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Mod note on 'Throwing Windows out the window, part 1: why?'
Edited post to add link to Part 2
Mod note on 'Bad night for bigots'
One deleted. User request.
Mod note on 'Throwing Windows out the window, part 2: how?'
Post title change at OP's request
Mod note on 'New Levels of Corruption Feared as Trump Family Adds Gambling Business'
Also, edited main post to change "cryoptocurrency" to "cryptocurrency". Thanks for pointing that out Strutter Cane - United Planets Stilt Patrol!
Mod note on 'New Levels of Corruption Feared as Trump Family Adds Gambling Business'
One comment removed at writer's request.
Mod note on 'cold blood warm heart'
which_chick: "After snake wrestling has determined a victor, the victorious male and receptive female kinda... hang out together. Like, in close (non-sex) proximity, for like a week or so."
That's such great anecdote which_chick, we added it to the Best Of blog, thanks for sharing!
SaltySalticid: "An acquaintance of mine has made huge discoveries involving maternal and paternal care and other forms of socialization in (wait for it) millipedes."
Oooh, that sounds amazing SaltySalticid , can you share what some of those discoveries are?!
Mod note on 'I spent a year dating conservative men'
Deleted one because poster had edited it to say โdeleted by posterโ. Just know you can flag your own comment and leave a note, alternatively โ thisโll put it on our radar.
Mod note on 'Typography in spaaaaaaace'
This is cool to mess around with, especially if you're looking for a brief distraction from, well, the world. It's almost has a tactile feel to it!
Have fun and thanks for sharing this gwint!
Mod note on 'Hunting Hugo: The Hurricane Hunters' Wildest Ride'
1,500 ft.
That's how low the airplane is when they first encounter Hugo. None of the crew or staff was keen about that height, but they figured they'd give it a try and if didn't work, they'd go up to 5,000 ft. That definitely takes guts.
I'm only on the second page and it's already a suspenseful read. Thanks for finding and sharing this ShooBoo!
Mod note on '"no degree in classics requiredโฆ and we're not just two blokes."'
ivan ivanych samovar: "The RSS feed linked above has the wrong address for me. Replacing pcast with http: seemed to solve it for me, thusly RSS."
Fixed!
Mod note on 'Update on the Trump Regime's War on Public Heath'
Removed duplicate comment.
Mod note on 'We're all just going through it.'
One comment removed. Cursing on the site is fine, but cursing at someone else is not okay as per the Content Policy.
Mod note on 'Cis women are enjoying man-sized levels of testosterone'
Hi all, we got a note about the use of the term 'transmen' and that it should be 'trans men' aka two words. With the OP's permission, we changed it in the original comment and in a response.
Edited to add links s to the original comment and the response
Mod note on 'Deep Sheep'
Duplicate comment removed.
Mod note on 'Cis women are enjoying man-sized levels of testosterone'
pickles_have_souls: "Thanks Joakim Ziegler! I messaged the mods. I think this archive link will work."
Swapped out the gift link for the web.archive link.
Deleted mefi post 'ICE spend on weapons, including chemical agents and warheads, up 700%'
MetaFilter post ICE spend on weapons, including chemical agents and warheads, up 700% deleted. Posterโs request
Deleted mefi post 'A Change in Tune'
MetaFilter post A Change in Tune deleted. Double.
Deleted mefi post 'To pull too energetically on one thread is to tug at the entire tapestry'
MetaFilter post To pull too energetically on one thread is to tug at the entire tapestry deleted. double -- cortex
Deleted mefi post 'โWhere your anger comes from is less important than what you do with it"'
MetaFilter post โWhere your anger comes from is less important than what you do with it" deleted. tallied -- cortex
Deleted mefi post '"There were only so many battles you could fight."'
Deleted mefi post '"What was wrong with Velcro Batman?"'
Deleted mefi post '"It Rarely Stops"'
MetaFilter post "It Rarely Stops" deleted. Domestic violence is awful and this is an arresting and disturbing spot, but neither of those really seems to add up to a metafilter post. I'm sure the intent was good but I'm not sure why this is here with this presentation. -- cortex
Deleted mefi post 'Until youโre numb.'
