2010-12-31

PA and hypertension, a new Swedish study.

Post 99089 by Namlit deleted for the following reason: We need more than an abstract to really have a post about this. -- cortex

2010-12-30

Excerpts from The War You Don't See

Post 99081 by klue deleted for the following reason: we've got two wikileaks-themed posts in the past two days, please put this in one of the open threads, thank you. -- jessamyn

Connecting the dots between the Rosenbergs and Julian Assange

Post 99080 by jeffisme deleted for the following reason: Not really much of a post here by itself, maybe mention it in the most recent open thread if it's not already being discussed. -- cortex

Game Boy Beats

Post 99072 by Pixelie deleted for the following reason: Yeah, so, you're pretty clearly tied to this Red Bull Chinashop thing. -- cortex

ethnocide

Post 99065 by gerryblog deleted for the following reason: There's gotta be a better post to made than a huffpo editorial. -- cortex

Can't Bear The Camera

Post 99057 by gman deleted for the following reason: many people don't know that polar bears actually have black skin. This is, alas, a double -- jessamyn

2010-12-29

A map of North American regional English

Post 99041 by nebulawindphone deleted for the following reason: Putting the "di" in dialect. -- cortex

Police show their ignorance of citizen rights.

Post 99027 by Ardiril deleted for the following reason: This is a poorly framed post -- vacapinta

2010-12-28

10 million friends make a world.

Post 99002 by paulsc deleted for the following reason: Seen it. -- cortex

2010-12-27

"I HAVEN'T BUGUN TO GO FAR ENOUGH!!"

Post 98967 by Fizz deleted for the following reason: Yeah, no. -- cortex

2010-12-26

Too Cool for School

Post 98958 by timsteil deleted for the following reason: please make a better obit. -- jessamyn

2010-12-23

"You wrote a game with Douglas, whereas I wrote a game instead of Douglas."

Post 98881 by yoz deleted for the following reason: this is very cool but you need to put it in the open thread - linking to your own content in any way at all on MeFi is a no-no. -- jessamyn

The mighty hunter

Post 98871 by Tokarski deleted for the following reason: That's pretty shitty hunting, yeah, but a tiny news wire writeup is far too thin for a post to the front page. -- cortex

2010-12-22

"Full Metal Jacket", in Italian dialects

Post 98832 by MILNEWSca deleted for the following reason: A search results page is pretty much never a good post. -- cortex

Bacon Rain

Post 98825 by grateful deleted for the following reason: Yeah, just not cutting the mustard. -- cortex

Action is hot.

Post 98821 by mooselini deleted for the following reason: Yup, being very actively discussed in here. -- cortex

I was so baked I thought the Nationals just wanted my autograph.

Post 98819 by three blind mice deleted for the following reason: Yeah, I think it's time to call xtranormal videos an overplayed thing for MeFi. -- mathowie

2010-12-21

3 Tips to succeed

Post 98789 by ellipticals deleted for the following reason: are you fucking kidding me -- cortex

Shot by a handgun

Post 98786 by nam3d deleted for the following reason: There might be an interesting post to build around this but on it's own a single descriptive paragraph out of nowhere is very thin. -- cortex

Epic Meal time is back!

Post 98785 by James Cooper deleted for the following reason: One epic meal was probably enough. -- cortex

2010-12-19

best before and after fitness photo

Post 98732 by srs deleted for the following reason: This seems like point-and-laugh-at-the-crazy-person -- mathowie

2010-12-18

Top 10 Ways to find an answer to a question online.

Post 98715 by NotSoSiniSter deleted for the following reason: Yeah this was on metatalk already -- mathowie

“It’s a violation of sexual integrity, and it can be seen as rape.”

Post 98714 by three blind mice deleted for the following reason: We've had so many wikileaks posts, having yet another about Assange's arrest and possible rape feels like one too many, sorry. -- mathowie

You can believe me because...

Post 98686 by hexatron deleted for the following reason: this is not really a great way to set up a new wikileaks posts. There are a ton of wikileaks threads. If you'd like to make a wikileaks post please ease off the editorializing and the fancy formatting and maybe make it clear why we need another wikileaks thread. Thanks. -- jessamyn

2010-12-17

Why I am looking at the floor?

Post 98678 by ddaavviidd deleted for the following reason: That guy sure is high. -- cortex

Furry Auterry

Post 98645 by mippy deleted for the following reason: posted previously -- vacapinta

Study Confirms That Fox News Makes You Stupid

Post 98640 by novenator deleted for the following reason: Between you being a contributor to Alternet and you throwing a link to your work elsewhere into the beginning of the thread, this feels pretty not-okay. -- cortex

2010-12-16

Remember POGS? Me neither...

