Hey! Evidence suggests it’s my birthday week around here. It’s like I keep getting older each and every year or something. Some years it seems I get older than in others. But, as Desi likes to say, it beats the alternative. Some years I agree with her more than others…
In any event, given all that’s going on — much of which feels like a bit of a birthday gift in and of itself, of late — I won’t be taking extra time off to celebrate. But a friendly donation, if you’re in the mood, to help keep us working (through our 20th year!) is always quite welcome.
I am — and always have been — terrible at fund raising. Many of you, however, have been generous over the years with a friendly gift around my birthday to help us celebrate. So…thanks in advance to those who may be in the mood and able to toss a few dollars in the birthday tip jar this year!
As you may have noticed, we’re doing some detailed, exclusive, investigative reporting these days on the Coffee County Voting System Software Breach in Georgia (Because someone has to! See here and here, for example), and that both takes time and costs money.
So, what would really make it a great birthday is if I could scare up a few new monthly subscribers! You can make a one-time donation or become a monthly subscriber for any amount you can afford via the form on the top-right of this (and every) BRAD BLOG page!
We could very much use the infusion of fresh support and, frankly, helping me to keep the site free of paywalls for all, forever, would be the swellest birthday gift I could ask for!
Thanks again in advance for those who can help out! Stay cool (and dry) out there! — Brad
Happy Birthday Brad! Thank you for your work.
I am sorry that I cannot afford to donate to you on a tight fixed income. Your work on Georgia is so important to support as democracy depends on it.
And, your work reporting on climate change needs to win the day.
This was an eye opener this year when temps in west Texas were hitting highs of 110 F – 115 F.
Here is what people need to see about how humidity affects these high temperatures and the heat index.
Why is there a large missing section of this “Heat Index” chart? Why?
To fill in the jaw-dropping rest of the chart, here is a heat index calculator.
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Brad is a fighter for truth and democracy. He deserves our support.
I am going to add another who also needs support as he, Jim Stewartson, is a fighter for truth and democracy:
I managed to mess up using the link feature. Sorry.
Heat Index Calulator:
https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/html/heatindex.shtml
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Jim Stewartson’s site:
https://www.mind-war.com/
https://www.mind-war.com/p/the-american-public-deserves-the
Thanks, Bev! (And have fixed the broken links in your first comment.)
Thanks for fixing the links, Brad.
Because I was purged from twitter along with many others, I will try again to use the link feature in order to post mastodon links of both Brad and Jim.
Please ask Marilyn Marks and Jonathan Simon to open a mastodon account so that I can read their info.
Marilyn and Brad work closely with Free Speech for People among many wonderful others who trust regular people with a real democracy/republic.
JenniferCohn
Greg Palast
https://www.gregpalast.com/
So thankful to all who try to improve our future survival.
Writing about shovel ready plans for a better future:
Cory Doctorow
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic
https://pluralistic.net/
https://doctorow.medium.com/shovel-ready-3433e0268c2e
Thank you all.