Scientists pinpoint the origins of humanity’s love of carbs, a CNN article on a recent study, Reconstruction of the human amylase locus reveals ancient duplications seeding modern-day variation.
posted by mittens at 8:47 AM on November 1 [2 favorites]

Someone dumped approximately 25 rabbits by Nicasio Reservoir in West Marin. Marin Humane Society rescued them. If you live in the SF Bay Area, and you've been thinking about getting a rabbit, now's the time.
posted by agatha_magatha at 9:02 AM on November 1 [4 favorites]

How a misunderstanding a recommendation about peanut allergy caused more peanut allergy "How could “experts” make a recommendation citing a study that did not even support the recommendation?"
posted by Zumbador at 9:04 AM on November 1 [4 favorites]

I did a Savannah Bananas post a couple years back. They keep on chugging along now and are even touring, these days. They're so much fun.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 9:14 AM on November 1 [1 favorite]

I have no idea what this is. It seems to be a fragment from an idea for digital ink [the people listed are in that business] and yet this feels like the front door to an ARG or other kind of mystery.
posted by chavenet at 9:17 AM on November 1 [1 favorite]

Non verbal communication
Youtube short
posted by BoscosMom at 9:24 AM on November 1 [1 favorite]

Lore Sjöberg is republishing his classic D&D webcomic Speak With Monsters (formerly Monster Manual Comix, previously) on his Substack Dogs and Sorcerers (previously) .
posted by JHarris at 9:38 AM on November 1 [1 favorite]

A free, PDF-only book filled with drawings of things that you can make, with each picture linking to the original online instructions: https://makeityourself.org/

Winter is coming to many of us in the Northern Hemisphere, and we'll need things to do in the long nights! (For example, I found a pattern for a shirt that I want to make from my stash of Polartec fleece.)
posted by wenestvedt at 9:48 AM on November 1 [5 favorites]

Busby Berkeley finale. Varsity show.
posted by Czjewel at 9:53 AM on November 1

Yngwie Johann Malmsteen Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra in E Flat Minor with the New Japan Philharmonic is somehow both ridiculous and completely amazing. Perhaps the only combination of rock and orchestral music I have seen that actually works.
posted by swift at 10:29 AM on November 1

John Roberts, of Linda from Bob's Burgers fame, has been making some lovely music videos for his (I think) original music. It's nice dance club music, and some of the videos have stellar production values.
posted by ersatzsapience at 11:10 AM on November 1

Reviews On Hi-Fi and Tech, Based Purely On Knob Feel

This report catalogues and directly quotes hundreds of statements from Richard Stallman of an extremely offensive nature on subjects including rape, sexual assault, child sexual abuse, sexual exploitation of children, and more. Sensitive readers are strongly advised to proceed with caution.

Bending and forming PLEXIGLAS®: thermoforming in just a few steps. From the people who make it.

BC Resource road safety information

There are extensive pictures and drawings of the interior of the Hindenburg available. Did you know at one point its lounge featured an aluminum grand piano.


From Overfished to Sustainable Harvests: Pacific Bluefin Tuna Rebound to New Highs. New stock assessment reveals largest recorded biomass since assessments began.
posted by Mitheral at 11:20 AM on November 1 [5 favorites]

Walking Phnom Penh (from Chris Arnade Walks the World, by a guy who travels around the world, taking walks).

"Phnom Penh is a young city chock full of kids. They are everywhere, and they bring a positive energy, warmth, and joy that no amount of adult diversions — no amount of bars, casinos, exceptional cuisine, and museums — can replicate, because nothing warms the heart like a big smile from a tiny face. I don’t care how silly and maudlin that sounds, because it’s simply true, at an innate and an intellectual level. ...

That idea of having children — as the thing you do...without thinking about because it is clearly towards the good — has been the default mode in most cultures for almost all of our history."
posted by Mr.Know-it-some at 11:25 AM on November 1 [4 favorites]

(BTW: nothing says FPPs have to be long, heavily researched, or attract tons of favorites or discussion. I'd say that many, if not most, of the links here would work as-is on the main site. I'm not saying it's bad to post them here, after all I do it too, but FPPs don't need much effort themselves, and a greater variety off FPPs enriches us all!)
posted by JHarris at 11:39 AM on November 1 [9 favorites]

I did a Savannah Bananas post a couple years back. They keep on chugging along now and are even touring, these days.

