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What does this actually mean? It seems like a nice gesture...

Well, it's pushback against things like the announcement in my parish bulletin a couple of year ago that said, inside a heavy black border, that divorced people can't take communion and really shouldn't expect sacraments.

Francis is trying to carve out a more humane approach to regular people than that held by a lot of the hardline guys. I know... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by wenestvedt at 11:04 AM on December 18, 2023

Just shack up together

Allow me to introduce you to the American tax and inheritance system.
posted to MetaFilter by mittens at 11:02 AM on December 18, 2023

Not intending to backseat-drive the thread, but I sense this is taking a turn away from answering the asker's question about moderation, which is pretty clearly stated, and into challenging the premise and kinda implicitly scolding the asker along the way.

With the understanding that alcohol can be a fraught topic for many of us for many reasons, and that all answers here are well-intentioned, I think it'd be most constructive for the thread to redirect back to the... [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by churl at 10:30 AM on December 18, 2023

Folks, question is not about your opinions of leaving food under the bed.
posted to MetaTalk by Devils Rancher at 9:27 PM on December 15, 2023

How long until a startup uses this to serve targeted ads to birds?
posted to MetaFilter by clawsoon at 8:16 AM on December 17, 2023

[[btw, this has been added to the sidebar and Best Of blog]]
posted to MetaFilter by taz at 1:24 AM on December 17, 2023

I used ThereIsHelp twice recently to find resources for two friends in different countries. While it's a great resource, my experience was that there were many broken links so thanks for raising this, Tangerine.

I've run the page through an automated link checker and pasted the result into a Grist online spreadsheet. For anyone who doesn't want to create an account on the Wiki or isn't confident editing wikitext, this is a simple place anyone can enter a replacement for... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Busy Old Fool at 4:04 PM on December 15, 2023

OK, I checked that actual website. I note it is very careful to just talk about devices listening. It does not use the word record, or microphone, or give any clues at all how it really works.

I am prepared to bet that they are actually selling targeting based on analytics and browsing behaviour and being very cute about what it means for a device to "listen" to you. In other words, this is Sea Monkeys for ad people.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by i_am_joe's_spleen at 5:18 PM on December 14, 2023

I pictured a Det. Rosa Diaz type. Not burly but a complete badass, and always a little exasperated with having to interact with anybody.
posted to MetaFilter by whuppy at 5:49 AM on December 15, 2023

Murderbot is affirmatively genderless, as in has no gender and doesn't want one, and is written in a way that some readers have a more feminine mental picture of Murderbot and others more masculine. (EDIT: like that, see?!) So there was no casting that would have ever satisfied everyone. Me, I think at least Skarsgård is pretty good at the "being wearily put upon yet again" part of Murderbot.

I'm also cautiously hopeful about it, but the novella/novel series... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by GCU Sweet and Full of Grace at 5:20 PM on December 14, 2023

I'm cautiously excited about this. I'd always pictured murderbot as female presenting in my head. I know I know murderbot doesn't have a gender. I suppose I don't mind watching Eric Northman do whatever...
posted to MetaFilter by supermedusa at 5:17 PM on December 14, 2023

I know I'm supposed to engage with the math problem at hand, but I feel compelled to point out that some of those surface protection mats for the floor can also be very useful for jigsaw-sizing a table surface too small for the task. (Maybe don't let it project over the table surface on the side where you plan to lean on it)
posted to MetaFilter by Ashenmote at 12:06 PM on December 15, 2023

This equation clearly doesn't hold true for a one-piece jigsaw puzzle
posted to MetaFilter by oulipian at 11:37 AM on December 15, 2023

Amplifying thanks to jessamyn, who demonstrated her excellent intuition into what would make Ask work better from the very start.
posted to MetaTalk by Jesse the K at 5:02 PM on December 11, 2023

Dang, late to the party (working 90+ hours a week doesn't leave much time to scratch let alone hang out on Meta). Happy birthday AskMe; is there still cake?
posted to MetaTalk by Mitheral at 8:19 PM on December 12, 2023

About updating the page, what comes to mind:
* I can enable the visual editor. the software is due an update anyway.
* we could use the Talk/Discussion page to help coordinate and track progress - like, "I cleaned up *this section*" perhaps
* using other tools, I could add a note for every link, like "2023-12-12 - let's re-verify this", possibly as a comment, invisible to most viewers. I'm far than enthused about this, though; it feels... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Pronoiac at 5:26 PM on December 12, 2023

Updated first-line info for 988 service per jacquilynne, but other links in Canada section need changes. (boy howdy, do I miss katra.)
posted to MetaTalk by Iris Gambol at 12:52 PM on December 13, 2023

I got to see metafilter user Cold Chef yesterday when he eulogized his best friend, my nephew. Can you imagine giving the eulogy for your best friend? (Perhaps you have done that.) Cold Chef told me before the service that he had talked to Jessamyn who had told him "You've been training for this your whole life". He spoke for about 30 minutes; he was funny and warm and gave a marvelous tribute to the deceased with many stories that I hadn't known.

