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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:admin="http://webns.net/mvcb/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:xCal="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:xcal" xmlns:geo="https://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#"> <channel> <title>Ask MetaFilter</title> <link>https://ask.metafilter.com/</link> <description>The past 24 hours of questions at Ask MetaFilter</description> <pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2025 15:38:05 GMT</pubDate> <lastBuildDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2025 15:38:05 GMT</lastBuildDate> <language>en-us</language> <docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs> <ttl>60</ttl> <atom:link href="https://rss.metafilter.com/ask.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <item> <title>What's this song that's in a toy my kids have?</title> <description><![CDATA[A while back my mother-in-law got my kids a toy that plays a song on a loop. Can anyone identify the original? It sounds like it's been sped up. <a href="https://limewire.com/d/Iw7ho#kfAA1C21Uj">Here's a link to a recording</a> I made of the song.]]></description> <link>https://ask.metafilter.com/385372/Whats-this-song-thats-in-a-toy-my-kids-have</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">tag:ask.metafilter.com,2025:site.385372</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2025 15:38:05 GMT</pubDate> <dc:creator>Kattullus</dc:creator> <category>Music</category> <category>Mystery</category> <category>Song</category> <wfw:commentRss>https://ask.metafilter.com/385372/Whats-this-song-thats-in-a-toy-my-kids-have/rss</wfw:commentRss> </item> <item> <title>"Those nine steps..."</title> <description><![CDATA[Looking for a video about gay rights, I think it was from some time between 2000-2015, details to come.<br/><br/>In the video, a thin white gay man talked about the happiest point of his day, which was coming home and walking the nine steps up his porch to enter the home he shared with his husband. Do you have a link to said video?]]></description> <link>https://ask.metafilter.com/385371/Those-nine-steps</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">tag:ask.metafilter.com,2025:site.385371</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2025 15:28:19 GMT</pubDate> <dc:creator>Brandon Blatcher</dc:creator> <category>gayrights</category> <category>joy</category> <category>video</category> <wfw:commentRss>https://ask.metafilter.com/385371/Those-nine-steps/rss</wfw:commentRss> </item> <item> <title>ISO software program I can use for animations with reusable elements</title> <description><![CDATA[It's been a while since I posted an AskMe to help me make a book and the technology has changed since then! I'd like to make a book with recurring characters, settings, and other elements. My art skills are...meh? I was thinking the best way to do this might be to use one of those programs content-creators use to make simple animations. I could have my characters and my settings and objects and arrange them, move them, make them have expressions, etc. the way I need them and then take a still (or just make the still). What software do I want? Note: the art would not be the focus of the book, so it doesn't to be amazing or do any heavy lifting quality-wise.<br/><br/>I have an adobe creative cloud license. I have a strong preference for something I can buy outright instead of paying for yet another monthly license. I would like something where I could create a drawing style, some characters, etc. and then it could maybe let me control how zoomed in the image is, the expression on the characters face and body position etc. etc. I could probably create an original drawing for each character myself if necessary, but I can, with great effort, create ONE drawing. I do not have the skill to then create another drawing of recognizeably the same person but doing a different thing or with a different expression on their face. That's what I would like the softtware to do. Or, what I REALLY couldn't do is now put two characters I created and have them visible interacting, or even simple touching like holding hands or hugging. (ok, now that I put that there I should be clear, nothing NSFW will be required of the software).<br><br>I would want something that could do a variety of drawing styles not just it's one signature style, though for this first project I think I'd want line drawings?]]></description> <link>https://ask.metafilter.com/385370/ISO-software-program-I-can-use-for-animations-with-reusable-elements</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">tag:ask.metafilter.com,2025:site.385370</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2025 15:24:21 GMT</pubDate> <dc:creator>If only I had a penguin...</dc:creator> <category>AnimationSoftware</category> <category>ConsistentCharacters</category> <category>ConsistentObjects</category> <category>ConsistentSettings</category> <wfw:commentRss>https://ask.metafilter.com/385370/ISO-software-program-I-can-use-for-animations-with-reusable-elements/rss</wfw:commentRss> </item> <item> <title>Dumb apple security code behavior</title> <description><![CDATA[When I try to activate Password Autofill on my Macbook, it opens up a dialog asking for a code, and another small window next to it showing me said code. This is pointless.