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Texas Observer Will Remain Open
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This post was deleted for the following reason: There is a very recent post about this topic here -- loup -
How To Hide US/State Banking Fraud In Virginia
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Maybe not the best post for the front page! -- travelingthyme -
I could have sworn it was 1983
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Double -- travelingthyme -
How to remove "open for work" from my LinkedIn photo
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Go repose in Ask! -- Eyebrows McGee -
Dilbert cartoon dropped from several newspapers after remarks
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Double -- Eyebrows McGee -
Jugs has passed. RIP Raquel Welch.
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Post delete for violating the Guidelines. Another post about the subject would be fine as long as it avoids focusing on the person’s sex symbol status. -- Brandon Blatcher -
G Plan table..worth trying to sell?
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This post was deleted for the following reason: oops, go ahead and post on Ask Metafilter! -- taz -
A 15 Days Golden Experience with the Golden Teacher Mushroom
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This post was deleted for the following reason: SPAM -- loup -
How America took out the Nord Stream pipeline
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Speculative -- loup -
Student. Athlete. Mogul?
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After three years covering covid, WaPo's Lena Sun built an air purifier.
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This post was deleted for the following reason: looks like a double! -- taz -
Stop Posting Paywalled Stuff Unless You Want MeFi to Become a Walled...
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Maybe you want to make a Metatalk post? -- taz -
Paris’ rebuilding
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Poster's request -- Eyebrows McGee -
The events may not be authentic but the emotions are
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Double. -- Eyebrows McGee -
Bitcoin’s Energy Usage Isn’t a Problem. Here’s Why.
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Phew! Just hopping online to delete. Overall, not a thread for MetaFilter. Also OP arguing with commenters is not a welcome form of participation. -- travelingthyme -
Spoon Theory
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Sorry, but a sole Wikipedia link for a concept that's pretty well known and used around here and has been posted before is a little thin for a post. -- taz -
Global warming in the pipeline is greater than prior estimates.
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Preprint -- loup -
Nuclear weapons will save the world?
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Double post -- loup -
"I don't know who needs to hear this
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This post was deleted for the following reason: While misuse, overreach and empty parroting of phrases and concepts meant to counter unexamined privilege and oppression can certainly become annoying ... this is a white male comedian mocking the efforts of pretty much every marginalized group to push back at a status quo that massively favors white male voices and opinions, which is probably not the greatest for Mefi. -- taz -
Columbus cops abandon local school's drag storytime to Proud Boy threats
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Double -- Eyebrows McGee -
What's your climate solution tribe?
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Not the best framing and doesn't seem to be producing appropriate participation. -- travelingthyme -
Can DeFi Save Indie Film?
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Sorry, this really isn't a framing for a post: written in the first person ("how I feel about it"), about a contentious topic; the premise seems sketchy and the post feels promotional; OP personal involvement. -- taz -
The worst KFC in my town.
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Not sure this is the best topic for an FPP! -- travelingthyme -
Paul Madonna Needs Your Help
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This post was deleted for the following reason: fundraising/promotion post -- loup -
Ronnametres and quettagrams have joined the ranks of SI units
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Double Post -- loup -
Vox Populi
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Sorry, but we really have a glut of Musk / Twitter posts at the moment -- too many to easily keep track of for people just trying to keep up with latest news. Please check the twitter and musk tags, thank you! -- taz -
The Hours
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This post was deleted for the following reason: OP request -- travelingthyme -
Is Pinboard.in (bookmarking site) still supported software?
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Meant to be in Ask Metafilter! -- taz -
King Tut’s tomb was discovered 100 years ago — and unleashed a ‘curse’
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This post was deleted for the following reason: poster's request -- Eyebrows McGee -
Eleven Magic Words
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Source is Jesse Singal, a notorious transphobe. Also this is a paidwalled post for his subscribers -- loup -
Have you heard the Commodordion?
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Duplicate. -- loup -
Viva Lula
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Poster's request; new thread here. -- taz -
The product is content moderation
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This post was deleted for the following reason: There's an active twitter thread! -- Eyebrows McGee -
Windows 11 Update
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This post was deleted for the following reason: This is a question for Ask MetaFilter! -- travelingthyme -
Remembering Peter Schjeldahl, a Consummate Critic
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This post was deleted for the following reason: https://www.metafilter.com/196911/He-helped-me-see-what-I-already-knew">Duplicate post -- loup -
That's Just a Little Bit More Than the Law Will Allow
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Hey, sorry, but Metafilter isn't a great place for promoting this guy's stuff ... there are more flags on this post than in his garage -- taz -
Pretendian Alert
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Sorry, but I think if this is going to be posted, it really needs a lot more development with other information and analysis -- taz -
Is SARS-CoV-2 / COVID-19 a lab escapee?
