Shotgun blasts are heard

Post 115474 by paulinsanjuan deleted for the following reason: Hey, if you want to do a post on the NC amendment vote, you can go ahead put something more in-depth together, but this is pretty much just "look at this asshole," which doesn't make for a good post here. -- taz

Rachel Uchitel Is Not a Madam

Post 115468 by Jasper Friendly Bear deleted for the following reason: poster's request to give a chance for a better edit. -- jessamyn

That thing about shellfish is just too far!

Post 115464 by 2N2222 deleted for the following reason: If you decide this is a MetaFilter-worthy issue, please make a MetaFilter worthy post, keep the editorializing down or absent and make a better post. Thank you. -- jessamyn

Biggest Grossing Film Ever?

Post 115450 by snaparapans deleted for the following reason: Sorry, this reads a little more like a personal blog entry than a Metafilter post. -- cortex

If I wanted America to fail ...

Post 115445 by philip-random deleted for the following reason: Single link to a flamebait political video isn't a great post for Metafilter. -- taz

Hit and run caught on handlebar cam

Post 115436 by 445supermag deleted for the following reason: This is classic "here's a bad thing that happened" newsfilter, and as such really isn't right for the front page. -- restless_nomad

Valeria Lukyanova – Living Barbie Doll

Post 115371 by jonsy deleted for the following reason: Self-link, banned. -- cortex

Joss Whedon Hits it Out of the Ballpark, again...

Post 115366 by snaparapans deleted for the following reason: Maybe redo this post with fewer typos and broken links and a little more "This is why I am bringing this to MeFi" and a little less "This is my movie review?" thanks. -- jessamyn

Hyram Strachman, 92, media pirate.

Post 115365 by Nomyte deleted for the following reason: Look below for earlier ancient pirates. -- taz

Wrap it Tape It Walk It Place It

Post 115362 by PinkMoose deleted for the following reason: Double. -- taz

Miaou

Post 115354 by BEE-EATING CAT-EATER deleted for the following reason: This is a very lovely song but it's 41 years old and, without additional context, is unclear why you're posting it to MetaFilter. -- jessamyn

Holy Brazilian Bike-Mounted Cameras, Batman!

Post 115351 by telstar deleted for the following reason: Single link Bike/Car GRAR post not really so great for MeFi. Sorry. -- jessamyn

Stats in the Sin Bin: Two Minutes for Shoddy Science

Post 115345 by wensink deleted for the following reason: As sort of a rebuttal to a writeup of a behind-a-paywall research paper, this really feels like something to post on your own blog, not on the front page of Metafilter. -- cortex

but isn't racism over??

Post 115344 by changeling deleted for the following reason: single link jezebel clickbait. This could maybe be part of a more inspired post about racism and racial issues, but this one isn't it. Sorry. -- jessamyn

Music Industry Confession

Post 115340 by box deleted for the following reason: I feel like the wacky conspiracy-theory, letter-to-Penthouse flavor of this is kind of dooming this as far as postworthiness goes. -- cortex

One Earth so green and round

Post 115322 by Kattullus deleted for the following reason: Missed it by twenty minutes! -- cortex

Water on the Web

Post 115316 by nixerman deleted for the following reason: Double. -- taz

Spot the G-spot

Post 115313 by anothermug deleted for the following reason: Maybe there's some meatier source material available on this, but as is this is kind of a thin pop-science blurb and that's not super great post material. -- cortex

Ladies and gentlemen, we are floating in space

Post 115306 by jbickers deleted for the following reason: Double. -- restless_nomad

Race to the top

Post 115286 by crayz deleted for the following reason: This maybe needs a different description to be a decent post here, otherwise it's just grar-bait with terrible people being terribly provocative about this terrible thing that happened. -- jessamyn

A Frog Sitting on a Bench Like a Human

Post 115274 by flapjax at midnite deleted for the following reason: Poster's request -- taz

Enemy combatant under mansion arrest- and his socks are loose, too!

Post 115217 by dunkadunc deleted for the following reason: We're pretty much still talking about this in the open thread -- jessamyn

Math and computer science are hard. Why bother?

Post 115188 by Estraven deleted for the following reason: Deleted earlier: "This is a single link 'bad thing that happened someplace' post. maybe if it's a big deal put together a longer post about it, but this isn't really conducive to decent discussion." -- taz

Not cool enough.

Post 115180 by egor83 deleted for the following reason: This is a single link "bad thing that happened someplace" post. maybe if it's a big deal put together a longer post about it, but this isn't really conducive to decent discussion. -- jessamyn

"They pay me absurd amounts of money,” he observes, “For something that I would do for free."

Post 115162 by Fizz deleted for the following reason: Yeah, sounds like a cool interview, but the blogger is explicit that s/he is reproducing paywalled content not intended to be freely accessible online. If that status changes, a repost would be great. -- taz