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Tonic: an app that gives you personalized reading recommendations, ethically

I'm part of a tiny team of people who just released a free article-recommending app for the iPhone. While building/tweaking/testing it I kept getting recommendations that make me think of good Metafilter posts, so I wanted to pass it along! In addition to having amazing content, we've built it in a way that I think folks here would really appreciate. [more inside]
posted by rivenwanderer on Sep 18, 2019 - 0 comments

Between Seasons on the North Head Trail

A longform visual essay (3000 words, 50 photos, and a song) about walking the historic North Head Trail in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada. A tromp through local history, freezing rain, macrophotography, fog, a cholera hospital, moonlight hikes, tourists, foxes, and optical phenomena. [more inside]
posted by oulipian on Aug 16, 2019 - 4 comments

How to Be Anxious

A longform user's guide to anxiety.
posted by mudpuppie on Jul 12, 2018 - 2 comments

Remembering Forgotten Soldiers of the Somme

If you purchase anything from the Royal British Legion online, they send you a card with the name of a random ordinary soldier who died in the Battle of the Somme with it. When people tell me those names, I find out stuff about them. [more inside]
posted by garius on Nov 11, 2016 - 0 comments

Subcultured. Interesting Articles.

This is an alternative news site built on the read-it-later feeds from a small group of contributors. It's not meant to replace a news site, but instead to highlight longer form stories of interest from a diverse collection of sites. While originally started as a personal project, I think it's developed into something interesting and worth sharing with others.
posted by tumble on Jun 8, 2016 - 0 comments

Open Transcripts

Annotated transcripts of presentations on media, art, and design, made freely available on the web. [more inside]
posted by Su on Aug 6, 2015 - 3 comments

Lapsed Historian - Because History is Fun. Honest.

A website for long form history writing, such as The Longest Forecast, the story of the Meteorologist Eisenhower challenged to find the right day for D-Day. Also for sharing interesting history pieces found elsewhere as well. [more inside]
posted by garius on Jun 6, 2014 - 0 comments

Alt History Science Fiction Is The Best Fiction.

Along with artist Molly Crabapple, I have a brand new project debuting at Zuda Comics, Puppet Makers, a sprawling alt-historical murder mystery set at Versailles with lots of huge robots. Updates every Wendesday [more inside]
posted by The Whelk on May 13, 2010 - 8 comments

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