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Redditors crashed the website with donations over $25k and 0 wishes left. via /r/MadeMeSmile
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In response to this event, some redditors created r/charityraid, with the goal of concentrating the power of thousands of users into a single charity at a time to hopefully break a few more sites.
As of 9/21/21, the site has updated with more wishes. The incredible spike in donations is amazing, but if you want to and are able to keep the momentum going, there are over 300 waiting to be filled at https://www.onesimplewish.org!
a lot of these are very basic, small things. i just spent 17 dollars to buy a kid water shoes for a lake vacation ÂŻ\_(ă)_/ÂŻ
7/9/22 There are 200+ wishes who need YOU!
I donât normally tag people but Iâd like to send this to @instructor144 to post on positivity day. Maybe it would help crash the site again.
BOOST.
Letâs see if we can crash the site and empty it out again.
Update, as of right now (12/8/22) there are 275 wishes needing fulfillment, ranging from a teen who was only asking for a few sticks of deodorant to a boy who wanted warmer clothes to stay warm to older kids wanting tablets for school or their creative passions and older adults with disabilities with needs and wants. Young folks recently aged out that need help with gas for their car to get to their new job or a table and chair so they arenât eating on the floor.
It is about time that we bring back the Native American names for the Cascade Range volcanoes.
âThe names we know for all the Cascade Range volcanoes aren't the first. Every single major volcano from British Columbia to California was once known as something else and those names are closer to the original than those bestowed upon them by European explorers and settlers. The volcanoes were renamed without thought to the people who had been living in the area for thousands of years and it is about time we had a discussion about going back to those Native American names.
This isn't a new discussion in the United States. The tallest peak in the country was reverted to its native name of Denali from McKinley (which it was given only about 105 years ago). Imagine if someone moved into your home town and renamed everything after things significant to them (but not to you). That's what happened to much of the geography of our country.
The naming of geologic and geographic features is wraught with problems. Not only were native names supplanted with European or American names, many times those names were outright racist. The geologic and geographic community has been coming to terms with this and the march to rename these features has started.â
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Brazilâs Indigenous peoples mobilise against encroachment on their lands
As agribusiness, a slow legal system and Bolsonaroâs policies threaten lands, Indigenous peoples are fighting back
âDeni Farm, owner Edilson Pereira Duarteâ; âMato Grosso Farm, owner Vanderlei Martins de Oliveiraâ. These two signs, incorporating the Brazilian flag, are nailed to trees on either side of the road leading to Kapot village, in the Capoto/Jarina Indigenous Land, northern Mato Grosso state.
A barrier spans the road leading into Kapot. Drivers must get out of their vehicles and lift it to proceed, in contradiction to the legal requirement that access to Indigenous territory should be free and unhindered.
The signs and the barrier send a clear message. This land is private property and the law is not respected in these parts. Drones have shown that a plot of land in the area is already being cleared of trees. Will it join the gigantic soya or maize plantations that are advancing unchecked over these areas of tropical forest?
According to data from 2021, in the state of Mato Grosso, soya occupies some 9.8 million hectares and maize some 5.1 million hectares, a combined area equivalent to half the size of Belgium. Along with cattle pastures, these plantations already threaten to encircle this and many other Indigenous territories in the Brazilian Amazon, one of the countryâs âagricultural frontiersâ.
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Things you can do to help monarch butterflies, especially now that theyâre endangered!
Donât weed out milkweed, and donât use pesticides on it. Itâs the only plant that Monarch eggs are laid on, and keeping it alive as best you can helps more butterflies be born!
Research and plant nectar plants! This may not be possible based on your location and area, but if you donât have a yard for it, local parks will respond if you contact them about volunteering to help plant! Nectar plants help feed butterflies on their long migrations from Canada and the USA to Mexico!
Donate to charities that help do things like plant milkweed and conserve butterfly forest habitat! Save our monarchs and Xerces Monarch Butterfly Conservation are a great start, but I encourage you to research on your own for charities that work for you!
Avoid pesticides! Pesticides can kill milkweed, and even kill the butterflies themselves! Monarch population is already down 90%, and even small steps like using crushed eggshell barriers and spraying pests away with water can be a great alternative!
