2016-07-31
Trump & Putin? Yes, it's Really a Thing.
Post 161333 by BentFranklin deleted for the following reason: Let's keep this to one of the several open election-related threads. -- cortex
2016-07-30
Refugees to compete at Olympics
Post 161309 by maurreen deleted for the following reason: Lovely story but it looks like this is a double post. -- LobsterMitten
What would Trump do? What could Trump do?
Post 161318 by Mr.Know-it-some deleted for the following reason: Heya, sorry, we're corralling election and Trump content, so better to bring these links to the open election thread -- LobsterMitten
Which is safer living in East London? Shadwell, Stratford, NewCross/Lewisham?
Post 161316 by sam3cat deleted for the following reason: Hey sorry, looks like you meant to put this on AskMetafilter - go ahead and repost it there. -- LobsterMitten
2016-07-28
This News Brought To You By The Letters "F" and "U"
Post 161254 by EmpressCallipygos deleted for the following reason: With the AV Club article this ends up being pretty fightbaity "with us or against us" stuff, and I'm gonna say we don't need a fight about Sesame Street today. -- LobsterMitten
Donald Trump and the Dementia Question
Post 161268 by haleassociations deleted for the following reason: This is awfully dubious on a subject we're corralling. -- restless_nomad
Broadway stars perform 'What the World Needs Now Is Love' at DNC
Post 161249 by I_Love_Bananas deleted for the following reason: Hey there, sorry, we're trying to corral all the convention stuff into daily threads, and yesterday's performances are in here. -- LobsterMitten
2016-07-26
Joy is not a drowning substance. Let it soak you.
Post 161209 by roomthreeseventeen deleted for the following reason: Heya, we maybe don't need another looky-loo article about trans people and how cis people have rude questions about sex and feelings about pants-contents and whatnot. -- LobsterMitten
The musical of the Obama era
Post 161220 by The Devil Tesla deleted for the following reason: Sorry, we're corralling election stuff, and this article has already been discussed in the election thread over the weekend. -- LobsterMitten
2016-07-25
Chase The Clouds Away
Post 161192 by cooker girl deleted for the following reason: Sorry, but we're waiting on this until closer to show time, to avoid 1000 comments before anything is actually happening with the event -- taz
"I want to be treated as a person, not as a woman or a man.”
Post 161190 by Kitteh deleted for the following reason: Hey, sorry, but this seems like yet another sort of looky-loo Trans! clickbait article that doesn't really offer much depth on the topic. Maybe as a part of something that takes a wider look at gender diversity it might work better. Or if the main topic is supposed to be Jack Munroe, again something more fleshed out could work. -- taz
Self-imposed destruction
Post 161189 by Shikantaza deleted for the following reason: Please add this to either one of the open US election threads, and/or one of the Brexit threads. Thanks. -- taz
2016-07-24
Bernie endorses DWS to leave the DNC
Post 161184 by Monkey0nCrack deleted for the following reason: Heya, we're corralling election stuff in here for now. -- LobsterMitten
The other side is not dumb
Post 161180 by d. z. wang deleted for the following reason: Sorry, this has already been posted and gone badly, so let's not take a second round. -- LobsterMitten
2016-07-22
the insider traders of the attention economy
Post 161136 by BigHeartedGuy deleted for the following reason: Let's keep additional RNC reaction stuff to yesterday's thread for now. -- cortex
The most terribly responsible job any man ever had.
