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cblj_backupGood morning everyone! This has been a TERRIBLE DAY so far, so let's hope RFM can boost my karma a bit, huh?
Ways To Help
The city of Minot, North Dakota, is experiencing heavy flooding and thousands of people have had to evacuate. The flood waters are at least six feet over the all-time record set in 1871. And it happened so quickly that while prepared for flooding they were not prepared for this; all the government could hope to do was build secondary dikes around vital infrastructure.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
_cadenza linked to the Minot Red Cross, the Minot Air Force Base Emergency Family Assistance Center, and personal appeals for help on Facebook: Community - Minot ND Flood Help and KX News Minot. eccentrikita linked to flood cams where you can see the devastation, the Minot animal shelter, and to a community rebuilding fund for when the waters recede.
Elizabeth let me know aboutlilycat who has posted to raise awareness about an infant named Leah, currently in the hospital with a mystery illness. Leah's aprents are asking for donations to help pay the medical costs. Leah's blog is here and you can donate here. Check out the raffle linked from the main blog, too!
Several people linked me to![[personal profile]](https://s.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
maevele, who needs help with rent money so she is not dependent on her husband -- whose "temper finally went critical and physical" and who is using his payment of rent as an excuse to stay in the house. Her fundraising post is here and an update on her fundraising efforts is here.
tealin and I were just throwing art around the other day when she happened to link me to John Frame, whose multimedia art production could use some assistance crossing the finish line. You can read more about his film/photos/maquettes and check out his donation page at the link.
rm and her girlfriend are looking for a new apartment in New York, especially given the cavalier way their landlord has treated their recent break-in. If you know of any, drop a comment!
Buy Stuff, Help People:
madripoor_rose let me know about Jennifer Matarese, who has self published a novel entitled Heroine Addiction, about a 'plus size, biracial, bisexual rockabilly ex-superheroine.' It took me a minute to make the connection, but Jennifer is also Trollprincess, whom many of you may know from LJ. She's donating half the proceeds of the Kindle edition sales to the Hetrick-Martin Institute, which runs Harvey Milk High in NYC. I've not read Heroine Addiction but I know Jennifer is an outrageously funny writer, so I doubt it will disappoint.
ships_harry is doing some $10 commissions to fill in an income-free patch. (That link has some NSFW images, just FYI.)
bodlon has an update on his surgery funding and has stuff up for sale still on ebay, which you can find at the link.
Good News:
rising got his new crutches!
The British Library and Google have struck a deal to digitise a shit ton of books. That's a technical measurement, by the way, "shit ton". It's less than fuckton but more than a metric assload.
Just For Fun:
Deborah, one of the admins of the the Copperbadge Cafe comm over on Facebook, has set up an event page for Cafe meetups! She thought the latest Potter movie would be a great time for fans to get together, and wanted to be sure folks over here on the blog knew about it. If you're interested you can also contact her at deborahsama at gmail.com.
minkrose linked me to Catalog Living. Oh my god.
chewipaka linked me to a meme that's been around the internet for a while but is usually a fun read, the Artist On LSD. I can't confirm it's a true story, but nobody seems to have disproved it, either. (Snopes, you fail me!) If they have, drop a link to where!
kayloulee wasn't even talking to me when she linked to an Ignoble-Award winning experiment into just how much the USPS will tolerate. I still LOLed.
I got to listen to two great radio shows this week that I'd like to share.tealin clued me into last week's Thinking Allowed, which opens with a discussion of HG Wells and sociology (interesting, but not especially relevant to me) and then has a long discourse on the magic of everyday things, which I loved. Meanwhile, delirieuse linked me to an Australian podcast of The Philosopher's Zone, in which they discuss the nature of evil as it applies to Daleks. Both are heartily worth a listen; Thinking Allowed is streamed, but you can stream or download The Philosopher's Zone.
And this has been Radio Free Monday! Thank you for your time. You can always post items for my attention in comments here (or on any post) or email me at copperbadge at gmail dot com. If you're not sure how to proceed, here is a little more about what I do and how you can help. Remember, non-embedded links are love.
Ways To Help
The city of Minot, North Dakota, is experiencing heavy flooding and thousands of people have had to evacuate. The flood waters are at least six feet over the all-time record set in 1871. And it happened so quickly that while prepared for flooding they were not prepared for this; all the government could hope to do was build secondary dikes around vital infrastructure.