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Preprint. -- loup -
I can't believe they didn't include that!
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Try again with new link (and a slight rewrite) -- travelingthyme -
The Sanity Game – on Devices and Being Human
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This post was deleted for the following reason: To quote from the comments, this guy is a "reflexively racist jackoff with no particular insights of, well, value" -- taz -
The Next Time Wikipedia Asks for a Donation, Ignore It
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Transphobic and impartial right-wing content website -- loup -
It Was at Once the Most Shocking and Casual Thing in My Life
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Sorry, deleting this as a transphobic article ... maybe there's a way to do this that will let people appreciate the responses without linking the awful, but not seeing it right now -- taz -
MetaFilter Emotional Labour
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This post was deleted for the following reason: This would be better in metaalk -- Eyebrows McGee -
Reflections on Standpoint Epistemology
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Double. -- travelingthyme -
This isn't a question about Pizzamas but is about word games
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This post was deleted for the following reason: posted in the wrong place? -- jessamyn -
"Your English is so good!"
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Sorry, looks like this link is paywalled! Maybe post again with an alt link included, or post with additional sources that address the same topic. -- taz -
Unresponsive insurance-YANM PI Lawyer
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Should go in Ask MetaFilter -- loup -
The search for the most useless office perk in the world
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This post was deleted for the following reason: This seems like an ad and we do not allow that. -- travelingthyme -
"At this time, we will remove the shackles from Mr. Syed"
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Double post -- travelingthyme -
Bộ hiển thị nhiệt độ
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Dancing on her grave
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Misinformation, apparently, plus social media reactions and similar should be posted in the ongoing thread. -- taz -
Vale Elizabeth II
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This post was deleted for the following reason: discussion underway in the open thread -- jessamyn -
Queen Elizabeth II has died
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Already being discussed here. -- loup -
It was early in the morning when I first ate toilet paper.
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Hey, a few problems here! Firstly, paywalled link; also it looks like you are reviewing or giving your personal opinion of this article, which is something for a personal blog or Twitter rather than Metafilter. Additionally, there is a field for tags, so they should not be included as a part of the post. Please contact us if you have questions! -- taz -
"Twin Towers" Demolished By Controlled Explosion
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Title is offensive - let’s re-approach this. -- travelingthyme -
Soundproof curtains or scam?
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Please post to Ask MeFi! -- travelingthyme -
Christian Dominionism - global threat to democracy
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Hella flags; maybe think about a re-do. -- taz -
Norah Vincent, RIP
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This post was deleted for the following reason: So, this person was transphobic, Islamophobic, anti-feminist, anti-choice, ableist, etc., and it just doesn't really seem like there is much here that makes it worth dredging up her various insulting ideas, statements and positions. -- taz -
The Other Big One
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This post was deleted for the following reason: poster's request -- taz -
Living in stereo
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Duplicate of https://www.metafilter.com/195995/all-analogue-all-real-all-the-time -- loup -
Daily Email, Re: The Boss (no, the good one)
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Poster’s request -- travelingthyme -
the human cost of misinformation
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Um, I'm not going to make the obvious joke here, you're welcome. -- taz -
Treason finale
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This post was deleted for the following reason: There's already an existing active thread. -- loup -
Ivana Trump (1949-2022)
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This post was deleted for the following reason: We're not going to do Ivana Trump obit -- Eyebrows McGee -
Ivana Trump (1949-2022)
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Framing an obituary around a graphic description of sexual assault is not Okay despite the Content Warning. -- loup -
Ivana Trump Has Passed Away
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Post framing is not the approach we encourage and this thread is already accumulating an excess of flags -- travelingthyme -
Single-handedly undermining Wikipedia
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Double. -- travelingthyme -
Uvalde Hallway Video Released
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Sorry, but Metafilter really isn't for this sort of news story or graphic content. Not trying to be a minor news amalgamation site here, but a place where we sift through stories about the stories (analysis, etc.) and post the best ones -- taz -
Test post
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Test post -- frimble -
The Founder effect and how it identifies ancestry
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Interesting article, but the description doesn't come from the actual text of the paper and seems to be misleading / incorrect. Maybe repost with a more accurate summary? -- taz -
Project Poltergeist
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Paywalled link. -- travelingthyme -
The Google engineer who thinks the company’s AI has come to life
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Duplicate -- loup -
[more inside!]
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Oh, look, it's a rare double Bo! Though it was posted later, let's go with Rhaomi's big post on this. -- taz -
A 25-year-old got in a taxi outside an N.Y.C. gay bar.
