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barbe

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    findhelp.org is a nationwide database by zip code for help for anything you might think of. Idealist.org and indeed.com should have remote job listings for you.

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    Does anyone know how this app might be revived? Smith-Kettlewell says they have no plans to restart it.

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    For those of you intrigued by these watercolors, I highly recommend The Food Explorer by Daniel Stone about the botanist, David Fairchild, who is credited with introducing most of …

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    Learn from the Stoics ----- https://dailystoic.com , https://virtualmmx.ddns.net/gbooks/AGuidetotheGoodLifeTheAnc... in a nutshell, the philosophy is, the purpose of life is to be …

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    Update: Mayor Watson just shelved the Zilker Vision Plan.

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    The film had been on YouTube--I simply had used a Google search to get to the trailer. A new version of the film has been uploaded now--though the questions about Austin's mayor an…

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    Costco is the largest distributor of hearing aids in the U.S., there are good terms on checkups and adjustments and replacements. Their prices are significantly below going to an a…

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    The only thing left on YouTube of this documentary about the proposed development of Austin's Zilker Park is its trailer--someone told YouTube that the content violated copyright l…

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    There a wonderful book that might spark his imagination--The Story of Inventions by Anna Claybourne---how almost anything you can think of was invented---an inexpensive copy can us…

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    The real problem in our health care system is private equity trying to profit off of it, not improve healthcare. It is well-documented that whenever the government is billed, the b…

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    If you're in the U.S., you can use LawHelp.org and look up what the law is in your state for blackmail, defamation, etc. If a law has been violated, file a police report.

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    The Story of Inventions by Anna Claybourne

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    I don't know where you all are, but many U.S. communities have senior centers that have volunteers to help seniors with computer issues. Also, in the U.S. every county inn every st…

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    A Guide to the Good Life by William Irvine (about the Stoics, and last I knew, free to download online) The Swerve by Stephen Greenblatt (about the impact of the Roman poet Lucreti…

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    The Silk Roads by Peter Frankopan

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    As a longtime non-tech Austinite, I would say the things that made Austin weird and affordable—and wonderful—are fading fast despite the hype. City leaders hyped a $7.1b transit ta…

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    This group formed a couple of years ago... https://worldwarzero.com

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    Good News Netework (changes daily) https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/category/news/ OpenCulture (changes daily) https://www.openculture.com The Browser (subscription, changes daily) …

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    https://historyofvaccines.blog/2021/07/12/diego-riveras-vacc...

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    Diego Rivera’s Vaccine Mural in Detroit in the 1930s

    https://historyofvaccines.blog/2021/07/12/diego-riveras-vaccine-mural-in-detroit-in-the-1930s/