Tiwi Islands become 700,000-hectare Indigenous Protected Area
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metafilter_feedTiwi Islands become 700,000-hectare Indigenous Protected Area. The agreement with the federal government sees the Tiwi Islands included in Australia's national parks and reserves system.
When We Went MAD!
Dec. 14th, 2025 03:40 ammetafilter_feedWhen We Went MAD! is a 2025 documentary about MAD Magazine. Full of interviews and artwork, it runs an hour and forty-five minutes.
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fancakeFandom: Green Hornet (1966 and 2011 versions), Batman (1966), Al Hirt (musician), Bruce Lee
Pairings/Characters: Gen; Britt Reid | Green Hornet, Kato, Bruce Wayne | Batman, Dick Grayson | Robin, cameo by Beatrix Kiddo | The Bride (Kill Bill), Black Beauty is practically a character, right?
Rating: General Audiences
Length: 3:03
Content Notes: Rapid flickering image shifts; earworm hazard.
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Theme: Amnesty, Crossovers & Fusions, FANCAKE IS FIFTEEN, Fandom Classics, Fanvids, Older Fandoms, Underloved Works
Summary: What started out as an attempt to learn flight of the bumble bee on the trumpet evolved into a fascination with the green hornet theme song. Although the show featured one of my favorite Martial Artist ..Bruce lee..the main attraction for me was the frentic trumpet solo performed by another hero of mine Mr. Al hirt. This song was also used in the motor cycle scene in kill bill. I was delighted to learn that they were making a movie version in 2011 starring Seth Rogen and Jay Chou..Alas there could be only one Bruce lee as well as one Al hirt. However I decided to perform this cover in tribute to Al and Bruce...Enjoy
Reccer's Notes: Two great tastes that taste great together: against a montage of thrilling stunts and snappy dialogue, trumpeter Ricardo Dowridge multiplies himself into an orchestra to celebrate his musical and martial heroes.
Fanwork Links:
One man’s Green Hornet.mpg, by Ricardo Dowridge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8UVF7tkdRw
Pairings/Characters: Gen; Britt Reid | Green Hornet, Kato, Bruce Wayne | Batman, Dick Grayson | Robin, cameo by Beatrix Kiddo | The Bride (Kill Bill), Black Beauty is practically a character, right?
Rating: General Audiences
Length: 3:03
Content Notes: Rapid flickering image shifts; earworm hazard.
Creator Links: (Instagram)
Dorodigital; (YouTube) Theme: Amnesty, Crossovers & Fusions, FANCAKE IS FIFTEEN, Fandom Classics, Fanvids, Older Fandoms, Underloved Works
Summary: What started out as an attempt to learn flight of the bumble bee on the trumpet evolved into a fascination with the green hornet theme song. Although the show featured one of my favorite Martial Artist ..Bruce lee..the main attraction for me was the frentic trumpet solo performed by another hero of mine Mr. Al hirt. This song was also used in the motor cycle scene in kill bill. I was delighted to learn that they were making a movie version in 2011 starring Seth Rogen and Jay Chou..Alas there could be only one Bruce lee as well as one Al hirt. However I decided to perform this cover in tribute to Al and Bruce...Enjoy
Reccer's Notes: Two great tastes that taste great together: against a montage of thrilling stunts and snappy dialogue, trumpeter Ricardo Dowridge multiplies himself into an orchestra to celebrate his musical and martial heroes.
Fanwork Links:
One man’s Green Hornet.mpg, by Ricardo Dowridge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8UVF7tkdRw
Posting; Pinch Hit; Betas
Dec. 14th, 2025 11:09 amyuletidemods posting in yuletide_adminAt deadline time - 9pm UTC on 17 December - your Yuletide assignment must be posted (published, not a draft!) to the Yuletide collection as a complete work.
Before then, we need your help, Yuletide! We have an outstanding pinch hit (#121) for the fandoms:
SMPLive
Roughhouse SMP
Mirai SMP - XYouly
Highcraft (Web Series)
See details here. Please email us at yuletideadmin@gmail.com if you can help, and spread the word if you have friends who might be interested. This pinch hit is due at 9pm UTC on 19 December.
More pinch hits will be advertised at
yuletide_pinch_hits, especially after 9pm UTC on the 17th.Additionally, we love beta reader volunteers! You can connect with writers at this post by filling out a Google form, or you can join the Discord and keep an eye out for beta requests advertised by members with the Hippo role.
