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From the first link:


And I realized, as I was going on about how invigorating it was to see this busy mix ... in what is so often a lonely and isolating place, that I’d got the Galleria all wrong. It wasn’t this weird, empty wasteland unworthy of an extraordinary dumpling shop. And it wasn’t that no one ever went there. It’s that I never went there.


I am going to take this as further reminder and… [more]
posted to MetaFilter by brainwane at 3:24 AM on March 4, 2023

chavenet, I too marveled at that quote.

The Holdout - "The very last restaurant in NYC's once-bustling East Broadway Mall is hanging on, one tray of dumplings at a time."

Thanks for this link -- based on this, my spouse may go check this place out. (We live in NYC.)

Also, I like that Eater shares, in the credits at the end of an article, the names of the fact checker and copy editor!
posted to MetaFilter by brainwane at 9:47 AM on March 4, 2023

Susan's a friend of mine and she is great, and I recommend "We Apologize To The Birds".
posted to MetaFilter by brainwane at 1:07 PM on February 28, 2023

aniola, thanks for posting this! I think I ran into it some time ago and then could not re-find it so I am very glad to have a second chance to bookmark it.
posted to MetaFilter by brainwane at 5:05 AM on February 28, 2023

Wretch729, you are super right!
posted to MetaFilter by brainwane at 3:02 PM on February 27, 2023

CheshireCat, thank you, that was amazing.
posted to MetaFilter by brainwane at 11:40 AM on February 27, 2023

Greg_Ace, you've reminded me of an argument on Making Light 18 years ago. The person who said he didn't like rock music has since changed his mind but he noted how rock music jargon, to him, often included hostile words like "thrashing".
posted to MetaFilter by brainwane at 11:42 AM on February 22, 2023

elkevelvet - sorry!

Also if anyone can point to a survey like these that is newer than 4-5 years old I would enjoy reading it.
posted to MetaFilter by brainwane at 12:45 PM on February 22, 2023

A fun interview and I am so happy for him that he has found a new joy!

The puzzlemaster cannot use puzzles to relax, so, table tennis!! I am pleased that he has his own relaxation outlet.
posted to MetaFilter by brainwane at 9:12 PM on February 18, 2023

I am glad I read this; thanks, Kitteh.
posted to MetaFilter by brainwane at 3:26 AM on February 17, 2023

Thank you for the post. I also hadn't known this history till now.
posted to MetaFilter by brainwane at 2:19 AM on February 16, 2023

This was fascinating.

Some of the details that I found noteworthy:

the guy who keeps going to a class even though there's a woman among the other students, and theft and traffic as annoyances -- which indicate that locals do not instantly defer to these ex-fighters' wishes out of fear of violence (if so, then the ex-fighters could instantly wield a weapon to get through traffic jams, no one would try to rob them, and the woman in the class would… [more]
posted to MetaFilter by brainwane at 8:33 AM on February 8, 2023

And he developed Hot Tamales which I loved as a child!

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posted to MetaFilter by brainwane at 6:52 AM on January 31, 2023

BTW given where and when he attended college he may have been classmates with Lee Iacocca.
posted to MetaFilter by brainwane at 6:53 AM on January 31, 2023

This is the 2nd recommendation I've seen in 1 week for "Abolish the Family" and I appreciate reading this reflection on it. Thanks for the link.
posted to MetaFilter by brainwane at 8:03 AM on January 14, 2023

The Dark Sky blog post about the Apple acquisition said "The Dark Sky API and website will continue to function until March 31st, 2023." Yet the website stopped working (at least for me) on January 1st. Bleh. I'm trying to get used to yr.no.
posted to MetaFilter by brainwane at 5:25 PM on January 3, 2023

I have watched Made in Heaven, a farcical 1952 British comedy that uses the flitch trial as a major plot device. If you like cartoony farce it's fine!
posted to MetaFilter by brainwane at 8:26 AM on January 2, 2023

Also, in the July 2016 trial, counsel for the bacon argues that this couple, married just under two years prior, cannot actually know what marriage is like yet and is still in their honeymoon period, and will surely start arguing shortly. In response, a counsel for the claimant calls his opponents old and bitter, appeals to his fellow younger people on the jury, and pleads: "They dragged us out of the EU -- don't let them drag us out of believing in love!"
posted to MetaFilter by brainwane at 11:37 AM on January 2, 2023

