MetaFilter https://www.metafilter.com/ The past 24 hours of MetaFilter Fri, 17 Apr 2026 12:11:44 GMT Fri, 17 Apr 2026 12:11:44 GMT en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 The ordinary people who took their case to the highest court From love and freedom to native title and the right to vote, these are some of the High Court cases that have helped define Australia, and the ordinary people behind them. ]]> https://www.metafilter.com/212909/The-ordinary-people-who-took-their-case-to-the-highest-court tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.212909 Fri, 17 Apr 2026 12:11:44 GMT chariot pulled by cassowaries HighCourt HighCourtOfAustralia LegalHistory https://www.metafilter.com/212909/The-ordinary-people-who-took-their-case-to-the-highest-court/rss The Greatest Documentary you've Never Heard Of Tie Xi Qu. In 1999, filmmaker Wang Bing used a camcorder and walked into a dying factory district in northeast China and spent two years filming what he found. The result was Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks - nine hours long, no narration, no score, no interviews. This is one of the most important documentaries ever made, and almost no one has heard of it. This is a fourteen minute explanation and overview by Youtube Ken D. Tie Xi Qu is banned in China. It has never been shown on Chinese television. Wang Bing's entire filmography is erased from Chinese internet as of today.]]> https://www.metafilter.com/212908/The-Greatest-Documentary-youve-Never-Heard-Of tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.212908 Fri, 17 Apr 2026 11:06:38 GMT Sebmojo china documentary https://www.metafilter.com/212908/The-Greatest-Documentary-youve-Never-Heard-Of/rss Just the ones that broke through Read all of that in one breath. A MOIS-operated persona whose unit head was killed three weeks earlier walked into one of the largest medical device manufacturers in the world, exfiltrated 50 TB, then pushed a destructive button that bricked 200,000 endpoints across 79 countries in minutes, postponed surgeries, stated a retaliation motive, absorbed a $10 million FBI bounty, had four of its domains seized, and was operating a replacement site the same day. from We May Be Living Through the Most Consequential Hundred Days in Cyber History, and Almost Nobody Has Noticed [ungated]]]> https://www.metafilter.com/212907/Just-the-ones-that-broke-through tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.212907 Fri, 17 Apr 2026 10:45:03 GMT chavenet Cybercrime Exfiltration Hacking International Penetration Petabytes https://www.metafilter.com/212907/Just-the-ones-that-broke-through/rss Siberian Steppe Techno-noir Jazz OTYKEN - TUNDRA (Official Music Video) Siberian folk-pop group Otyken's new steppe techno-noir jazz single, sung in the Dolgan language (indigenous people of the Taimyr Peninsula, Siberia, Russia)]]> https://www.metafilter.com/212906/Siberian-Steppe-Techno-noir-Jazz tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.212906 Fri, 17 Apr 2026 04:34:07 GMT CrystalDave dolgan folk jazz music otyken siberia single youtube https://www.metafilter.com/212906/Siberian-Steppe-Techno-noir-Jazz/rss Race to save Brisbane River's very hungry Australian lungfish Researchers hope they have found a way for a fascinating living fossil to once again breed in the Brisbane River, but hunger is making it harder.]]> https://www.metafilter.com/212905/Race-to-save-Brisbane-Rivers-very-hungry-Australian-lungfish tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.212905 Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:49:32 GMT chariot pulled by cassowaries AustralianLungfish BrisbaneRiver LivingFossils Lungfish https://www.metafilter.com/212905/Race-to-save-Brisbane-Rivers-very-hungry-Australian-lungfish/rss GLP-1's may help a variety of conditions unrelated to obesity Within days of starting on Zepbound last February, Ms. Schmidt felt her concussion symptoms finally begin to ease. "the survey respondents were enthusiastic. Sixty-five percent of current or past GLP-1 users said they were "very interested" in continuing to take the drugs. More remarkably, 63 percent said that if their GLP-1 failed to help the condition it was initially prescribed to treat, they would either "definitely" or "probably" keep taking it for other benefits."

