Activity from Fiasco da Gama

You’re all younguns. I buy things using a phone to my broker, who places buy orders across a trading floor using complicated open-outcry hand signals, recording completed orders in crayon on paper slips, which he drops to the floor to be collected… [more]
favorited 15 times, recently by Well I never, parm, caviar2d2, Hypatia, Ten Cold Hot Dogs, mmoncur, Reverend John, Carillon, Celatone, wenestvedt, lalochezia, limeonaire, eckeric, Abehammerb Lincoln, ThatCanadianGirl
MeFi comment - 22 minutes ago

Billy Bragg’s Greetings To The New Brunette: ‘how can you lie there and think of England / if you don’t even know who’s on their team’ [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - 2 days ago

The thing about metaphors is that they carry a freight; parsing men’s obligation to correctly express emotions, and to endure discomfort, as a progressive duty, will always wind up dutifully back at the masculine expectations of rugged silence… [more]
favorited 8 times, recently by mon_petit_ordinateur, Dalekdad, fader, sagc, bookbook, CrystalDave, lhputtgrass, Paddle to Sea
MeFi comment - 4 days ago

This thread to me suggests one of the great limitations of the metaphor of privilege to describe structural arrangements benefiting men (and other groups). Privilege is an extraordinarily useful way, and a true way, to describe power in society, and… [more]
favorited 12 times, recently by mon_petit_ordinateur, spreadsheetzu, limeonaire, cidthesquid, elkevelvet, l.t.smash, eirias, no mind, tomp, lhputtgrass, adrienneleigh, Barbara Spitzer
MeFi comment - 4 days ago

There once was a young girl who saw Half buried, half broken, a jaw. ‘It’s easy, now try, ‘To do science by eye, ‘Draw the rest of the ichthyosaur’ [more]
favorited 9 times, recently by Mike Mongo, ob1quixote, grog, adrienneleigh, emf, ovvl, qxntpqbbbqxl, vorpal bunny, Glinn
MeFi comment - 4 days ago

Otter 841
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MeFi post - 11 days ago

Why would I give you $25 when I can get one for $20 in town [more]
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MetaTalk comment - 11 days ago

If you're going to hire a celebrity to be the voice of a super-intelligent AI, with a variety of science-fiction alter egos and an ouvre that fundamentally gets at what it means to be a human, I mean, Kool Keith is right there. [more]
favorited 32 times, recently by hap_hazard, deadbilly, thivaia, zoinks, drowsy, lasagnaboy, Mister Moofoo, TrialByMedia, gentaro, Headfullofair, a faded photo of their beloved, rude.boy, my-username, whm, Uncle, zymil, creiszhanson, lord_wolf, sagc, smartyboots, eustatic, abraxasaxarba, theory, Playdoughnails, rhizome, hototogisu, xil, stet, aneel, Phobos the Space Potato, migurski, downtohisturtles
MeFi comment - 2 weeks ago

This has a way to go before it reaches the levels of the most grotesque and cruel diss track of them all; Jarvis Cocker absolutely annihilating a Greek girl he went to art school with [more]
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MeFi comment - 2 weeks ago

INTERGALACTIC [more]
favorited 5 times, recently by The Ardship of Cambry, zardoz, ElKevbo, signal, jomato
MeFi comment - 2 weeks ago

I parsed this as that every office environment in Japan has a group of ultra-synchronised uniformed girl dancers in it, which I’m not sure whether to believe, I’m fifty-fifty TBH [more]
favorited 10 times, recently by outgrown_hobnail, Gadarene, Orange Dinosaur Slide, nofundy, caviar2d2, GenjiandProust, jomato, star gentle uterus, aubilenon, Artw
MeFi comment - 2 weeks ago

It’s because ‘maths’ is not the every day negotiating figures and numerical calculation that comes with context, to answer questions like how long will it take me to get to work if I miss the usual bus and have to wait for the next? Or, if my team… [more]
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MeFi comment - 2 weeks ago

Hear me out on this one, for I will only tell you once: 'Allo 'Allo Cinematic Universe. [more]
favorited 20 times, recently by Sienna, rhamphorhynchus, nofundy, Ripper Minnieton, But tomorrow is another day..., nickzoic, cadge, mirthe, protorp, scolbath, infinitewindow, Orange Dinosaur Slide, The Manwich Horror, faceplantingcheetah, Nanukthedog, MiraK, lalochezia, you, my-username, being_quiet
MeFi comment - 2 weeks ago

