2010-12-31

PA and hypertension, a new Swedish study.

Post 99089 by Namlit deleted for the following reason: We need more than an abstract to really have a post about this. -- cortex

2010-12-30

Excerpts from The War You Don't See

Post 99081 by klue deleted for the following reason: we've got two wikileaks-themed posts in the past two days, please put this in one of the open threads, thank you. -- jessamyn

Connecting the dots between the Rosenbergs and Julian Assange

Post 99080 by jeffisme deleted for the following reason: Not really much of a post here by itself, maybe mention it in the most recent open thread if it's not already being discussed. -- cortex

Game Boy Beats

Post 99072 by Pixelie deleted for the following reason: Yeah, so, you're pretty clearly tied to this Red Bull Chinashop thing. -- cortex

ethnocide

Post 99065 by gerryblog deleted for the following reason: There's gotta be a better post to made than a huffpo editorial. -- cortex

Can't Bear The Camera

Post 99057 by gman deleted for the following reason: many people don't know that polar bears actually have black skin. This is, alas, a double -- jessamyn

2010-12-29

A map of North American regional English

Post 99041 by nebulawindphone deleted for the following reason: Putting the "di" in dialect. -- cortex

Police show their ignorance of citizen rights.

Post 99027 by Ardiril deleted for the following reason: This is a poorly framed post -- vacapinta

2010-12-28

10 million friends make a world.

Post 99002 by paulsc deleted for the following reason: Seen it. -- cortex

2010-12-27

"I HAVEN'T BUGUN TO GO FAR ENOUGH!!"

Post 98967 by Fizz deleted for the following reason: Yeah, no. -- cortex

2010-12-26

Too Cool for School

Post 98958 by timsteil deleted for the following reason: please make a better obit. -- jessamyn

2010-12-23

"You wrote a game with Douglas, whereas I wrote a game instead of Douglas."

Post 98881 by yoz deleted for the following reason: this is very cool but you need to put it in the open thread - linking to your own content in any way at all on MeFi is a no-no. -- jessamyn

The mighty hunter

Post 98871 by Tokarski deleted for the following reason: That's pretty shitty hunting, yeah, but a tiny news wire writeup is far too thin for a post to the front page. -- cortex

2010-12-22

"Full Metal Jacket", in Italian dialects

Post 98832 by MILNEWSca deleted for the following reason: A search results page is pretty much never a good post. -- cortex

Bacon Rain

Post 98825 by grateful deleted for the following reason: Yeah, just not cutting the mustard. -- cortex

Action is hot.

Post 98821 by mooselini deleted for the following reason: Yup, being very actively discussed in here. -- cortex

I was so baked I thought the Nationals just wanted my autograph.

Post 98819 by three blind mice deleted for the following reason: Yeah, I think it's time to call xtranormal videos an overplayed thing for MeFi. -- mathowie

2010-12-21

3 Tips to succeed

Post 98789 by ellipticals deleted for the following reason: are you fucking kidding me -- cortex

Shot by a handgun

Post 98786 by nam3d deleted for the following reason: There might be an interesting post to build around this but on it's own a single descriptive paragraph out of nowhere is very thin. -- cortex

Epic Meal time is back!

Post 98785 by James Cooper deleted for the following reason: One epic meal was probably enough. -- cortex

2010-12-19

best before and after fitness photo

Post 98732 by srs deleted for the following reason: This seems like point-and-laugh-at-the-crazy-person -- mathowie

2010-12-18

Top 10 Ways to find an answer to a question online.

Post 98715 by NotSoSiniSter deleted for the following reason: Yeah this was on metatalk already -- mathowie

“It’s a violation of sexual integrity, and it can be seen as rape.”

Post 98714 by three blind mice deleted for the following reason: We've had so many wikileaks posts, having yet another about Assange's arrest and possible rape feels like one too many, sorry. -- mathowie

You can believe me because...

Post 98686 by hexatron deleted for the following reason: this is not really a great way to set up a new wikileaks posts. There are a ton of wikileaks threads. If you'd like to make a wikileaks post please ease off the editorializing and the fancy formatting and maybe make it clear why we need another wikileaks thread. Thanks. -- jessamyn

2010-12-17

Why I am looking at the floor?

Post 98678 by ddaavviidd deleted for the following reason: That guy sure is high. -- cortex

Furry Auterry

Post 98645 by mippy deleted for the following reason: posted previously -- vacapinta

Study Confirms That Fox News Makes You Stupid

Post 98640 by novenator deleted for the following reason: Between you being a contributor to Alternet and you throwing a link to your work elsewhere into the beginning of the thread, this feels pretty not-okay. -- cortex

2010-12-16

Remember POGS? Me neither...

Post 98601 by James Cooper deleted for the following reason: One-day old one-entry hyper-anonymous blog is kind of a weird choice of links. -- cortex

2010-12-15

Salon: The inhumane conditions of Bradley Manning's detention

Post 98573 by - deleted for the following reason: Question of the worth of the salon article entirely aside, we've already asked you not to do FREE BRADLEY activism posts and you need to cut it out. -- cortex

The Eighth Wonder of the World

Post 98560 by Gazetter deleted for the following reason: self link, banned -- mathowie

2010-12-14

Bone marrow transplant seems to "functionally cure" HIV

Post 98554 by pompelmo deleted for the following reason: posted previously -- vacapinta

Things that reaffirm my faith in humanity

Post 98546 by Taft deleted for the following reason: oh good god not again -- cortex

It's gaming with someone I love.

Post 98534 by griphus deleted for the following reason: Totally great but we have indeed seen it before. -- cortex

It's just wrong, right? Right?!?

Post 98527 by KillaSeal deleted for the following reason: single link jezebel posts to hot button topics do not spur great MeFi discussions. -- jessamyn

Gawker Media has its heart hulled out with a spoon.

