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Rhaomi has made a great, in-depth US election day megapost, The Most Important Election of Our Lifetimes.

US Canada border photo by Chris Connelly on Flickr

St. Peepsburg wondering about the days before crossing the US/Canada border became so painful, eh? People have answers and interesting anecdotes.

Image from page 195 of "The naturalist's library; containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects;" (1850) by Internet Archive Book Images

If the leopard caucuses long enough with the face eating party, maybe look askance when it asks you for butterfly kisses. That's all I'm saying. Good general advice, and too-good-to-pass-up quote from sciatrix in the thread on The Next Front in the GOP’s War on Women: No-Fault Divorce from hydra77.

Love that we have a member who's a traffic safety researcher commenting in the Speeding Ticket thread. TheKaijuCommuter talks about elements in the (US) built environment and issues that subconsciously trigger people to go faster.

Health Insurance by EpicTop10.com (cc by)

US healthcare: terminology, appealing denial, and Medicaid eligibility — brainwane has assembled a great current resource on Medicaid ... including info on a pending / upcoming requirement for paperwork you may want to prepare for if you are among the affected.

climate change by stockcatalog (cc by)

"... in this video you're going to go from understanding more than like, 80 or 90% of people, to understanding this more than 99% of people. And it's only going to take you like 15 minutes."

Chrysopoeia has a post presenting how different trans people are responding to state level anti trans bills in the US, including info on how to help protect Trans folks and save lives.

Billy Goat Tavern by Articulate MediaWorks (cc by)

sandmanwv is asking for tips on eccentric US restaurants or bars with "severely limited menus and/or kind of weird service offerings".

If that is 'Provia' I'm afraid to try 'Velvia' by Voxphoto (cc by-nc-nd)

Pajamas, pyjamas, shorts, jorts, leggings, jeggings, capris, tees, scrubs and sweats ... forever? Mefites are discussing the unravelling of the US fashion industry.

Meanwhile, in Fanfare, people are talking about The Umbrella Academy second season, the first episode of Star Trek, Lower Decks, Tamsyn Muir's book, Harrow the Ninth, the 1955 film The Night of the Hunter, and the "You're Wrong About" podcast Disco Demolition Night, among other things.

Cooking & Eating by ☼☼Jo Zimny Photos☼☼ (cc by-nc-nd)

A digest of recent food culture posts on Mefi:

The Food Timeline, evolution of foods dating back to before 17,000BC ⏳; Maria Orosa, Filipina food technologist, chemist, humanitarian, war hero 👩🏽‍🔬; The D.C. Region Doesn’t Have Full-Time Food Critics of Color. Why That Matters 📰; Archeology of Taste is a project about childhood memories 🍭; Consider the potato: How do you prefer yours? 🥔; The Food Flow Model, a web of connections across the continental U.S. 🚚; What Makes Good Comfort Food? A LitHub conversation 🍝; The most taxing work in the kitchen is brain work 🧠Iceland’s last McDonald’s burger simply won’t rot, even after 10 years 🍔.

Sady recommends horror: coolname points us toward some excellent film commentary by Sady Doyle that will maybe make you rethink some things you thunk before.

Rusty iron cogs in Santurtzi harbour, Santurtzi, Spain by John Briody Photography (cc by)

I spent the first nine years of my legal career working with veterans who were seeking VA disability benefits ... bile and syntax offers an insider view of the shocking state of the US Veterans Administration in the US Army tweets “How has serving impacted you? thread.

Letter M overlooking the University of Montana from Mount Sentinel in Missoula photo by Kaszeta

In the western part of the United States, whole communities succumb to the urge to display their school or community pride by stamping their initial on the sides of mountains

Hillside Letters in the Western Landscape

Carinderia (Bagabag, Nueva Vizcaya) by ~MVI~ (warped) (cc by)

It had been over a decade since I'd eaten a proper lechon, but god, I remember the first pork sandwich that I had at that place, and it was like all of the old memories had reawakened. With the flourescents, the heat, the prevalence of trucker caps, and the plastic tablecloths, this place wasn't all that different from the karihans that I remembered...

bl1nk on finding echoes of the Philippines in the American South.