The concept of McDonaldland (huge playlist, notable compilation from same) has a prominent place in public consciousness. Less well known is its rival, the Burger King Kingdom (compilation video). But before the current Jack-in-the-Verse (playlist) or even the Jack Pack, there was the Jack in the Box Bunch. (Two ads and three flexidisc-records-with-comics. Alt. vid of last one. And yes, at least those last three are voiced by Paul Winchell, Disney's original voice of Pooh and Tigger.)
posted to MetaFilter by BiggerJ at 7:39 PM on April 20, 2022 (11 comments)

I've had an initial discussion with several folks in the MetaFilter community about planning the next steps in building the community management and engagement structure necessary for the long-term health of the site. I'd like to report on who I've talked with, what we've talked about, and some of the core questions and ideas that came up in that discussion of what we're now calling a temporary Transition Team. This is the start of a process that I expect will actively involve the whole MetaFilter community in new and constructive ways, and I’m excited about that.
posted to MetaTalk by cortex at 1:16 PM on April 18, 2022 (41 comments)

How Loud Can Sound Physically Get? (Benn Jordan, YouTube, 12m30s)
posted to MetaFilter by flabdablet at 1:13 AM on April 11, 2022 (57 comments)

For Rod Kimball, performing stunts is a way of life, even though he is rather accident-prone. Poor Rod cannot even get any respect from his stepfather, Frank, who beats him up in weekly sparring matches. When Frank falls ill, Rod devises his most outrageous stunt yet to raise money for Frank's operation -- and then Rod will kick Frank's butt.
posted to FanFare by Clinging to the Wreckage at 2:05 PM on April 6, 2022 (5 comments)

Can you tell me some beautiful piano music you love?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by alsoran at 12:40 PM on January 29, 2022 (35 comments)

What has your experience been like with your electric vehicle?

• Do you like owning it?
• Do you get range anxiety?
• Ever take your EV on trips that require you to recharge before you reach your destination?
• How do you recharge it at home?
• Do you have a level 2 charger?
• Is there anything I should consider when thinking of getting an EV?

posted to Ask MetaFilter by braveterry at 6:00 PM on April 5, 2022 (21 comments)

Free with ads, or I would pay for the app if not too expensive. Quality, ease of use, and usability of the scanned text are my priorities.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by alsoran at 12:20 PM on April 5, 2022 (4 comments)

I’ve used a treadmill desk in my home office since August 2021, and I walk 4-8 miles per weekday (about 3-5 hours per day). Despite having done this for almost 8 months, my legs and ankles still get tired at the end of the day, and by Friday afternoon I feel pretty creaky. I thought I would be in better shape by now, or at least able to walk for steadily increasing distances. Instead, I’ve plateaued around 30 miles per week. Is this normal? What can I do to feel less tired and sore?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Maarika at 6:55 PM on April 5, 2022 (14 comments)

just found this ultra-rare Lana Del Rey single in the bin at a record store. i guess she wrote it for a movie soundtrack but, uh... i kinda think she was a weird choice...
posted to MetaFilter by mhum at 12:13 PM on April 1, 2022 (16 comments)

Bob's Burgers (typical intro) has run for twelve seasons (so far). Every neighboring store pun. Every pest removal service pun. Every burger of the day.
posted to MetaFilter by dances_with_sneetches at 7:26 PM on March 31, 2022 (9 comments)

Nine Inch Nails' 2007 album Year Zero foretold of a dystopian future, set in 15 years in the future, 2022, where the Religious Right was taking over the country, terrorism inspired mass surveillance, drugs for population control were in the water, and something from beyond the planet is trying to reach out with a message. But let's not start with the music... let's start with the plot [Reddit, top answer has a very good synopsis of the setting and storyline].
posted to MetaFilter by hippybear at 4:02 PM on March 31, 2022 (20 comments)

The case of the disappearing teaspoons: longitudinal cohort study of the displacement of teaspoons in an Australian research institute. Related content (SL Reddit content): "the realities of working in a public sector job". On the Blue previously.
posted to MetaFilter by fight or flight at 4:30 PM on March 28, 2022 (65 comments)

What are your favorite mundane items? I want to own the best box cutter, oven mitts, key ring, wallet, dog collar and lead, notebook, pen, reusable shopping bag, bed sheets, sponge, dish washing brush, lint remover, and _______ on the planet. What's something you own that's amazing and you think everyone should own? Price is no object — what's a thing you bought and never want (or need) to switch to another?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by dobbs at 7:44 PM on March 26, 2022 (120 comments)

Checked out this book (As Seen on the Blue) about the Drive-By Truckers. Their catalogue is overwhelming. What top three albums should I start with?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Kitteh at 7:32 AM on March 26, 2022 (5 comments)