I think there is a lifetime limit of one flitch per couple. Email for more info! Including if you want to claim at the 2024 trials!
posted to MetaFilter by brainwane at 12:00 PM on January 2, 2023

posted by mmmbacon

Eponysterical, but also, I think we have about eleven MeFites whose usernames refer to bacon (and whose wallet surnames are not "Bacon"). (In contrast we have 30+ users who have some form of "potato" in their usernames.)
posted to MetaFilter by brainwane at 12:25 PM on December 30, 2022

On Tubi US right now and leaving soon, I noticed La La Land, Apocalypse Now, Moonstruck, Thelma and Louise, The Lobster, The Iron Lady, Six Degrees of Separation, and Best of Enemies: Gore vs. Vidal.
posted to MetaFilter by brainwane at 4:47 AM on December 10, 2022

My sister-in-law and her spouse used to save money by waiting till a movie arrived at the dollar theater near them (as in, going to see the movie cost one dollar, I think?), which was usually months after its initial cinema release but before it went to DVD, and seeing it then. I have begun to think of Tubi (and probably Freevee and similar platforms) as akin to the dollar theater, but interestingly stretched over time differently. The hot film of the moment will not be there, and some movies… [more]
posted to MetaFilter by brainwane at 6:10 AM on December 10, 2022

On Tubi US right now and leaving soon: the David Lynch "Dune" adaptation, "The Blues Brothers", "The Chronicles of Riddick", "Showgirls", "The Founder" (that McDonald's biopic), "Species", and "Lion".
posted to MetaFilter by brainwane at 8:55 AM on December 19, 2022

Available now: "Red Dawn" and "Freddy Got Fingered"
posted to MetaFilter by brainwane at 6:58 AM on December 27, 2022

As I commented on Mastodon (and then got a comment from someone who worked on VaccinateCA and has different takeaways):

this piece, telling the story of an ad hoc effort that became crucial, is one of the most emotionally provocative pieces of nonfiction I have read this year.

It pushes me to ask myself:

what biases make me less effective at making change?
why didn't I leap on the opportunity to volunteer in… [more]
posted to MetaFilter by brainwane at 6:58 AM on December 11, 2022

McKenzie works at Stripe, which produces Works In Progress. I think they're unlikely to edit him for length. Stripe also produces or produced books via Stripe Press which - based on the one book I read that they published - they do not/did not edit for "Wait, hold on, that doesn't make sense".

McKenzie has a sort of elliptical style sometimes (like, posit a system that has the following attributes) and in this case I infer that a lot of… [more]
posted to MetaFilter by brainwane at 7:46 AM on December 11, 2022

"just another techbro ranting about things outside his field of expertise" -- I think this is not accurate, given that many news sources do indeed credit McKenzie with a leadership role working on VaccinateCA.

I got a lot out of this piece and found it usefully challenged my assumptions about how vaccine equity went/should have gone. I am inclined to give more credibility to McKenzie than I would to a random tech worker, since he actually worked on the effort… [more]
posted to MetaFilter by brainwane at 9:08 AM on December 11, 2022

A thread on Twitter (a nitter view so you can avoid Twitter) about McKenzie's piece: "some commentary on this article on this from my time as a COVID data officer at a California health system". Some agreement and some disagreement.
posted to MetaFilter by brainwane at 8:24 PM on December 25, 2022

solotoro, hope you have a controlled pleasurable time with the Tumblr this time around! Maybe you are remembering this front page post back in April?
posted to MetaFilter by brainwane at 5:40 PM on December 24, 2022

I enjoyed this today - thank you! Thanks to an offhand comment by one of the hosts I have now learned about Hamilton (Ontario) having a reputation as the city of one-way streets.
posted to MetaFilter by brainwane at 1:02 PM on December 24, 2022

And it was particularly fun to watch the link that tallmiddleagedgeek shared first, then the 1984 video!

Oh and a youngish Wayne Gretzky shows up wishing us a merry Christmas!
posted to MetaFilter by brainwane at 1:03 PM on December 24, 2022

Thanks!

This is the last of the fundraiser-supported scifi/fantasy recommendations posts. Hope other folks who enjoy sf/f will recommend short pieces in future posts!
posted to MetaFilter by brainwane at 9:54 AM on December 23, 2022

("BIPOC" here means Black, Indigenous, and People of Color.)
posted to MetaFilter by brainwane at 5:47 PM on December 21, 2022

Oh hey, Randall Munroe did a talk about "What If? 2" a couple months ago, I bet that's fun!
posted to MetaFilter by brainwane at 3:01 AM on December 21, 2022

I should have mentioned in my framing that all of these are near-future scifi stories, and that at least the first two are about the ramifications of data collection, digital technology, etc.

