Two deleted. At this point, the huge derailment needs to stop. If you have any feedback or concerns about the way this thread is going or how moderation is handled, you're welcome to email us. Please stop commenting and derailing the thread.

Just a note that MeMailing users to argue/instigate a conflict is never OK. Please stop if you are doing this. If you're on the receiving end of such MeMails, please report those users/messages and we will look into it.

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Removed several comments about a mod action. Folks are free to take those comments to MetaTalk, but they need to stop being in and derailing this thread. Also removed a comment and response telling someone to fuck off. The sentient is fine, but we ask that folks not tell others to fuck off as it encourages others to the same on other issues. If folks want to talk about any of this, MetaTalk is the place to do it, not this thread. Thank you.

Robbyrobbs, take the week off for the anti-trans link. Do not do this again in any way shape or form on this site or you account will be removed. MetaFilter is pro leaving trans folk alone and letting them live their lives, so knock it off.

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No comments deleted, but let's drop the AI derail please.

One deleted. DeepSeaHaggis, please drop the name-calling.

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No deletions made so far, but let's avoid comments like the halal food cart above. Ascribing stereotypical characteristics to a place or people is, indeed, a micro aggression.

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Enturbulated: "Interestingly, one of the strongest arguments in favor of widescale adoption of eugenics. Select for empathy, curiosity, ability to learn and problem solve in creative ways. You'd remove most of those C.H.U.D.s forthwith." The original comment has been removed, 'cause arguing for eugenics has racist background and has largely been discredited. Responses to this comment have been left as a reminder that this type of advocacy is not wanted or welcomed on MetaFilter. Enturbulated, please take a break from the thread and if you return, cease the advocacy of eugenics.

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intermod: "If someone here has the power, this post could use the following tags so that other people find it someday (and I've now written those words into this thread so that'll help future search hits too): - dungeon master - dungeons and dragons" Those tags have been added.

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One comment and it's response deleted. Cursing on the site is fine, but cursing at someone else is not okay. Also, let's stop the derail and stop litigation elections and blaming people who didn't vote the way you wanted. Gyre,Gimble,Wabe, Esq. you've made your point, let the conversation move on.

reedbird_hill: "Hopefully, in the future, advances in asymmetric drone warfare will make concentrations of elites like this inadvisable." This comment has been removed, but responses left up. MetaFilter's Content Policy does not condone or advocate violence against anyone, please do not do this anywhere on the site.

They sucked his brains out!: "If Texas wants to salt its earth and poison its people, let them kill themselves and their children." This comment has been removed, but replies left up. MetaFilter has a firm rule about advocating or wishing for the death or harm of others. Do not do this here.

Press Butt.on to Check: "Sorry my my existence offends you or your scrollbar is broken or whatever." Several comments remove. Press Butt.on to Check, please take a break from this thread.

The derail/back and forth between users needs to stop. If you've commented several times back-to-back in the thread already, please take a break and leave room for others to participate.

Two comments deleted. Let's avoid doomsday speculation but more importantly, let's drop the 'Israel, Zionism and the Jews' comments. Conflating these, is antisemitic and goes directly against our content policy.

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sotonohito: "So pigs hiding their faces and refusing to identify themselves has resulted in a person dressing up like a pig to murder Democratic lawmakers. I assume for the pigs that's a mission accomplished moment?" Just noting that we've received several flags about this comment and its use of "pigs" to refer to cops. Doing that doesn't violate guidelines, so we're leaving the comment up and as is. That should not construed as agreement with the use of the term pigs, just that members have a wide latitude in their choice of language.

tclark: "This, and much more like it to come, became inevitable when Biden didn't prosecute the attempted coup. And then again when everyone just ate up the propaganda that of course it was clear that Harris was too soft on Israel." This info/opinion expressed here may be considered relevant to these events, but please folks, don't relitigate the 2020 or 2024 US elections, keep the comments focused on this event, thanks. No comments have been removed.

One comment has been removed. Diskeater, following mods around the site to repaste a comment you've already posted in MetaTalk is not ok. Please stop doing that or we'll have to start issuing timeouts. To be clear, derailing any thread with comments that aren't related to the thread may result in removal of the content and repeatedly doing this can result in a timeout. This is the second time, you've done this, please stop.

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Please remember that comments wishing harm on others go against our content policy. I've removed a few comments for this reason and kept some that were borderline (continue flagging if you believe they should be deleted). I've left the derail about Israel/US good/evil, but let's focus on sharing relevant news rather than targeting individual users in arguments. Also, adrienneleigh, please consider taking a step back and allowing others to carry on with the thread.

Couple of comments removed. There's a MeTa thread for discussing the previous post and/or moderation decisions, please feel free to post in that thread and avoid derailing comments in this one, thanks.

