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It would have been nice to have our solar system in there, to get scale versus some of the massive giant stars and nebulae. Anyone know where that would fit in?
posted to MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 7:27 AM on November 9, 2020

This was great at so many levels. It's such a pleasure to read a master discussing their craft, and in this case all the additional questions of race, blackness, identity, story telling. Thanks for posting it.
posted to MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 8:25 PM on June 19, 2020

African-American playwright Aurin Squire contemplates performative blackness for a white audience in The Return of the Native Son (paywalled, sorry).

Aurin's Blog here.
posted to MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 10:36 AM on July 3, 2020

This looks like a great iOS update and I'm very excited about the ARM-based Macs.

The iOS home screen has been a mess since day 1. It's nice to see them cleaning that up.

Also really nice that they are going to support "EV Routing" in Apple Maps: it will integrate with your electric vehicle to include charging stops in your long-distance trips.
posted to MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 1:51 PM on June 22, 2020

This is very cool. Now if they just made it read/write instead of read-only, you could have some real fun.
posted to MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 11:06 AM on June 15, 2020

Interesting background on the inclusion of the "sex" in the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

According to the thread, it was added by a southern segregationist, possibly as a joke, possibly because he thought it might derail the bill altogether. The inclusion was supported by Alice Paul, Quaker, suffragist, and co-author of the Equal Rights Amendment.

When the the EEOC declined to enforce Title VII for sex, Betty Friedan and other feminist… [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 9:38 AM on June 15, 2020

JK Rowling just posted an essay describing her perspective on the issue.
posted to MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 12:41 PM on June 11, 2020

Indeed, if I had seen your comment before I posted mine I would have used the word screed. I still think it's worth reading the original as well as the critique.
posted to MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 12:45 PM on June 11, 2020

See also the story of how a national campaign by whites terrorists overthrew the US government.
posted to MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 5:49 PM on November 27, 2019

The story begins

When we talk about racial injustice in America, we usally start with slavery and then go to the Jim Crow era. But we often forget that there was a period after the Civil War where white racists actually overthrew the government. This is not hyperbole.

posted to MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 5:50 PM on November 27, 2019

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posted to MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 9:40 AM on November 23, 2019

This is such a great, important movement. Here's some related material.

How progressive prosecutors can transform the criminal justice system.

and

Reform-minded prosecutors expected to battle entrenched local powers but the blowback has been harsher than anticipated .
posted to MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 7:07 PM on November 3, 2019

This is wonderful. I hope they publish the complete annotated text. It would be a great way to read Shakespeare.
posted to MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 6:37 AM on September 17, 2019

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posted to MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 1:33 PM on September 6, 2018

The article would be more interesting if it talked to restaurant owners who actually knew what was happening and had reasons for making the decisions they made. Saying things like, "yeah, we don't really know but we think we're probably losing money on it," and "it's like crack getting all those delivery orders" doesn't make me want to care about their problems.

Did I miss the spot where it explained why these restaurants have to offer delivery at all?
posted to MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 7:49 PM on February 8, 2018

Thanks for posting this, but...
Barlow met Bob Weir, founding member of the Dead in 1971

No. They went to high school together in the early 1960s. Barlow didn't start writing lyrics for Bob Weir until much later, but he was involved in the scene a long time before that.

For example, here's a little piece he wrote about writing the lyrics to the song Cassidy. It includes great memories of hanging out with Neal… [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 11:17 AM on February 8, 2018

Here are the 25 Principles of Adult Behavior that Doctor Zed mentioned. So great.

Be patient. No matter what.
Don’t badmouth: Assign responsibility, not blame. Say nothing of another you wouldn’t say to him.
Never assume the motives of others are, to them, less noble than yours are to you.
Expand your sense of the possible.
Don’t trouble yourself with matters you truly cannot change.
Expect no more of… [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 11:26 AM on February 8, 2018

I saw her speak at Harvard in the 1980s. She was asked something to the effect of what work of hers was most overrated, or that she wanted to get away from. Something like that. Her answer was the Earthsea Trilogy. I'm so glad she found it in herself to revisit and reimagine that world in Tehanu and the later books. It's one of the great do-overs in literary history.

I loved original trilogy as a kid, and Tehanu was such a… [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 6:01 PM on January 23, 2018

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posted to MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 12:54 PM on January 23, 2018

When I was a kid I spent my summers in the country in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. I remember at night seeing screen doors covered with moths, all sizes and varieties of moths. That doesn't happen anymore. It hasn't happened for years.

I miss them. It's so sad, this impoverished world we're leaving our children.
posted to MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 10:34 AM on May 11, 2017

And neonicotinoid pesticides should be banned, damnit.
posted to MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 10:36 AM on May 11, 2017

Thanks, but I'll just content myself with hrair.
posted to MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 12:26 PM on April 25, 2017

Kids these days. Hrumph. Back in the good old days we had challenging, healthy activities, like Speed Stacking.
posted to MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 9:56 AM on January 31, 2017

I know I've seen this guy somewhere before.
posted to MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 9:53 AM on January 3, 2017