Friday, December 31, 2010

PA and hypertension, a new Swedish study.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: We need more than an abstract to really have a post about this. -- cortex

posted by Namlit

Excerpts from The War You Don't See

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This post was deleted for the following reason: we've got two wikileaks-themed posts in the past two days, please put this in one of the open threads, thank you. -- jessamyn

posted by klue

Connecting the dots between the Rosenbergs and Julian Assange

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Not really much of a post here by itself, maybe mention it in the most recent open thread if it's not already being discussed. -- cortex

posted by jeffisme

Game Boy Beats

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Yeah, so, you're pretty clearly tied to this Red Bull Chinashop thing. -- cortex

posted by Pixelie

Thursday, December 30, 2010

ethnocide

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This post was deleted for the following reason: There's gotta be a better post to made than a huffpo editorial. -- cortex

posted by gerryblog

Can't Bear The Camera

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This post was deleted for the following reason: many people don't know that polar bears actually have black skin. This is, alas, a double -- jessamyn

posted by gman

A map of North American regional English

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Putting the "di" in dialect. -- cortex

posted by nebulawindphone

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Police show their ignorance of citizen rights.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: This is a poorly framed post -- vacapinta

posted by Ardiril

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

10 million friends make a world.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Seen it. -- cortex

posted by paulsc

Monday, December 27, 2010

"I HAVEN'T BUGUN TO GO FAR ENOUGH!!"

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Yeah, no. -- cortex

posted by Fizz

Too Cool for School

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This post was deleted for the following reason: please make a better obit. -- jessamyn

posted by timsteil

Thursday, December 23, 2010

"You wrote a game with Douglas, whereas I wrote a game instead of Douglas."

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This post was deleted for the following reason: this is very cool but you need to put it in the open thread - linking to your own content in any way at all on MeFi is a no-no. -- jessamyn

posted by yoz

The mighty hunter

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This post was deleted for the following reason: That's pretty shitty hunting, yeah, but a tiny news wire writeup is far too thin for a post to the front page. -- cortex

posted by Tokarski

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

"Full Metal Jacket", in Italian dialects

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This post was deleted for the following reason: A search results page is pretty much never a good post. -- cortex

posted by MILNEWSca

Bacon Rain

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Yeah, just not cutting the mustard. -- cortex

posted by grateful

Action is hot.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Yup, being very actively discussed in here. -- cortex

posted by mooselini

I was so baked I thought the Nationals just wanted my autograph.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Yeah, I think it's time to call xtranormal videos an overplayed thing for MeFi. -- mathowie

posted by three blind mice

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

3 Tips to succeed

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This post was deleted for the following reason: are you fucking kidding me -- cortex

posted by ellipticals

Shot by a handgun

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This post was deleted for the following reason: There might be an interesting post to build around this but on it's own a single descriptive paragraph out of nowhere is very thin. -- cortex

posted by nam3d

Monday, December 20, 2010

best before and after fitness photo

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This post was deleted for the following reason: This seems like point-and-laugh-at-the-crazy-person -- mathowie

posted by srs

Sunday, December 19, 2010

Top 10 Ways to find an answer to a question online.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Yeah this was on metatalk already -- mathowie

posted by NotSoSiniSter

“It’s a violation of sexual integrity, and it can be seen as rape.”

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This post was deleted for the following reason: We've had so many wikileaks posts, having yet another about Assange's arrest and possible rape feels like one too many, sorry. -- mathowie

posted by three blind mice

Saturday, December 18, 2010

You can believe me because...

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This post was deleted for the following reason: this is not really a great way to set up a new wikileaks posts. There are a ton of wikileaks threads. If you'd like to make a wikileaks post please ease off the editorializing and the fancy formatting and maybe make it clear why we need another wikileaks thread. Thanks. -- jessamyn

posted by hexatron

Why I am looking at the floor?

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This post was deleted for the following reason: That guy sure is high. -- cortex

posted by ddaavviidd

Friday, December 17, 2010

Furry Auterry

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This post was deleted for the following reason: posted previously -- vacapinta

posted by mippy

Study Confirms That Fox News Makes You Stupid

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Between you being a contributor to Alternet and you throwing a link to your work elsewhere into the beginning of the thread, this feels pretty not-okay. -- cortex

posted by novenator

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Remember POGS? Me neither...

