn't seem particularly culpable for the inculcation of fascism: MySpace Tom - "Pokemon Go turned me into a birder" Job - Website Developer / Programmer - Side Job / Crowdfunded by Meatbomb Projects - Animal Bastards: An Inquiry Into Anthropomorphism by johngoren (MeFi Post) - Helix Mirabilix: Ball-lifter for marble machines by mpark - The Bomb dot LOL by jazon (MeFi Post) - Explaining Gritty to the French (in Lang Belta) by Pirate-Bartender-Zombie-Monkey - Scenes from the Quarantrain by bondcliff - Quarantine Collage Series by coevals - bad screen: a Firefox extension to block distracting websites by wesleyac MetaFilter - Rumble in the Jungle by Alex404 - What happened? by MartinWisse - How are you gentlemen !! by effbot - "I would pay $15 to go to this show rn" by MartinWisse - Iceberger by Westringia F. - "No More Jockeys is a three-pints-and-a-packet-of-crisps pub game" by jessamyn - Artist's Statement: You got your AI in my MS Paint! by not_on_display - She was shamed for still having her Christmas lights up. by folklore724 - The Legend of Beavis by robocop is bleeding - this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences by doctornemo - NP Complete by kliuless - Non-Metro Congress-people mover under the Capitol by Rash - "No, your controller was not really low on batteries." by Servo5678 - a comment by LEGO Damashii Ask MetaFilter - Reading alt text within Tweetdeck scheduled tweets? by theatro - How to make clothes-shopping less of a sensory hell? by heatherlogan - a comment by cortex - What else hath God wrought? by babelfish - Do your rEsEaRcH-What doyou call the type of research Qanons try to do? by Che boludo! - Nazi flag with Airborne (?) patches sewn on? by ebesan - Podcasts about process by prewar lemonade - Looking for examples of less obvious but desired movie props. by Unsomnambulist - Can I make walks fun for my almost-six-year-old? by ManInSuit FanFare - Taskmaster: Series 1 and Series 2 and Series 3

It's Febuary, Februr, uh, it's Ferbur—it's not January anymore and here's a new podcast episode. We're catching up since episode 168 a couple months ago because last month we did the live-stream gala instead! So jessamyn and I try and sum up a couple months of MetaFilter best we can. Runs about 85 minutes.Helpful LinksPodcast FeedSubscribe with iTunesDirect mp3 downloadMisc - marvel at the Parler moderation interface - please continue to End Meeting For All - there are no rules, just run the dishwasher twice Jobs - Paypal checkout figure-outer by goatdog - Shopify dev for quick job by rednikki - Immediate Opening: Customer Journey Specialist by MiraK - Burn and mail some dvds by mosessis - Fact checker for non-fiction book by adrianhon IRL remote events - Saturday Morning Online Baking Club by Stanczyk - Peripatetic Persistent Pirate Puffins' Pacific Peregrination*: SF to Tokyo (1411 of 1708 hours to go!) by aniola Projects - Happy Birthday To You free stock music by malevolent (MeFi Post) - Finger.Farm: Advanced Finger Hosting by ph00dz (MeFi Post) - A browser extension that chooses a random movie from your Kanopy.com watchlist by waninggibbon - blob-opera-midi by OverlappingElvis - Netflex: Work out while you watch Netflix by missjenny - I promised MeFi some information about singing mice a long time ago... by sciatrix (MeFi Post) - A new type of musical instrument that's ridiculously easy to play by MrVisible MetaFilter - Please Stop Calling Things Archives by niicholas - BrachioGraph: the artistic, inaccurate and very cheap pen plotter by scruss - Doug Scott CBE, 29 May 1941 – 7 December 2020 by bondcliff - "The impossible is made possible!" by not_on_display - If you followed this thread, you're both a crazy person and I appreciate by hippybear - Will There Be a Trump Presidential Library? Don't Count On It by not_the_water - There is a legend which comes from... by doctornemo - The Lonely Legacy of Spam by DirtyOldTown - Making Pokemon Not Fun To Play! by JHarris - Sir, this is a DuckTales by adrianhon - Larry King, 1933-2021 by ardgedee - The suspense! by metabaroque - Parler Games by Just this guy, y'know Ask MetaFilter - Best life upgrades in a pandemic world? by everydayanewday - Artist of Don Quixote Print? No, Not Picasso by gknauss - Initials on the Old Oak Tree: a survey by ubiquity - Looking for a really neat or beautiful bird feeder by Triumphant Muzak - How are libraries charged for patron database use? by kristi - What are the weirdest nonstop flights? by goodbyewaffles - Divided by a common tongue by trig - When do you Christmas? Need a timeline! by Miko - What are the most boring topics? by Cozybee - What kinds of *Trails* are there? by theora55 MetaTalk - Tell me things to recover my optimism / good vibe. by signal - rainbaby RIP by emelenjr - Surely this... by nicoffeine - Snark Less, Post More by adrianhon - Tiny Text - Please Stop by NotTheRedBaron - New merch! Shirts, stickers, and magnets! by cortex

When the sound hits your ear Like a Jess/cortex schmear That's apodcastHelpful LinksPodcast FeedSubscribe with iTunesDirect mp3 downloadMisc - Enter The Dominomatrix - Jess said For the Love of Spock is good - Also that Bob Weir flick - I made a Minimalist/Conceputal art joke - Keytar? Keytar? Keytar? Jobs - Looking for practice clients to receive free coaching sessions on Zoom by iamkimiam - Are you a maker? (3d printing, laser cutting, moulded silicone...?) Make doll glasses by If only I had a penguin... - Design the logo/banner for a non profit meetup group by usertm - Tech Coordinator for Prison Education Program by anotherpanacea Projects - Dead Lies Dreaming by cstross - Flossy: mechanical floss dancer by mpark - SuperSym: A symmetry-based doodling toy by Salvor Hardin - Blinking marquees of the early Web by avapoet - How To Remember Everything: Tips And Tricks To Become A Memory Master by yankeefog - The Reluctant Phoenix podcast by chinese_fashion MetaFilter - GitHub takes down YouTube-dl with DMCA notice. by geoff. - NASA: There's definitely water on the Moon by Major Clanger - Its origin and purpose still a total mystery by Stark - 1969: Year of Telnet and Tip Of the Iceberg! by not_on_display - Show these ads their place by adrianhon - 'You're talking to someone at the very end of things' by adamvasco - And hold you in the palm of His hand by Ranucci Ask MeFi - Sandi Toksvig claims she's never, ever farted: Discuss. by Paul Slade - Well, At Least You Tried (examples of public failures) by xingcat - ISO your favorite funny videos by waving - update! A cookie made from crushed cookies by soelo - Brother died unexpectedly. Special challenges in sorting his affairs by Anonymous - What tiny purchases have disproportionately improved your life? by Just this guy, y'know - Is work life balance actually a thing that people have??? by unicorn chaser - listen to an audio clue about a possible cat food jingle from the 70's! by 41swans MetaTalk - RIP HuronBob by jessamyn - Healthcare worker check in by supercrayon - MetaFilter Gift Swap 2020 THANK YOU! by KingEdRa - MeFi Holiday Card Exchange by needlegrrl - Metafilter New Year's Gala by restless_nomad

Back on something resembling a schedule, jessamyn and I chat about MetaFilter and also...other things? I am very punchy! This has been successfully posted! Have a great weekend!Helpful LinksPodcast FeedSubscribe with iTunesDirect mp3 downloadMisc - have a wild Sukkot everybody - did you vote for your favorite rocks in the Mineral Cup? Jobs - Help me pack a studio apartment in Oakland by pinochiette (via this AskMe) - Principal IT Architect, Commercial and Medical IT by jenkinsEar Projects - Chess Patch Notes by thomaspark - Automanic Pixie Dream Girl by Just this guy, y'know - Lost Notes: 1980 by mykescipark - Roadside New Mexico: a photographic journey by wev5280 - Places In Space by dng - What caused institutions to take Y2K seriously? by brainwane MetaFilter - So the DVD copy protection was cracked, by mathowie - I ate the Pope by Cardinal Fang - wltm fat bears by fight or flight - Mouth Dreams: 2020 Gives Back by CrystalDave - A $90,000 Dome Home To Give Your Life Purpose by medusa - "Burning down parts of the city was one of the most popular solutions" by jessamyn - #guessthepaint by bitteschoen - Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died. by bile and syntax - Trump Tests Positive for the Coronavirus by bertran - Genealogist helps lay WWI veteran to rest by wenestvedt Ask MetaFilter - SKELETON question by longhaultrucker - Road scholars by Not A Thing - Help with Chord Progressions for Lucky Sue by circular - Home High Holy Days Traditions by carrioncomfort - What's the deal with pro athlete pre-game luggage? by zebra - How is data transferred over the internet? by lewedswiver - What to say in job application when supervisor will speak unfavorably? by kingbuzzie - What was this post apocalyptic educational program in the 1980s? by chrchr MetaTalk - Metatalktail Hour: The Past Is a Different Country by Eyebrows McGee - Fucking fucks, fucking fucks, fuck this fucking shit by nakedmolerats

