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Möbius? is That You Fooling Around Again?

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Published: February 8, 2025 16:18

image via margarethowell.jpHey, it's the Belladonna Loop! Belladonna solves the knotty question of how this scarf was tied in this way, with helpful illustration!

Shpansa!

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Published: February 8, 2025 08:04

The Sims 1 - (The Original Life Sim) via YouTubeThe best Sims post ever built. Flagged as fanatic.

Knowledge To Draw On

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Published: February 8, 2025 01:05

Dobbs would really, really, really like their drawings of dogs to look like dogs, not alligators. So there's a request for apps, courses, videos, and/or instruction to get better at drawing. Please lend your advice if you have suggestions! Or just come on…

Come Join Us In the Radiant City... If You Can Survive It.

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Published: February 6, 2025 12:33

Community member workingdankoch has created a fantastic science fiction audio drama titled Metropolis. It's a murder mystery in neon utopia that may be slightly topical for US citizens or an excellent escape, you decide! An original science fiction audio…

Getting It Done

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Published: February 5, 2025 18:12

[COMMUNITY] In the IRL subsite, paduasoy has posted Getting stuff done in February 2025 as a space to "support ourselves and each other in getting things done, whatever that means to you. Decluttering, organising, cleaning, admin, making progress on…

Look For the Helpers?

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Published: February 4, 2025 10:26

We found them, and they are in a website near you! In Ask Metafilter, alex1965 asks, What can I do in my spare time to benefit society?, while in Metatalk, Glinn posted Small Things, for people who "feel like they should be doing something or contributing…

You Have A Blüthner? *I* Have A Blüthner!

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Published: February 4, 2025 09:01

In Ask Metafilter, vernondalhart asks, What should I expect / what should be included in renovating an old piano? and gets some super spot-on info from Pallas Athena

Fanfare This Week #5

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Published: February 4, 2025 08:28

Making You the You You Are brings us Best Documentary Feature nominees, new movies, what's new in TV, special events, and much more, including a new episode of Severance ... and its fictional self-help book "The You You Are" gets a real e-book. Enjoy! and…

Language, Please!

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Published: February 4, 2025 07:42

حر, Free, Frei, Gratis, Dohainik ... It's your weekly Free Thread!

More Female-fronted Metal, You Know, For the Kids

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Published: February 3, 2025 10:35

French metalcore act NovelistsFor it is a human number / Its number is 5, 5, and 5. Did you know signal has been posting a regular series showcasing great female-fronted metal bands since October? Now you know! It's basically a Mefi metal shredfest, is…

Mefi Music Radio Hour?

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Published: February 2, 2025 08:43

in Metatalk, es_de_bah pitches a new Mefi Music podcast. What a great idea!

"I Am Using It Ecstatically"

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Published: February 2, 2025 08:32

image via pixabay.comRyvar comments with details and insights on Deepseek in _benj's post OpenAI Furious DeepSeek Might Have Stolen All the Data OpenAI Stole From

February 2025 LinkMe Thread

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Published: February 2, 2025 02:20

[COMMUNITY] It's a new month so does that mean Rhaomi is creating a new LinkMe thread? Yes, Virgina, yes it does.

Well Shit, That's Cool!

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Published: January 31, 2025 00:14

Photo by Kaysse via FlickrTired of those AI summaries when using Google search? Well, getting rid of them is really fucking simple!

RESIST

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Published: January 30, 2025 01:00

Photo by Kim Carpenter (https://www.flickr.com/photos/kim_carpenter_nj/)With the onslaught of changes occurring over the past year of the first two weeks of the Trump administration, it's good to be reminded that resistance is possible and not all is lost.…