<br/><br/> I assume this is supposed to work by showing you the code on another apple device, so you can prove you're a good little consumer, but I don't have any other apple devices. <br><br>Is there a way to get it to stop doing this and just accept the fact that I don't have an iphone, pad, or watch?]]></description> <link>https://ask.metafilter.com/385369/Dumb-apple-security-code-behavior</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">tag:ask.metafilter.com,2025:site.385369</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2025 14:05:53 GMT</pubDate> <dc:creator>signal</dc:creator> <category>apple</category> <wfw:commentRss>https://ask.metafilter.com/385369/Dumb-apple-security-code-behavior/rss</wfw:commentRss> </item> <item> <title>Supply chain of fools</title> <description><![CDATA[Okay, so it appears that at least in the spring into summer there will be real supply chain problems due to tariffs. What am I not thinking of, stock-up wise, that one actually can stock up on?<br/><br/>("at least into summer" is doing a lot of work here - that would be on the assumption that some kind of deals are achieved. Actually sourcing imports elsewhere will take much longer with a much longer jammed up supply chain. I'm being optimistic for the moment. By "it appears", I mean that shipping records suggest that international shipping for May is through the floor, worse than COVID.)<br><br>I've got clothes and shoes and pots and pans and so on. I've stocked up a bit on OTC meds/medical supplies. I have several fans, one pretty new. I have a newish phone.<br><br>I'm going to replace my window unit air conditioner and get a spare space heater. Major appliances are mostly old but I'm not really in a position to replace at the moment, hoping to nurse them along and replace one by one over time.<br><br>What household goods should I stock up on? LED lightbulbs, it sounds like. What else? <br><br>The goal here is not so much to save money but to have necessities if there are shortages. <br><br>I know to keep all prescriptions as up to the minute as possible, if even the Trump administration is dumb enough to broad-brush tariff pharamceuticals.]]></description> <link>https://ask.metafilter.com/385368/Supply-chain-of-fools</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">tag:ask.metafilter.com,2025:site.385368</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2025 13:27:19 GMT</pubDate> <dc:creator>Frowner</dc:creator> <category>Everythingisbadandterrifying</category> <category>shortages</category> <category>tariffs</category> <category>Trump</category> <wfw:commentRss>https://ask.metafilter.com/385368/Supply-chain-of-fools/rss</wfw:commentRss> </item> <item> <title>Is the ending to Grapes of Wrath pessimistic?</title> <description><![CDATA[I swear I am not a high school student doing an assignment. Someone on metafilter posted a link to an online version of Grapes of Wrath (I lost this link immediately) and so I read the book over the past week. It is, like all Steinbeck, compelling, and I've been especially thinking about the ending for days now. ...Warning birth complications ahead...<br/><br/>The book follows the Joad family as they gradually lose their land, family members and friends, and a pregnancy. The book closes with the mom who lost her baby breastfeeding a starving man in an abandoned barn as floodwaters rise around them. <br>This is a bleak and sad ending, right? There's no optimism here, this is all the peasants dying of acute capitalism despite every one of their efforts, correct? <br><br>Also what was up with Noah, the "weird" brother who scarpered off a third of the way through the book? <br><br>I looked online but just found AI garbage.]]></description> <link>https://ask.metafilter.com/385367/Is-the-ending-to-Grapes-of-Wrath-pessimistic</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">tag:ask.metafilter.com,2025:site.385367</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2025 12:36:48 GMT</pubDate> <dc:creator>Vatnesine</dc:creator> <category>grapesofwrath</category> <category>Steinbeck</category> <wfw:commentRss>https://ask.metafilter.com/385367/Is-the-ending-to-Grapes-of-Wrath-pessimistic/rss</wfw:commentRss> </item> <item> <title>How can I make informed choices in my Advanced Healthcare Directive? </title> <description><![CDATA[I'm working on my Advanced Healthcare Directive, but I'm not actually sure how to answer some of the questions about medical care I do/don't want to receive if I can't make my own decisions. I have a sense of what I want, but I don't know enough to feel like I'm making an informed choice. What factual resources can help me better understand the medical care options? (I'm just asking for resources on the medical care questions, please no advice on any other part of the Advance Healthcare Directive form or process.)]]