https://www.metafilter.com/ The past 24 hours of MetaFilter Fri, 29 May 2026 20:58:45 GMT Fri, 29 May 2026 20:58:45 GMT en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 A pair of endangered rays taken from a Tasmanian harbour as a species insurance policy have been released back into the wild after helping to produce more than 400 eggs for a captive research program.]]> https://www.metafilter.com/213347/Maugean-skates-released-after-more-than-two-years-in-captivity tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.213347 Fri, 29 May 2026 20:58:45 GMT chariot pulled by cassowaries MaugeanSkates Rays Skates https://www.metafilter.com/213347/Maugean-skates-released-after-more-than-two-years-in-captivity/rss The Education of Pope Leo XIV Historian Greg Grandin explores Robert Francis Prevost's career in Peru, before he became pope Leo XIV. (archive link) (via)

Greg Grandin previously.]]> https://www.metafilter.com/213346/What-can-I-say-about-him-That-he-listened-to-me tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.213346 Fri, 29 May 2026 20:20:22 GMT doctornemo LeoXIV liberationtheology Peru pope Ratzinger https://www.metafilter.com/213346/What-can-I-say-about-him-That-he-listened-to-me/rss Democracy Docket reported. In a proposed rule, the agency said it would only send ballots to voters who are on lists created and controlled by the federal government. The proposed rule comes a day after a federal judge dismissed one of multiple lawsuits against Trump's order - saying the lawsuit was premature because the administration hadn't begun implementing the order. It now appears to have done so.

Related: Report Details Trump Effort to Quietly Lay Groundwork to 'Steal Future Elections' - Common Dreams "Clerks in several of Missouri's counties said that most of the individuals flagged in the federal screenings were US citizens who'd been naturalized. Clinton Jenkins, the Republican clerk for Miller County, said none of the names of people identified by the review had voted illegally. Rather, he suggested that federal authorities were targeting people who seemed to be of Hispanic and Latino heritage. "It looks like if you have too many vowels in your name, you show up on a list," Jenkins said. "They are doing this through DHS, which it's clear by now this administration views as its own personal police force," Marcetic said. "It seems one of the ways this effort will take shape is, as with DHS's deportation efforts, to racially profile voters and try to invalidate their votes by pretending they're not citizens," he added. SAVE tool keeps mistakenly flagging voters as noncitizens - the Texas Tribune. In Missouri, state officials acted on SAVE's findings before attempting to confirm them, directing county election administrators to make voters flagged as potential noncitizens temporarily unable to vote. But in hundreds of cases, the tool's determinations were wrong, our review found. Lennon was among dozens of clerks statewide who raised alarms about the system's errors. "I really find no merit in any of this," said Bobby Gonzalez, the elections administrator in Duval County in South Texas, where SAVE flagged three voters, all of whom turned out to be citizens. While 27 states have agreed to use SAVE, others have hesitated, concerned not only about inaccuracies, but also about privacy and the data's potential to be used in immigration enforcement. Indeed, speaking at a recent conference, Broderick said that when SAVE flags voters as noncitizens, they are also referred to DHS for possible criminal investigation. (It is a crime to falsely claim citizenship when registering to vote.)]]> https://www.metafilter.com/213345/Postal-Service-moving-forward-with-Trumps-attack-on-mail-voting tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.213345 Fri, 29 May 2026 19:03:19 GMT subdee democracydocket executiveorder saveact unconstitutional uspolitics usps https://www.metafilter.com/213345/Postal-Service-moving-forward-with-Trumps-attack-on-mail-voting/rss Inside the $200 Billion Mormon Empire. (full documentary) (Johnny Harris, YouTube, 2h10m; also on Nebula) in which filmmaker and former Mormon Johnny Harris covers the origins, development and present influence of the church he grew up in.