If you can afford it, avoid genetically engineered foods. Many farmers use glyphosate resistant genetically engineered crops, so that they can spray more glyphosate and get rid of weeds. Glyphosate kills milkweed en masse, and runoff from rain often means the pesticide used isnât contained to their farm, instead spreading into rivers and killing plants further out. This is environmentally catastrophic. (Not everyone can afford local produce, though, so I donât hold this against you, nor do I hold using genetically engineered crops against farmers who canât afford to do otherwise.)
Just as I advise looking into what farms your chicken nuggets are coming to you from, I strongly advise looking at the tags on produce, googling the plantation or orchard they were grown on, and see how much of their practices are publicly listed. You should at least be able to find out what genetic engineering is involved in their production. Engineered to be a barrier crop resistant to disease or cold? Great! Engineered to be resistant to a pesticide or herbicide? Bad news. Avoid if possible.
i love you lab grown diamonds i love you slavery-free chocolate i love you community gardens i love you fact that the insulin patent was sold for $1 i love you locally produced meat and milk i love you streets turned into walkable parks i love you little reminders that Things Do Not Have To Be This Way and there are people working to build a better world!!
Apparently one of thoes giant lilypads at kew is an undiscovered species but nobody noticed
THE PLANTS CANT KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH THIS DUDE OH MY GOD THEY CANT JUST KEEP DOING THIS TO ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
side note, the guy in the photo and the guy who led the team that grew/described this absolute Unit is named Carlos Magdelena, hes a horticulturalist at the KEW who specializes in lily pads and is also known for being the guy who figured out how to grow the smallest lily pad species on earth, Nymphaea thermarum, from seed. itâs a species thatâs now extinct in the wild and was brought to the KEW to keep it from all-out extinction, which it had an INCREDIBLY close brush with like, multiple times (it was native only to a single tiny hot spring in Rwanda that got drained from agricultural use).
hereâs a picture of him holding it on top of the largest water lily in the world at the time of this photo, Victoria amazonica, which we now know is actually the second largest next to this new one, which is a close relative!
he also wrote a book of some of his stories of saving plants from extinction at the KEW called âthe plant messiahâ, which includes the story of N. thermarum. really cool non-academic read about rare plants and conservation, i need to reread it sometime!
Please fucking lie to your employer. Like they donât need to know your mental health issues or what drugs you do. Ffs
its not lying if its to employers or cops
and look up ur rights on what they can and cannot ask u many places ban asking about ur record and transportation status and things like that resources will also tell u how they reword sketchy questions so ur prepared
here's a quick guide for Americans with very common interview questions I've been asked:
đŤ illegal: how old are you?
â ď¸ dicey: what year did you graduate?
â legal: are you 18 or older?
đŤ illegal: do you have kids?
â ď¸ dicey: what responsibilities do you have at home?
â legal: can you adhere to this schedule?
đŤ illegal: do you have a disability or are you mentally ill?
â ď¸ dicey: is there anything we should know about you that would interfere with your job?
â legal: can you perform these specific (named and described) duties?
đŤ illegal: have you ever been arrested?
â ď¸ dicey: would you like to tell us about any problems you've had with the law?
â legal in 37 states: have you ever been convicted of a crime?
I recently filled out an application that asked me what kinds of medication I was on. Naturally, I said I wasnât on any because. Thatâs so illegal.
Lie on your job applications.
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[image description: image is a flow chart entitled " You can put an end to this: never pay to pet a cub" the chart starts with a drawing of a tiger cub head with a hand touching it. There are 6 arrows that flow from the start, in order from left to right:
1. Drawing of 3 small tigers, "constant breeding to supply cubs" arrow leads to image of a hand holding a sack with and a hand taking it, "injection of assets into the illegal wildlife trade"
2. Drawing of tiger skin rug and bottles, "older tigers sold for parts" arrow splits to two first leading back to "injection of assets into the illegal wildlife trade", and an drawn image of a bottle above 3 outstretched hands, "increases size of tiger product market" arrow to drawn image of a bear trap, "more poaching: wild tiger products preferred over captive"
3. Drawing of a mounted tiger head and a rifle "older tigers sold for canned hunting"
4. Drawing of tiger in very small barred cage, "older tigers sold to unaccredited zoos and backyard owners"
5. Drawn image of hands counting a large stack of money, "masquerading as non-profits takes away from legit organizations"
6. Drawing of the globe and a tiger head on it, "irresponsible breeding hurts gene pool"
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Hey iâm a fashion design student so i have tons and tons of pdfs and docs with basic sewing techniques, pattern how-tos, and resources for fabric and trims. Iâve compiled it all into a shareable folder for anyone who wants to look into sewing and making their own clothing. Iâll be adding to this folder whenever i come across new resources
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/16uhmMb8kE4P_vOSycr6XSa9zpmDijZSd?usp=sharing
Updated just now with new hand sewing resources (mainly buttonholes) and textbook pdfs on fashion history, fashion illustration, and thinking through designs!