></description> <link>https://ask.metafilter.com/385366/How-can-I-make-informed-choices-in-my-Advanced-Healthcare-Directive</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">tag:ask.metafilter.com,2025:site.385366</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2025 05:24:25 GMT</pubDate> <dc:creator>rhiannonstone</dc:creator> <category>AdvanceHealthcareDirective</category> <category>LivingWill</category> <wfw:commentRss>https://ask.metafilter.com/385366/How-can-I-make-informed-choices-in-my-Advanced-Healthcare-Directive/rss</wfw:commentRss> </item> <item> <title>Choosing a college</title> <description><![CDATA[After two years of taking community college classes as a high school student, I'm deciding between attending a small, private university in the US and a large, public university in Canada. I could use some help.<br/><br/>The American university is a small school; I think it would be a great atmosphere for me. It's close enough to home that I could come home some weekends. It's about 50% students of color. It's in a fairly conservative area, although students I talked to say that doesn't affect them much, since the campus is leftist and very insular. It's a Christian school, but I'm told this doesn't matter as much as you'd think (the majority of students are not Christian and the only religious requirement is to take a single class on religion, which I would take anyway). I have guaranteed admission. The academic offerings are good, but somewhat limited; of the two languages I want to study, they only offer one. This isn't a deal-breaker, but it will affect my decision.<br><br>The Canadian university is a large school. (I prefer small schools.) I'm excited about the very cool and left-leaning city it's located in, but the area is potentially too expensive for me to live in after graduation. It's about a day's drive from home — not too far, but far enough that I wouldn't be able to come home for the weekends. It's not legally allowed to collect statistics on students' race/ethnicity, but it's a very international school. At a glance, I think the racial demographics are similar to the American university, although of course the national demographics are very different.<br><br>I have visited both schools. They cost about the same. The Canadian university is probably more prestigious, which doesn't matter very much to me. I do not know or care if my community college credits will transfer at either school.<br><br>Political considerations:<ul><li>I am not transgender or an immigrant. I'm not in immediate danger in the US. (I'm also not especially concerned about my safety while crossing the border.) However, like many people, I think it might be a good idea to get out while I still can. Also, I have trans family; worst comes to worst, if I'm out of the country already, it might be easier to get them out too.</li><li>My accent is indistinguishable from a Canadian accent.</li><li>I am not very good at staying on top of paperwork. I don't know how well I'd do at keeping my student visa up-to-date, but I think it would be very difficult for me.</li><li>The American university is a private school. Its only federal funding is student financial aid. (I do not receive federal aid.)</li><li>The Canadian general election will happen literally days before the deadline for acceptance and housing applications.</li><li>There is very little news coverage of pro-Palestine protests at the American university, to the point where I'm not sure they're happening. (Searches for "Palestine" in the student newspaper get a handful of results, all pro-Palestine; activism at the university itself is not mentioned, except for some zines at Pride, but activism at other universities is.) There is extensive news coverage of pro-Palestine protests at the Canadian university, which has not divested from Israel, has cops who engage in racial profiling, and is (sigh) currently being sued by some professors who are opposed to its DEI programs.</li><li>I am politically active.</li></ul><br><br>Personal considerations:<ul><li>I have cats. They are the most important people in my life. I honestly don't know what I'll do without being able to see them every day. There is absolutely no way I would be able to bring them to college; it wouldn't be fair to them or to me. Being able to see them some weekends would be a major relief.</li><li>I have a good home life and like to stay close to my family.</li><li>I have serious mental health issues. I'm managing them well right now, but the stress of college life could be destabilizing. I think I would be less likely to have a breakdown if I went to the American university... unless the political situation in the US became unbearable, in which case I'd be safer in Canada. Sigh. Also, I take psych meds and, uh (*gestures at DHHS*). </li><li>If I need to see a specialist for my various physical health issues, it would be easier to find one near the Canadian university than near the American university. On the other hand, American healthcare providers are more likely to accept my insurance.