Site came back up 11:31pm ET. According to frimble the AWS instance had stopped, so it was restarted.

Site's still down for unknown reasons, frimble has been pinged, will have an update when there's more to report. Thanks for your patience!

Cite appears to be down as of 8:12pm ET, looking into.

Yes, we'll work on that.

Site is back up, we're looking into what happened.

The site is down. Of course it happened during a gap when no was working on the site or had access to a phone, hence the late response. Frimble is now looking into the issue, thanks for your patience!

Note about site being down for about an hour. Yes it happened, will share details when we know more. Reminder about our BlueSky account for checking for news about site being down, it's located at https://bsky.app/profile/metafilter.bsky....

Update to why site was down: Turns out it was a problem when updating ssl certificates and no one was near an actual computer at the time, so it was matter of getting home to fix it. There's a thread on MetaTalk about all this: metatalk.metafilter.com/26660/Note-a...

Site should be up for everyone, will posts some details when more is known.

a problem when updating ssl certificates, back now

Okay things should be back. Apologies for delay, frimble was not a home when site went down, had to travel back to get in front of a computer.

Beware the dangers of going outside! :)

Will post when we have a better understanding of why things went down.

Site down, reasons unknown, frimble checking into.

Metafilter Slowness/Unavailability Multiple users have reported slowness or unavailability. This was originally reported in the last Site Update Thread but that is now closed. Submitting this thread as a request for an update and...

Things are relatively stable for now. Here's an update from Interim Board President Rhaomi about what's been causing the slowdowns and what steps we're taking to mitigate them going forward.

metatalk.metafilter.com/26627/Metafi...

At least there isn’t a modem screaming at you, so that’s an improvement!

Site has been slow most of the day, apologies! Frimble is taking a look.

Site back up to speed as of 1:40pm ET. AI bots were having a field day.

Site is running slow, developer pinged, bear with us!

Annnnnd back, just a brief hiccup

Site currently seems to be down, working on it!

Yes, there was brief hiccup last night at midnight ET as the site SSL certification expired. It was fixed by 12:17am ET

Oh, hey, just what we need: cupcakeninja has made a post for lists of "classic novels that bring the laughs."

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a cat wearing a yellow scarf is sitting at a table with a plate of food and the words happy thanksgiving ALT: a cat wearing a yellow scarf is sitting at a table with a plate of food and the words happy thanksgiving

Happy Turkey Day, y'all!

'That's So Nice Of You' Out in the among the intertubes of the internet, AlSweigart found...something, and decided to share the surreal journey. You may never ask a stranger to take a photo of you again or you may ask...

There are things out on the internet that will make you gasp with wonder and joy. This is one of them!

image of a silhouette of a group of people, including adults of different ages, and children, standing together and holding hands. The background features a gradient sky transitioning from light near the horizon to a darker tone at the top, suggesting either dawn or dusk. A faint outline of a fence or railing is visible along the bottom right.

Supporting the Vulnerable ...

Right person, right time, right place, right thread: In Ask Metafilter, Migrantology expertly answers a question about donating for legal aid to immigrants to California.

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A black-and-white, detailed illustration of a fish. The fish has a rounded, stocky body covered with textured patterns resembling scales and bumps. Its head is large with a prominent, somewhat grumpy expression, and it has short fins

Rumple has posted Antwerp's Plantin-Moretus Museum collection of 14,000 woodblock prints, now online as Public Domain / CC 0 high resolution TIFF images with tags and search capabilities. We stan the lumpy grumpy fish.

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Time Capsules ... You Can Safely Chew 'Tell me what you cook, and I will tell you what you are.' Frayed Knot posted Slate's 25 Most Important Recipes of the Past 100 Years

Discussing Slate's 25 Most Important Recipes of the Past 100 Years

bestof.metafilter.com/2024/11/time...

The Librarian Knows. Your sock is hiding in the dryer outside of eyesight. JohnnyGunn tells a funny story about calling the library to find out the location of their missing sock in pablocake's Ask Me post about a...

"Your sock is hiding in the dryer outside of eyesight" ... Another story of librarian heroes.

bestof.metafilter.com/2024/11/The-...

Flagged as fantastic! Or as kristi says, "an absolutely marvelous paragon of a post": joannemerriam's magnificent latest roundup of more than 50 new and forthcoming small press books. 📖❣️

www.metafilter.com/206363/For-h...

18th Century portrait of Francis Williams in his study: A historical painting depicts a Black man in 18th-century attire standing in a study or library. He is dressed in a blue coat with yellow trim, white stockings, and black shoes, and is wearing a white wig. The surroundings feature a large bookshelf filled with books, a wooden chair, a table with an open book, his hand lying upon it, a globe, and a celestial globe. A window behind him shows a landscape with a building and trees under a twilight blue sky. The floor is checkered, and a curtain with a intricate tassel hangs to the right.

"like a real life version of a spy thriller (art & science history edition)" — comment by Mefi member Ausamor

Kattullus has posted about the mysteries of the portrait of Francis Williams, brilliant Black Jamaican polymath and member of the Newtonian inner circle

www.metafilter.com/206371/Its-a...

A Bit Of Irish For Ya I've always enjoyed traditional Irish music, so these recent uploads to the Music section by wurl1tzer_c0 have brought a smile to my face and a bit of head bobbing. Here's 30 seconds of a...

Just over here enjoying some traditional Irish music, how's your day going?

bestof.metafilter.com/2024/11/A-bi...

What is Your Life Was A Movie? Condour75 has made a neat little app called Memento Movi! Here’s how they describe it: “The user enters date of birth and life expectancy, and chooses from a list of movies. The site then shows a...

Community member condour75 has done a neat thing that puts your life in a movie, sort of! Check it out!