164: It's Been A Rough Week - a podcast by Matthew Haughey, Jessamyn West, and Josh Millard

Podcast time, and jessamyn and are I back talking about a bunch of stuff we liked from MetaFilter as usual, and talking a bit about the hard stuff surrounding George Floyd and Minneapolis, and also absolutely plotzing abouthaving two new mods join the team!Welcome again, travelingthyme and loup. This episode is long even for us, about an hour and forty total.

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Misc
- 164 is a sum of two squares and I don't care who knows it
- Jessamyn was vexedby a Firefox issue
- secrets revealed:this anonymous keylogger questionwas actaully jessamyn
- MeFiteswho play LearnedLeague
- a cartoon aboutthe prospect of banana bread
- I uh gotretweeted by William Gibson
- Jessamynbringing BLM energy to the ALA councilwhether they like it or not

Jobs
-Looking for summarization of audio of 2-hour meetingbyThe Pluto Gangsta

Projects
-A Chrome extension for managing your tabsbyjasondigitized
-In Sickness: a podcast about caregivingbybajema
-London's coronavirus street art.byPaul Slade
-Create your own 1980s police sketchbyodinsdream(MeFi Post)
-LucidbyTabitha Someday

MetaFilter
-Don't forfeit! Don't cheat!byChrysostom
-"Take me out with the crowd"byjessamyn
-Engine Rebuilt in Stop Motionbybouvin
-Don't let your memes be schemesbyRhaomi
-Making FPP'sbynot_on_display
-user RedPooD2thehemodroid has offered an authoritative answerbyFizz
-NY Times gets into some knotty legal issues around fanfic tropesbybetweenthebars
-I look at my hands. I can't tell if they're mine.bydoctornemo
-The Story of how SNL made the "Stevie Nicks' Fajita Roundup" SketchbyEtrigan
-Minneapolis response to the police killing of George Floydbymediareport

Ask MeFi
-NOT Astronaut FoodbyEyebrows McGee
-Why do vacuum seal box containers lose their seal?byfantasticness
-Phone Exchange Name Querybylonghaultrucker, includingan answerbyjessamyn
-Useful Features for Real Estate Agent Websitesbywcmf
-Need a printer, statbykitten kaboodle
-What was the funniest movie you ever saw when you were a kid?byMchelly
-Who Are The People That Make Credits Sequences For Television Shows?byWalkerWestridge
-What to say in job application when supervisor will speak unfavorably?bykingbuzzie

MetaTalk
-A thank you, and a question for you.bybondcliff
-MeFiMusicSwap'20?bysignal
-MetaMMO: Leeeeeeeeeeeeeroy!!!!!byFizz
-Please don't use Unicode to make fancy fonts in postsbySpace Coyote

Music
Featured in this episode:
-Falling Into Summer - DEMObynikaspark
-Transcontinental Airwaybymykescipark
-Mumbo Jumbo: Light It Upbyjohnofjack
-25 Seconds of Wuthering HeightsbyTelevision Name
-Flip Sidebyob1quixote
-Where The Trail LeadsbyAppleSeed

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