Post 98524 by rhombus deleted for the following reason: posted on Sunday night, when it was fresh. -- mathowie

Because of our POLITICAL VIEWS!

Post 98519 by subdee deleted for the following reason: I'm at the That Does Suck. I'm at the Too Thin Post. I'm at the combination That Does Suck But Too Thin Post. -- cortex

2010-12-13

It's All In The Eyes

Post 98504 by Sara C. deleted for the following reason: Crappy pop science reporting with no actual details is not great stuff for a post. -- cortex

A SILVER AND BLACK COLORED PLASTIC BASE

Post 98503 by gilrain deleted for the following reason: Kind of dumb lulz amazon review, don't know why it's super interesting. -- mathowie

Tokyo (subway) Compression

Post 98496 by DMelanogaster deleted for the following reason: yep, posted before. and the people are sleeping not squished. -- mathowie

William Tell on steroids

Post 98488 by Vanifriss deleted for the following reason: Cute, but it's a teeny little animation prepended to an ad for a news site's ipad app launch. That's pretty thin for a post. -- cortex

Hallelujah!

Post 98483 by not_that_epiphanius deleted for the following reason: Posted a couple weeks ago -- mathowie

I'll have what Miley Cyrus is having

Post 98465 by rodmandirect deleted for the following reason: Eh, TMZ is a pretty bad footing for any post and celeb gossip stuff generally needs to be done pretty well and for a compelling reason to stick around here. -- cortex

2010-12-12

Home ferrofluids

Post 98454 by Artw deleted for the following reason: Eh, straightfaced "make something neat (but actually make a useless goddam mess)" video without any kind of clear "this is a joke" framing seems like a bad idea. -- cortex

Date Julian Assange

Post 98444 by dougrayrankin deleted for the following reason: this is in the open Wikileaks thread and probably doesn't need to be its own post. -- jessamyn

2010-12-11

LEAD FEMALE'S NAME!

Post 98428 by kate blank deleted for the following reason: previously -- jessamyn

Mark Madoff (1964-2010)

Post 98423 by Joe Beese deleted for the following reason: This feels kind of out of the blue; I realize "gawk at awful person's son's death" isn't the intent but Mark hasn't exactly been on the radar and I'm not sure what a post about his suicide is supposed to be for. -- cortex

Stumble Upon

Post 98422 by lauratheexplorer deleted for the following reason: This isn't exactly news. -- cortex

2010-12-10

I want to play a game.

Post 98408 by Knigel deleted for the following reason: This is outragefilter. Also, it is hard to see what is redeeming about bringing attention to this. -- vacapinta

If Old People Ran the Internet

Post 98391 by antgly deleted for the following reason: single link college humor sort of shruggo. -- jessamyn

Article on the debate between atheists and non-atheists

Post 98377 by jb deleted for the following reason: does not do what it says on the tin. -- jessamyn

2010-12-09

DHMO, the global scourge!

Post 98359 by Chocolate Pickle deleted for the following reason: 1997 called, they want their chain email fodder back. -- cortex

My Kindle is Leaking

Post 98347 by Ratio deleted for the following reason: Bunch of wikileaks threads open already, and cute as this it's also really, really thin. -- cortex

2010-12-08

Example 8 Hour 23.976

Post 98327 by ph00dz deleted for the following reason: uh -- cortex

2010-12-07

So Why Is Wikileaks A Good Thing Again?

Post 98307 by mhjb deleted for the following reason: this should probably go in one of the other wikileaks threads that is already open. -- jessamyn

From Bully to Bitch

Post 98302 by JABof72 deleted for the following reason: Folks have noted all of this in the existing post, looks like. -- cortex

I don't know man. That's like, a LOT of responsibility.

Post 98297 by tylerfulltilt deleted for the following reason: Wrong link? -- mathowie

The sports infidelity equation

Post 98294 by reenum deleted for the following reason: I don't think this is going to go anywhere good really. -- mathowie

Abraham Serfaty (1926-2010)

Post 98278 by Paquda deleted for the following reason: At poster's request -- mathowie

Naughty or Nice?

Post 98277 by Chuckles McLaughy du Haha, the depressed clown deleted for the following reason: There's no content on the main link and it's not clear why it should be unsurprising or interesting that that church is responsible for it. -- cortex

Not that you've seen many today.

Post 98275 by Rory Marinich deleted for the following reason: I guess that'd make this pencil... [puts on sunglasses] ...number two. YEAHHHHhhh! -- cortex

2010-12-06

Another place to go to waste time on the computer....

Post 98268 by St. Alia of the Bunnies deleted for the following reason: previously -- jessamyn

These are not the trends you're looking for

Post 98246 by Marla Singer deleted for the following reason: The wonkery is a little interesting but we've been drowning in wikileaks stuff lately and this seems like without something a lot more significant than 'twitter maybe avoiding big subject' this is more of an add-it-to-an-existing-thread sitaution than something that needs its own post. -- cortex

Will USD5k cash make you snitch up Julian Assange to CBS

Post 98238 by priorpark17 deleted for the following reason: Probably better as a comment in existing wikileaks threads. -- mathowie

2010-12-05

2010-12-04

Pandas Being Pushy

Post 98209 by peppito deleted for the following reason: I dunno this just doesn't seem interesting. -- mathowie

I'll just develop these later.

Post 98204 by Bonzai deleted for the following reason: Yup. -- cortex

Let me finish

Post 98193 by Potomac Avenue deleted for the following reason: previously -- jessamyn

The paperless office is here.

Post 98192 by dabitch deleted for the following reason: previously -- jessamyn

Fascism, rage, and the moral compass we all have which can bend completely backwards when packed into a sweaty, motorized box full of Nazis and overly-caffeinated, puberty-stricken howler monkeys.