I loved that post (and I don't really like baseball). Thanks, DOT. And thanks for sharing it again, here. I just saw they are playing 3 times in Texas next year, so I'll get to see them!
posted by a non mouse, a cow herd at 11:57 AM on November 1

A few months back I made a post about Kinzang Lhamo, the Bhutanese Olympian (and her determination to finish the marathon despite being dead last). A few people in that thread wondered what her reaction to the whole thing was, and this piece in The Bhutanese is the closest thing to that insight I've seen, for those who may be curious:

Behind Kinzang Lhamo’s historic Olympic run

"I started having cramps after 16 km and by the time I reached 30 km I couldn’t keep up the pace. I almost gave up at 40 km when I couldn’t move my legs anymore. However, I saw many international people and Bhutanese living in Paris cheering wholeheartedly for me, which further encouraged me to complete the race. ..."
posted by maxwelton at 12:03 PM on November 1 [1 favorite]

They claimed they invented cold fusion. What actually happened turned out to be even more interesting. part1, part2, part3.
posted by lock robster at 12:10 PM on November 1 [1 favorite]

Please enjoy this music video from Nottingham's finest Queer Trash Folk-Punk band Cheap Dirty Horse for their hit song On the Rob.
posted by Gable Oak at 12:26 PM on November 1 [2 favorites]

James Fallows in Wired, yesterday: After the Election, California will keep moving the world forward. Among other topics, includes a discussion of high-speed rail progress; I didn't realize that

this summer, the project received full 'environmental clearance' for the entire 463 miles from downtown LA to downtown San Francisco, with clearance for a further 31 miles from LA to Anaheim expected next year. Nearly all of the thousands of necessary land parcels have been secured.

(archive link)
posted by Rash at 12:27 PM on November 1 [5 favorites]

I saw this on r/museum and could only find basic bio on the artist in english, so I didn't put a post together. Artist He Jiaying The ballet (2006) Bio
posted by Art_Pot at 1:01 PM on November 1

Reviews On Hi-Fi and Tech, Based Purely On Knob Feel

Oh that's such the double
posted by chavenet at 1:20 PM on November 1

The new Underworld album, Strawberry Hotel, came out last week. It's full of what the kids would call "bangers".

The second track, "Denver Luna", has been out for a while now, and it's one of my favorite songs of the year.

Underworld's music is, loosely speaking, an idiosyncratic fusion of Karl Hyde's stream-of-consciousness poetry and Rick Smith's techno/house beats. Even if you aren't well-versed in their oeuvre, you might remember their song "Born Slippy (Nuxx)" from the Trainspotting soundtrack.
posted by Artifice_Eternity at 5:07 PM on November 1 [1 favorite]

Here's Gavin Creel singing Billy Joel's And So It Goes. I find it astoundingly beautiful.
posted by BlahLaLa at 8:05 PM on November 1 [1 favorite]

Maybe you've heard about redlining in the 1930s-40s in the US? Well, it's still a thing. Racial residential segregation is a fundamental cause of racial health disparities. In fact, the US is more segregated today than in the 1990s... Video/podcast and blog post with great links and resources from an academic team affiliated with the American Public Health Association.
posted by acridrabbit at 9:46 PM on November 1 [5 favorites]

Swap Your Vote matches 2 Harris voters in a blue state to 1 protest voter in a swing state, and they swap the way they vote. Protest voters double their impact, Harris voters get to affect the election in a swing state.
posted by otherchaz at 10:15 PM on November 1 [1 favorite]

one of those weird things i've never forgotten but seems remote from anything i'm actually researching is incense clocks. i also from time to time ponder the existence of geomantic cities. then there's this unique artist (wish his old homepage was still findable) at the exact intersection of conlangs, microtonal music, &, er...small furred animals. good luck with these!
posted by graywyvern at 10:01 AM on November 2

oh, & i've assumed all of y'all already knew about the Latin Finnegans Wake, but maybe not! (his introduction is a fascinating read in itself.)
posted by graywyvern at 10:17 AM on November 2 [1 favorite]

I poured all the galaxies in the Universe into a pool, a visualization of just how much is out there, by Epic Spaceman.
posted by SunSnork at 4:08 PM on November 2

404 Media's 404 File Not Found page. Click on the spinning "Click Here" sign for audio.
posted by JHarris at 7:32 AM on November 4 [1 favorite]

Actors Shortest to Tallest (with a terrible soundtrack, via YT).
I would have guessed all these 5’8” guys were taller:
Mark Wahlberg, Mark Ruffalo, Joaquin Phoenix, Antonio Banderas (5’8.5”)
[EDIT: One of the comments says these numbers are fake]
posted by Glinn at 3:39 PM on November 5