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May. 6th, 2013 08:11 amGood morning everyone, and welcome to Radio Free Monday!
Ways To Give:
Shelli linked me to a fundraiser to help pay medical bills for a coworker's friend, David, who lost part of his leg in a terrible motorcycle accident.
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editrx is selling some of her mother's mid-century vintage, retro, and hippie jewelery to pay for health insurance and pending home taxes. The latter is due on May 15 and imperative to her keeping the house, so she needs the money fast. Her Etsy store has really fantastic jewelery for sale and more will be added as she sorts through it all: Windhaven Jewelry at Etsy
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randomling is traveling to a tech conference in Austin soon, courtesy of Dreamwidth, but currently has no income and will be struggling to feed herself while she's there. She has a DW post with more information here, and her fundraising indiegogo is here.
in_the_bottle is raising funds to help them with expenses while attending a course on neuroanatomy in London. They're selling prints to raise the money and would love to have some buyers!
Kitty let me know about their braintwin Anna, who is studying Irish fiddle after a couple decades of classical violin. One of the best places to do that is the Swannanoa Gathering. She's doing an IndieGoGo to help defray costs as much as possible, and her blog entry explains in more detail.
aris_tgd linked to a fundraiser to help save EROS, a safe-sex center in San Francisco. Eros' mission is a community and cultural center that has among other things been focused on including trans men in gay male spaces. They need to upgrade to meet ADA requirements among other things, so the money is going straight back into making the building better for members and guests.
Help For Free:
evilstorm linked me to the story of Kiera Wilmot, a straight-A high school student who is being expelled for, as people are saying and as appears to be the case, "doing science while black." She performed an experiment on school grounds which (as expected) caused a small explosion, and is now facing felony charges for it. There's a petition at change.org to have the charges dropped.
eldarwannabe linked to an article about TSA full-body scanners and feedback; US citizens have until June 24th to comment on the use of full body scanners, which you can do here. Comments appear here.
stasia linked to a petition for the US Government to assume medical health care costs for survivors of terrorist attacks on US soil.
evilstorm linked to a change.org petition calling for "world invigilation" of the voter fraud taking place in the Malaysian elections. I have to admit I got this in this morning's email so I haven't investigated as thoroughly as usual and have no clue what "world invigilation" means. I also don't know what plurk is, but there's one here from someone presumably in Malaysia discussing what's going on. I have not investigated this as thoroughly as usual, so consider it unvetted, but I believe it's legit.
News To Know:
brainwane linked to a Computing Skills Boot Camp in Boston in June, designed to aid women in science, engineering, and medicine. They'll be teaching core skills needed to write, test and manage research software. Registration is $20 and is open to women at all stages of their research careers, from graduate students, post-docs, and faculty to staff scientists at hospitals and in the public, private, and non-profit sectors.
Kitty is publishing an email-list exclusive story called Gods and Monsters. "She's a Manic Pixie Dream Girl! He's a Humorless Snark Knight! They fight Evil Overlords! (who haven't read the handbook.)" You can read more about the story and how to sign up for the mailing list here.
Anon let me know that a play called "By the Way, Meet Vera Stark" is playing at the Goodman here in Chicago. You can check out tickets here and there's a post with more information here.
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 (or ask for help!).
Ways To Give:
Shelli linked me to a fundraiser to help pay medical bills for a coworker's friend, David, who lost part of his leg in a terrible motorcycle accident.
editrx is selling some of her mother's mid-century vintage, retro, and hippie jewelery to pay for health insurance and pending home taxes. The latter is due on May 15 and imperative to her keeping the house, so she needs the money fast. Her Etsy store has really fantastic jewelery for sale and more will be added as she sorts through it all: Windhaven Jewelry at Etsyrandomling is traveling to a tech conference in Austin soon, courtesy of Dreamwidth, but currently has no income and will be struggling to feed herself while she's there. She has a DW post with more information here, and her fundraising indiegogo is here. in_the_bottle is raising funds to help them with expenses while attending a course on neuroanatomy in London. They're selling prints to raise the money and would love to have some buyers!Kitty let me know about their braintwin Anna, who is studying Irish fiddle after a couple decades of classical violin. One of the best places to do that is the Swannanoa Gathering. She's doing an IndieGoGo to help defray costs as much as possible, and her blog entry explains in more detail.
aris_tgd linked to a fundraiser to help save EROS, a safe-sex center in San Francisco. Eros' mission is a community and cultural center that has among other things been focused on including trans men in gay male spaces. They need to upgrade to meet ADA requirements among other things, so the money is going straight back into making the building better for members and guests.Help For Free:
evilstorm linked me to the story of Kiera Wilmot, a straight-A high school student who is being expelled for, as people are saying and as appears to be the case, "doing science while black." She performed an experiment on school grounds which (as expected) caused a small explosion, and is now facing felony charges for it. There's a petition at change.org to have the charges dropped. eldarwannabe linked to an article about TSA full-body scanners and feedback; US citizens have until June 24th to comment on the use of full body scanners, which you can do here. Comments appear here.stasia linked to a petition for the US Government to assume medical health care costs for survivors of terrorist attacks on US soil.evilstorm linked to a change.org petition calling for "world invigilation" of the voter fraud taking place in the Malaysian elections. I have to admit I got this in this morning's email so I haven't investigated as thoroughly as usual and have no clue what "world invigilation" means. I also don't know what plurk is, but there's one here from someone presumably in Malaysia discussing what's going on. I have not investigated this as thoroughly as usual, so consider it unvetted, but I believe it's legit. News To Know:
brainwane linked to a Computing Skills Boot Camp in Boston in June, designed to aid women in science, engineering, and medicine. They'll be teaching core skills needed to write, test and manage research software. Registration is $20 and is open to women at all stages of their research careers, from graduate students, post-docs, and faculty to staff scientists at hospitals and in the public, private, and non-profit sectors. Kitty is publishing an email-list exclusive story called Gods and Monsters. "She's a Manic Pixie Dream Girl! He's a Humorless Snark Knight! They fight Evil Overlords! (who haven't read the handbook.)" You can read more about the story and how to sign up for the mailing list here.
Anon let me know that a play called "By the Way, Meet Vera Stark" is playing at the Goodman here in Chicago. You can check out tickets here and there's a post with more information here.
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 (or ask for help!).
