Posted by chavenet

https://www.metafilter.com/210977/A-groundbreaking-critique-of-classical-Hollywood-cinema

"The male gaze projects its phantasy onto the female figure, which is styled accordingly [...] Women are simultaneously looked at and displayed, with their appearance coded for strong visual and erotic impact so that they can be said to connote to-be-looked-at-ness." Laura Mulvey, quoted in Half a century of the 'male gaze': why Laura Mulvey's pioneering theory still resonates today [The Conversation]

Visual pleasure and narrative cinema [pdf]

https://www.metafilter.com/210977/A-groundbreaking-critique-of-classical-Hollywood-cinema

Posted by kliuless

https://www.metafilter.com/210975/Ella-ser-tu-reliquia

ROSALÍA - LUX (Premature Evaluation; Radical and riveting; On 'Lux,' Rosalía pulls the entire world into her symphony; Popcast Interview; The Zane Lowe Interview)[1,2,3]

https://www.metafilter.com/210975/Ella-ser-tu-reliquia

Posted by glonous keming

https://www.metafilter.com/210972/We-can-smell-the-brains-again

Sometime in 2001, Mata Haggis-Burridge had a nightmare about zombies. When he woke up, he thought it would be funny if the zombies were replaced by kittens. He made an Shockwave Flash animation featuring two cats, Mittens and Snowdrop, that went on to early viral fame despite it's lack of any audio (which resulted in relatively quick loading time over then-prevalent dial-up internet access). It was posted to MetaFilter at least twice: in 2002 and 2004 In November 2023 Haggis-Burridge reposted the animation to youtube, so we can now watch it again (with the original audio) and think back to a simpler time: Mittens & Snowdrop: episode 1, 'I can smell your brains'

Mittens & Snowdrop: episode 2, 'I can't even tell if you're a boy or a girl' Mittens & Snowdrop: episode 3, Mittens gets into organised crime Mittens & Snowdrop: episode 4, Snowdrop tells it like it is

https://www.metafilter.com/210972/We-can-smell-the-brains-again

Posted by freakazoid

https://www.metafilter.com/210970/The-Milky-Way-is-probably-full-of-dead-civilizations

Most of the alien civilizations that ever dotted our galaxy have probably killed themselves off already. That's the takeaway of a new study, published Dec. 14 to the arXiv database, which used modern astronomy and statistical modeling to map the emergence and death of intelligent life in time and space across the Milky Way.

https://www.metafilter.com/210970/The-Milky-Way-is-probably-full-of-dead-civilizations

Posted by doctornemo

https://www.metafilter.com/210968/Orbital-Doom-Venusian-lava-tubes-shutdowns-a-mysterious-visitor

"Humanity's last active mission at Venus is no more." What's the latest in humanity's exploration of space? Let's start with our sun and work outwards from there.

The Sun
Our star is offering some disturbed weather this week. The European Space Agency (ESA) held an exercise simulating a Carrington event. The Parker Space Probe captured images of the sun from the closest point ever while astronomers produced the most highly detailed image of a solar flare.