Long story short, I'm going to be in a group setting soon where I'd like to use would-you-rather questions to start an interesting discussion. A lot of would-you-rathers I've found are negative (e.g. about choosing between two bad outcomes) rather than positive, and I would prefer mostly positive ones. Grounded and thought-provoking are better than absurd and ridiculous.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by LSK at 7:03 PM on March 24, 2022 (15 comments)

Over the last three years, beatriceeagle has made fifteen fanvids celebrating, critiquing, and reflecting on Star Trek -- one vid for each song in the album Rainbow by Kesha (formerly Ke$ha). The playlist on YouTube has 14 videos and AO3 links to a fifteenth bonus track. Standouts include "Don't Let the Bastards Get You Down": "A vid for the underserved and screwed-over characters of Star Trek", and "Praying": "Some things only God can forgive. (Kira and Dukat)". "Praying" previously on MeFi.
posted to MetaFilter by brainwane at 3:12 AM on March 24, 2022 (8 comments)

In 1987, SST Records released a double album, "No Age," a collection of punk-adjacent instrumental music. (Not everyone appreciated this.)
posted to MetaFilter by rikschell at 5:04 PM on March 23, 2022 (10 comments)

Residente released This Is Not America, a harsh look at U.S. imperialism in Latin America. Latinorebels published a strong analysis of the song, video, and their context, including the relation to Childish Gambino's This Is America (previously), name-checked in Residente's song. CW for the video: police violence, gun violence, shootings, cadavers.
posted to MetaFilter by signal at 5:59 AM on March 22, 2022 (14 comments)

"And what's funny was I was thinking, man, what's the deal? Why is no one attractive?" While maintaining personal boundaries, JaidenAnimations publicly comes out as aro-ace - aromantic, asexual [slyt] (15m) and explains what that is and how she viewed romance growing up.
posted to MetaFilter by AlSweigart at 5:34 PM on March 21, 2022 (25 comments)

I’m in the U.S. and would like to use a vpn to access international tennis streams. In the past I’ve used ExpressVPN but I guess they got purchased by some sketchy company and we shouldn’t use use them now? So curious what people would recommend as a replacement.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by imalaowai at 4:11 PM on March 11, 2022 (21 comments)

Today is Monday, Jan. 25. What are the dates of next weekend?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by rheumy_the_dwarf at 5:18 AM on January 25, 2010 (50 comments)

Hi, I'm starting to notice electricity usage go up significantly. I wanted to get some analysis from Mefi's if I should commit to a major purchase on my home.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by DetriusXii at 11:40 AM on March 9, 2022 (9 comments)

A lonely teen discovers her family's ties to witchcraft.
posted to FanFare by DirtyOldTown at 8:55 AM on February 24, 2022 (10 comments)

Ann Lemoine, publisher (1800 [1st ed.]), New Lights from the World of Darkness; or the Midnight Messenger; with Solemn Signals from the World of Spirits: "The wife of a very eminent bookseller in the city, who died soon after her husband, in 1790, used frequently to appear to a friend of her husband's, near Charles's Square, entirely encircled in a thick blue vapour, and which, upon her disappearing, always left a very strong scent." At The Women's Print History Project (home of a database listing >10k publications), Sara Penn discusses "England's First Female Chapbook Publisher" and "Ann Lemoine's 'Haunted Castle'" [the text]. See also Jonathan Barry's publishing history of supernatural tales [PDF] and Angela Koch's checklist of Gothic bluebooks. Previously: Weird Tales from the 18th Century.
posted to MetaFilter by Wobbuffet at 9:00 PM on February 27, 2022 (2 comments)

I've just discovered these via Langridge's HotelFred website, which lets you read them free online or download them if you have the right app. The first two titles listed are mini-comics (about weight loss and witches respectively), then there's The Iron Duchess (featuring Fred the Clown), The Thirteenth Floor (an early graphic novel project) and The Great McGonagall (chapters to date of his book about the world's worst poet).
posted to MetaFilter by Paul Slade at 4:11 AM on February 26, 2022 (7 comments)

Arooj Aftab, who recently became the first Pakistani woman to be nominated for a Grammy, did a stunningly lovely and tranquil NPR Tiny Desk (Home) Concert in convent in Brooklyn late last year, singing in Urdu with a chamber ensemble that includes Celtic harpist Maeve Gilchrist, classical guitarist Gyan Riley, violinist Darian Donovan Thomas, and bassist/synth player Shahzad Ismaily.
posted to MetaFilter by yasaman at 8:35 PM on February 24, 2022 (22 comments)

Cool news from Archive.org:

11 years ago, on the site longbets.org, a friendly wager was made between two mavens of the web: Jeremy Keith and Matthew Haughey. The bet, to be revisited a decade and a year later, would be whether the URL of their wager at Long Bets would survive to a point in the semi-distant future. That is, this day, February 22nd, 2022, (2/22/2222).

