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Share something good or nice in here. Someone excellent win in your district? Kid or grandkid get a good job, or accomplish something hard? Maybe you found a welcoming, progressive group in your community? Maybe you'll enjoy A Post-Election Day Poem by Rebecca Faulkner, assembled from words sent in by the Reasons to be Cheerful community. [more inside]
posted by Glinn to MetaFilter-Related at 11:19 AM - 15 comments

It's the 8th MeFi Holiday Card Exchange! [more inside]
posted by needlegrrl to MetaFilter-Related at 3:31 PM - 28 comments

I know some of you already dressed up and went to your parties last weekend. And some of you have parties this weekend. And tonight (in the US) it trick-or-treat free-for-all. How have you decorated? What are you wearing? [more inside]
posted by jessamyn (staff) to MetaFilter-Related at 8:53 AM - 25 comments

Hello, folks. I would like to know 1) if it's common practice for mods to edit users' comments without any indication of a mod note, 2) when this practice began, and 3) if it's been disclosed as a community practice here. As a member of the mefi community it's certainly something I would like to provide feedback on! [more inside]
posted by phunniemee to Etiquette/Policy at 1:43 PM - 38 comments [closed]

Signups for the 2024 MetaFilter Gift Swap are now open! The Metafilter Gift Swap takes place annually from roughly November - December. Each participant sends a gift to an awesome Mefite; each participant receives a gift from an awesome Mefite. Awesomeness and gifts abound. [more inside]
posted by RhysPenbras to MetaFilter-Related at 12:09 AM - 37 comments

Hi there!

Welcome to this month’s Site Update!

You can find the last update here.
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posted by loup (staff) to MetaFilter-Related at 1:49 PM - 216 comments [closed]

A few updates about the MetaFilter Community Foundation [more inside]
posted by Gorgik to MetaFilter-Related at 8:56 AM - 32 comments

Many MeFites are in the track of this beast, and there's a post on the Blue to share info. I thought we could use a space to check-in and keep each other company, share best wishes, worries, hopes and suggestions for staying safe.
posted by invincible summer to MetaFilter-Related at 1:50 PM - 15 comments

Both an idea (for outreach/promotion) and a confession. The day before I was set to table at the local zine symposium, I was scrambling for another mini-zine idea, and ended up excerpting some of the answers to an Ask Me I made earlier this year"What's your random (but regular) act of public service?" Here's a link to the one-page mini zine (mod note: link removed, see this note). [more inside]
posted by spamandkimchi to MetaFilter-Related at 1:43 PM - 33 comments

I know a lot of us are in the path of Helene in Florida and Georgia (Alabama, Tennessee, SC, NC, too! It's a big storm!). I thought it might be nice to have a (text-based, low bandwidth) place to check in and provide information updates as it moves ashore this afternoon and across the Southeast overnight and through tomorrow.
posted by hydropsyche to MetaFilter-Related at 11:27 AM - 95 comments

As part of the events for this year's fundraising we'll have an Ask the Mods Anything Podcast. Drop any burning questions you have below we'll have them answered with an especial podcast. [more inside]
posted by loup (staff) to MetaFilter-Related at 4:32 PM - 5 comments

Hi there!

Welcome to this month’s Site Update!

You can find the last update here.
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posted by loup (staff) to MetaFilter-Related at 9:12 AM - 79 comments

I feel like I've seen MeFites say they have a printshop, for yard signs, tee shirts, swag, etc. We may order signs (Harris Walz, Obviously) and I'm happy to support a member with a business and competitive pricing.
posted by theora55 to MetaFilter-Related at 4:59 AM - 12 comments

In this post Shepherd suggested a book mark exchange and mine arrived today. Thanks to Shepherd for both idea and execution and to everyone who sent in bookmarks. I got a lovely selection, including a library one you can use to track your reading (I mean, I use StoryGraph, but more manual methods are also good) and 3 bookmarks for non Anglophone bookshops. If other people taking part could check in, that would be lovely.
posted by hfnuala to MetaFilter-Related at 7:12 AM - 23 comments

So I bought a pack of "Twist of Fate" Twisties here in Melbourne AU - and the packaging tells you to "open the Meta Filter". [more inside]
posted by creatrixtiara to MetaFilter-Related at 9:16 AM - 11 comments

Welcome to another week of the MetaFilter 2024 Fundraiser! Our community is mostly run by member contributions like yours and, as always, you can help the community by contributing directly to the site, via Paypal, Credit card or through our GoFundMe Campaign. But, seriously, we also want to have fun, don’t we? To kick things off, we’d love to help us build our own Community Cookbook and prepare questions for the Ask Mods Anything Podcast… oh, and did you forget about the Pet Tax Wall? There’s still time… [more inside]
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane (staff) to MetaFilter-Related at 10:05 AM - 28 comments

I am very sad to let the MeFi community know that one of its staunchest supporters and all around good guy digaman (Steve Silberman) has passed away as reported by his spouse on Bluesky. For people who didn't know digaman well, you might know his book NeuroTribes (MeFi post), the Grateful Dead box set he co-produced So Many Roads, or one of his 184 posts to MetaFilter (all from 2010 and before). He was always a great internet friend to me especially lately over on Mastodon and I know I will miss his voice. May his memory be a blessing, we are lucky to have known him.
posted by jessamyn (staff) to MetaFilter-Related at 12:02 PM - 79 comments

This is a place to share vibes, memes, videos, and other positive news or momentum-producing items about the Harris campaign, if you're so inclined, to keep other threads focused on policy or on track for their particular focus. Here's a fun remix to get it started!
posted by tiny frying pan to MetaFilter-Related at 1:02 PM - 65 comments

Hi everyone, unfortunately I have some very sad news to share: our fellow mefite Philip Rogosky aka progosk has passed away. [more inside]
posted by bitteschoen to MetaFilter-Related at 12:44 PM - 78 comments

FPPs often say something like "New bird spotted in the EastWest Territory" or whatever and I have no clue of what they're talking about. [more inside]
posted by signal to Etiquette/Policy at 10:05 AM - 73 comments