Harris: "I've been on a years-long journey to understand the Mormon Church I grew up in. This compilation begins with the organization's origins in upstate New York, explains the wild story of how the Mormons created Utah, and ends with how the church became an almost $300 billion global empire. This is the story of both a unique religious institution, and of my own experience being shaped by that system and wrestling with its teachings."]]> https://www.metafilter.com/213344/Building-Zion-in-preparation-for-the-end-of-the-world tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.213344 Fri, 29 May 2026 18:51:48 GMT flabdablet Documentary History JohnnyHarris LatterDaySaints LongFormVideo Mormon https://www.metafilter.com/213344/Building-Zion-in-preparation-for-the-end-of-the-world/rss These artists are carving out a niche in a traditionally male space, using recycled materials and offcuts to create beautiful furniture, and even making music to accompany the work.]]> https://www.metafilter.com/213343/Meet-the-women-turning-bicycle-tyres-and-timber-offcuts-into-furniture tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.213343 Fri, 29 May 2026 09:50:32 GMT chariot pulled by cassowaries Furniture RecycledMaterials RecycledMaterialsFurniture https://www.metafilter.com/213343/Meet-the-women-turning-bicycle-tyres-and-timber-offcuts-into-furniture/rss Inferno [reviews, metacritic], the fifth studio album by Boards of Canada, is released today, the duo and Warp Records condemn the White House for using part of Tape 05 (Deep Time) in some dodgy social media video. The fan base are not happy, and Stereogum have an opinion on this. Ironically, the official BoC video for Tape 05 contains imagery of cultlike figures, Christian evangelism, worship and adulation.]]> https://www.metafilter.com/213342/The-wrong-orange tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.213342 Fri, 29 May 2026 08:14:15 GMT Wordshore album Boards BoC Canada copyright Of plaguarism record release theft Warp https://www.metafilter.com/213342/The-wrong-orange/rss Freedom Summer Project in 1963, which was set to take place the following year.

Freedom Summer planners spent a year on their strategy. Many of these events are coming together on much shorter notice, NEVERTHELESS, here are some big national protest events planned for June and beyond. We cannot give up: June 14th: Rise Up, Sing Out. "On June 14, No Kings and the Committee for the First Amendment are coming together for Rise Up, Sing Out — an uplifting national concert event celebrating the freedoms that belong to all of us: speech, assembly, protest, religion, press, and expression. Across the country, communities will gather for local watch parties to sing along, make art, share food, connect with neighbors, and take meaningful action together." It will be fun to contrast the eventual lineup for this concert against a story I read in the Guardian today: At least six of the nine featured musical acts set to play in a concert series organized by the Trump administration to mark the United States' 250th anniversary have dropped out, just one day after the lineup was announced. June 20th: FREEDOM NOW: A Juneteenth Week of Action. First action in Black Power War Room's "Freedom Summer 2.0" summer protest calendar. "Mass mobilizations and meetings nationwide, with a centerpoint city and satellite activations across the country. From Juneteenth Week to Election Day — a coordinated drumbeat designed to keep pressure on, shift the conversation, and turn out our communities. " The Juneteenth flagship action is in NYC and the rest of the stops on the calendar are still being built out. June 27th: All of Us 250. "This year marks the 250th Anniversary of America's Declaration of Independence, and our country is at an unprecedented crossroads. At a time when our country should be coming together to celebrate all that we are, how far we've come, and commit to finishing the work to make America a place where freedom and equality are truly for all, a white supremacist faction is pushing our country in the opposite direction. We refuse to comply. Join us on June 27th for a unifying day of marches, rallies, and protests to reject the whitewashing of our past and future." On metafilter previously.]]> https://www.metafilter.com/213341/Hot-Protest-Summer-USA-National-Protest-Events-in-June-and-Beyond tag:metafilter.com,2026:site.213341 Fri, 29 May 2026 03:38:35 GMT subdee 50501 blackpowerwarroom indivisible nokings protest rally uspolitics womensmarch https://www.metafilter.com/213341/Hot-Protest-Summer-USA-National-Protest-Events-in-June-and-Beyond/rss