After an August break, jessamyn and I are back to talk about Metafilter, bad weather, libraries, Metafilter, blaseball, and Metafilter.Helpful LinksPodcast FeedSubscribe with iTunesDirect mp3 downloadMisc - element 166 is pretty UHH - and adorable but not-for-everyone hairless, eyeless kitty - mathowie still misses Google Reader - a useful introduction to Blaseball - a somewhat less useful one - welcome to Zook, Kansas - BAT QUARTERS Jobs - Blog migration by brainwane - Game UI/Generalist Programmer, Character Modeler, and VFX Artist by DoctorFedora - Android OAuth2 mentor to help improve some token refresh code by johngoren - Help me with WIX? by cyndigo Projects - Random Animal Crossing Island Dream Codes by disaster77 - 25 examples of Hackney & Islington's BLM street art by Paul Slade - What caused institutions to take Y2K seriously? by brainwane - "Cruiser" is a strong word for what it is now. But just you wait ... by donpardo - Mixolumia by davejh - linocut print: A Powerful Culture by cortex - ReLarn: A classic Roguelike, updated by suetanvil - A Book Of Beasts by dng MetaFilter - Emma Peel, Bond girl, Mrs. Danvers, Lady Olenna Tyrell, etc. by theora55 - "Tagaq's concerts serve as acts of resistance" by jessamyn - "she bought low, sold high, and kept her calm through every panic." by jessamyn - The problem is that this person cannot speak Scots. by Think_Long - Need a safety sign? by GuyZero - Never, ever, anger a librarian by Wordshore - Crying in blaseball is [censored] by taquito sunrise - How To Cook Steak by philip-random - An Awkward, Anomalous Step, Usually Skipped by adrianhon Ask MetaFilter - What would happen if you bought a ghost town? by ficbot - hacking cabin construction by history is a weapon - COVID trend? by snerson - a comment by fancypants - Swallowing Pills For Adults by Anonymous - What lounge chair is this? by lalunamel - Is it possible to stay socially distant at the Grand Canyon by nancynickerson - Are board game rules copyrightable? by escape from the potato planet - When I say lyrical sci-fi, you say... by Beardman MetaTalk - Metafilter Fundraising Month! by restless_nomad - Help cortex cut his hair, fundraising edition. by cortex - Dream Week by travelingthyme - MeFi Posts: $20 SAIT by jessamyn FanFare - Special Event: Blaseball Season 6 by cortex MetaFilter Music Featured in this episode: - Sweet Nell by hades - Heroes On My Sleeve by allaboutgeorge - Better Watch Your Step (It's The Charleston Shoe Thieves) by cortex - Song 1 by Kye - For Now, For Now by moonmilk

It's July, which is podcast season, or so the man at the podcast store told me. So jessamyn and I bought ourselves a podcast and took it out on the lake and, honestly, I don't know where I'm going with this. It's Friday, I'm pooped, we talk about MeFi stuff a bunch, it's about 90 minutes long, here you go.Helpful LinksPodcast FeedSubscribe with iTunesDirect mp3 downloadMisc - 165 is a number but did you know it was also a year - there's a book called Lost Butt, it's about a lost butt - jessamyn and not_on_display have been playing scrabble for ten years, how about a spreadsheet - also, jess on the ALA talking about racism in the library sector Jobs - EU National with mgmt/admin background - possible business collaboration by Meatbomb - Product Manager by nolnacs - Redesign My Website by Atrahasis - API Technical Writer by phoenixy Projects - singingbush.online by overeducated_alligator - The Mad Magazine Fold-In Effect in CSS by thomaspark (MeFi Post) - Break Into Us by avapoet - Kaggle Birdcall Identification Competition by kaibutsu MetaFilter - "Take me out with the crowd" by jessamyn - ə ə ə the most versatile vowel by spamandkimchi - The Mysteries of Majorana by vacapinta - An Overwhelming Band for Overwhelming Times by yasaman - Are you hearing unusual levels of fireworks? by seanmpuckett - I Will Nuke My Own Country Because God Wants Us Dead by 1970s Antihero - Easing functions by Foci for Analysis - The Mad Magazine Fold-In Effect in CSS by Going To Maine - Solutions and Other Problems by JHarris - Goldman Sachs is Sans a lot of things, if you ask me by jedicus - "Being open right now is dangerous, miserable, and borderline abusive." by jenfullmoon Ask MeFi - a comment by jessamyn - Solo Zen by kalapierson - Can I fix my own space bar on this stupid keyboard? by jessamyn - Where are the first-person stories on abortion in this scenario? by Anonymous - Question Regarding Reporting on Global Warming or Cooling by WCityMike - How do people with synesthesia experience partial matches or changes? by Bugbread - What's the correct term? by einekleine - Here's some photos of my loft. Plant advice? by dobbs - Choose between cataract surgery + possible covid exposure at hospital by alady - a low stakes question about guest manners. by fingersandtoes MetaTalk - Let's start a Mefi BIPOC advisory board by travelingthyme - Let's Talk About Race (baby) by arabidopsis - Feature Request: prevent racial slurs from being posted by xtine - The flag button's design is bad enough to be a social justice issue by nebulawindphone - Person of Color thread #5 (I think?) by primalux - What happened to the MeFi Deleted sites? by stillmoving - I happen to be the obscure expert you need by daisyace MeFi Music Featured in this ep: - everything i wanted (Billie Eilish cover) by Corduroy - Activity Indicating Activity by Foosnark - Rag Doll by aesop - Hey It's Okay cover by lucidium

Podcast time, and jessamyn and are I back talking about a bunch of stuff we liked from MetaFilter as usual, and talking a bit about the hard stuff surrounding George Floyd and Minneapolis, and also absolutely plotzing about having two new mods join the team! Welcome again, travelingthyme and loup. This episode is long even for us, about an hour and forty total.Helpful LinksPodcast FeedSubscribe with iTunesDirect mp3 downloadMisc - 164 is a sum of two squares and I don't care who knows it - Jessamyn was vexed by a Firefox issue - secrets revealed: this anonymous keylogger question was actaully jessamyn - MeFites who play LearnedLeague - a cartoon about the prospect of banana bread - I uh got retweeted by William Gibson - Jessamyn bringing BLM energy to the ALA council whether they like it or not Jobs - Looking for summarization of audio of 2-hour meeting by The Pluto Gangsta Projects - A Chrome extension for managing your tabs by jasondigitized - In Sickness: a podcast about caregiving by bajema - London's coronavirus street art. by Paul Slade - Create your own 1980s police sketch by odinsdream (MeFi Post) - Lucid by Tabitha Someday MetaFilter - Don't forfeit! Don't cheat! by Chrysostom - "Take me out with the crowd" by jessamyn - Engine Rebuilt in Stop Motion by bouvin - Don't let your memes be schemes by Rhaomi - Making FPP's by not_on_display - user RedPooD2thehemodroid has offered an authoritative answer by Fizz - NY Times gets into some knotty legal issues around fanfic tropes by betweenthebars - I look at my hands. I can't tell if they're mine. by doctornemo - The Story of how SNL made the "Stevie Nicks' Fajita Roundup" Sketch by Etrigan - Minneapolis response to the police killing of George Floyd by mediareport Ask MeFi - NOT Astronaut Food by Eyebrows McGee - Why do vacuum seal box containers lose their seal? by fantasticness - Phone Exchange Name Query by longhaultrucker, including an answer by jessamyn - Useful Features for Real Estate Agent Websites by wcmf - Need a printer, stat by kitten kaboodle - What was the funniest movie you ever saw when you were a kid? by Mchelly - Who Are The People That Make Credits Sequences For Television Shows? by WalkerWestridge - What to say in job application when supervisor will speak unfavorably? by kingbuzzie MetaTalk - A thank you, and a question for you. by bondcliff - MeFiMusicSwap'20? by signal - MetaMMO: Leeeeeeeeeeeeeroy!!!!! by Fizz - Please don't use Unicode to make fancy fonts in posts by Space Coyote Music Featured in this episode: - Falling Into Summer - DEMO by nikaspark - Transcontinental Airway by mykescipark - Mumbo Jumbo: Light It Up by johnofjack - 25 Seconds of Wuthering Heights by Television Name - Flip Side by ob1quixote - Where The Trail Leads by AppleSeed

