Best Of #2: Turbo-Nerd Shit
The best of the blue and the green, with stops in-between; key announcements; greatest hits both past and present; and subscriber-only content.
Best of…
These are MetaFilter’s favorite posts on the Blue from the last 30 days by favorite/comment ratio:
And here are the top five from Ask MetaFilter:
Clothes make the hu(man) (2.57)
Montreal (2.38)
What are the most insightful pieces you've read about AI? (1.53)
best Bay Area destinations for a solo trip in nature without a car? (1.20)
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MetaBoard
The last 30 days of key site updates from the Board and beyond:
MeFiCoFo Financial Update, May 11, 2026
April income was down from March (-26%). Expenses were down 15%, resulting in a loss ~$2K loss.
MeFiCoFo Financial Update, April 22, 2026
March income was up from February (15%). Expenses were down 15%, resulting in a break even month.
Note: The Board last met on 03 April. The next Board meeting has been delayed until 18 May due to conflicting commitments. Minutes will be reported in MetaTalk soon after, and will also be in next month’s newsletter. Apologies for the lack of tea this month 🫖
⏰ Time Machine
Punch 'Em In The Dick (NSFW lyrics):
“Crunk/Southern Club style head banging high energy hip hop track. It's about punching people in dicks.”
This 2008 submission from mediocre is still a Most Favorited MeFi Music chart topper and a Top 10 Most Playlisted track. (Is anyone surprised MeFi likes songs about punching people in dicks? Anyone??)
“Scroll art is a form of ASCII art where a program generates text output in a command line terminal. After the terminal window fills, it begins to scroll…”
A gentle time jump to one year ago and this fun project from regular Projects contributor AlSweigart.
❤️ Love Machine
“Let's plan, acknowledge our progress and encourage each other!”
For over a year, paduasoy has hosted monthly virtual accountability and support meetups in oft-forgotten IRL under the hashtag #GettingStuffDone 📋 You too can join in and get stuff done!
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