Post 161129 by everybody had matching towels deleted for the following reason: Oof, timing. I appreciate you put some work into assembling this, ehmt, but we've had pretty breakneck US election posting the last several days, and if there's a Clinton VP announcement today I'm okay with a post at that point and focused on that, but I'd really rather we not kick a speculative discussion off early just for the sake of getting going sooner. -- cortex
festival of entitlement and the high-pitched umbrage of white privilege
Post 161125 by infini deleted for the following reason: Let's just add this to the thread from yesterday. -- cortex
10 dead in Munich shooting
Post 161145 by marienbad deleted for the following reason: I'm still in the same place as I was earlier: terrible thing but not necessarily something that makes sense to have a post about. However, for folks in our connected to the Munich area, there is a check-in thread on MetaTalk. -- cortex
In the eye of a hurricane / There is quiet / For just a moment
Post 161119 by double block and bleed deleted for the following reason: Sorry, we're not doing general chatty US election post-a-day stuff aside from trying it out with the actual conventions this year. (cortex mentions it here) -- taz
Shooting in Munich Shopping Center leaves 6 dead
Post 161142 by Glow Bucket deleted for the following reason: Heya, see previous; I feel like it might be better to think about a post about this later when and if it's clear there something more to post about than just the (definitely awful) fact that someone has killed a bunch of people. -- cortex
2016-07-20
2016-07-19
White Culture
Post 161075 by aniola deleted for the following reason: Heya, it seems like there's some pretty interesting stuff behind this but I feel like with the really stripped-down pamphlet lead-in and not much context in the post this is gonna make for at best a kind of a rocky, disjointed thread on a somewhat challenging set of topics. Maybe reframe it around a more substantial above-the-fold look at the subject and give it another go? -- cortex
2016-07-18
Martha Nussbaum, The Philosopher of Feelings
Post 161057 by cgc373 deleted for the following reason: Hey, this is fine to post, but the pull quote is not at all representative of the overall focus of the article (which is, briefly, much more about aging, and intertwining concepts) -- and for those who won't read this very long piece, will lead to this one sort of dramatically phrased single idea being argued. Please contact us if you'd like to do a quick edit! -- taz
The best revenge on the haters is to run for President
Post 161053 by JHarris deleted for the following reason: We are saturated with Trump right now over in the RNC thread - let's either hold this or deal with it there. Thanks! -- restless_nomad
2016-07-17
Music sounds like music because it sounds like music.
Post 161011 by naju deleted for the following reason: oops, looks like we already have a discussion on this! -- taz
2016-07-16
Snarking on stock photos and parenting products
Post 161004 by filthy light thief deleted for the following reason: D'oh, sorry, looks like we've seen this pristine white couch before. -- LobsterMitten
2016-07-14
I am interested in complicating your definition of maleness and boyhood
Post 160982 by one teak forest deleted for the following reason: No harm done and I get the motivation that it's an interesting piece of writing, but we've deleted this a couple times already, see the original; there's a MetaTalk in the queue that I'll run with in the morning where we can talk about it for those who want more detail on the reasoning. -- cortex
Love Thy Neighbor?
Post 160980 by blue_beetle deleted for the following reason: Smoochy smoochy! Probably better to drop this in the open election thread. -- LobsterMitten
I don't correct them. I never correct anyone.
Post 160975 by Anyamatopoeia deleted for the following reason: Sorry, we've deleted this a few times. Basically, the essay has a number of elements that will make it too hard to have a workable discussion about it here. -- LobsterMitten
2016-07-13
2016-07-12
Are These My People?
Post 160934 by Charity Garfein deleted for the following reason: Yeah, this is still not a post that's going to go well here, sorry. -- restless_nomad
That Time I Traded a Blowjob for Dope.
Post 160913 by Faith Connors deleted for the following reason: This is a publication you're affiliated with, so now your account is banned. -- LobsterMitten
Gotta Link Bait 'Em All
Post 160908 by oneswellfoop deleted for the following reason: GO ahead and add this to the Pokemon thread already in progress -- taz
Because I am not a boy, but I am a woman who had a boyhood
Post 160907 by MartinWisse deleted for the following reason: Sorry, but this was deleted earlier. "Gently, I think this piece has a combination of elements that will make it really hard to have a good discussion about it, without turning into a protracted terrible fight." -- taz
2016-07-11
Data are my thing.
