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Jessamyn West and Josh Millard
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164: It's Been A Rough Week
Best of the Web: the MetaFilter Podcast
06/03/20 • 103 min
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- 164 is a sum of two squares and I don't care who knows it
- Jessamyn was vexed by a Firefox issue
- secrets revealed: this anonymous keylogger question was actaully jessamyn
- MeFites who play LearnedLeague
- a cartoon about the prospect of banana bread
- I uh got retweeted by William Gibson
- Jessamyn bringing BLM energy to the ALA council whether they like it or not
Jobs
- Looking for summarization of audio of 2-hour meeting by The Pluto Gangsta
Projects
- A Chrome extension for managing your tabs by jasondigitized
- In Sickness: a podcast about caregiving by bajema
- London's coronavirus street art. by Paul Slade
- Create your own 1980s police sketch by odinsdream (MeFi Post)
- Lucid by Tabitha Someday
MetaFilter
- Don't forfeit! Don't cheat! by Chrysostom
- "Take me out with the crowd" by jessamyn
- Engine Rebuilt in Stop Motion by bouvin
- Don't let your memes be schemes by Rhaomi
- Making FPP's by not_on_display
- user RedPooD2thehemodroid has offered an authoritative answer by Fizz
- NY Times gets into some knotty legal issues around fanfic tropes by betweenthebars
- I look at my hands. I can't tell if they're mine. by doctornemo
- The Story of how SNL made the "Stevie Nicks' Fajita Roundup" Sketch by Etrigan
- Minneapolis response to the police killing of George Floyd by

163: You must understand!
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05/01/20 • 94 min
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- jessamyn has been placing jokes in the local paper
- revisit the old Is MetaFilter Back Yet?" video Jess and I made, good god, NINE years ago
- Sufjan Stevens: teach the controversy
- Bruce fucken Campbell
Jobs
- Designer for print + web publication by Rich Text
Projects
- TV Opening Sequences Quiz by AndrewStephens (MeFi Post)
- I have eaten the plums by Lazlo Hollyfeld
- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Deanna (TNG edition) by avocet
- Ultimate Quarantine House Selection! by Iridic (MeFi Post)
- Basho poems by vacapinta
- StockOrrery by lucidium
- Restoring 100- to 200-year-old woodworking planes by not_the_water
MetaFilter
- Twitch.tv is more than just video-games: by Fizz
- Rage Within the Machine by theodolite
- Aprs Sufjan, le dluge by Etrigan
- Evil Elvis sings Original Elvis by filthy light thief
- One Gruff Harding, Two Gruff Harding by i_am_joe's_spleen
- it's gotta be big and it's got to be dumb by Fizz
- Hello, Gordon! Hello, Gordon! Hello, Gor-- by cortex
- early "Stay Away" by jessamyn
- Gorgeous Libraries by Iris Gambol
- Mathematician John Horton Conway died yesterday of COVID-19. by Obscure Reference
- Bird's Eye View of What We Call the Brand Zoom Funk by WCityMike
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162: Grip It And Rip It
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04/04/20 • 81 min
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- Stay The Fuck In Line -side
- people have feelings about the Archive.org library
- get yourself some library-themed video call backgrounds
- fuck you I'm not Chandler
MeFi Projects
- Voleflix public domain movie site by malevolent
- All Up In My Grille by Fiasco da Gama
- quarantimer: a coronavirus quarantine timer web app for your things by joeyh
- COVID-19 - Should I Stay Home? by kristi
- ha ha joke is on you I remembered to delete that duplicate link
- Big Deal or No Big Deal by oulipian
- How many pigeons fit in a child by Just this guy, y'know
Jobs
- Custom sewing work by pH Indicating Socks
- Data Engineer, Enterprise Partnerships by taltalim
- Production Executive by adrianhon
MetaFilter
- Not Pounded By Anything As I Practice Responsible Social Distancing by hippybear
- | ̅ ̅ ̅| ͟ ͟ ͟ | ̅ ̅| ͟ ͟ | ̅ ̅| ͟ ͟ | ̅| ͟ ͟| ̅| ͟ | ̅ ̅ ̅| ͟ ͟ ͟ by acb
- The pee rag will become your BFF by TrishaU
- (Beyond Belief)/2 by curious nu
- How Many Librarians Does It Take to Find a Forgotten Book? by MonkeyToes
- You're The Man Once Again, Dog by kmz
- Who's Ready For Some HOCKEY HAIR???? by Gray Duck
- Turnips are very sensitive to time paradoxes. by Fizz
- Which character are you? by mbrubeck
- ✊ by Fizz
- One ye...

