2015-02-28

You might be a terrorist if...

Post 147424 by Chocolate Pickle deleted for the following reason: This is kind of email-forward-from-estranged-Uncle material, if this needs to be here (haven't we seen this before, too?) maybe find a better source and a less gotcha-ish framing -- LobsterMitten

2015-02-27

Leonard Nimoy has died

Post 147407 by The Vice Admiral of the Narrow Seas deleted for the following reason: double -- cortex

2015-02-26

UK man behind Isis beheadings named

Post 147375 by Nevin deleted for the following reason: This seems a tiny bit on the thin or "newsfiltery" side to be honest, being a single news article. There's a couple open Isis threads, this would work fine as a comment in any of those. -- goodnewsfortheinsane

That White Gold

Post 147372 by fshgrl deleted for the following reason: Poster's request. -- goodnewsfortheinsane

2015-02-25

How To Improve Attention

Post 147371 by naight deleted for the following reason: This is not substantial enough for a post, sorry. -- restless_nomad

Against Urbanism

Post 147370 by Stecklow deleted for the following reason: This is absolutely not acceptable, with or without disclaimer. -- restless_nomad

Mighty Morphin' Legal Action

Post 147360 by AlonzoMosleyFBI deleted for the following reason: Double. -- restless_nomad

"There is a Hell. This is worse."

Post 147343 by rabbitroom deleted for the following reason: Hey, yeah, as a big fan of practical horror effects I'm interested to see where this goes, but it needs to wait until after the crowdfunding campaign is over and done with before it can be a post on the front page. -- cortex

Practising Islam in Short Shorts

Post 147338 by Ziggy500 deleted for the following reason: Double. -- taz

2015-02-24

Meanwhile in Canda...

Post 147324 by bartonlong deleted for the following reason: This is cute but really insubstantial, sorry. -- restless_nomad

Republicans have questions about female anatomy

Post 147321 by sciatrix deleted for the following reason: State leg saying something depressingly stupid is depressing but not really a great material for a Metafilter post generally speaking. -- cortex

We are Imperfect Humans who Constantly Generate Imperfections

Post 147311 by quin deleted for the following reason: I heart Jay Smooth but this is relevant to and has come up in yesterday's thread. -- cortex

If you're voting in Chicago today, read this first

Post 147310 by Cash4Lead deleted for the following reason: Yep, looks like this'd be great to add to the other recent thread. -- cortex

2015-02-23

Trigger Warning: This post may make your head explode.

Post 147294 by bobdow deleted for the following reason: I don't think a really stupid state rep story makes for a good post -- mathowie

Ask them (almost) Anything

Post 147288 by feckless fecal fear mongering deleted for the following reason: Sorry, active AMAs aren't usually post material here; maybe after the fact if something especially great/noteworthy comes out of it? -- LobsterMitten

Feng Shui - Bathroom

Post 147283 by florinn15 deleted for the following reason: Nope -- LobsterMitten

the oligarchy of Wikipedia

Post 147272 by minhrootloop deleted for the following reason: This article very strongly focuses on the "comprised / composed" guy, and as such I'm afraid will just become more of a repeat of this already open thread on that topic. If you'd like to try again with a more developed post about Wikipedia power distribution that doesn't focus so much on this one editor, that would be fine. -- taz

2015-02-22

"I want my REVIVAL!" "You HAVE your revival, sir."

Post 147267 by BiggerJ deleted for the following reason: Good news for Zim fans, but as is there's really not much of a post here. -- cortex

Your Internet Reputation

Post 147266 by Death and Gravity deleted for the following reason: Heya, this is in similar territory to this recent post; maybe add it as a comment there if it hasn't already shown up? -- cortex

"What a fucking opening!"

Post 147257 by Short Attention Sp deleted for the following reason: Show me the double! SHOW ME THE DOUBLE! -- cortex

Ponder the perpetrators at The Smoking Gun.