MetaFilter post Until youโre numb. deleted. You know, maybe just try this again another day with the framing actually being clear that what sounds like a clinical description of a non-fiction thing is actually a summary of a work of fiction. -- cortex
Deleted mefi post '"Only the little people pay taxes"'
MetaFilter post "Only the little people pay taxes" deleted. Sounds neat but it seems like this is broken for a lot of folks. -- cortex
Deleted mefi post 'Blue Thai'
Deleted mefi post 'You totty-headed lobcock nypper!'
Deleted mefi post '"What word do you use for gawking at someone in a lustful way?"'
MetaFilter post "What word do you use for gawking at someone in a lustful way?" deleted. Double. -- taz
Deleted mefi post 'No good deed ever goes unpunished.'
Deleted mefi post 'The Avant-Gardes'
Deleted mefi post '"...we aren't doing it for the sales those restaurants generate."'
MetaFilter post "...we aren't doing it for the sales those restaurants generate." deleted. Double. -- jessamyn
Deleted mefi post '"We get only one life, and we don't truly live it until we give it away.'
MetaFilter post "We get only one life, and we don't truly live it until we give it away. deleted. Double. -- restless_nomad
Deleted mefi post '"Tell her what she's won, Bob!" "It's a BRAND NEW BODY!"'
MetaFilter post "Tell her what she's won, Bob!" "It's a BRAND NEW BODY!" deleted. a few more links to a "look at these assholes" post doesn't make it much less deleteworthy. -- jessamyn
Deleted mefi post '"You have to wrestle with the accusations."'
MetaFilter post "You have to wrestle with the accusations." deleted. This is a terrible thing that happened, but I'm not sure there's enough here to make it a conversation distinct from the many we've had on the subject. -- restless_nomad
Deleted mefi post 'Public Shaming'
MetaFilter post Public Shaming deleted. poster's request -- cortex
Deleted mefi post 'Sickening'
MetaFilter post Sickening deleted. I feel like when a lot of the discussion in the thread is people acknowledging that they can't even stomach reading the central link, it might be something that good intentions aside just isn't a great idea for a post. Awful, horrific situation but whether it makes sense for mefi is a fair question. -- cortex
Deleted mefi post '"What is culture, if not a set of prejudices?"'
MetaFilter post "What is culture, if not a set of prejudices?" deleted. I just met you / and this is crazy / but here's last month's post / Karl Me Maybe -- cortex
Deleted mefi post '15 Minutes. 750 Calories. 500 low-income children, 4 days a week.'
MetaFilter post 15 Minutes. 750 Calories. 500 low-income children, 4 days a week. deleted. BREAD BUS 2: DONATION BOOGALOO -- cortex
Deleted mefi post 'The world's oldest subway tunnel'
Deleted mefi post '"True Companion"'
Deleted mefi post '"What the world needs now is love, sweet love. It's the only thing that there's just too little of."'
MetaFilter post "What the world needs now is love, sweet love. It's the only thing that there's just too little of." deleted. Please add this great collection of links to the earlier thread, thanks! -- taz
Deleted mefi post 'The Chicago Torture Archive'
MetaFilter post The Chicago Torture Archive deleted. poster's request -- cortex
Deleted mefi post '"Play Me, I'm Yours"'
MetaFilter post "Play Me, I'm Yours" deleted. maybe put some of these links into the open thread? -- jessamyn
Mod note on 'Nazi interrupts Psych 210, receives predictable response'
Several commens removed and one ban issued. Please don't attack other members.
Deleted mefi post 'Approximately $375, or about $1,500 per month'
MetaFilter post Approximately $375, or about $1,500 per month deleted. href="https://www.metafilter.com/210597/Ireland-makes-Basic-Income-pilot-for-artists-Permanent">previously
Deleted mefi post 'The future is already here, it's just not even Derrida'
MetaFilter post The future is already here, it's just not even Derrida deleted. Noting comments that Nick Land is or expresses facist, racist, and nazi views, am deleting post and removing the direct link to the article.
