By: Revanche

Good Things Friday (180) and Link Love

August 5, 2022

1. I’m having some slow burn revelations that likely impact my mental and physical health (positively, one hopes but who knows).


Just a little link love

New Species of Giant Waterlily Is the Largest in the World

I didn’t want to laugh but as we still have no childcare, I did, a little: First lines of classic novels, if no one had childcare.

The manager of this update is unbelievable: the Leap Day employee finally gets her birthday off this year

Here’s another one of my nightmares (specific to my abusive dad and estranged brother but also this country’s infrastructure is so disgustingly terrible at caring for the young and old): Nursing homes are suing friends and family to collect on patients’ bills

Federal laws and regulations prohibit homes from requiring a resident’s relatives or friends to financially guarantee the resident’s bills. Facilities cannot even request such guarantees.

But consumer advocates say nursing homes slip the admissions agreements into papers that family members sign when an older parent or sick friend is admitted. Sometimes people are told they must sign, a violation of federal law.

Heald: The Law Review Scam—Humanely Ending Law School Exceptionalism

What a sad collection of passings:

  • Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek Legend Who Played Nyota Uhura, Dies at 89
  • Navajo Code Talker Samuel Sandoval dies; 3 left from group
  • Bill Russell, NBA superstar and civil rights activist, dies aged 88

6 Responses to “Good Things Friday (180) and Link Love”

  1. bethh says:

    That bat is so cute!

  2. Juli Thompson says:

    Is there supposed to be a link about the law schools?

  3. IT says:

    Hey, i am not getting emails for your post since last 2 weeks, wondering if you want to look into this. A long time reader

    • Revanche says:

      It doesn’t look like feedburner gives me any tools to fix email subscriptions, it looks like it might be best for you to unsubscribe and resubscribe to see if that helps!

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