https://www.metafilter.com/ The past 24 hours of MetaFilter Sun, 31 May 2026 22:59:02 GMT Sun, 31 May 2026 22:59:02 GMT en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 The Accidental Brilliance of Makeshift Signs | Kate Canales | TED. "...This is so tender to me, this is so human. No matter how you may feel about the advancement of technology in our everyday lives, these signs are evidence that we still need each other out here in the real world to do some very basic things. The person who came before us took the time to leave some instructions to make sure that our experience is a little bit better than theirs and that is the sign of humanity that I am always happy to stumble upon. Thank you."]]> https://www.metafilter.com/213368/Its-Not-Really-Useable-without-this-Extra-layer-of-Instruction tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.213368 Sun, 31 May 2026 22:59:02 GMT storybored affordances design discoverabiity signifier signs users https://www.metafilter.com/213368/Its-Not-Really-Useable-without-this-Extra-layer-of-Instruction/rss

Pill Bugs Came From the Sea To Conquer the Earth

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Have a crusty day!]]> https://www.metafilter.com/213367/Pill-Bugs-on-PBS tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.213367 Sun, 31 May 2026 19:34:14 GMT Going To Maine deeplook isopod kqed nature pbs pillbug rolypoly slyoutube video https://www.metafilter.com/213367/Pill-Bugs-on-PBS/rss More than 800 tiny, technicoloured northern corroboree frogs are released into the wild to try to bolster the numbers of one of Australia's most critically endangered amphibians.]]> https://www.metafilter.com/213366/Technicolour-frogs-released-into-the-wild-in-NSW-to-bolster-numbers tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.213366 Sun, 31 May 2026 18:21:06 GMT chariot pulled by cassowaries CorroboreeFrogs NorthernCorroboreeFrogs https://www.metafilter.com/213366/Technicolour-frogs-released-into-the-wild-in-NSW-to-bolster-numbers/rss A Lawyer explains how Fender guitars just did the dumbest thing possible... Since 2020 Fender has been owned by Servco Pacific, a venture / private equity firm specialising in car dealerships.

Some of the biggest names in the YouTube guitar space have been sharing their opinions, with Rhett Shull and Tim Pierce both criticizing the brand in light of recent developments. Initial court ruling in Germany, Hacker News discussion Did Leo Fender 'Steal' The Stratocaster Design?]]> https://www.metafilter.com/213365/If-You-Cant-Beat-Em-Sue-Em tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.213365 Sun, 31 May 2026 17:32:44 GMT Lanark fender guitars law venturecapital https://www.metafilter.com/213365/If-You-Cant-Beat-Em-Sue-Em/rss An octogenarian consigned his Star Wars lego collection. Things went bad. Then Reckless Ben got involved. ]]> https://www.metafilter.com/213364/Not-long-ago-in-a-galaxy-not-far-away tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.213364 Sun, 31 May 2026 16:56:29 GMT goatdog collection lawsuit legos starwars https://www.metafilter.com/213364/Not-long-ago-in-a-galaxy-not-far-away/rss "America, ungrateful land!" A Black Veteran and Poet Rebukes American Racism
Digitizing the Albert H. Small American Trade Catalogs Collection Come for the pencil catalog, stay for the phonograph-advertising tea towel.
Our Common Ground: 250 Years of Americans Engaging with Nature Short videos of highlights from Library of Congress collections.
The birth of "A.I." A 1956 Dartmouth workshop hosted by the inventor of the term "artificial intelligence."]]> https://www.metafilter.com/213363/Whats-New-in-Old-Books tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.213363 Sun, 31 May 2026 16:05:40 GMT Horace Rumpole Archives ArtificalIntelligence Digitization Libraries RareBooks SpecialCollections https://www.metafilter.com/213363/Whats-New-in-Old-Books/rss Anastazia Pearce comments on the Canadian Screen Awards controversy and provides some insight into contemporary realism in costume design and why it is never just clothes.

For context, cultural juggernaut Heated Rivalry beat beloved Indigenous comedy North of North for the costume design award despite the costumes on North of North being a visible representation of modern Inuit culture and people, or at least social media accounts, are annoyed.]]> https://www.metafilter.com/213362/Costume-design-is-not-a-sewing-contest tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.213362 Sun, 31 May 2026 14:30:33 GMT jacquilynne canada CanadianScreenAwards CostumeDesign HeatedRivalry NorthOfNorth TV https://www.metafilter.com/213362/Costume-design-is-not-a-sewing-contest/rss The northern Tasmanian town of Ross is working to protect its night sky, a years-long process that would see it formally recognised for its darkness and clarity. (Australia)]]> https://www.metafilter.com/213361/The-darkness-of-a-Tasmanian-towns-night-sky-could-be-protected tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.213361 Sun, 31 May 2026 06:11:46 GMT chariot pulled by cassowaries DarkSkies LightPollution https://www.metafilter.com/213361/The-darkness-of-a-Tasmanian-towns-night-sky-could-be-protected/rss an immigration detention facility in Newark NJ have been on a coordinated hunger and labor strike, refusing food and work assignments to protest conditions including spoiled food, inadequate ventilation, and lack of medical care.

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Delaney Hall was built to hold immigration detainees. It was the first federal immigration detention center to open under Trump's second term, with ICE beginning to house detainees starting on May 1, 2025. GEO Group, which is one of the largest private prison companies in the country, was given a 15-year contract worth $1 billion to run it. Facility staff have reportedly used pepper spray and batons on detainees, transferred strike leaders to other facilities, and suspended family visitation for days. Outside, protesters have set up multiple tent encampments for food and medical support for the protesters. On Monday, Senator Andy Kim and Governor Mikie Sherrill led a delegation to the facility and were denied entry. Kim was pepper-sprayed in the process. On Wednesday and Friday and tonight, ICE agents sprayed chemical irritants at protesters and press outside the gates.]]> https://www.metafilter.com/213360/Delaney-Hall-Hunger-Strike tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.213360 Sun, 31 May 2026 02:55:31 GMT official_coral fascism HungerStrike ImmigrationDetention News StateViolence US USPolitics https://www.metafilter.com/213360/Delaney-Hall-Hunger-Strike/rss