Mod note on 'On the grievance troll Bari Weiss and her misguided bullshit journalism'
One comment removed at user's request.
Mod note on 'The lighthouse, the prioritizer, and the flashlight'
One comment removed for derailing the thread by complaining about another comment that they think is a derail.
It's ok to just not comment or, preferably, focus on the topic of the post and comment about that.
Mod note on 'Nazi interrupts Psych 210, receives predictable response'
One deleted. The back and forth between a few users needs to stop now. Please leave some room for others in the thread.
Deleted mefi post 'What is Hamas?'
MetaFilter post What is Hamas? deleted. Badly formatted propaganda that also manages to come off as trolling.
Edited to add: Apologies for getting to this late, no one was on duty and the mechanism for alerting mods about heavily flagged posts seems to have broke, will get with frimble about that.
-- Brandon Blatcher
Edited to add: Apologies for getting to this late, no one was on duty and the mechanism for alerting mods about heavily flagged posts seems to have broke, will get with frimble about that.
-- Brandon Blatcher
Deleted mefi post 'slightly self-deprecating'
MetaFilter post slightly self-deprecating deleted. Double.
Mod note on 'RIP, Diane Keaton'
Linking to a letterboxd page is a cool of highlighting the past movies that an actor has been in and the general verbiage does touch on her life and career.
That said, others are welcome to share links from other publications or even their own favorites and memories from Keaton's numerous stage and film performances
Mod note on 'AI tool helps children with epilepsy live seizure-free'
One comment removed for trolling.
Mod note on 'Nazi interrupts Psych 210, receives predictable response'
stodgeflompton: "Metafilter is like a cargo cult where the smart people left ten years ago, and everyone who's left is just posting what they think those people might like"
Hi, just remember that nobody forced you sign up and comment in a community you clearly do not think highly of.
Please check out the Guidelines and Content Policy and participate in good faith or we may have to remove you from the site.
Deleted mefi post 'Very difficult is winning the Nobel Prize. Impossible is eating the sun.'
Deleted mefi post 'UFO's from India?'
MetaFilter post UFO's from India? deleted. -- Brandon Blatcher
Deleted mefi post 'Pot Head'
MetaFilter post Pot Head deleted. test
Deleted mefi post 'Deletion test from front page, please ignore. Does it show in log?'
MetaFilter post Deletion test from front page, please ignore. Does it show in log? deleted. Just a test.
Mod note on 'Politicians are banned from using these words and phrases in parliament'
One deleted: poster's request.
Mod note on 'Every life a universe: Gaza in a thousand faces'
Several comments addressing the Oct. 7th derail mentioned in the previous mod note removed (including the original two comments). One left for context. Let's please focus on the post at hand and avoid derailing the conversation.
Deleted mefi post 'Strange Solutions For Population Decline'
MetaFilter post Strange Solutions For Population Decline deleted. Double post
Mod note on 'Every life a universe: Gaza in a thousand faces'
No comments deleted but let's avoid a derail about the date itself.
Mod note on 'Filterworld and Why My Feeds Are Making Me Dumber'
One deleted. Letโs refrain from name calling folks.
Mod note on 'First Female ABC'
paduasoy: "Still in tag with an E, Brandon."
Fixed!
Mod note on 'Ta-Nehisi Coates and Ezra Klein Hash Out Their Charlie Kirk Disagreement'
The advice to move on meant just and not violate the Content Policy by name calling. One comment removed.
Mod note on 'Ta-Nehisi Coates and Ezra Klein Hash Out Their Charlie Kirk Disagreement'
Hey, mod dropping in to say maybe this part of the conversation has reached its limit, people are going back and forth and should move to something else, be it a another thread or some other point about the topic.
No comments removed, just giving advice.
Mod note on 'First Female ABC'
Changed name in post and tag to Sarah Mullally (no 'e')
Mod note on 'Happy Halloween from the dark and nasty regions'
Duplicate comment and request to remove it, uh, removed.
Mod note on 'First Female ABC'
One duplicate comment removed.