Post 98190 by Chipmazing deleted for the following reason: Oatmeal has pretty much gotten to been there done that status at this point. -- cortex

Of all the secrets we keep, why did it have to be those cables?

Post 98185 by twoleftfeet deleted for the following reason: Downfall parodies are overdone -- mathowie

F/M/K

Post 98184 by minifigs deleted for the following reason: People seem to think this kind of sucks. -- cortex

2010-12-03

The good, the bad and a prolific moderator.

Post 98177 by infinite intimation deleted for the following reason: this is not a post for metafilter, this is a giant linkdump with almost no one commenting who isn't you. Please repost on your own blog, or make something that isn't 5000+ words. Thank you, please contact us if you want to talk about this. -- jessamyn

Whisper Words of Wisdom

Post 98173 by bwg deleted for the following reason: Posted earlier -- mathowie

You're a frog, aren't ya? Why don't you jump?

Post 98170 by boo_radley deleted for the following reason: Much as I long for it to be otherwise, there is only room in this world for one Kermit-centric reimagining of The Wicker Man. -- cortex

Free:; depends if I agree or not.

Post 98153 by adamvasco deleted for the following reason: Recent thread is still hopping, take this stuff there if it isn't already. -- cortex

2010-12-02

NASA Finds New Life.

Post 98130 by Non-Prophet deleted for the following reason: Yup, see here. -- cortex

But Just Think of the Alternative

Post 98122 by bearwife deleted for the following reason: let's just pretend I came up with a funny Gary Larson reference or something -- cortex

I, For One, Welcome Our New Arsenic etc.

Post 98118 by sonika deleted for the following reason: maybe stick this in the existing thread... -- mathowie

Free Brad Manning, please.

Post 98108 by - deleted for the following reason: Activism posts aren't a great use of mefi in general, terseness isn't helping here, and insulting your fellow mefites is a pretty shitty way to respond to people disliking a questionable post. -- cortex

How many dinosaurs can fit in a 200 foot wooden boat?

Post 98101 by T.D. Strange deleted for the following reason: The Lord said / to T.D. / you're gonna make a / double posty -- cortex

2010-12-01

For Revolution!

Post 98069 by Rory Marinich deleted for the following reason: by the power of #666666skull -- cortex

Fa la la la la ...

Post 98068 by jbickers deleted for the following reason: I guess the fact that this thing doesn't even seem to load obviates the need to have a discussion about whether the content that would have ended up loading would have made for a good post. -- cortex

W(TF)edding

Post 98053 by Foci for Analysis deleted for the following reason: Seen it. -- cortex

Qwiki

Post 98052 by jimitjim deleted for the following reason: May be Spam. But it is a weak post anyways. Sites shouldn't require signup to figure out what they are about. -- vacapinta

2010-11-30

Jump rope.

Post 98049 by Sticherbeast deleted for the following reason: Yeah, looks like the exact same video was posted last year. -- mathowie

Breakfast fortress!

Post 98044 by zerobyproxy deleted for the following reason: The time for epic meals is past! -- cortex

About that coup in Honduras...

Post 98041 by eviemath deleted for the following reason: There's a recent thread about the cables, it's fine to mention this there. -- cortex

Sick beats, Mary

Post 98035 by Taft deleted for the following reason: bang bang -- mathowie

A Brief History Of Male And Female Sex Toys

Post 98018 by nam3d deleted for the following reason: More history and less SEO, maybe. This is just way too flatout linkbait spambloggy as is. -- cortex

It's the climate, stupid

Post 98017 by nickrussell deleted for the following reason: an Editorial hung together with weather and wikipedia links? No thanks. -- vacapinta

2010-11-29

What of the man behind the curtain?

Post 97997 by zug deleted for the following reason: We've had a couple of pretty Assange-centric posts and the subject comes up in every wikileaks thread we have as well, so maybe just add this to the most recent thread. -- cortex

A (Literate) Prostitute's Blog

Post 97996 by hpb2earnest deleted for the following reason: I think you just blatantly linked your own website. -- cortex

2010-11-28

Princeton Public Speaking

Post 97985 by ppspeaking deleted for the following reason: Spam -- vacapinta

Definitely SLYT

Post 97975 by parmanparman deleted for the following reason: That's kind of overselling an amateur recording of a singalong with zero background info for what's going on or why it's notable. -- cortex

The answer to quite a few AskMe asks

Post 97973 by sweetkid deleted for the following reason: Nice idea but the content seems a bit crap and the whole thing oozes SEO linkfarmery. -- cortex

htaccess: Redirect all urls containing "x" to "specific_img.jpg"

Post 97970 by B(oYo)BIES deleted for the following reason: I think you meant to post this over at Ask. -- pb

Theres a hole in it

Post 97963 by adamvasco deleted for the following reason: Post about it when it's out. When it is out is the time to post about it. Etc. -- cortex

Can the customer ever be wrong? Is that not possible?

Post 97957 by Lusy P Hur deleted for the following reason: Seeing Double -- pb

2010-11-27

what does Wikileaks have?

Post 97956 by sarastro deleted for the following reason: For god's sake, post about something when it happens, not beforehand. The Insurance file was covered here four months ago. -- cortex

Boom.

Post 97947 by washburn deleted for the following reason: A little context for this probably would be a good idea, yeah. -- cortex

Schadenfreude on a Sunday

Post 97945 by numberstation deleted for the following reason: Maybe wait until the release has actually happened and you can link to actual coverage by the newspapers instead of to their home pages? -- cortex

The More You Hate Us The More You Love Us

Post 97943 by Xurando deleted for the following reason: Kind of feels like this post isn't what it's about. -- cortex

2010-11-26

Holiday Gift Guides 2010

Post 97928 by Geoffk deleted for the following reason: Yeah, I noticed you slipping your own site in there. Happy holidays. -- cortex

And it is time for those who talk about family values to start valuing families. -- John Kerry

Post 97921 by orthogonality deleted for the following reason: This is not a good post for metafilter -- vacapinta

2010-11-25

Get it and save it while it's hot

Post 97919 by twoleftfeet deleted for the following reason: This is one of those things that may turn into an interesting and discussion-worthy thing sometime soon but is in it's current state sort of a non-story situation that's not really what Metafilter is for. -- cortex

Another Superfluous Post About Hipsters.