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This post was deleted for the following reason: One-day old one-entry hyper-anonymous blog is kind of a weird choice of links. -- cortex

posted by James Cooper

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Salon: The inhumane conditions of Bradley Manning's detention

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Question of the worth of the salon article entirely aside, we've already asked you not to do FREE BRADLEY activism posts and you need to cut it out. -- cortex

posted by -

The Eighth Wonder of the World

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This post was deleted for the following reason: self link, banned -- mathowie

posted by Gazetter

Bone marrow transplant seems to "functionally cure" HIV

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This post was deleted for the following reason: posted previously -- vacapinta

posted by pompelmo

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Things that reaffirm my faith in humanity

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This post was deleted for the following reason: oh good god not again -- cortex

posted by Taft

It's gaming with someone I love.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Totally great but we have indeed seen it before. -- cortex

posted by griphus

It's just wrong, right? Right?!?

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This post was deleted for the following reason: single link jezebel posts to hot button topics do not spur great MeFi discussions. -- jessamyn

posted by KillaSeal

Gawker Media has its heart hulled out with a spoon.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: posted on Sunday night, when it was fresh. -- mathowie

posted by rhombus

Because of our POLITICAL VIEWS!

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This post was deleted for the following reason: I'm at the That Does Suck. I'm at the Too Thin Post. I'm at the combination That Does Suck But Too Thin Post. -- cortex

posted by subdee

It's All In The Eyes

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Crappy pop science reporting with no actual details is not great stuff for a post. -- cortex

posted by Sara C.

A SILVER AND BLACK COLORED PLASTIC BASE

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Kind of dumb lulz amazon review, don't know why it's super interesting. -- mathowie

posted by gilrain

Monday, December 13, 2010

Tokyo (subway) Compression

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This post was deleted for the following reason: yep, posted before. and the people are sleeping not squished. -- mathowie

posted by DMelanogaster

William Tell on steroids

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Cute, but it's a teeny little animation prepended to an ad for a news site's ipad app launch. That's pretty thin for a post. -- cortex

posted by Vanifriss

Hallelujah!

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Posted a couple weeks ago -- mathowie

posted by not_that_epiphanius

I'll have what Miley Cyrus is having

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Eh, TMZ is a pretty bad footing for any post and celeb gossip stuff generally needs to be done pretty well and for a compelling reason to stick around here. -- cortex

posted by rodmandirect

Sunday, December 12, 2010

Date Julian Assange

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This post was deleted for the following reason: this is in the open Wikileaks thread and probably doesn't need to be its own post. -- jessamyn

posted by dougrayrankin

LEAD FEMALE'S NAME!

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This post was deleted for the following reason: previously -- jessamyn

posted by kate blank

Saturday, December 11, 2010

Mark Madoff (1964-2010)

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This post was deleted for the following reason: This feels kind of out of the blue; I realize "gawk at awful person's son's death" isn't the intent but Mark hasn't exactly been on the radar and I'm not sure what a post about his suicide is supposed to be for. -- cortex

posted by Joe Beese

Stumble Upon

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This post was deleted for the following reason: This isn't exactly news. -- cortex

posted by lauratheexplorer

I want to play a game.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: This is outragefilter. Also, it is hard to see what is redeeming about bringing attention to this. -- vacapinta

posted by Knigel

If Old People Ran the Internet

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This post was deleted for the following reason: single link college humor sort of shruggo. -- jessamyn

posted by antgly

Friday, December 10, 2010

Article on the debate between atheists and non-atheists

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This post was deleted for the following reason: does not do what it says on the tin. -- jessamyn

posted by jb

Thursday, December 09, 2010

DHMO, the global scourge!

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This post was deleted for the following reason: 1997 called, they want their chain email fodder back. -- cortex

posted by Chocolate Pickle

My Kindle is Leaking

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Bunch of wikileaks threads open already, and cute as this it's also really, really thin. -- cortex

posted by Ratio

Wednesday, December 08, 2010

Example 8 Hour 23.976

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This post was deleted for the following reason: uh -- cortex

posted by ph00dz

So Why Is Wikileaks A Good Thing Again?

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This post was deleted for the following reason: this should probably go in one of the other wikileaks threads that is already open. -- jessamyn

posted by mhjb

Tuesday, December 07, 2010

From Bully to Bitch

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Folks have noted all of this in the existing post, looks like. -- cortex

posted by JABof72

I don't know man. That's like, a LOT of responsibility.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Wrong link? -- mathowie

posted by tylerfulltilt

The sports infidelity equation

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This post was deleted for the following reason: I don't think this is going to go anywhere good really. -- mathowie

posted by reenum

Abraham Serfaty (1926-2010)

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This post was deleted for the following reason: At poster's request -- mathowie

posted by Paquda

Naughty or Nice?

