https://www.metafilter.com/ The past 24 hours of MetaFilter Thu, 16 Apr 2026 17:47:28 GMT Thu, 16 Apr 2026 17:47:28 GMT en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 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 "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

via: trivium]]> https://www.metafilter.com/212897/ tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.212897 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:33:15 GMT zamboni angzarr arrow character characters JonathanChan mystery type unicode https://www.metafilter.com/212897//rss Doing a run of shows at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival is the pinnacle for a lot of Australian comedians, but the festival's tens of thousands of punters are rarely privy to the behind-the-scenes costs.]]> https://www.metafilter.com/212896/Hidden-costs-mean-many-comedians-make-zero-profit-from-festival-runs tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.212896 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 13:25:46 GMT chariot pulled by cassowaries Comedy MelbourneComedyFestival MelbourneInternationalComedyFestival https://www.metafilter.com/212896/Hidden-costs-mean-many-comedians-make-zero-profit-from-festival-runs/rss Boots on the Ground - Massive Attack & Tom Waits

Film created by Massive Attack (working with US photo artist thefinaleye). This montage work portrays a momentous American epoch that is yet to be named, and comes in the aftermath of the largest public protests in American history - focused on opposition to ICE raids, the militarisation of domestic forces, and state authoritarianism. The film quotes statistics and research by the following sources: American Immigration Council, American Civil Liberties Union, Inside Higher Ed, National Coalition for Homeless Veterans, US National Library of Medicine, US National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Privacy International, FactCheck.org. Viewers seeking further information or wishing to take action are encouraged to visit aclu.org, veterans-aid.net, immigrantdefenseproject.org, and freedomforimmigrants.org.]]> https://www.metafilter.com/212895/We-trim-your-hedges-we-fight-your-wars- tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.212895 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 13:00:59 GMT Kitteh fuckice massiveattack theloneeye tomwaits usfascism https://www.metafilter.com/212895/We-trim-your-hedges-we-fight-your-wars-/rss Fascinating long read from this week's New Yorker. On one level, the slammer conspiracy was an amusing example of New Orleans chicanery at its most baroque, a tale of literal highway robbery so antic and absurd that it seemed like the plot of an Elmore Leonard novel. But, on a deeper level, it was an awful parable of economic desperation in twenty-first-century America. Scores of poor Black Louisianans had volunteered for what was effectively Russian roulette, risking their own lives and the lives of their loved ones in the hope of a onetime payout. The attorneys, by contrast, were well educated and mostly white, and would almost certainly have been loath to climb into a car with Garrison and go looking for a truck to hit.]]> https://www.metafilter.com/212894/Better-Call-Saul-but-its-set-in-New-Orleans-and-real tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.212894 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:28:36 GMT Paul Slade NewOrleans NewYorker SlammerScams https://www.metafilter.com/212894/Better-Call-Saul-but-its-set-in-New-Orleans-and-real/rss The Daily Baffle is a free site with word and logic puzzles in several new-to-the-world formats.

Puzzle designers are always coming up with new kinds of puzzles, and I think this one has some really interesting takes. As a crossword fan and occasional constructor, Morphology -- with it's crossword-style clues and themes -- is the one that's up my alley (and today's happens to be by a very frequent contributor to New York Times crosswords, LA Times crosswords, and many other puzzle publishers). Maybe my personal favorite thing about the site is that you can construct and submit Morphology puzzles, and get paid for them. I learned via crosswords that constructing is even more satisfying than solving. But diving right into crossword construction can be hard, and constructing a Morphology develops some of the same skills while being much easier. Full disclosure: I've constructed and had two Morphology puzzles accepted, and in the process and since then, I conversed a fair bit online with the site creator/editor. But several months ago, I checked with the mods whether that was too close of a connection for a MetaFilter post, since I do also just think it's a cool site. They said to go ahead, with this disclosure, so I'm finally getting around to doing that. P.S. Have we had a post about crossword construction, with links to guides and resources? Should I make one?]]> https://www.metafilter.com/212893/New-ways-to-be-puzzled tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.212893 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:26:09 GMT daisyace construct CrosswordPuzzles free logic Morphology puzzle puzzles submit word https://www.metafilter.com/212893/New-ways-to-be-puzzled/rss The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation is declining rapidly. This is Not Good. tl;dr: we're fucked.]]> https://www.metafilter.com/212892/Running-Amoc tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.212892 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:06:15 GMT Joan Rivers of Babylon environment eschatology https://www.metafilter.com/212892/Running-Amoc/rss the best free restaurant bread in America. [The Atlantic; ungated]]]> https://www.metafilter.com/212891/Oh-There-is-bread-What-a-fun-surprise tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.212891 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:19:08 GMT chavenet America Best Bread Free https://www.metafilter.com/212891/Oh-There-is-bread-What-a-fun-surprise/rss tom7/suckerpinch tweaks HTTPS to add minimal security to a website that doesn't need security. Youtube, 35 minutes. tom7 previously]]> https://www.metafilter.com/212890/a-pre-paid-self-own tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.212890 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 04:38:05 GMT fantabulous timewaster aes factorization https rsa security suckerpinch tom7 https://www.metafilter.com/212890/a-pre-paid-self-own/rss From No Kings to May Day: Here's April's Organizing Calendar. (via 50501) April is being spent on local coordination, skills training, institutional targeting, and building capacity that determines how large and how effective May Day will be when it arrives. We will be going deeper on several of these in the days ahead and how these actions can make a difference in our communities.