oh hell yes
You've heard this refrain before -- giving money to homeless people is not the best way to help them because it might be squandered, or spen
âResearchers gave 50 recently homeless people a lump sum of 7,500 Canadian dollars (nearly $5,700). They followed the cash recipientsâ life over 12-18 months and compared their outcomes to that of a control group who didnât receive the payment. The preliminary findings, which will be peer-reviewed next year, show that those who received cash were able to find stable housing faster, on average. By comparison, those who didnât receive cash lagged about 12 months behind in securing more permanent housing.
People who received cash were able to access the food they needed to live faster. Nearly 70% did after one month, and maintained greater food security throughout the year. The recipients spent more on food, clothing and rent, while there was a 39% decrease in spending on goods like alcohol, cigarettes or drugs.â
Itâs almost like people self medicate to survive intense stress like, idk, not having the cash to live anywhere but outdoors. People who are extremely poor do not want to be poor, we WANT to be safe and have autonomy in our lives but capitalism makes that impossible for some people.
And drug/alcohol abuse, even when prioritized over eating and other necessities, isnât some kind of alien mindset, itâs very often a matter of not having the resources to actually be safe and fully meet your actual needs so you have to cope somehow with the suffering that deprivation causes.
This is a perfect example of the kind of important study that shouldnât NEED to be done, but does need to be done so we can once and for all implement policies that actually help people.
i think itâs important that it was a lump sum all at once, instead of little amounts intermittently. If youâre homeless and, say, addicted to alcohol or meth or whatever, and someone gives you $20 a day, for 12 months, what are you gonna do with that? $20 isnât enough to pay for a place to sleep that night. You can get some food, but you canât stock up on anything because you have nowhere to put it. You canât buy a new pair of shoes. You canât pay for medication. You canât really save it up because what are you gonna do, walk around with $5000 worth of twenties in your pocket? until they get lost or stolen and you never got anything out of that money? But you can go and get $20 worth of alcohol and maybe the rest of your day will suck a little less.
But if you get that $5000 all at once and then nothing for the rest of the year, thatâs enough to get an apartment for a month, and your meds, and food, and clothes, and then well hey you can look for a job (and you have a mailing address, wow!).
if youâre in a shit situation getting dribs and drabs of money can keep you alive but it wonât help you really change your circumstances, but a large lump sum can do that.
I have brought this study up to multiple people who despite the research, still cannot break their stereotypical image of people who are homeless.
Robot dogs have been met with equal parts fascination and fear by the public, but their utility for military applications is becoming undeniable.
if you see one of these things take one for the team and light it on fire
oh god. in a very serious way that makes them much harder to fight. previous quadrofracts could be dealt with by use of a hammer to the mid-section. im assuming a well placed .45 round might do the trick now, but that means not getting noticed by fidobot. lets hope it has bad eyesight.
This is always where these damn thing were going and when we said it people would always say we were being killjoys and why couldnât we âjust enjoy the dancing Robots?â I guarantee these things will be deployed for âriot suppressionâ in only a few years.
THIS THING SHOOTS 6.5mm CREEDMOOR WHAT THE FUCK. FOR REFERENCE, THIS IS WHAT THAT ROUND LOOKS LIKE COMPARED TO A 9mm
GOOD TIME TO SHARE THE BATTERY INFO AGAIN SO YOU CAN SHUT THESE DUDES DONE
Image ID: Tweet thread from Dr Sarah Taber reads: PSA for anyone who might be dealing with robot gun dogs, from a farm robot specialist who wasnât really looking at robot wrangling from the public safety standpoint but here we are.
