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Let's hear it for hippybear, who has done a spectacular job of making LGBTQ+ posts on Mefi throughout Pride Month. [more inside]
posted by zamboni to MetaFilter-Related at 12:34 PM PST - 41 comments

As someone who is autistic, I think that we need to have a conversation about ABA questions, or people seeking recommendations about ABA. I don't know if we should allow it, like we don't allow other ablest practices.
posted by PinkMoose to Etiquette/Policy at 8:31 AM PST - 21 comments

On this day in 2011, my bank went from using debit cards that only worked at ATMs, to using branded cards that literally worked everywhere, including online. My first purchase was a $5 membership on MetaFilter. [more inside]
posted by halfbuckaroo to MetaFilter-Related at 5:50 PM PST - 12 comments

FPPs whose links are only to videos aren't very accessible to many neurodivergent people. Many people aren't aware of this. Wondering how to make things better here on Metafilter. [more inside]
posted by Sheydem-tants to Etiquette/Policy at 2:55 PM PST - 26 comments

Can we talk about avoiding use of "moron" casually? Similar to the related 'r' word, it has had clinical connotations and has been used to marginalize and other those with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Posting as I was mildly shocked at its abundant use on the recent vaccine thread. Perhaps we can also avoid using the related "imbecile" and "idiot".
posted by lemur to Etiquette/Policy at 3:09 PM PST - 149 comments

This metacocktails, with unclimatically high temperatures forecast for much of western Canada and the US, let's talk about plans to beat/escape/embrace the heat. As always let's avoid politics and this is a conversation starter not limiter.
posted by Mitheral to MetaFilter-Related at 8:22 PM PST - 93 comments

Hello Metafilter! Happy summer/winter solstice! Please find another update on the state of the site. Reminder: I will be the only mod monitoring this thread so please be patient as I reply to your feedback and questions. If you have any questions or feedback not related to this particular update, please Contact Us instead. If you want to discuss a particular subject not covered here with the community, you’re welcome to open a separate MetaTalk thread for it. [more inside]
posted by loup to MetaFilter-Related at 1:44 PM PST - 44 comments

It is a holiday-filled weekend in the US/UK with Bloomsday, Juneteenth, Father's Day and the Solstice all happening within a few days of each other, and all during Pride Month. So today, on National Hike With a Geek Day, I'd like to know what thing (commemoration, celebration, special event) would you like to make into a holiday? What would happen on that day? Who would it be for or about? Or would there be an existing holiday you'd reconfigure? Or do you have a personal holiday that you celebrate in your own way? [more inside]
posted by jessamyn to MetaFilter-Related at 11:03 AM PST - 45 comments

I wonder if anyone can help me dig up an ancient comment, probably at least a dozen years old. [more inside]
posted by tangerine to MetaFilter-Related at 9:45 PM PST - 18 comments

As a kind of complement to last weekend's question, I want to know what thing/object/item has been sitting on your desk or a table or a shelf (or moved between various among them) for Objectively Too Long because dangit one of these days you're gonna get around to thing you were gonna do with it or use it for. [more inside]
posted by cortex to MetaFilter-Related at 5:13 PM PST - 108 comments

Let's fill out our Seattle Public Library's Summer Book Bingo cards together. You don't have to live in Seattle to do it; anywhere will work, with books in any language. We can give each other reading suggestions and encouragement here. [more inside]
posted by The corpse in the library to MetaFilter-Related at 9:29 AM PST - 51 comments

A moderator removed a link to the Guardian because of something about that paper's LGBTQ stance. This is the first I've heard. What caused this reaction from MetaFilter? It seems to have come up only now, but I cannot find anything in recent Guardian issues that might have prompted the action.
posted by CCBC to MetaFilter-Related at 2:41 PM PST - 33 comments [closed]

I think this kind of complaint needs to be retired. This thread has a bunch of the same complaints made anytime someone posts a link to a long-form video essay. "I'm not watching this! Write me an essay instead!" But it turns out long-form video essays are a genre now, and some of them are good! I think it's time we stopped derailing discussions of them with complaints about how we don't like the genre. "It's too long! I like reading better! And did you know some video essays are bad?"
posted by straight to Etiquette/Policy at 7:02 PM PST - 141 comments

Hello Metafilter! My 5th update on the state of the site. [more inside]
posted by loup to MetaFilter-Related at 1:11 PM PST - 7 comments

Frimble thought of this question, and I didn't even know I had a favorite shelf until they asked! Do you have a fun shelf share? Is it because of the physical properties of the shelf, or its location, or what's on the shelf, or a combo? Is it a coincidence that "shelf" rhymes with "self"??? 🤯Yes! Yes, it is! Never mind, tell us a little about yourshelf anyway! [more inside]
posted by taz to MetaFilter-Related at 10:56 PM PST - 25 comments

I always assumed that favoriting a post or a comment on this site is similar to "liking" on other platforms. To signal approval or sympathy. But it also has a sort of bookmarking functionality, doesn't it? Which seems to imply a more neutral function. How is the favorite button intended to be used, and how do people here actually use it? And do you notice things like favorite counts on people's profiles? Does that influence your opinion of them?
posted by Zumbador to Etiquette/Policy at 9:28 PM PST - 49 comments

My dog ate my podcast synopsis. It's me, it's Jessamyn, it's a podcast recorded in the deep past of before the long weekend, it's about 90 minutes. [more inside]
posted by cortex to MeFi Podcast at 9:21 AM PST - 9 comments