Good Things Friday (388) and Link Love
August 7, 2026
1. I’m a UBI girl and this kind of community-care income club is a really neat idea in the absence of a government-wide set up.
Challenges this week:
This is an old article from 2018 but it’s very pretty so here we go (again maybe): The blue beauty with an impressive coat of fuzz
I always wondered what the point of sending people unasked for packages was. Hasn’t happened to us but nice to know the version of scam it is. I do already periodically search all our names to remove our data from data scraper sites: What Is a Brushing Scam? What to Do If You Receive a Mystery Package
My only concern for these women is financial – I hope they’re able to be free AND stable because good on them, shedding the shackles of unfulfilling unhappy marriages: ‘There is freedom’: Why Asian women are leaving their husbands in their 50s and 60s
Health Insurance Claim Denied? See What Insurers Said Behind the Scenes.
Whoa, shit: College lab class ends with 32 people on antibiotics for deadly germ exposure
Lab students were supposed to ID a mild germ. They all identified a deadly pathogen.
Absolutely not: GM to launch its own in-vehicle AI system later this year
Woof this is worrisome: ‘It’s too fast, too big’: speed of climate crisis is devastating crops, say farmers
Drought and extreme heat are killing plants, driving up prices while also making some farms economically unviable
I strongly agree that the wealthy and powerful who cause deaths by their greed ought to be subject to the most stringent of scrutiny and stiffest penalties possible: Ralph de la Torre, Steward Health Care CEO, Is A Murderer (And I’ve Been Banned By BlueSky)