https://www.metafilter.com/ The past 24 hours of MetaFilter Sun, 21 Jun 2026 16:39:43 GMT Sun, 21 Jun 2026 16:39:43 GMT en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 Butlerian Jihad meme is being misread, and that misreading matters politically. The phrase was never meant to imply a purely anti-tech crusade nor act as permission slip for vigilante violence. That is because the Butlerian Jihad is not a parable about technology, but about domination.]]> https://www.metafilter.com/213586/Dune-is-not-supposed-to-be-science-fiction-It-is-religious-commentary tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.213586 Sun, 21 Jun 2026 16:39:43 GMT chavenet ButlerianJihad Dune Politics Religion Technocracy Technology https://www.metafilter.com/213586/Dune-is-not-supposed-to-be-science-fiction-It-is-religious-commentary/rss How Eliza Hamilton's Copy of "The Federalist" Wound up in Thomas Jefferson's Library
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Christopher Orr's Funny Animal Alphabet on an Unmentionable Subject]]> https://www.metafilter.com/213585/Whats-New-in-Old-Books tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.213585 Sun, 21 Jun 2026 15:31:59 GMT Horace Rumpole Conservation DeclarationOfIndependence Libraries RareBooks SpecialCollections https://www.metafilter.com/213585/Whats-New-in-Old-Books/rss The Less Than Epic Adventures of TJ And Amal is a complete webcomic by E.K. Weaver. Two strangers - each disasters in their own way - go on a cross-country road trip together. They get to know each other and don't stop. Things get complicated, but there's some lovely landscape shots. Not everyone hits their first comic for six like this.

Also available in print. I'll let Weaver tell you about her other comics herself. Technically previously but the discussion ain't about the comic.]]> https://www.metafilter.com/213584/They-Kiss-In-Chapter-15 tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.213584 Sun, 21 Jun 2026 13:30:07 GMT Lorc comic comics EKWeaver lgbt queer roadtrip TheLessThanEpicAdventuresofTJAndAmal TjAndAmal webcomic webcomics https://www.metafilter.com/213584/They-Kiss-In-Chapter-15/rss What happened was just the opposite.]]> https://www.metafilter.com/213583/Why-the-Cookbook-Endures tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.213583 Sun, 21 Jun 2026 11:07:42 GMT ellieBOA cookbook Cooking publishing https://www.metafilter.com/213583/Why-the-Cookbook-Endures/rss When Prince was on the Muppet Show! ]]> https://www.metafilter.com/213582/When-you-cant-pronounce-the-guest-hosts-name tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.213582 Sun, 21 Jun 2026 04:43:19 GMT dfm500 Muppets Prince https://www.metafilter.com/213582/When-you-cant-pronounce-the-guest-hosts-name/rss The project at Raine Island, where 90 per cent of northern green sea turtles nest, has been working for a decade to improve hatching success. (Australia)]]> https://www.metafilter.com/213581/Thousands-of-green-sea-turtle-hatchlings-swim-to-sea-in-conservation-win tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.213581 Sun, 21 Jun 2026 03:09:25 GMT chariot pulled by cassowaries GreatBarrierReefGreenSeaTurtles GreenSeaTurtles NorthernGreatBarrierReefGreenSeaTurtles SeaTurtles https://www.metafilter.com/213581/Thousands-of-green-sea-turtle-hatchlings-swim-to-sea-in-conservation-win/rss to play and rank (completely scientifically, of course) every game released for the Nintendo Entertainment System. He discussed the three-year passion project with CTV's Your Morning, and revealed that for a sequel, he will give the same comprehensive treatment to the N64. So what NES games win the laurels? They may not be what you expect...

Gerstmann's intent was to judge how games hold up up without the rose-tinted glasses through which we tend to view our nostalgic faves. The Contra of our hearts is different from the Contra as viewed through the cold eyes of Science! And Zelda II, perhaps we judged you too harshly... The list in the first link is lovingly maintained by fans, not Gerstmann himself; you can find the full playlist of his streams here. Here are the top ten: 1. Mega Man 2 2. Bionic Commando 3. Super Mario Bros. 4. The Legend of Zelda 5. Super Mario Bros. 3 6. Zelda II: The Adventure of Link 7. Kirby's Adventure 8. Rygar 9. River City Ransom 10. Super Mario Bros. 2 Let the quibbling begin! I'll start: Blaster Master was robbed!]]> https://www.metafilter.com/213580/3-years-8-bits-751-games tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.213580 Sat, 20 Jun 2026 22:52:15 GMT BlackLeotardFront 8bit famicom games gaming nes nintendo nostalgia retro https://www.metafilter.com/213580/3-years-8-bits-751-games/rss these extraordinary structures were unremarked and unrecorded, hidden in plain sight across one of the most remote and inaccessible deserts on earth. The desert kept its treasures to itself. Then, in the early years of this century, teams of archaeologists armed with satellite imagery looked down from orbit and saw what no one had properly seen before: an entire civilisation gazing back.]]> https://www.metafilter.com/213579/This-was-a-state-sophisticated-urban-and-lost-to-history tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.213579 Sat, 20 Jun 2026 19:45:56 GMT chavenet Archaeology Desert Fez Foggaras Garamantes Libya Sahara https://www.metafilter.com/213579/This-was-a-state-sophisticated-urban-and-lost-to-history/rss