MetaFilter https://www.metafilter.com/ The past 24 hours of MetaFilter Thu, 28 May 2026 02:57:12 GMT Thu, 28 May 2026 02:57:12 GMT en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 The Costco theory of the internet People don't want infinite choice anymore; they want fewer decisions inside places where someone has already thrown out the worst options. Costco sells a higher floor.]]> https://www.metafilter.com/213326/The-Costco-theory-of-the-internet tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.213326 Thu, 28 May 2026 02:57:12 GMT AlSweigart amazon costco enshittification internet theory https://www.metafilter.com/213326/The-Costco-theory-of-the-internet/rss They are scoring us but they won't let us score them Trivial Pursuits [LRB; ungated]]]> https://www.metafilter.com/213324/They-are-scoring-us-but-they-wont-let-us-score-them tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.213324 Wed, 27 May 2026 19:28:46 GMT chavenet BookReview Gamification Ludens Playing https://www.metafilter.com/213324/They-are-scoring-us-but-they-wont-let-us-score-them/rss Partial obscuration phenomenon is impacting Darwin's sunsets A beautiful optical illusion has been impacting sunsets in Australia's north, with a little-known weather phenomenon appearing to split golden hour into different coloured beams.]]> https://www.metafilter.com/213323/Partial-obscuration-phenomenon-is-impacting-Darwins-sunsets tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.213323 Wed, 27 May 2026 18:44:14 GMT chariot pulled by cassowaries CrepuscularRays OpticalIllusions https://www.metafilter.com/213323/Partial-obscuration-phenomenon-is-impacting-Darwins-sunsets/rss I'm going before the firing squad today at 3:00. I regret nothing... My dear parents, Just a few words to tell you of my death sentence, and that I'll be executed this afternoon at 3:00. Aside from that, and despite it all, my morale is good, and, more than that, don't worry too much about it. [...] I'm going to fall, but sorrow mustn't crush you; you must be as strong as I am at this moment. My death isn't extraordinary, and no one should feel sorry for me, for thousands fall every day, on the front or otherwise. Farewell Papa, farewell my little Maman, courage... Robert Last letters from Communist Manouchian Resistance Fighters, mostly foreign, many Jewish, written hours before their execution in occupied France, early 1944.

Louis Aragon wrote a commemorative poem (EnglishTranslation) based on the best known of these letters, the one by Missak Manouchian himself (facsimile) to his wife, Melinée. In 1961, Léo Ferré adapted Aragon's poem to music: L'Affiche Rouge.]]> https://www.metafilter.com/213322/Im-going-before-the-firing-squad-today-at-300-I-regret-nothing tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.213322 Wed, 27 May 2026 17:58:47 GMT Rumple 1944 Antifa Antifascism France FrenchHistory FrenchResistance FTPMOI Germany History LeoFerre LouisAragon MelineeManouchian MissakManouchian Music Nazis Partisans Poetry resistance WW2 WWII https://www.metafilter.com/213322/Im-going-before-the-firing-squad-today-at-300-I-regret-nothing/rss Who wears short shorts? How Long Should Your Shorts Be in 2026?

Call it the Great Shorts Divide: For the past few summers, men's shorts have somehow been getting both shorter and longer.
No mention by Tyler Watamanuk of jorts so I guess they're still uncool?]]> https://www.metafilter.com/213321/Who-wears-short-shorts tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.213321 Wed, 27 May 2026 16:58:49 GMT Rash cutoffs HalfPants jorts shortPants shorts stubbies https://www.metafilter.com/213321/Who-wears-short-shorts/rss The Farmers Who Fought a Data Centre - and Won Alberta wants to profit from the AI boom by building power- and water-hungry data centres. In one town, the neighbours had other ideas. (sl Macleans)]]> https://www.metafilter.com/213320/The-Farmers-Who-Fought-a-Data-Centre-and-Won tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.213320 Wed, 27 May 2026 15:18:32 GMT Kitteh alberta datacentres https://www.metafilter.com/213320/The-Farmers-Who-Fought-a-Data-Centre-and-Won/rss Dude, that's so liminal. Liminal Assembly "shuttles people through a series of decaying suburban shopping malls around the Greater Toronto Area, places that seem stuck in purgatory between eras, at once eerie and beseeching." The Dead Mall Society (Hazlitt)]]> https://www.metafilter.com/213319/Dude-thats-so-liminal tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.213319 Wed, 27 May 2026 14:15:23 GMT warriorqueen longformUrbanDecayCanCon https://www.metafilter.com/213319/Dude-thats-so-liminal/rss Urban light was blocking the path of bats Denmark is turning off the white light from its streetlamps and painting a road red to solve a nighttime crisis that almost no one sees: urban light was blocking the path of bats.]]> https://www.metafilter.com/213318/Urban-light-was-blocking-the-path-of-bats tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.213318 Wed, 27 May 2026 06:27:53 GMT chariot pulled by cassowaries Bats LightPollution https://www.metafilter.com/213318/Urban-light-was-blocking-the-path-of-bats/rss