Post 147256 by GrammarMoses deleted for the following reason: Sorry but this is just pretty much an ugly point-and-laugh thing about people in unfortunate circumstances -- taz

2015-02-21

Dog bites Man, not news. Cop bites Donut, not news. Cop bites Donut Man,

Post 147249 by charlie don't surf deleted for the following reason: The irony is *delicious* but this is a pretty thin news of the weird story. -- LobsterMitten

2015-02-20

Kazuo Ohno, founder of Butoh, has died.

Post 147226 by idiopath deleted for the following reason: poster's request -- LobsterMitten

Boy, if life was only like this -- sometimes it is.

Post 147214 by MartinWisse deleted for the following reason: I kinda feel like a post about someone calling out an "SJWs suck!" screed, featuring that screed, on the basis that it's a bad screed, is sort of giving the thing attention in a way that we don't need to. -- cortex

2015-02-19

Climate Change: Boston Edition

Post 147178 by jazzbaby deleted for the following reason: Double. Probably better added to the open thread on Boston's blizzards. -- mathowie

2015-02-18

Unintended consequences

Post 147159 by Gronk deleted for the following reason: The previous post on this is still open - please just add this there. Thanks! -- restless_nomad

You'll get a charge out of this

Post 147155 by DrAstroZoom deleted for the following reason: Eh, this seems kinda like just some minor internet drama; if there's a cool post to be made about Volta, let's do it without the check-out-this-newspaper-comment-section angle. -- cortex

The rest of your life could be 68 days, assuming you get there.

Post 147147 by Brandon Blatcher deleted for the following reason: And then the camera shifted laterally to the prior post on the subject, a masterful example of the cinematographic technique commonly known as the "Marsy Pan". -- cortex

He only wanted to commit his designs to the "most beautiful words"

Post 147144 by frimble deleted for the following reason: *lights clove cigarette, adjusts ironic vintage coat* "i only read first editions" -- cortex

2015-02-16

"Our antiquaries abandon time for distance;"

Post 147099 by the man of twists and turns deleted for the following reason: Double. main link was posted last month, sorry the double link catcher didn't find it (new URL looks like) -- mathowie

Pulp Covers

Post 147098 by Chocolate Pickle deleted for the following reason: Even taken ironically, "them's the good old days" is a bad way to frame this -- mathowie

Thank you for being a Super Friend

Post 147094 by Renoroc deleted for the following reason: Double. -- mathowie

2015-02-15

Kate Brown to become first openly bisexual US state governor

Post 147051 by CBrachyrhynchos deleted for the following reason: There's a Kitzhaber/Brown thread from yesterday. -- cortex

Ready for Love?

Post 147046 by Yellow deleted for the following reason: We had a post about the essay behind this last month, but in any case the link here appears to not work at all on non-phones. -- cortex

Copenhagen free speech debate shooting: One dead

Post 147042 by marienbad deleted for the following reason: That is terrible news but I think it would be better to hold off on a post about this until there's something more substantial to post about than just Terrible Thing Has Happened. -- cortex

2015-02-14

Big-Ass Firework

Post 147038 by 445supermag deleted for the following reason: previously -- cortex

Mustang Speed Dating

Post 147025 by JujuB deleted for the following reason: Sorry, this is a bit too much of an ad for the Ford Mustang, along with a lot of viral video tropes. -- mathowie

2015-02-13

Dead White Authors Matter?

Post 147012 by Kitteh deleted for the following reason: I kind of feel like "I read this article and it was a bad article" is not a really great basis for a post. -- cortex

Teacher who can't show kids how to use a condom, shows how to use a sock

Post 147011 by speedangel deleted for the following reason: Heya, Metafilter posts really need to more just "here's a link to something interesting" without the "here's my thoughts/editorial stance on the subject". -- cortex

Japanese customer-service robots

Post 146997 by Sir Rinse deleted for the following reason: Double. -- restless_nomad

2015-02-12

4000 Years of History in a single graphic

Post 146981 by bobdow deleted for the following reason: Double. -- mathowie

2015-02-11

How to Become a Rock Star for $290

Post 146952 by pizzosteez deleted for the following reason: This may or may not be a paid promotional post, but regardless, it is not a good post for Metafilter. -- restless_nomad

Iran: A Cinematographic Revolution

Post 146946 by Rupert Pupkin deleted for the following reason: Self-link, banned. -- restless_nomad

2015-02-10

"The Frame is a Playground. So Play"

Post 146912 by quin deleted for the following reason: How To Do 2: Tony Zhougaloo -- cortex

2015-02-09

Welcome to beautiful Elgin Park.

