https://www.metafilter.com/ The past 24 hours of MetaFilter Tue, 07 Apr 2026 23:21:48 GMT Tue, 07 Apr 2026 23:21:48 GMT en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 You sound like a parrot "I agree to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks," Trump wrote.]]> https://www.metafilter.com/212804/Two-weeks tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.212804 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 23:21:48 GMT thecincinnatikid two weeks https://www.metafilter.com/212804/Two-weeks/rss For decades, conspiracy theorists have clung to the fiction that thousands of soldiers are being held captive in Asia. [...] These kinds of myths — the POW/MIA issue, the narrative I constructed around The Colonel's life — succeed because they reduce complicated issues and imperialist adventures into the stories of brave individuals. Focusing on the thousands of American servicemen who didn't make it back to their families is just another way of obfuscating the reasons for their absence.]]> https://www.metafilter.com/212803/The-Vietnam-myth-that-gave-us-all-those-Rambo-movies tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.212803 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 18:37:07 GMT AlSweigart imperialism rambo uspolitics vietnam war https://www.metafilter.com/212803/The-Vietnam-myth-that-gave-us-all-those-Rambo-movies/rss "Avoid the honk": Interactive map helps UW students stay away from Canada geese

Whether you call them "cobra chickens" or "majestic assholes," you gotta find the safest route to class because you can't hurt them because they're federally protected (in Canada). Wilfred Laurier University had a video go viral last week of a Canada goose trapped in a building, making it everyone else's problem.]]> https://www.metafilter.com/212802/Waddleloo-knowing-my-fate-is-to-avoid-you tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.212802 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 18:28:21 GMT Kitteh AnirudhDabas canadageeseavoidance universityofwaterloo waddleloo https://www.metafilter.com/212802/Waddleloo-knowing-my-fate-is-to-avoid-you/rss More than 110 new fish and invertebrate species are discovered during a CSIRO[1] voyage in the deep Coral Sea.

[1] Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) is an Australian Government agency that is responsible for scientific research and its commercial and industrial applications.]]> https://www.metafilter.com/212801/New-shark-species-discovered-in-unexplored-deep-sea-waters-off-Qld tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.212801 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 16:40:58 GMT chariot pulled by cassowaries Catsharks CoralSea GhostSharks Rays Sharks Skates https://www.metafilter.com/212801/New-shark-species-discovered-in-unexplored-deep-sea-waters-off-Qld/rss TANG (2¾ minute Neil Cicierega, orangutans, 90s commercials)]]> https://www.metafilter.com/212800/TANG tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.212800 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 14:19:23 GMT JHarris 90s ads commercials NeilCicierega orangutans TANG https://www.metafilter.com/212800/TANG/rss "A whole civilization will die tonight" - US President Donald Trump threatens Iran with genocide if his demands are not met. It is Day 38 of the Iran War.]]> https://www.metafilter.com/212799/Trump-Threatens-Genocide-in-Iran tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.212799 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 13:32:53 GMT mrjohnmuller DonaldTrump Fascism Genocide Iran IranWar TrumpRegime USpolitics WarCrimes https://www.metafilter.com/212799/Trump-Threatens-Genocide-in-Iran/rss Transmission, as performed by Bob and Gene Belcher. (AKA H. Jon Benjamin and Eugene Mirman)]]> https://www.metafilter.com/212798/Burgerplay tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.212798 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 11:29:42 GMT FatherDagon Animation BobsBurgers JoyDivision Music Postpunk https://www.metafilter.com/212798/Burgerplay/rss But beneath the surface is a global hotspot of seaweed biodiversity.]]> https://www.metafilter.com/212797/Celebrating-seaweed tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.212797 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 05:33:32 GMT chariot pulled by cassowaries Seaweed SeaweedBiodiversity https://www.metafilter.com/212797/Celebrating-seaweed/rss Syd Barrett: His Part In My Downfall by Robyn Hitchcock

"Just as I had absorbed Bob Dylan's "Visions of Johanna" on entering my teens, I exited them by virtually becoming "Wolfpack". There should be more songs like this, I thought. As with "Visions Of Johanna", the surreal intensity of "Wolfpack" chimed with how I saw life. For an aspiring songwriter, it set the bar high. It gave me something to aim for. And miss, of course."]]> https://www.metafilter.com/212796/Moaned-magnesium-proverbs-and-sobs tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.212796 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 05:32:35 GMT Harvey Kilobit barrett hitchcock robyn syd https://www.metafilter.com/212796/Moaned-magnesium-proverbs-and-sobs/rss Radiohead's Thom Yorke playing solo at the Sydney Opera House, 2024 Thom Yorke's first-ever, self-titled solo tour, the Everything tour, took place in October and November 2024, spanning Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, and Japan. The 18-show tour featured solo, acoustic, and electronic arrangements of music from his entire career, including Radiohead, Atoms for Peace, and The Smile.

0:58 - Let Down (Radiohead) 5:54 - Packt Like Sardines In a Crushd Tin Box (Radiohead) 9:58 - Truth Ray (Thom Yorke) 15:55 - Jigsaw Falling Into Place (Radiohead) 20:13 - Rabbit In Your Headlights (Unkle) 25:17 - Atoms For Peace (Thom Yorke) 31:55 - Bloom (Radiohead) 37:28 - Not the News (Thom Yorke) 41:30 - Hearing Damage (Thom Yorke) 45:49 - Black Swan (Thom Yorke) 50:52 - Dawn Chorus (Thom Yorke) 57:00 - Default (Atoms For Peace) 1:02:18 - Back in the Game (Mark Pritchard) 1:06:53 - Everything In Its Right Place (Radiohead) 1:11:27 - All I Need (Radiohead) 1:16:05 - Cymbal Rush (Thom Yorke)]]> https://www.metafilter.com/212795/Thom-Yorke-at-Sydney-Opera-House tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.212795 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 03:20:04 GMT Sebmojo thomyorke https://www.metafilter.com/212795/Thom-Yorke-at-Sydney-Opera-House/rss