Post 160887 by MisantropicPainforest deleted for the following reason: Eye-grabbing pop-sci characterizations of narrow results in a study are kinda not great even when it's about relatively toothless issues, but in the context of an incredibly difficult week surrounding the question of police shootings of black men it seems like an especially bad idea for a post. -- cortex
Life, according to a six year old mind
Post 160881 by caddis deleted for the following reason: Eh, I love a good mashup but on the other hand there's not much here and one thing we don't need is yet another thread to talk about Trump in; the strips have come up in a recent election thread and I figure we should just leave 'em there. -- cortex
No more Mr. Nice Kitty
Post 160903 by freakazoid deleted for the following reason: Sorry, this is a fight we've had a bunch and I don't see anything good coming from having it again. -- LobsterMitten
I am a transwoman. I am in the closet. I am not coming out.
Post 160900 by forza deleted for the following reason: Sorry for the delayed delete. Gently, I think this piece has a combination of elements that will make it really hard to have a good discussion about it, without turning into a protracted terrible fight. -- LobsterMitten
Better than a thousand words
Post 160874 by flapjax at midnite deleted for the following reason: Sorry, but this photo already being discussed in this Black Lives Matter thread -- taz
2016-07-10
The Pastoral Symphony, edited
Post 160863 by joseph conrad is fully awesome deleted for the following reason: Sorry, this is not the right moment for a post whose link requires a trigger warning for racist imagery, offensive caricatures, and hate speech. People are overloaded and overwhelmed by inescapable current events. -- Eyebrows McGee
2016-07-09
Dancing to the dulcet tones
Post 160846 by jeather deleted for the following reason: Sorry for the late delete; seems like the silliness angle here is sort of quashed. -- LobsterMitten
2016-07-08
Don't be the asshole America. Don't be the Asshole.
Post 160842 by bitdamaged deleted for the following reason: sorry but we're trying to keep election / Trump discussion together in a couple of threads rather than taking over the site. Please include add this to the currently active threads here or here -- taz
2016-07-06
"They are throwing beers and cherry bombs at us."
Post 160786 by Chrysostom deleted for the following reason: Looks like we had a pretty solid post about this a few years back. -- cortex
Illusion, Michael. The best illusions of 2016, in fact.
Post 160783 by Room 641-A deleted for the following reason: Rad stuff but we're already chatting about it over yonder. -- cortex
Coercion With a Smile
Post 160801 by neworder7 deleted for the following reason: Hey, if you want to talk about the whole site, better to frame it like that, but one ranty article is a bit thin and won't get much decent conversation. -- restless_nomad
Get the olive oil out (again)
Post 160781 by rmhsinc deleted for the following reason: This is not being received all that well. For health topics it's often worth fleshing a post out a bit more. At any rate it's best to leave out the editorializing / personal opinions. -- goodnewsfortheinsane
2016-07-05
James Comey: "No charges are appropriate."
Post 160764 by ZenMasterThis deleted for the following reason: Already being discussed in the open US election thread. -- LobsterMitten
We have met the enemy, and he is..?
Post 160763 by anguspodgorny deleted for the following reason: Heya- we've got an open Trump thread, probably better to put this in there. -- LobsterMitten
The war on women in Papua New Guinea
Post 160775 by Michele in California deleted for the following reason: This is firmly in your-own-blog territory, framing-wise. -- restless_nomad
“Our judgment is that no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case.”
Post 160774 by Fizz deleted for the following reason: This is already being discussed in the existing election thread -- restless_nomad
Bulldog toxic
Post 160773 by raider deleted for the following reason: "This is a terrible person: go" is not framing that's going to lead to a constructive discussion, and I'm not sure there's anything else here other than a person being terrible. -- restless_nomad
Dummies on the Other Side look like dummies over here.
Post 160771 by storybored deleted for the following reason: On sober reflection, this seems like a great way to piss people off and not achieve anything positive. Sorry for the late delete. -- restless_nomad
2016-07-04
2016-07-03
Broadway for Orlando
Post 160736 by roomthreeseventeen deleted for the following reason: Let's add these links to the Orlando celebrity tribute thread that's just a couple days old. -- Eyebrows McGee
2016-07-02
2016-07-01
Work-life balance isn't real
Post 160721 by evcourtexaminer deleted for the following reason: This is your own work, and you are banned. -- LobsterMitten