Post 146875 by furnace.heart deleted for the following reason: Double. -- LobsterMitten

2015-02-08

Pink Brain Blues

Post 146848 by amanda deleted for the following reason: This blog post comes off as a bit weird, promoting "girlyness" but also weirdly transphobic towards tomboys and isn't going over too well, sorry. -- mathowie

The Mainstream History Of The Internet’s Favorite Anti-Semitic Image

Post 146847 by josher71 deleted for the following reason: Hey, a not particularly great article that features a whole bunch of visual riffs on offensive anti-Semitic imagery seems like not a super great idea for a post, getting flagged a bunch as a result. -- mathowie

2015-02-07

Werner Herzog Motivational Posters

Post 146834 by commander_cool deleted for the following reason: Double. -- restless_nomad

Vanishing Act

Post 146829 by feckless fecal fear mongering deleted for the following reason: Double. -- restless_nomad

2015-02-06

He come to saaaaave the Princess Zeld-ah!

Post 146813 by crazy with stars deleted for the following reason: yeah, pretty cool news, but this is barely a few paragraphs long, maybe wait until there's more info? -- mathowie

2015-02-05

Sometimes There Really Are No Words

Post 146776 by bearwife deleted for the following reason: This is a terrible, horrible thing that happened, but not much to discuss here beyond the atrocities -- mathowie

UPDATE: The twists and turns of the Vivian Maier photography collection

Post 146772 by zerobyproxy deleted for the following reason: Double. The copyright issue was covered in a post last week -- mathowie

Veeptopus!

Post 146766 by steinwald deleted for the following reason: Double. -- mathowie

Carry That Weight - the other side of the story

Post 146762 by enamon deleted for the following reason: A couple op-eds on a highly charged subject presented this way will not go well here. Maybe bulk it up with a few more sources that focus on evidence or the actual hearings? -- mathowie

Vax Coast

Post 146761 by four panels deleted for the following reason: Probably best as a comment in the existing open threads on vaccinations, not really worth a whole post about it on a topic that has been covered often recently here. -- mathowie

Spin barefoot, using a treadle, in public, while wearing earbuds.

Post 146751 by MoTLD deleted for the following reason: This does not appear to be all that well received. -- goodnewsfortheinsane

2015-02-04

From the state that brought you Joe Arpaio

Post 146724 by pjern deleted for the following reason: This is a really horrible story, but a bare single-link short news outragefilter post is not really a good post for the site -- taz

2015-02-03

NC Republican Senator Tom Tillis Tackles Germ Theory

Post 146711 by Short Attention Sp deleted for the following reason: "Politician says dumb thing" would be the only post anyone ever made if we covered all of them. -- restless_nomad

"Football Games" Now-a-days

Post 146700 by Hasteur deleted for the following reason: Heya, this is pretty darned thin for a post. -- cortex

It's like the Dude lulling you to sleep, man.

Post 146695 by Gwynarra deleted for the following reason: You call me "the Double". Or "his Doubleness", or "Dubs", or "Publicado Dos Veces" if you're not into that whole brevity thing. -- cortex

How (not) to Communicate About Vaccinations

Post 146692 by amtho deleted for the following reason: Heya, there's a very busy post about vaccinations from yesterday, add this in there? -- cortex

2015-02-02

Loosening the link between birth and success would make America richer

Post 146656 by zeikka deleted for the following reason: This is pretty slight for a post, and the pullquote part is already being discussed here -- taz

2015-02-01

I Am Not A Feminist

Post 146630 by huguini deleted for the following reason: Looks like this is really not going over well. Maybe it would work better a bit later in a more developed post with responses and analyses, but as is, it's basically single-link op/ed flamebait. -- taz