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https://www.metafilter.com/212699/Design-fails-people-who-have-been-assigned-female-at-birth

Why the "pink it and shrink it" approach to design fails people who have been assigned female at birth (AFAB people). Phones, cars, and the temperature in an office were all designed to suit the average cis man. Researchers say people who have been assigned female at birth (AFAB people) are an afterthought in the way many products and spaces are designed.

https://www.metafilter.com/212699/Design-fails-people-who-have-been-assigned-female-at-birth

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https://www.metafilter.com/212698/Blue-tak-not-glue-when-planning-for-the-1st-of-April

Be careful if you add googly eyes to something no matter how much they fit or if a pint costs more than 7 pounds.

If you want to add googly eyes, make sure it doesn't damage the sculpture, to prevent being charged and convicted with vandalism and graffiti. Googly eyes foundation Ask metafilter of couse Reddit advice If you want them on a purse, may I mention Min and Mon from New York? Go hit up the craft store. You still have time to prep for the 1st of April. I apologize in advance for any spelling or grammar mistakes as I'm using a phone keyboard and autocorrect likes to do it's thing. Making bad, worse.

https://www.metafilter.com/212698/Blue-tak-not-glue-when-planning-for-the-1st-of-April

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https://www.metafilter.com/212697/Isnt-democracy-wonderful-CW-homebrew-arms-via-GitHub

Facebook link The cat is really out of the bag - forget 3D printed handguns. Not exactly field-expedient but all on github. What a strange state is 2026 America (and anywhere with the net), but such forbidden knowledge may prove essential for Americans confronting an illegal regime.

https://www.metafilter.com/212697/Isnt-democracy-wonderful-CW-homebrew-arms-via-GitHub

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A little over a month ago I finally started my Hades II 1.0 playthrough, and I've been having a lot of fun. I just reached another milestone today so I thought now is a good time to post some notes.

( My first 62 runs )

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I realised the other day that next month, Eldest Niece will turn thirteen. She'll be a teenager. What is time?

( The Pitt, 2.12, 6:00P.M. )

( Ready or Not 2: Here I Come )

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I don't usually shop at Loblaws (for reasons that my fellow Canadians will guess), but once in a while there is something I can't get anywhere else. So: I was in one recently and I noticed that the overhead signs on each aisle that tell you what sort of products are housed there were all white with black lettering. Except for the ethnic foods aisle, where they were black with white lettering. I'm curious if this was a one-off or if it's a common practice with that chain. Has anyone else noticed this?

https://ask.metafilter.com/389315/For-Canadians-Does-Loblaws-code-its-signage

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The other day Geoff and some friends and I went to see an Icelandic movie called The Love That Remains, and I have basically no idea what the hell it was.

I mean, moment by moment it was interesting, and engaging, and the kids were great? It's a couple with three kids, the couple are divorced but still pretty involved with each other (including occasional sex), he's out working on a fishing boat much of the time and she lives with the kids and her dad and is an artist. But, it starts with them divorced but still bound up with each other, and it ends with them divorced but still bound up in each other, and it seemed to me that at least a couple of years went by (judging by what we see of the changing seasons, although IMDb says it's one year) but the kids never age or go to school or indeed see any human being other than their family (except for a brief medical thing), and it's sort of magically weird (e.g., dad kills one of the family's roosters because it's supposedly become aggressive and is then -- in a dream, presumably? -- himself savaged by a giant rooster) and I have no idea whether the way it ends is real-world plausible, or another dream sequence, or just plain bananas.

the ending

Because of the injury to one of the kids that prompts the medical thing, dad is going to leave his fishing boat mid-fishing trip and come home. But instead of the boat either interrupting its work returning him to shore or rendezvousing directly with another boat that can bring him home, he's plopped into the ocean in a flotation suit and just drifts in the open sea, waves washing over the emergency light blinking on his chest, for at least a full day and night, waiting for the other boat to arrive and pick him up. And he's still drifting, occasionally screaming, as the movie ends. Is he screaming because the other boat hasn't shown up and he's going to die there? Is this a remotely plausible way for him to be transferred from one boat to another? I mean, I freely admit I know nothing about commercial herring fishery, but it seems awfully risky. Is it another dream sequence? I have no clue.

As we left, we were saying bemusedly to each other, "Did anything ever . . . happen? In that entire film?" and other people leaving the theatre laughed and echoed the question.

I mean, critics apparently like it, and I guess real life can be like that (except for the seven-foot rooster), but I think I'm not artsy enough for it. I want plot.

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Fandom: BTS
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: SUGA, Jimin, RM, j-hope, Jungkook, V, and Jin
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Why this piece is awesome: Seeing all 7 members wearing Songzio designs for their comeback concert is already greatness. What made these two fanarts worth reccing is how the artist shows the fits' flowy aspects so well. Also extra!kudos for making sure that j-hope's knee tattoos are present as well, heheh.

