Best Of #3: Just Like Pigses At Black Masses
"This month: site updates, music, webcomics more just for subscribers."
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:
World's biggest whale graveyard found in Indian Ocean off Australia (4.17)
What’s New in Old Books (3.83)
The Far Out Company (3.64)
Stories? We like stories. (3.14)
And here are the top five from Ask MetaFilter:
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MetaBoard
The last 30 days of key site updates from the Board and beyond:
You’re Invited: MetaFilter Town Hall #2
Our next two Town Halls will be held on Monday/Tuesday and Tuesday/Wednesday the 22nd, 23rd, and 24th of June depending on where you are in the world. Everyone is invited!
MeFiCoFo Financial Update, June 6, 2026
May income was up from April slightly (2%), and expenses were also up (5%), resulting in a $2K loss.
Minutes are available from our meeting on May 18. (We apologize for the tardy posting of minutes.)
MetaFilter’s Values, May 25, 2026
MetaFilter’s values will be the principles that guide how we operate at every level, from broad governance to member interactions.
⏰ Time Machine
“Is that a hard drive spinning up in the intro?”
It was 20 years ago this month when Canadian indie musician and MeFite frenetic (know professionally as Brad Sucks) uploaded this track to Music, and two years since it was used in a Lexus commercial.
Just Like Pigses At Black Masses
“Generals gathered in their masses
Just like witches at black masses”
In 2018, MetaFilter took on Black Sabbath’s War Pigs in a post from I’m always feeling, Blue. Mefites shared more than twenty covers of the anti-war anthem, ranging from Ruthie Foster’s Delta Blues version to the Estonian early music band Rondellus’ tribute in Latin, with many metal, punk and rock stops in between. [Hat tip: @steveportigal.bsky.social]
❤️ Love Machine
#WebComics
“I've really been digging the recent steady stream of good webcomics being posted on the main page, and when I hit the webcomics tag, it looks like it's mostly one person posting them.”
There are over 300 posts to the blue tagged with #webcomic, the very first posted in 1999. In more recent history, many have been shared by member Lorc, but over the decades members have curated a rich vein of web comic goodness. [Hat tip: Shepherd]
🎩 Haberdashery Department
If you have a suggestion for Best Of: Inbox Edition, please hit us up on Bluesky or send a MeMail to the editor. We will credit you with a [Hat tip].
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