https://www.metafilter.com/ The past 24 hours of MetaFilter Wed, 11 Nov 2026 04:23:47 GMT Wed, 11 Nov 2026 04:23:47 GMT en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 The Nation - The omnipresent consultant-cum-tantrum-thrower has long outlived whatever relevance he once had, but cable producers, podcast hosts, and Democratic campaigns haven't got the memo. [Carville] recently appeared with Bill Kristol on a podcast hosted by The Bulwark and stated that he'd rather Republicans keep the House by a five-member majority after the midterms than have Democrats win, because then "they're hostage to the DSA."]]> https://www.metafilter.com/215125/Can-James-Carville-Please-Just-Be-Quietly-Wrong-Somewhere-Else tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.215125 Wed, 11 Nov 2026 04:23:47 GMT AlSweigart JamesCarville uspolitics https://www.metafilter.com/215125/Can-James-Carville-Please-Just-Be-Quietly-Wrong-Somewhere-Else/rss bill wurtz uploads a new video called "hi." In three hours, it's gotten 260K views and over 6,000 comments. It is much fun and uses no "AI."]]> https://www.metafilter.com/215124/Dont-get-on-the-Infinity-Bus tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.215124 Tue, 10 Nov 2026 22:51:51 GMT JHarris BillWurtz hi InfinityBus music https://www.metafilter.com/215124/Dont-get-on-the-Infinity-Bus/rss Jill Bearup explains YouTube's copyright system [YT ~14min.]

Bearup is an actor/combatant and author. Her YouTube channel normally focuses on movies, with an emphasis on stage combat. The videos mentioned:

• My Immortal cover
• I Learned to Dance in 28 Hours (original version)
• Collecting Copyright Claims Like They're Pokemon
• Netflix Costume vs £10 Mouldy Curtains
• My Name is Inigo Montoya
• The Mask of Zorro's Fabulous Flirty FIght
• The Secret of NIMH (is to Steal from the Best)
• Jesus Christ, Superstar!
• Netflix Disapproves of This Review
• That...Could Have Gone Better (Empire Strikes Back duel review) (Patreon, no membership required)

Early in the video Bearup mentions a "CCLI license," referring to a group of licenses for Christian churches and ministries provided by Christian Copyright Licensing International.]]> https://www.metafilter.com/215123/Strike-that-Reverse-it-Thank-you tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.215123 Tue, 10 Nov 2026 22:34:32 GMT ChurchHatesTucker CCLI Copyright JillBearup TERF YouTube https://www.metafilter.com/215123/Strike-that-Reverse-it-Thank-you/rss In 1785, the French mathematician and philosopher Nicolas de Condorcet discovered that a majority can sometimes vote itself into a logical loop. In elections with three or more candidates, each voter might rank the candidates in a perfectly clear and consistent way — yet when all the votes are tallied, every candidate loses in a head-to-head contest against one of their rivals. Now three researchers have shown that Condorcet's 240-year-old paradox has a shape, and it's suitably peculiar: a Klein bottle, a surface with no distinct inside or outside.]]> https://www.metafilter.com/215122/How-Voting-Is-Like-a-Klein-Bottle tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.215122 Tue, 10 Nov 2026 20:24:30 GMT ShooBoo condorcet kleinbottle math mathematics maths voting https://www.metafilter.com/215122/How-Voting-Is-Like-a-Klein-Bottle/rss There are biological and psychological reasons behind why women experience more disrupted sleep than men, but experts say the mental load is another powerful yet less obvious contributor.]]> https://www.metafilter.com/215121/Why-the-bedroom-is-an-invisible-workplace-for-women tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.215121 Tue, 10 Nov 2026 20:20:59 GMT chariot pulled by cassowaries MentalLoad Sexism Sleep https://www.metafilter.com/215121/Why-the-bedroom-is-an-invisible-workplace-for-women/rss Farmers from the Netherlands have been moving to Denmark for decades However, there seems to be a generational change. From the 90s onwards, mostly farmers were looking for more space and less regulation. Now younger people are looking for a different type of freedom. The video is from a channel created by a couple who have moved to Denmark for a simpler life.

