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Who doesn't like soup? But one of the best things about making soup is how it can make your home smell so good. With that in mind, Charity Garfein is seeking soup (and stew) recipes that will give off the rich aroma of a warm and cozy home. What do you suggest?! What one are you going to make?!
Check out something new and fantastic: This Week in FanFare, on the blue!
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Wolfdog has posted Essential tools to make the modern web more bearable, and people have even more recommendations in the thread. Bookmarked so hard. 🔖
Valentine Card exchange 2025
[COMMUNITY] 💌 MeFi Valentine Card Exchange! 💌
completely unknown? Ways to promote Fanfare on the site ...
In Metatalk, people are talking about ideas for promoting and surfacing more Fanfare activity, and in Fanfare itself, Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, Nosferatu, Yacht Rock, and A Complete Unknown are among current hot topics. See more at the Watercooler!
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I spent several weeks in Sudan around 1990 or 91 -- driving in a truck from Wadi Halfa, through Khartoum and Nyala, to the Central African Republic ... Read BlahLaLa's comment in storybored's post on The Decline and Fall of Sudan
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Maybe one of the best things you'll ever read about how to think about cleaning / organizing in your home or personal space: I want to end the cycle of managing my living space. Yes, the whole thread. Fantastic advice abounds — well-done, mefites!!
EUVL tool, that deposits virtually defect-free, ultra-thin films on integrated circuits.
Without this fancy mechanic and those like her, our world would be drastically different. Read on to find out what “fabulous” work they do that the world depends on!
Let’s start the year with lots of links, courtesy of Rhaomi and a new LinkMe thread!
The Carol Reed Mysteries indie point-and-click detective video game series just released its 20th annual installment, Murder Malady, January 1, 2025 ❖ Defector's rundown of What We Got Stuck In Our Various Orifaces and What We Did To Mr. Happy ❖ United State of Pop 2024 - Blame It on the Whiskey ❖ Happy Public Domain Day 2025! ❖ 2025 is remarkable ❖ 10 Horror Movies That Prove January Is a Box Office Dumping Ground ❖ Poems at sea in the US Navy ❖ Outrageous Predictions 2025 ❖ The most-borrowed books from U.S. public libraries in 2024 ❖ Out with 2024, in with 2025: it's the Free Thread ❖ Days are long, but Years are short ❖ Clean slate - January reset online challenges ❖ Happy New Year!
First of all, your dog. Then these dogs. Warning: Dust. Not kidding even a little bit.
Death of Tiberius Gracchus at the hands of the mob via Wikimedia Commons
How much do you think about ... ROME? Senatus vs. Populusque Romanus, a magnificent multi-part megalicious magnus postus from Rhaomi. Veni, Vidi, Mefi!
Portrait of Michel de Montaigne, 1570s (cropped); unknown author
Gwint has posted the excellent, feature-rich Montaigne's Essays from Hyperessays.net, with 107 texts, including "On Cannibals," "On the Custom of Wearing Clothes," and "On Smells." What a good find!
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