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Do you respond differently to an Ask from the Anonymous account versus a sock puppet account? [more inside]
posted by cursed at 3:07 PM - 48 comments

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posted by loup at 11:28 AM - 15 comments

"I believe the story’s detractors were hurt by the title or some of the content or the very idea of the story. I believe they truly feel that trans stories should only be written by trans people and that Fall should have had to out herself before publishing. I believe they believe — still — that they did the right thing. They still destroyed a woman’s life." Emily Van Der Werff writes about the helicopter story, and what came after it. I'm going to suggest this thread as a space for gentle, respectful meditation on what caused this tragedy, potentially including the role that Metafilter played in that. [more inside]
posted by Acheman at 10:45 AM - 46 comments

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 at 12:34 PM - 40 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 at 5:50 PM - 12 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 at 8:22 PM - 92 comments

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posted by loup at 1:44 PM - 40 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 at 11:03 AM - 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 at 9:45 PM - 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 at 5:13 PM - 107 comments