Good luck to everyone facing down the deadline!
Please either comment logged-in or sign a name. Unsigned anonymous comments will be left screened.
American Fancy Drinks
Dec. 13th, 2025 09:03 pmmetafilter_feedThe library is located in Cocktail Kingdom's New York City Headquarters and is available for touring and research by appointment only. The extensive library hails from the private collection of Greg Boehm and is composed of more than 3000 books from the 1600's to more modern day cocktail and spirit books, and ephemera. Treasures from the Collection
More exhibits, including The Evolution of Mixed Drinks: A Timeline, Major Figures of Cocktail History, Essential Drinks of the American Bar, The 'Cocktail Canon' Timeline, and The Dawn of Drinks Writing
More exhibits, including The Evolution of Mixed Drinks: A Timeline, Major Figures of Cocktail History, Essential Drinks of the American Bar, The 'Cocktail Canon' Timeline, and The Dawn of Drinks Writing
The Nightmare Before Christmas; Corpse Bride: Dead Man’s Party, by Dylan White
Dec. 13th, 2025 02:36 pmfull_metal_ox posting in fancakeFandom: The Nightmare Before Christmas, Corpse Bride, Oingo Boingo
Pairings/Characters: Gen; background F->M (Emily ->Victor); Jack Skellington, Bonejangles, and the whole Halloween Town and Underworld crews.
Rating: Teen and Up
Length: 4:22
Content Notes: canon-typical death, undeath, decay, dismemberment, creepy-crawlies, monsters, and Body Horror.
Creator Links: (YouTube)DylanWhitesChannel (formerly weareactualsize
Theme: Amnesty, Crossovers & Fusions, FANCAKE IS FIFTEEN, Fandom Classics, Fanvids, Older Fandoms
Summary: Oingo Boingo's "Dead Man's Party" mashed with "The Nightmare Before Christmas" and "Corpse Bride." All copyrights held by original owners. Happy Halloween.
(HD re-edit from my weareactualsize channel)
Reccer's Notes: Although this repost is dated 27 October 2014, the original on White’s now-defunct previous channel dates from circa 2010. This fusion is a relentless tour-de-force of music synced to visuals synced to lyrics; Danny Elfman’s having scored both movies creates a certain built-in compatibility, and Oingo Boingo’s Halloween anthem makes for an Elfman trifecta.
Fanwork Links:
Dead Man’s Party, by https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndhDaEqjKAc
Pairings/Characters: Gen; background F->M (Emily ->Victor); Jack Skellington, Bonejangles, and the whole Halloween Town and Underworld crews.
Rating: Teen and Up
Length: 4:22
Content Notes: canon-typical death, undeath, decay, dismemberment, creepy-crawlies, monsters, and Body Horror.
Creator Links: (YouTube)
Theme: Amnesty, Crossovers & Fusions, FANCAKE IS FIFTEEN, Fandom Classics, Fanvids, Older Fandoms
Summary: Oingo Boingo's "Dead Man's Party" mashed with "The Nightmare Before Christmas" and "Corpse Bride." All copyrights held by original owners. Happy Halloween.
(HD re-edit from my weareactualsize channel)
Reccer's Notes: Although this repost is dated 27 October 2014, the original on White’s now-defunct previous channel dates from circa 2010. This fusion is a relentless tour-de-force of music synced to visuals synced to lyrics; Danny Elfman’s having scored both movies creates a certain built-in compatibility, and Oingo Boingo’s Halloween anthem makes for an Elfman trifecta.
Fanwork Links:
Dead Man’s Party, by https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndhDaEqjKAc
Why is Warner Bros. for Sale at All?
Dec. 13th, 2025 07:41 pmmetafilter_feedTHE SIMPLEST ANSWER FOR WHY Warner Bros. wants a merger is to cover for other failed mergers. These mergers created a horrific financial legacy: $53 billion in debt as of 2022. Each was attractive in its time to executives and corporate synergists, but bad for the actual business... the real driver of the merger wave was not the promise of creating a successful end product, but money. David Zaslav, who only took over WBD three years ago, is promised up to a $500 million payday if a sale closes, because his contract allows his 21 million share options to immediately vest in that circumstance.
