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Posted by maxwelton

https://www.metafilter.com/210166/Rescuing-century-old-tomatoes

Eric, the proprietor of youtube channel "Hand Tool Rescue", normally discovers and restores questionable (and often dangerous) old hand-operated tools. But in his latest video, he reveals he found a sample packet of Norton tomato seeds in a 1926 seed catalog he found in his travels and decides to see if he can get any to germinate. He's up to the task as he also reveals that in his non-youtube life, he has a PhD in plant science. The result is a typical-for-the-channel but off-subject "hand tool rescue video": Can I Grow 100 Year Old Tomato Seeds?

https://www.metafilter.com/210166/Rescuing-century-old-tomatoes

Posted by dances_with_sneetches

https://www.metafilter.com/210164/Touch-of-Evil

An investigation has found probable cause that Buford Pusser, legendary lawman and subject of the Walking Tall movies, killed his wife.

Walking Tall was an influential "one lawman takes vengeance against punks" film of the Death Wish, Dirty Harry genre of the 1970s. In the film, outlaws killed his wife. Tennessee has a Buford Pusser Museum and festival.

https://www.metafilter.com/210164/Touch-of-Evil

Posted by the sobsister

https://www.metafilter.com/210162/Nursing-a-brioche-dough-back-to-life

Next Friday, September 5, marks the U.S. debut of the 16th season of The Great British Bake Off a/k/a The Great British Baking Show, televised via Netflix. Ruby Tandoh, in The New Yorker, tells the story of the show past and present and of her own participation in it back in 2012. Will it be stodgy or airy?

https://www.metafilter.com/210162/Nursing-a-brioche-dough-back-to-life

Posted by sammyo

https://www.metafilter.com/210160/AI-will-never-ever-replace-Margot-Fonteyn

From QRIO to Optimus, humanoid robots are literally dancing their way into the cultural spotlight. And these aren't just novelty robots anymore modern humanoids are highly advanced platforms with hundreds of millions of dollars invested in R&D. They have fluidity, balance, and precision that sometimes makes us look clumsy.

(Dame Margot)

https://www.metafilter.com/210160/AI-will-never-ever-replace-Margot-Fonteyn

Posted by chariot pulled by cassowaries

https://www.metafilter.com/210158/Groundbreaking-algae-and-sunlight-tech-making-sewage-treatment-sexy

Groundbreaking algae and sunlight tech making sewage treatment sexy. Technology using macroalgae and the sun's rays to purify wastewater saves a council in Queensland's north millions, while providing fertiliser for farmers and reducing nitrogen runoff to the Great Barrier Reef.

https://www.metafilter.com/210158/Groundbreaking-algae-and-sunlight-tech-making-sewage-treatment-sexy

Posted by chavenet

https://www.metafilter.com/210156/Theres-still-no-shaking-the-philosopher

The fourth boom has been shut out of power, and wildly underfunded compared to the money one can make studying Friedrich Hayek at the Mises Institute. Contemporary American socialism is treated as unserious by centrist figureheads, and on the right, the fights for universal healthcare and free college are accused of being secret nihilist movements toward enforced unfreedom. This socialist contingent is explicitly ignored (and resented) by Democrats, but as Hartman notes, "reducing millennial socialism to a generational tantrum ignores the fact that many young Americans have been pushed leftward by deeply entrenched historical pressures." from Marx: The Fourth Boom [LARB; ungated]

https://www.metafilter.com/210156/Theres-still-no-shaking-the-philosopher

Posted by brookeb

https://www.metafilter.com/210155/Hurricane-Katrina-Twenty-Years-Later

Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Southeast Louisiana 20 years ago today. The scale of devastation is almost hard to remember (80% of the city underwater and more than 1300 people died). It's even harder to figure out what links to share to capture the full story of the impact and aftermath.

Perhaps listening to Floodlines. Or revisiting the story of Rooty the Pig. Stories of loss and resilience. 65% of the population of the lower ninth ward hasn't returned and less than 40% of the homes have been rebuilt. And other places are still empty twenty years later. Residents honored the victims with a Second Line March. People are still displaced and that carries a mix of emotions. Climate change is putting new safeguards at risk as sea levels rise. Changes to FEMA that happened in the aftermath that were meant to make the agency function better (like having a director who is an expert on emergency management) and helping communities be better prepared are being rolled back by the current admin. These links barely scratch the surface, so I invite others to share.

https://www.metafilter.com/210155/Hurricane-Katrina-Twenty-Years-Later

Posted by Atreides

https://www.metafilter.com/210154/Beneath-The-Eggs-There-Lies-an-Artist

In the small city of Figueres, Spain, a visitor may discover to their delight a building covered in giant eggs and a giant glass sphere. This is the Dalí Theatre and Museum, the resting place of Salvador Dalí, and a gallery of his work, that is itself, Dalí's own creation.

Enjoy a silent walk through of the museum or a travel video visit by Travels with my Friend.

https://www.metafilter.com/210154/Beneath-The-Eggs-There-Lies-an-Artist

Posted by chavenet

https://www.metafilter.com/210152/MAGA-Y

They're overwhelmingly white and tend to have a certain kind of look. Close cropped haircuts. Windowpane suits. Golf shorts. They're not the type to be telling anyone their pronouns or using the word "queer." And they aren't the least bit offended that the leader of their party continues to stoke a moral panic about transgender people.
They're gay. But they're still Republicans. from Donald Trump's Big Gay Government [The New York Times; ungated]

https://www.metafilter.com/210152/MAGA-Y

Posted by dfm500

https://www.metafilter.com/210150/Tower-of-London

A Medieval Masterpiece: William the Conqueror's London Castle Video courtesy of Historic Royal Palaces

https://www.metafilter.com/210150/Tower-of-London

Posted by Wolfdog

https://www.metafilter.com/210148/Not-arranged-on-any-principle

The primitive tortureboard - Untangling the myths and mysteries of Dvorak and QWERTY.

https://www.metafilter.com/210148/Not-arranged-on-any-principle

Posted by JohnnyForeign

https://www.metafilter.com/210147/Walking-the-border-of-Gaza-as-a-creative-act-of-protest-and-solidarity

Walking Gaza's borders for MAP On 6th September, Jack Harlow, veteran house DJ and lifelong member of Nottingham's anarchist DiY collective will begin walking the borders of Gaza as an act of remembrance, creativity and protest. The walk will take several days and will raise funds for MAP (Medical Aid for Palestinians)

The actual border of Gaza is, of course, currently unwalkable as the IDF continues to control all access in and out. So for this walk, he has overlaid the borders of Gaza onto London using the TrueSizeOf website. Overlaying the southern border of Gaza on his home created a route defined by the outline of Gaza. The route will take him through places of significance including Epping, where right-wing protestors are currently attacking hotels housing refugees seeking asylum, Stansted, a hub for migration, Stratford and Hackney, both places with a long history of communities that have been enriched by people from many different parts of the world. The walk is a way for Jack to reflect upon and bear tribute to the lives of those caught up in the multiple, interlocking conflicts and crises happening across the world and to raise awareness and funds to help.

https://www.metafilter.com/210147/Walking-the-border-of-Gaza-as-a-creative-act-of-protest-and-solidarity

Posted by chavenet

https://www.metafilter.com/210145/same-except

Art critics regularly bring to a painting history, culture, schools of painting, and so on. But what's often left out is how the act of viewing shapes mental structures in the brain — how certain arrangements of forms can trigger deep perceptual satisfaction. from The Pleasure of Patterns in Art by Samuel Jay Keyser [The MIT Press Reader]

https://www.metafilter.com/210145/same-except