It says a... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by neuron at 6:34 PM on December 11, 2023

I think the ordering of sketches matters quite a bit. I watched the official playlist on YouTube. (Playlist order below, for posterity: )

Cold Open - George Santos: Sarah Sherman, Bowen Yang, James Austin Johnson, Mikey Day, Ego Nwodim, Andrew Dismukes, Devon Walker, Heidi Gardner
Monologue: Emma Stone, Tina Fey, Candice Bergen
Weekend Update: Michael Che, Colin Jost
Make Your Own Kind of Music: Chloe Troast, Emma Stone,... [more]
posted to FanFare by skoosh at 3:33 PM on December 3, 2023

I think this should also figure as a HUGE shoutout to
Jessamyn whose nurturing and caretaking has brought AskMe to be the superlative gold standard that it is today.
Thank you Jessamyn.
Also thank you to all who have answered questions, thus making AskMe such a useful resource.
posted to MetaTalk by adamvasco at 12:38 PM on December 10, 2023

I'm so happy this place is here. I really like being a member here.
posted to MetaTalk by BlahLaLa at 8:49 AM on December 10, 2023

I've always wanted to create an Ask MetaFilter area of the site but was weighed down in issues of how to manage it, if I should charge some nominal fee to ask a question (to keep the number of questions down), etc.

Been arguing relentlessly about business plans for years now and this monetization was just sitting there in 2003.
posted to MetaTalk by General Malaise at 4:51 PM on December 9, 2023

Shout out to AskMe and its 20 years of help and lessons. I don't use it much anymore, but part of that is because I write a question and ponder what AskMe would say and that answers the query. That's pretty great, the site managed to get me to grow and learn and now sort of lives in my head.

Pretty use of $5 US, which can rarely even buy a good cheeseburger these days.
posted to MetaTalk by Brandon Blatcher at 12:44 PM on December 9, 2023

P.S. Happy 20th birthday Ask MetaFilter!
posted to Ask MetaFilter by mbrubeck at 1:07 PM on December 8, 2023

There’s a full-length documentary called Tree Man from 2015 that follows one of these guys and the crew of local NYC teens he hires every year to work the lot with him. It’s a go-to watch for me almost every Christmas season. (Here’s the trailer.)
posted to MetaFilter by Atom Eyes at 11:41 PM on December 3, 2023

Definitely, I just really wanted to have a post for this day, let’s focus on the athletes or other things rather than the Paralympics.
posted to MetaFilter by ellieBOA at 3:02 PM on December 3, 2023

[One deleted. Please remember that if you're commenting in a thread, you are expected to contribute to the overall discussion in a productive way. If you do not like the way a thread is structured, feel free to flag and move on. ]
posted to MetaFilter by travelingthyme at 2:03 PM on December 3, 2023

[One removed. Please don't speak on behalf of an entire population. It is not up to us to say if any group is a marginalised group or not. As the guidelines say: Speak for yourself, not others ]
posted to MetaFilter by loup at 1:18 PM on December 1, 2023

Sounds like by our 25th anniversary we’ll be (or be well on the way to becoming) a fully user-run nonprofit. Here’s to a thousand years before we have to change ownership models again.
posted to MetaTalk by rikschell at 2:49 PM on November 24, 2023

“You may keep it all, Frog,” said Toad. “I am going home now to bake a cake.”
posted to MetaTalk by zamboni at 11:38 AM on November 22, 2023

This FPP came about as FPP #2 will be closing today.
posted to MetaFilter by cendawanita at 8:09 AM on November 28, 2023

Twenty-plus years ago I was on my break from lifeguarding and decided to use my time to paddle way out past the breakers and just bliss out for a bit. The water was exceptionally clear that day and when I got to my spot, in maybe 12 feet of water, I thought I could see something shiny down in the sand below me, so I put on the goggles that I always kept around my neck (I wore contacts at the time) and dove down to take a look. When I got to the bottom I discovered it was just a piece of abalone... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by saladin at 10:34 AM on November 14, 2023

dropping a quick comment here to say: I communicated some time ago (to Jessamyn, and NotLost) that I would be interested in supporting this process (of transitioning to a non-profit) in whatever way would be useful. (am an ex-SC member and current BIPOC board member)