As of this writing, the URL absolutely has survived.

posted to MetaTalk by Rhaomi at 10:16 AM on February 22, 2022 (10 comments)

Rodney Stotts was looking to get a short-term "on the books" job so he'd have the paystubs he needed to convince landlords to rent him his own apartment, where he could more comfortably expand his real line of work--as a mid-level drug dealer in Southeast DC. The first employer who called him back was Earth Conservation Corps, an environmetal group focused on cleaning up the Anacostia River. There began Stotts' journey from drug dealing and prison to environmentalist and master falconer--perhaps unique among "escape from life on the streets" accounts.
posted to MetaFilter by drlith at 6:33 AM on February 20, 2022 (15 comments)

Many cities in snowy climates have routines for keeping streets clear, typically shoving snow aside into piles that can grow and grow over the course of winter. Fewer cities have anything like Montréal’s well-choreographed snow removal operations (le déneigement), which clear sidewalks, bike paths, and streets by transporting and eliminating snow altogether.
posted to MetaFilter by theory at 2:30 PM on February 19, 2022 (22 comments)

Photographer Freddy Fabris recreates Renaissance paintings...but with auto mechanics.
posted to MetaFilter by Kitteh at 10:41 AM on February 11, 2022 (11 comments)

You probably remember the video of Gary Chambers telling Connie to resign from the school board for shopping instead of talking about racism. Or maybe you saw his recent campaign video about the racism of marijuana prohibition. Well, he just released a new advertisement where he sets fire to a confederate flag.
posted to MetaFilter by rebent at 11:34 AM on February 9, 2022 (33 comments)

The newest Linda Linda music video "Growing Up" is out and the album is available for preorder.
posted to MetaFilter by toastyk at 4:16 PM on February 3, 2022 (16 comments)

I am interested in meditation. I've read several books by authors including Pema Chodron and Wayne Dyer who speak of the benefits of meditation. I am also the sort of person who multi-tasks and can't sit still for very long (like more than 5 or 10 minutes). Today I went to an introductory lecture at the Washington, DC center for Transcendental Meditation. There was no hard sell but it costs $2500 to learn to do TM. For $2500 you get 4 instructional sessions and access to a lifetime of follow up sessions for free if you want them. This strikes me as a lot of money. The TM folks claim the benefits are priceless. Still the high price makes me wary. What if I don't like it or if it's not for me? It'll cost me $2500 just to try it. Are there any TM practitioners -- current or former -- who can let me know if TM is for real or if I should look elsewhere? And of I should look elsewhere, where might I look to start? I just want to explore meditation. I don't want a guru or a sect or a cult.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by dclawyer at 8:01 PM on August 13, 2005 (34 comments)

DON'T YOU LECTURE ME WITH YOUR THIRTY DOLLAR HAIRCUT
Make music with emoji and meme sounds. The name itself references a specific meme, but what people have done with it already transcends that.
posted to MetaFilter by Mr.Encyclopedia at 5:45 PM on January 28, 2022 (11 comments)

I've largely unplugged from social media over the past year. This has been mostly good, but I am trying to rebuild how I get my news (used to be Twitter).
posted to Ask MetaFilter by alsoran at 8:20 AM on January 16, 2022 (10 comments)

Dory and the gang seek enlightenment, funded by a Tech Dude played by Jeff Goldblum. As expected, things go haywire. In this final season they don't even try to make it believable, instead opting for metaphor, simile, parable, or something symbolic. Still not sure. That may have been the point.
posted to FanFare by Stanczyk at 5:21 PM on January 10, 2022 (9 comments)

There are plenty of towns our size, especially if you look outside the US, that are able to be financially solvent while we struggle. "This is a story about how we re-developed this town."
posted to MetaFilter by threementholsandafuneral at 8:08 AM on January 16, 2022 (67 comments)

OFF BOOK: The Improvised Musical is a podcast where Jessica McKenna & Zach Reino accompanied by Scott Passarella, Brett Morris, and Dana Wickens create an improvised musical every episode. They recently featured on dropout.tv's Gamechanger show (paywalled, but songs on YT here) but what I'd like to draw your attention to is this live show from 2018 wherein you can learn more than you ever thought you wanted to know about high school mock trials.
posted to MetaFilter by juv3nal at 11:27 PM on January 7, 2022 (3 comments)

192 ways the world got better in 2021 from Reasons to be Cheerful.
posted to MetaFilter by Bella Donna at 9:19 AM on January 4, 2022 (47 comments)

