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ooooo​ooooooo​oooooo​oooooooo​oooooo​ooooooo​ooooooo​oooooo​ooooo​ooooo​oooooo​oooooo​ooooooo​oooooo​oooooo​oooooo​oooooo​ooooooo​oooooo!!!! This week's Metatalktails brought to you by Janelle Monáe. 🥂
posted by taz at 4:43 AM - 40 comments

Hello! It’s been quite a week - our team has been mostly devoted to election-related preparation, including making sure shifts were double-covered so everyone could take reasonable breaks and not burn out too hard. Consequently, this is a short update! Thank you, everyone, for working with us in keeping the site as safe and sane as possible during this stressful time. [more inside]
posted by restless_nomad at 11:27 AM - 0 comments

The MeFi Holiday Card Exchange sign up is live! It will be open from today until Thursday, 11/19, and lists will go out by Monday, 11/23. (likely in batches) [more inside]
posted by needlegrrl at 2:31 AM - 52 comments

Need a reprieve from Election Day chaos? Please come on in to the Break Room. Stay as long as you want. [more inside]
posted by Kitchen Witch at 7:27 AM - 184 comments

this year has been and continues to be bad! I invite you to invest a little time in your home and mental wellbeing by participating in this November challenge. From the NaClYoHoMo manifesto: But before you start feeling stressed about the idea of cleaning your home, let's be clear: the goal of NaClYoHo is not actually to end up with a clean home. The goal of NaClYoHo is to spend time each day addressing something you’d like to change about your living space. [more inside]
posted by snerson at 11:16 PM - 79 comments

The US election was November 3rd. It’s a tense, fraught time, and we want to help everyone have the healthiest and safest time possible. (We're updating this post with a link to the current thread) [more inside]
posted by restless_nomad at 10:15 AM - 78 comments

Have you voted yet? Are you making calls, texting or donating? Got any interesting stories to share? [more inside]
posted by NotLost at 7:17 PM - 114 comments

Halloween tidings to you, Mefites! Lovely Mefite too bad you're not me asks for everyone to share their "Halloween-y things (costumes, jack-o-lanterns, etc)"; what have you got for us, let's hear it!
posted by LobsterMitten at 11:43 AM - 46 comments

MST Club is planning a marathon of Mystery Science Theater 3000 episodes, shorts and other fun things on November 3 that I'm calling... ELECTRON DAY! It will be in our usual video share room for MeFi members and anyone else to watch! AND Halloween we're doing an impromptu selection of spoo[k|p]y things in that same room! Click through for the deets-- [more inside]
posted by JHarris at 6:54 PM - 15 comments

Let's talk holiday card exchange planning! I'd love to do the card exchange again this year. A couple of questions on timing and specifics - [more inside]
posted by needlegrrl at 3:50 AM - 46 comments