It was a time known as The Great Resetting, when, after a months of wandering in a week late or so with episodes, jessamyn and I finally managed to release a new episode smack dab on the 1st. It was spoken of in legend as...episode 163 of the MetaFilter podcast.Helpful LinksPodcast FeedSubscribe with iTunesDirect mp3 downloadMisc - jessamyn has been placing jokes in the local paper - revisit the old Is MetaFilter Back Yet?" video Jess and I made, good god, NINE years ago - Sufjan Stevens: teach the controversy - Bruce fucken Campbell Jobs - Designer for print + web publication by Rich Text Projects - TV Opening Sequences Quiz by AndrewStephens (MeFi Post) - I have eaten the plums by Lazlo Hollyfeld - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Deanna (TNG edition) by avocet - Ultimate Quarantine House Selection! by Iridic (MeFi Post) - Basho poems by vacapinta - StockOrrery by lucidium - Restoring 100- to 200-year-old woodworking planes by not_the_water MetaFilter - Twitch.tv is more than just video-games: by Fizz - Rage Within the Machine by theodolite - Aprs Sufjan, le dluge by Etrigan - Evil Elvis sings Original Elvis by filthy light thief - One Gruff Harding, Two Gruff Harding by i_am_joe's_spleen - it's gotta be big and it's got to be dumb by Fizz - Hello, Gordon! Hello, Gordon! Hello, Gor-- by cortex - early "Stay Away" by jessamyn - Gorgeous Libraries by Iris Gambol - Mathematician John Horton Conway died yesterday of COVID-19. by Obscure Reference - Bird's Eye View of What We Call the Brand Zoom Funk by WCityMike Ask MetaFilter - A dog unfriendly TV? by mmmmmmm - Do banks really monitor ATMs for left cash? by geoff. - What happens during breakdown on bridge or in tunnel? by toastchee - What stops someone from clearing out the Treasury via check? by Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug - Identify/translate Arabic cassette tape by gryphonlover - Gifts ideas for an octogenarian, Italian-American barber. by eotvos - How did they accomplish this multi-person musician jam by katecholamine - What technobabble should I google? by aubilenon - Word game involving linking similar-sounding words by definitions? by The otter lady - Help Me Paint a Mural (Please God help Me!) by WalkerWestridge - How do I help my spouse keep up our home internet setup after I die? by sciatica Music Tracks featured this month: - My Way (Roboticized) by q*ben - Bach Prelude in C, but shifted by a sixteenth-note by mpark - Salaman by umbú

Jessamyn and I do what we do best: manage to show up and record a podcast despite it all. We talk about (a) a bunch of COVID stuff and (b) a bunch of stuff that has nothing to do with COVID and (c) the whole process of trying to navigate that balance. I drink most of a tall beer. Jessamyn is hopped up on decaf coffee. It's wild. Runs about 80 minutes.Helpful LinksPodcast FeedSubscribe with iTunesDirect mp3 downloadMisc - Stay The Fuck In Line -side - people have feelings about the Archive.org library - get yourself some library-themed video call backgrounds - fuck you I'm not Chandler MeFi Projects - Voleflix public domain movie site by malevolent - All Up In My Grille by Fiasco da Gama - quarantimer: a coronavirus quarantine timer web app for your things by joeyh - COVID-19 - Should I Stay Home? by kristi - ha ha joke is on you I remembered to delete that duplicate link - Big Deal or No Big Deal by oulipian - How many pigeons fit in a child by Just this guy, y'know Jobs - Custom sewing work by pH Indicating Socks - Data Engineer, Enterprise Partnerships by taltalim - Production Executive by adrianhon MetaFilter - Not Pounded By Anything As I Practice Responsible Social Distancing by hippybear - | ̅ ̅ ̅| ͟ ͟ ͟ | ̅ ̅| ͟ ͟ | ̅ ̅| ͟ ͟ | ̅| ͟ ͟| ̅| ͟ | ̅ ̅ ̅| ͟ ͟ ͟ by acb - The pee rag will become your BFF by TrishaU - (Beyond Belief)/2 by curious nu - How Many Librarians Does It Take to Find a Forgotten Book? by MonkeyToes - You're The Man Once Again, Dog by kmz - Who's Ready For Some HOCKEY HAIR???? by Gray Duck - Turnips are very sensitive to time paradoxes. by Fizz - Which character are you? by mbrubeck - ✊ by Fizz - One year of wildlife in Pennsylvania by clawsoon Ask MeFi - Measuring microwaves from oven by falsedmitri - Consider the Pizza Roll by Grandysaur - Songs for a Hot Dog by ThePinkSuperhero - Mirroring a WordPress site? by jessamyn - Should I buzz my head? by insectosaurus - DJs on Twitch? by wowenthusiast - Cute and fantastical video games! by xarnop - All I got was this lousy t-shirt by backseatpilot - Life is short by sweetpotato MetaTalk - April Fun Indoor Scavenger Hunt by cortex - "I'll be there with Bells on! Ho ho!" by Fizz - Hide or Exclude COVID in AskMeFi ? by calgirl - Offer of Minecraft Server for all you lovely folks by sharp pointy objects - Let's make some dang art by cortex - Scheduled Downtime by frimble Music - The Great Staycation by snofoam - Ephemera by bananana - stupid Cure challenge by dorian - Making Me Nervous by frenetic (CONGRATS ON 5M SPOTIFY PLAYS BRAD) - Pandemic by flapjax at midnite - White Alice by mykescipark - Make Right the Time by rangefinder 1.4

Podcast? Podcast! Me and jessamyn, podcasting. It's the podcast thing, with jessamyn and with me, and it's this! Here you go. Seventy-five minutes? Podcast. Hi. Hello. Don't forget to reset your clocks if that happens this weekend. Podcast.Helpful LinksPodcast FeedSubscribe with iTunesDirect mp3 downloadMisc - 161 is boring - jessamyn saw some taxidermy at the library - I have lately been carving stuff in linoleum and making some prints - yes dammit the Marblelympics exists Projects - Greens Alignment Chart by youarenothere - YOU (September 1994 – June 1996) by dng - The Amazing Kondoizer by morspin - Avocado'n'Toast by malevolent (MeFi Post) Jobs - Project Coordinator, National Farmers Union-Ontario by mcbaya - Help us find a name for our music app by vert canard MetaFilter - Inspire! Engage! Empower! by jessamyn - My 72 Hours in a Viral Tweet Vortex: A Diary by Etrigan - Comment Culture, or, What The Hell Is Wrong With People? by soundguy99 - Wikipedia Is the Last Best Place on the Internet by growabrain - Google controls which political emails land in your inbox by clawsoon - "never wtf is wrong w/ you" by not_the_water Ask MeFi - Do you know anything about working in a cookie factory in the 1960s? by swheatie - How did The Simpsons translate 'cromulent' in other countries? by some little punk in a rocket - What is the worst thing you could find while digging in your back yard? by Black Cordelia - UTC time with the most uniform date by Tehhund MetaTalk - Trans people on MeFi - discussion space? by winterhill - FUCK IT, WE'LL DO IT LIVE SCORPIONS by cortex MeFi Music Featured tracks this episode: - Played Out by subocoyne - Irish Jig Set by gorbichov - Head Like A Hole by Maaik - touch my hovercraft - tr0n1que by The Vice Admiral of the Narrow Seas - Jazz Guy by invitapriore

Like Frodo and Sam enduring the travails of Mordor, Jessamyn and I have managed somehow to surmount the difficulties of the world to produce a podcast episode this month. Instead of getting a finger bit off we just lost some of our usual running time, so this is a lembas-thin 56 minutes. Also just to be clear there is literally no discussion of Tolkeinian mythology in this episode, I'm just punchy on a Friday night and you're getting whatever comes out of the keyboard at this point. Elevensies.Helpful LinksPodcast FeedSubscribe with iTunesDirect mp3 downloadWe just kinda smashed that link and describe button, so this shit's not really organized this time out. Revel in the anarchy. - Disability-related posts appreciation by DrAstroZoom - Final Results of the January 2020 Best Post Contest by taz - This is very dumb by Going To Maine - #poctakeover by Conspire - Interlude: jessamyn does a tweet - Book: Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language by MonkeyToes - That famous cello prelude, deconstructed by tonycpsu - What would it be like to ride a Space Elevator? by Narrative Priorities - How NOT to be a doormat? by catspajammies - 文言文編程語言 A programming language for the ancient Chinese by daisyk - Adapting to Ask Culture by 4rtemis - Art Garfunkel's Reading Habits by Jasper Friendly Bear - 100 Days of Art History Jinjins by rebent - Special Event: Superbowl LIV: NFL football 2020 championship by LobsterMitten - Golden Arm! Wait, no ... Radiant Form. Wait, no ... by komara - What else is like Corner Gas? by Ender's Friend - looking for recipes using lots of maple syrup by maurice - What are some good examples of repeated words/names/phrases? by AgentRocket - Interlude: Balrog! - What gift can I get for my wife to celebrate her new job as a librarian? by NoneOfTheAbove - What to include in a Library of Things? by daisyace - How to manage a reading list for multiple libraries? by Tehhund - Kaycee Nicole hoax documentary research by cortex - ~*Glitter*~ by sallybrown - Happy 2020/02/02! by Going To Maine Music this episode is five seconds of me singing dodgy barbershop quartet harmonies into my iMac's built-in mic about ten minutes ago.