Mod note on 'The Invasion of Chicago'
Aintnolobos, your comments in this thread have been trollish and dismissive of others and you have a history of doing that on the site. Remove yourself from this thread and refrain from commenting any further within it.
Mod note on 'The Invasion of Chicago'
A few comments deleted. Let's try to keep this conversation productive by avoiding Ad hominem attacks so please stop calling other members trolls or telling them to STFU.
Also, let's avoid calls to have anyone locked up.
Deleted mefi post 'Time keeps on ticking ticking ticking'
MetaFilter post Time keeps on ticking ticking ticking deleted. Posterโs request
Deleted mefi post 'Global BIPOC Board Update Thread'
MetaFilter post Global BIPOC Board Update Thread deleted. -- travelingthyme
Deleted mefi post 'r/all ๐บ๏ธ'
MetaFilter post r/all ๐บ๏ธ deleted. Double.
Mod note on 'Germany's Israel Obsession'
One deleted: posterโs request.
Deleted mefi post 'Eternal breadsticks'
MetaFilter post Eternal breadsticks deleted. Double.
Mod note on '"In our country the state is engaged in the promotion of the arts."'
One deleted. Reminder that making insensitive jokes using a group's language are not welcome and will be deleted.
Deleted mefi post '#freethread'
MetaFilter post #freethread deleted. Double. Double
Mod note on 'descendants of former pets long ago dumped and left to multiply'
mygraycatbongo, stop derailing this thread as it violates the Content Policy and you've been asked to knock it off previously.
If you continue to post comments in here, a temporary ban will be issued. One comment has been removed.
Edit: Changed mind and issued a 24 hr ban, as the member hasn't listened to previous requests.
Mod note on 'descendants of former pets long ago dumped and left to multiply'
mygraycatbongo: "That take is so fucked up I can't even go down there."
Hey mygracatbongo, that sounds like a good idea to avoid derailing this thread, so please move on, as sciatrix has and allow others to talk about the thread's subject.
Two comments have been removed.
Mod note on 'The new left media in the age of Trump'
One comment removed at the memberโs request.
Deleted mefi post 'The Blob!'
MetaFilter post The Blob! deleted. I'm sorry, I've really tried but I simply fail to grasp what is being expressed here, and why it should be expressed here.
Mod note on 'Charlie Kirk shot at event in Utah'
One deleted at poster's request: wrong thread.
EDIT: And two more, because they too reported having posted here by mistake somehow. No problem: one was of minimal substance, the other's author I have MeMailed their text for reposting elsewhere (if they so desire). Apologies for the inconvenience either way.
The server gremlins seems happy though -- no clue why that happened to several of you. Let us know if you can't post in future somehow? Thanks!
Deleted mefi post 'Meow Boarding!'
Mod note on 'Charlie Kirk shot at event in Utah'
One comment removed at user's request.
Mod note on 'Peter Thiel & The Antichrist'
One deleted. Poster's request.
Mod note on 'Charlie Kirk shot at event in Utah'
adrienneleigh: "....there's at least one person stalking this thread and screencapping it to make threatening posts on Twitter."
The board was made aware of that at the same time you were, adrienneleigh, and has reached out to the member for clarification. In the meantime, that comment has been removed.
Mod note on 'Charlie Kirk shot at event in Utah'
nobody_truncates: "i guess our duty as commenters on metafilter.com is to remember to renounce security by obscurity, assume the couchfucker's pie-in-the-sky doxxing dragnet is actually real, and make ourselves clear:"
This entire comment has been removed for the moment while I talk it over with other mods and the current board.
The comment was by one member, who was drawing a line in the sand not only for themselves, but tof the entire site as what could and would be said Charlie Kirk. That's a personal choice and as I see it, pending talking with other mods and the current board, not the sort of comment we should just leave up at the moment.
nobody_truncates and other members, please refrain from these types of comments until we can decide as a site if and how we wish to host them, and if so, how to handle potential demands that we remove such comments. In the meantime such comments will be removed.
Thanks for everyone's patience as we figure things out.
