Activity from brainwane

I read at least one blogger saying: please see this in the theater, it's amazing. So I deployed my P100 respirator and my carbon dioxide monitor and watched a pre-noon showing of this (like 10 people in the theater) so I could go see my first… [more]
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FanFare comment - 6 months ago

A fairy tale about loyalty, a quest, surprise, and triumph
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MeFi post - 6 months ago

Bits About Money previously on MeFi. [more]
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MeFi comment - 6 months ago

Noting that I have been reading the site for probably 15+ years, participating for like 14 years, had seen phunniemee's participation many times, and read their first comment in this thread as completely serious and not exaggerated at all. I read… [more]
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MetaTalk comment - 6 months ago

Frank Oz Muppets and the Big Five Personality Traits
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MeFi post - 6 months ago

I've now watched it twice, and it was just so fun both times. The second time I could really appreciate how the movie treats Ria's concerns. And the style of it! [more]
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FanFare comment - 6 months ago

Jacob Kaplan-Moss (MeFi's Own jacobian) just wrote up his household's philanthropic plan for giving away all their wealth during their lifetimes. Probably very relevant to your current situation. [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - 6 months ago

A lot of the time, background noise includes a person speaking (e.g., open-floor offices, people taking calls while on walks or on public transit, home offices where other people are also conversing nearby). So it would be a little hard for the… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - 6 months ago

"this was like discovering DNA"
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MeFi post - 6 months ago

no single cause; 5.9% of youth & 2.5% of adults; safe & effective meds
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MeFi post - 6 months ago

RSS readers are mostly a thing of the past, and even paid RSS readers feel "cheap" because most article headlines now read like stale advertising pitches. Could you talk a little more about this, especially "mostly a thing of… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - 6 months ago

"How to Give a Status Update To Executives" by MeFi's Own jacobian is an excellent guide here, with a specific guide on how to do this, plus some context: at the top of an organization, there tends to be a shift away from this kind of… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - 6 months ago

Printable versions of FEMA independent study online courses
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Ask MeFi post - 6 months ago

I hope the market for videocall/VoIP software further differentiates so that different people and groups with different needs get genuinely VERY different software, with different user expectations. Microsoft Teams is designed, first and foremost,… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - 6 months ago

Please update the line "To flag something, click the [!] link by the post or comment." in the flagging FAQ entry. Thanks! [more]
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MetaTalk comment - 6 months ago

Many of the best responses to this particular Trek film have been in the form of fanvids. The satirical "...on the dance floor." by sloanesomething, to the tune of the song: "Too Many Dicks on the Dance Floor," Flight of the… [more]
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FanFare comment - 6 months ago

US healthcare: terminology, appealing denial, and Medicaid eligibility
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MeFi post - 6 months ago

China Mountain Zhang by Maureen F. McHugh. Ordinary people trying to make slightly better lives for themselves and the people around them, after big giant world-changing events have utterly changed the places they live and what ways of life… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - 6 months ago

What a poignant read. [more]
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MeFi comment - 6 months ago

"Pass the tape, bruv." SOLIDARITY IS ALWAYS GOING TO GET ME CHOKED UP. [more]
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FanFare comment - 6 months ago

Hey so I'm the original poster and here are some thoughts to help this discussion not go terribly: First off, the author of the piece, David Forbes, is a trans woman so please do use "she" to refer to her. It would be great if… [more]
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MeFi comment - 7 months ago

I presume you are asking about all-volunteer projects -- please do clarify if you're also interested in talking about projects where some people are getting paid, since I think those have somewhat different dynamics. My experience here is… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - 7 months ago

In case the specific medication being suggested is guanfacine (also known as Intuniv or Tenex), it's worth noting that guanfacine both lowers blood pressure, AND is regularly and widely being used as part of ADHD treatment as an adjunct to stimulants… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - 7 months ago

"neat, distinct eras instead of long, messy lifetimes"
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MeFi post - 7 months ago

HEP2go, a physical therapy exercise reference
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MeFi post - 7 months ago

OH MY GOD THERE IS A NEW MOUNTAIN GOATS ALBUM?!?! AND IT IS A SEQUEL TO ALL HAIL WEST TEXAS‽‽‽‽‽ I am THERE. I am UNPREPARED. Literally within the past week? I have used a Mountain Goats song to help me reflect on grief ("Genesis 3:23")… [more]
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MeFi comment - 7 months ago

Light verse, free to read
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MeFi post - 7 months ago