I havenât worked w police/military robotics so I canât speak to exactly how these are built. But I can tell you, IME roboticists can be really naive about environmental conditions: making robots sturdy enough to handle rain, dirt, & other outdoor realities.
For example! Iâve worked w a couple startups that do fruit picking robots. They build the thing, *then* call me in to figure out how to clean it. And half the time you canât. Bc the picking arm has all these delicate cameras & servos that canât get wet.
Folks who build robots at this time tend to be focused on making it do cool things like see, jump, run, & somersault. So they can release teaser videos that make everybody go âwow what a fancy robotâ They tend to be less focused on actual service performance: DURABILITY.
Whatâs this mean? The joints, motors, cameras, & other sensors are more exposed than they should be. Itâs easy for water, road salt, grit, etc to get in there and cripple the robot.
I mean look at this thing. That housingâs got more nooks & crannies than a dang English muffin. You think thatâs watertight?
For robots that work outside, not even watertight is good enough. Farms add surfactants (like dish soap) to sprays. They make the sprays stick to leaves & get into all the nooks & crannies of the plant. So farm robots need surfactant-proof seals. Not just waterproof.
Otherwise after a few hours in the field, you have a mix of dew, mud, soil & grit, and whatever surfactants you put in your last pesticide mixing together & working their way into all the robotâs delicate parts. Scratching up the cameras. Jamming up the joints & motor.
If thereâs any salt or acid in the mix, itâs even worse! Some soils have a lil salt in them, or an acidic pH. Itâs actually pretty common! The salts or H+ ions work their way into the machine & corrode the shit out of EVERYTHING. Bye-bye expensive farm robot!
Now letâs apply this to street settings. Water. Dirt & grit. Road salt. Just a little salt destroys metal! Even faster if itâs mixed with water, acids, surfactants, &/or grit.
And again, dirt & grit destroy joints. They scratch up camera lenses & otherwise interfere with sensors. They also scratch up any corrosion-proof coatings the engineers may have put on there, & expose the metals to water, salt, & acid.
These robots look super-vulnerable to normal wear & tear. They look even more vulnerable to a super-soaker filled with common household items like salt, vinegar, & just a lil dish soap. Maybe with a lil diatomaceous earth to bump up the scrubbing power.
If they donât go belly-up from short circuits immediately, theyâre still looking at either an expensive tear-town, clean, & rebuild (takes the robot off the street for a few days) or itâll go belly-up within a week or two. Both options are REALLY expensive & frustrating for own
Especially if they get hit with water/salt/acid/grit/soaps ASAP the moment they hit the street again. Then the robots wind up spending more time in the shop on life support than actually doing their job.
Thatâs actually a pretty common outcome for automation! Everyone gets excited about this fancy new machine thatâs going to replace people. Then in real life it turns out to be broken all the time, canât do shit, itâs a giant money pit, & eventually the sponsors give up.
idk just some thoughts on outdoor automation from someone who buries the corpses of failed robots for a living
itâs just really funny to me that these are supposed to be scary but probably canât stand up to a water balloon full of pickle juice
I wonder if paintball g*ns would work, it seems so. Flour b*mbs and baby powder b*mbs.
diatomaceous earth can be bought as an organic insecticide from the farm store. Basically finely ground stone whichs surface kills fleas, mites and ticks mechanically because it is so microscopic small particles, but extremly rough that it takes off the protective surface that keeps insects from drying out.
It basically acts as a liquid, flowing into the smallest crevice, liquid sandpaper. Just do not breath it in long term.

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Planning for seed saving
I find that thereâs not a lot of talk about how large a population you need when people do talk about seed saving. I think itâs a lot bigger than most people expect, especially for out-crossers like broccoli and corn. On top of that, if you want to be growing something different than your neighbors (or say, want to save broccoli seed when a lot of people let kale go to seed around you), you need to consider isolation distances. Letâs look at population size first.
Reblog if youâd be okay if your friend came out as transgender
letâs see how many transphobics we can weed out