Kicking off the year with a podcast that tried very hard not to happen, but by god me and jessamyn pulled it off after all, despite reschedules and weird recording problems that cost us a little bit of audio early on. Runs about 80 minutes and features some robot noises.Helpful LinksPodcast FeedSubscribe with iTunesDirect mp3 downloadMisc - The number 159 spells "CLIX" in Roman numerals - not to be confused with these various clixen - hey, remember KLAX? - not_on_display and an ad-hoc menorah - I made my dad a stained glass menorah - of which context about my grandpa's unfinished menorah design - googly eyes on jessamyn's mending Jobs - Hiring a part-time MeFi moderator by cortex (cf. MetaTalk thread; cf. restless_nomad heading onward soon) - Girl Scout Cookies by raccoon409 Projects - #8PrimatesOfChanukah on Twitter by ChuraChura (MeFi Post) - Tinseltown Tasty Times by smasuch - This Film Is 100 Years Old by dng - Advisory Circular LA by jjwiseman MetaFilter - haystack in the needle by cortex - Art Garfunkel's Reading Habits by Jasper Friendly Bear - Simon Must Be Boring by Partial Law - Romance Whiters of America by jacquilynne - to finally see Mr. Hooper once more by mightygodking - "The first website debuted only a couple years prior to my retirement" by Kattullus - R.I.P. Gahan Wilson by doctornemo (cf. a NUTS strips) - a whole bunch of great posts the last few weeks under the poctakeover tag Ask MeFi - a comment by Nerd of the North - So, I'm land rich and cash poor. What should I do? by shoesietart - Here's a subject not addressed in parenting books by Anonymous - Truly Silly Question -- "Hero Wars" Logic Puzzles Currently as FB Ads? by WCityMike - Let's discuss the "of it all" of it all. by ejs - What are some good examples of repeated words/names/phrases? by AgentRocket - Rockette Cadet by Dansaman - Having survived this jigsaw puzzle, I have a few questions. by Sublimity - How do I make someone's first time be as enjoyable as possible? by Pastor of Muppets - anvilicious, or, the silliest question ever by thereemix - Voice control without the spying by sodium lights the horizon - Which pair of animals which can interbreed taste the most different. by Just this guy, y'know FanFare - Movie: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker by KTamas - The Mandalorian: Chapter 8: Redemption by Burhanistan - Letterkenny: Season 8 by not_on_display MetaTalk - December open thread: disability, neurodiversity, and d/Deafness by sciatrix - A gentle reminder about the intersection of class and culture by quacks like a duck - What have you done this decade that you're proud of? by Johnny Wallflower Music this episode is just the weird robot noises we got when my computer was losing its mind. Let's all just be happy this thing got out the gate.

It's me! It's jessamyn! It's episode 158 of us podcasting about about the sort of MetaFiltery things we're wont to podcast about! It's about ninety minutes!Helpful LinksPodcast FeedSubscribe with iTunesDirect mp3 downloadMisc - turns out there's no Dunkins Donuts in Portland anymore - Jessamyn has some cables - and a plow neighbor - and a daylight lamp - and a newsletter - Tom West, clock synchronizer - a few years ago I made a Snake game called Shai Hulud Jobs - Hey, somebody helped out btfreek with their job thing! - Purchase a ticket for a show in Osaka by btfreek - MeFites italiani per favore aiutatemi! by mattdidthat - Full-Time (Salaried) Retail Associate at the Crow Museum of Asian Art by macrowave - Photoshop an 80s style double exposure for my family holiday card by tatiana wishbone - Social media freelance help by arnicae - Looking for someone to pick up a small heavy table on long island ny and take it to greyhound by arnicae Projects - The Drag Kings of Taipei by storytam (MeFi Post) - AI Dictionary (Twitter bot) by you (MeFi Post) - Niche Museums by simonw - NYRB discussion group by The Ted - Absolute Bleeding Edge by maxsparber MetaFilter - Gimme some money by mandolin conspiracy - A Deepfake Nixon Delivers Eulogy for the Apollo 11 Astronauts by Etrigan - what on earth is this: '⋮'? by jessamyn - Imaging, Reconstruct, Erase, Noise, Etc. - IRENE finds words by jessamyn - Right now, the official U. S. Time is: by Going To Maine - What time is it? by silusGROK - The search for the Enormous Pippin continues by web-goddess - Failure is Inevitable. What Matters is How You Deal With It. by thatwhichfalls - Florida Dog takes Florida Man's car for a heckin' fun ride! by Lizard Ask MetaFilter - Strategies for leaving a note for myself in a library book for 20 years by rileyray3000 - Mustache Pageant Colour Commentary by nathaole - An ice-cold glass of blood?? by catcafe - What are your top Oboe jams to displease my roommate? by Krawczak - Are small scratches in new stainless steel appliances normal? by rouftop - a comment by rouftop - Looking for affordable, quality clothes in Toronto by jb - E-ink ereader with a strong screen - or a strong case by jb - How many books are printed in one edition of a book? by plant or animal - How to clean ears before ear mold? by madonna of the unloved - a comment by Lutoslawski - National Geographic was wrong!! by Melismata - a comment by Ashwagandha - Another question about telephones in 1991 by swheatie - What is your chill vibe? by Phyltre MeFi Music Featured in this episode: - Skeleton Dance by usonian - Magic Show by AppleSeed - Stones/Water/Time/Breath by youarenothere - Fire Over The Deep by Devils Rancher MetaTalk - Secret Quonsar 2019 THANK YOU! by pjsky - 'Guess My Word' by bq - Mefi Mall 2019 by frimble FanFare - Watchmen! - The Mandalorian! - The Good Place! - Till Death Do Us Blart!

It's our Halloween episode, which is not particularly spooOOOOooOOoooky because I accidentally left it out on the counter overnight after we recorded it yesterday. But jessamyn and I catch up on the last month of MeFi stuff and you can't prove that there wasn't also a ghost on the call. Runs about 90 minutes.Helpful LinksPodcast FeedSubscribe with iTunesDirect mp3 downloadMisc - Jessamyn went to trivia as a kangaroo - eyeball humanoid street art - on the subject of RIP blogs - Beware of Mr. [Ginger] Baker - No Context No Context Twitter Accounts - the MeFi wiki's Hey, That's Me! page Jobs - Old Photo Retouching by kathrynm - arXiv.org python developer by bdc34 Projects - Printable Totally Real Birds of the World 2020 Calendar by COBRA! - Orange Grove Tool Sheds and Utility Boxes of Oliva, Spain by dobbs (MeFi Post) - ??, an emoji adventure by NMcCoy - Images in Detail by rory - All the Buddha Boxes: 70 Songs for 70 Years of China by beijingbrown - What Is Your Deal With Carly Rae Jepsen? by Maaik MetaFilter - Christians (actually) hiding secret messages on vinyl records! by jessamyn - 80×25 by cgc373 - Basketball is basketball. You know what I'm saying? by cashman - Thinking Outside the Plane by aws17576 - Nice Is Different Than Good by The Whelk - TIL... how to do picture descriptions in twitter for blind/sight-limited by hippybear - The Mystery of the "Terminator" Theme Time Signature by WCityMike - :emoji: by Fizz - Ginger Baker is gone. by Freedomboy - Then it happened. Tyler finally croaked. by Atom Eyes - Tour Halted Immediately After Scandal! Willie will never perform again! by 3j0hn - 38 people are looking at this FPP by Vesihiisi - In spite of present difficulties, hold on and give me optimism. by eotvos Ask MetaFilter - Orca-moose predation by jeather - Finding Canada Post parcel lost in the US by skycrashesdown - Music for a Winter Garden by sciencegeek - An Edible Curse by Acheman - How to deal with finding out decades later that mom was an alcoholic? by Anonymous - Tonight's NCIS - what is going on? by lungtaworld - Surgery vs. natural remedies for osteoarthritis by htm - Examples of overly simple solutions that were wrong by amtho - Fun feminist songs by hotchocolate - Every Photograph of Frederick Douglass by The Blue Olly - What's the origin of "Portland Orange"? by cortex - Unique Road Signs From Your Neck of the Woods by Fizz FanFare - Saturday Night Live: Chance the Rapper/Chance the Rapper by jessamyn MeFi Music Featured this episode: - chords 'n gourds by CarrotAdventure - A New Flame by srednivashtar - Invocation by Wolfdog MetaTalk - Rolling out some updated site documentation by cortex - Post Your Name Month! by Orange Dinosaur Slide - non-ascii tags in posts by signal - secret quonsar: can you take over? by julen - The Internet 50 by progosk

