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Goin' Where the Water Tastes Like Wine

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Published: November 12, 2024 09:28

What's inside the box? Pain. What's inside this week's Free Thread? Your happy place. Come tell us about it, if you feel so inclined.

Refugia

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Published: November 11, 2024 08:54

Not from the edges ... rather from small pockets of good work: duien posted an excellent and quite useful quote from Kathleen Dean Moore in the Signs of Hope Ask Metafilter post. In fact saving and sharing this quote is probably one small significant…

Flagged As Fantastic

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Published: November 10, 2024 09:06

Brook Horse on successful compassionate communication with (literally) delusional people, and lessons about how the approach can work with people swamped with dis- and mis-information.

Cracking Jokes

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Published: November 9, 2024 16:15

Gorgik had a question about a joke Tina Fey made and peppercorn slid into Ask MetaFilter to give a fuller context to the answer, thank you!

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Published: November 9, 2024 09:17

As of November 1, 2024 ... the Metafilter Community Foundation exists as an officially registered Delaware nonprofit non-stock corporation.. Yay! In Metatalk, 1adam12 has a Quick Nonprofit Update from the Interim Board.

... the Laws Of Nature and Of Nature's God

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Published: November 9, 2024 08:50

video screenshot via abc.net.auRecently besieged by dry weather and Crazy Ants, Christmas Island's Red Crabs are Back, baby. Chariot pulled by cassowaries has posted about their 100 million march to the ocean (and incidental occupation of roads, school…

Lounging Like A Boss

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Published: November 8, 2024 15:55

Looking for loungewear? Over in Ask MetaFilter,  phunniemee is seeking suggestions, so if you have any or want see what's been recommended, come on over!

Wigging Out

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Published: November 7, 2024 13:05

Would you like another distraction from *waves around* all this? Sweet, come check out lucidium's post about a wig making game. Yeah, you heard that right, come try it!

Yeah, Let's Get Lost In Some Fiction Today

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Published: November 6, 2024 14:15

Photo by Bart Everson, via Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/editor/)Today is a very good day to dig into a few fantasy stories about strangers joining forces to save each other, so come check out brainwane's latest links to several awesome stories!

It's Here

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Published: November 5, 2024 11:41

Rhaomi has made a great, in-depth US election day megapost, The Most Important Election of Our Lifetimes.

How To Be Puzzled

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Published: November 5, 2024 10:52

The New York Times Building photo by Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA - New York Times Building - Bottom PortionThe NYT Tech Guild is on strike, which means NYT Games (and Cooking) are behind the picket line. But never fear! Mefites needing their puzzle…