July Best Post Contest! Midmonth Awards July 9, 2017 7:33 PM Subscribe
Herein, find weekly awards and recognitions! See categories here.
bated breath
posted by ocherdraco at 7:43 PM on July 9, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by ocherdraco at 7:43 PM on July 9, 2017 [1 favorite]
Our illustrious first-time July posters for July 1-9 (stretching the definition of week, I know):
panic (who's been a member since 2007 and is clearly playing the long game!), with "what a relief to have nothing to say, the right to say nothing" about a talk by artist Jenny Odell at the EYEO festival.
Midnight Skulker, with "Three decades of News of the Weird is enough," honoring the sign-off of NotW.
blithers, with "The Rec Center," about a weekly fanfic newsletter.
rangefinder 1.4, with "Birdhouse in Her Soul," about an artist who makes tiny houses ... for birds.
nothing.especially.clever wants you to know that "Being smugly witty is probably not that helpful," for all those liberals bringing knives to gunfights.
karlshea (who joined in 2004!!!) discovered that "The Guardian's Readers' Editor is finally back from vacation," which is a good thing since it sounds like they've been fucking some shit up.
More coming and I have learned an important lesson to pre-prep all my award posts in a separate window before posting the thread, you smart-asses!
posted by Eyebrows McGee (staff) at 7:47 PM on July 9, 2017 [7 favorites]
panic (who's been a member since 2007 and is clearly playing the long game!), with "what a relief to have nothing to say, the right to say nothing" about a talk by artist Jenny Odell at the EYEO festival.
Midnight Skulker, with "Three decades of News of the Weird is enough," honoring the sign-off of NotW.
blithers, with "The Rec Center," about a weekly fanfic newsletter.
rangefinder 1.4, with "Birdhouse in Her Soul," about an artist who makes tiny houses ... for birds.
nothing.especially.clever wants you to know that "Being smugly witty is probably not that helpful," for all those liberals bringing knives to gunfights.
karlshea (who joined in 2004!!!) discovered that "The Guardian's Readers' Editor is finally back from vacation," which is a good thing since it sounds like they've been fucking some shit up.
More coming and I have learned an important lesson to pre-prep all my award posts in a separate window before posting the thread, you smart-asses!
posted by Eyebrows McGee (staff) at 7:47 PM on July 9, 2017 [7 favorites]
Second Time Posters who dove into the pool once and decided they might as well do it again are:
daybeforetheday, sharing the fantastic news that Germany passes marriage equality
current resident lets us know that Photobucket asks us to Please Update Your Account To Enable 3rd Party Hosting
dayintoday tells us about United Biscuits Network. The sound of '70s cookie baking., which taught us both about biscuit-making music and that compressssssssed air can kill!
Big ups to all First- and Second-Time Posters!
posted by Eyebrows McGee (staff) at 7:53 PM on July 9, 2017 [8 favorites]
daybeforetheday, sharing the fantastic news that Germany passes marriage equality
current resident lets us know that Photobucket asks us to Please Update Your Account To Enable 3rd Party Hosting
dayintoday tells us about United Biscuits Network. The sound of '70s cookie baking., which taught us both about biscuit-making music and that compressssssssed air can kill!
Big ups to all First- and Second-Time Posters!
posted by Eyebrows McGee (staff) at 7:53 PM on July 9, 2017 [8 favorites]
Our Weekly Best Post for July 1-9, as determined by member fantastic flags, was:
The House of Lee, a post about the current political situation in Singapore, by destrius. The somewhat unusual fairy tale framing led to some questions and a hella interesting MetaTalk, where destrius talked about some of their editorial choices and their resonance in Singaporean culture.
Runner up:
Birdhouse in Her Soul, by first-time poster rangefinder 1.4, about an artist who began making interesting tiny bird feeders so her photos would have more interesting backdrops.
Thanks everyone who participated and keep those great posts, firsts posts, and second posts coming for the rest of July! (Come on, first-posters, you can move into the second post category!)
posted by Eyebrows McGee (staff) at 7:59 PM on July 9, 2017 [7 favorites]
The House of Lee, a post about the current political situation in Singapore, by destrius. The somewhat unusual fairy tale framing led to some questions and a hella interesting MetaTalk, where destrius talked about some of their editorial choices and their resonance in Singaporean culture.