Wordle is a daily word guessing game by artist, product manager, and engineer Josh Wardle. You have six tries to guess a five letter word. Each time, you get clues about the correct letters—if a letter is in the correct place, it turns green; if the letter is in the word but in the wrong place, it turns yellow; if it’s not in the word at all, it turns grey. You can play it here. And if you want, you can post an obscured version of your results on Twitter (just coloured squares, no letters revealed so you don’t spoil it for others) via a share button that generates an emoji.
posted to MetaFilter by hurdy gurdy girl at 9:49 AM on December 24, 2021 (251 comments)

If that is not at all a unique type of marriage, in the history of marriages, it nevertheless is not What Marriages Are Like. If I believed that marriages were like that, that marriage, categorically, was just Like That—that a marriage was doomed to sadness and failure and guilt and dissolution—then I would never have gotten married in the first place. Thankfully, there are other types of marriages. There are good ones. Maybe your marriage just sucks. [via the Defector].
posted to MetaFilter by sciatrix at 2:59 PM on December 30, 2021 (109 comments)

Click to make a snowflake.
posted to MetaFilter by AlSweigart at 7:44 PM on December 30, 2021 (25 comments)

Here we go again! It's our eighth year sending out a constant stream of riffing, Christmas specials, video weirdness and strange movies, from midnight the morning on December 23, all through the 24th, and all through Christmas Day, and slightly beyond. This is where it'll all go down. We're here if you need us, or want us, whether to use for fun background, to fill odd moments, to see really really strange things late at night, to escape from family, or to obsessively watch over long periods (as those of us running it tend to do). With Omicron running rampant and many families choosing to distance again this year, we hope to lighten what may be a second sad year apart. More info inside!
posted to MetaTalk by JHarris at 8:52 PM on December 21, 2021 (28 comments)

I Drank Too Much by comedy sister act Flo & Joan The night just keeps going... and getting worse... in this hilarious, brisk, jaunty tune [involving drinking too much, btw] that brightened my Friday.
posted to MetaFilter by sixswitch at 9:02 PM on December 17, 2021 (7 comments)

DJ Chrissy (mentioned before here on the blue) has a new album out, and it's a glorious throwback to old-school rave. Resident Advisor has nice things to say. Available to listen on most (all?) streaming platforms.
posted to MetaFilter by Runes at 6:24 PM on December 15, 2021 (16 comments)

Amanda Huber , of All Elite Wrestling's Community Outreach Team, shares her memories of her husband Jon, aka Huberboy #2, aka Luke Harper, aka Mr. Brodie Lee. Who, by the way, really had a gift for extracting comedy from a rolled up bunch of paper.
posted to MetaFilter by Ipsifendus at 11:50 AM on December 15, 2021 (10 comments)

I've worked in politics for a long time and all the candidates that I've worked for in the past were always much older than me. They're in their fifties or sixties and they have much more established careers. And so when they call up a friend who is also a senior-level executive, and they ask, ‘Hey, can you cut me a check for $2,700 bucks?’ They're like, sure, I can do that. For me, I was calling my friends who were all younger and being like, can you chip in a hundred dollars? And can I call your mom? From a Q&A with Delegate-Elect Elect Irene Shin, Virginia House of Delegates in Campaigner, a new weekly newsletter exploring the tactics that drive winning political campaigns.
posted to MetaFilter by Bella Donna at 11:55 AM on December 8, 2021 (5 comments)

A terrible desecration of a beloved Christmas song. Sic it on your relatives today!
posted to MeFi Music by Lentrohamsanin at 7:11 AM on December 24, 2008 (91 comments)

Four new, mellow 70-ish minute mixes from Traumprinz, the anonymous/multi-aliased German DJ: To All Dreamers, To All Dancers, To All Lovers, To All Believers
Unlike earlier mixes, these incorporate a significant number of pieces by artists other than Traumprinz, from Hildegard Von Bingen to death's dynamic shroud.wav, from SHXCXCHCXSH to Underworld, from Jefre Cantu-Ledesma to Justin Bieber.
posted to MetaFilter by Going To Maine at 4:27 PM on December 2, 2021 (4 comments)

Companies would rather exclude *entire states* from employment than list a salary range in a job posting Colorado’s pay transparency law, which has been in effect since January, is perhaps the most expansive and experimental of its kind. The transparency rules apply even to national companies who are hiring remotely. This stipulation initially caused national firms to exclude Colorado residents from their remote job openings earlier this year. For example, a remote listing from Realogy, a publicly-traded real estate firm, read: “This position can be performed anywhere except Colorado.” Dozens of other companies, including Nike, Johnson and Johnson, and IBM, used similar language in their listings after the law took effect.
posted to MetaFilter by folklore724 at 9:04 AM on November 22, 2021 (50 comments)