Jessamyn! Me! Podcast! MetaFilter! Talking!Helpful LinksPodcast FeedSubscribe with iTunesDirect mp3 downloadMisc - some facts about the number 156 - Lurking, by Joanne McNeil Jobs - Help plan a DIY US tour for an indie stage magician type by divabat - Photos in Vienna, Austria by eleanna - Adjust a sewing pattern by Melismata - Purchase a ticket for a show in Osaka by btfreek Projects - Cheating Hangman by avapoet (MeFi Post) - A Forest Tale by coevals - ButtyStock - the number one site for free crisp sandwich photos by malevolent (MeFi Post) - Incredible Doom: Season One by churl - I built a text-based trivia game. by juliebug MetaFilter - Odious ideas are not entitled to hide from criticism by sfenders - G'day, Chris here by noneuclidean - Grievous Spectacle Y/N? by Miko - a comment by jessamyn - Look, up in the sky! It's a flying squirrel! No, wait--a sugar glider! by sugar and confetti - The Unsolved Case of the Most Mysterious Song on the Internet by hippybear - Libraries Battle Over eBooks by MrGuilt - Novel Fencing Material by Eyebrows McGee - You can automate a lot of things. Sewing isn't one of them. by bitteschoen - This is just to say by Mchelly - "It tastes like hot bread that a strawberry sneezed on" by Johnny Wallflower - Welcome...To The Fumble Dimension by NoxAeternum - CROOOFFMEE by overeducated_alligator - first day of March will be slightly noisier than most by cortex - Gizapon my works and despair by GnomePrime Ask MeFi - Pronouncing 'jojoba' by dianeF - a comment by desuetude - Can anyone read/identify this inscribed tablet, Arabic maybe? by gudrun - Does anybody know anything about Antique Typewriters? by Sphinx - Jews of Metafilter, lend me your opinions, please. by BlahLaLa - Non-Obvious and Easy Pop Culture Vampire Costumes by superlibby - Entertainment for decompressing by crunchy potato - a comment by Serene Empress Dork - What's up with the New Pornographers' chord progressions by umbú - Single mefites with no dependents, what does your will look like? by exceptinsects - How can I talk to my partner about decluttering? by jschu MetaTalk - Climate Strike Day on Metafilter by restless_nomad - Good discussions on the Blue about Big Things at their infancy? by AgentRocket - Metatalktail Hour: Fashion Police by Eyebrows McGee - This is Just to Say by Ghidorah - Just Happy Things. by Fizz - Happy birthday, Jessamyn! by lauranesson FanFare - The Good Place is back for a final season - Bake Off is back too - speaking of back, also SNL Music Featured on this episode: - In the Key of Escape by The Vice Admiral of the Narrow Seas - It Don't Matter Who's First In Line by ORthey - Time by Bluebird Wine - Both Hands - cover (Ani DiFranco) by howfar - Manhattan Skyline by rangefinder 1.4

After several technical hiccups, Jessamyn and I managed to record a podcast, and here it is! Lots of MeFi and Ask; lots of users' first posts, lots of animal posts, even several first animal posts. Runs about 90 minutes.Helpful LinksPodcast FeedSubscribe with iTunesDirect mp3 downloadMisc - jessamyn and the Virgo month of leisure - it's post your animal month! - pb (hi pb!) scraped up and posted old school bloggers via an Ask thread Jobs - Quickie: Fix Blogger Indexing Issue via Google Search Console by Quisp Lover - Looking to speak with people who've had bad experiences with bereavement leave. by jimandtammy Projects - The Radiotopia Index: A Final Project in Organizing Information Class by CMcG - Chinese poetry translations by Quasirandom - Oregon Coast to Kentucky WITH NO FLAT TIRES! by JeffL - Living #Ferguson by brentajones MetaFilter - THE WONDER FUL MAGIC TO TELL THE FORTUNE! by capricorn - more weird and magnificent mustelids by sciatrix - The Ruling Class. by dhartung - RELENTLESS DOPPELGANGER m/ m/ m/ m/ m/ m/ m/ m/ m/ m/ m/ m/ by Ten Cold Hot Dogs - just absolutely wet as hell by chrchr - "I want it to look like a comebacker hit me in the nuts," I said. by filthy light thief - I Didn't Count On This Package Deal by chavenet - On the Hunt for Boston's Signtronix Signs by capricorn - Malignant tissue expectorated upon the pages by metaquarry - Welcome! To LibraryLand. You can do anything in LibraryLand. by not_on_display - Pow!Pow!Pow!Pow!Pow! by ChurchHatesTucker - The Cutest Eels! by GoldenEel - Just some ducks jumping out of a box (SLYT) by just_ducky - Pavlov's Ducks: Ding dong ducks commit lunch time crime by quacks like a duck - The Figure 8 Voyage by jackmakrl - Nooo they be stealin mah donut by Orange Dinosaur Slide - "only one slice...was necessary to fill the can." by jessamyn - "on any given day half a million raptors might be gliding overhead" by jessamyn - All my life Ive felt like an alien by ArbitraryAndCapricious - Bird Watching Goes Both Ways by dinty_moore - A penny sawed is a penny earned by oulipian - Ishkur's guide to electronic music updated for 2019 by gen Ask MeFi - Any old-school bloggers still posting? by y6y6y6 - What is this mystery machine? by introcosm - "bring me the red dog ball" by komara - That's some good ink, bub. by curious nu - No Regerts? by sockandawe - Taming the mechanical dragon's breath by umbú - Blank / bogus books by aubilenon - Pith fact, not fiction by uans - What is/was the maximum number of rings on a landline? by swheatie - Where can I go to see the most beautiful night sky, within reason? by wooh - Tell me about some ill-conceived opening acts for concerts! by mattholomew - You're Killing Me Smalls by WalkerWestridge - Tell me about your experiences owning a lake house by AgentRocket MetaTalk - Metafilter Dialup group – Get to know your fellow MeFites by KTamas - Post Your Animal Month by If only I had a penguin... - Share your ThinkPad Love! by Chairboy - Anxiety/depression/ADHD/autism/bipolar & other neurodivergences on MeFi by diss track able - Person of color only thread #3 by Brandon Blatcher - Alas, MrBill by ColdChef - Update on my wife's passing away by mrbill - Thank you for all the support and caring. by mrbill - MeFi helped me through the darkness. by mrbill - Ten years of thanks. by mrbill Music Featured on this episode: - Red Prairie Dawn by CarrotAdventure - 06 - dwarfdub headache - vampire deer by pyramid termite - Permanent Temporary Structures by srednivashtar - Continue Save Retry by q*ben

We're back after a skipped month with an unsurprisingly longer-than-usual podcast episode, as jessamyn and I chatter about all the ususal site stuff (a month's worth is generally too much, two months definitely so) and also talk a little about MeFi history, recent site challenges, the 20th anniversary, and so on. Runs just about two hours total.Helpful LinksPodcast FeedSubscribe with iTunesDirect mp3 downloadMisc - the fantastic number 154 - will my cat eat my eyeballs (a children's book) - Shirley Jackson's Raising Demons - for some unfathomable reason, James Taylor - only old people know what the red room was - pix from Jess's 20th anniversary meetup Jobs ~ 0:10 - Software Quality Engineer by MasterOfNone - Jeweler/Crafty Person by holborne - Be My First-Ever Career Coach, Or Refer Me To One by EmpressCallipygos Projects ~ 0:14 - PixelPirate by ph00dz - Metafilter Usage 2010-2019 by Tell Me No Lies - Apollo 11 (+50 years) Google Calendar by tss - How to Make a Phonotrope Video with Drawn Animation by tessmartin MetaFilter ~ 0:50 - Amazon promotion error: we have cameras. by ardgedee - It's more involved than you might think by clawsoon - How not to die at a Baseball Game by meech - Book dorks forever by ArbitraryAndCapricious - The Long Road to Pride by nikaspark - Enter Starman by adept256 - Rube Goldberg steps back for a three.... it's good! by not_on_display - It's not strange by Orange Dinosaur Slide - Gangsta's Paradise but every other beat is Amish Paradise by bondcliff - We sell our pizzas for $16.50. Here's how the costs break down. by Etrigan - Cats the Musical: 2019 'Live Action' Movie trailer [SLYT 2min 41sec] by Faintdreams - a comment by kyrademon - What, Me Worry? by chavenet - "We are writing to express our grave concern..." by frumiousb Ask MeFi ~1:22 - Is There a Word for this Type of Place? by Sassyfras - How to unhide a body by drlith - Town in Hungary by mgrrl - Why would a man have manicured long nails on only one hand? by Mid - Pre-purchase: Septic Fixed, Yard is Gone by yes I said yes I will Yes - 80's students, what films were your film society showing then? by AuroraSky - What's this mystery squash? by GuyZero - Weirdly Specific Packing and Possession Lists? by Ms Vegetable - We were promised jet packs. by pxe2000 - What's your choice for best song intros? by ashbury MetaTalk ~1:43 - RIP LeLiLo by MtDewd - Anxiety/depression/ADHD/autism/bipolar & other neurodivergences on MeFi by diss track able - Another person of color only thread by Brandon Blatcher - Decommissioning the US politics megathreads by cortex - Megathread.org? r/megathread? megathread.dreamwidth.com? by biogeo - State of the Site, July 2019 update by cortex - Following up on last month's discussions: immediate actions and planning by cortex - Following up on last month's discussions: medium and long-term work by cortex - Happy 20th Anniversary, MetaFilter by cortex FanFare - Book: The Fifth Season by dinty_moore - The Haunting of Hill House: Season 1 by skycrashesdown - Book: The Library Book by Homo neanderthalensis MeFi Music Featured in this episode: - Happy Birthday To You From Dan by dagosto - Natural, I Guess by snofoam - F9mily (You & Me) by OverlappingElvis - Know what u want by nikaspark - Here Come the Warm Jets by Television Name