Another interesting thing about this particular collection of stories is that none are published in the big-name scifi magazines/anthologies that tend to get recognized in awards like the Hugos. One is in Slate (as part of its Future Tense scifi series), one is… [more]
posted to MetaFilter by brainwane at 5:55 PM on December 20, 2022

Cumulative infection is essentially 100%, outside China.

That's a source saying that, in the UK, about 50 to 70% of the population had at least one COVID-19 infection between early/mid 2020 and February 2022. For a more up-to-date study (albeit for a different region), a November preprint says: "Results: By November 10, 2022, 94% (95% CrI, 79%-99%) of the US population were estimated to have been infected by SARS-CoV-2 at least once.… [more]
posted to MetaFilter by brainwane at 3:54 AM on December 20, 2022

NY Times, Dec. 14th, 2022: "Who Are the ‘Never-Coviders’?"

While many people may have avoided infection through precaution or luck, “never Coviders,” scientists believe, are truly out there: People who are naturally immune and whose genetics could hold clues for treatment.....

There are other viruses for which we know there are people who are naturally resistant. The most striking example I can think of is H.I.V., where there is a… [more]
posted to MetaFilter by brainwane at 9:44 AM on December 20, 2022

I'm glad this is at least getting dug into and published before the inauguration.

I wonder whether any of the local alt-weeklies or other similar alternative news sources were trying to raise the alarm about this sort of stuff before the election. I think they might have been able to notice, for instance, the discrepancies in the IRS records, even if Baruch College and local prosecutors in Rio de Janeiro didn't respond to their calls or emails.… [more]
posted to MetaFilter by brainwane at 8:47 AM on December 19, 2022

they don't want to talk about whether a Robert Santos attended the school in the aughts. It's not exactly the kind of place you would choose as your fictional alma mater.

anhedonic, I'm not sure I understand your thinking on a few points. One is on "they don't want to talk about". The story says "Baruch College said it was unable to find records of Mr. Santos — using multiple variations of his first, middle and last names — having… [more]
posted to MetaFilter by brainwane at 9:37 AM on December 19, 2022

Democratic consultant Tim Hogan tweets:

I know there are at least like 3-4 people out there reading the "why didn't they pitch this George Santos oppo?!" who definitely pitched it and got rebuffed and are currently losing their minds

DMs are open for therapy

posted to MetaFilter by brainwane at 10:11 AM on December 19, 2022

anhedonic: Thank you! I understand a lot better now.
posted to MetaFilter by brainwane at 11:50 AM on December 19, 2022

jenfullmoon, I'm guessing "the silent soap opera fan" is, yeah! I think there are several cameos/references and I enjoyed spotting the ones I caught!
posted to MetaFilter by brainwane at 9:40 AM on December 19, 2022

signal, will you clue us in on the number of references to other sf works in the piece so we can really go to town finding clues?
posted to MetaFilter by brainwane at 10:13 AM on December 19, 2022

Thank you! I am so glad to read this retrospective and better understand the origins and impact of a site I enjoyed.
posted to MetaFilter by brainwane at 11:57 AM on December 15, 2022

I loved this and it made me laugh thoroughly, like when I first read Cake Wrecks.
posted to MetaFilter by brainwane at 1:13 PM on December 13, 2022

Tressie McMillan Cottom on Sinema's clothing choices and on discussing them.
posted to MetaFilter by brainwane at 10:25 AM on December 9, 2022

A novelist who succeeded at using social media to promote a book and is dismayed at the lesson some take from that.
posted to MetaFilter by brainwane at 4:35 AM on December 9, 2022

Nora said: you don’t get to have it both ways.

.....

In any relationship, there is an expectation of privacy. There is also an expectation of respect. Violate the latter and you relinquish your right to the former.

A powerful conclusion.

Also, I never knew the history she refers to, about Nora Ephron and Carl Bernstein.
posted to MetaFilter by brainwane at 3:06 AM on December 6, 2022

It has been 14 months since our 683-comment thread about the conflict between Dawn Dorland and Sonya Larson (a.k.a. "Bad Art Friend" a.k.a. the kidney donor story).

Comparing and contrasting, as I consider whether the already-burgeoning online debate over Kaplan's piece will be as big as that one was:

- (no obvious race-related element)
+ (class element)
+ (sexism)
+ (bad het relationships)… [more]
posted to MetaFilter by brainwane at 8:31 AM on December 6, 2022

Hey vacapinta -- I appreciate your post, its framing, and the several links about Jeanne Dielman 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles. Folks who want to talk about Jeanne Dielman, maybe join me in FanFare since folks in this thread mostly want to talk about the top 100 list as a whole?
posted to MetaFilter by brainwane at 10:42 AM on December 2, 2022