</li></ul>]]></description> <link>https://ask.metafilter.com/385365/Choosing-a-college</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">tag:ask.metafilter.com,2025:site.385365</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2025 04:31:45 GMT</pubDate> <dc:creator>SockboroughFair</dc:creator> <category>ChoosingACollege</category> <category>college</category> <category>university</category> <wfw:commentRss>https://ask.metafilter.com/385365/Choosing-a-college/rss</wfw:commentRss> </item> <item> <title>A silly little tax question, as a treat</title> <description><![CDATA[Weeks ago, I did Kid Blah's taxes via TurboTax, and he ended up owing $2.00 to the state of CA. We filed the taxes and did the payment electronically via his bank account, both of which I re-confirmed today...when he got a hard copy check in the mail for $2.00 from the state of CA, marked "state income tax refund" and labeled "tax year 2024." Um, why?<br/><br/>I don't understand, LOL. And I know it's only $2 so I'm hesitant to put too much energy into this, but do you have any idea why this would be?<br><br>FWIW, Kid's is a full-time college student in a different state and has very low income. He got a refund from Federal and from that college state. California is his official residence, though. This is the second or third year I've used TurboTax for him; his return is very straightforward.]]></description> <link>https://ask.metafilter.com/385364/A-silly-little-tax-question-as-a-treat</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">tag:ask.metafilter.com,2025:site.385364</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2025 22:14:04 GMT</pubDate> <dc:creator>BlahLaLa</dc:creator> <category>California</category> <category>StateTax</category> <category>taxes</category> <category>TaxRefund</category> <wfw:commentRss>https://ask.metafilter.com/385364/A-silly-little-tax-question-as-a-treat/rss</wfw:commentRss> </item> <item> <title>ISO scheduling software for long events</title> <description><![CDATA[I am looking for software that can help create schedules that meet specific constraints around availability and types of presentations for a conference. I am certain there must be tools that will do this, but trying to find them among the endless sea of event planning tools and personal calendar management tools that show up when Google searching is impossible and I don't think I know the right keywords.<br/><br/>I need something that will help me build a schedule given certain constraints: <br><br>Certain speakers are only available on certain days of a multi-day event. <br>Certain speakers should be paired with other particular speakers on the same day, though not necessarily one after the other. <br>Certain speakers can only be assigned to certain facilitators for language reasons. Other speakers cannot be assigned to certain facilitators at all. <br>Different speakers are alotted different amounts of time to speak. Those alotments could vary a bit if it would make scheduling easier instead of harder. <br>There are different broad themes, and each speaker will represent one of the broad themes. <br><br>Each day of the event should include a mix of speakers various themes, balance the number of sessions facilitators have to facilitate and meet certain other constraints like there needing to be breaks and lunch and such. <br><br>I don't need multiple tracks or room assignments -- only one room and one speaker at a time. I don't need any other event planning help like CRM, ticketing, mobile apps, etc. <br><br>What tools are out there that help with this sort of thing?]]></description> <link>https://ask.metafilter.com/385363/ISO-scheduling-software-for-long-events</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">tag:ask.metafilter.com,2025:site.385363</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2025 20:55:30 GMT</pubDate> <dc:creator>jacquilynne</dc:creator> <category>EventPlanning</category> <category>software</category> <category>tools</category> <wfw:commentRss>https://ask.metafilter.com/385363/ISO-scheduling-software-for-long-events/rss</wfw:commentRss> </item> <item> <title>Can I eat this - matzo ball soup edition</title> <description><![CDATA[I got some matzo ball soup delivered yesterday in a quart deli container (the transparent plastic cylinders with the snap-on tops) which was wrapped in plastic wrap. It was delivered hot. I forgot it after unpacking the delivery and it sat on the counter overnight. Can I eat it?<br/><br/>I don't know what kind of danger (or not) I could be in if I were to heat it up and eat it. It's chicken stock and schmaltz, plus two matzo balls. I want to pour some of it into a bowl and stick it in the microwave, or pour it into a saucepan and heat it up, but I don't want to risk any kind of illness.]]></description> <link>https://ask.metafilter.com/385362/Can-I-eat-this-matzo-ball-soup-edition</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">tag:ask.metafilter.com,2025:site.385362</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2025 20:32:49 GMT</pubDate> <dc:creator>tzikeh</dc:creator> <category>chickensoup</category> <category>delisoup</category> <category>matzoball</category> <category>safetoeat</category> <category>soup</category> <wfw:commentRss>https://ask.metafilter.com/385362/Can-I-eat-this-matzo-ball-soup-edition/rss</wfw:commentRss> </item> <item> <title>Kindergartner is a chameleon</title> <description><![CDATA[I'm at my wit's end. My five year old is a chameleon. When she is friends with a well behaved and engaged kid, she is the same at school. When her friends are the mischievous troublemakers, she'll happily follow them even if it means getting sent to the principal.