Stories with Bears
First Class Bear by Dai Lygad (cc by)
Mr. Searles was the man who arrived to solve the problem of the Bear Who Had Not Bathed Before Hibernating in the Basement. True encounters with the Bear Whisperer.
Status updates and job application reminder
A few quick status updates on: training for mods; ongoing mod work; restless_nomad; jessamyn; hiring.
Reminder: if you've considered applying for the mod job, the initial deadline is this weekend!
Everyone's a Critic: Time Slip Edition
Eagle-eyed 1920s viewers wanted to know why these kids were awake, overdressed, and rambling about at 11 pm
It's oddly comforting to know that people have always been fussy about make-believe. — Burhanistan
Ten Cold Hot Dogs posts the Tropes, Cliches and Sloppy Mistakes that Annoyed Moviegoers 100 Years Ago
160: That Was A Bood Posscat
It's Episode 160 of the MeFi podcast!
And the winner is ...
Champagne 1 by John Twohig Photography (cc by-nc-nd)
Final Results of the January 2020 Best Post Contest are here!
4th Week Post Contest Winners
by Edna Winti (cc by)
Be Bedazzled!: The bounty of the best continues with Week 4 results of the January 2020 Best Post Contest.
"They don't teach leeches in nursing school"
Possibly the most awesome business card ever by John "Pathfinder" Lester (cc by)
I've been dispensing leeches at my hospital for at least a decade, so that makes me something of a self-styled leech expert ... codex99 discusses working with leech therapy in ChuraChura's post the leech triumphantly oozed its way back into the hospital
"Can't Get There From Here?"
Transportations by AlexRamat
Travel demand modelling is an entire (small) field, I've been doing it for 20 years... Homeboy Trouble with some great suggestions for someone looking for data and info on how people travel
"Listen Your Ass Off"
Listen by ky_olsen (cc by)
Lyn Never had very good advice about how to listen for someone who wants to become less condescending.
Penultimate Post Contest Week Winners
wow #epicfireworks by EpicFireworks (cc by)
Oooh, shiny: the week 3 results of your January 2020 Best Post Contest have been tabulated!
You Love to see it
vintage valentine "Bee" by karen horton (cc by)
It's the Third Annual Metafilter Valentine Mail Exchange! Sign ups are On!
#poctakeover posting intiative
You might have noticed an uptick in interesting posts the last few weeks by and about people of color; that's thanks to the #poctakeover posting project that a bunch of MeFites of color have been organizing and supporting together. Read more about the project, how it happened, and how it's been going at that link; you can also browse the poctakeover tag to see what you might have missed.
Site finance update, 1/15/2020
Hey folks, here's the quarterly update on site finances.
Highlighting the best bits from the MetaFilter universe
MetaFilter started as a community weblog in 1999, later added question and answers, then music by members, jobs, projects by members, a podcast, and finally an area dedicated to meetups.