The streaming world has recapitulated the pre-Paramount decree era, and its biggest companies are positioned to profit in much the same way, by fixing prices and muscling out competitors. Netflix, the nation's number one streamer, has raised prices 125 percent in the past decade, and you can bet it will continue that trend if it gets HBO Max... Every movie theater is a competitor to Netflix's potential dominance of distribution through streaming, so claims that Warner Bros. will continue to release films to theaters on the same schedule it's followed up to now are just not credible.
The streaming world has recapitulated the pre-Paramount decree era, and its biggest companies are positioned to profit in much the same way, by fixing prices and muscling out competitors. Netflix, the nation's number one streamer, has raised prices 125 percent in the past decade, and you can bet it will continue that trend if it gets HBO Max... Every movie theater is a competitor to Netflix's potential dominance of distribution through streaming, so claims that Warner Bros. will continue to release films to theaters on the same schedule it's followed up to now are just not credible.
Not manufactured at all.
Dec. 13th, 2025 07:38 pmmetafilter_feedRíu Ríu Chíu by the Monkees. That is all. You will not be disappointed.
JETTISON YOUR LOVED ONES (2005)
Dec. 13th, 2025 06:45 pmmetafilter_feedA man fakes his death numerous times, his son (a mediocre boxer who believes he is from the future) and daughter (the world's greatest swordfighter) become romantically involved not knowing they have the same father, the son invents a perpetual motion machine which blows up the world, and their chaotic paths cross at the climax. The video is 6 minutes long.
(This short film is very silly and I have loved it for decades.)
(This short film is very silly and I have loved it for decades.)
there are two kinds of products in the world
Dec. 13th, 2025 11:13 amrunpunkrunWe have these envelopes I use to half-assedly organize coupons. After our local Kroger analogue recently remodeled, I had to rename some of the envelopes because they dissolved the "natural" section—where I did most of my dairy-free, gluten-free shopping—and moved those products around the store.
So now the "deli & meat" envelope has "dairy & non-dairy" added to it, which amuses me every time I get it out because "dairy & non-dairy" encompasses everything in the universe.
So now the "deli & meat" envelope has "dairy & non-dairy" added to it, which amuses me every time I get it out because "dairy & non-dairy" encompasses everything in the universe.
How Did the C.I.A. Lose a Nuclear Device?
Dec. 13th, 2025 05:36 pmmetafilter_feedIn 1965, a plutonium-packed generator disappeared on one of the world's highest mountains in a covert mission that the U.S. will not talk about. A team of American climbers, handpicked by the C.I.A. for their mountaineering skills — and their willingness to keep their mouths shut — fought their way up one of the highest mountains in the Himalayas. (Interactive, NYT gift link) [non-interactive archive]
"Affable comedy acting legend turns 100 years old"
Dec. 13th, 2025 04:04 pmmetafilter_feedOn the occasion of his 100th birthday, a video repost: an exploration into and resurrection of Disney's lost post-production layering process, which made Mary Poppins look so good, not with green- or blue-screen, but sodium vapor gold.
"The funniest thing is, it's not enough," Van Dyke said in an interview with ABC News at his Malibu, California home. "A hundred years is not enough. You want to live more, which I plan to."
AlonzoMosleyFBI 's original Chromascreen FPP from last year. Maybe you have some pleasant Dick Van Dyke memories? Please share here. An actual Englishman's reaction to his Cockney accent in the film which heard somewhere: "I could have vomited for a thousand years." But really Dick, you're the best. Congratulations!
AlonzoMosleyFBI 's original Chromascreen FPP from last year. Maybe you have some pleasant Dick Van Dyke memories? Please share here. An actual Englishman's reaction to his Cockney accent in the film which heard somewhere: "I could have vomited for a thousand years." But really Dick, you're the best. Congratulations!
Crouton Petting the Heart-Shaped Tin
Dec. 13th, 2025 03:57 pmmetafilter_feed"He left in June and then one day in August, the heart-shaped tin in which I had baked our own wedding cake so many years earlier suddenly fell on the ground in front of me while I was walking past. ... And this set me off to thinking about why so many of us have these deeply felt and quasi-magical relationships with kitchen objects. I wanted to examine why we project emotions onto inanimate things, especially ones related to food." Author Bee Wilson sits down to talk with Anne Helen Petersen about the roots of these feelings.