Venus The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) determined that its Venus orbiter Akatsuki was officially dead, ending for the moment all human direct observation of that planet. (previously) From Earth several researchers found evidence of lava tubes. On Earth's surface The African Space Agency (AfSA) was born. An electric company cut off power to Russia's Vostochny spaceport for nonpayment of bills. NASA and the White House are planning to move space shuttle Discovery from the Washington, DC area to Texas, possibly in pieces, and elicited protests. The American FAA temporarily blocked all daytime commercial rocket launches due to the government shutdown. From Earth's surface to orbit The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully "launched its heaviest communication satellite to date, CMS-03." ISRO and NASA launched a NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite. SpaceX launched a Starship for the tenth time. A cargo freighter resupplied the International Space Station (ISS) after overcoming some issues. Blue Origin will launch a Mars probe very soon. NASA announced ten new astronauts. The American Space Force stated it was preparing two ground-based weapons, named Meadowlands and the Remote Modular Terminal, designed to jam enemy satellites. Google announced Project Suncatcher, a plan to place generative AI in Earth orbit. In Earth orbit Astronauts on China's Tiangong space station celebrated a mid-autumn festival in orbit. NASA and SpaceX adjusted the ISS' orbit without Russian assistance. This month is the 10th year anniversary of the International Space Station Archaeological Project. A programmer got Doom running on an ESA satellite. Two Chinese satellites connected with each other 20,000 miles above Earth's surface, a human first. Back down to Earth Three astronauts in the Tiangong station delayed their return to Earth due to potential issues with their return craft, possibly damaged by space debris; the China National Space Administration (CNSA) reached out to NASA for collaboration. Australian company High Earth Orbit Robotics imaged the Chinese Xinjishu Yanzheng-7 satellite for the first time in public as it descended through the Earth's atmosphere. A European company lost track of a test vehicle as it returned to Earth. An old Soviet spacecraft burned up after more than 50 years in an accidental orbit. NASA announced it would deorbit the ISS in 2030. The American space agency also released its 2025 spinoff report, describing the many ways space exploration benefits humanity. Earth's Moon A Japanese astronomer captured two meteors impacting the lunar surface. NASA named its next Artemis moon mission Integrity. The Chinese government plans to launch a lunar-capable craft next year on a Long March rocket. Meanwhile, Kim Kardashian determined that the Apollo moon landings were faked. Inside the orbit of Mars 3I/ATLAS has been hurtling through the solar system, reaching its closest approach to the sun in late October. ESA probes ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter and Mars Express took photos of ATLAS, which later started showing an anti-tail. From Martian orbit China's Tianwen-1 probe imaged the object. NASA's ability to work on 3I is compromised by the government shutdown. The object is on its way out of the solar system now. Mars Earlier this year Curiosity took great photos of Martian skies and Europa Clipper zoomed past the red planet. To the asteroids Tiawen-2, which launched in May, was actually designed to sample a near-Earth asteroid. An American astronomer spotted a new asteroid previously hidden by the sun's light. NASA successfully tested laser communications with the Psyche probe, more than 210 million miles away. Jupiter NASA ordered the Juno probe to shut down, but the government also shut down and prevented confirmation. Before that happened, Juno found some impressive vulcanism on Io. Beyond Neptune Astronomers found a new trans-Neptunian object, 2020 VN40. Beyond the solar system Humanity has now discovered 6,000 exoplanets, according to NASA's Exoplanet Science Institute (NExScI). An International Centre of Radio Astronomy Research team produced a gorgeous new image of our galaxy.

https://www.metafilter.com/210968/Orbital-Doom-Venusian-lava-tubes-shutdowns-a-mysterious-visitor

Posted by chavenet

https://www.metafilter.com/210966/Reaming-the-cube

The Rupert property appeared to be so widespread that mathematicians conjectured a general rule: Every convex polyhedron will have the Rupert property. No one could find one that didn't — until now. First Shape Found That Can't Pass Through Itself [Quanta]

https://www.metafilter.com/210966/Reaming-the-cube

Posted by HearHere

https://www.metafilter.com/210964/welcome-

this kind of bookbinding is rarely about just presenting the work nicely. It is also concerned with how the binder understands and reacts to the work. 'What 'I'm trying to do is distil the essence of the book, ' says James. 'By the time we get to the ceremony and the dinner, you know that most people there will have read each work on the shortlist, and what I hope is that they look at my version and think "that absolutely sums up the story." [wallpaper]

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Posted by ShooBoo

https://www.metafilter.com/210962/The-Saami-family-is-the-living-custodian-of-a-musical-school-of-thought

The Saami family is the living custodian of the Delhi Qawwal Bacha Gharana – a musical school of thought — founded in the 14th century by the legendary Sufi poet, musician, and scholar Amir Khusrau by combining Persian, Turkish, Arabic and South Asian elements. The Saami family is the last family to preserve this tradition in its purest form and are true masters of Khayal—a word that roughly translates to "imagination." A 41-minute live performance on KEXP. Much more about them in this BoingBoing post: Pakistani maestro showcases 49-note microtonal singing.

https://www.metafilter.com/210962/The-Saami-family-is-the-living-custodian-of-a-musical-school-of-thought

Posted by Mitheral

https://www.metafilter.com/210960/Just-keep-swimming

Following on the successful return of salmon in the lower basin [previouslies], the Upper Klamath basin sees salmon for first time in over 100 years after removal of dams in 2024. The rapid return was the hoped for outcome of the dam removal and was enabled by years of restoration work before the dams were removed.

https://www.metafilter.com/210960/Just-keep-swimming