Post 97917 by MHPlost deleted for the following reason: Yeah sorry but this sounds more at home on your personal blog than here -- mathowie

Eliza's Exclusion

Post 97912 by softriver deleted for the following reason: nothing like a good old fashioned editorilized front page post to liven up my turkey day. -- jessamyn

2010-11-24

Kim Jong-Il Looking at Things

Post 97889 by joeclark deleted for the following reason: Yeah, we pretty much saw this back when the source pictures got a post. -- cortex

Cross-Congo Roadtrip

Post 97886 by jefficator deleted for the following reason: and they got all the way across the Congo before they realized they left their wallet at home and had to do it all over again, yes -- cortex

No Trip to London

Post 97876 by three blind mice deleted for the following reason: This is not a good post for metafilter. -- cortex

2010-11-23

Is the Church speeding up?

Post 97857 by hankercranker deleted for the following reason: This can probably just go in the Vaticondom thread from a couple days ago. -- cortex

'My tiny junk is offended'

Post 97852 by jourman2 deleted for the following reason: Yeah this is six months old -- mathowie

Does North Korea want the US to Invade?

Post 97849 by viralceo deleted for the following reason: there is an open thread on this topic and a single link about something big an important is not a grat way to go about making a post. -- jessamyn

2010-11-22

Reference ranges for blood tests by molarity.

Post 97838 by jjray deleted for the following reason: This doesn't really make sense out of context. Maybe with a few explanatory links to pages featuring a special message from Jimmy Wales? -- mathowie

Birth or Not

Post 97832 by boo_radley deleted for the following reason: This seems like the worst attention-seeking crappy site imaginable. -- mathowie

Why You Shouldn't Become an Archivist

Post 97824 by elder18 deleted for the following reason: Imagine a circumscribed D -- cortex

Neil Gaiman's The Price

Post 97817 by MaiaMadness deleted for the following reason: there are a million worthy kickstarter projects, this doesn't really rise above to something noteworthy -- mathowie

Barack Obama Inc.

Post 97814 by Joe Beese deleted for the following reason: Joe Beese, I think we've heard enough about Obama from you. -- mathowie

Unlike a circle, a sphere can be turned inside out.

Post 97811 by Obscure Reference deleted for the following reason: Previously, on Siskel and Evert -- cortex

2010-11-21

Lap, lap, lap.

Post 97799 by Fizz deleted for the following reason: previously -- jessamyn

Naked on Pluto

Post 97798 by yaxu deleted for the following reason: You seem to know the guys who made this pretty well in a way that makes this not really okay given our No Friend-Links rule. -- cortex

2010-11-20

Most of us have wondered what...

Post 97794 by will wait 4 tanjents deleted for the following reason: Yeah, this is a pretty standard sky dive video, not really noteworthy. -- mathowie

An honest and true resumé

Post 97792 by antgly deleted for the following reason: craigslist urls are temporary, the resume isn't that creative -- mathowie

... invented by Kilpatrick MacMillan, A Blacksmith from Dumfries, Scotland

Post 97777 by blue_beetle deleted for the following reason: Already posted a few days back -- mathowie

You can't take the shoes off, though.

Post 97775 by St. Alia of the Bunnies deleted for the following reason: Yeah, old and seen it at least twice. -- cortex

Baby girl names sugestion

Post 97773 by flx89 deleted for the following reason: what? -- jessamyn

2010-11-19

Why You Shouldn't Become an Archivist

Post 97757 by marxchivist deleted for the following reason: I think these xtranormal videos are kind of played out. -- mathowie

funky dancing

Post 97737 by parallax7d deleted for the following reason: Thanks. This woke me up. -- vacapinta

2010-11-18

"I live well on the desperation, misery, and incompetence that your educational system has created."

Post 97702 by Kattullus deleted for the following reason: posted previously. -- pb

People Are Angry About Airport Security

Post 97701 by honey-barbara deleted for the following reason: Wacky Taiwanese Animation is pretty thin for a post. -- cortex

2010-11-17

How The Lord of the Rings should have ended.

Post 97690 by St. Alia of the Bunnies deleted for the following reason: Kind of ancient web video -- mathowie

Touching Penn's Bic

Post 97685 by nushustu deleted for the following reason: this happened years ago. Is there an update? -- jessamyn

Come up with some kind of game you're trying to play with the child

Post 97684 by ArkhanJG deleted for the following reason: I really feel like we're playing "who can make a TSA post that's not deleted" here. Longer pullquotes don't really keep this from being a "here's a few fucked up examples of something the TSA did" and pullquotes from year old articles. -- jessamyn

I'm Sorry You Were Angry

Post 97671 by keratacon deleted for the following reason: There's really not any news news beyond what was already covered in the previous thread. Unless something more significant than a weird self-pitying half-apology comes along, we probably don't need a second post for this. -- cortex

Tomorrow is just another day. That you'll never forget.

Post 97669 by twoleftfeet deleted for the following reason: I've Got a Feeling this has been posted before -- vacapinta

2010-11-16

Bravery personified.

Post 97667 by skepticallypleased deleted for the following reason: A bit too much editorializing… -- mathowie

She really just doesn't get it, does she?

Post 97664 by IAmBroom deleted for the following reason: this probably should go in the open thread from last week. Appreciate the research/links you brought to it, but it's all over 'cept the pile-on and maybe not such a grat idea to do in an all new post. -- jessamyn

The Minds Of Dogs vs Cats.