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Hey, sorry, this is a sad story, but it's not necessarily a great post for Mefi; we want to avoid being a "bad news aggregator" site and try more for articles that give more insight, understanding, information, or in some way bring something more than the news channels. Contact us if you'd like to discuss! -- taz -
Peepy is out on bail and ready to come to your house.
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This post was deleted for the following reason: If this isn't just promotional, it would probably be better to re-post and provide more background on what's going on here. -- travelingthyme -
My community is hurting.
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This post was deleted for the following reason: This is so awful, but Metafilter isn't really for personal posts / fundraising. Please contact us if you'd like to discuss! -- taz -
“[Expletive]! I’m trans! I gotta go!”
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Not the most manageable post at the moment considering the feedback we’re getting about this subject. -- travelingthyme -
US abortion rights - country-wide online organizing mtg tonight
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Single link -- travelingthyme -
How knitters got knotted in a purity spiral
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Transphobic content in website -- loup -
French presidential election results
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Duplicate -- loup -
What if Funimation had made
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Double. -- Eyebrows McGee -
How many apples?
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This post was deleted for the following reason: NSFW Ads, Original post here: https://projects.metafilter.com/6023/How-many-apples -- loup -
Francis Kéré becomes first black architect to win the Pritzker prize
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Saw this previously! -- cortex -
Teaching Computers to Sing the Words of God
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Double. Double -- travelingthyme -
A random discovery
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This post was deleted for the following reason: I am ... not sure what's happening here. -- Eyebrows McGee -
Lia Thomas Wins an N.C.A.A. Swimming Title
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Editorial post -- loup -
Hunter Biden’s Laptop and America’s Crisis of Accountability
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Let's have a better-formed, better-explained FPP with links people can actually access -- Eyebrows McGee -
Reka Gyorgy, Bumped out of Finals, is Critical of NCAA Transgender Rules
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Sorry, but this is not a good post about this topic. Please let Metafilter's transgender members lead the way on this, if, indeed, it needs to be discussed here. -- taz -
First, be smart from the very beginning.
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This post was deleted for the following reason: I am delighted in spirit by the callback to that famous AskMe situation, but as a post per se this is really thin murder-gawking news copy and is gonna be pretty confounding to anyone not specifically getting that ancient MeFi reference besides. -- cortex -
Lista Toolboxes & Mobile Drawer Cabinets
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This post was deleted for the following reason: spammer; banned. -- taz -
I Give My Little Stars to Children
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This post was deleted for the following reason: We ended up with two posts landing near each other, and the other one has some more content, so I'm gonna say lets go with that one. -- cortex -
I would have liked to know that information a bit earlier...
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Sorry, but self-links are still not allowed -- taz -
Elliot Leigh - An Estate Agents Company in UK
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Bad spammer, Bad! -- taz -
Tic Docs
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This post was deleted for the following reason: I appreciate some of the thoughtful comments in here but I am gonna break to the side of the feeling that that's not a good enough reason to bother keeping this piece, and this author, on the front page. -- cortex -
magpie: "get this off me!"
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This post was deleted for the following reason: oops, it looks like these magpies have already been tracked! Please go ahead and add your link over there! -- taz -
Elaborate con tricked dozens into working for a fake design agency
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This post was deleted for the following reason: simultaneous posts! -- cortex -
Currently 135 thousand people watching planes landing in strong winds
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Poster’s request -- travelingthyme -
Make America Grate Again
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Let's store this with the other cheese surplus repost -- LobsterMitten -
God bless Ram Ranch
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This post was deleted for the following reason: There's at least a couple open threads about the convoy shitheads, this'd probably be better as a comment there than as it's own thread out of context. -- cortex -
Ugly girls are only seen by other ugly girls.
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This post was deleted for the following reason: this might be better as a part of a wider post/conversation on beauty standards or perhaps beauty standards and mental health, but as is, there are so many assertions here that seem questionable that as a stand-alone piece it's unfortunately more likely to spark arguments than thoughtful examination of multiple issues (and a lot of arguing back and forth about "are these women ugly?," for example, would not be a great discussion to have) -- taz -
I'm a stuck-asaurus (SL very cute video)
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This post was deleted for the following reason: alas, we saw this kid just yesterday -- cortex -
Retirement Checklist; 6 Things You Need to Do
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This post was deleted for the following reason: this appears to be SEO spam for an insurance agency -- taz -
Je suis désolé, croyez — le bien...
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Poster's request, go ahead and give it another go with different sources. -- cortex -
"...always have an asterisk attached."
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Single link post to a questionable right wing site. -- loup -
A Idaho Crismus Story
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Double. -- travelingthyme -
Is Barry Bonds’s Hall of Fame banishment a tragedy or a shame?
