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:emoji: What That Brain Do?

http://bestof.metafilter.com/2025/07/-What-That-Brain-Do

Published: July 4, 2025 11:13

Do you find "lefty loosely right tighty" confusing? Port and starboard still throwing you for a loop? Because a member has "been wondering if there is a term for when your brain consistently mixes up two of a thing?" MeFites may not know the term, but…

️ Finding Small Reasons To Keep Going

http://bestof.metafilter.com/2025/06/-Finding-Small-Reasons-to-Keep-Going-

Published: June 27, 2025 21:09

It's been a rough stretch out there, both globally and locally, when it comes to politics. But this comment by brainwane about what she did after the November 2024 US election is a reminder that even amid the chaos, there are reasons to keep going. You…

✨ From the Edge Of the Universe To Chinese Beer

http://bestof.metafilter.com/2025/06/-From-the-Edge-of-the-Universe-to-Chinese-Beer

Published: June 21, 2025 20:33

MetaFilter has a lot of interesting people with a lot of different experiences that they're willing to share. Here's a couple of examples: Cosmic Dawn: NASA's James Webb Space Telescope NASA just dropped a new documentary, Cosmic Dawn, about the James Webb…

☢️ Ghosts In Paris

http://bestof.metafilter.com/2025/06/-Ghosts-in-Paris

Published: June 14, 2025 12:06

Marie Curie left her mark on the world by being the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person to win a Nobel Prize twice, and the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two scientific fields.She also literally left her mark, by working with radiation…

✨ So I'll Do the One Thing I Can

http://bestof.metafilter.com/2025/06/-So-Ill-do-the-one-thing-I-can-

Published: June 11, 2025 11:59

✨ So I'll do the one thing I can The link of the day is about poet and bus driver That Mack, a.k.a. That Mc Allen and his poem "Run One Seven Four". It's about love, community, and finding happiness in a role he never expected and how all that affects him…

:emoji: MetaFilter: Real People, Real Advice

http://bestof.metafilter.com/2025/06/-MetaFilter-Real-People-Real-Advice

Published: June 5, 2025 07:20

Tired of reading advice that sounds like it was stitched together by a toaster with a thesaurus? We hear ya. That's why MetaFilter still hits different. It's full of actual people sharing their smarts, experiences, and sometimes glorious petty…

:emoji:✍️ Real Voices, Real Work, and Real People: On AI Slop, Freelance Burnout, and the Art Of Making Stuff

http://bestof.metafilter.com/2025/06/-Real-Voices-Real-Work-and-Real-People-On-AI-Slop-Freelance-Burnout-and-the-Art-of-Making-Stuff

Published: June 4, 2025 07:42

Two links today that highlight the real life experience of members of MetaFilter: :emoji: Unions Won't Protect You From AI Long time member Jilder breaks down why unionizing isn't a universal fix for AI, how global gig work defies national protections,…