Post 97653 by philipy deleted for the following reason: Yeah, no biggie but this is pretty old email-forward stuff. -- cortex

Courtroom:Judgement::AIPAC:

Post 97650 by parmanparman deleted for the following reason: please give yourself the "try harder on I/P posts" reason for deletion drill. -- jessamyn

Buy Silver - Crash JP Morgan Chase

Post 97646 by Flood deleted for the following reason: this is a little too "sign my petition" activist-editorial for a post on MetaFilter. -- jessamyn

The Beatles at the Washington Coliseum

Post 97645 by rolo deleted for the following reason: PETE BEST SENDS HIS REGARDS -- cortex

The Israelification of Airports

Post 97643 by swift deleted for the following reason: Please add one-off "here's another link about airport security related stuff" to one of the existing open threads. -- cortex

It is a touchy subject.

Post 97640 by valkyryn deleted for the following reason: We're pretty much aware of David Thorne at this point. -- cortex

2010-11-15

A Building Too Fast?

Post 97636 by Galen deleted for the following reason: I realize you may not have been going for this exactly, but the framing of this post really does read pretty bad and people seem to really not be okay with that. -- cortex

Jeremy Messersmith - Tatooine

Post 97628 by chunking express deleted for the following reason: posted previously but there weren't many good tags so I added a few but I'm still deleting this, sorry about that, I do love this video. -- jessamyn

Keep this away from the children!

Post 97613 by knz deleted for the following reason: This post reads more like a personal editorial statement than really makes sense for the front page, setting aside the question of whether six and a half minutes of deadpan xtranormal speech synthesis is a good way to present information. -- cortex

I found this page through my own hard work

Post 97611 by ThePinkSuperhero deleted for the following reason: I don't have to wait for the men to tell me that this is a day-old blog without a lot of context on a touchy issue and maybe not so great for here. -- jessamyn

"Are nailclippers and aftershave the tools of terrorists?"

Post 97606 by The Winsome Parker Lewis deleted for the following reason: Ample open TSA threads, please add to one of them instead of starting a new one. -- cortex

2010-11-14

Put on a kilt, and strike a blow against stupidity!

Post 97598 by krautland deleted for the following reason: There's an Opt-Out Day post already and I think at least two other open TSA posts, maybe add this to one of those. -- cortex

Moral heuristics, public policy, and self-defeating tribalism

Post 97589 by kliuless deleted for the following reason: this is again seeming like a giant linkdump of articles loosely based around a theme that is again somewhat inscrutable given the framing. This seems like a grwat post, but for some other site. -- jessamyn

This city deserves a better class of criminal.

Post 97586 by d. z. wang deleted for the following reason: there are several open TSA threads, please put this in one of them. -- jessamyn

2010-11-13

How does Google work?

Post 97575 by Phire deleted for the following reason: No offense Phire, but this is infographic blog spam for a skeevy pay per click blog. -- mathowie

The Panopticon finally pays off

Post 97573 by mecran01 deleted for the following reason: not actually stolen (that's scott in the photo) and he's not in Vermont either (bay area, California) -- mathowie

2010-11-12

mini time travel

Post 97545 by mdn deleted for the following reason: This was just posted yesterday. -- mathowie

Comic People

Post 97544 by Dim Siawns deleted for the following reason: Yeah, this should be a comment in yesterday's thread about it. -- mathowie

take this beard and shove it!

Post 97542 by analogue deleted for the following reason: News of the weird stuff usually isn't great for mefi and this doesn't seem like an exception. -- cortex

Postal Worker Secretly Films Customer's Racist Rant

Post 97532 by ericb deleted for the following reason: Random crazy racist woman establishes herself as shitheel on camera, sure, why is this good for the front page of mefi? -- cortex

2010-11-11

Advertising in context - one day only, presumably

Post 97506 by bhb deleted for the following reason: Buh? -- cortex

THESE ARE MY GOOD SWEAT PANTS!

Post 97503 by DMan deleted for the following reason: I hear Robert Downey Jr. didn't even read the previous post. -- cortex

Actress Michelle Nicastro, Soap star, "When Harry met Sally," & Eponine dies at 50

Post 97496 by randomkeystrike deleted for the following reason: Not a big deal, randomkeystrike, but if there's gonna be an obit post for Nicastro it might need to be something with more meat and context than a short Variety blurb. -- cortex

Curtis Got Slapped By A White Teacher

Post 97495 by Drainage! deleted for the following reason: This is a little too Something-Awfulish. -- cortex

2010-11-09

Anxiously awaiting the results of this case...

Post 97453 by greatgefilte deleted for the following reason: Manitwoba -- cortex

Explaining SE Asian politics through the medium of naked women

Post 97438 by Paul Slade deleted for the following reason: Tin probably needs to be presented a lot more clearly and with some context. -- cortex

2010-11-05

What shall we do with this iPhone?

Post 97345 by Biru deleted for the following reason: It's a post, Jim, but not as we know it. -- cortex

"An Unbelievable Case of Concealment."

Post 97333 by ericb deleted for the following reason: sorry, just missed it. -- mathowie

Toby Jones Big Ass Post & Commentorium

Post 97325 by Rat Spatula deleted for the following reason: Twoby Jtwos -- cortex

2010-11-04

No more shines, Billy.