161: Change Your Ding-Dang Clocks
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03/06/20 • 76 min
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- 161 is boring
- jessamyn saw some taxidermy at the library
- I have lately been carving stuff in linoleum and making some prints
- yes dammit the Marblelympics exists
Projects
- Greens Alignment Chart by youarenothere
- YOU (September 1994 – June 1996) by dng
- The Amazing Kondoizer by morspin
- Avocado'n'Toast by malevolent (MeFi Post)
Jobs
- Project Coordinator, National Farmers Union-Ontario by mcbaya
- Help us find a name for our music app by vert canard
MetaFilter
- Inspire! Engage! Empower! by jessamyn
- My 72 Hours in a Viral Tweet Vortex: A Diary by Etrigan
- Comment Culture, or, What The Hell Is Wrong With People? by soundguy99
- Wikipedia Is the Last Best Place on the Internet by growabrain
- Google controls which political emails land in your inbox by clawsoon
- "never wtf is wrong w/ you" by not_the_water
Ask MeFi
- Do you know anything about working in a cookie factory in the 1960s? by swheatie
- How did The Simpsons translate 'cromulent' in other countries? by some little punk in a rocket
- What is the worst thing you could find while digging in your back yard? by Black Cordelia
- UTC time with the most uniform date by Tehhund
MetaTalk
- Trans people on MeFi - discussion space? by winterhill
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160: That Was A Bood Posscat
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02/08/20 • 56 min
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We just kinda smashed that link and describe button, so this shit's not really organized this time out. Revel in the anarchy.
- Disability-related posts appreciation by DrAstroZoom
- Final Results of the January 2020 Best Post Contest by taz
- This is very dumb by Going To Maine
- #poctakeover by Conspire
- Interlude: jessamyn does a tweet
- Book: Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language by MonkeyToes
- That famous cello prelude, deconstructed by tonycpsu
- What would it be like to ride a Space Elevator? by Narrative Priorities
- How NOT to be a doormat? by catspajammies
- 文言文編程語言 A programming language for the ancient Chinese by daisyk
- Adapting to Ask Culture by 4rtemis
- Art Garfunkel's Reading Habits by Jasper Friendly Bear
- 100 Days of Art History Jinjins by rebent
- Special Event: Superbowl LIV: NFL football 2020 championship by LobsterMitten
- Golden Arm! Wait, no ... Radiant Form. Wait, no ... by komara
- What else is like Corner Gas? by Ender's Friend
- looking for recipes using lots of maple syrup by maurice
- What are some good examples of repeated words/names/phrases? by AgentRocket
- Interlude: Balrog!
- What gift can I get for my wife to celebrate her new job as a librarian? by NoneOfTheAbove
- What to include in a Library of Things? by daisyace
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159: Enter The Talkredoers
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01/10/20 • 81 min
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- The number 159 spells "CLIX" in Roman numerals
- not to be confused with these various clixen
- hey, remember KLAX?
- not_on_display and an ad-hoc menorah
- I made my dad a stained glass menorah
- of which context about my grandpa's unfinished menorah design
- googly eyes on jessamyn's mending
Jobs
- Hiring a part-time MeFi moderator by cortex (cf. MetaTalk thread; cf. restless_nomad heading onward soon)
- Girl Scout Cookies by raccoon409
Projects
- #8PrimatesOfChanukah on Twitter by ChuraChura (MeFi Post)
- Tinseltown Tasty Times by smasuch
- This Film Is 100 Years Old by dng
- Advisory Circular LA by jjwiseman
MetaFilter
- haystack in the needle by cortex
- Art Garfunkel's Reading Habits by Jasper Friendly Bear
- Simon Must Be Boring by Partial Law
- Romance Whiters of America by jacquilynne
- to finally see Mr. Hooper once more by mightygodking
- "The first website debuted only a couple years prior to my retirement" by Kattullus
- R.I.P. Gahan Wilson by doctornemo (cf. a NUTS strips)
- a whole bunch of great posts the last few weeks under the poctakeover tag
Ask MeFi
- a comment by Nerd of the North
- So, I'm land rich and cash poor. What should I do? by shoesietart
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158: Keep Them Scrollwheels Scrollin', Though The Browser's Slowin'
Best of the Web: the MetaFilter Podcast
12/03/19 • 92 min
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- turns out there's no Dunkins Donuts in Portland anymore
- Jessamyn has some cables
- and a plow neighbor
- and a daylight lamp
- and a newsletter
- Tom West, clock synchronizer
- a few years ago I made a Snake game called Shai Hulud
Jobs
- Hey, somebody helped out btfreek with their job thing!
- Purchase a ticket for a show in Osaka by btfreek
- MeFites italiani per favore aiutatemi! by mattdidthat
- Full-Time (Salaried) Retail Associate at the Crow Museum of Asian Art by macrowave
- Photoshop an 80s style double exposure for my family holiday card by tatiana wishbone
- Social media freelance help by arnicae
- Looking for someone to pick up a small heavy table on long island ny and take it to greyhound by arnicae
Projects
- The Drag Kings of Taipei by storytam (MeFi Post)
- AI Dictionary (Twitter bot) by you (MeFi Post)
- Niche Museums by simonw
- NYRB discussion group by The Ted
- Absolute Bleeding Edge by maxsparber
MetaFilter
- Gimme some money by mandolin conspiracy
- A Deepfake Nixon Delivers Eulogy for the Apollo 11 Astronauts by Etrigan
- what on earth is this: '⋮'? by jessamyn
- Imaging, Reconstruct, Erase, Noise, Etc. - IRENE finds words by jessamyn
- Right now, the official U. S. Time is: by Going To Maine
- What time is it? by silusGROK
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157: That's The Title, Everyone Get Back To Work And Thank You
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11/01/19 • 86 min
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- Jessamyn went to trivia as a kangaroo
- eyeball humanoid street art
- on the subject of RIP blogs
- Beware of Mr. [Ginger] Baker
- No Context No Context Twitter Accounts
- the MeFi wiki's Hey, That's Me! page
Jobs
- Old Photo Retouching by kathrynm
- arXiv.org python developer by bdc34
Projects
- Printable Totally Real Birds of the World 2020 Calendar by COBRA!