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This post was deleted for the following reason: There's no content on the main link and it's not clear why it should be unsurprising or interesting that that church is responsible for it. -- cortex

posted by Chuckles McLaughy du Haha, the depressed clown

Not that you've seen many today.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: I guess that'd make this pencil... [puts on sunglasses] ...number two. YEAHHHHhhh! -- cortex

posted by Rory Marinich

Another place to go to waste time on the computer....

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This post was deleted for the following reason: previously -- jessamyn

posted by St. Alia of the Bunnies

Monday, December 06, 2010

These are not the trends you're looking for

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This post was deleted for the following reason: The wonkery is a little interesting but we've been drowning in wikileaks stuff lately and this seems like without something a lot more significant than 'twitter maybe avoiding big subject' this is more of an add-it-to-an-existing-thread sitaution than something that needs its own post. -- cortex

posted by Marla Singer

Will USD5k cash make you snitch up Julian Assange to CBS

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Probably better as a comment in existing wikileaks threads. -- mathowie

posted by priorpark17

Sunday, December 05, 2010

A wood or heathland Ant, Formica fusca, holding a microchip

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This post was deleted for the following reason: previously -- jessamyn

posted by OverlappingElvis

Pandas Being Pushy

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This post was deleted for the following reason: I dunno this just doesn't seem interesting. -- mathowie

posted by peppito

Saturday, December 04, 2010

I'll just develop these later.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Yup. -- cortex

posted by Bonzai

Let me finish

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This post was deleted for the following reason: previously -- jessamyn

posted by Potomac Avenue

The paperless office is here.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: previously -- jessamyn

posted by dabitch

Fascism, rage, and the moral compass we all have which can bend completely backwards when packed into a sweaty, motorized box full of Nazis and over

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Oatmeal has pretty much gotten to been there done that status at this point. -- cortex

posted by Chipmazing

Of all the secrets we keep, why did it have to be those cables?

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Downfall parodies are overdone -- mathowie

posted by twoleftfeet

F/M/K

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This post was deleted for the following reason: People seem to think this kind of sucks. -- cortex

posted by minifigs

Whisper Words of Wisdom

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Posted earlier -- mathowie

posted by bwg

You're a frog, aren't ya? Why don't you jump?

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Much as I long for it to be otherwise, there is only room in this world for one Kermit-centric reimagining of The Wicker Man. -- cortex

posted by boo_radley

Friday, December 03, 2010

Free:; depends if I agree or not.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Recent thread is still hopping, take this stuff there if it isn't already. -- cortex

posted by adamvasco

Thursday, December 02, 2010

NASA Finds New Life.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Yup, see here. -- cortex

posted by Non-Prophet

But Just Think of the Alternative

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This post was deleted for the following reason: let's just pretend I came up with a funny Gary Larson reference or something -- cortex

posted by bearwife

I, For One, Welcome Our New Arsenic etc.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: maybe stick this in the existing thread... -- mathowie

posted by sonika

Free Brad Manning, please.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Activism posts aren't a great use of mefi in general, terseness isn't helping here, and insulting your fellow mefites is a pretty shitty way to respond to people disliking a questionable post. -- cortex

posted by -

How many dinosaurs can fit in a 200 foot wooden boat?

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This post was deleted for the following reason: The Lord said / to T.D. / you're gonna make a / double posty -- cortex

posted by T.D. Strange

Wednesday, December 01, 2010

For Revolution!

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This post was deleted for the following reason: by the power of #666666skull -- cortex

posted by Rory Marinich

Fa la la la la ...

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This post was deleted for the following reason: I guess the fact that this thing doesn't even seem to load obviates the need to have a discussion about whether the content that would have ended up loading would have made for a good post. -- cortex

posted by jbickers

W(TF)edding

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Seen it. -- cortex

posted by Foci for Analysis

Qwiki

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This post was deleted for the following reason: May be Spam. But it is a weak post anyways. Sites shouldn't require signup to figure out what they are about. -- vacapinta

posted by jimitjim

Jump rope.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Yeah, looks like the exact same video was posted last year. -- mathowie

posted by Sticherbeast