Previously. [Content warning: banned joke] The deletion of that post is being discussed in MetaTalk. Otherwise to those flagging this post for being a single link, that's totally fine, single link posts do not break the guidelines

prismatic7: "And this will get moderated to fuck, because god forbid a foreigner use the sacred right of free speech for cursing." This comment is totally fine moderation wise, carry on!

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JHarris: "Yeah, sorry about the title, I went back and forth on it. "Alotta Individuals" is a much better title. If the mods want to change it, I'm fine with it." The title has been changed.

OP, please send us an email to let us know what the URL should be and we'll open this back up.

Lemkin, your comments are contributing to a huge derail of the thread and your comments are accumulating a great number of flags. Please take a break from the thread now, thanks.

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Typo in the title? Possibly meant "Romania has thousands more brown bears..." ? Yup, fixed!

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They sucked his brains out!: "I hope the mainstream media takes a few more rubber bullets as memorable souvenirs for the immense damage they have wrought upon democracies worldwide." This comment was removed for advocating violence, which the Content Policy, responses left up. Do not advocate for shooting anyone, please leave that out of any discussion on MetaFilter.

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sickos haha yes dot jpg: "why do you keep posting AI stuff when it’s a clear source of conflict that people could use a break from" reedbird_hill: "why do you keep posting AI stuff when it’s a clear source of conflict that people could use a break from I mean, I enjoy some of these posts, but it’s kind of becoming Lemkin’s blog?" Lemkin: " I mean, I enjoy some of these posts, but it’s kind of becoming Lemkin’s blog? I’ll run the next one by you first to see if it’s one of the kind you like. In the meantime, you can make more posts of your own, do a MetaTalk callout, or - thinking outside the box - FIAMO." Just noting and removing these derailing comments. Criticism of a post's topic is fine, but please be constructive in the criticism or disagreement of a post's topic.

BCMagee: "I just hope Trump never gets lured onto one of these, and if so that it doesn't ply a route through shark-rich waters, and if so that the ferry doesn't spring a small, non-buoyancy-threatening leak near the battery compartment. Because goodness knows what Trump might do. Sorry that was a typo. I'm ambivalent-to-curious about the outcome of such a happenstance." This comment has been removed as President Trump has noting to do with this Australian story, so let's leave him out of the discussion, thanks!

More comments removed that want to talk about about the poster or people responding to the poster. Please just focus on the subject of the post, not people commenting, thanks.

Lemkin: "This is incredibly interesting. However, it involves the use of LLMs. So I’m afraid I must call for you to be launched into the Sun. Nothing personal." HearHere: "A thesaurus might tell you that “sprint” relates to “dash” and “run,” but it won’t show you how it connects to “athlete,” “track,” “competition,” or “speed” — 🏃🏻" Both of these comments have been removed. Lemkin and HearHere please focus your comments on engaging with the subject of the post and avoid derailing the subject, thanks.

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sickos haha yes dot jpg: "why do you keep posting AI stuff when it’s a clear source of conflict that people could use a break from " Hi all, couple of things about all this. 1. Please don't derail a post by making a post about the poster. There's a subject of every thread and a basic principle of the site is that you talk about the subject, not the poster. Just move on from the post about a subject you don't like or preferably create a post about something you do enjoy talking about. 2. Lemkin, you're coming off as hostile in terms of repeatedly posting about a subject you know that upsets people. I'm not saying to stop about posting about AI, at least not at this point. But as someone who posts a lot (which is fine), you need to be aware that this is a community site and be mindful of bringing up subjects that anger parts of the community. No comments have been deleted, but it's time for people to move on and stop derailing this post. If the derailing continues, we make start removing comments and if that doesn't help the situation, may be forced to issue time outs.

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egypturnash: "I just assume anything that opens with an AI image is also AI-spawned text, and thus not worth my time to read." Comment removed. It's fine if you don't like a particular post, but there's no need to come into the post and tell us you don't like it.

BlackLeotardFront: "Oops - minor typographical error results in a lost space between late and Emahoy in the first sentence. Could a mod add that and delete this? Thank you!!!" Done!

Jessica Savitch's Coke Spoon: "Is he still dressing like a midget gangster?" Hey just a heads up that using the term 'midget' is considered offensive, so we advise people to use 'little people' instead. Yes, that may not have the same bite in conversation, but that's the point.

inflatablekiwi: "Yeah....I messed it up in 2 places in the post. I've contacted the mods to change it...." No worries, fixed the two instances!

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Alright, a few comments derailing the thread have been deleted. If you've been going back and forth with other users in this thread, please take a break.

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Hey, this thread is about Taylor Swift, so let's not divert that topic into opinions about Star Wars, thanks. No comments have been removed.