https://www.metafilter.com/ The past 24 hours of MetaFilter Fri, 11 Sep 2026 06:44:25 GMT Fri, 11 Sep 2026 06:44:25 GMT en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 Rascal, 9/10/26), "One Hundred Tales of Solidarity": "Casting her memory back, she thinks about 45-60 people signed up ... At the end of the school term, after months of Burke feeling like a full-time GM, the legion reached Skydagger Keep ... Sociological storytelling, as [Zeynep Tufekci] defined it, was not led by the inner motivations of a character but rather how they shape or were shaped by the institutions and society around them." Paul Beakley has another POV on BoB, but other tabletop games zoom out / change point of view, e.g. Engle Matrix Games structured by arguments can model the First Carlist War (explainer; modern relevance) or a Sherlock Holmes story (parts 2, 3, 4). And Greg Stafford's 1975 wargame / DIY novel mixed mystical heroes with group units and major events a bit like Dave Arneson's 1971+ Blackmoor campaign played out at different scales.]]> https://www.metafilter.com/214468/It-was-winter-when-Elisse-Burke-ran-her-campaign-of-Band-of-Blades tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.214468 Fri, 11 Sep 2026 06:44:25 GMT Wobbuffet arneson beakley blackmoor burke ChrisEngle dand DaveArneson dnd dungeonsanddragons education educational ElisseBurke engle game games glorantha GregStafford manuel matrix matrixgame matrixgames miniature miniatures PaulBeakley roleplay roleplaying roleplayinggame rpg rpgs runequest sociological sociology stafford ThomasManuel tufekci wargame wargames ZeynepTufekci https://www.metafilter.com/214468/It-was-winter-when-Elisse-Burke-ran-her-campaign-of-Band-of-Blades/rss essay, Kemp said, "'In Bloomington-Normal, we watch a staggering amount of television.' You wonder, you know, what he would have to say about our addiction to the smartphone, right? Which is on a whole 'nother level to television." Surrounded by his church family, Wallace watched the twin towers fall on CBS. Very quickly, he began to feel cynical. He felt skeptical of the news anchors and the president.
''Recalling David Foster Wallace's iconic essay on the 25th anniversary of Sept. 11'.

[Post title from 'A Martian Sends a Postcard Home', Craig Raine. .]]> https://www.metafilter.com/214467/Rain-is-when-the-earth-is-television tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.214467 Fri, 11 Sep 2026 05:37:02 GMT clavdivs 911 anniversary September11 tv Wallace https://www.metafilter.com/214467/Rain-is-when-the-earth-is-television/rss the apple watch worn by someone sitting next to you? Or maybe it's all those cameras that have been popping up all over your neighbourhood. No not those ones. These ones. Or maybe it'll be that one AI company that tries to position itself as being the most ethical, but has recently been advertising for "a corporate intelligence role in August that listed 'activism' among the global threats its security team may investigate."

I was getting bored of only being spied on by my TV anyways.]]> https://www.metafilter.com/214466/Wake-up-babe-new-surveillance-tech-dropped tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.214466 Fri, 11 Sep 2026 02:45:28 GMT supercrayon anthropic apple applewatch axon siri stoptheplanetiwanttogetoff surveillance https://www.metafilter.com/214466/Wake-up-babe-new-surveillance-tech-dropped/rss Fossil fuels sold by Equinor in 2025 alone will bring about between 34,000 and 58,000 human deaths A new briefing from Norwegian nonprofit KlimaKultur finds that Norwegian oil giant Equinor's fossil fuel business since 2018 will cause between 260,000 to 450,000 additional deaths and that fossil fuels sold by Equinor in 2025 alone will bring about between 34,000 and 58,000 additional human deaths compared to a world in which they were never burned.