Post 97294 by apranica deleted for the following reason: Sorry, I gotta whack this one. -- mathowie

Windmill, windmill. sigh

Post 97279 by vapidave deleted for the following reason: you might need a little more context with this one. I'm all in favor of SLYT posts, but folks aren't getting this one. -- jessamyn

2010-11-03

Black Man Loves Pokemon

Post 97263 by livejamie deleted for the following reason: eh -- cortex

2010-11-02

"I wanna screw the whole world"

Post 97249 by ReWayne deleted for the following reason: right now this is a three post blog and a "coming soon" link, can you post a link to it when there's something there? -- jessamyn

Coolest marijuana invention ever

Post 97246 by Gregstonificatore deleted for the following reason: wikipipe seems to be trying to spam us. -- jessamyn

2010-11-01

The World of Legal Drugs

Post 97212 by bhb deleted for the following reason: so high right now -- cortex

Understanding italian politics in two words.

Post 97210 by - deleted for the following reason: despite the title, this post still needs more than this to make it explicable to most people, if not everyone. -- jessamyn

Anything worse than this isn't fun

Post 97198 by twoleftfeet deleted for the following reason: Daily Mail is kind of a famously bad source unless you've got a specifically good reason to link to it, in which case saying why is probably a good idea. More generally, you do indeed have control over the framing of your post and putting this in a more explanatory context and skipping the crappy-hed stuff would make the post a lot more workable. -- cortex

2010-10-31

Vincent

Post 97181 by crunchland deleted for the following reason: posted last month -- mathowie

"Imagine, in just two weeks of your spare time...."

Post 97174 by harold_dumbacher deleted for the following reason: This doesn't make a good post for metafilter. -- vacapinta -- jessamyn

2010-10-30

Gulf Disaster Continues

Post 97159 by hippybear deleted for the following reason: let's go with the one after this one. -- mathowie

2010-10-29

Women's Rights Revolutionary

Post 97136 by experiencehunter deleted for the following reason: This is a weird spammy give me money/links for a cause kind of thing. -- mathowie

2010-10-28

I Had a One-Night Stand With Christine O'Donnell

Post 97108 by reenum deleted for the following reason: single link blog tawdry whatever - this is really thin for MetaFilter. -- jessamyn

"a group of unqualified, unstable individuals who will do what they are told, in exchange for money and power, and march this nation as far backward as they can get"

Post 97105 by Senor Cardgage deleted for the following reason: single link tea party is really not okay for MeFi anymore. There are six open tea party threads. -- jessamyn

1928 Time Traveller with cell phone

Post 97095 by mecran01 deleted for the following reason: Posted previously -- mathowie

Mapped Travel - Cairo

Post 97084 by groggi42 deleted for the following reason: Self-link -- vacapinta

2010-10-27

Geek Fun!

Post 97067 by will wait 4 tanjents deleted for the following reason: probably best as a comment in the still open thread about this. -- mathowie

Too fat for TV?

Post 97057 by fermezporte deleted for the following reason: Crappy op-eds don't make for great posts. -- cortex

2010-10-26

1928 Calling

Post 97032 by Hop123 deleted for the following reason: posted a few days ago -- mathowie

"We are people who realize projects without asking permission. That̢۪s all."

Post 97025 by defenestration deleted for the following reason: Neat but saw it a few months ago. -- cortex

"I have a bit of a headache."

Post 97024 by Uther Bentrazor deleted for the following reason: It's an awful scene and I know it's making the poliblog rounds, but it's also basically "here is an awful thing that happened" without any meat to it and folks who are paying any attention to this election cycle are pretty likely to see it themselves at TPM or elsewhere. -- cortex

2010-10-25

Ford Fiesta

Post 97009 by mightygodking deleted for the following reason: this is a sort of messed up post. If you write for the torontoist you can't make posts that link to it and you can't get around this by posting a link to a blog you write for in the comments, sorry. -- jessamyn

Apparently I have a problem.

Post 96994 by seagull.apollo deleted for the following reason: I do not know why this would be worth posting. -- cortex

The Grayson Album

Post 96990 by swift deleted for the following reason: No, 96990, I am your post id. -- cortex

Making ourselves comfortable

Post 96985 by Joe Beese deleted for the following reason: we've politely said "give it a rest" vis a vis this topic and you, this is not really giving it a rest, additionally, it's sort of a single link news article on the same old topic. -- jessamyn

2010-10-24

Nothing good can come from a conversation thats starts with "I met a guy names Cooter"

Post 96968 by flyfsh_peter deleted for the following reason: meh, robot comedy isn't that interesting. -- mathowie

2010-10-23

Learn Greek on Skype!

Post 96940 by tatiana7 deleted for the following reason: Spam. -- pb

2010-10-22

The New York City Subway System: A Retrospective

Post 96935 by Heliochrome85 deleted for the following reason: posted previously -- mathowie

Bieber's biography, as read by Gordon Pinsent

Post 96934 by James Cooper deleted for the following reason: already posted earlier today -- mathowie

Welcome to Rapture

Post 96931 by mhum deleted for the following reason: Yup, came up in a previous thread. -- cortex

Clarence Thomas' ex-girlfriend speaks out

Post 96928 by JABof72 deleted for the following reason: there's an open CT thread from two days ago, maybe drop this there? -- jessamyn

I want my hover cars!

Post 96927 by empatterson deleted for the following reason: Been there, vaporwared that. -- cortex

Fired NPR Reporter Juan Williams signs on with Fox News. That was pretty quick.

Post 96921 by livejamie deleted for the following reason: this should go in the existing thread from two days ago -- mathowie

Hollywood Blockbusters Spawn New Religions

Post 96903 by tsagis deleted for the following reason: This is a self-link and you are banned. -- cortex

2010-10-21

Tea Party Nationalism

Post 96890 by ejfox deleted for the following reason: I think we've got enough open discussion of the Tea Party phenom, maybe drop this in one of the open threads? -- jessamyn

Is Thatcher dead yet

Post 96877 by acb deleted for the following reason: This is pretty damn grim. -- cortex

2010-10-20

High test jello.

Post 96868 by jacquilynne deleted for the following reason: post it in the open jello thread, is a great link. -- jessamyn

RAH RAH! Fuck you.