Why would anyone keep the default Siri voice, when you could choose one of the “Australian - Male” options Bluey is doing so much work to rehabilitate the Australian male accent, typecast for so long as ‘creepy action movie villain, gets shot in… [more]
favorited 2 times, recently by oc-to-po-des, DoctorFedora
MeFi comment - 2 weeks ago

Or, for people of my generation, consider the greatest and most flawed example of a great High Concept episodic, long-story arc series that began strong, had some genuinely iconic moments that have entered popular culture, was at its peak a central… [more]
favorited 30 times, recently by ovvl, rhamphorhynchus, zardoz, nofundy, bq, suelac, cadge, ikahime, Neronomius, brand-gnu, Pope Guilty, Jacqueline, unicorn chaser, pernoctalian, misskaz, The Manwich Horror, faceplantingcheetah, adamsc, amk, GenjiandProust, hydropsyche, Strutter Cane - United Planets Stilt Patrol, hototogisu, stripesandplaid, my-username, fridgebuzz, verbminx, extramundane, andraste, Kato
MeFi comment - 2 weeks ago

one unit seems to have been expanded a bit further out than the rest of the building - do people do this already? Simply to address it as a matter of practical possibility the answer has to be yes. Nineteenth century builders and owners… [more]
favorited 1 time, recently by TrishaU
Ask MeFi comment - 2 weeks ago

IDK, to me the novelty of GoT as a kind of radically new lengthy-run middlebrow costume drama is a bit overblown. It was perfectly fine high-budget potboiler with very very good costumes. But well before this series there have been many channels that… [more]
favorited 12 times, recently by rhamphorhynchus, nofundy, Hardcore Poser, emilypdx, Aardvark Cheeselog, Gadarene, Jacqueline, LizBoBiz, GenjiandProust, Tom Hanks Cannot Be Trusted, MiraK, verbminx
MeFi comment - 3 weeks ago

Social History Of The Cardboard Box
favorited 24 times, recently by tedious, flummox, blue shadows, Harald74, Strshan, Sparky Buttons, BustedCatalyzer
MeFi post - 3 weeks ago

The argument about demand and supply economics is totally convincing, the [implied] argument about the sinister influence of modernism is tedious. And echoes anti-modernist and illiberal arguments about ‘beauty’ you used to see by Twitter accounts… [more]
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MeFi comment - 3 weeks ago

I am going to use the term "liberal" loosely in the classic sense, not American left-of-center. My hot take is "liberal" norms evolved in a very different milieu, namely between tightly networked landed nobles and other… [more]
favorited 6 times, recently by skoosh
MeFi comment - 3 weeks ago

I own, because I am an idiot who likes old cars, a 1999 Land Rover Defender. It was then and remains a very large car; it’s designed for 4WD and we take it camping as often as we can. You could easily live out of it for weeks. I had occasion to… [more]
favorited 7 times, recently by Well I never, d-no, mostlymartha, queensissy, Barbara Spitzer, wenestvedt, clew
MeFi comment - 3 weeks ago

FWIW one of the most in-demand 4WDs in the Australian market? The Suzuki Jimny, the size of a generous fridge, manual transmission, with a pants-tearing 1.5L engine capacity. And a towball. When good cars are offered, people take the opportunity... [more]
favorited 7 times, recently by d-no, zenon, credulous, Dip Flash, hydropsyche, Audreynachrome, fairmettle
MeFi comment - 3 weeks ago

The most precious thing on the internet, for me, are the contents of the old PhpBB forums for cars and motorbikes, before about 2008 or so, full of the advice and knowledge of the weird old guys who'd tell you, for example, exactly how to replace the… [more]
favorited 23 times, recently by onehalfjunco
MeFi comment - 3 weeks ago

Topological is one way to look at it but the functionality and cultural significance is another. The Earl Sandwich's premise was that he wanted a snack that he could eat while drinking and gambling that wouldn't require a sit-down service meal. It's… [more]
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MeFi comment - 3 weeks ago

fondue is a sandwich You're still thinking topologically. Fondue in the form of meats or bread dipped in cheese is neither easily portable nor prepared quickly. Can't imagine popping down the street from the pub at kick out time for a quick fondue… [more]
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MeFi comment - 3 weeks ago

I bet if you're to do a screening of Office Space it'll go over like gang busters I think that's absolutely right and revealing about what's going on in China. Office Space was a story about the pointlessness and arbitrary power of a corporation,… [more]
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MeFi comment - 3 weeks ago