_cadenza linked to the Minot Red Cross, the Minot Air Force Base Emergency Family Assistance Center, and personal appeals for help on Facebook: Community - Minot ND Flood Help and KX News Minot. eccentrikita linked to flood cams where you can see the devastation, the Minot animal shelter, and to a community rebuilding fund for when the waters recede.Elizabeth let me know about
lilycat who has posted to raise awareness about an infant named Leah, currently in the hospital with a mystery illness. Leah's aprents are asking for donations to help pay the medical costs. Leah's blog is here and you can donate here. Check out the raffle linked from the main blog, too!Several people linked me to
maevele, who needs help with rent money so she is not dependent on her husband -- whose "temper finally went critical and physical" and who is using his payment of rent as an excuse to stay in the house. Her fundraising post is here and an update on her fundraising efforts is here.tealin and I were just throwing art around the other day when she happened to link me to John Frame, whose multimedia art production could use some assistance crossing the finish line. You can read more about his film/photos/maquettes and check out his donation page at the link.rm and her girlfriend are looking for a new apartment in New York, especially given the cavalier way their landlord has treated their recent break-in. If you know of any, drop a comment!Buy Stuff, Help People:
madripoor_rose let me know about Jennifer Matarese, who has self published a novel entitled Heroine Addiction, about a 'plus size, biracial, bisexual rockabilly ex-superheroine.' It took me a minute to make the connection, but Jennifer is also Trollprincess, whom many of you may know from LJ. She's donating half the proceeds of the Kindle edition sales to the Hetrick-Martin Institute, which runs Harvey Milk High in NYC. I've not read Heroine Addiction but I know Jennifer is an outrageously funny writer, so I doubt it will disappoint.ships_harry is doing some $10 commissions to fill in an income-free patch. (That link has some NSFW images, just FYI.)bodlon has an update on his surgery funding and has stuff up for sale still on ebay, which you can find at the link. Good News:
rising got his new crutches! The British Library and Google have struck a deal to digitise a shit ton of books. That's a technical measurement, by the way, "shit ton". It's less than fuckton but more than a metric assload.
Just For Fun:
Deborah, one of the admins of the the Copperbadge Cafe comm over on Facebook, has set up an event page for Cafe meetups! She thought the latest Potter movie would be a great time for fans to get together, and wanted to be sure folks over here on the blog knew about it. If you're interested you can also contact her at deborahsama at gmail.com.
minkrose linked me to Catalog Living. Oh my god.chewipaka linked me to a meme that's been around the internet for a while but is usually a fun read, the Artist On LSD. I can't confirm it's a true story, but nobody seems to have disproved it, either. (Snopes, you fail me!) If they have, drop a link to where! kayloulee wasn't even talking to me when she linked to an Ignoble-Award winning experiment into just how much the USPS will tolerate. I still LOLed.I got to listen to two great radio shows this week that I'd like to share.
tealin clued me into last week's Thinking Allowed, which opens with a discussion of HG Wells and sociology (interesting, but not especially relevant to me) and then has a long discourse on the magic of everyday things, which I loved. Meanwhile, delirieuse linked me to an Australian podcast of The Philosopher's Zone, in which they discuss the nature of evil as it applies to Daleks. Both are heartily worth a listen; Thinking Allowed is streamed, but you can stream or download The Philosopher's Zone.And this has been Radio Free Monday! Thank you for your time. You can always post items for my attention in comments here (or on any post) or email me at copperbadge at gmail dot com. If you're not sure how to proceed, here is a little more about what I do and how you can help. Remember, non-embedded links are love.
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Date: 2011-06-27 04:13 pm (UTC)Not that you or I could do anything about it, but I'm really surprised, as Googles digitized books are usually horrible - full of mistakes generated by the scanning equipment. Project Gutenberg at least has a lot of people who proofread.
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Date: 2011-06-27 05:28 pm (UTC)So to use these terms in a practical context, Sam's Awesomeness Rating hovers somewhere just below fuck ton, then? Days with Stories about R or BossBoss put you at/above fuck ton level.
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Date: 2011-06-27 10:19 pm (UTC)-Deborah
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Date: 2011-06-28 02:10 am (UTC)http://thenewgay.net/2009/04/why-i-reject-gay-culture.html
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Date: 2011-06-28 04:26 am (UTC)And on a personal note, if you could think good thoughts at my autistic niece who is in the hospital with something (she can't communicate really what it is) in the middle of all this upheaval, that would be nice. ://
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Date: 2011-06-28 08:46 pm (UTC)Should be Leah's parents are asking for donations
For RFM
Date: 2011-06-28 10:59 pm (UTC)This month, the money is going to help out an etsy member's mother who's had a hell of a year. The post about it is here: http://www.regretsy.com/?p=42276 This is the etsy store for the group: http://www.etsy.com/shop/AprilsArmy Finally, April's Army has a Facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Aprils-Army-Shop/201389053227642 This round ends July 5, but it'll come around again at the end of July.
These folks are snarky, funny, and downright good people. The site is sort of peppered with curse words, though, and some rather raunchy images sometimes, so NSFW.
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