<br/><br/>We've talked to her and it's clear she really doesn't pay heed to authority (ours or the teachers') and craves peer validation above all. <br><br>It's not just behavior. Her interests are whatever her friends are into as well. Her best friend last year was into monkeys, therefore, so was she. This year, the friends are into princesses and rainbows so that's what she adores too, though she's never been exposed to princess stuff at home. She loves reading at home and was an insanely early reader, but she goofs off when they're making the class read in school because her friends do.<br><br>Academics come easily to her and social skills don't. I imagine she's mimicking her friends so she can fit in but that's only a guess.<br><br>This has been happening for two years. I think it's time to start addressing the issue, but I haven't found any books or resources about this specifically. Do you have any leads?]]></description> <link>https://ask.metafilter.com/385361/Kindergartner-is-a-chameleon</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">tag:ask.metafilter.com,2025:site.385361</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2025 20:12:27 GMT</pubDate> <dc:creator>redlines</dc:creator> <category>kindergarten</category> <category>peerpressure</category> <wfw:commentRss>https://ask.metafilter.com/385361/Kindergartner-is-a-chameleon/rss</wfw:commentRss> </item> <item> <title>Travel tips for 10 days in France landing in Lyon</title> <description><![CDATA[I'm not going to Paris this time and have already been to Nice<br/><br/>After investigating where I'd like to land in Europe in <a href="https://ask.metafilter.com/384824/Which-European-cities-have-the-least-stressful-airports">this question</a>, I settled on Lyon, since I happened to find a decent direct flight from Montreal. Yay!!<br><br>Now I'm looking for hidden gems in Lyon. I'm planning to arrive on May 10, stay 3 nights in Lyon and then maybe travel to the south. I would really like to visit Eze as a friend recently went and it looks gorgeous. I went to Nice last year and had a great time but would like to see places I haven't been to. But if there are other suggestions, I'd be willing to head east, west or North too! <br><br>My interests are: <br>Writers and artists (ie: places they visited and wrote famous books etc)<br>Coffee shops<br>Fresh produce markets<br>Bistros<br>Local delicacies<br>Walking tours<br>Music performances<br>Soccer<br>Orrrr something I've never even considered before!<br><br><br>I am fluent in French so I don't mind visiting places off the beaten path. Thanks in advance!]]></description> <link>https://ask.metafilter.com/385360/Travel-tips-for-10-days-in-France-landing-in-Lyon</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">tag:ask.metafilter.com,2025:site.385360</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2025 18:34:03 GMT</pubDate> <dc:creator>winterportage</dc:creator> <category>France</category> <category>Lyon</category> <category>provence</category> <category>travel</category> <wfw:commentRss>https://ask.metafilter.com/385360/Travel-tips-for-10-days-in-France-landing-in-Lyon/rss</wfw:commentRss> </item> <item> <title>Word experts, please help</title> <description><![CDATA[I'm a heavy Word (for Mac) user and I'm having a fun, brand-new problem. If you're really great at Word, please can you help? Please pass on this question if you have any kind of answer that starts with switching to a different program.<br/><br/>My Word use is non-negotiable; I'm a book editor and this is what we use, full stop. I'm mostly working with full-length manuscripts, so many tens of thousands of words, many hundreds of pages. <br><br>I'm using Word for Mac, the freestanding version not the online/360 version. And I'm having a viewing/workflow problem with Modern Comments. <br><br>I guess some latest update happened for me and I now have no way of going back to the old comments. By that I mean that all of the online solutions I'm seeing do not match up to the options I see in my program. I do not have "enable/disable Modern Comments" visible in my preferences. If you have another tactic for me here, I'd love to disable them. But if that's not possible, let me move on to the gist of my problem: the Modern Comments are so far to the right of my screen that I need to scroll to see them, and this is messing up my workflow.<br><br>I have the meat of the manuscript.<br>To the right of that I have the markup area. I do need to keep this visible.<br>And then to the right of that, the Modern Comments show up. This is too far to the right!