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Who's on second? -- taz -
Remember me
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This post was deleted for the following reason: tweet not visible -- Eyebrows McGee -
Texas brothers beat stepfather to death for sexually abusing sister
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This post was deleted for the following reason: This is not a great post for Metafilter. -- goodnewsfortheinsane -
Thich Nhat Hanh
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Double. -- travelingthyme -
Jack Black's Mom
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This post was deleted for the following reason: oops, looks like we had a post on her not too long ago! -- taz -
The Cold War Killed Cannabis As We Knew It. Can It Rise Again?
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This post was deleted for the following reason: User request -- loup -
New year's resolution to learn more about crypto?
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Sorry but this is too much of a "Yay Crypto" hype thing to make a good post for Metafilter; something more in depth (and less personally framed) that covers issues and criticisms as well as promoters might work better. -- taz -
Recent Story of UPenn's voracious retaliation against its own student
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Sorry, this is hitting a hard paywall! -- Eyebrows McGee -
Catholic Officials on Edge After Reports of Priests Using Grindr
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Okay, sorry, but I'm going to go ahead and delete this: the basic info has been posted before, the link is paywalled, and it's gathering flags as offensive because of the quoting from a homophobic source. -- taz -
Betty White. Unfortunately, yes, it's that thread.
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Double post -- loup -
Can You Fly, Mother F*cker?
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Maybe there's a missing link that somehow pulls all this together, but as is, this isn't making much sense. -- taz -
libgrapheme - A suckless Unicode string library
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Poster's request -- goodnewsfortheinsane -
If the Earth was one inch in diameter, how big would the Sun be?
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Looks like most people can't access this link. -- Eyebrows McGee -
Stephen Fry and Jordan Peterson in conversation
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Let's not platform Jordan Peterson. -- Eyebrows McGee -
Most of the World’s Vaccines Likely Won’t Prevent Infection From Omicron
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This post was deleted for the following reason: There's an existing thread about Omicron -- better to drop this as a comment in that thread! -- Eyebrows McGee -
The #1 Trilly
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This post was deleted for the following reason: well my name is cortex / and i'm here to say / this got double-posted / in a major way -- cortex -
Yes, You Still Need to Wear Sunscreen in the Winter
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This post was deleted for the following reason: This is really slight for a post; something with some more meat about the subject could be good, but this is a pretty short puff in front of some product recommendations. -- cortex -
Writer Alice Sebold's public statement on pardon of Anthony Broadwater.
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This post was deleted for the following reason: This has been flagged a lot, and I'm going to go ahead and delete and say that we can possibly have a post on this, and there are some compelling aspects that can be reasonably discussed -- and, unfortunately, a lot of takes that will reliably lead to a hateful garbage fire of a thread, so it's going to need careful framing and a willingness among participants to navigate such an emotional and awful story thoughtfully for a non-awful discussion. (For an awful discussion, there are already many easily available around the internet.) -- taz -
Loving lies
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This post was deleted for the following reason: main link with paywall - not the greatest source in terms of folks being able to access the article -- travelingthyme -
Please do not kill anybody
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This post was deleted for the following reason: I'm inclined to stick with the previous call on this; like, fuck Joe Manchin but also I don't think "wink wink I'm not SAAAAYING someone should assassinate a senator but..." is any kind of good basis for a MetaFilter discussion. -- cortex -
Who are the best keynote speakers for a event that won't break the bank?
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Spammer; banned -- taz -
South Africa to go on UK red list as new Covid variant 'worst we've seen
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Scaremongering -- loup -
A booster not just restores immunity, it's better than 2 doses ever was
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Looks like there's a hard paywall on this link. -- cortex -
I give away my paintings to people who donate to charity!
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This post was deleted for the following reason: This is a link to your own work and is prohibited on Metafilter. (Update: it sounds like this post was intended for the Mefi Mall, I've MefiMailed you.) -- LobsterMitten -
The legendary 'miracle' rings of Ourense
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Looks like we're missing a chunk of text for this post! -- travelingthyme -
USPS - Holiday Magic Starts here
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Hey there, sorry, but this is more of a personal blog-style "rant" sort of thing than a standard sort of Metafilter post linking to an article or similar, and probably better for twitter or FB -- taz -
"Style"
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This post was deleted for the following reason: The info about the two stories winning Pulitzers isn't accurate (it looks like one 2017 article did, among 20, but the 2019 one def did not win 2018 Pulitzer), and this bit seems sort of added on as a "gotcha" type thing. A post about this is fine, but let's not start off with misinfo messiness to get everyone riled. -- taz -
The Breakfast Club as Molly Ringwald watches it with her daughter
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Double -- goodnewsfortheinsane -
The Value of Nothing
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This post was deleted for the following reason: poster's request -- cortex -
Facebook links with U.S. spies to interfere in Nicaraguan election
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Main source is unreliable. -- travelingthyme -
A post like this was deleted because it made someone uncomfortable.
