Good Things Friday (231) and Link Love
July 28, 2023
- I can’t remember if I posted this so I am posting now: JB’s Spotted Friends Collection is live! They’re dreaming up new themes, and experimenting with more art.
2. I’d been waffling about on the idea of selling my old phone after I upgraded last year. It still works, the battery was just degraded to the point of requiring two or three charging sessions a day with my heavy use and shutting off at 33% power. But! I found a use for it! JB can use it to read books on Libby and play games on the PBS kids app.
Challenges this week:
My Niece Believed She Was Abused By A Satanic Cult. The Truth Is Even Scarier.
This reminds me to be grateful for my current position where I have the right amount of leadership position, and have had for ten years, for my life. I’ve hit the ceiling, but that’s not a surprise. I was hired in at the ceiling. There’s nowhere to go but buying the company and that’s not my cup of tea. As long as they don’t give me reasons to go looking, I can be pretty happy at this level. It’s a good thing, too, I lost my fear of speaking my mind before I landed this job so they got that version of me from the get go: Data Reveals An Infuriating Reason Women Over 40 Are Held Back At Work
I’ll never get over how deeply racist America is: Ta-Nehisi Coates attends school board meeting to back teacher told to stop using his book on racism
This is absolutely horrifying. A plant that can torment you for years after the slightest touch?? Gympie Gympie: The stinging new addition to The Poison Garden
“Gympie Gympie – whose technical name is dendrocnide moroides – was discovered in its native Australia when a road surveyor’s horse was stung, went mad and ‘died within two hours’ in 1866.
The plant usually flowers and produces its fruits when it is less than 3m tall, and it could reach up to 10m in height. The stem, branches, petioles, leaves, and fruits are all covered in the stinging hairs and not to be touched, warns John.
“The tiny brittle hairs (known as trichomes) are loaded with toxins over the entire plant and if touched, stay in the skin for up to a year, and release the toxin cocktail into the body during triggering events such as touching the affected area, contact with water, or temperature changes,” he added.”
