Copying this from ferragus in case someone reading this is able to contribute or help spread the words. Seems like an impossible task to me. Posting this from work, so it's ugly, but it's very important. A former coworker of mine has been diagnosed with COPD. His condition has gotten so bad so fast that the only hope is the have a double lung transplant. The catch is that he can't get...

Cory Doctorow: Writing in the Age of Distraction . This couldn’t be a more timely column for me. I feel like I’m in a constant battle against distraction. What works for Cory might not work for everyone but the advice and reasoning is damn solid. Health Insurance is a bitch . Short version: man with COPD needs a double lung transplant to live but he can’t get on the waiting list until he has $500...

yvonnenavarro writes in http://yvonnenavarro.livejournal.com/59987.html about what women suffragists were subject to during their battles for the right to vote. Thank you for writing that, Yvonne, and thank you ferragus for pointing it out.

via kradical : Got this from ferragus , who got it from a poster on the Firedoglake blog. Instead of us all sending around more emails about how horrible Governor Palin is, let's all make a donation to Planned Parenthood. In Sarah Palin's name. And here's the good part: when you make a donation to PP in her name, they'll send her a card telling her that the donation has been made...

Got this from ferragus , who got it from a poster on the Firedoglake blog . Instead of us all sending around more emails about how horrible Governor Palin is, let's all make a donation to Planned Parenthood. In Sarah Palin's name. And here's the good part: when you make a donation to PP in her name, they'll send her a card telling her that the donation has been made in her honor. Here's...

For those on my FL who don't read terri_osborne 's LJ: ferragus posts here about a movement to donate to Planned Parenthood in Sarah Palin's honor. Quoting him: Instead of us all sending around more emails about how horrible Sarah Palin is, let's all make a donation to Planned Parenthood. In Sarah Palin's name. And here's the good part: when you make a donation to PP in...

via ferragus , masher mad libs. *laughs. a lot*

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An "air tree" — I don't what the hell this is, but this seems to have landed in Spain. I think maybe the future arrived while we weren't watching it. The Air Car — Not that kind. Compressed air. An interesting concept, but it brings a whole new meaning to the idea of having a flat. (Thanks to ferragus .) More about the Texas Education Agency official forced to resign over an email that...