1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (19+ words) Special thanks to subdee, who tracks Trump-related news. Also prolific poster kliuless. Who is on your hit parade?...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (94+ words) Hopefully this is an easy question: What's the secret to doing Bookshop links in comments, where they don't break?This has come up a few times when I've wanted to link to books, and in this thread most recently I…...

2+ mon, 1+ hour ago  (165+ words) The days are getting longer... are you curious about starting plants from seed this year? Are you already a gardener with too many seeds of one thing and not enough of another? Let's share and swap seeds!It's a great…...

2+ mon, 7+ hour ago  (87+ words) This February marks the 8th anniversary of MefiCardClub, and we owe a massive thank you to SparkyButtons for making it happen!Since 2018 , SparkyButtons has been the heart of this project, turning the "Grey" into a hub of kindness, love, and smiles....

2+ mon, 3+ day ago  (229+ words) Hello and welcome to the first site update of 2026! Last month's update can be found here. This general update comes out monthly, but the updates linked below may be published more or less frequently than that, so you can follow…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago  (100+ words) I love the $5 membership speedbump to a Metafilter membership but with our declining membership and changing online mores from 'free' social media, I propose we make Metafilter membership tiered so that you can register your username and use the Recent…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (62+ words) The current image that is on the first two episode pages for Starfleet Academy on Fanfare looks.. odd? And as far as I can tell it's not an official image?Yeah uhm .. where do Fanfare media images come from? Is…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (131+ words) Can we talk a little about some of the responses to this AskMe--specifically, the way one user (poster of this previous meta) dominated the thread and attempted to start a gofundme for the asker?While there was mod action…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (150+ words) Metafilter has a policy on LLM-generated content, but it's not especially visible* even if you know it exists. Given this Ask I'm wondering whether a new user would necessarily be aware of it.I don't know if there's any clear,…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (97+ words) for January 5 makes a brief mention of MetaFilter.They seem a bit ... out of date: And now a brief chat with new supporter, Sadie B.! Sadie, hi! When did you start reading TMN? I think I started reading TMN after someone…...