Activity from doctornemo

Time to rewatch They Live. [more]
favorited 6 times, recently by snsranch, flabdablet, Strutter Cane - United Planets Stilt Patrol, torokunai, kokaku, Pedantzilla
MeFi comment - Almost 3 hours ago

The thing about physical dice is that very few — outside of the ones in licensed casinos — have actually been tested for true randomness. I've been hoping to lean into this, actually. I want to build some ostentatiously loaded dice I can… [more]
favorited 2 times, recently by clew, Proofs and Refutations
MeFi comment - 5 ¼ hours ago

The article misses the other fronts in place Usually I agree with this sentiment, but not today. The post was specifically about FDR's radio prayer. And, as you note, FDR mentioned the Italian campaign. If you want to really focus on… [more]
favorited 17 times, recently by Wordshore, jonathanhughes, Fuchsoid, Harvey Kilobit, mostlymartha, davidmsc, gwydapllew, freakazoid, AzraelBrown, clavdivs, Pendragon, nofundy, billjings, wenestvedt, The Manwich Horror, marxchivist, Sphinx
MeFi comment - 12 hours ago

As many as 150,000 people have died since the conflict erupted last year, by American estimates. Another nine million have been forced from their homes, making Sudan home to the largest displacement crisis on earth, the United Nations says. A… [more]
favorited 3 times, recently by jeffburdges, snsranch, xdvesper
MeFi comment - Yesterday

The TFA's conclusion sounds good to me: We need to acknowledge boys’ feelings, to talk with our sons in the same way we do our daughters, to hear them and empathize rather than dismiss or minimize, and engage with them as fully emotional… [more]
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MeFi comment - Yesterday

Want to talk about boys? OK. I'll mention two. GenX man here, born 1967 in New York City. Childhood and teen years trained me *thoroughly* never to express nearly all emotions. Sadness, love, confusion, even whimsy: parents, teachers, fellow… [more]
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MeFi comment - Yesterday

Dogs and babies? Makes sense. When we lived in Vermont black bears visited us from time to time. Once a black bear and some cubs charged right across the little dirt road I was driving my kids along. Another time a big guy ambled across our… [more]
favorited 2 times, recently by TrishaU, toodleydoodley
MeFi comment - 2 days ago

This study reminds me of Ernst Bloch's The Principle of Hope, where he tried to suss out the desire for a better world in anything he could find. (I've only read the first book. Fred Jameson told me he thinks he's the only person who… [more]
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MeFi comment - 4 days ago

MetaFilter: you’re DEFINITELY not allowed to talk about Dyngus Day [more]
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MeFi comment - 4 days ago

Thank you for this one, Brandon. I'm working on another space exploration post and will gladly reference this. [more]
favorited 1 time, recently by wenestvedt
MeFi comment - 4 days ago

I think the discussion here is conflating a few things. 1) Books in poor physical shape (ex: mildew).* 2) Books on topics we don't like for various reasons, including being out of date. 3) The supply of secondhand books now massively exceeds the… [more]
favorited 2 times, recently by BeBoth, mygothlaundry
MeFi comment - 4 days ago

What exactly would the students be protesting about? For one, they might protest at the lack of action taken by their national government concerning the crisis. They could also request teaching about the topic, as well as service… [more]
favorited 5 times, recently by xdvesper, vasi, jb, Lord Chancellor, y2karl
MeFi comment - 4 days ago

I had no idea at all. It's not getting much media coverage or general discussion, from what I can see. [more]
favorited 3 times, recently by hydropsyche, GenjiandProust, torokunai
MeFi comment - 4 days ago

Occasionally I just try to read something on the web on my phone and I'm appalled by how intrusive and actively user-hostile the design is. Same experience here. I've taken to use my RSS reader on the phone to quickly skim news, then… [more]
favorited 1 time, recently by busted_crayons
MeFi comment - 4 days ago

I remember the “Kony 2012” people being active on college campuses. Me too. Back in the 1990s I tried to get people exercised about what was then becoming former Yugoslavia. In the 1920s and 30s there were various student movements… [more]
favorited 1 time, recently by HearHere
MeFi comment - 4 days ago

I think you're right, star gentle uterus. What you describe comes up every time MeFi discusses problems afflicting men and boys. [more]
favorited 5 times, recently by jb, cidthesquid, daveliepmann, downtohisturtles, biogeo
MeFi comment - 5 days ago

Thank you for sharing this, reality_is_benign. [more]
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MeFi comment - 5 days ago

I wish people who frequently travel would scale things back enough so that other people who don't travel at all could have an opportunity while still reducing the overall amount of travel. maybe this talk of whether or not travel is… [more]
favorited 5 times, recently by caviar2d2, Suedeltica, birdsongster, wenestvedt, chavenet
MeFi comment - 5 days ago

How much tourism actually does anything to help people understand and grow in reality? Given who has had access to routine travel, I think the evidence for it creating empathy or broadening cultural horizons is very slim. I think that on the… [more]
favorited 1 time, recently by chavenet
MeFi comment - 5 days ago

Came here to recommend The Lives of Others. So many great scenes, like the one with the ball. [more]
favorited 3 times, recently by ovvl, The Outsider, chavenet
MeFi comment - 6 days ago