Runner up:
Birdhouse in Her Soul, by first-time poster rangefinder 1.4, about an artist who began making interesting tiny bird feeders so her photos would have more interesting backdrops.
Thanks everyone who participated and keep those great posts, firsts posts, and second posts coming for the rest of July! (Come on, first-posters, you can move into the second post category!)
posted by Eyebrows McGee (staff) at 7:59 PM on July 9, 2017 [7 favorites]
Remember that in addition to weekly best-post awards (voted by members!), we'll have a month-long award for member votes; weekly recognition for first- and second-time posters (and a month-long award); and month-long awards in specific topical categories as determined by mods and members. Also hippybear is giving out some weekly awards! You can read all about all the awards here.
posted by Eyebrows McGee (staff) at 8:03 PM on July 9, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by Eyebrows McGee (staff) at 8:03 PM on July 9, 2017 [2 favorites]
Congrats to all the winners for the first week. Huzzah for making MetaFilter a more interesting place.
posted by Fizz at 9:18 PM on July 9, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by Fizz at 9:18 PM on July 9, 2017 [2 favorites]
Some damn fine posts here, Diane.
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 10:43 PM on July 9, 2017 [4 favorites]
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 10:43 PM on July 9, 2017 [4 favorites]
Hurray!
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 6:46 AM on July 10, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 6:46 AM on July 10, 2017 [1 favorite]
Awesome!
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 3:03 PM on July 10, 2017
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 3:03 PM on July 10, 2017
New categories continuously added, so please check that category list if you haven't done so in a while. (Disclaimer: am quietly hoping MeFites rise magnificently to the challenge and we see at least a lovely pair of Carry On MetaFilter posts in July)
posted by Wordshore at 5:55 PM on July 10, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by Wordshore at 5:55 PM on July 10, 2017 [1 favorite]
Catching up on MetaTalk and wow, are you serious? This is such a cool surprise, thanks! I thought the birdhouses would have already been covered on MeFi, so I'm lucky I had such a neat subject for my first post. Congrats, destrius, and all the first- and second-time posters!
Kudos to everyone making such wonderful posts, offering awards, and commenting and voting. Thanks to the mods for being awesome (and to restless_nomad and goodnewsfortheinsane for the help and reassurance -- the mods really mean it when they say they will review a post if you ask them!), and a special thanks to Eyebrows McGee for spearheading and organizing and tabulating the contest.
I have a few more ideas, but I'm not sure if I'll be able to make another post this month. In any case I really missed the contest in December (and I totally understand why there wasn't one; I probably wouldn't have been able to participate much anyway), so it's nice to be able to see all the enthusiasm and great posts and categories so far this month.
posted by rangefinder 1.4 at 11:37 PM on July 10, 2017 [3 favorites]
Kudos to everyone making such wonderful posts, offering awards, and commenting and voting. Thanks to the mods for being awesome (and to restless_nomad and goodnewsfortheinsane for the help and reassurance -- the mods really mean it when they say they will review a post if you ask them!), and a special thanks to Eyebrows McGee for spearheading and organizing and tabulating the contest.
I have a few more ideas, but I'm not sure if I'll be able to make another post this month. In any case I really missed the contest in December (and I totally understand why there wasn't one; I probably wouldn't have been able to participate much anyway), so it's nice to be able to see all the enthusiasm and great posts and categories so far this month.
posted by rangefinder 1.4 at 11:37 PM on July 10, 2017 [3 favorites]
I flagged the post by destrius as fantastic, and I'm glad that other people did, too! I voted before the MeTa, but that was a double whammy of excellence. I've never seen a call out go so well, and the original post was, well, fantastic.
posted by Ruki at 1:49 PM on July 12, 2017
posted by Ruki at 1:49 PM on July 12, 2017
Thanks guys! I'm really honoured. :)
posted by destrius at 6:53 PM on July 12, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by destrius at 6:53 PM on July 12, 2017 [2 favorites]
(Awards from me in the a.m., it's been a busy evening, there was Game of Thrones to watch, and I am tired!)
posted by Eyebrows McGee (staff) at 10:54 PM on July 16, 2017
posted by Eyebrows McGee (staff) at 10:54 PM on July 16, 2017
Our Weekly Best Post for July 10-16, as determined by member fantastic flags, was:
“...E3 displayed refreshing palette of kinky, coily, textured hair.” by Fizz, about the portrayal and rendering of black characters in video games and progress in the industry.
