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Re: Lawn and Garden Gear to Get Your Yard Cleaned Up

rachelweidinger — Mon, 13 Nov 2023 10:39:40 -0000

The Garret & Wade broom is now $48.50 with a $21 shipping charge. Still a top pick?

Re: How to Get Rid of Clothes Moths

rachelweidinger — Wed, 29 Sep 2021 00:40:07 -0000

I’m surprised there’s no mention of microwaving things here, only things without metal fasteners obviously. I’ve found it highly effective. There’s some good literature on it in museum fabric conservation. Faster than rewashing otherwise clean garments. Way cheaper than dry cleaning. I’m a big fan.

Be sure the microwave is very clean, so food doesn’t soil the clothes and attract moths. I do it for 3 min for larger garments (fisherman’s sweater) and 2 min for smaller things (cashmere sweater). Leave in microwave to stay hot for a minute or two and kill small beasts. Dry clothes only. Microwave power varies, so test it on something you’re not attached to before you throw in all your heirlooms.

Re: Why Vaccine and GMO Denial Should be Treated Equally

rachelweidinger — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 18:05:26 -0000

Keith, I'm extremely disappointed that you convey the AAAS letter as an "overwhelming conclusion." It's very much not. See Doug Gurian-Sherman's post at the Union of Concerned Scientists http://blog.ucsusa.org/a-co...

Further, it's easy to find many statements from scientists that are in direct conflict with your post. Many of those easily findable sources are linked here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wi...

Even if, after proper longitudinal studies, we do learn that there are no human health impacts of eating GMO foods (hooray!), there are certainly substantial ecosystem and economic impacts. Your conflating the anti vaccine movement with the anti GMO movement is irresponsible. My choice to not 'vaccinate' my children with GMO soy almost certainly lacks the significant negative impact of not vaccinating my children for tuberculosis.

Re: Strong Relationships With Grantees: Working With the Gates Foundation

rachelweidinger — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:52:02 -0000

Broke link to latest Grantee Perception Report. Has 2010 in URL, but 2012 doesn't work either.

Re: Reassess & Re-Engage: Listening Leads

rachelweidinger — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:50:02 -0000

Amen, Nancy. Seeing dozens of tweets that would be fine on a normal day, but look oblivious and self-centered today. This is a great reason to always listen first.

Re: 6 Food Panels Not to Miss at SXSW 2012

rachelweidinger — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 10:10:59 -0000

Great roundup, thank you! This might be a good addition to your list:
Gaming the Environment for Positive Change with Philippe Cousteau
http://schedule.sxsw.com/20...

We're rounding up links and resources for
Seafood Watch vs. Yelp: Future of Social Food at www,socialfood.wikispaces.com

Re: http://www.foodte.ch/post/7549618544

rachelweidinger — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 14:54:40 -0000

Interesting direction. What data would change your consumer behavior? How do you get your information on sustainable agriculture practices when making a purchase?

Re: First Reflections on Jumo

rachelweidinger — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 20:40:27 -0000

Re "I guess "due diligence" is very different outside of the foundation world though and a business is a business?"

Jumo is a fellow 501(c)3 nonprofit. See: http://www.jumo.com/faq#about

15% default must be part of their earned revenue/ sustainability plan.

Re: An Open Letter On Best Practices And Principles

rachelweidinger — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 12:58:46 -0000

Delighted to learn of this effort. Been thinking about ethics and social tools quite a bit. Puzzling on how social tools can (and should) hard wire in behavior paths that benefit users and help them to build the online presence users desire.

Re: The Architecture Of Flow: Canonical Features Of Streaming Applications

rachelweidinger — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:32:31 -0000

Was reading Csikszentmihalyi's Flow on BART this morning, reflecting that Tribe.net and Twitter are the only two community platforms that I've gotten to absolute absorption in, and starting to figure out what embedded values the platforms held that made them facilitate absolute absorption.

Thanks for digging down in to the architecture of your version of flow applications. Have you written anywhere about Csikszentmihalyi's concept of Flow? I suspect your definition is different in important ways.

Re: Hunkering Down, Pushing Ahead

rachelweidinger — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 13:38:02 -0000

Crossed (the latest version of) my Rubicon last week, realizing that I have been fighting for the ideals of what I love--humanity, whalesharks, groves of coastal redwoods, abundant food--and that now we will all start actually losing some of them. On twitter: "Copia bankrupt, Scharffenberger shuttered, about to lose Saturday postal delivery. If someone kills all the whales, I'm quitting. Save good!" http://twitter.com/rachelan... It seemed flip in the moment, and has since sunk deep into my core.

The game changed for me last week. I ate a steak, in mourning. And then I started really planning...must effect big change, and fast. Looking forward to plotting with you.

Re: Rachel Weidinger on Tijoy: Do Micro Donors Still Have Rights?

rachelweidinger — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:21:50 -0000

"Tipjoy isn't just for nonprofits." YES. And it shouldn't be used for peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns on Twitter. It is the wrong tool for lots of reasons.

Actually using it on Twitter for personal tipping is another story, and I wish your start up the best of luck pursuing that line of business. You set up your tool to carry out that purpose, and though it's of little appeal to me to use personally, it seems just fine for your intended use.