Post 96847 by auralcoral deleted for the following reason: oh good, the texas/outrage/rape trifecta. Really this is not a good post for MetaFilter. -- jessamyn

What to do when Clarence Thomas's wife calls you...

Post 96842 by treeshar deleted for the following reason: Pretty dang thin. -- cortex

The RZA's movie that never was.

Post 96837 by James Cooper deleted for the following reason: Uh, it looks an awful lot like you know and have worked with the guy who made this. -- cortex

"This is indeed a clash of civilisations, not between Islam and Christendom but between reason and superstition."

Post 96828 by Fizz deleted for the following reason: Sorry, this is a lame op-ed on a crazy controversial subject -- mathowie

2010-10-19

An Unexpected Friendship

Post 96819 by bearwife deleted for the following reason: loved previously -- jessamyn

His mustache is too damn ridiculous

Post 96818 by schmod deleted for the following reason: Post Is Two Damn Many -- cortex

Christine O'Donnell questions separation of church & state

Post 96813 by livejamie deleted for the following reason: LOLCRAYZEE thread is fun for co-hating but otherwise pretty thin on postworthiness. -- jessamyn

2010-10-18

tl;dr

Post 96789 by Avenger50 deleted for the following reason: Whatever this doesn't seem to be doing anything right now. -- cortex

More forbidding than a zebra or a newspaper...

Post 96774 by h00py deleted for the following reason: advertwosing -- cortex

2010-10-16

Turtles all the way down...

Post 96745 by daHIFI deleted for the following reason: previously -- jessamyn

It's Time To Forgive George Lucas

Post 96743 by zooropa deleted for the following reason: this is too GYOBloggy for MetaFilter -- jessamyn

What it was

Post 96738 by timsteil deleted for the following reason: This is a pretty opaque lede-burying way to post a couple links to football comedy routines. -- cortex

2010-10-15

Some etchings by Roman Haubenstock-Ramati

Post 96730 by montoia deleted for the following reason: Seriously, Aditya, stop trying to sneak back on to Metafilter. This is fucking ridiculous. -- cortex

Little Superstar

Post 96705 by mippy deleted for the following reason: the guy must be in high school by now -- jessamyn

2010-10-14

Jeremy Messersmith.

Post 96686 by Blogwardo deleted for the following reason: posted previously... -- mathowie

American Ph. D. Program Rankings (but who's Number One?)

Post 96671 by JL Sadstone deleted for the following reason: This post is ranked number two in being posts about this according to the National Jokey Deletion Reason Council.. -- cortex

The God of Cake

Post 96669 by cherryflute deleted for the following reason: It's a great blog and all but we've seen it several times before. -- cortex

The 2010 brooklyn space program

Post 96663 by Rinku deleted for the following reason: Awesome but seen it. -- cortex

Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!

Post 96645 by kliuless deleted for the following reason: I know you must have spent a bunch of time on this, but a megapost on a complex of fight-starting subjects isn't a great idea for the front page. -- cortex

There There Are No Facts, Only Interpretations

Post 96643 by cruelshoes deleted for the following reason: Self link, banned -- mathowie

2010-10-13

The Case for Working With Your Hands

Post 96616 by nicolas léonard sadi carnot deleted for the following reason: posted previously -- vacapinta

2010-10-12

Where's the note?

Post 96608 by Substrata deleted for the following reason: Maybe just add this to this post from three days ago. -- cortex

How To Brew Beer In A Coffee Maker

Post 96576 by BZArcher deleted for the following reason: Coffee Beer II: Urn Brew -- cortex

Girl Crazy: Women Who Suffer from Gender Disappointment

Post 96575 by Chuckles deleted for the following reason: Glossy mag article from apparently unreliable author posted on nutso tarpit political site is adding up to a lot of Not Great here. -- cortex

Punk as fuck.

Post 96567 by auralcoral deleted for the following reason: Many, Many people honestly believe this is not FPP worthy -- vacapinta

2010-10-11

Can wind farms cause local warming?

Post 96544 by Madaman deleted for the following reason: Self-link, adios. -- cortex

2010-10-10

Dick jokes are forever

Post 96519 by The Whelk deleted for the following reason: poster's request -- jessamyn

2010-10-09

sing along, or play along, or just listen ... it's Beatle-y multi-tracky time!

Post 96512 by flapjax at midnite deleted for the following reason: drop this in the already open john lennon birthday thread? -- jessamyn

Hey, Homer's got one of those robot cars. One of those American robot cars.

Post 96510 by domnit deleted for the following reason: posted earlier today -- mathowie

Insane Clown Pose: And God created Controversy

Post 96507 by hippybear deleted for the following reason: If you wanna make a post but the post's mom is there post the mom. Or something. -- cortex

Finally !

Post 96500 by lobstah deleted for the following reason: Tiny news of the weird articles make for poor metafilter posts. -- cortex

2010-10-08

Smell Like A Monster

Post 96487 by will wait 4 tanjents deleted for the following reason: there is a monster at the end of this double post -- jessamyn

Leah Piepgras

Post 96473 by loggy23 deleted for the following reason: It looks an awful lot like this is someone you know. -- cortex

Grace on 90th & MacArthur

Post 96465 by tula deleted for the following reason: Posted previously.... -- mathowie

All Creative Works Are Derivative

Post 96460 by jabberjaw deleted for the following reason: All curvilinear area-measurement functions are integral! -- cortex

2010-10-07

Better than an iPad?

Post 96446 by WoodChuck deleted for the following reason: this appears to be a self-link to a video about your own product and you are now banned. -- jessamyn -- jessamyn

"It just looks like a giant crack in the ground."