It's time for that monthly podcast: jessamyn and I caught up yesterday on the last month or so of all things MetaFilter, Ask MetaFilter, Projects, and so forth through the ol' enumeration of subsites. We also talk about trivia a little, and as a result I ruin taiga and possibly everything else. We also got to wondering whether Jeopardy would throw you off the show for refusing to answer questions in good faith, so, hey, Jeopardy folks: any good stories there?Helpful LinksPodcast FeedSubscribe with iTunesDirect mp3 downloadMisc - it's a goddam ceramic guitar! - some sort of script parsing error turned Jessamyn's contacts page into this ancient post by Mathowie with her userid as the postid and I'm just including it here to prove I checked the script parser output I guess! Jobs - Record a Yiddish song by overeducated_alligator - Turn a ripped sheet into boxers by batter_my_heart - Service Desk Consulting Engineer (Tier 1-2 and Tier 3-4 Positions) by churl - Endpoint Engineer (Senior) - Brown University by BlackPebble Projects - 'Change the Subject' Documentary by soy bean (MeFi Post) - Deadwood As It Was. by dances_with_sneetches - Undulating Jigsaw Puzzles by mpark - Tufte Bootstrap by dylan_k - The Generalist Academy by Paragon (MeFi Post) MetaFilter - play play play play hate hate hate hate by cortex - I FEEL VERY STRESSED, but in a good way maybe?? by KTamas - "All my dreams fall like rain on a downtown train..." by jessamyn - "I've just been having fun, posting funny stuff online." by Johnny Wallflower - Paging Umberto Eco by PMdixon - The great Dickens and Dostoevsky hoax by Pyrogenesis - Weee Weee Wrrr Wrrr ( Repeat Repeat Repeat Repeat ) by zabuni - Every Champion Loses... Eventually by Etrigan - The Perpetual Diamond by carter - "Enjoy my old flute if you find one. I certainly did." by LobsterMitten - It's a resin-ator by mandolin conspiracy - Place-names by sylvanshine - You Were the Man Then, Dog by Rhaomi Ask MeFi - Tell me the cool way you organize your car by FencingGal - where can I buy very large containers of toothpaste? by meaty shoe puppet - TOCs for a specific volume of "Japan Quarterly"? by ryanshepard - Toothbrush care by the primroses were over - a comment by jessamyn - You're gonna feel some kinda way about this by DirtyOldTown - Something like Smores but infinitely better! by JenThePro - Cross Country Trip Planning, 1899 Edition by bajema - Was My Hotel Bonkers? by Raybun - need silly reasons why partner changed her last name by Sophont - Plastic bags, the more sustainable choice? Break it down please... by Miko - Are "man poops" a product of sexism? by crunchy potato MeFi Music featured in this episode: - Crushed by Evstar - Cider by usonian - Audio Tape From Paradise by Richard Upton Pickman - 02 - dolphin or giraffe - vampire deer by pyramid termite - That Lonesome Road by backseatpilot - lightning strike by umbú MetaTalk - Reconsidering the rule against friend-linking on the MeFi front page by cortex - things just got a lot more Helio-centric by cortex

P O D C A S THelpful LinksPodcast FeedSubscribe with iTunesDirect mp3 downloadMisc - Library of Congress WWII book evac stickers Jobs - I'll pay you to tell me how you do money by chesty_a_arthur - If you're from southern England, I'll pay you to come to Nice, France, for a scientific study (5 days) by os tuberoes - Development of 3D Coordinate Transformation Math by ZenMasterThis - Gift certificate from Berkeley, CA coffee shop! by southern_sky - Cartoon artist wanted by argonauta Projects - "I was a technician on Anderson Station" by Pirate-Bartender-Zombie-Monkey - H.i.P.O. (Hazardus Interstellar Perfessional Operations) by queensissy - A Internet Argument Ender about local tax rates by Shepherd (MeFi Post) - Star Trek episode, Dave Eggers book, or Mountain Goats song? by duffell (MeFi Post) - Life Gave Me Fifteen Lemons by jessamyn (MeFi Post) MetaFilter - Very Very Frightening Me by bwg - A Palace for the People by ragtag - Why bother with nearly three months of effort to collect this data? by Etrigan - a comment by barchan - A Random Walk Through The Library of Congress by mandolin conspiracy - Here is a vector of the first nine natural numbers... by vibratory manner of working - Epic Conway's Game of Life by Wolfdog - A Glitch Is Breaking All Firefox Extensions by Little Dawn - change it back by A god with hooves, a god with horns - "Extraordinary" 500-year-old library catalogue discovered by Bella Donna - "[unable to catch breath] eereeess um pizza" by cortex - Behind the Cat Pictures by zamboni Ask MeFi - Help me hear this song again by jessamyn - Legal Deposit Controversies (But Especially The One About Holograms) by Ten Cold Hot Dogs - Copyright v Publication by CollectiveMind - Superbranding trend in athletic gear and clothing by cashman - Kidnapping, or just camera-shy? by Pig Tail Orchestra - What should go on a home maintenance schedule? by JDHarper - So what's the deal with this old church, anyway? by escape from the potato planet - Looking for info about this world war two photo by Joan Rivers of Babylon - Buying or building a good light table for stained glass by cortex - 30 minute depression session by Dwardles - Soylent Pizza by Memo - Devastated about being fired by nightdoctress - Why no DOI, ORCID, ISSN, ISBN in Google Scholar by jadepearl MeFi Music Featured in this episode: - Star Dream II by CarrotAdventure - Andante Espressivo by Felix Mendelssohn (flute & piano) by SemiSalt - Mama Fish by blueheels - OH NO FOMO by cortex - HWY X - In The Air Tonight by transitional procedures MetaTalk - Happy birthday, cortex! by Lynsey - Telephone Pictionary Results! by metaphorever - I dip my hands in April among your faces tender by CMcG - Totes Magotes by cortex FanFare - Movie: Avengers: Endgame by smoke - Book: First Bite by Homo neanderthalensis - Book: The Library Book by Homo neanderthalensis

It's podcast time, and it's a (relatively) brief, (relatively) under-produced episode this time, with me and Jessamyn chatting about MeFi stuff for about 70 minutes because my voice was a little worn out.Helpful LinksPodcast FeedSubscribe with iTunesDirect mp3 downloadBecause I just want to get this dang thing out the door, there are no extra musical bumpers this episode, but I assure you there's lots of good stuff to listen to over on MeFi Music so if you feel so inclined you should probably just hit pause on this every twenty minutes or so and listen to something. Misc - don't miss the Crouton Petting Zoo - of which, the history of MeFi April Fools stunts - episode 151 more like Bacardi 151 - principles of food prep - play the census bracket game Jobs - Full time flexible admin in NYC by 6thsense - Project Manager by ochenk - Service Desk Consulting Engineer in Portland, OR by churl - ️ Emoji designer needed ️ by Homeboy Trouble - Crop scanned photos by k8t Projects - A Random Walk Through The Library of Congress: LOC Serendipity by metasunday (MeFi Post) - Puzzling Art by Margalo Epps - Make money. Rip off hard-working people. Earn cool stuff for your desk. by missjenny - Terrible Things Happening in Cold Places by daisyk - 18 short plays about Python and programming by brainwane MetaFilter - Can you help a brother out with a little money laundering? by sylloge - A Rally of Librarians Who Are Nonetheless Human and Other Bibliohumor by MonkeyToes - One Man and One Dog by janell - Why You Shouldn't Bury Your Pet in the Back Yard by jjderooy - "It was a labour of love" by bq - "Mad weave is triaxial" by clew - Transporting Fabrics. by Capt. Renault - not kosher due to its extra dragon-typing by readinghippo - ɾ, ɹ, l, ɫ by gwint - Sorry, Albany, no Sweet Sixteen for you by not_on_display - Knight to Bifurcating Tentacle Monster Three by cortex - Am I just paranoid? Or am I just steamed? by Doktor Zed Ask MeFi - The Nuns at Sunday School Didn't Prepare Me For This by EmpressCallipygos - Leave an empty seat for the dead by mermaidcafe - Ever heard an explanation of a number that gave you an 'aha!' moment? by blazingunicorn - Convince me to visit you! by backseatpilot - Are there names for different types of snow drifts? by Sequined Ballet Flats - Help me mine the Internet of yore...first ISP and web site for Spfld, IL by arniec - What is your favorite little-known perq (from credit card, prime, etc.)? by AgentRocket MetaTalk - The Paint Roller AskMe's shared memory hits 2019 television by cashman - Thank you, Metafilter by infini - We're Married! by Fizz

