159: Enter The Talkredoers

Best of the Web: the MetaFilter Podcast

• Episode: 159: Enter The Talkredoers
• Website: Best of the Web: the MetaFilter Podcast
• Feed URL: http://feeds.feedburner.com/MeFiPodcast
• Duration: 01:21:10
• Published: 2020-01-10 20:51

Kicking off the year with a podcast that tried very hard not to happen, but by god me and jessamyn pulled it off after all, despite reschedules and weird recording problems that cost us a little bit of audio early on. Runs about 80 minutes and features some robot noises.

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Misc
- 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
- Here's a subject not addressed in parenting books by Anonymous
- Truly Silly Question -- "Hero Wars" Logic Puzzles Currently as FB Ads? by WCityMike
- Let's discuss the "of it all" of it all. by ejs
- What are some good examples of repeated words/names/phrases? by AgentRocket
- Rockette Cadet by Dansaman
- Having survived this jigsaw puzzle, I have a few questions. by Sublimity
- How do I make someone's first time be as enjoyable as possible? by Pastor of Muppets
- anvilicious, or, the silliest question ever by thereemix
- Voice control without the spying by sodium lights the horizon
- Which pair of animals which can interbreed taste the most different. by Just this guy, y'know

FanFare
- Movie: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker by KTamas
- The Mandalorian: Chapter 8: Redemption by Burhanistan
- Letterkenny: Season 8 by not_on_display

MetaTalk
- December open thread: disability, neurodiversity, and d/Deafness by sciatrix
- A gentle reminder about the intersection of class and culture by quacks like a duck
- What have you done this decade that you're proud of? by Johnny Wallflower

Music this episode is just the weird robot noises we got when my computer was losing its mind. Let's all just be happy this thing got out the gate.