Link: 🐱🐥🐨🐿️ and 🐰🐹🐻

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Posted by foxywombat

https://www.metafilter.com/212696/National-Competitive-Jigsaw-Puzzling-Competition-Piecing-Out

Did you know that "competitive" jigsaw puzzling is a thing? A huge thing, actually. Right now, hundreds of the country's fastest puzzlers are gathered in Atlanta to compete for fastest individual , pairs, and 4 person teams competitions.

IMO, the most wholesome, inclusive community you've ever seen, and remarkably full of fun stories and drama. There's Alice, who won it all as a high schooler and back even faster, the amazing Reuter Sisters (now competing separately!), and puzzle puns galore. I don't do any of this myself but it's fun to watch.

https://www.metafilter.com/212696/National-Competitive-Jigsaw-Puzzling-Competition-Piecing-Out

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gingicat:

If you were friends with Rubynye also known as minoanmiss, meravhoffman on Tumblr is collecting photos of her, and of her art and care packages that she sent out, to be part of the Virtual Memorial slide show:

https://www.tumblr.com/meravhoffman/812201183122014208/if-you-were-friends-with-rubynye-also-known-as

(Virtual Memorial takes place on April 12, at 1pm EDT (GMT -4) at a Zoom link TBD)

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I have received so many lovely postcards from MM over the years, tucked into little corners around my house, and also little homemade Xmas tree ornaments. ♥

Will spend some time this weekend hunting them down, and taking a couple photos to send for the memorial slideshow.

I think it would be nice to include something to signify the destination, just to show how far and wide her kindness traveled. Maybe a flag or flower or something like that. ^__^

(My collection of links and announcements regarding MM can be found here.)

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Posted by ShooBoo

https://www.metafilter.com/212695/CAPYBARA-ON-THE-LOOSE

Barely 24 hours after nine-month-old capybaras Samba and Tango were brought to Marwell zoo near Winchester, they had made a break for it through a hole in their temporary enclosure. Samba is still yet to be found, and the mission to find her has attracted international coverage.

https://www.metafilter.com/212695/CAPYBARA-ON-THE-LOOSE

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Posted by Anonymous

https://ask.metafilter.com/389314/FIFA-x-AirBnb

I have questions about the logistics of the FIFA world cup. This summer, my city (Toronto) is hosting 6 FIFA games, and I have an Airbnb unit, which could be pretty lucrative. But as an Airbnb host, I can only do 28+day bookings, and I only get one shot at a booking, because if I reject a guest, Airbnb can block my calendar. I cannot get my head around FIFA at all- the logistics of having games in so many cities, people's willingness to travel for it, and how to make it work with a 28-day mandated rental duration. So I have some questions about how best to optimize my situation!

1. Are these 6 Toronto games actually going to draw a big crowd?
I'm so confused about FIFA - it seems there are games happening all over the world?!
The Toronto stadium seats 45,000 people. Our match numbers and teams are:
Match #3:Canada/TBA. #21:Ghana/Panama. #33:Germany/Coted'Ivoire. #46:Croatia/Panama. #62:Senegal/TBA. #83:TBA/TBA.
Here's a city-by-city Airbnb predictor, which I can barely make sense of.

2. What dates should I open my calendar for?
Do people usually stay in one town for the full tournament?
Due to a city bylaw, my unit's guests must book for a minimum of 28 days. FIFA has 6 Toronto matches between June 12 and July 2. So, adding one day before and after, that's only 23 days total. I'm not sure the ideal date range to open up for.
Maybe 1 week before and after, giving me 6 weeks in total, for a guest to book 28 days?

3. What percentage of the profits should I offer my tenant?
This year, I have a very chill tenant who has offered to fly home and visit family that month, so I can rent the unit at FIFA rates and split the profits with him. So I'd need to cover his lost rent ($2000), and I figure I should also offer him a cash bonus for the hassle of leaving, say another $1000.
What profit share is fair on top of that?

4. What price should I set?
My unit is a very nice basement apartment in a family-friendly area.
It sleeps 4 adults + 3 kids (I have 2 queen beds, an air mattress, and a playpen).
Location is good - even with crowds, the commute to the stadium will be easy, with 15 mins of walking and a 30 min transit ride.
I usually rent it for around $70/night in the summer.
I need to make $3000 ($110/night) to cover the tenant's incentive.
Does $400/night ($11,000 for 28 days) sound nuts?

Sorry this is so long, it's confusing! Any advice would be really appreciated.

https://ask.metafilter.com/389314/FIFA-x-AirBnb

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Posted by Anonymous

https://ask.metafilter.com/389313/Manage-our-investment-accounts-ourselves-or-pay-Fidelity-1-to-manage

My partner and I have 2 million between our brokerage and retirement accounts that we've grown from investing in mutual funds and contributing consistently for 2 decades. We're in our mid 40's. We've been talking to a financial advisor from Fidelity and are considering having them manage our money. Should we do it?

Our money has generally grown at the S%P rate or a little higher. We have an intermediate understanding of investing. We max out our retirement accounts, we contribute to existing brokerage funds monthly and ignore market fluctuations for the most part. We're doing OK: we're on track for retirement from corporate in 5 years based on our lifestyles and a side gig.