The problem with the word "liberal" is that it means many different things Yes but no, I think. There's a core of liberal thought that's common to all the political traditions you've described, and a few others too (including many… [more]
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MeFi comment - 3 weeks ago

Heritage professional here; installation of solar panels on roofs of culturally significant buildings is a very controversial subject and there isn’t an easy answer. There are as many ways to do it badly as to do it well. But it’s only ever a matter… [more]
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MeFi comment - 4 weeks ago

The most New Zealand Thing is that the approved kiwi-holding technique looks to be exactly the same technique as catching a football, preparatory to running through the defence and scoring a try [more]
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MeFi comment - 4 weeks ago

I mean the thing about liberalism is that even when all of the criticisms of it are true---and all the criticisms come down to its failure to live up to its own promise---looking around at the other options, there are still very many things worse to… [more]
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MeFi comment - 4 weeks ago

Imagine being an American, in a country and society that was established as a revolution against monarchy, which created the notion of the people being sovereign, which derives its political identity literally in opposition to absolutist kingship,… [more]
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MeFi comment - 4 weeks ago

They are certainly a particular type of Catholic America, where even the Catholics are Evangelical [more]
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MeFi comment - 4 weeks ago

Historical time management in very high latitudes
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Ask MeFi post - Last month

So it’s also the distinction between history and heritage; pure historians aren’t necessarily trained to appreciate that conservation efforts and the heritage movement (going back to the Athens Charter in 1931, or earlier) are almost exactly virtue… [more]
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MeFi comment - Last month

ARE WE NOT MEN? / WE ARE PRINTERS [more]
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Operational activity game
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Ask MeFi post - Last month

There’s no way for laypeople to tell, but I don’t think it’s out of the bounds of possibility for these algorithm relationships (gender roles —> political conspiracism) on an opaque platform to have a State intelligence operation basis. If you… [more]
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MeFi comment - Last month

There have been lots of histories of religious movements (take the various Great Awakenings in US history), as well as the reverse, secularisation in societies over time, particularly the UK (take the Death of Christian Britain for example). In… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - Last month

For worldwide recognition, the Shahada in Islam ('there is no God but God and Muhammad is his prophet') would have to be up there, in variants (some 'I bear witness that', and so on). [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - Last month

Buttonwood Zoo Red Panda Cam
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MeFi post - Last month

When Davis tries to live as a tradwife, she imagines “taking over the cooking from my husband” and “cleaning way more than I normally would”: dutiful little projects that don’t matter very much. Men’s role in this fantasy seems hazy, and indeed, men… [more]
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MeFi comment - Last month

If we take the area of Port Jackson as 55km^2 and the size of a rugby league field as 7,480m^2 then the size of the reclamation, 187,000m^2 or 0.187km^2, is approximately 0.3% of a Sydney Harbour, the correct Australian Standard Unit. [more]
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MeFi comment - Last month

‘Oh Australia is so dangerous you have spiders’! You know what you can probably just brush off your clothes? A spider. But in Soviet Canada, mountain brushes you off [more]
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MeFi comment - Last month

It's an extraordinarily eerie museum, by the way. I'm a huge fan of nautical and maritime museums wherever I go---my partner despairs at my keenness to go and look at lobster pots and lamps and ship models and paintings of wrecks---but this one is… [more]
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MeFi comment - Last month

In modern terms Blazing Saddles has an extraordinarily white-dominated cast, probably intolerably so. The only reason it’s still watchable in the contemporary era is that the viewpoint about the West is shifted drastically, right… [more]
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MeFi comment - Last month

Related: I found, and find, The Death Of Stalin entirely unwatchable. The period details and costumes are right, the casting nails the characters, it’s historically erudite, it has a deep sense of self-parody, and there’s Iannucci and the… [more]
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MeFi comment - Last month

I feel like the news outlet missed a trick by failing STRIPPERS COVERED as the headline though [more]
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MeFi comment - Last month

Also sometimes contemporaneity catches up with fiction. When it was first in theatres Gone With The Wind was praised both as realistic historical fiction, and a compelling historical romance. Nowadays we recognise it properly as a very… [more]
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It's not necessarily about education so much as realism; one of the better though not perfect educational shows I mentioned before (Horrible Histories) is written by people with a very careful sense of history and research,… [more]
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[Strine intensifies] would you just get a fucken load of this arsehole [more]
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