Here it is. A podcast. It's a podcast and here it is. Yes. Yes? Yes.Helpful LinksPodcast FeedSubscribe with iTunesDirect mp3 downloadMisc. - jessamyn's photo of a funny tombstone racking up uncredited reddit karma - I indirectly inherited my grandpa's stained glass kit Jobs - I am looking for an accountant by msali - Mobile Plant Tissue Culture (Micropropagation) Technician - Guelph (Ontario, CA) area by porpoise - Needed: Volunteer CSS developer for a progressive activism site by daisyace - EFF Activist by roll truck roll Projects - The Solar Nerd by caffeine_monkey - Noon All Year ... and more by terrapin - Shit Solidarity: Magnetic Memes on Workers' Wages in Shitter Stalls by duffell (MeFi Post) - Making a Menger sponge in stained glass by cortex (MeFi Post) - Virtual ChIP-seq by grouse MetaFilter - Librarians on Horseback by carmicha - hurf durf book eater by jessamyn - Lost pets, ham, and creepy messages by mandolin conspiracy - Welcome To The Trauma Floor by the man of twists and turns - "Tom Nook saying foul things will never not be funny." by Fizz - "Science writer & communicator" by Johnny Wallflower - Simple (?) linear browser puzzler by Jpfed - by Freelance Demiurge - all the wrong answers are interesting by spamandkimchi - Award-winning photographer Lisa Saad accused of stealing images by unliteral Ask MeFi - Let's shed some light on the situation by nkknkk - Should I go to rehab? What questions do I need to ask? by Anonymous - animated aardvarks? by chasles - Tongue in cheek songs about historical topics by Omnomnom - Songs that take place during a nuclear blast by fiercecupcake - Ska covers of songs that are not ska by Frowner - Are phone books disappearing? by sitecoach - What archive would like my zine collection? by ardgedee - Help me smell like a man by OrangeDisk - Eclectic or oddball museums that are worth a detour? by Jasper Fnorde - What are the most awkward parts of your job, and how do you handle them? by amicamentis MeFi Music Featured in this episode: - Level 3 by q*ben - Freddie the Freeloader by CarrotAdventure - 03 - house by the river - vampire deer by pyramid termite - To the Night by nikaspark MetaTalk - Nintendo Switch: The Enfriendening by lazaruslong - Longest time from comment to first like by COD - Will Poo Month Never End??? by Homo neanderthalensis - Subreddit recommendations by acb - Why no meetup photos? by cilantro - MetaX by Fizz - MetaOops by Fizz

ARE YOU READY FOR SOME PODCAAAAAAAST because this is an episode of one. It's me and Jessamyn and a whole passel of Januarial content from MeFi, along with some youthful car stories and our belated discovery of the Spanish word for sock. Runs about 90 minutes.Helpful LinksPodcast FeedSubscribe with iTunesDirect mp3 downloadKicking it off with a belated New Year greeting from ellieBOA! Misc - Jessamyn's reading list - DOGSLED MAIL Jobs - New project from XOXO organizers seeking senior level engineer and project manager by andymcmillan - Quickie: Fix Blogger Indexing Issue via Google Search Console by Quisp Lover - Women's Garment Pattern Drafting by crush - STEM (preferably Psychology) grad student / PhD needed to help look over CV/resume draft by aielen Projects - Laser cut peacock mandala by MillMan (MeFi Post) - Afterlife Wingdings by Pronoiac - The earliest when by dng (MeFi Post) - Good October EP by Bluebird Wine - Bug Report! zine by splitpeasoup MetaFilter - "But once you hear 'swastika made of dicks' it's kind of over." by knownassociate (cf. is this loss? image, context from Know Your Meme) - BassoonTracker - opensource javascript music tracker by kmkrebs - hockey butt - International House Of Champions by nikaspark - r/droste_effect by zamboni - Do not snuggle up it is not on bed by jessamyn - Relive your middle school fundraiser assembly! by duffell - Is Tom Brady a cheater? Ask a 10 year old. by gryphonlover - There's No Escape From The Judgment Of The Eldritch One Jolene. by Joey Michaels - A social network just for Vermont by lubujackson - All together now... by mandolin conspiracy - The varsity team by k8t - The best way to recap a year is with laughter by filthy light thief Ask MeFi - Assume a spherical deer... by Pig Tail Orchestra - Do rockets have the most fire? by thetruthisjustalie - How do I not look like a nazi? by BenevolentActor - Reacting to diversity hiring when I am Hispanic but it is not obvious by calcetinporfavor - Equivalent to eggs and toast in other cultures? by lalunamel - What would happen if you ate a handful of jumping beans? by amicamentis - Ubuntu craptop followup! - How unreasonably paranoid am I being? by rhiannonstone - a comment by ErisLordFreedom - Why can I watch cable TV 24/7 but streaming video has a cap? by mccxxiii - It's not like taxi apparently by bleep - What are some sounds that English speakers have difficulty perceiving? by Mystical Listicle - a comment by jessamyn MeFi Music Tracks featured in this episode: - if you want me by CarrotAdventure - Taps. by Existential Dread - Big Indie - Project Stem by nikaspark - Sebastia by Corduroy - Damping by q*ben Also, don't miss the new Music challenges: - Challenge (Size: XL) - THE KATE BUSH BONANZA by greenish - Challenge (Size: Regular) - A CHANGE WOULD DO YOU GOOD by greenish MetaTalk - MetaFilterMusic: new challenges! by greenish - Best Post Contest FINALE: winner, category winners, 1st & 2nd timers by LobsterMitten - Rest in Peace, MovableBookLady by rangefinder 1.4 FanFare - there was a Super Bowl - Star Trek: Discovery is good

Sheesh, it's a week into the year and I still keep trying to write "2018" on my podcasts. But it's the new year, and Jessamyn and I catch up on what's happened on the big blue linky sea lately. Also occasionally featuring my neighbor's rented wood chipper! But also, more importantly, featuring messages from a whole bunch of MeFites who called in to share well wishes, new year greetings, old year ass-and-screendoorings, and some lovely and heartfelt thoughts about where they are, where we are, and hoping for us all to keep getting there together in the next year.Helpful LinksPodcast FeedSubscribe with iTunesDirect mp3 downloadIf you want to hop straight to the call-in bits to hear each other's voices, I've included them all in two chunks, starting at about 14 minutes in and then again at about 62 minutes in. Thanks so much again to everyone who called in or emailed a recording in; I really love hearing all y'all's voices and being able to share them with the whole community like this. Specifically, thanks to all these callers: TinyChicken, grumpybear69, hexydexy, ChuraChura, Gray Duck, jgirl, gamera (and Ephorbia), wittgenstein, endotoxin, jillithd, yomimono, Fig, Bella Donna, 80 Cats in a Dog Suit, Eyebrows McGee and Nano McGee, h00py, frimble, KTamas, Johnny Wallflower, bondcliff, Mutant Lobsters from Riverhead, pernoctalian, plinth, rmd1023, rangefinder 1.4, kimberussel, Songdog, and ocherdraco. (As always, any error in the ordering, spelling, or omission in the above list is my fault; lemme know if I goofed and I'll update the list accordingly.) Misc - nothing in Psalm 148 says a dog can't play basketball - Leaf Blower by Asylum Street Spankers - Jess's neighbor Phil's glass studio - CLUTTER IS GOOD ACTUALLY - Jess says: read Manfried Man - but, also, manfriend dot org, i guess Jobs - Funny Freelance greeting card writer! by ferociouskitty - Senior IT Desktop Field Support (Higher Ed) by BlackPebble Projects - Red Square, watercolor and pencil on paper, 6"x6" 12/15/18 by cortex - J. R. "Bob" Dobbs Memorial Inverse Hessian Multiplication by hleehowon - WhatCSS: by ph00dz - Telephone Pictionary, Correspondence Edition by duffell - News You May Have Missed by joannemerriam - The Moonlight Sonata but the bass is a bar late and the melody is a bar early by speicus (MeFi Post) - Starcom: Nexus by justkevin MetaFilter - Every Tweet is Like Sunday by chavenet - 2018 Mashed by subocoyne - "The audience went nuts for it." [citation needed] by jessamyn - a comment by soulchap - Zelda Day 2018 by JHarris - How to Make Friends by Bella Donna - "I'm so excited because I love mess!" by Fizz - Why bells ring out danger and celebration instead of ting like triangles by dancing leaves - My dad and Charles Barkley by ChuraChura - Package Thief vs. Glitter Bomb Trap by Foci for Analysis - a comment by you must supply a verb - Why Not This Idea: Dogs Can Talk For 25 Minutes Per Day by Johnny Wallflower - a comment by ryanrs - Byrne's Euclid by urbanwhaleshark Ask MeFi - Tell me when it's decorative gourd season, motherfuckers! by peacheater - Last names that are widely recognizable as only fictional characters? by Cool Papa Bell - How many "Bridge Ices Before Road" signs are in the state of Michigan? by bbqturtle - Cost of a U.S. Passport in 1984 by Ira Weston - What are your favorite reasonably-priced housewares? by Anticipation Of A New Lover's Arrival, The - Pointers on how to learn to realistically model a fake world economy? by wooh - How to be a better e-library patron by hungrytiger - Facts About Social Justice Activists Not Related to Their Activism by anya32 MetaTalk - MeFi Card Club Appreciation Part III: Beyond Thunderdome by phunniemee - Pest Bost Contest for January 2019! by LobsterMitten - A Metafilter community on Dreamwidth by foxfirefey - Long Time, No See by mr_crash_davis MeFi Music Featured in this episode: - warm for december (christmas cheese mix) by es_de_bah - Keener Sounds by ageispolis - 2019 by CarrotAdventure - Another Year And Most Of Us Have Made It by cortex - When Green Leaves Spring (It's Good To See You) by rangefinder 1.4 FanFare - hey there's that new Mari Kondo show on Netflix - also the new animated Spider-Man film is apparently pretty rad