Runner up:
History Meets Technology in Shipwreck Alley, by mandolin conspiracy, about the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary in Lake Huron, and its dozens and dozens of wrecks.
First-Time Posters:
snakeling offered us an obituary on Simone Veil.
landunderwave introduced us to the hilarious webseries The Gay and Wondrous Life of Caleb Gallo.
hapaxes.legomenon brought some terrifying advances in virology to our attention.
busted_crayons eulogized Fields Medal winner Maryam Mirzakhani.
Second-Time Posters:
informavore looks at the blockbuster climate change piece from David Wallace-Wells.
ferret branca noticed some unusual baggage handling in Australia.
ourobouros (who waited ten years to make a second post!) wants us all to bloopdance!
queen anne's remorse found the best place to get fried chicken in Ohio, where eating good also does good!
Thanks everyone who participated and keep those great posts, firsts posts, and second posts coming for the rest of July!
posted by Eyebrows McGee (staff) at 5:28 AM on July 17, 2017 [3 favorites]
“...E3 displayed refreshing palette of kinky, coily, textured hair.” by Fizz, about the portrayal and rendering of black characters in video games and progress in the industry.
Runner up:
History Meets Technology in Shipwreck Alley, by mandolin conspiracy, about the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary in Lake Huron, and its dozens and dozens of wrecks.
First-Time Posters:
snakeling offered us an obituary on Simone Veil.
landunderwave introduced us to the hilarious webseries The Gay and Wondrous Life of Caleb Gallo.
hapaxes.legomenon brought some terrifying advances in virology to our attention.
busted_crayons eulogized Fields Medal winner Maryam Mirzakhani.
Second-Time Posters:
informavore looks at the blockbuster climate change piece from David Wallace-Wells.
ferret branca noticed some unusual baggage handling in Australia.
ourobouros (who waited ten years to make a second post!) wants us all to bloopdance!
queen anne's remorse found the best place to get fried chicken in Ohio, where eating good also does good!
Thanks everyone who participated and keep those great posts, firsts posts, and second posts coming for the rest of July!
posted by Eyebrows McGee (staff) at 5:28 AM on July 17, 2017 [3 favorites]
Congratulations, Multicellular Exothermic!
Yayyyyyy!!!
“...E3 displayed refreshing palette of kinky, coily, textured hair.” by Fizz, about the portrayal and rendering of black characters in video games and progress in the industry.
Woo hoo!!!
And we all have mandolin conspiracy to thank for getting the word "penis" on the front page again
*nods sagely*
My work here is done.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 9:59 AM on July 17, 2017 [2 favorites]
Yayyyyyy!!!
“...E3 displayed refreshing palette of kinky, coily, textured hair.” by Fizz, about the portrayal and rendering of black characters in video games and progress in the industry.
Woo hoo!!!
And we all have mandolin conspiracy to thank for getting the word "penis" on the front page again
*nods sagely*
My work here is done.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 9:59 AM on July 17, 2017 [2 favorites]
I continue to be super impressed by all the great posts this month. Kudos all around!
Also if you haven't looked at today's post about the giant atlas by mandolin conspiracy, do yourself a favor and jump over there and just click either of the first links.
posted by LobsterMitten (staff) at 1:27 PM on July 17, 2017
Also if you haven't looked at today's post about the giant atlas by mandolin conspiracy, do yourself a favor and jump over there and just click either of the first links.
posted by LobsterMitten (staff) at 1:27 PM on July 17, 2017
Oh wow, thanks for selecting my post. I've been having lots of fun with my month of only video-game posts, and its nice that others are enjoying the conversation. Cheers. :)
posted by Fizz at 1:56 PM on July 19, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by Fizz at 1:56 PM on July 19, 2017 [1 favorite]
Rather late to discover I've been called out. thank you HippyBear!