I would love, love, love to see this: At the presentence interview, a psychologist or social worker working for the probation department may also talk to Mr. Trump, during which time the defendant can “try to make a good impression and explain… [more]
favorited 33 times, recently by tuesdayschild, The Outsider, ZakDaddy, Jane the Brown, KGMoney, srboisvert, Pouteria, Sublimity, AsYouKnow Bob, Iris Gambol, marxchivist, lukemeister, camyram, jedicus, TrishaU, marlys, corb, wenestvedt, Faint of Butt, nofundy, May Kasahara, NotLost, graymouser, Joey Michaels, umbú, runincircles, Jacqueline, hydropsyche, knotty knots, coffeecat, The Card Cheat, rum-soaked space hobo, clawsoon
MeFi comment - 8 days ago

I was saddened to see no mention of Traveller. [more]
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MeFi comment - 8 days ago

So very cool. I love uncovering early human history. Plus I fooled around with making drystone walls. Man, that takes time. [more]
favorited 1 time, recently by HearHere
MeFi comment - 8 days ago

Gift link to NYTimes piece. [more]
favorited 5 times, recently by TrishaU, SeedStitch, Jacqueline, Bella Donna, Mister Fabulous
MeFi comment - 11 days ago

Thank you for the alternative link, Lanark. [more]
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MeFi comment - 11 days ago

someone should tell MeFi I'm gone, the way one tells the bees. MetaFilter: the told bees. [more]
favorited 10 times, recently by LobsterMitten, nofundy, theora55, limeonaire
MeFi comment - 11 days ago

That was fun. Brought back some memories of playing in an arcade, wondering how this new tv show Battlestar Galactica would turn out. [more]
favorited 2 times, recently by The Manwich Horror, Reverend John
MeFi comment - 11 days ago

From Frankenstein: When I returned home my first care was to procure the whole works of this author, and afterwards of Paracelsus and Albertus Magnus. I read and studied the wild fancies of these writers with delight; they appeared to… [more]
favorited 2 times, recently by emf, HearHere
MeFi comment - 12 days ago

Against being age-specific: But almost without exception, if you ask an American when times were worst, the most common response will be “right now!” [more]
favorited 1 time, recently by clew
MeFi comment - 12 days ago

Thank you, Zumbador, Jacen, and nanny's striped stocking. [more]
favorited 2 times, recently by Bella Donna, Zumbador
MeFi comment - 13 days ago

The names remind me of classic Puritan ones. [more]
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MeFi comment - 13 days ago

Splendid post. Hurrah, Dalkey Archive! [more]
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MeFi comment - 2 weeks ago

an NYT gift link is like a paper bag full of shit, afire, on the doorstep, and posting NYT is like ringing the doorbell. Can we not? I just wonder. Actually, I want to thank box for this link. Not everyone has a NYT subscription, so I… [more]
favorited 3 times, recently by adrienneleigh
MeFi comment - 2 weeks ago

Now my wife and I are thinking hard about this for ourselves. She had two (2) heart attacks last year and now feels very close to death, so she buys nearly nothing physical and wants to get rid of stuff. For me, the big issue is my book… [more]
favorited 4 times, recently by nofundy, BeBoth
MeFi comment - 2 weeks ago

One of the decent things my father did before he died last year was to get rid of most of his stuff. To be fair, my brother and I did most of the grunt work of hauling, boxing, etc. But when he passed there wasn't much there. Furniture was the… [more]
favorited 4 times, recently by nofundy
MeFi comment - 2 weeks ago

scolbath, a book appraiser is a very good idea. When I worked for a used/antiquarian bookstore, the owner used to do some of that. Man, there were some stories. [more]
favorited 1 time, recently by scolbath
MeFi comment - 2 weeks ago

7 hours? I'm not hating I'm pretty close to hating. There is no way I have time for a *one* hour video, much less freaking four or, blessed Cthulhu, seven. The most I can do now is 30 minutes, if the visual content doesn't matter much… [more]
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MeFi comment - 2 weeks ago

Ah, memories of making ASCII art on dumb printer terminals around 1980. [more]
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MeFi comment - 3 weeks ago

Well obviously it was painted that way to appeal to Queen Carmilla For cstross: The grave of the Countess Mircalla was opened; and the General and my father recognized each his perfidious and beautiful guest, in the face now… [more]
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MeFi comment - 3 weeks ago

My wife also saw Han Solo in carbonite, gottabefunky. [more]
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MeFi comment - 3 weeks ago

very good title. [more]
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MeFi comment - 3 weeks ago

“global weirding” is a phrase I like very much, and want to see in greater circulation. [more]
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MeFi comment - 3 weeks ago

posted by The_Vegetables Eponhysterical! [more]
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MeFi comment - 3 weeks ago

Thank you for this detailed post, Rhaomi. I'm traveling today and can't do the kind of research you did! [more]
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MeFi comment - 4 weeks ago

Excellent catch, chavenet. [more]
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MeFi comment - 4 weeks ago

I admire his Poe obsession. So many adaptations. And this bit of inspiration: The group meet Edgar Allan Poe, who throughout the film drives around on a motorbike with Lenore on the back and a raven on his shoulder, commenting on the action… [more]
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MeFi comment - 4 weeks ago

Looks like an earlier ad from another company. [more]
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MeFi comment - 4 weeks ago

Heh - Colbert offers a nicely Gothic twist. [more]
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MeFi comment - 4 weeks ago

Confucius Institutes are probably the best-known elite Chinese influence project... [T]hey were welcomed by many universities because they provided cheap or even free Chinese-language classes and professors. Over time, the institutes aroused… [more]
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MeFi comment - Last month

I'm a lifelong horror movie fan, and this ad creeped me out. Maybe it's spending years playing a musical instrument (cello), or learning to take photos with a real camera now, or spending a lot of my life caring for books. Maybe it was the sheer… [more]
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MeFi comment - Last month

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