April 11–25 | We Are America March The We Are America March is a 160-mile march running from April 11 through April 25. Participation options include joining as a core marcher for the full distance, or joining for a single day or weekend segment. This is a multi-day action with incredible volunteers and messaging to connect community and defend democracy. April 16 | De-ICE Citizens Bank National Mobilization Call The De-ICE Citizens Bank campaign is holding a national organizing call on April 16, 7–8 PM EDT for both existing participants and people looking to get involved ahead of Citizens Bank's April 23 shareholder meeting. The campaign identifies Citizens Bank as a direct financial partner of CoreCivic and The GEO Group, two of the largest private operators of ICE detention facilities in the country. This is economic accountability enforced at a corporate governance moment. April 17 | National Day of Action for Higher Education The Coalition for Action in Higher Education is holding its third annual national day of action on April 17, organized around protests and teach-ins on campuses across the country. The 2024 action involved more than 100 campus events; 2025 involved more than 200. The coalition's explicit goals are higher education that is freely accessible to the public and free of political interference, two conditions under active threat through federal funding freezes, administrative purges, and executive pressure on university leadership. (Lots more online events from this group at the link!) April 18–22 | Earth Week / Earth Day Actions Earthday.org is running coordinated events from April 18 through Earth Day on April 22, with a public event finder and registration tools on its site. The current administration has moved aggressively to roll back environmental regulation, withdraw from international climate commitments, and open protected lands to extraction. Earth Week actions this year are taking place inside a broader democratic crisis. April 20 | Indivisible Train-the-Trainer: Immigrants' Rights No Kings and Indivisible Train-the-Trainer session on April 20 at 8 PM EDT The session is designed to equip participants to train others on core Know Your Rights topics on the right to remain silent, the right to refuse consent to searches, and the right to record ICE and other law enforcement officials. It's being offered in partnership with the ACLU and Indivisible. This is not a rally or an awareness event. It's skill transmission building capacity to protect neighbors. This event belongs in a category separate from protest mobilizations, and it matters more than its profile suggests. April 23 | People's Shareholder Meeting to De-ICE Citizens Bank The De-ICE campaign is directing supporters to a Providence, Rhode Island action on April 23 timed to Citizens Bank's annual shareholder meeting. Supporters who can't travel to Providence can find coordinated local branch actions through the campaign's event map. Shareholder meetings are among the few formal accountability moments in corporate governance. Demonstrating organized, public, visible opposition at that moment rather than in general, is the strategy behind this campaign. April 28 | Workers Memorial Day Workers Memorial Day, observed annually on April 28, is a day of remembrance and action organized by the AFL-CIO for workers killed or injured on the job. The AFL-CIO publishes toolkits and planning resources for local observances. In 2026, Workers Memorial Day arrives inside a moment when workplace safety protections are being actively dismantled at the federal level. It is a stronger late-April anchor than it typically receives credit for, and it connects labor organizing directly to the May Day moment that follows just four days later. April 28 | ACLU People Power Action Call The ACLU's People Power network is hosting a national action call on April 28 at 8 PM ET / 5 PM PT. For readers who want a structured national entry point into ongoing civil liberties organizing, this is a well-resourced option. Ongoing through April 30 | NDLON: Adopt a Day Labor Corner / Adopt a School NDLON's ongoing solidarity campaign asks people to establish a regular physical presence at hiring corners, Home Depots, car washes, delis, and day-labor centers where immigrant workers are most exposed to enforcement action. The campaign also supports schools serving immigrant students and families who may be vulnerable to raids, harassment, or intimidation. The explicit premise of the NDLON model is that sustained, visible community presence has a deterrent effect and that building it requires showing up repeatedly, not just once. Trainings, toolkits, and local event listings are available through their Mobilize profile.]]> https://www.metafilter.com/212889/USA-Organizing-Calendar-April-16-to-May-1 tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.212889 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 02:03:48 GMT subdee 50501 maydaystrong protestcalendar uspolitics https://www.metafilter.com/212889/USA-Organizing-Calendar-April-16-to-May-1/rss (An op shop is what is called a thrift store in the US or a charity shop in Britain.)]]> https://www.metafilter.com/212888/This-op-shop-fixes-donated-items-to-reduce-landfill tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.212888 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 01:33:55 GMT chariot pulled by cassowaries FastFashion OpportunityShops OpShops Sustainability https://www.metafilter.com/212888/This-op-shop-fixes-donated-items-to-reduce-landfill/rss Splendid isolation: how I stopped time by sitting in a forest for 24 hours. "When you're actually in it, the reality of the solo is, at least at first, one of total boredom. I cannot stress enough how little there is to do when you have confined yourself to the inside of a small circle of stones and sticks in a forest. But it is an instructive kind of boredom, insofar as boredom is the raw and unmediated experience of time. It is considered best practice not to have a watch, and to turn off your phone and keep it somewhere in the bottom of a bag so as to avoid the temptation to constantly check how long you've been out and how long you have left. And as you become untethered from your accustomed orientation in time – from always knowing what time it is, how long you have to do the thing you're doing, when you have to stop doing it to do the next thing – you begin to glimpse a new perspective on the anxiety that arises from that orientation. Because this anxiety, which amounts to a sort of cost-benefit analysis of every passing moment, is a quintessentially modern predicament."

