- Authorities won’t consider new theft reports in ‘North Pond Hermit’ case
- ‘North Pond Hermit’ encampment dismantled
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Hey this is neat news, maybe just make a MeFi post about it. I think it's definitely a big enough deal that it's worth a real MeFi post. [
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To tell someone that their comment is being deleted because it is 'political' is odd because we talk politics all the time on MeFi.
What I said in the MeFi thread after deleting the comment was was "Time and place folks, time and... [
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For users who can't install fonts on their devices, could MetaFilter maybe @font-face OpenDyslexic so people could choose it even without having downloaded the font?
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Absolutely random thing: there was an emu egg in the fridge today at work. [
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my other work, MeFi does not have a communal fridge THAT I KNOW OF [
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I heard a version of this rant when he did it on his podcast a while back. I think Marc is great but maybe needs better anti-anxiety meds. And I am a huge fan of handlebar mustaches, and Rollie Fingers.... [
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[Don't argue, helpful constructive answers please.] [
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Thanks for this. I have a summer place that is basically another Lyme Disease Central place on the south cost of Massachusetts and tick checks have become part of my routine. The most important piece of information that I got about Lyme, which has... [
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If you don't mind an initial schlep you might enjoy a place like Quoddy Head Station. It's in Lubec and you can scoot out to Campobello Island (Canada!) which has great hiking/biking and neat history. The rates aren't the cheapest but when I was... [
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What a neat resource, I hadn't known about this. But yes gnfti is right, without jailbreaking your ipad there isn't a way to do any custom font installations there. Here's a short forum discussion about how you could alter your fonts if you did... [
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I actually answered a question at the reference desk of a college library about fisting. It was pretty clear from the look on the face of the undergrad guy who asked the question that he had literally had NO idea what it was before asking about it. I... [
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The mantle of Feminism was taken over by radical feminists some time ago and they sullied its name, much as Stalin and people like him eternally damned Communism's name. These people aren't for equality, they are for female dominance and blaming... [
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2 weeks ago
Do you have a process to handle this so that you notice such things? Jessamyn's statement seems to imply that you do, but I just want to confirm that I'm understanding this correctly.
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You guys should have started using FOSS software ten years ago. By now it would have grown to meet your need
Really? GIMP would have done that? I've been using GIMP again a lot lately (since my ancient version of PSE won't run on Mountain... [
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I am so sorry for your sudden loss. My father died rather suddenly last year and while these things are never easy, there's an "I am not ready for this shit" aspect that can make them seem even less so.
What do I need to be doing to... [
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All of this being said, I am submitting a Meta Talk question as I'd like to know what I could have done differently
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Pretty much everyone gets a Brand New Day option, but part of the deal is you can't do the thing that got you banned anymore. We-as-mods have some leeway about that, but since we maintain that this is mostly about the behavior and not the person,... [
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Unlike mice, my experience with squirrels has been that they don't really try to get into the house as much. If you had a skylight in the kitchen over some plate of acorns, maybe, but while they love to screw up an attic or muck about in the eaves,... [
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I don’t know Marc Maron, but I had marked his podcast to listen to. I think I’ll go ahead and delete those now.
Yeah if you are interested in the people he interviews, it's worth sitting through his opening 15 minutes of angst. It's weird,... [
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I have made you a greasemonkey script. You can replace the word with whatever you'd like. [
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how if she considers herself mature enough to have sex she needs to be mature enough to get through that.
As much as I think you guys had a great conversation and I'm happy for you that you are happy for this, I'd separate the... [
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2 weeks ago
I'm calling this ever more common usage out as racist orthography.
Just making sure you know where it came from? [
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I couldn't tell you where Levis are found today
I buy tons of Levis from thrift shops until I find a pair that fits and then I try to corner the market on them on Ebay. Works decently and cheaply. Around here most of the guys wear... [
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Now I feel like I owe everyone an apology -- I totally did not realize this.
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follow-up from the OP First of all I would like to start out by saying that I am not homophobic and the unethical behavior I was referring to was his cheating on and lying to his wife and using company time and resources to plan his encounters. He... [
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The obvious and immediate reason to take down a post with a broken link is because it's not functioning as a post which was why we removed it. You MeMailed me and asked if adding a few more links would help. My exact MeMail is posted below.
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There's a good reason for this. They, like most software companies, are probably quite appreciative of useful bug reports from users. The thing is that most user but reports are horrendously awful.
Absolutely. At the same time, you can... [
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moderators coming right out and admitting the comment was deleted because the poster had given them a hard time in the past, rather than a real problem with the comment.
Just to be super clear: that is not what we said and that is not... [
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I have bad days and occasionally terrible days, so I assume people are like me: mostly decent and sometimes stretched a little thin. I also think a lot about this zen story. Sort of light to the point of platitude almost , but me focusing on someone... [
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2 weeks ago
The relative dearth of mod-posted replies and obvious sock puppets in sensitive Ask threads makes it clear that those options aren't really working.
We actually post a decent number of replies for people but they're not really searchable.... [
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Do you think memories are that short?
You have our contact information. This thread is not your thread. You can contact us if you have questions about what we have done. It's getting tiresome responding to your continued... [
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"Hey mods, the four people who added me today probably did it just to be dicks and I suspect that you're going to see them flagging my stuff all the time. Could you please keep an eye on them going forwards?
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nasreddin, did you have an anwer to the OPs question? If you want to MeMail me to fight about the co-optation of radical politics and my family's part in it, feel free. Not everyone can live their life like I can and not everyone can live their life... [
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You can only send a DM if you're following each other, so you may not have the option to send them one. As someone who is on the receiving end of some "Check out my project" tweets, you may also want to check before you @ them that you... [
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Over 1,100 comments in just two days? I am sure it made the podcast.
Not the edited version, no. [
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MeTa threads actually are the one place on the site where mods are required to participate but no one else is. Accordingly, we're pretty hesitant to close up a MeTa thread because it's the space the community has specifically to air grievances with... [
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other such hall-monitoresque tut-tuts.
Community policed means that feedback is not just okay it's actually expected. Of course some people may run with this more than others but offering suggestions is an okay way of interacting here.... [
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Because I can tell you, if you think having one fake spouse is bad, having thirty of them will be worse. [
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It's not what the mods want contacts to be used for, anyway, which is why we have no "nemesis" or "my goddamned ex" contact options.
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What's up with the pronouns, btw?
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