Crouton petting, the origin.
Crouton petting, the origin.
Saturday mishmash--household stuff, dyed hair [and work stuff], and a few links
Dec. 13th, 2025 12:12 pmumadoshiLuck was not with us in the first attempt at clementines this year. (The batch we got are far from inedible, at least, but...not very good.) They're such a gamble these years. :/
Our new freezer arrived a week ago, and the plan is to finally get it in place today oncescruloose gets back from a market run. That hasn't happened yet due to a combination of factors and timing, the biggest of which is the fact that it'll require shifting some things out of the garage onto the driveway to make room for us to work with two upright freezers in play. (scruloose is going to take a stab at moving the old one out of its place without emptying it, via a hand cart, but we have no idea how likely that is to actually work. It'd sure be convenient, though.)
My hair is dyed! It is. Um. Very dark. By which I mean it's not so much dark purple as "functionally black with some purple highlights that are probably some of my silver hair, but there's less of that than there is silver, so it's a little confusing". Oh, well. It looks fine, other than maybe making me look a bit washed out, and I don't much care about that.
(I might care more when I finally getscruloose to take a headshot of me to send HR at Dayjob so they can update my long-expired work pass. [Part of why I decided to finally just go ahead and dye my hair was in the name of having it done for this photo.] These days, the process involves just filling out a form and emailing that and a photo that meets their technical requirements to the department handling passes and also to my boss, presumably so the boss can look at the photo and confirm "yes, that is the employee in question". But this means we can make potentially-endless attempts at getting a photo I don't hate, and honestly, if I can live with the horror of my provincial ID photo, I can probably live with just about anything.)
A few links:
--mrissa's annual lussekatter posts are always good for my heart.
--Jenny Hamilton's "Anatomy of a Sex Scene: Heated Rivalry Edition" (covering ep. 1-2).
--"‘Pushing Daisies’ Season 3 In The Works, Says Creator Bryan Fuller".
Our new freezer arrived a week ago, and the plan is to finally get it in place today once
scruloose gets back from a market run. That hasn't happened yet due to a combination of factors and timing, the biggest of which is the fact that it'll require shifting some things out of the garage onto the driveway to make room for us to work with two upright freezers in play. (scruloose is going to take a stab at moving the old one out of its place without emptying it, via a hand cart, but we have no idea how likely that is to actually work. It'd sure be convenient, though.)My hair is dyed! It is. Um. Very dark. By which I mean it's not so much dark purple as "functionally black with some purple highlights that are probably some of my silver hair, but there's less of that than there is silver, so it's a little confusing". Oh, well. It looks fine, other than maybe making me look a bit washed out, and I don't much care about that.
(I might care more when I finally get
scruloose to take a headshot of me to send HR at Dayjob so they can update my long-expired work pass. [Part of why I decided to finally just go ahead and dye my hair was in the name of having it done for this photo.] These days, the process involves just filling out a form and emailing that and a photo that meets their technical requirements to the department handling passes and also to my boss, presumably so the boss can look at the photo and confirm "yes, that is the employee in question". But this means we can make potentially-endless attempts at getting a photo I don't hate, and honestly, if I can live with the horror of my provincial ID photo, I can probably live with just about anything.)A few links:
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mrissa's annual lussekatter posts are always good for my heart.--Jenny Hamilton's "Anatomy of a Sex Scene: Heated Rivalry Edition" (covering ep. 1-2).
--"‘Pushing Daisies’ Season 3 In The Works, Says Creator Bryan Fuller".
2567 / Fic - The Pitt
Dec. 13th, 2025 09:31 amsiriaHit a World, At Every Plunge
The Pitt | ~1400 words | Jack/Robby | Thanks tosheafrotherdon for betaing.
(Also on AO3)
( 'If it's all right, I think a lot of us here would like to attend Nick's funeral.' )
The Pitt | ~1400 words | Jack/Robby | Thanks to
sheafrotherdon for betaing. (Also on AO3)
( 'If it's all right, I think a lot of us here would like to attend Nick's funeral.' )
Taliban detains men for Peaky Blinders-inspired costumes
Dec. 13th, 2025 11:45 ammetafilter_feedTaliban detains men for Peaky Blinders-inspired costumes. Morality police in Afghanistan detain several influencers who have gone viral for dressing up as 1920s gangsters in the style of BBC series Peaky Blinders.
