Times are tough for some of us, less so for others. If you’re fortunate enough to have the opportunity and means to contribute to a 401K account through your employer, you may have topped out your contribution around now. How about putting an extra $25 or $50 of that to work for charity, in time [...]
Posts Tagged ‘activism’
Good Timing for Do-Gooding
Posted in activism, charity, economics, global, lifehack, lifestyle, making a difference, one planet, public service, real life, recommended, value 2.0, volunteer, tagged activism, charity, global, making a difference, one planet, real life, volunteer on November 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“Your Papers, Please!”
Posted in activism, real life, tagged activism, privacy, real life on September 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s getting close enough to election time, and various voter registration deadlines, that this excerpt from RISKS that I posted elsewhere is due for a refresh. Will you be able to vote this year? Take a few minutes soon and make sure that you are registered AND have whatever ID or papers your polling place [...]
all desires are radical
Posted in activism, journals, real life, tagged activism, journals, real life on June 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I was looking for a reference in my notebooks, and then just browsing. A note from 12/28/1995 seems worth quoting today: “For all of us, it is the public expression of desire that is embattled, any deviation from what we are supposed to want and be, who we are supposed to behave.” Dorothy Allison, “Skin: [...]
Towards a Sustainable Environmentalism
Posted in activism, eco vs emo, economics, environment, philosophy, rant, tagged activism, eco vs emo, economics, environment, philosophy, rant on November 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Remember when nerds ran through the hallways of MIT chanting “The Ringworld is unstable! The Ringworld is unstable!”? OK, I don’t remember directly, as it was rather before I got there, but my realization today was equally shocking. Environmentalism isn’t sustainable, not the way it’s practiced currently. Let me tell you how I got [...]
Stupendously Squishable Squee Alert!
Posted in activism, charity, critters, recommended, squee, tagged activism, charity, critters, recommended, squee on November 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I just discovered Squishables, big squeezy armfuls of plushy critter goodness. They has tigers! They has monkeys! Even sheepses! Squeeeee! Cough. Ahem. I mean, they have a wide veriety of popular creatures, depicted as fat, fuzzy, balls of squee, err, um, as neotenous symbolic representations that invite tactile contact for primate reassurance. Huggable! Did we [...]
Quick Quake Quack
Posted in activism, earthquake, ham radio, public service, real life, tagged activism, earthquake, ham radio, public service, real life on November 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
For the curious, and those considering joining the happy-go-lucky ranks of amateur radio volunteers, here are 15 minutes of live SVECS repeater audio from the October 30th earthquake. One of the SVECS (Silicon Valley Emergency Communication Services) members was doing audio capture of something unrelated when the quake hit, and switched his input to get [...]
50 Ways Quiz
Posted in activism, environment, making a difference, simple things, tagged activism, environment, making a difference, simple things on October 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Leo Babauta of the awesome Zen Habits blog has kicked off Blog Action Day with his 50 Simple Steps that anybody can do any day to be kinder and gentler to the environment. How many are part of your standard practice already? Take a shorter shower. Use a rag or hand towel instead of napkins [...]
the problem, in simple
Posted in activism, art, real life, tagged activism, art, real life on August 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
There’s a continuum along which one can be a traditionalist, an early adopter, a visionary, or simply an idiot, or insane, or both. The reality is that the same person, in the same place, will appear all along that continuum depending on the observer. Ursula K LeGuin’s classic tale, “The Ones Who Walk Away from [...]
fat hatred: undiagnosed killer
Posted in activism, ethics, health, medical, tagged activism, ethics, health, medical on August 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Found this stunning blog entry about the death of someone’s mom via ‘s journal. Went on to read the comments (oh, the comments … heartbreaking) and the follow-up posting. [Edit: and the third posting.] When I think about my ever-escalating war against the medical establishment to get GOOD treatment for my autoimmune diseases, and my [...]
word, part the second
Posted in activism, feminism, rant, tagged activism, feminism, rant on August 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The text (of my previous post entitled WORD!!) is a hyperlink of someone else’s words, but the sentiment is near and dear to me. First let me say that I like the organization, I liked the folks I met at the installfest, and I plan to go back to future ones. I don’t think anyone [...]
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