"The word that comes to mind is immanence – a term I learned as a philosophy undergraduate and which I did not remotely understand until I began to have these experiences of being alone in nature. In his 1836 essay Nature, American poet Ralph Waldo Emerson identifies precisely this sublime phenomenon. "The greatest delight which the fields and woods minister," he writes, "is the suggestion of an occult relation between man and the vegetable. I am not alone and unacknowledged. They nod to me, and I to them." It's a phenomenon that he views as both an apprehension of the divine and a return to the child's perception of the world. "In the woods," he writes, "a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough, and at what period soever of life, is always a child." " ---- "One of Roberts's major themes was the idea that our particular civilisation, at our particular time, was unusual in not having as part of its cultural repertoire some ritual whereby during periods of change or upheaval people went out alone into nature. When he talked about the practice of the wilderness solo, he talked about it in such terms – as a ritual whereby you stepped out of the flux of the world, in order to gain some perspective on the flux, and your place within it. A word he used a lot in talking about his work, and in describing the experience and value of the nature solo, was "re-enchantment". He was of the opinion that most people, most of the time, lived life in a state of disenchantment. What he wanted to do, above all, was to help people strip away the layers of hard rationalism that accrued around the adult mind, so that they could return to a more childlike engagement with the world. And in reaching this state, he said, this place of re-enchantment, we could come to see ourselves not as separate from and in control of nature, but as part of it."]]> https://www.metafilter.com/212887/If-I-could-stop-time-I-wood tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.212887 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 01:32:42 GMT storybored guardian longRead solo time wilderness https://www.metafilter.com/212887/If-I-could-stop-time-I-wood/rss YouTube link Protect this man at all costs]]> https://www.metafilter.com/212885/Mamdani-introduces-pied--terre-tax tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.212885 Wed, 15 Apr 2026 22:50:06 GMT St. Peepsburg Mamdani tax https://www.metafilter.com/212885/Mamdani-introduces-pied--terre-tax/rss