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We Can Has!

“Come here and give me a hug, you big, silly, wonderful continent.” Jofus, saying it for many of us at MetaFilter UPDATE: full text of Obama’s victory speech, stashed for posterity after the jump.

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Maybelle & Sara Carter – Cannonball Blues

This footage of Maybelle and Sara Carter playing Cannonball Blues al fresco is from a selection of tasty morsels posted by y2karl to Metafilter. There are many new treasures offered in the comments thread, too, including Skip James, Muddy Waters, … more…

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thinkofthechildren, again

Thinkofthechildren.co.uk is back online, for now. The creators of the site have gone ahead and put it back up, along with open letters to HostEurope and to the Met’s Obscene Publications Unit. Go and see what the fuss is about. … more…

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Best MeFi thread ever?

Baylink (on Metafilter) pointed to a bit of newsy nonsense about a couple busted for shagging in a public swimming pool. The ensuing thread is extremely educational, and stirs up not a little admiration for the linguistic marvel of Portuguese. … more…

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Go: Life Itself

In what could hardly be more startling contrast to the previous post – a discussion on MetaFilter about Go. (UPDATE: damn! where did the main MeFi link disappear to? There’s a more recent thread here) Someone pointed to a recent … more…

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Circlemakers

Fortean Times – Circlemakers – Circlemakers get blogged in Metafilter.

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