Mod note on 'World's Second Richest Man Preparing Cash Bid for CNN'
subdee: "marker -> market, sorry I'm on my lunch break..."
Fixed!
Mod note on 'Charlie Kirk shot at event in Utah'
One deleted: poster's request.
Mod note on 'Democracy Dies Without Representation'
Comment replying to the deleted comments removed as requested.
Mod note on 'Democracy Dies Without Representation'
A few comments against the guidelines removed. Please do not call other users trolls. But more importantly: Speak for yourself, not others: Let's avoid downplaying the importance of race, specially in a thread about Black representation.
As the guidelines say, avoid speaking on behalf of other people and discussing their experience like an academic topic; invite them to speak for themselves instead!
Mod note on 'The distinction between loneliness and solitude is an important one'
No comments deleted but let's avoid picking a fight with specific members. This is a personal subject where everybody has a different lived experience so, please allow others to express themselves.
Mod note on 'Charlie Kirk shot at event in Utah'
Two comments made by DeepSeaHaggis have been removed and the user placed on an indefinite ban. The comments celebrated Kirk's death and also advocated for the death of Kirk's family and friends. That violates several parts of the Content Policy and possibly laws, so we're skipping warnings in this instance and going straight to a ban. It's only indefinite due to a single moderator being on duty and making the decision, I'll confer with the other moderators over the next couple of days about whether the ban should be permanent (I firmly think it should be, but it's best if there's agreement for permanent bans).
If folks wish to discuss this action further, please make a post in MetaTalk or you can ask the Moderation Oversight Committee to review this mod action.
Mod note on 'AI-generated 'minister' appointed to tackle corruption'
AlSweigart: "Sorry, I didn't notice the headline got cut: "AI-generated 'minister' appointed to tackle corruption" would fit."
This has been done!
Deleted mefi post 'Non-Pharma Sleep Wins? (THC, Mushrooms, Anything Actually Work?)'
MetaFilter post Non-Pharma Sleep Wins? (THC, Mushrooms, Anything Actually Work?) deleted. Spam, account permanently banned
Mod note on '''Grande dia'''
GeckoDundee: "The "deep fear" link is borked. Maybe intended to be this one?"
Link fixed!
Mod note on 'Charlie Kirk shot at event in Utah'
The Pluto Gangsta: "Why is a candidate for the board being allowed to drag this thread into a bunch of derails? Is it because they're a board candidate? Is that why they're getting the kid gloves treatment?"
Hey, this is major derail, so we've removed the comment. But here's a few notes about the concerns that you've posted, emailed, and left flag notes about:
To wit: Candidate statements for 2025 Board election of the MetaFilter Community Foundation (MeFiCoFo), will be posted on this Friday, Sept 12 in the a.m. (ET). You (and anyone else) are encouraged to bring up this concern with the candidate at that time.
Otherwise, the flags on their comments in this thread have been reviewed and found to be ok in the context of a larger discussion about political violence. For here you're welcome to take this MetaTalk or file a request for review with the Moderation Oversight Committee .
Otherwise please refrain from continuing this derail as it may cause further comment removals and/or requests that you leave this thread.
Mod note on 'Charlie Kirk shot at event in Utah'
mecran01: "Kirk was sitting on a chair when he was shot.
My wife and I had just left the parking lot at UVU when we saw the UVU police screaming down the road on the north side of campus. Thanks for sharing that with us mecran01 and glad that everything is ok with your family.
Mod note on 'Charlie Kirk shot at event in Utah'
Removed a comment saying "The only good nazi is a dead nazi" because site's Content Policy discourages calls for violence.
Mod note on 'Charlie Kirk shot at event in Utah'
cooker girl: "At least he died doing what he loved: Demonizing transgender people.
posted by chasing at 5:23 PM on September 10
Fixed that for you."
chasing: "> cooker girl
Thanks for the correction. Didn't realize the other spelling was considered offensive and obviously wasn't intended that way.
(If a mod wants to edit my other post or something, go for it.)"
These two comments have been removed after cleaning up the original comment to change 'transgendered people' to 'transgender people'