https://www.metafilter.com/ The past 24 hours of MetaFilter Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:21:37 GMT Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:21:37 GMT en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 nationwide day of nonpartisan voter participation, with communities helping eligible voters understand their options and make a voting plan. If you're expecting a day of marches and rallies, there will still be plenty of events to choose from: 50501.co has a map of events being added so check it regularly (Save 50501.co in your favorites or a bookmark tab if you can).

What to do to prepare? 1. Election Protection Wallet Cards Print one and keep it with you. The national nonpartisan Election Protection coalition provides voting assistance at 866-OUR-VOTE (866-687-8683). Spanish-language assistance is available at 888-VE-Y-VOTA (888-839-8682). Asian-language assistance is available at 888-API-VOTE, and Arabic assistance at 844-YALLA-US. Hand them out at local businesses. Put "vote early" flyers up around town. 2. VOTE EARLY. Encourage others to vote early. Depending on where you live, your event might look like one of the following: Checking that your voter registration is correct Finding out when early voting begins in your state Locating your early voting or Election Day polling place Requesting an absentee or mail ballot Checking your state's voter ID requirements Making transportation plans Helping others to make voting plans 3. Election Interference Won't Work If Americans Vote It's going to be a busy two months. No doubt Trump and his partisans will fling new charges every few days. All that clatter can confuse voters further. Perhaps that's part of the goal. So for all of us who want voters to have their say in 2026, a chief job is to stay calm and make clear that — as of right now, at least — little has changed. That's a task for the news media. Public officials should be clear and calm. We who fight for voting rights must measure our own tone, so as not to rattle confidence. After all the push and pull, voters can make their voices heard. Make a plan to vote. Vote early if possible. In person, with a drop box, or if necessary, using the mail. As we've said before, the effort to undermine the election is failing. It will succeed only if citizens stay home.]]> https://www.metafilter.com/214464/Save-the-Date-No-Kings-Is-Back-October-17 tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.214464 Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:21:37 GMT subdee 50501 brennancenterforjustice nokings uspolitics https://www.metafilter.com/214464/Save-the-Date-No-Kings-Is-Back-October-17/rss Sydney Games and Play Lab have developed Ludolio, a platform that provides licensed access to commercial games for students via the students' own single sign-on, similar to other academic libraries. The platform has started its rollout to universities in Australia and worldwide.]]> https://www.metafilter.com/214463/Games-for-Educational-Use tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.214463 Thu, 10 Sep 2026 13:20:56 GMT creatrixtiara australia education gamedesign games gaming learning play university videogames https://www.metafilter.com/214463/Games-for-Educational-Use/rss This is the story of "Severed Dreams" and how it changed television forever.

Bonus video: G'Kar's speech from season 2.]]> https://www.metafilter.com/214462/How-Babylon-5-Changed-Television-Forever tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.214462 Thu, 10 Sep 2026 13:16:25 GMT RonButNotStupid Babylon5 HugoAwards jms scifi TV https://www.metafilter.com/214462/How-Babylon-5-Changed-Television-Forever/rss Krillion is a trivia game (with a quirky UI) that rewards uncommon answers. Each day, everyone gets the same seven questions and you have 30 seconds to type one (valid) answer to each. The more rare your answer is, the more points you get. At the end of the game, your score is measured against everyone else that played that day. (Pro tip: when the game is over, you can click on your answer to expand a list of all possible answers and their scores). There's also a few one off themes you can play including Words and Language, Movies, Sports and Geography. (Although I believe if you want to play those more than once they want to charge you).]]> https://www.metafilter.com/214461/A-daily-trivia-game-with-a-twist tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.214461 Thu, 10 Sep 2026 11:31:14 GMT jeremias daily DailyGame game trivia https://www.metafilter.com/214461/A-daily-trivia-game-with-a-twist/rss It looks like a machine to me.]]> https://www.metafilter.com/214460/Taken-together-the-portfolio-tells-a-different-story tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.214460 Thu, 10 Sep 2026 09:29:40 GMT chavenet Agriculture Argentina Bessent CBDC Conspiracy CornerTheMarket Crypto Dollar Economy JeffreyEpstein Lutnick Stablecoins Substack Tether Trump USPolitics https://www.metafilter.com/214460/Taken-together-the-portfolio-tells-a-different-story/rss I'm a boring guy! / I'm a boring guy / My name is Gary / My name is Garry / And we're roommates
A humorous, minimal, and disturbing animated short by K Pakiz and published by Dropout]]> https://www.metafilter.com/214459/Boring-Guys tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.214459 Thu, 10 Sep 2026 07:49:14 GMT Going To Maine animation cartoon Dropout fashion KPakiz life SLYouTube https://www.metafilter.com/214459/Boring-Guys/rss previously, previouslier) has another delightful video about fonts, this time set to the tune of a certain light opera patter song [slyt]]]> https://www.metafilter.com/214458/Papyrus-is-a-virus-and-restraint-is-the-inoculum tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.214458 Thu, 10 Sep 2026 06:54:25 GMT Jon_Evil Comedy Dorky ElleCordova Fonts GilbertAndSullivan Parody ReinaDelCid slyt Typography https://www.metafilter.com/214458/Papyrus-is-a-virus-and-restraint-is-the-inoculum/rss A Kalbarri tourism operator says it is the first time they have seen emus swimming in one of Western Australia's longest rivers.]]> https://www.metafilter.com/214457/Tourists-at-right-place-right-time-find-emus-swimming-in-WA-river tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.214457 Thu, 10 Sep 2026 05:00:50 GMT chariot pulled by cassowaries Emus https://www.metafilter.com/214457/Tourists-at-right-place-right-time-find-emus-swimming-in-WA-river/rss Péter Nádas obituary - "Nádas had lived, as he reflected, under a succession of Hungarian regimes—fascist, communist, oligarchical and populist—'that strove against knowledge'. As these grand designs succeeded one another, always undermined by human weakness and delusion, he embarked instead on an inner history of his times rooted in the entangled desires and dreams of people who seek, but never find, escape from their besetting isolation."[1,2,3] (previously)]]> https://www.metafilter.com/214456/Own-Death tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.214456 Thu, 10 Sep 2026 04:09:49 GMT kliuless obituary P�terN�das https://www.metafilter.com/214456/Own-Death/rss