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This post was deleted for the following reason: dude. -- Eyebrows McGee -
Would it help if I killed somebody?
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This post was deleted for the following reason: I'm uncomfortable enough with this article that I'm going to remove it; sorry for the late delete. -- Eyebrows McGee -
People are thinking about you more than you think they are.
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Looks like we saw this already a couple days ago! -- cortex -
Sexual activity among 7th graders
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Probably a better way to frame this if it's worth a post; as is it feels needlessly clickbaity and not well-contextualized. -- cortex -
How many COVID rage incidents are caused by COVID itself?
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Post is a question and it's editorializing the source. -- loup -
Colin Powell Dead At 84 From COVID-19
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Maybe we can get a more detailed obit-type post on this. -- taz -
"I have a degree in music and this is what I'm doing with it"
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Double. -- travelingthyme -
'Cause Ice Cube is Crazy as [Coo-Coo Clock chimes]
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Eesh, the "Black music but it's white people" thing is pretty fraught at best and the weird anti-Asian shit in latter part of that flash animation video is outright awful. I feel you on the fun goofy music instinct but this ain't it. -- cortex -
OnlyFans will permit sexual content
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Better to keep this with the open thread about OnlyFans situation. -- LobsterMitten -
Bus odyssey
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Duplicate post: https://www.metafilter.com/192410/bus24 -- loup -
EV's aren't so green?
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Sounds like the author is pretty problematic and gets a lot of money from fossil fuel people -- Eyebrows McGee -
In Los Angeles, Breakthrough Infections Are Now 30% Of All New Cases
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This post was deleted for the following reason: This article seems really thin and clickbaity; this is totally something worth discussing, but I think we can do better for an underlying article. -- Eyebrows McGee -
A classic stunt
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Double; we just had a thread about The General including discussion of the racist Lost Cause tropes Keaton used in it recently. -- LobsterMitten -
25 super hot moms. 50 eighth grade boys. No rules.
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Sorry, but this post doesn't actually exist, except in other posts and threads -- taz -
Nyan Cat's cousin who is listening to some lo-fi beats.
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This post was deleted for the following reason: is this spam? If there's actually supposed to be something post-worthy in this, please contact us and let us know. -- taz -
The Bottom Line
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Hey, sorry, but Metafilter is really not for personal blog type posts; if you'd like to rework this as a more standard post with the main link, please get in touch -- taz -
Glenn Greenwald: the greatest journalist of all time?
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This post was deleted for the following reason: There isn't really anything in this article that we haven't discussed at length, and it uses weasel words to hide Greenwald's legitimate problems; "pro bono work as a civil liberties defender" is doing a lot of work to smooth over the fact that he defended a violent white supremacist, called the minority victims "disgusting," and almost got disbarred for his courtroom misconduct. -- Eyebrows McGee -
I Could Have Been Happy with Just the Beans.
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Looks like the google books link doesn't work? Fine to repost if you can find another online copy available -- LobsterMitten -
Apple plans to scan US iPhones for child sexual abuse images
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Wife no longer with me, still wants me to help her with US papers
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I don't know how to help someone that far gone.
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We are Guardians
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Best Cryptocurrency Exchanges in 2021
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Are we experiencing global warming’s tipping point in real time?
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"Send the abysmal chump to Romania! Hell, buy his ticket!"
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Mariah Carey, Miley Cyrus, Paris Hilton, Katy Perry to help Britney
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The Regardie Tapes
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“They feel like we’re not working if they can’t see us”
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Orcas could be man's best friend
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How epidemics end
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Alex North - "Jungle" Instrumental (Good Morning, Vietnam)
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Eurovision thread
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Only in Germany
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"what kind of animal even is that?" I told him "the best kind"
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A Suspense Novelist’s Trail of Deceptions
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Israel Accused Of 'Apartheid' Crimes By Human Rights Watch
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They Hacked McDonald’s Ice Cream Machines—and Started a Cold War
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The origin of COVID
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The Weak Case for Grit
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0xc0000034 error on starting laptop
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Side Effects from COVID-19 Vaccine Dose may be due to PRIOR COVID
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We Should All Be More Afraid of Driving
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I want to believe, but I don’t
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All you have to be is a human being, Haunted. That’s success.
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Can I examine the dead human now?
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Since this isn't actually linking to an article or similar, but is just announcing the book is out, the best thing to do is go ahead and post the book to Fanfare, where people will definitely enjoy talking about it! (If there are reviews or similar later, something like that would be totally fine for the Blue) -- taz -
Is, to dispute well, logic's chiefest end?
