Post 177398 by dancing leaves deleted for the following reason: Hey there, sorry, the framing of this post (with discussion prompts etc) isn't really suitable for a post on Metafilter proper. Mefi posts should be framed around a cool thing on the web. If you want to discuss the book, you can post on Fanfare and see if anyone's reading it over there. -- LobsterMitten
2018-10-31
2018-10-29
Because this will totally take care of the Nazi thing
Post 177351 by not_the_water deleted for the following reason: This looks like a conversation that will go way better and more interestingly once it's an actual announced feature change and not just "mulling" over something "soon" -- restless_nomad
2018-10-28
Civil society and the fourth industrial revolution
Post 177341 by abtaylorxo deleted for the following reason: This feels kinda...press release-y for Nesta, which is at best not a good framing for a MetaFilter post. -- cortex
2018-10-27
iMapping software
Post 177328 by Ahmed_Nabil deleted for the following reason: This is way too much like an ad to be a post. -- Eyebrows McGee
2018-10-23
iPhones are hard to use
Post 177238 by exogenous deleted for the following reason: Sorry for the delayed delete here -- it'd be fine to have a thread on apple or smartphone accessibility and UI stuff -- but there are some bits of this essay ("autists") and the author's other views that mean this will end up just being a referendum on him and that's not going anywhere good. -- LobsterMitten
The “Queen of Shitty Robots” won’t be stopped.
Post 177250 by homunculus deleted for the following reason: Simone is rad and I am so happy she recovered well from surgery and is back in action. As is this kinda runs right into our existing prohibition on Kickstarters, which I'm hoping to formally revisit before the end of the year but until then let's give this another go that either sidesteps that bit or waits until the fundraiser is over. -- cortex
2018-10-20
Most devastating yet superb article about Opiod-Heroin
Post 177198 by misondre deleted for the following reason: Contact us about reworking the framing of this -- Eyebrows McGee
The Sears Catalog, Jim Crow, and Muddy Waters
Post 177193 by dfm500 deleted for the following reason: Let's put this in the active Sears + Jim Crow thread! -- Eyebrows McGee
2018-10-18
Changing Elizabeth Warren's story to one about Native America
Post 177147 by a_curious_koala deleted for the following reason: We've already got an active Warren thread, let's consolidate stuff there. -- cortex
2018-10-17
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Post 177125 by standardasparagus deleted for the following reason: Heya, we've already got a dedicated thread about Khashoggi. -- cortex
"If you can’t drink milk,...you have to go back."
Post 177114 by beisny deleted for the following reason: Yeah, I dunno, no ill intent assumed but I'm kinda in "fuck giving white supremacists attention" mode at this point if there's not a real good reason for it to be on the front page of MetaFilter, and this doesn't feel like one of those real good reasons. -- cortex
2018-10-15
People drank the kool-aid mostly because it was green and made of paper
Post 177069 by acb deleted for the following reason: Sorry for the delayed deleted - we just had a thread about Google+, and maybe these tweets would get a reception there that's about something other than this guy personally? -- LobsterMitten
2018-10-14
It's totally a reasonable modern analogue
Post 177059 by the man of twists and turns deleted for the following reason: This is apparently a neo-reactionary / neo(?)-fascist leaning site which is probably not a great link for us or the discussion itself; maybe a repost on the topic with other sources? -- taz
2018-10-12
Articles of Interest--Fashion, Part 2
Post 177029 by MovableBookLady deleted for the following reason: Since the former post is still open, let's add these there -- Eyebrows McGee
2018-10-08
Getting better at networking
Post 176950 by sarahaboulhosn deleted for the following reason: This sure looks spammy, and spammin' means bannin'-- LobsterMitten
2018-10-07
2018-10-06
Fill a Skull with Pepper Seeds or Lead Shot?
Post 176916 by MovableBookLady deleted for the following reason: It seems like a single article, or perhaps this one in particular, is not doing a very good job of making the actual meaning of the finding clearer; if this worth discussing, it might be better if we start with a post that has more sources and/or makes a more explicit statement. -- taz
2018-10-04
2018-10-03
Grievance Studies & the Corruption of Scholarship
Post 176869 by MovableBookLady deleted for the following reason: I know this is sorta a thing right at the moment in academic chatter, but, yeah, if there's gonna be a post about it it's probably better for it to be one about the situation from a remove rather than presenting the hoaxsters as the primary voice on it. -- cortex