Dutch farmers have been attracted to Denmark for hundreds of years, albeit with some pauses. Even up till the 1990s, kids in Amager were still given Dutch names. (Danish wiki, but the pictures are cute).]]> https://www.metafilter.com/215120/Everyone-Told-Us-Denmark-was-Expensive-They-were-Wrong tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.215120 Tue, 10 Nov 2026 18:38:36 GMT mumimor agriculture Amager Denmark farms homesteading Netherlands https://www.metafilter.com/215120/Everyone-Told-Us-Denmark-was-Expensive-They-were-Wrong/rss Living with a Visionary: A beautifully illustrated animation about the devastating and occasionally beautiful circumstances around a long marriage, decline, hallucinations, and Covid. Hard and lovely and sad. Single-link NYT gift article.]]> https://www.metafilter.com/215119/The-Flowery-Man tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.215119 Tue, 10 Nov 2026 18:19:54 GMT PussKillian animation grief marriage Parkinsons ShortFilm https://www.metafilter.com/215119/The-Flowery-Man/rss lo-pi radio is "Live lo-fi beats from the digits of pi, forever." It generates endless music from the sequential digits of pi along with a random walk image based on those same digits. "Every note of the melody you hear is the next digit of pi, in order. Each digit is a note in the Fmaj scale. 0 and 9 are rests (silence)." Created for The Pudding [many previouslies]

Click the "?" in the top right corner for more links and descriptions.]]> https://www.metafilter.com/215118/Youll-end-before-this-song-does tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.215118 Tue, 10 Nov 2026 16:44:50 GMT indexy math music ThePudding https://www.metafilter.com/215118/Youll-end-before-this-song-does/rss Better Than Americans Can? A short quiz on the percentage of Americans who do, own or are various things. Ranking is based on you vs. the rest of the US.

I did relatively terribly and I am still coming to terms with some hard truths. I was off by 15 points per group. This is better than the median American (off by 17) but worse than the median PerThirtySix user (off by 9)]]> https://www.metafilter.com/215117/Can-You-Guess-Americans tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.215117 Tue, 10 Nov 2026 16:40:40 GMT mygothlaundry Quiz statistics usa https://www.metafilter.com/215117/Can-You-Guess-Americans/rss Bloomberg [Archive] traces the gambling spending of 2,441 individuals who started gambling within a week of Massachusetts legalizing online sports betting. CW: gambling, addiction, bankruptcy, divorce, suicide.

About 6% gamble at least once a day. Deposit frequency, rather than bet frequency, is one of the best measures of a gambler's habits. By the end of the first year, the 94% nonheavy gamblers have lost an average of $756 and the heavy bettor group has now lost an average of $12,237 gambling. After two years, divorce rates start to measurably increase in states that legalized online gambling. "This might be around the time parents, friends and loved ones notice changes. The gambler becomes more withdrawn, irritable. They may let personal grooming go. They might start telling stories that don't make sense about where they've been or what they've been doing. They might start asking for, or even demanding, money for reasons that aren't clear. Many parents say they worry their kids are addicted to drugs. It may never dawn on them it could be gambling."]]> https://www.metafilter.com/215116/More-than-half-of-American-men-age-18-to-49-bet-on-sports tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.215116 Tue, 10 Nov 2026 16:04:34 GMT AlSweigart gambling kalshi polymarket sports https://www.metafilter.com/215116/More-than-half-of-American-men-age-18-to-49-bet-on-sports/rss The PWHL has officially announced team names and branding for this year's expansion squads. This December, you can become a fan of Team USA legend Hilary Knight and the Detroit Clutch, the newest entry in the ever expanding Vegas sports pantheon, the Vanguards, my prediction for rookie of the year, Laila Edwards and the San Jose Sea Lions, or the new home of half my favourite Ottawa Charge players, the Hamilton Havoc.]]> https://www.metafilter.com/215115/Can-the-original-6-get-a-branding-do-over tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.215115 Tue, 10 Nov 2026 15:11:53 GMT jacquilynne branding Detroit DetroitClutch Hamilton HamiltonHavoc HamiltonNotTheMusical LasVegas logos PWHL SanJose SanJoseSeaLions Sports TeamNames VegasVanguards Woho WomensHockey https://www.metafilter.com/215115/Can-the-original-6-get-a-branding-do-over/rss UK celebrity who sought permanent legal injunction for exploitative sexual behaviour identified.

David Walliams, famous for Little Britain, being a judge on Britain's Got Talent, and children's book author, has been revealed as a sexual predator. (slTheGuardian) CW/TW: the Guardian article is really harrowing so all the caveats about sexual abuse and coercion apply.]]> https://www.metafilter.com/215113/Apres-Russell-Brand-le-deluge tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.215113 Tue, 10 Nov 2026 14:44:41 GMT Kitteh davidwalliams sexualpredation theguardian ukcelebrities uklaw uklawgazette uklibellaws https://www.metafilter.com/215113/Apres-Russell-Brand-le-deluge/rss could you guys at least use some of it?..]]> https://www.metafilter.com/215112/A-fucking-asphalt-cleaning-tractor tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.215112 Tue, 10 Nov 2026 13:35:56 GMT chavenet Capitalism Data Finland Surveillance Tracking https://www.metafilter.com/215112/A-fucking-asphalt-cleaning-tractor/rss