I also mentioned that the SC (and working group volunteers) had worked on a number of resources last year and earlier this year that I felt could be useful for planning.
(Some of these... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by aielen at 10:15 AM on November 14, 2023

The reality is that a social media platform that isn't growing is one that's dying. Now, there's a lot to be said about managing growth in a healthy manner, but at the end of the day, growth is necessary as a healthy community is one that has influx.

this sounds oddly like a resolutely capitalist POV (growth-growth-growth-must-always-be-growing), which I'm pretty sure is far from the intention. More to the point, I think it misses the value of... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by philip-random at 9:57 AM on November 13, 2023

There can be a fair number of cranky gatekeepers scolding you because you aren't Mastodoning the "right" way.

Block them and move on.

Time on Twitter taught me that, generally, you don't owe anyone anything on social media other than to be (mostly) civil. You certainly don't owe anyone your time and attention. You don't need to put up with the self-righteous hall monitors. Don't be a jerk and you'll be fine.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Ayn Marx at 8:21 AM on November 13, 2023

Very proud to call Giordana Mecagni a friend (and colleague). Bonus fun fact: when not doing stellar social justice projects, she gigs as part of the Boston Typewriter Orchestra! See http://www.bostontypewriterorchestra.com/
posted to MetaFilter by mollymillions at 8:47 PM on November 9, 2023

Jessamyn, thank you so much for sharing this here!! And tommasz please visit our office to try the BoneFone® for yourself but… spoiler alert… it’s GREAT!?
posted to MetaFilter by cabel at 5:02 PM on November 7, 2023

metafilter is about posting interesting links and talking about them, and asking questions and getting answers to them.
posted to MetaTalk by Sebmojo at 12:13 PM on November 7, 2023

The blog post is wonderful, thanks for sharing!
posted to MetaFilter by fridgebuzz at 2:10 AM on November 7, 2023

Oh god damn, young me would read the shit out of a DAK catalog. I reckon I was formed at the intersection of DAK, Whole Earth, and Man at His Best (The Esquire Guide to Style).
posted to MetaFilter by Ice Cream Socialist at 8:34 PM on November 6, 2023

Wow. I remember the BoneFone ads, I think from OMNI magazine in the 80s. This post brings back a lot.
posted to MetaFilter by jimfl at 7:08 PM on November 6, 2023

Woof - my gadget nerd dad died over 25 years ago but looking at these again just gave me such a strong memory of him that I'm really emotional right now.
posted to MetaFilter by queensissy at 5:59 PM on November 6, 2023

in related: https://www.radioshackcatalogs.com
posted to MetaFilter by ovvl at 4:28 PM on November 6, 2023

So many tiny cute murder mice!
posted to MetaFilter by praemunire at 8:26 PM on November 5, 2023

Perhaps ask if the BIPOC board can nominate someone to sit on the interim board.

Not specifically speaking as a board member, but as someone who has a finger in the MeFi pie here and there: I'm generally at capacity but willing to poke my nose into goings-on at some level of informal involvement.
posted to MetaTalk by majick at 7:13 PM on November 4, 2023

A mission is a very high level document. It answers the question why do we exist? It should be the least limiting and most purpose-focused expression of intent. A mission does not need to include a laundry list of everything an organization does, what it believes and how they believe it should be done. That's why it's usually also part of an infrastructure of several core documents that also includes a vision, a values statement, and often a shortlist... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Miko at 7:52 AM on November 6, 2023

[One deleted; Casual racism. Please don't use jokey versions of non-English languages as a gag.]
posted to MetaFilter by taz at 11:50 PM on November 3, 2023

All jays are stellar. #teamcorvid
posted to MetaFilter by mollweide at 6:19 PM on November 3, 2023

(In Vermont, nonprofits apparently do need a "corporation" (Corp), "incorporated" (Inc), "company" (Co), or "limited" (Ltd) somewhere in the name, as per this VT Secretary of State page.)
posted to MetaTalk by nobody at 1:09 PM on November 1, 2023

The new organization needs to meet and maintain tax-exempt educational nonprofit criteria, and how it goes about that is reflected in the mission statement.

501(c)(3) Organizations: What Qualifies as “Educational”? via Congressional Research Service:

There is no statutory definition of the term “educational” in the IRC [Internal Revenue Code]. Rather, the term is defined by a Treasury regulation. It defines “educational” to encompass... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Iris Gambol at 8:56 AM on October 31, 2023