MetaTalk

Hi all, this is a message from MetaFilter’s BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) board. In the interest of highlighting and growing the global perspective here on our little corner of the web, we want to encourage BIPOC members to post a bit more to the site. So we’re going to use this second week of November to encourage members who don’t consider themselves Western world natives (Diasporic BIPOC welcome here) to make a post or two about their culture. [more inside]
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 4:10 PM - 0 comments

For those able to do so, donating or fundraising for charities seems like a good idea, especially with the holidays coming up. For USAmericans, this has the dual function of denying your tax $$ to the incoming government and helping the people that government wishes to harm. I thought it might be nice to crowdsource a thread of charities which do useful work for the communities under threat. Below are a few to start us off: [more inside]
posted by Pallas Athena at 1:26 PM - 15 comments

As of November 1, 2024 (it took some time for the notice to arrive), the Metafilter Community Foundation exists as an officially registered Delaware nonprofit non-stock corporation.

What this means:
1. We can now get an EIN, apply for a bank account, and apply to the IRS for not-for-profit designation.
2. The interim board of directors can get to work. We will have to adopt bylaws, approve (with community input) a policy and procedures manual, obtain insurance, and transfer the existing LLC and its assets into the new entity, among many other tasks.

We have a lot of work ahead. [more inside]
posted by 1adam12 at 12:20 PM - 37 comments

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 at 11:19 AM - 63 comments

It's the 8th MeFi Holiday Card Exchange! [more inside]
posted by needlegrrl at 3:31 PM - 38 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 at 8:53 AM - 25 comments

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 at 12:09 AM - 44 comments

Hi there!

Welcome to this month’s Site Update!

You can find the last update here.
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posted by loup at 1:49 PM - 216 comments

A few updates about the MetaFilter Community Foundation [more inside]
posted by Gorgik at 8:56 AM - 45 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 at 1:50 PM - 15 comments