Good Things Friday (348) and Link Love
October 31, 2025
This is very cool: Multi-generational vulture nests hold 700 years of human artifacts
‘Love belongs in public’: Dallas church paints steps rainbow amid crosswalk crackdown
“Silence isn’t neutral,” asserts Oak Lawn United Methodist Church in response to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s harsh order.
Wild bear ‘looking for a friend’ breaks into California zoo, meets 3 captive bears
San Francisco institution hangs protest banners as federal agents are sent to Bay Area
What I Need You To Understand, Notes from Chicago in Late October
NEJM and public health group are launching rival to CDC’s MMWR publication
This really annoys me, now I have to figure out how to prevent my robot vacuum from betraying us?? Man Alarmed to Discover His Smart Vacuum Was Broadcasting a Secret Map of His House
Threat to US vaccines as CDC staff supporting key advisory panel laid off
Critics say scientists ‘held hostage’ by RFK Jr as changes mean vaccine development and guidance in peril
Op-ed: The Shutdown Threatens SNAP and WIC for the Most Vulnerable
These Bay Area Restaurants Are Offering Free Food to SNAP Recipients
Wow – that church is bad ass in the best way possible. I’m so glad you shared that story. And I love City Lights so much.
I just ordered 100 whistles and envelopes – useful resources linked from the Chicago post.