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As a heartless killing machine, I was a terrible failure.
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The men who murdered India
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How to maximize your profit potential on the cryptocurrency market?
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This post was deleted for the following reason: i don't even work today but i'm dropping by to ban you for spamming, that's how bad this spamming is -- cortex -
The men who murdered India
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The deception of Bill Gates
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Mask Off
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Cures for Hiccups
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"A" is to "a" as "a" is to...?
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DMX
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All I Ever Got On The Subway Was Flashed
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Real estate listings keep on giving.
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"What a fucking queen"
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Sorry, but it's probably just much better *not* to have a long protracted fight over a 12-year-old and her crush and her mother and all of twitter. -- taz -
Coding game/toy similar to LEGO Mindstorm?
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Those people who seem to believe their own stories
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In 1942, Vladimir Nabokov wrote a poem about Superman's sex life.
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What can you do with four American dollars?
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(SLYT) Done Wearing a Mask
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Eh, "look at these assholes" is rarely a great starting point for a post, and although I assume despite the framing this is posted in an anti-asshole spirit, even so it's just more assholes to look at? -- LobsterMitten -
Covidiot Spotting: San Francisco Edition
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multimodal transportation
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Brazen daytime robberies at San Francisco's Twin Peaks
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Pompeii of the Pacific Northwest?
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Blaseball Season 12: The Return
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Sticky gel used to hold electrical connectors
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Inaguration of POTUS 19 March 4th
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Maybe they shoulda called it BCC
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How Getting Canceled on Social Media Can Derail a Book Deal
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boat
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Taylor Swift's re-recorded albums will be eligible for Grammys
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Perseverance rover will land on Mars
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Heya, there's a post about the Mars landing already, go ahead and add stuff there as needed. -- cortex -
The Early History of Mass Shootings
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This post was deleted for the following reason: This isn't the first time you made multiple posts linking to a pretty obscure video channel; it's hard not to read this as less "hey I found something cool I want to share with MeFi" and more "I'm going to promote this thing". Please cut it out. Reach the moderator staff at the contact form if you have questions. -- cortex -
YOU HAVE NO POWER HERE JACKIE WEAVER
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Audibly, a StumbleUpon-like web app for audio experiments
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Who Did J.K. Rowling Become?
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Do You Love Me?
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Melania Trump Got an “Einstein Visa”
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This post was deleted for the following reason: This is sort of an odd post to make a year after the fact and on the other side of Trump's administration. The story an issue could be fine to post about but I think framing and sources that don't have that double-take feeling of talking about the past admin in the present tense would help there. -- cortex -
How Biden and Trump both “pay” for stimulus bills
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Understand how Joe Biden will pay for the $1.9T stimulus bill
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Hokkaido Show Gardens - Garden of sound
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Surely this...
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the crows and their tef
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This post was deleted for the following reason: The crows are awesome but it sounds like the photographer is grieving a very fresh loss and the attention MetaFilter is bringing him is intrusive. Maybe repost in a month? -- Eyebrows McGee -
U.S. Does Not Have Promised Vaccine Reserve
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This post was deleted for the following reason: hey, we have a couple of threads already going about Trump and Covid, let's put this in one of those. -- Eyebrows McGee -
Links only post for current events
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#blueskying A New Social Media Standard
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The Wages of Sedition: Speaker Pelosi will impeach Trump a second time
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Is it secret? Is it safe?
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This post was deleted for the following reason: eesh, no shame in not having seen every video before posting but this guy sure seems to have milkshake ducked himself with the whole militia/white power thing in one of these videos -- cortex -
I Lived Through A Stupid Coup. America Is Having One Now
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Der Hellseher hat Konjunktur in der Coronakrise
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A Whispered History of Near Misses
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This post was deleted for the following reason: eh, let's skip this -- cortex -
The Georgia Elections
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Men's failure to make friends creates more work for women
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Argentina legalizes abortion
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Bomb explodes in downtown Nashville early Christmas morning.
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Best opportunity to buy cheap laptops
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Goodbye, spammer. -- cortex -
"That belief in himself... it draws you in."
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The Kissinger Death Tontine
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Hey, um, we all hate war criminals but maybe "Let's gleefully talk about murdering one and/or pissing on his grave" is a sort of thin post and maybe not right for MeFi. Want to make a MeFi post abotu Kissinger and include this link? Go right ahead. -- jessamyn -
Nature: The best science images of 2020
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Further cementing Amos' badass status [Expanse spoilers in link]
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HyperNormalisation?