Dare I continue to participate and hit my 500th FPP? Or stretch it out to coordinate with my 10,000th comment?
Yas, I am old.
Ps. Cheers to destrius!
posted by infini at 9:44 AM on July 20, 2017 [1 favorite]
Dare I continue to participate and hit my 500th FPP? Or stretch it out to coordinate with my 10,000th comment?
Yas, I am old.
Ps. Cheers to destrius!
posted by infini at 9:44 AM on July 20, 2017 [1 favorite]
Oh my gosh! Thank you!
posted by hapaxes.legomenon at 10:43 PM on July 21, 2017
posted by hapaxes.legomenon at 10:43 PM on July 21, 2017
What a fantastic collection, hippybear - can we sidebar all of hippybear's NottheUS selections to counterbalance the politics? ;p
posted by infini at 2:30 AM on July 22, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by infini at 2:30 AM on July 22, 2017 [1 favorite]
Thank you!
I'm enjoying a lot of July FPPs. It's been a good month. Thanks to everyone who's been posting and sponsoring prizes.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 8:49 AM on July 22, 2017
I'm enjoying a lot of July FPPs. It's been a good month. Thanks to everyone who's been posting and sponsoring prizes.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 8:49 AM on July 22, 2017
Some really good posts on the site this last month. There's so much awesome in the world. Have to keep reminding ourselves of that.
You're awesome and you deserve awesome things.
posted by Fizz at 8:05 AM on July 23, 2017 [1 favorite]
You're awesome and you deserve awesome things.
posted by Fizz at 8:05 AM on July 23, 2017 [1 favorite]
Third week!
Best Post of the week (by fantastic flags) was Why Women Pretended to Be Creepy Rocks and Trees in NYC Parks During WWI (spoiler: camouflage artists), by twilightlost
Runner up: How Checkers Was Solved by Horace Rumpole
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Our Fine First-Time Posters:
twilightlost's best post of the week above was a very first post, so extra good show!
KTamas also made a first post, about the untimely death of Chester Bennington of Linkin Park.
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Splendid Second-Time Posters:
dysh shared A Modest Proposal for valuing emotional labor
hanov3r let us know all the things Euron Greyjoy looks like since he got his Johnny Depp makeover. Ship Truther 4 Lyfe
posted by Eyebrows McGee (staff) at 10:42 PM on July 23, 2017
Best Post of the week (by fantastic flags) was Why Women Pretended to Be Creepy Rocks and Trees in NYC Parks During WWI (spoiler: camouflage artists), by twilightlost
Runner up: How Checkers Was Solved by Horace Rumpole
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Our Fine First-Time Posters:
twilightlost's best post of the week above was a very first post, so extra good show!
KTamas also made a first post, about the untimely death of Chester Bennington of Linkin Park.
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Splendid Second-Time Posters:
dysh shared A Modest Proposal for valuing emotional labor
hanov3r let us know all the things Euron Greyjoy looks like since he got his Johnny Depp makeover. Ship Truther 4 Lyfe
posted by Eyebrows McGee (staff) at 10:42 PM on July 23, 2017
Reminder that the fourth "week" runs through Monday, July 31. I'll make a new end-of-month post with all the month-long winners, and everyone who made categories can post their category winners there.
posted by Eyebrows McGee (staff) at 10:48 PM on July 23, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by Eyebrows McGee (staff) at 10:48 PM on July 23, 2017 [2 favorites]
nthing twilightlost's post, I had no idea it was their first FPP
posted by infini at 4:38 AM on July 24, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by infini at 4:38 AM on July 24, 2017 [1 favorite]
Pony request: I want to be able to favorite people's usernames
posted by aubilenon at 7:58 PM on July 25, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by aubilenon at 7:58 PM on July 25, 2017 [1 favorite]
kmt's Albania post is fantastic!
And twilightlost's The Thing in the Woods post was great... and had someone identify said thing in the very first comment!
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 12:45 PM on July 30, 2017
And twilightlost's The Thing in the Woods post was great... and had someone identify said thing in the very first comment!
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 12:45 PM on July 30, 2017
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posted by Eyebrows McGee (staff) at 7:38 PM on July 9, 2017