Post 96442 by jjray deleted for the following reason: What? -- cortex

The Last Kamikaze

Post 96413 by aeroboros deleted for the following reason: We kind of need more than wikipedia to go on here -- mathowie

2010-10-06

Polish poet Piotr Sommer on PennSound

Post 96410 by nicomachus deleted for the following reason: unless i am confused about something, this is a link to a project you were involved in. -- jessamyn

The Great European Shouting Match

Post 96406 by WalterMitty deleted for the following reason: Here Be Doubles -- cortex

2010-10-04

$402 Billion, with Interest

Post 96336 by Chinese Jet Pilot deleted for the following reason: I just hope this post isn't the Franz Ferdinand of the blogosphere or I'm gonna feel pretty silly about deleting it as a double when the bombs start falling. -- cortex

May the least bad candidate win

Post 96333 by simms2k deleted for the following reason: Short op-ed and a couple of wikipedia links is a bit on the thin let's-chat-about-politics side for a post. -- cortex

2010-10-01

OHCHR Report on the Gaza Raid

Post 96264 by griphus deleted for the following reason: I realize you may have completely missed this recent metatalk thread, but we're feeling like another post about this is not a great idea in the best case and leading off posts with bloody pullquotes is really kind of a bad idea for any subject. -- cortex

Free Music. That is all.

Post 96252 by MikeF7033 deleted for the following reason: Jesus christ, congratulations on getting banned for self-linking for the second time, jackass. -- cortex

What sort of senility is softening up the frontal lobes of America's palefaces?

Post 96247 by desjardins deleted for the following reason: Maybe add this to the thread from a couple days ago, if it's not already there. -- cortex

You know how to whistle, right?

Post 96245 by loquacious deleted for the following reason: ganked content on someone's tumblrblog + a whole lot of flags = not so great for MetaFilter, sorry. -- jessamyn

2010-09-30

Once more with feeling!

Post 96233 by jake1 deleted for the following reason: Not so much editorializing, please. -- mathowie

eeeee-books!

Post 96230 by anothermug deleted for the following reason: nothing personal and I loved the summit as much as other people did but is there a place where there is content on this site or is it just a link to a thing that already happened? -- jessamyn

Looks like it's a great week to be a guy named Chris

Post 96226 by Cool Papa Bell deleted for the following reason: context free single link to facebook content somewhat "eh" -- jessamyn

Know of a wedding dress similar to this one?

Post 96221 by ninotchka deleted for the following reason: Looks like this was meant for Ask Metafilter. -- cortex

2010-09-29

vulnerable

Post 96194 by lakersfan1222 deleted for the following reason: this is a tragic story, but a single link to a short news story is not a great post for metafilter. -- jessamyn

Greg Giraldo is dead

Post 96184 by e40 deleted for the following reason: Maybe someone can do this with more care than a TMZ blurb and zero framing? -- cortex

Proposed name for planet: Plan B

Post 96183 by angrycat deleted for the following reason: GONE TO PLANET B -- jessamyn

2010-09-28

"Tell her what she's won, Bob!" "It's a BRAND NEW BODY!"

Post 96140 by zarq deleted for the following reason: a few more links to a "look at these assholes" post doesn't make it much less deleteworthy. -- jessamyn

2010-09-27

Baby hand gets down.

Post 96109 by whimsicalnymph deleted for the following reason: Eh, I think this is one of those thin-line-between-awesome-and-meh things and this is on the wrong side of that line. -- cortex

"The sunrise never failed us yet."

Post 96106 by Fizz deleted for the following reason: Sun's coming up / like a big bald head / poking up over the archives / It's Snarkey's day / It's Snarkey's day today -- cortex

2010-09-26

Music video about a rasta getting arrested for selling veg

Post 96064 by Not Supplied deleted for the following reason: kind of an average ho-hum ragga video. -- mathowie

2010-09-25

NADAC 2010 National Championships

Post 96063 by przxqgl deleted for the following reason: if this is MeFi worthy, post a link when there is something going on. przxqgl, you seem too close to the event to maybe be the one to do this. -- jessamyn

The motherfucking stupidest shit you'll see all day, yo

Post 96053 by klangklangston deleted for the following reason: This just in: this not just in! -- cortex

Why Halo is Dead

Post 96052 by brycebertola deleted for the following reason: You are a self-linker and you are banned. -- jessamyn

2010-09-24

Causality 3!

Post 96019 by biggles76 deleted for the following reason: Fuck you, spammer. -- cortex

2010-09-23

Service Unavailable - DNS failure

Post 95997 by smoothvirus deleted for the following reason: Eh, go Facebook with the being unavailable but why is this a post? -- cortex

The Ukraine Knows Lights

Post 95991 by moviehawk deleted for the following reason: A Ukraine rack. A Ukraine rack. I don't even own a Ukraine, let alone many Ukraines that would necessitate an entire rack. What am I gonna do with a Ukraine rack? -- cortex

No more pipetting late at night...

Post 95987 by bonehead deleted for the following reason: pipetters gonna pipette -- cortex

Artisan Pencil Sharpening

Post 95986 by battlebison deleted for the following reason: previously -- jessamyn

2010-09-22

102 year old lens on a modern DSLR

Post 95973 by spock deleted for the following reason: double post -- pb

U.N. - 1, Israel - 0

Post 95971 by tybeet deleted for the following reason: This is not an okay post for MetaFilter. These posts go badly here. People are already being jerks in this one. If you want to make a post about I/P issues it needs to not be framed like this. There are many other places on the internet you can go to talk about Israel. You can go to MetaTalk to talk about this if you want to. -- jessamyn

Was the Stuxnet virus built to attack Iran's nuclear program?

Post 95954 by Argyle deleted for the following reason: suck black ice, double post! K-rad! Hack the planet! -- cortex

2010-09-21

The Hunter Becomes The Hunted

Post 95934 by reenum deleted for the following reason: Amanda Enayatwo -- cortex