Post 98601 by James Cooper deleted for the following reason: One-day old one-entry hyper-anonymous blog is kind of a weird choice of links. -- cortex

2010-12-15

Salon: The inhumane conditions of Bradley Manning's detention

Post 98573 by - deleted for the following reason: Question of the worth of the salon article entirely aside, we've already asked you not to do FREE BRADLEY activism posts and you need to cut it out. -- cortex

The Eighth Wonder of the World

Post 98560 by Gazetter deleted for the following reason: self link, banned -- mathowie

2010-12-14

Bone marrow transplant seems to "functionally cure" HIV

Post 98554 by pompelmo deleted for the following reason: posted previously -- vacapinta

Things that reaffirm my faith in humanity

Post 98546 by Taft deleted for the following reason: oh good god not again -- cortex

It's gaming with someone I love.

Post 98534 by griphus deleted for the following reason: Totally great but we have indeed seen it before. -- cortex

It's just wrong, right? Right?!?

Post 98527 by KillaSeal deleted for the following reason: single link jezebel posts to hot button topics do not spur great MeFi discussions. -- jessamyn

Gawker Media has its heart hulled out with a spoon.

Post 98524 by rhombus deleted for the following reason: posted on Sunday night, when it was fresh. -- mathowie

Because of our POLITICAL VIEWS!

Post 98519 by subdee deleted for the following reason: I'm at the That Does Suck. I'm at the Too Thin Post. I'm at the combination That Does Suck But Too Thin Post. -- cortex

2010-12-13

It's All In The Eyes

Post 98504 by Sara C. deleted for the following reason: Crappy pop science reporting with no actual details is not great stuff for a post. -- cortex

A SILVER AND BLACK COLORED PLASTIC BASE

Post 98503 by gilrain deleted for the following reason: Kind of dumb lulz amazon review, don't know why it's super interesting. -- mathowie

Tokyo (subway) Compression

Post 98496 by DMelanogaster deleted for the following reason: yep, posted before. and the people are sleeping not squished. -- mathowie

William Tell on steroids

Post 98488 by Vanifriss deleted for the following reason: Cute, but it's a teeny little animation prepended to an ad for a news site's ipad app launch. That's pretty thin for a post. -- cortex

Hallelujah!

Post 98483 by not_that_epiphanius deleted for the following reason: Posted a couple weeks ago -- mathowie

I'll have what Miley Cyrus is having

Post 98465 by rodmandirect deleted for the following reason: Eh, TMZ is a pretty bad footing for any post and celeb gossip stuff generally needs to be done pretty well and for a compelling reason to stick around here. -- cortex

2010-12-12

Home ferrofluids

Post 98454 by Artw deleted for the following reason: Eh, straightfaced "make something neat (but actually make a useless goddam mess)" video without any kind of clear "this is a joke" framing seems like a bad idea. -- cortex

Date Julian Assange

Post 98444 by dougrayrankin deleted for the following reason: this is in the open Wikileaks thread and probably doesn't need to be its own post. -- jessamyn

2010-12-11

LEAD FEMALE'S NAME!

Post 98428 by kate blank deleted for the following reason: previously -- jessamyn

Mark Madoff (1964-2010)

Post 98423 by Joe Beese deleted for the following reason: This feels kind of out of the blue; I realize "gawk at awful person's son's death" isn't the intent but Mark hasn't exactly been on the radar and I'm not sure what a post about his suicide is supposed to be for. -- cortex

Stumble Upon

Post 98422 by lauratheexplorer deleted for the following reason: This isn't exactly news. -- cortex

2010-12-10

I want to play a game.

Post 98408 by Knigel deleted for the following reason: This is outragefilter. Also, it is hard to see what is redeeming about bringing attention to this. -- vacapinta

If Old People Ran the Internet

Post 98391 by antgly deleted for the following reason: single link college humor sort of shruggo. -- jessamyn

Article on the debate between atheists and non-atheists

Post 98377 by jb deleted for the following reason: does not do what it says on the tin. -- jessamyn

2010-12-09

DHMO, the global scourge!

Post 98359 by Chocolate Pickle deleted for the following reason: 1997 called, they want their chain email fodder back. -- cortex

My Kindle is Leaking

Post 98347 by Ratio deleted for the following reason: Bunch of wikileaks threads open already, and cute as this it's also really, really thin. -- cortex

2010-12-08

Example 8 Hour 23.976

Post 98327 by ph00dz deleted for the following reason: uh -- cortex

2010-12-07

So Why Is Wikileaks A Good Thing Again?