November isn't even quite over yet but Jessamyn and I are entirely done with it, and document a bunch of the good bits and some of the not so great ones in this episode of the MeFi monthly podcast. Also there is a very clever bird and some nude cats. Also I make a pretty solid joke about clouds. It's actually not very solid. The joke I mean. Also obviously not the clouds, they're made of vapor, c'mon. Yes. Okay. Hello.Helpful LinksPodcast FeedSubscribe with iTunesDirect mp3 downloadMisc - the number 147 is a superpermutation I guess - man we maybe need some podcast archives, anywhere here's the very first one - flowers for Algernon, more like flippies from Jim - y'all it's still Moshow the Cat Rapper - like, I mean Jobs - Clinical Research Operations Specialist- IT oriented by tangaroo - 3D Conversion Artist by Construction Concern Projects - fcc-git-nomic: A game of Nomic played via Github by man down under - The Toronto Film Map by avocet - Playlists from The Site by bendy - A game that teaches kids 20 years of investing in 20 minutes by missjenny (MeFi Post) - We Sacrificed Imaginary Kitties to Help People Avoid Real-Life Financial Disaster by missjenny - The Brexit Twitter Project by garius MetaFilter - SF Writer Greg Egan & Mystery Math Whiz Advance Permutation Problem by cgc373 - Let your need guide your behaviour by Johnny Wallflower - "Sluggo is lit" by Doktor Zed - The Competitive Book Sorters Who Spread Knowledge Around New York by cynical pinnacle - Attention Chess Nerds! by OHenryPacey - 52,438 High-Definition Images of Artworks Into the Public Domain by WCityMike - Before envelopes, there was letterlocking by zeptoweasel - slurp gulp crunch smack by Fizz - The "Talk" for 45-year old women by bunderful - Take another puzzle piece of my art by Atom Eyes - I Was At One Point Informed By A Person by BiggerJ Ask MeFi - How should I begin selling my underwear in NYC? by crocodiletsunami - What is the weirdest, most obscure national organization you know of by Ms Vegetable - Is the fruit from Harry and David really more amazing ? by TestamentToGrace - How to deal - when family member did the worst thing by Anonymous - How did you deal with seeing your partner in pain during labor? by Fister Roboto - Help me get my photos off of Flickr by melodykramer (of which also Jess hunts for Creative Commons answers) - Considering getting a Sphynx by hepta MetaTalk - rtha in hospice by cortex - RIP Samizdata by Johnny Wallflower - Metatalktail Hour: Open Holiday Thread! by Eyebrows McGee - MeFi Cookie Swap 2018 by chara - It's the $5 noob anniversary! by octothorpe - the holidays are upon us sooner than usual by jessamyn - Chrisish? Greenmear? by greenish - Everybody needs a hug by lazuli - Direct your gopher client to gopher://gopher.metafilter.com by cortex MeFi Music Track featured in this episode: - Scheme by srednivashtar - Third Song, by Bulbs for Leonard by not_on_display - Nothing but the Rain by Bluebird Wine - Dance46 by CarrotAdventure FanFare - The Good Place continues to be a very good show

It's a remarkably short one this month—just over 50 minutes—because my throat was sore in what turned out to be the preface to a nasty cold that knocked me out all weekend, which is why we recorded this last week and it's only going up to day! But here it is! Also, vote!Helpful LinksPodcast FeedSubscribe with iTunesDirect mp3 downloadMisc - were we recording yet when we talked about Jim Steinman? Well, regardless. - Halloween in Randolph, VT - more costume pix - facts about 146 - Jessamyn as a kangaroo - Secretariat as a snake - UPS dogs as UPS humans - Fellow Worker Gritty as himself Jobs - Need an experienced bassist to write me a tab by Alexandra Michelle - Archives Researcher by dances_with_sneetches Projects - PacTrack: Deobfuscate & Visualize U.S. Political Funding by zazerr - "I Love Being A Woman, Except..." Shirts by hanov3r - 2018 US election ratings & results tracker by Chrysostom MetaFilter - "Parker, who brings a life-sized Bob Ross cutout to her events, agreed." by Wordshore - A beautiful collection of antique calculating instruments by bq - All hail Gritty. by everybody had matching towels - Mmm, pie by cellar door - A.. AH... SOM...THI...TO...E EAT...? by Existential Dread - Captivating, calming competition: it's the 2018 Winter MarbleLympics! by filthy light thief - A veritable treasure trove of old footage by SecretAgentSockpuppet Ask MeFi - Fear of a shooting at my job is becoming debilitating by Jandoe - a comment by robocop is bleeding - What should I know about buying studio time for my 10 yr old daughter? by blackjack514 - What blatantly ridiculous titles can I give myself? by billiebee - Please help an old feller with identifying this youtube demo's tune by Chitownfats - Extra heavy-duty, coarse-weave Alpaca sweaters by RavinDave MetaTalk - Would you like a Button? by wym - secret quonsar 2018: Let the Niceness begin! by julen - The Calm and Happy Peaceful Thread by WCityMike - Zozosuit Check-in II by One Second Before Awakening - Metatalktail Hour: Halloween! by Eyebrows McGee - Praise for a Mefite by glasseyes MeFi Music Featured in this ep: - Squares are the future by umbú - virtual confetti by the quidnunc kid - 'Creep' cover on the OP-1 by TheNegativeInfluence

If you wanted to hear about the time Jessamyn went on Jesse Ventura's TV show, this episode of the MetaFilter podcast is your big chance! Also we talk about, y'know, MetaFilter and MetaFilterian things and fun stuff and stupid stuff. The whole gamut, basically.Helpful LinksPodcast FeedSubscribe with iTunesDirect mp3 downloadMisc -It's October, let's get spoopy. - Glitch is pretty great - Jenn Schiffer is rad - Nova at 50 - oh also Jessamyn was on Jesse Ventura's show - what up, Gritty Jobs - Seeking nude Yoga/Pilates Teachers in Boston (& NYC) by Autumn Willow - photo project help by tangaroo - Library Director for Mesa County Libraries in Colorado Project - Two-sentence Horror Stories by maxsparber - peaceful, easy gmail by jessamyn - Artpal! by the phlegmatic king - Geeky Librarian things (mostly) by griffey - Definitely not made up Murder She Wrote title cards by clipperton - Wordshore speaks some words by Wordshore - Altered States Podcast-with help from MeFi by GospelofWesleyWillis - Lyric McKerrigan, Secret Librarian by yankeefog - Roguelike Celebration, October 6-7 2018 in San Francisco (third annual!) by dreamyshade MetaFilter - Linux Kernel adopts code of conduct by jenkinsEar - of which cf. Coraline - My time has come! by straight - barf, ralph, blow chunks, pray to the porcelain god by not_the_water - Nintendo Makes Mistake, Gives Internet Ideas by NoxAeternum - a comment by NoxAeternum - All hail Gritty. by everybody had matching towels - Then the lawyers will lead us to reason... by mandolin conspiracy - "Do you want to read a mathematics book?" his professor asked him by LobsterMitten Ask MeFi - Car negotiation pricing ...help by gregjunior - What shape petit fours can I cut from a sheet cake s.t.... by meaty shoe puppet - Did I miss a day of etiquette school growing up? by rocketbadger - Am I an antisocial roommate? by iamsuper - What can we do to honor gender pronouns as event planners? by rockyraccoon - "How do you know it was because of your race?" by jnrs - a comment by jessamyn - What's your favorite piece of trivia? by storybored - Colleague/coauthor convicted of child porn posession – now what? by Anonymous FanFare - Saturday Night Live: Adam Driver, Kanye West by DizzyOnBugSpray Music Featured this episode: - Open to the Sky by Foosnark - The Counterforce by Grangousier - Life, Alexander by Maaik - Arps-speriment #3: Soothing Arps by CarrotAdventure - Caroline by peppercorn - Ed Steamhams - Cooking Out Loud by cortex