MetaFilter] LGBTQIA+ News Roundup – May 12, 2025 A semi-regular overview of recent wins and setbacks from around the world in the LGBTQIA+ community. Compiled and share by mephron. Caught on Camera: The First-Ever Clear Footage of a Fault Line Shifting If you've ever fallen down … | Continue reading
:emoji:♂️ "I Have Dracula Merchandise" – A Delightfully Nerdy Film Caleb is trapped in a video game, due to accidently getting caught up in a demonic spell (hey it happens). Can Frankie help him escape before the game timer ends? Possibly, with the help of a of song, Dracula mer … | Continue reading
Venus, which Kosmos 842 failed to reach some 50 years ago The People v. Donald Trump, Surely This Donald Trump doesn't want to spend money authorized by the US Congress. Is that legal? If so, is it right in terms of the checks and balances on the executive branch? People are talk … | Continue reading
Photo by Bill Holsinger-Robinson, via Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/billhr/) Here's a couple of good posts that were shared on MetaFilter recently: Looking to show your love with the ultimate red sauce? This link might do it. It features a slow cooked Italian-American tom … | Continue reading
Puzzle by Alan E, via Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/alaneng/)''No, you can not be the Pope, but you can at least pretend to go for the job, courtesy of missjenny's MeFi Project, White Smoke. It follows a sort of choose-your-own adventure structure as you navigate a Concla … | Continue reading
Image by vinodbahal, from their Flickr stream (https://www.flickr.com/photos/vinodbahal/) Looking for friends? Perhaps they've closer than you think, you just have to shift your perspective. discovering true friends. At least according to this thoughtful link shared by storybored … | Continue reading
Wise Old Fish by george chamoun, via Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/gmoun1/) Have you ever bought music based on the cover art alone? Be it cassette tape (what's that), records, or digital, album art is seen as a basic necessity for collection of music. But it wasn't alway … | Continue reading
By NBC Radio - eBay itemphoto frontphoto back, Public Domain In the midst of watching past episodes of Abbot and Costello, delfin drops some observations on the Idiot and Asshole Trope. Those insights include other old time comedians, such as The Three Stooges and the Marx Brothe … | Continue reading
Mephron has done another of her semi-regular and fantastic LGBTQIA+ news posts. These posts include a variety of topics ranging from good, middle, and bad news, so grab your favorite drink and check it out. Meanwhile, in posts with a lighter tone, BuddhaInABucket made one about t … | Continue reading
Today we're highlighting some of the recent fantastic contributions from the community: Frowner makes a great point about AI use in the creative arts, ishmael made a post about the private group chats where tech billionaires and right-wing pundits hash out their ideas, RobinofFro … | Continue reading
Photo by adikos via Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/adikos/) Writing is a...well, a thing. Sometimes easy, sometimes maddening, often a mix of both of these things and more. Perhaps these slightly rude notes about writing will help you bridge that gap. Maybe not though, no … | Continue reading
What's new and good on MeFi you ask? Here's a few answers: Rhamoi's post celebrating 20 years of YouTube a is a joyful look back at the site's roots and early history. Looking for something a little dreamy and dark? Deadbilly made a post about The Nightly, "a web-based radio stat … | Continue reading
Mephron has posted a news round up of LGBTQIA+ issues. Be it good, middle, or bad, this is a fantastic summary of matters facing the community this week, read on! | Continue reading
The best thing ever created in the Star Wars universe, the show Andor, has returned for its second and final season. Three episodes will be dropping every Tuesday for the next four weeks, and we're all over the series in FanFare, come join the discussion! | Continue reading
By SVG file Dlloyd based on Monica Helms design - Description above retrieved from page Say hello to Seven Deadly Gins, long term lurker who's recently been inspired to sign up. They have a lot to say about how the MetaFilter community and the moderation team has dealt with trans … | Continue reading
The eight leg walker gives things a go! What's the best number of legs for a Lego robot walker? 2 legs? 4 legs? 8? 16? My money's on the 8 legs, but check out hurdy gurdy girl's post to see the surprising winner! | Continue reading
Photo by Sheila Thomson, via Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/sheilaellen/) Sir? Ma'am? Member chariot pulled by cassowaries, an Australian by birth, has a question about why and when Americans use sir/ma'am and MeFites have a lot to say about that! | Continue reading
Photo by Andrea Belvedere via Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/scieck/) To US members interested in ways to resist the government, The New Republic has an article filled with about how ordinary citizens to fight back. this post by dfm500 has the link! | Continue reading
Bored with Netflix? Tired of Spotify? Then, come into the gardens and find tv and radio from around the world! | Continue reading
Photo by Rolf Dietrich Brecher, via Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/rolfdietrichbrecher/) Hating everyone and everything? Want the sun to devour us all? You're not alone in that feeling, and we're making a playlist about it, do you have anything to suggest? Join the thread … | Continue reading
Photo by Vijay Sridhar, via Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/49217226@N06/) [COMMUNITY] MeFi's developers, both staff and members, have been tinkering away on several projects, making changes here and there, both on the current site and the planned new site. First up is Frim … | Continue reading
art from Callibre home page In a great post about the e-book managing software Calibre, we got a fantastic comment made by trig. They gave a great rundown about what's on the ebook reader market, sharing lots of good thoughts about the pluses and minuses of the major brands. Seri … | Continue reading
Photo by Ludovic Bertron from New York City, U.S. Two recent posts touch on different aspects of the gay community in America: First, constraint made a post about how LGBTQ people are taking steps to protect themselves by purchasing guns. Second, ShooBoo shared a link to an NYT o … | Continue reading