<br><br>The only solutions I have found so far, to see the comments:<br>-- Scroll to the right. Ugh, a time and movement waster. This really adds up over a manuscript that is several hundred pages, many thousands of words, many tracked changes and a jillion comments.<br>-- Go lower on the Zoom percentage so that I can see everything at once. Unfortunately this makes the manuscript text too little for my eyes. <br><br>I work on a laptop, not a desk situation, so I can't just add another monitor.<br><br>So, Word superusers, can you suggest something to help me?]]></description> <link>https://ask.metafilter.com/385359/Word-experts-please-help</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">tag:ask.metafilter.com,2025:site.385359</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2025 17:45:53 GMT</pubDate> <dc:creator>BlahLaLa</dc:creator> <category>ModernComments</category> <category>Word</category> <category>WordForMac</category> <wfw:commentRss>https://ask.metafilter.com/385359/Word-experts-please-help/rss</wfw:commentRss> </item> <item> <title>Is Apple messing with me?</title> <description><![CDATA[My Airpods suddenly lowered the volume of my Android phone after months of working fine. Phone calls only.<br/><br/>All other media play sounds at the appropriate volume. They worked fine until a few weeks ago. I only use them with one person but calls from him have always been fine before and he has not changed anything on his phone. I have checked volume, checked for downloads of third party, checked Google, GPTChat, cleaned them out and tried anything else that has been suggested on line. The volume is about 75% what it used to be. Yes I will check them with other peoples calls when I can but looking for anyone who has had this exact problem and solved it.<br><br>No settings have been changed and it is only phone calls. <br><br>Any help would be appreciated.]]></description> <link>https://ask.metafilter.com/385358/Is-Apple-messing-with-me</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">tag:ask.metafilter.com,2025:site.385358</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2025 17:38:16 GMT</pubDate> <dc:creator>shaarog</dc:creator> <category>Airpods</category> <category>issues</category> <category>volume</category> <wfw:commentRss>https://ask.metafilter.com/385358/Is-Apple-messing-with-me/rss</wfw:commentRss> </item> <item> <title>How did this MeFite get to zero paper checks?</title> <description><![CDATA[A recent MeFi answerer said: <em>I used to have my paper checks (remember those?) sent to my local [bank] branch.</em> I'm not on the same page as this flippant MeFi answer. Of course I use fewer checks every year, but how can anyone suggest no longer having or even remembering paper checks?<br/><br/>Looking at 2024-25, I have used checks for payments to charities, reimbursements to friends for concert tickets and travel expenses, payments to a piano tuner, a rug cleaner, and a furniture restorer, among others. <br><br>Maybe I could have coerced some of these payees to accept Zelle, Venmo, or plastic, but it would have been more trouble than it would have been worth. Is there anybody (living a conventional US middle class life) who really no longer has or needs <em>any</em> paper checks?]]></description> <link>https://ask.metafilter.com/385357/How-did-this-MeFite-get-to-zero-paper-checks</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">tag:ask.metafilter.com,2025:site.385357</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2025 17:28:58 GMT</pubDate> <dc:creator>JimN2TAW</dc:creator> <category>bankchecks</category> <category>checks</category> <category>paperchecks</category> <category>resolved</category> <wfw:commentRss>https://ask.metafilter.com/385357/How-did-this-MeFite-get-to-zero-paper-checks/rss</wfw:commentRss> </item> <item> <title>Help my Political Organization be Inclusive</title> <description><![CDATA[My political organizing group is rightly examining our lack of racial inclusivity. What should we be reading and doing and not doing?<br/><br/>We are in Maine, one of the whitest states in the US. In Maine, many BIPOC people are African refugees and immigrants. I read and recommend <a href="https://blackgirlinmaine.com/">Black Girl in Maine</a> /Shay Stewart-Bouley. I occasionally find and follow new blogs, insta, fb feeds with Black authors, but they sink below algorithms.]]></description> <link>https://ask.metafilter.com/385356/Help-my-Political-Organization-be-Inclusive</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">tag:ask.metafilter.com,2025:site.385356</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2025 17:19:32 GMT</pubDate> <dc:creator>theora55</dc:creator> <category>Black</category> <category>inclusion</category> <category>organize</category> <category>progressive</category> <category>Racism</category> <wfw:commentRss>https://ask.metafilter.com/385356/Help-my-Political-Organization-be-Inclusive/rss</wfw:commentRss> </item> <item> <title>What are the tweens in your life interested in?</title> <description><![CDATA[I have to write a bunch of short passages for kids (grades four to six) on topics they'll find engaging. What do kids this age like and find interesting? 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