https://www.metafilter.com/ The past 24 hours of MetaFilter Fri, 08 May 2026 18:19:27 GMT Fri, 08 May 2026 18:19:27 GMT en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 again in Chernobyl. This time setting off a wildfire that firefighters are having a difficult time with due to weather and mines.]]> https://www.metafilter.com/213132/Drone-starts-fire-in-Chernobyl-Nature-Reserve tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.213132 Fri, 08 May 2026 18:19:27 GMT Art_Pot Chernobyl nuclear Ukraine wildfire https://www.metafilter.com/213132/Drone-starts-fire-in-Chernobyl-Nature-Reserve/rss The Drifters and Dreamers of Canada's Lost Greyhound Lines (slMaclean's)

Ian Willms's photography exhibit The Hound is currently on display at Towards art gallery in Toronto until the end of the month. I should note that I feel the Maclean's headline is misleading. These photos encompass a lot of the US in addition to Canada.]]> https://www.metafilter.com/213131/Anyone-can-be-anyone-when-they-only-meet-you-for-a-minute tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.213131 Fri, 08 May 2026 18:00:34 GMT Kitteh greyhoundbuslines ianwillms macleans photography towardsartgallery https://www.metafilter.com/213131/Anyone-can-be-anyone-when-they-only-meet-you-for-a-minute/rss BACK is a complete fantasy western webcomic by Anthony Clark (of Nedroid) and KC Green. A woman breaks out of her coffin and meets four^h^h^h^h three witches who send her off to end the world. Comedy and some surprisingly strong action ensues.

It's not new (not even to Metafilter) but I hope I can be forgiven an eleven-year double.]]> https://www.metafilter.com/213130/Three-is-a-better-number-to-start-with-anyhow tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.213130 Fri, 08 May 2026 14:59:13 GMT Lorc AnthonyClark comic comics fantasy KCGreen webcomic western https://www.metafilter.com/213130/Three-is-a-better-number-to-start-with-anyhow/rss A small fish that smells like freshly-cut cucumber could be akin to a canary in the coalmine for one of Victoria's most stressed rivers.]]> https://www.metafilter.com/213129/Threatened-fish-rescued-in-Victorias-most-flow-stressed-river tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.213129 Fri, 08 May 2026 13:12:08 GMT chariot pulled by cassowaries AustralianGrayling CucumberFish MooraboolRiver PerridakNgubitjMooraboolRiverReserve PlatypusWatersMooraboolRiverReserve Rivers https://www.metafilter.com/213129/Threatened-fish-rescued-in-Victorias-most-flow-stressed-river/rss The Patchwright is a new cyberpunk short (21. min), by "Zach London", AKA "Gossip Goblin" Studios in Stockholm. A synthetic A.I. vision of post-Blade Runner aesthetics, mutated cybernetic creatures, existing in the slurry ruins of the future.

The Hollywood Reporter: A Former Anthropology Student From Los Angeles Might Be the George Lucas of AI.]]> https://www.metafilter.com/213128/The-mind-is-where-the-rust-really-blooms tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.213128 Fri, 08 May 2026 11:22:40 GMT growabrain ai aivideos bladerunner cyberpunk gossipgoblin zacklondon https://www.metafilter.com/213128/The-mind-is-where-the-rust-really-blooms/rss one of the most translated books in human history, and quietly helped teach Italians their own language. [Storica]]]> https://www.metafilter.com/213127/Pinocchio-is-weirder-than-you-remember tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.213127 Fri, 08 May 2026 09:44:06 GMT chavenet Collodi Disney Italian Language Pinocchio https://www.metafilter.com/213127/Pinocchio-is-weirder-than-you-remember/rss Crave YA series was sued for copyright infringement on a series of unpublished manuscripts that had been submitted to the same publisher (previously). Judge Colleen McMahon has dismissed the lawsuit, but notes "The Court has personally read every word of the four Wolff books and the six Freeman drafts and nine sets of notes at issue in this case. That was a lot of reading." The full opinion is here, and some highlights appear in tumblr and bluesky formats.]]> https://www.metafilter.com/213126/Hot-sexy-dangerous-boys-cannot-be-copyrighted tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.213126 Fri, 08 May 2026 06:10:02 GMT one for the books colleanMcMahon copyright copyrightInfringement crave fiction hotSexyDangerousBoys lynneFreeman plagiarism publishing sarahFackrell tracyWolff vampires ya yaBooks yaNovels https://www.metafilter.com/213126/Hot-sexy-dangerous-boys-cannot-be-copyrighted/rss This makes it clear that blindness itself isn't the deciding factor. Something specific about the visual brain is.]]> https://www.metafilter.com/213125/People-who-are-blind-from-birth-never-develop-schizophrenia tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.213125 Fri, 08 May 2026 01:06:17 GMT chariot pulled by cassowaries Blindness Schizophrenia https://www.metafilter.com/213125/People-who-are-blind-from-birth-never-develop-schizophrenia/rss Bluesky users can now use their profiles to find romantic partners via DateSky, a 3rd party protocol ]]> https://www.metafilter.com/213124/Feels-like-this-could-be-a-Really-Bad-Idea tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.213124 Fri, 08 May 2026 00:47:37 GMT CarrotAdventure bluesky dating https://www.metafilter.com/213124/Feels-like-this-could-be-a-Really-Bad-Idea/rss can we, how can we, live with men after the Pelicot trial? [LARB; cw: rape, abuse, horror]

Gisèle Pelicot, previously]]> https://www.metafilter.com/213123/You-have-to-be-very-fond-of-men-Otherwise-theyre-simply-unbearable tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.213123 Thu, 07 May 2026 22:36:35 GMT chavenet Abuse Epstein GiselePelicot ManonGarcia Misogyny Patriarchy Rape Terror https://www.metafilter.com/213123/You-have-to-be-very-fond-of-men-Otherwise-theyre-simply-unbearable/rss