[COMMUNITY] This week's FREE thread wants to know "what situation, event, or incident were you hot, sweaty, comfortably or uncomfortably warm in, maybe needing to cool down?" Come fill us in on the details! | Continue reading
The Nangarhar University watertower, photo by Todd Huffman, via Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/oddwick/) If you want to be an architect, there's a lot you need to know, but not all of it is taught in schools. There are lists, long lists for sure, but oh so important, as th … | Continue reading
Photo by ishmael daro, via Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/93280928@N02/) Canada is known for maple syrup, snow, hockey, and... liqueurs? Yes indeed as shown in asbury's post about several Canadian distilleries using ingredients from their country to make distinctive brands … | Continue reading
Photo by Anka Albrecht via Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/134465805@N06/) In this week's belated (or bleated, hey sheep happens) Free thread, Wordshore shares a great story about being late to a wedding. How late? Oh just one year, that's all, no biggie! Morale of the stor … | Continue reading
Ten Cold Hot Dog posted a single link to a 55 second YouTube link of an animated frog playing a trumpet. That's it, that's the share and it is delightful! Come for the frog, but stay for the captions if you're looking for a bit of fun to inject into your day! | Continue reading
[COMMUNITY] Yes, yes, this week's FREE thread is a little late, we admit it. As such, it makes sense that the question/ theme of the week is "tardiness and/or belatedness". Come on it and take a load off as we loaf around and discuss the above or pretty much anything else folks w … | Continue reading
US Politics post, beware! With Trump continuing to...well, be Trump, and the major media outlets being too biased, essexjan asks the real question over in Ask MetaFilter: Where should I get my US political news from? Come on in and find other sources of news that (hopefully) are … | Continue reading
The ancestors did it, for all the usual reasons we still do it. This post by Fizz points out that creating graffiti is something people have done since ancient Pompeii. Yes, there's a drawing category for NSFW images, because people gotta be people. | Continue reading
The title of this post is not hyperbole. At least not that we know of. We lost a bit of time just scratching the surface of links in this simple and great post by JHarris. So pull up a chair (or sit up in bed, this is a judgement free zone) and check out a few. Be sure and read t … | Continue reading
[COMMUNITY] Kirkaracha has been hard at work developing a new website for MetaFilter. If there are specific requests you have for the new site, please submit them here! | Continue reading
Uniforms of Germania Airline / Germany Hey, do you like flight attendant uniforms? Well Lemkin has the post for you, which looks at a lot of uniforms from a lot of airlines. By "a lot" we mean "many" to a degree that will astound you, go ahead and look! Some might say it's too mu … | Continue reading
Season 2 of the acclaimed science fiction series Andor is set to debut on April 22, prompting Kattullus to create a post about season 1. In the thread we talk about the show's anti fascism and Marxist outlook, along with why this particular show is among the best fiction that occ … | Continue reading
[COMMUNITY] This week's Free Thread wants to know all about your creativity! | Continue reading
Musician Tom Waits was born in 1949 and has been playing professionally since the late '60s. Those decades of performance in the age of video and tv allows us a special treat: The ability to compare and contrast Waits performing one of his signature songs, Tom Traubert's Blues, 4 … | Continue reading
Photo by Trish Hamme, courtesy of Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/trishhamme/) Hey, you're a single woman and that's absolutely alright, according to this study that Kitteh shared. Come for the "duh," stay for the whimsical illustrations! | Continue reading
MeFi seeks a Poet Laureate to create comments that are aureate To sing praise of worldly beans or the danger of capitalist blue jeans Alas, I can't write poetry so just pretend that you don't me and come on inside this MetaTalk post | Continue reading
Letter, legal, or tableoid? Ignore all these paltry choices, friend. A4 is all you truly need, according to this post by Thella. Plus there's a bonus! | Continue reading
An early Tombow HOMO drawing pencil with transparent lacquer. In the time before computers, writing tools could be considered works of art. So come read dhruva's post about the golden age of Japanese pencils and discover how true that can be. | Continue reading
[COMMUNITY] You're going to have to make a lot of decisions this week, but lucky for you this week's Free Thread is geared towards making all of that easy! | Continue reading
Looking for some interesting content to post on MeFi? Then browse through March's LinkMe, a collection of suggestions to get folks started on making posts! | Continue reading
"I built some software that lets me visualize the connections across ingredients as maps." Honestly, if that sentence alone doesn't get you interested enough to click on web5.0's MeFi Project titled "Flavor maps", then I don't know what to say, other than you're missing out! | Continue reading
image via Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/93413187@N06/ It's morning time (somewhere) and your brain isn't quite ready. It needs a bit of an extended warmup to get full up to speed and the news headlines are too toxic. What do you recommend to get the ol' noggin going? Memb … | Continue reading
Ten years ago we were arguing about whether a certain dress was blue or gold, each of certain we were right. Now chavenet has shared a look back at the incident and what we can learn about it and others when we literally see things differently. | Continue reading
Photo by Christina Beckerman via Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/csbeck/) Sciatrix knows a lot about rodents, and is more than willing to share a bit of her knowledge about Old World rats and mice! | Continue reading
[COMMUNITY]This week's Free Thread wants to know what you name your stuff! | Continue reading