Best Of #5: Hell is empty and the Devil is here
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:
Musical Holdouts (4.83)
Renascent (3.43)
The thing about quicksand is that it gets everyone to shut up at once (3.38)
The Naturalist's Library (3.17)
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:
MetaFilter is Hiring!
MetaFilter is officially hiring for a new Community Operations Manager role! We will be accepting applications through August 17.
MeFiCoFo Financial Update, July 2026
July income was down from June (-17%), and expenses up a little (4%), resulting in a loss, in line with our budgeted projections.
(Note: Next board meeting is the week of the 17th.)
⏰ Time Machine
“When I first woke up, I knew right away what I wanted. (I want cat pictures. Please keep taking them.)”
MetaFilter members have been sharing the work of speculative fiction favourite Naomi Kritzer for 11 years. MeFites loved both the pre-pandemic So Much Cooking and the author’s post-pandemic reflection on its eerie similarity to the real thing.
❤️ Love Machine
“❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️”
Since 2018, the MeFi Card Club has enabled the exchange of monthly member missives, organised by postal person Sparky Buttons. You too can share stamps, stationary and stickers with other delightful snail mail aficionados; signup online.
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