October 31, 2025

Good Things Friday (348) and Link Love


Just a little link love

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

October 24, 2025

Good Things Friday (347) and Link Love

Helping folks:

This family was the target of a hate crime and need a lot of help to heal and get back on their feet.

I send Quiara extra money whenever I can. She may also lose her SNAP benefits on Nov 1 which means even less money to live on when she’s already surviving on a frayed shoestring.

Jack of Oi, Shiny is struggling with a heart condition and the whole mess of the US threw his shop and primary means of income into turmoil for a while. He’s trying to get back on his feet.

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