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The influence of the Cretaceous in American political history
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Alex Trebek has passed
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The best websites for graphic designers
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New Yorker Suspends Jeffrey Toobin After Zoom Incident
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How About Restoring the Holy Roman Empire?
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Upon further examination, this is feeling less like "enjoy a fun eccentric history nerd from the old internet" and more like ... what it expressly says, a wish for a violent overthrow of democracy with bonus side helping of white nationalism and colonialism was good... and that's not feeling like something we need to be throwing eyes to. -- LobsterMitten -
Test Post
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A bit of Friday Frisson
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Solve Wordscapes Levels Easily
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What people conclude from war
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Sorry, appreciate the intent here but a Mefi post needs more than just an amazon link. A post needs to have a link to something online that people can read or watch or engage with in some substantial way. Contact us if you'd like to repost with a link to something like that. -- LobsterMitten -
All stamped up and nowhere to go
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Best TV Commercial Production Companies
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In the weeds.
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This post was deleted for the following reason: So ... not really seeing what makes this worth a post? This author / instructor person basically did what she said she would in the large print, apparently? And one lesser known media source seems to be reporting the misdemeanor charge? (can't read it from where I am.) If there's something that makes this more significant than it appears, please contact us! Thanks. -- taz -
Trump and Melania have both tested positive for the coronavirus
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2003, 2012, 2020 Rolling Stone Rankings compared
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How to Stop a Coup
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This post was deleted for the following reason: This is already being discussed here. -- Eyebrows McGee -
Judith Butler on Gender and Feminism in the New Statesman
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Please check your mail, thanks! -- taz -
And those ideas are reactionary and hateful.
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a common struggle for equality
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Acorn Woodpecker Wars
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Vitamin D, Covid-19 and You!
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Hey this is framed in a kind of conspiratorial way that makes it feel like misinformation and we're trying to be careful around coronavirus related info. There are clinical trials related to vitamin D; maybe there's a better way to collect reliable info on where things stand on vitamin D? -- LobsterMitten -
Indian women most unattractive in the world: Richard Nixon
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This post was deleted for the following reason: It's ok to post about this article but the thread will go better with a different framing that (a) doesn't reproduce a bunch of his gross remarks right up top and (b) doesn't seem like it's offering "just how unattractive are different women" up as a thing to debate - contact us about reframing? -- LobsterMitten -
A Game For People Who Are Nerds About People
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Great Face Masks for Glasses
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Looks like this needs to go to Ask? -- jessamyn -
Vichy Democrats
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This post was deleted for the following reason: "The Dems are enabling Trump's slide to fascism by not fighting hard enough" is a thesis we've covered in extreme length and depth on every angle in the last several years. There is no shortage of this kind of comparison; we've got multiple other posts arguing around the details of the slide to fascism and how people of prominence should be fighting back just in the last week. But staking the whole post around just this comparison invites really really pointless fights over whether the exact historical comparison holds up, making for superheated fighting (superheated as if one side were somehow in favor of Nazis) among people who all agree Trump's a fascist monster and everything should be done to stop him. It's a bad dynamic to set up, let's not. -- LobsterMitten -
George Custer / Miss Piggy
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Sorry for the delayed delete here. This is treating Civil War figures as ancient history suitable for silly fun and... that's not the moment we're in right now. -- LobsterMitten -
The Physics of a Boat Parade
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Aw, dang, the registration wall here does seem kinda too much. A do-over with different sourcing would be fine. -- cortex -
What is the purpose?
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This post was deleted for the following reason: This looks more like (the beginining of?) an Ask Metafilter post -- taz -
A different window, a different view
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How Sergei Kurekhin proved that Lenin was a mushroom
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Double. -- jessamyn -
What is Gender Critical Feminism? (and why is everyone so mad about it?)
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This post was deleted for the following reason: We really don't need TERF apologias. -- Eyebrows McGee -
“It's possible there could be a virtuous cycle this time”
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Baby Glenn Gould
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Sorry for the late delete on this. It's pretty thin to begin with, which would be ok if it were bringing the intended lighthearted fun (which is why we've let it ride for this long) -- but having given it a chance here, the joke isn't really working for people, so I'm going to pull it. -- LobsterMitten -
decline and fall, 2020
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Heya, maybe get in touch with us about an edit, it seems like something has gone wrong here with the link? -- LobsterMitten -
How it changed my mind
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Heya, this should really be (a) a little less "here's my personal thoughts" in style and (b) built more around an interesting article or two specifically on the topic rather than frontloading a link to someone's book and a bunch of wikipedia stuff. If you want to give it another shot that's fine, just needs to be reworked. -- cortex -
The agony of the feet
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This post was deleted for the following reason: This is cool! But ironically there are two posts and we're consolidating to just one. -- LobsterMitten -
Has anyone here organized virtual events with something other than Zoom?
