Best Of MetaFilter

birthday cake martini with sprinkles in a glass and dipped strawberries by Berries.com (cc by)

Reminder: Just a few days left to sign up for the amazing, fabulous 2016 Metafilter Cookie Swap! Also, if you are looking for a soothing politics-free zone with cool pets and warm chat with other Mefites, check out the Metatalktail Hour thread!

courage dear heart by distelfliege (cc by)

We've borrowed the quidnunc kid's kind message of love and sharing to all of us to wrap up some touching, interesting, inspiring, educational, fun and/or funny posts to take our minds off certain recent events:

Dear hearts, I should write to you all and each only to say: you are dear, precious, lovely and great hearts. But my words are all worthless, and your honest hearts are greater than my useless words. Persist, I beg you; if we cry together maybe fate will let us halve our tears. But better that you have relief, if the Earth did not make hearts for only weeping.

i voted by debaird™ (cc by-sa)

Current US election threads:
-Presidential/national-level discussion
-State- and local- level discussion

Election Chat room is open - for your liveblogging and freaking-out needs

Election Day MetaTalk - for meta-discussion and links to other threads

Give me your voting stories

Tell me about your election volunteering stories from this year... And in general what's it like to be a poll worker on election day?

Let's hear your election predictions

JHarris is running a MST3K marathon today

Give me awesome women's history documents..... and Give me awesome stories about activists getting it done.... and How did election results in the 1800s get transmitted?

and... Secret Quonsar sign-ups, only one day left!

Two Seals by Wootang01 (cc by-nd)

quiet coyote asks, My sweet old dog loves blankets, can she learn to tuck herself in? (Yes she can.)

thebrokedown says, I need some sweet nice tv shows to soothe my election-weary soul.

Join Mefi's intrepid geographic puzzlehounds in the ongoing thread working on this weekly map quiz.

Huron Bob's tale of unlikely skill, how I crushed a movie star in ping pong

mumimor wants to know all about making your own bacon, sausage, etc. at home.

Are you hungry for hollandaise? Get your recipes here for election breakfast, with bonus terrible joke.

Food mysteries: 7 Minutes of Madness asks, Do you pour soup on pies?

Did you know that Disney ghosts dance backward?

watching together by KellyReeves (cc by-nd)

Servo5678 on watching Iron Man with his grandfather.

New Zealand-bound Quonsar Monkey - with View by Mrs. Gemstone (cc by-sa)

Secret Quonsar sign-ups are open! Come join in Mefi's annual secret holiday gifto exchangeo -- it's easy and fun and you've got about a week to sign up.