On the one hand, we have enough invested that it might be good for a professional to handle it and possibly be more strategic with asset locations between all our accounts, tax loss harvesting, being more proactive about the markets, etc.

On the other hand, Fidelity's fee is 0.96%. So we'd be paying ~20k per year to have someone manage our money. And if we were to go forward with this, we'd be paying a few thousand each in capital gains taxes next year (that's Fidelity's estimate, from selling off our current holdings) OR we have the option to move it over 3 years and mostly offset those gains.

The frugal person in me does not want to give up $20k per year for something that ain't broken. But I am also curious to see whether a professional really would earn us more money. They claim they will (obviously).

Is there a general rule of thumb for what to do in our financial situation?

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Posted by misskaz

https://ask.metafilter.com/389312/Share-your-favorite-GERD-friendly-recipes

I'm looking for vegetarian or pescatarian reflux-friendly dinner recipes. I know what foods I need to avoid and I'm a good cook with a large recipe library but would love some new ideas!

I've lived with mild GERD all my life but I've had a really bad, long-lasting flare up recently. I went to my doctor and she has me doing an 8-week stint on pantoprazole, and I want to make my diet as reflux-friendly as possible during this time to help my system heal. (I'm doing other things too; I don't need additional reflux advice.)

BUT I love food and cooking and flavor! Tomatoes and onions mess me up the most. I've also cut my beloved berries and other acidic fruits from my breakfast routine. But I am not sure how much, say, a few cloves of garlic in a soup or some lemon in a yogurt sauce would affect me because I've never tracked my diet and reflux symptoms that closely.

Ideally I'm looking for dinner recipes that are reasonably quick to make on a weeknight. (Because I'm taking the PPI in the morning I had to move another med to night, and that med needs to also be on an empty stomach, so the quicker I can sit down to eat dinner, the more time I have before taking the other med at bedtime.) I do have a crock pot and a rice cooker but I do not have an instant pot or air fryer.

Specific recipes are great, "I like to bake some salmon with sweet potatoes and a side of sautéed spinach" is fine, but I don't need a generic list of foods to eat or avoid because I already can find that.

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Posted by chariot pulled by cassowaries

https://www.metafilter.com/212694/Apple-variety-once-thought-extinct-confirmed-on-NSW-farm

Apple variety once thought extinct confirmed on NSW farm. The Rymer variety of cooking apple, once believed to have died out, has been found on a rural property in the New South Wales Southern Tablelands.

https://www.metafilter.com/212694/Apple-variety-once-thought-extinct-confirmed-on-NSW-farm

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Summary: Tony gets in trouble

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This is a prayer for Baba Yaga. This is a prayer for Resistance.

This is a prayer for the magic of chicken feet, the heat of old hates, the way old bones hurt. This is a prayer for Resistance.

This is a prayer for hat knitters, sign-carriers, Congress-callers. Old women make up the Resistance.

This is a prayer for casserole-bakers, newsletter-writers, nuisances. Old women make up the Resistance.

This is a prayer for phone-bankers, neighborhood-canvassers, early-voters. Old women make up the Resistance.

When the Moon is full, I call to Her.

I bring coals for Her oven. I bring flour, to cover Her tracks. I bring paprika salve for Her old, sore joints.

I bring a list of complicit women. I bring a doll poked with pins and bound with vines. I bring a bottle of ancient anger.

“Come, Baba Yaga,” I say. “Come find me alone in the woods.”

She comes as she always comes: after a long, scary wait.

She comes as she always comes: riding a mortar, a mop handle, a big, black bird.

She comes as she always comes: hungry, grumpy, alone.

“Old One,” I cry, “We are deep in the darkness. We stand on the front lines, but we are afraid.”
Old One,” I say, “We are tired, our legs get shaky, our fingers are sore.”

“Old One,” I whisper, “It seems to us as if we have worked all our lives and only gone backwards.”

“Oh, shut up,” Baba Yaga says, grabbing all the cookies and putting them into her bag. “Give me those for my cat,” She demands, pointing to liver mousse, sausages, cheese.

She pulls down the skin below my eyes. “Not enough yogurt,” She decides.

“Oh,” She says, turning her chicken hut around and going way past the speed limit, “You’ll be fine. I saw it in some tea leaves. This all works out in the end.”

“Build you a fence made of bones,” She says. “Write this on your wrist: ‘By my mother’s blessing.’”

This is a prayer to Baba Yaga. This is a prayer for Resistance.

This is a prayer for women in sneakers. This is a prayer for Resistance.

This is a prayer for one more phone call. This is a prayer for Resistance.

-- by Hecate Demeter

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She did not write one for Ostara, but I found this one, from near the same time of the year a few years ago, and I think it's suitable on the eve of NO KINGS.

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Scanning the skies for galaxies, Canadian astronomer

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Posted by dorothyisunderwood

https://www.metafilter.com/212693/The-dying-seasons

Top five covers ranked of the saccherine hit Seasons in the Sun - all beaten out by the original Le Moribond with a fantastic 1961 performance by Jacques Brel. Brought to you by my daughter's wide-eyed wonder that this new hit she'd found was older than her mum.

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