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Hey if you're asking a question this should go on Ask MetaFilter. -- jessamyn -
Instagram reels: What you must know
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Spammy. -- jessamyn -
A roundup of the slow motion coup of the USPS
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My god, it's full of Lydia Cambron!
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Double. Open the double bay doors, HAL. -- Eyebrows McGee -
To celebrate the Women's Prize for Fiction's 25th anniversary
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Test, ignore
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Herman Cain dead at 74 due to Covid 19
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Pink Trombone
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The Horrible Truth About Australian Dropbears
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Double. Unfortunately, a fairly recent double, but still hilarious, you should all click through anyway. -- Eyebrows McGee -
Obesity of Politicians and Corruption in Post‐Soviet Countries
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Reality Check on CDC/HHS Headline, Losing Data Tracking the Pandemic
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Seeking a pixel artist on a VERY TIGHT TIMELINE at a PREMIUM fee
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Hi there, direct-hiring questions are not allowed on Ask Metafilter. Please contact us -- travelingthyme -
Slate Star Codex and Silicon Valley’s War Against the Media
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This post was deleted for the following reason: While the general topic of anonymity online is a subject we can productively address, an essay valorizing a site known for (among other things) using the humanity of transgender people as an abstract topic for debate is definitely not going to work here. -- taz -
I think I found the area I’m racist in: sexual attraction. Help!
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The Answer is Probably "No," But Even Still
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This post was deleted for the following reason: This has been discussed in the open Maxwell thread and doesn't seem like there's actual info to warrant a new post on it. -- LobsterMitten -
Leaking tax returns over the internet
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Hi, there isn't a very concrete question being posed here - which is necessary for Ask MeFi; this is chatfilter." -- travelingthyme -
Need a change of scenery
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It's political correctness gone mad!
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This post was deleted for the following reason: We deleted this once already earlier; the Harper's piece sucks, like these pieces always suck, and while I get the instinct to want to highlight and note how sucky the sucky stuff is I think we'd be better off just not giving it extra attention. -- cortex -
A Letter On Justice And Open Debate
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This post was deleted for the following reason: -Flagged several times. No need to give the spotlight to this kind of negativity.- -loup -
Changing Their Tune
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Looks like the Nat Geo link isn't accessible without signing up - contact us tonight or try tomorrow to repost with an accessible link? -- LobsterMitten -
resources for borderline personality disorder
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This post was deleted for the following reason: poster's request -- taz -
The Secret Locative Case
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This post was deleted for the following reason: poster's request (posted twice) -- goodnewsfortheinsane -
A sad harvest
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This post was deleted for the following reason: The Thai coconut industry, and the role of macaques and changes in that over time, seems like an interesting subject for a post, but per some of the comments below I think that post could have more depth and currency in its sources and more care in the phrasing used. Maybe give this another go tomorrow? -- cortex -
Jeff is quite a fella
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This post was deleted for the following reason: This seems like a thing that one should continue to enjoy in its natural habitat -- taz -
What is the new name of the rivalry between the Beavers and the Ducks?
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Hey sorry this seems like "let's brainstorm" but since you don't have input on the process (?) it's more asking just to idly discuss, which makes it chatfilter. -- LobsterMitten -
Ip Gissa Gul
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This post was deleted for the following reason: This comic (the caveman-language and other caveman tropes, kidnapping a woman who fights back and then is miserable bearing children) is going to land very differently for Mefites today than it would have in 1975. Maybe better to post it with more context or in some way that doesn't just rely on readers taking it as if they had 1975 sensibilities? -- LobsterMitten -
Proposal of a new Holiday
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Hey sorry, Betty White is great but this isn't really the form for a Metafilter post. I'm going to email you if you want to discuss more and work on an edited version. -- LobsterMitten -
a metaphor for 2020
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Sorry for the delayed delete here; based on the reactions I think this is landing less as an intended oh-no-but-fun thing and more as a wow-legitimately-wish-I-hasn't-watched-that thing for folks -- LobsterMitten -
Lab Origin?
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This post was deleted for the following reason: This doesn't seem to be supported by the scientific community at all -- taz -
Oh, I wasn’t talking about you, didn’t mean to hurt you.
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This post was deleted for the following reason: I know Scalzi's a MeFi local but I don't feel like this blog post or him personally makes a lot of sense as the thing to center further discussion about this on; he's got a comment section on that post which seems like a good place to engage with his writing specifically, and if there's a post to be made about some of the folks whose behavior he's discussing as fuckups beyond the existing Temkin and Ellis threads it should probably be framed more around those folks directly. -- cortex
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