Month: May 2019

Six credit card rules to know and follow

These rules have served me well for decades. They're a great way to avoid financial problems and improve your credit score. https://www.fool.com/personal-finance/2019/05/04/6-credit-card-rules-you-should-know-by-heart.aspx 6 Credit Card Rules You Should Know by Heart Breaking these rules could cost you! Christy Bieber (TMFChristyB) May 4, 2019 at 6:15AM When it comes to managing money, there's one area many … Continue reading Six credit card rules to know and follow →

Want a different option for streaming movies? For free?

https://www.newsweek.com/dont-wait-netflixs-film-selection-get-good-join-best-free-streaming-service-1414956 ANNOYED BY NETFLIX PRICE HIKES AND LACKLUSTER MOVIE OPTIONS? YOU MIGHT WANT TO STREAM FILMS FOR FREE WITH KANOPY BY JUST LUNNING ON 5/4/19 AT 10:50 AM EDT If you long for the days when Netflix was more affordable and had more classic films, there is a newer streaming service you might want to check out … Continue reading Want a different option for streaming movies? For free? →

Yet more McKibben on how climate activists failed to make their case about the dangers of natural gas and fracking

A year old, but unfortunately not outdated. A major battle is taking place, as I write, about whether the Williams Pipeline, will make fracked fuel a major part of NYC's energy supply with a pipeline running thru NY Harbor. https://e360.yale.edu/features/how-climate-activists-failed-to-make-clear-the-problem-with-natural-gas-mckibben OPINION How Climate Activists Failed to Make Clear the Problem with Natural Gas The climate … Continue reading Yet more McKibben on how climate activists failed to make their case about the dangers of natural gas and fracking →

Surprisingly dirty battle for the right to dry your hands in public bathrooms

Longish article with plenty of meat about the development of both air dryers for the hands, the battle for placement in public places, and the argument over the sanitary aspects of each method. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/apr/25/hand-dryers-paper-towels-hygiene-dyson-airblade? Hand dryers v paper towels: the surprisingly dirty fight for the right to dry your hands  Illustration: Leon Edler For a … Continue reading Surprisingly dirty battle for the right to dry your hands in public bathrooms →

Interview of Bill McKibben by Elizabeth , author of “The Sixth Extinction”

The post about the younger generation and its thinking on climate change was a quickie. This is more heavyweight, but still quite readable. Personally, I'd head straight to McKibben's "The End of Nature" rather than his latest book which has very little new to say. Elizabeth Kolbert's book "The Sixth Extinction" is a relentlessly persuasive … Continue reading Interview of Bill McKibben by Elizabeth , author of “The Sixth Extinction” →

Want a laugh? Click thru to see the new style of Crocs

I'm not nearly as opposed to Crocs as most people, but this is definitely an ohmigawd. https://people.com/style/crocs-fanny-pack-shoes-beams/ Crocs Releases New Shoe Collaboration Featuring Fanny Packs for Your Feet The polarizing clog just teamed with another controversial fashion fad - the fanny pack By COLLEEN KRATOFIL April 30, 2019 01:45 PM Each product we feature has … Continue reading Want a laugh? Click thru to see the new style of Crocs →

Apple Pay (and other credit methods) coming to NYC MTA on May 31st

https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/30/18524761/nyc-mta-subway-bus-apple-pay-omny-contactless-payment-may-31-summer-launch Apple Pay is coming to New York City’s MTA transit system this summer Hello OMNY By Sean Hollister@StarFire2258  Apr 30, 2019, 9:13pm EDT SHARE Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge It’s been nearly two years since we wrote that New York City would finally be upgrading its transit system to take “tap-to-pay” contactless payments, but … Continue reading Apple Pay (and other credit methods) coming to NYC MTA on May 31st →

Malls may be rescued by Generation Z

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-25/are-u-s-malls-dead-not-if-gen-z-keeps-shopping-the-way-they-do Millennials Tried to Kill the American Mall, But Gen Z Might Save It The next generation of U.S. buyers isn’t shopping like their parents. By Jordyn Holman April 25, 2019, 5:00 AM EDT ILLUSTRATION: KURT WOERPEL FOR BLOOMBERG BUSINESSWEEK SHARE THIS ARTICLE Share Tweet Post Email Gen Z keeps confounding Corporate America. They’ve shunned beer, they … Continue reading Malls may be rescued by Generation Z →

Yet more proof that neonicotinoid pesticides have huge detrimental effects on bees that pollinate our foods

Yet more proof that specified, identified chemicals have a hugely detrimental effect on the bees that keep our food crops producing. https://e360.yale.edu/digest/neonicotinoids-significantly-limit-how-far-bees-can-fly-study-finds E360 DIGEST MAY 1, 2019 Neonicotinoids Significantly Limit How Far Bees Can Fly, Study Finds CREDIT: LOUISE DOCKER/FLICKR Bees exposed to a neonicotinoid pesticide are able to fly just a third of the … Continue reading Yet more proof that neonicotinoid pesticides have huge detrimental effects on bees that pollinate our foods →

Younger generations’ climate change activism beginning to pay off

One recent token recognition of climate change as an emergency is by the UK Parliament. (https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-48126677) Let's see if they actually do anything. Many of the cities and towns there are aiming for carbon neutrality by 2030. The US, on the other hand, at the federal level at least, is doing its best to act … Continue reading Younger generations’ climate change activism beginning to pay off →

Fresh water supply being attacked from every side as we watch

https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/440566-dirtiest-week-for-water-in-epa-history Dirtiest week for water in EPA history BY JIM MURPHY, OPINION CONTROBUTOR — 04/25/19 07:00 AM EDT 165 THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL 10,113   by © Getty Images Before the Clean Water Act was passed in 1972, our nation’s waters were in trouble. Lake Erie … Continue reading Fresh water supply being attacked from every side as we watch →