- Orange Grove Tool Sheds and Utility Boxes of Oliva, Spain by dobbs (MeFi Post)
- ??, an emoji adventure by NMcCoy
- Images in Detail by rory
- All the Buddha Boxes: 70 Songs for 70 Years of China by beijingbrown
- What Is Your Deal With Carly Rae Jepsen? by Maaik
MetaFilter
- Christians (actually) hiding secret messages on vinyl records! by jessamyn
- 80×25 by cgc373
- Basketball is basketball. You know what I'm saying? by cashman
- Thinking Outside the Plane by aws17576
- Nice Is Different Than Good by The Whelk
- TIL... how to do picture descriptions in twitter for blind/sight-limited by hippybear
- The Mystery of the "Terminator" Theme Time Signature by WCityMike
- :emoji: by Fizz
- Ginger Baker is gone. by Freedomboy
- Then it happened. Tyler finally croaked. by Atom Eyes
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156: Wasting All My Time Time
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10/04/19 • 99 min
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- some facts about the number 156
- Lurking, by Joanne McNeil
Jobs
- Help plan a DIY US tour for an indie stage magician type by divabat
- Photos in Vienna, Austria by eleanna
- Adjust a sewing pattern by Melismata
- Purchase a ticket for a show in Osaka by btfreek
Projects
- Cheating Hangman by avapoet (MeFi Post)
- A Forest Tale by coevals
- ButtyStock - the number one site for free crisp sandwich photos by malevolent (MeFi Post)
- Incredible Doom: Season One by churl
- I built a text-based trivia game. by juliebug
MetaFilter
- Odious ideas are not entitled to hide from criticism by sfenders
- G'day, Chris here by noneuclidean
- Grievous Spectacle Y/N? by Miko
- a comment by jessamyn
- Look, up in the sky! It's a flying squirrel! No, wait--a sugar glider! by sugar and confetti
- The Unsolved Case of the Most Mysterious Song on the Internet by hippybear
- Libraries Battle Over eBooks by MrGuilt
- Novel Fencing Material by Eyebrows McGee
- You can automate a lot of things. Sewing isn't one of them. by bitteschoen
- This is just to say by Mchelly
- "It tastes like hot bread that a strawberry sneezed on" by Johnny Wallflower
- Welcome...To The Fumble Dimension by NoxAeternum
- CROOOFFMEE by

165: Take What We've Got
Best of the Web: the MetaFilter Podcast
07/03/20 • 92 min
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- 165 is a number but did you know it was also a year
- there's a book called Lost Butt, it's about a lost butt
- jessamyn and not_on_display have been playing scrabble for ten years, how about a spreadsheet
- also, jess on the ALA talking about racism in the library sector
Jobs
- EU National with mgmt/admin background - possible business collaboration by Meatbomb
- Product Manager by nolnacs
- Redesign My Website by Atrahasis
- API Technical Writer by phoenixy
Projects
- singingbush.online by overeducated_alligator
- The Mad Magazine Fold-In Effect in CSS by thomaspark (MeFi Post)
- Break Into Us by avapoet
- Kaggle Birdcall Identification Competition by kaibutsu
MetaFilter
- "Take me out with the crowd" by jessamyn
- ə ə ə the most versatile vowel by spamandkimchi
- The Mysteries of Majorana by vacapinta
- An Overwhelming Band for Overwhelming Times by yasaman
- Are you hearing unusual levels of fireworks? by seanmpuckett
- I Will Nuke My Own Country Because God Wants Us Dead by 1970s Antihero
- Easing functions by Foci for Analysis
- The Mad Magazine Fold-In Effect in CSS by Going To Maine
- Solutions and Other Problems by JHarris
- Goldman Sachs is Sans a lot of things, if you ask me by jedicus
- "Being open right now is dangerous, miserable, and borderline abusive." by jenfullmoon<...
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How many episodes does Best of the Web: the MetaFilter Podcast have?
Best of the Web: the MetaFilter Podcast currently has 48 episodes available.
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The podcast is about News, Tech News, Podcasts and Technology.
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The episode title '164: It's Been A Rough Week' is the most popular.
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The average episode length on Best of the Web: the MetaFilter Podcast is 150 minutes.
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Episodes of Best of the Web: the MetaFilter Podcast are typically released every 30 days, 9 hours.
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The first episode of Best of the Web: the MetaFilter Podcast was released on Nov 5, 2018.
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