The KlimaKultur briefing, written by energy analyst Ketan Joshi, was released during the organization's annual "PetrogandaFest," this year staged as a counter-event to the biannual Offshore Northern Seas global energy industry event held in Norway's oil capital, Stavanger. Joshi notes that the death toll is rising alongside windfall profits for Equinor and its largest shareholder: the government of Norway. Calculating the social cost of carbon as $258 per metric ton—a new estimate from the Columbia Climate School to now include mortality rates—Joshi writes that "since 2018, Equinor has made nearly $67 billion USD in net income. But the use of the products they sold to earn that cash will cause $516 billion worth of damage, when you account for the real harms."]]> https://www.metafilter.com/214465/Equinor-Quarter-of-a-Million-Climate-Related-Deaths-Since-2018 tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.214465 Fri, 11 Sep 2026 01:46:13 GMT gusset Equinor FossilFuels Norway https://www.metafilter.com/214465/Equinor-Quarter-of-a-Million-Climate-Related-Deaths-Since-2018/rss nationwide day of nonpartisan voter participation, with communities helping eligible voters understand their options and make a voting plan. If you're expecting a day of marches and rallies, there will still be plenty of events to choose from: 50501.co has a map of events being added so check it regularly (Save 50501.co in your favorites or a bookmark tab if you can).

What to do to prepare? 1. Election Protection Wallet Cards Print one and keep it with you. The national nonpartisan Election Protection coalition provides voting assistance at 866-OUR-VOTE (866-687-8683). Spanish-language assistance is available at 888-VE-Y-VOTA (888-839-8682). Asian-language assistance is available at 888-API-VOTE, and Arabic assistance at 844-YALLA-US. Hand them out at local businesses. Put "vote early" flyers up around town. 2. VOTE EARLY. Encourage others to vote early. Depending on where you live, your event might look like one of the following: Checking that your voter registration is correct Finding out when early voting begins in your state Locating your early voting or Election Day polling place Requesting an absentee or mail ballot Checking your state's voter ID requirements Making transportation plans Helping others to make voting plans 3. Election Interference Won't Work If Americans Vote It's going to be a busy two months. No doubt Trump and his partisans will fling new charges every few days. All that clatter can confuse voters further. Perhaps that's part of the goal. So for all of us who want voters to have their say in 2026, a chief job is to stay calm and make clear that — as of right now, at least — little has changed. That's a task for the news media. Public officials should be clear and calm. We who fight for voting rights must measure our own tone, so as not to rattle confidence. After all the push and pull, voters can make their voices heard. Make a plan to vote. Vote early if possible. In person, with a drop box, or if necessary, using the mail. As we've said before, the effort to undermine the election is failing. It will succeed only if citizens stay home.]]> https://www.metafilter.com/214464/Save-the-Date-No-Kings-Is-Back-October-17 tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.214464 Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:21:37 GMT subdee 50501 brennancenterforjustice nokings uspolitics https://www.metafilter.com/214464/Save-the-Date-No-Kings-Is-Back-October-17/rss Sydney Games and Play Lab have developed Ludolio, a platform that provides licensed access to commercial games for students via the students' own single sign-on, similar to other academic libraries. The platform has started its rollout to universities in Australia and worldwide.]]> https://www.metafilter.com/214463/Games-for-Educational-Use tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.214463 Thu, 10 Sep 2026 13:20:56 GMT creatrixtiara australia education gamedesign games gaming learning play university videogames https://www.metafilter.com/214463/Games-for-Educational-Use/rss This is the story of "Severed Dreams" and how it changed television forever.

Bonus video: G'Kar's speech from season 2.]]> https://www.metafilter.com/214462/How-Babylon-5-Changed-Television-Forever tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.214462 Thu, 10 Sep 2026 13:16:25 GMT RonButNotStupid Babylon5 HugoAwards jms scifi TV https://www.metafilter.com/214462/How-Babylon-5-Changed-Television-Forever/rss Krillion is a trivia game (with a quirky UI) that rewards uncommon answers. Each day, everyone gets the same seven questions and you have 30 seconds to type one (valid) answer to each. The more rare your answer is, the more points you get. At the end of the game, your score is measured against everyone else that played that day. (Pro tip: when the game is over, you can click on your answer to expand a list of all possible answers and their scores). There's also a few one off themes you can play including Words and Language, Movies, Sports and Geography. (Although I believe if you want to play those more than once they want to charge you).]]> https://www.metafilter.com/214461/A-daily-trivia-game-with-a-twist tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.214461 Thu, 10 Sep 2026 11:31:14 GMT jeremias daily DailyGame game trivia https://www.metafilter.com/214461/A-daily-trivia-game-with-a-twist/rss