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Now it really feels like a happy new year, doesn’t it? It’s been an intense couple of weeks around here and we appreciate everyone hanging in there. Onward and upward! [more inside]
posted by restless_nomad at 10:50 AM - 0 comments

Celebration thread for the end of the previous Administration and roughly 10,000 years since a certain individual entered national politics.
posted by nicoffeine at 6:50 AM - 345 comments

Did you know that Metafilter is one of Kiva's biggest-ever lenders? Here's a team update, and a call for you to help the team lend even more. [more inside]
posted by mynameisluka at 4:07 PM - 13 comments

There was a (fairly recent I think?) question on AskMe from a person who was trying to help their son get better at writing coherently for school assignments and provided an example of the son's recent writing as an example. My partner's son is now experiencing a similar problem (distance learning is not helping, thanks pandemic) and I would like to find that question since I remember a few educators popped up in the answers with good advice. Thanks.
posted by nayantara at 1:32 PM - 2 comments

I thought it was in this Ask, but it isn't. Very recently someone referenced a series of books in the political/thriller/spy/something genre, and said "and volume 6 has just been released on Kindle" or similar. I need a good book series and for the life of me I can't find this comment. Help, please? Thanks!
posted by cyndigo at 1:53 PM - 3 comments

More than usual, people are interacting via the post office, various delivery services, and sometimes becoming their own delivery services. I'd like to talk about the mail (since postal trivia is one of my nerdy interests). Tell me a story about the mail, or delivery of some kind, past, present, or future. [more inside]
posted by jessamyn at 4:47 PM - 61 comments

It's that dreary time of year that requires extra love and love related puns to get through. Come exchange some Valentines! [more inside]
posted by the primroses were over at 4:10 PM - 19 comments

I can't remember which colour board it was on, but there was a post/comment outlining two complementary attitudes/behaviours that were expected by bosses and enacted in the workplace by employees who were seen to be playing the game right. They were about performing what is asked without quibble. [more inside]
posted by Thella at 1:20 AM - 2 comments

A few months ago on the Blue (I think), someone posted a comment with link to either an article or a social media post about how a particular bar owner kept his place clean of Proud Boys, Nazi sympathizers, etc. Can someone help me find it? [more inside]
posted by holborne at 2:03 PM - 6 comments

We're starting the numbering over because it's not 2020 anymore! No, really, it's not. Seriously. Anyway, happy New Year! [more inside]
posted by restless_nomad at 1:05 PM - 0 comments