This experimentation is also driven by how the drugs seem to cut across the familiar borders of illness in ways that doctors haven't seen before. "What we've come to realize," said Dr. DiMarchi, who was a vice president at Eli Lilly and involved in GLP-1 research there, until he left the company in 2003, "is that many diseases may share the same root causes, even though we label them and treat them as distinct: This is an endocrine disease, this is a cardiovascular disease, this is a brain disease."]]> https://www.metafilter.com/212904/GLP-1s-may-help-a-variety-of-conditions-unrelated-to-obesity tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.212904 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 22:31:50 GMT mecran01 health medicine ozempic tbi weight https://www.metafilter.com/212904/GLP-1s-may-help-a-variety-of-conditions-unrelated-to-obesity/rss Feelin' 70 Up, I'm feelin' 70 Up ITV's beloved 7 Up series will end after 62 years with "epic and moving" final chapter 70 Up [Radio Times]

The Up Series [YouTube Playlist] Previously: 2007, 2019, 2019 again; 2021 - RIP MIchael Apted]]> https://www.metafilter.com/212903/Feelin-70-Up-Im-feelin-70-Up tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.212903 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:26:00 GMT chavenet 14Up 21Up 28Up 35Up 42Up 49Up 56Up 63Up 70Up 7Up Life MichaelApted RadioTimes https://www.metafilter.com/212903/Feelin-70-Up-Im-feelin-70-Up/rss Kittenpalooza Three cat moms and fifteen newborn kittens (so far) . Tiny Kittens (Facebook page) a cat rescue based in Langley, BC, found itself this month in an unprecedented situation with five expectant cats, all which were/are due to give birth within a ten day period. The entire pile of 15 (so far) kittens and their three moms are settled in a shared nest, and the cuteness, as they say, is off the charts. You can watch the livestream on Youtube, and take a break from, you know, all this other stuff.

Some details: The first batch of six (Smudge and the Smudgelets) arrived the night of April 10/11th, the second litter of five (Spectra, kittens not yet named) on April 12th/13th, and the third litter of four (Oriana) on April 14th. Two more catermelons are in the wings: Cornflower, litter expected on April 17th, and Opal, April 18th. All the births were streamed live.]]> https://www.metafilter.com/212902/Kittenpalooza tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.212902 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 20:29:58 GMT jokeefe catrescue cats cuteness floof kittens tinykittens toebeans https://www.metafilter.com/212902/Kittenpalooza/rss Try to keep up murdered three people in the Pacific bringing their total to 177. US DoD to cancel collective bargaining agreements for civilian employees. GOP Senators block fourth attempt to force end of Iran war. US Army shuts down Soldier for Life media accounts after the organization boosted it's tribute to Senator Duckworth. These stories are among 15 highlighted by Gov Brief Today on April 15th. Gov Brief Today curates a dozen or so stories each day on the actions of the US government (not always military).

More stories form the 15th: US to send 10,000+ more troops to war in Iran -
The personnel will join the estimated 50,000 troops that the Pentagon has said are involved globally in operations to counter Iran.
US DoD continues ramp up of Cuba invasion plans. France is attempt to secure release citizen -
The French government is pressing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to release the 86-year-old French widow of a military veteran from immigration custody after she was detained earlier this month.
Pentagon approaching automakers with discussions to repurpose facilities to military use. -
The Trump administration wants automakers and other American manufacturers to play a larger role in weapons production, reminiscent of a practice used during World War II.
]]> https://www.metafilter.com/212900/Try-to-keep-up tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.212900 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 19:13:53 GMT Mitheral GovBriefToday NewsBriefing USPolitics https://www.metafilter.com/212900/Try-to-keep-up/rss Here Comes the Pizza a momentous occasion. (previously)

  • The Pizza Incident at Fenway Park
  • The legend of the Fenway Pizza Chucker (ESPN.com)
  • The story behind the Fenway pizza throw (MLB.com)
  • follow-up interview on MLB Network
  • another replay of the highlights in HD
    • ]]>     https://www.metafilter.com/212899/Here-Comes-the-Pizza tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.212899 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 17:47:28 GMT kyleg baseball Boston DonOrsillo JerryRemy PatriotsDay pizza RedSox slyt https://www.metafilter.com/212899/Here-Comes-the-Pizza/rss     The Unlearned Lesson of the Titanic "Little more than a year has elapsed since the greatest disaster in maritime history upset all our accepted theories of the unsinkability of modern liners... Since that fateful night of April, 1912, what have we done in the way of reform that will go toward averting another such disaster?" By Atlanticus (An officer on an Atlantic passenger steamer)]]> https://www.metafilter.com/212898/The-Unlearned-Lesson-of-the-Titanic tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.212898 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 17:03:12 GMT ShooBoo history maritime safety ships steamship titanic https://www.metafilter.com/212898/The-Unlearned-Lesson-of-the-Titanic/rss ⍼ figure out what ⍼ (U+237C ⍼ RIGHT ANGLE WITH DOWNWARDS ZIGZAG ARROW) means finally has an answer.

    Part 2: update: U+237C ⍼ ⍼ Part 3: Monotype Mathematical Sorts Part 4: U+237C ⍼ is (also) S9576 ⍼
    [Part 5 (spoilers)]Part 5: U+237C ⍼ is Azimuth
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