Post 98307 by mhjb deleted for the following reason: this should probably go in one of the other wikileaks threads that is already open. -- jessamyn

From Bully to Bitch

Post 98302 by JABof72 deleted for the following reason: Folks have noted all of this in the existing post, looks like. -- cortex

I don't know man. That's like, a LOT of responsibility.

Post 98297 by tylerfulltilt deleted for the following reason: Wrong link? -- mathowie

The sports infidelity equation

Post 98294 by reenum deleted for the following reason: I don't think this is going to go anywhere good really. -- mathowie

Abraham Serfaty (1926-2010)

Post 98278 by Paquda deleted for the following reason: At poster's request -- mathowie

Naughty or Nice?

Post 98277 by Chuckles McLaughy du Haha, the depressed clown deleted for the following reason: There's no content on the main link and it's not clear why it should be unsurprising or interesting that that church is responsible for it. -- cortex

Not that you've seen many today.

Post 98275 by Rory Marinich deleted for the following reason: I guess that'd make this pencil... [puts on sunglasses] ...number two. YEAHHHHhhh! -- cortex

2010-12-06

These are not the trends you're looking for

Post 98246 by Marla Singer deleted for the following reason: The wonkery is a little interesting but we've been drowning in wikileaks stuff lately and this seems like without something a lot more significant than 'twitter maybe avoiding big subject' this is more of an add-it-to-an-existing-thread sitaution than something that needs its own post. -- cortex

Will USD5k cash make you snitch up Julian Assange to CBS

Post 98238 by priorpark17 deleted for the following reason: Probably better as a comment in existing wikileaks threads. -- mathowie

2010-12-05

2010-12-04

Pandas Being Pushy

Post 98209 by peppito deleted for the following reason: I dunno this just doesn't seem interesting. -- mathowie

I'll just develop these later.

Post 98204 by Bonzai deleted for the following reason: Yup. -- cortex

Let me finish

Post 98193 by Potomac Avenue deleted for the following reason: previously -- jessamyn

The paperless office is here.

Post 98192 by dabitch deleted for the following reason: previously -- jessamyn

Of all the secrets we keep, why did it have to be those cables?

Post 98185 by twoleftfeet deleted for the following reason: Downfall parodies are overdone -- mathowie

F/M/K

Post 98184 by minifigs deleted for the following reason: People seem to think this kind of sucks. -- cortex

2010-12-03

The good, the bad and a prolific moderator.

Post 98177 by infinite intimation deleted for the following reason: this is not a post for metafilter, this is a giant linkdump with almost no one commenting who isn't you. Please repost on your own blog, or make something that isn't 5000+ words. Thank you, please contact us if you want to talk about this. -- jessamyn

Whisper Words of Wisdom

Post 98173 by bwg deleted for the following reason: Posted earlier -- mathowie

You're a frog, aren't ya? Why don't you jump?

Post 98170 by boo_radley deleted for the following reason: Much as I long for it to be otherwise, there is only room in this world for one Kermit-centric reimagining of The Wicker Man. -- cortex

Free:; depends if I agree or not.

Post 98153 by adamvasco deleted for the following reason: Recent thread is still hopping, take this stuff there if it isn't already. -- cortex

2010-12-02

NASA Finds New Life.

Post 98130 by Non-Prophet deleted for the following reason: Yup, see here. -- cortex

But Just Think of the Alternative

Post 98122 by bearwife deleted for the following reason: let's just pretend I came up with a funny Gary Larson reference or something -- cortex

I, For One, Welcome Our New Arsenic etc.

Post 98118 by sonika deleted for the following reason: maybe stick this in the existing thread... -- mathowie

Free Brad Manning, please.

Post 98108 by - deleted for the following reason: Activism posts aren't a great use of mefi in general, terseness isn't helping here, and insulting your fellow mefites is a pretty shitty way to respond to people disliking a questionable post. -- cortex

How many dinosaurs can fit in a 200 foot wooden boat?

Post 98101 by T.D. Strange deleted for the following reason: The Lord said / to T.D. / you're gonna make a / double posty -- cortex

2010-12-01

For Revolution!

Post 98069 by Rory Marinich deleted for the following reason: by the power of #666666skull -- cortex

Fa la la la la ...

Post 98068 by jbickers deleted for the following reason: I guess the fact that this thing doesn't even seem to load obviates the need to have a discussion about whether the content that would have ended up loading would have made for a good post. -- cortex

W(TF)edding

Post 98053 by Foci for Analysis deleted for the following reason: Seen it. -- cortex

Qwiki

Post 98052 by jimitjim deleted for the following reason: May be Spam. But it is a weak post anyways. Sites shouldn't require signup to figure out what they are about. -- vacapinta