April Chip
Accent headingBeyond the Post: Racial Equity, PTSD, and Cannabis
I believe that the term Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is outdated. “Post” suggests that…
Seminar Notes from VHA Course Catalog
These are notes transcribed by April Cyr from two free seminar courses listed on the…
Why does Lack of Agency Support cause obstacles to posing well-structured questions?
Lack of support from an agency can create an obstacle in making well-formed questions because…
Parental Alienation Page
“She was silent for a little while, then told me that I had no right…
Rainbow Songs 2024
Sun Won’t Stop Holly Near Track 2 on Singer in the Storm Holly Near – Sun Won’t…
Palestinian Arayes – With a Message
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/YV9xc5NffJw from @thegoldenbalance
Effortless Note-Taking
Note-taking with Markdown is a game-changer, offering a private, efficient, and future-proof way to manage…
Why Appreciating Bugs Helps Me Reframe Addiction
Bugs are sometimes framed as gross, invaluable, and non-sentient living things unwanted around us. I…
Before you die
Spreading this information for those of you that don’t have your affairs in order. -Source…
Hobo Code of Conduct
At the 1889 National Hobo Convention in St. Louis, a strict ethical code was established…
Nothing About Me Without Me?
As disabled people, we so often have to walk fine lines to be successful in…
Oh Rascal Children of Gaza – Poem by Khaled Juma
“You who broke my vase and stole the lonely flower on my balcony, Come back.…
Men vs Bears #shorts
posted by @Stanzipotenza
Austin experimented with giving people $1,000 a month. They spent the no-strings-attached cash mostly on housing, a study found.
A guaranteed basic income plan in one of Texas’s largest cities reduced rates of housing insecurity.
Drones Have Transformed Blood Delivery in Rwanda – Wired
The autonomous aircraft have shuttled blood to rural, mountainous areas for years. A new analysis…
Why Letting Teens Make Choices Makes Them Stronger
Teenagers get a bad rap for being impulsive and irresponsible. But what if giving them…
Bâdgir – Desert Cross Ventilation
A Bâdgir (also known as a windcatcher or windtower) is a traditional Persian building technology…
The Cheesy Quandary: Inside the Strategic National Cheese Reserve
Deep beneath the rolling hills of Missouri, in a network of converted limestone caves, lies…
The Legend of Joe Ades: The Swiss Peeler and Street Sales Master of Park Avenue
If you walked down Park Avenue in New York City during the late 1990s and…
From One Vice to Another: Understanding Cross Addiction in Recovery
Have you ever heard the phrase “data is the plural of anecdote”? In addiction recovery…
Harm Reduction in Western North Carolina: Building a Safer, Healthier Community
Recently, I had the opportunity to attend a lecture on Harm Reduction. I gained a…
Protect Your Privacy with DeleteMe: A Powerful Tool for Survivors
Protecting our online privacy has become more important than ever. For survivors of stalking and…
If I must die – Refaat Alareer
Dr. Refaat Alareer was a Palestinian writer, poet, translator, university professor and activist from the…
How Neurofeedback May Empower Recovery from Addiction and Trauma
By learning to regulate brain activity, individuals can gain greater control over their responses to…
Your Digital Fortress: Building Online Safety and Privacy
Just like building a physical safe space, you can build a secure digital environment where…
Free Money for Everyone? Debunking Universal Basic Income (UBI) Myths
Universal Basic Income is a when the government gives every citizen a sum of money…
Trapped in Limbo: How Restorative Justice and Bail Reform Can Change Our System
You do get bail money back from the court so long as the defendant shows…
Food Fighters: Real People, Real Solutions to Food Waste
In the US, a staggering one-third of all food produced never reaches a plate. That’s…
From Walkabout to Weblog: Reclaiming My Voice for Climate Action
March ’24 will mark the ten year anniversary of beginning my walk across America –…
Save Paper: Clean your Behind with Water..
Our reliance on toilet paper isn’t a cultural quirk.. It’s driving deforestation and clogging septic…
Purple Power in the Peaks: Lavender’s Unexpected Perks in the Appalachians
Think Appalachia, and what pops to mind? Lush valleys, misty peaks, maybe even a twangy…
What are Autistic Meltdowns?
Meltdowns are not limited to autism, but body’s fight-flight response. Surge of adrenaline as if…
The Elder Sees a Way
This is a poem I found adapted from Chris Foster’s “A Time for Heroes” (2012).…
What are Wicked Problems?
There are emergencies we as human beings have an easy time conceptualizing and organizing responses…
Carbon, Exponential Growth, and the Albedo Effect
Warming could cause the West Antarctic and Greenland to melt, destabilizing ice sheets. A situation…
What each degree of warming means
“We cannot go down the path of the dirty fuels without guaranteeing that the climate…
Beware of Climate Engineering Solutions
Is geoengineering is a viable path or is it is a dangerous and untested technology…
Toilets that Grow Gardens
Composting toilets, which do not require water, have been implemented in an office building in…
Curtailing Oil Consumption + Peak Oil
Even if everyone reduced their carbon footprint and oil consumption on an individual level, we…
City Rainwater Harvesting
Rainwater harvesting is the collection of rainwater for reuse. For watering plants, washing clothes, and…
Love Canal as a Short Story
How did a small suburban dream town in upstate New York turn into a poison…
Understanding Job Burnout – from lecture by Dr. Christina Maslach
The World Health Organization recognized the serious effects of burnout from chronic workplace stress. Burnout…
How We Can Build a Solarpunk Future Right Now + Solarpunk Superstars
A solarpunk future is a sustainable and equitable future where humans live in harmony with…
Great Tide Rising: The Moral Urgency of Climate Action
The choices we make today will shape the world our grandchildren inherit. Will we leave…
Actually Actionable Items
What are some things that you’ve done to make the world a better place? things…
The Apple Chip Blog & Content Chips
There are two types of chips. One is a food made from overstock apples that…
Why Chip?
Here are 20+ reasons, and growing, of why Apple Chips..



































