Big news: a few days ago Matt Haughey and I signed paperwork to transfer ownership of MetaFilter from him to me. This is sorta huge and sorta not a big deal at the same time: things are fine and...

California rejects top rate tax increase, removes all state funding for CA libraries. Funding cut for 'literacy programs, InterLibrary Loans, and miscellaneous expenses such as librarian training...

Hello Metafilter! We are back to regular site updates this week. Please find more details on the state of the site below. Reminder: I will be the only mod monitoring this thread so please be...