171: Was I Weird

Best of the Web: the MetaFilter Podcast

• Episode: 171: Was I Weird
• Website: Best of the Web: the MetaFilter Podcast
• Feed URL: http://feeds.feedburner.com/MeFiPodcast
• Duration: 04:50:19
• Published: 2021-04-05 23:29

We've made it through the dark tunnel that is April 1 online and jessamyn and I are here with that good good MetaFilter chatter and a little bit of linguistics speculation. Runs about 85 minutes.

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- Leah Velleman notes that a lot of free software is free as in piano
- I can't believe we had a whole conversation about doubting ourselves about what a gas mantle is supposed to be called and didn't once riff on gaslighting
- chess masters make history with double bongcloud opening

Jobs
- Research assistant - neuroimaging by ghostbikes
- Executive Director by mcbaya
- Musical Entrepreneur by MrVisible
- USGS Water Data Science, Machine Learning, and Product Management Cluster Hire by rockindata
- help me brainstorm pros and cons of using static jekyll site by elgee

Projects
- Recent work at USGS Water by rockindata
- Painted pine linen press by bonobothegreat
- The Kilobyte's Gambit 1k chess game by malevolent (MeFi Post)
- Women and Other Monsters book by babelfish
- A make-believe band by jragon
- Needledrop by thomaspark

MetaFilter
- The quest to save "the floppy goblin," the Blakiston's fish owl by jessamyn
- Malign Directive by adrianhon
- And his bio sounds like the worst dog in the world! by jacquilynne
- Swatchbook by Fiasco da Gama
- Daniel Tiger welcomes new autistic character to the Neighborhood by brook horse
- GothamChess vs Dewa Kipas by interogative mood
- a comment by value of information
- No one is ugly. No one is really fat. Everyone is beautiful. by Ghidorah
- Shrimp Heaven Now by punchtothehead
- It's stuck by automatronic
- Ways to research the modern and ancient worlds by brainwane

Ask MetaFilter
- Have you convinced a reluctant family member to get the vaccine? by Kutsuwamushi
- Catholic School Crossover Ties by falsedmitri
- Streaming Romanian/Hungarian TV in USA by DirtyOldTown
- NAME! THAT! SHOW! From a single still image. by magnetsphere
- I need to grow a 100 pound pumpkin. by Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug
- a comment by jessamyn
- Who was the 80s? band with white pants and/or white belts? by cortex
- looking for book titles! by =^.^=
- Can I set up RSS on my made-by-hand blog? by mark7570

MetaFilter Music
- MUSIC CHALLENGE - ideas and votes! by greenish
- MeFiMusic - O Come All Ye Faithfull! by greenish

MetaTalk
- Right day, wrong century by cortex
- Uncle Mefi's Big Book of Beans by cortex
- Asian American MeFite Checkin by Alensin
- Thank you MeFi for career change advice, & coding bootcamp success story by skwt