I had seen, like, a rumor of the crossover but not KNOWN it was coming. So I was just so over-the-top delighted. I said THEY'RE DOING THE THING THEY'RE DOING THE THING as a bouncing-on-the-couch chant as soon as I realized, and I laughed and I teared… [more]
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FanFare comment - 7 months ago

Analyses of "Sid Meier's Civilization" intro videos?
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Ask MeFi post - 7 months ago

Changed default HTTP links to HTTPS across all themes Particularly glad to learn of this news! Yay! Thanks! [more]
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MetaTalk comment - 7 months ago

A bill I suggested just passed the New York City Council. Therefore, starting January 1 2024, locations of the 5000+ public access defibrillators in the city will be available in our open data portal. I could use help with tools (not necessarily… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - 7 months ago

right now, I'd assert that isn't the sense that is garnered by a MeTa such as this and several previous. The feeling is that the mod team basically ignores the discussions held by the users. "The" feeling? "The" sense… [more]
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MetaTalk comment - 7 months ago

Thank you for sharing this. What a tale. [more]
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MeFi comment - 7 months ago

"just not good at that sort of thing" and yet unable to pick up and learn it as a new skill? How would that square with your or his definitions of competence? [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - 7 months ago

sonascope, when I read a comment by you I feel, inarticulately, like it's all worth it. Like this whole mess we're in has a meaning and a beauty to it. Maybe MetaFilter is a little like a Citroën 2CV, too. [more]
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MeFi comment - 7 months ago

The shopping guide from The Cut's Transgender Family Handbook links to a more detailed Shopping Guide for Trans Kids and Teens, According to Trans Families that covers clothing, swim and underwear, and skin care and beauty. Today I Learned that,… [more]
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MeFi comment - 7 months ago

Maybe a much shorter version of what I just wrote is: "Pernicious" is really bad! And is not the same as "blatant." And I want to better understand what other MeFites think of as one versus the other, so we can make and use… [more]
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MetaTalk comment - 7 months ago

The handbook sections are: ➼ So They Just Came Out➼ Telling People (When Your Child Is Ready) ➼ A Shopping Guide➼ Dealing With the School➼ Puberty Blockers and Hormones Don’t Have to Be Scary➼ When to Move (And When to Stay Put) A ton of… [more]
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MeFi comment - 7 months ago

I'll repeat here what I said in a 2021 discussion about similar topics. Not A Thing wrote about a series of daily front page posts I'd made recommending short fiction: (To me, one of the most impressive things about brainwane's very impressive… [more]
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MetaTalk comment - 7 months ago

Yes, you sound like a difficult person to live with, and their irritation is justified. [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - 7 months ago

Road Fever: A High-Speed Travelogue by Tim Cahill is a fun ride. I enjoyed the suspense of "will these two guys break the Guinness world record for driving the length of the Americas?" In particular, light-hearted memoir about a… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - 8 months ago

neuroatypicality in the workplace
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MeFi post - 8 months ago

8 films recommended if you liked Star Wars: Andor. [more]
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FanFare comment - 8 months ago

Navelgazer: Right! The building heights, the shapes and ratios of things, etc. (People who live outside of NYC may be asking "isn't it confusing to have two different Broadways in the same city?" YES IT IS. There are at least three,… [more]
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FanFare comment - 8 months ago

From 2016, "Twitter's missing manual" (a long blog post about how to use the site). [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - 8 months ago

Stakes, the magic circle, fun, ethics, law, consent, and game design
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MeFi post - 8 months ago

I'm catching up on this thread and have a few questions/comments about stuff people said. posting a link to the song on Spotify I didn't know it was possible to post a Spotify link to a song that someone like me (who has no Spotify… [more]
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MetaTalk comment - 8 months ago

I have only seen the first Alien movie and would like to see the 2nd and 3rd without spoilers in the future, so I appreciate people who are hiding/marking spoilers for the Alien films in this thread! My household also saw moments that reminded me of… [more]
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FanFare comment - 8 months ago

My favorite of the 3 you highlighted was Geolaŋ - thanks for posting this! I am finding it hard to discover the list of current Circus videos. Could someone help me figure out how to get there? [more]
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MeFi comment - 8 months ago

This is, if I understand correctly, a desire that has led many people to experiment with psychoactive substances, meditation, podcasts/radio shows, more repetitive forms of written entertainment (such as particularly formulaic genre novels), and… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - 8 months ago

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