Green with envy
Dec. 13th, 2025 09:55 ammetafilter_feedThere were way too many podcasts, documentaries, in-depth investigations and entertaining magazine stories to consume, let alone optimistically bookmark for later. That is why we, the philanthropic-minded editors and writers of Bloomberg Businessweek, assemble our annual Jealousy List, where we each identify the one piece of journalism from the past 12 months that we think is absolutely not to be missed. from The stories we admired most this year. [Bloomberg; ungated]
Jello Biafra is selling his car.
Dec. 13th, 2025 02:44 ammetafilter_feedYOU'VE ALL SEEN THE CAR - JELLO'S FINALLY SELLING IT!! Owned and driven by Jello Biafra since 1995, this 1989 Toyota Celica GT Convertible was Jello's daily driver for decades, this T160-generation shows over 212,000 miles on its odometer. If he went anywhere with anyone... it was in this car. The car has been maintained with "no expenses spared" to assure reliable transportation for Jello. Aesthetics are what you would expect from being a punk rocker's car.
Rec-Cember: Two recent short Murderbot gen fics
Dec. 12th, 2025 05:27 pmsholioAs I don't have the bandwidth for a lot of reccing tonight, here are two quick recs of short Murderbot friendship gen from the last couple of days that I enjoyed. Both of these are more bookverse than show-based.
Ransom by![[archiveofourown.org profile]](https://p2.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/-/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico)
BoldlyNo (400 wds, Gurathin-centric)
Augment-based ransomware! What a terrible/brilliant idea. This is short but complete-feeling and satisfyingly whumpy.
The Truth, Bitter as It Is byHonorH (900 wds, Gurathin & Murderbot)
An even worse truth comes out about Ganaka Pit. I went into this fic worried that it would be terribly depressing, but it's not; it is much sweeter and kinder than it has to be.
Ransom by
Augment-based ransomware! What a terrible/brilliant idea. This is short but complete-feeling and satisfyingly whumpy.
The Truth, Bitter as It Is by
An even worse truth comes out about Ganaka Pit. I went into this fic worried that it would be terribly depressing, but it's not; it is much sweeter and kinder than it has to be.
A couple of links
Dec. 12th, 2025 03:51 pmsholioamperslashexchange just announced a collection delay and still needs pinch hitters! See if there's anything you can pick up here - there are some with bigger fandoms as well as some small fandoms.Romance author Fern Michaels died recently, and I enjoyed reading this old article from early in her career (NYT archive article from 1978, not sure if it's paywalled). I didn't know that Fern Michaels started off as a writing duo of two different women! Apparently the one who eventually became "the" Fern Michaels took over the pen name later, but at the point this article was written, they only had three books out. The article is not at all disrespectful, and I was interested in the details of how the two women chose to position themselves in the market, which reminded me of our brainstorming process for Zoe a bit:
“There used to be a market for the little 60,000‐word romance with no plot,” Mrs. Anderson said, “but our publisher has become very demanding.”
Fern Michaels's books usually end up containing about 250,000 words.
Mrs. Anderson credits the success of the books to the authors’ attitude about women. As she put it:
“We don't have women love men who brutalize, beat and brand them. Our women don't put up with that.”
Anyway, I enjoyed this look at the state of the genre circa 1978, as well as the very early days of an author (or authors) who became a powerhouse in the 1980s-2000s romance scene.
Mood Theme in a Year Returns!
Dec. 12th, 2025 07:26 pmsoc_puppet posting in ![[site community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/comm_staff.png){kind=small}
dw_community_promomoodthemeinayear is coming back in 2026 with a new twist: Creating a custom mood theme can now earn you Dreamwidth points!Mood Theme in a Year is a community that takes a laid-back approach to creating a custom mood theme. If you've always wanted to create your own mood theme (those little images that pop up when you select something from the drop-down "Mood" menu when posting), this is a great place to do it! Take your time creating graphics for anywhere between 15 and 132 moods, either following the community's suggested schedule or going at your own pace. (Though you need to make a minimum of 18 graphics to earn any paid time.)
The "official" schedule starts again from the beginning on January 1st, but you can jump in at any time during the year; feel free to challenge yourself as well with Bingo cards or the Mood Theme in a Month calendars! Learn more in the community pinned post or profile.
I hope to see you there!
