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Ask MeFi: Systems vs. Solves

Published: January 15, 2026 18:31

What are one-time solves you have set up in your life that basically don't require ongoing maintenance?Recently, I organized our medicine cabinet by alphabetical bins. And it's helpful, but I still have to remember to actually put the medications back…

MeFi: Wikipedia at 25: A Wake-Up Call

Published: January 15, 2026 16:22

Wikipedia is 25 years old - this is a great summary of the state of its user community I am an editor for The Signpost, which is Wikipedia's community newspaper. I think this story is of general interest to anyone who follows Internet culture. I did not…

Ask MeFi: Speculative fiction with philosophy you can get behind?

Published: January 15, 2026 02:08

Most of my favorite stories are science fiction or fantasy with complex world-building that say something profound about human nature, life and death. I'm realizing just how much my world view has been shaped by these. Looking for more of the same!Notes:-…

MeFi: "Just coffee, black."

Published: January 14, 2026 23:39

Making the rounds on TikTok (@jasonkpargin, 2½ minutes) and Bluesky (repost by Brian Hughes) is an insightful short video about a boomer meme, "Just coffee, black," that explains why some older folks get upset at innocent things.The original image has been…

MeFi: The Winganon Space Capsule

Published: January 14, 2026 20:14

[Atlas Obscura] [Wikipedia] In 1959, a cement mixer with a full load of cement wrecked near Winganon, Oklahoma. By the time a tow truck came to haul it away, all of cement had hardened inside of mixer. The tow truck was not able to remove all wreckage at…

MeFi: Hacktivist deletes white supremacist websites live onstage

Published: January 14, 2026 16:29

"Imagine calling yourselves the 'master race' but forgetting to secure your own website — maybe try mastering to host WordPress before world domination." Hacktivist Martha Root scraped and then deleted WhiteDate, WhiteChild, and WhiteDeal in real time at…

MeFi: the centre(-right) cannot hold

Published: January 14, 2026 08:34

Embracing the Radical Right Is Killing Conservatism as We Knew It - "Mainstream center-right parties in the US and Europe have chased populist voters — only to lose economic credibility and fracture their winning coalitions."The most important global…

MeFi: The economic ouroboros goes round and round

Published: January 12, 2026 19:02

The Enshittifinancial Crisis (wheresyoured.at) A very long and detailed look at the current state of the fusion of the tech and financial worlds, by Edward Zitron, previously: "The Rot Economy." Featuring enshittification, AI, the metaverse, venture…

MeFi: vehement loathing of the left

Published: January 12, 2026 18:15

'I want to examine the inherent enmity between socialism and fascism, where it comes from, and why. Obviously, I don't mean to suggest that socialists are the only, or even the primary victims of fascist evil: millions of queer, disabled, Jewish, Roma, and…

MeFi: The world's first Marx Brothers hotel sim

Published: January 11, 2026 21:34

A free short game where you run a hotel under the auspices of the Groucho Marx-esque Mr. Hammer. If you don't like this game, you can leave in a taxi. If you can't afford a taxi, you can leave in a huff. If that's too soon, you can leave in a minute and a…

MeFi: "a lot of nuance and profanity"

Published: January 10, 2026 21:18

Princess Weekes is a video essayist who looks at pop culture through a lens of race, queerness and feminism, bringing together deep geekery and academic knowledge, with humor and passion. Here are some of her videos that I have gotten a lot out of: You…

MeFi: Want to Stop ICE? Go After Its Corporate Collaborators

Published: January 10, 2026 06:51

ICE can't function without help from the private sector. There are many well-known ICE-fighting tactics that we can and should use, like protests, know-your-rights trainings, and neighborhood watches. But also, we can target businesses that work with ICE.…

MeFi: This will be the last entry for a while

Published: January 9, 2026 08:02

Somewhat to my surprise, I decided to keep a journal of my hundredth year. I've started journals before, at various points in my life, but the urge never lasted more than a few months. This time, I have a motive. Since 1958, I have been writing for The New…

MeFi: Death to the dictator, death to Khamenei

Published: January 8, 2026 21:59

Major Iranian protests continue. Out of a worsening economy, a severe drought, and foreign policy defeats have come major protests across Iranian cities. For weeks Iranians have taken to the streets, university students among them. The government,…

MeFi: ALS cluster linked to false morel mushrooms

Published: January 8, 2026 02:42

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the muscle wasting disease of ice bucket challenge fame, is sometimes genetic, sometimes sporadic, but sometimes pops up in clusters. One such cluster in a little skiing village in France unnerved the local GP - and was…

MeFi: A viral Reddit post that turned out to be a deepfake

Published: January 7, 2026 05:47

On Reddit's r/confessions, a software developer working for a food-delivery company wrote a post blowing the whistle on unethical practices: charging for premium delivery by slowing down standard orders, and giving low-income orders to more desperate…