My new kickstarter is in preview mode. Until it goes live donating is not possible, but feedback would be very welcome. [link]

I shoot my mouth off, about other body parts, at Daily Kos. [link]

For those of you in the greater LA Area, I'm going to be on Ian Masters show today KPFK, drive time 5-6 [link] (98.7 FM Santa Barbara, 99.5FM China Lake, 93.7 FM North San Diego) It is also podcast from the site.

Also the show also is rebroadcast at various times at KRFP 92.5 FM Radio Free Moscow, Idaho KWMD 90.7 FM One Sky Radio Anchorage, Alaska WAZU 90.7 FM Peoria, Illinois WBAI 99.5 FM New York, New York WOMR 92.1 FM Provincetown, Massachusetts WPRR 1680 AM and 95.3 FM Public Reality Radio Grand Rapids, Michigan WIEC-LP 102.7 FM Fat Free Radio in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.

I've lauched Kickstarter to create "Cooling A Fevered Planet", a graphic version of "Solving the Climate Crisis", my new book now shipping from Praeger Press. The Kickstarter url is [link] . If you can share this URL widely it would be appreciated.

Thanks

Gar

Diamond Pet Foods has issued a recall for a number of dry dog foods manufactured at its facilities due to a salmonella threat [link] That's the link to the announcement on their website. The list of brands under recall is by no means complete - Wellness and Natural Balance have both announced through their email newsletter lists that they are recalling some of their dry dog foods manufactured at Diamond facilities. I recommend checking out the website for instructions on how to identify what foods are included.

The pet food recall has been expanded to include a variety of dry cat foods. [link]

I have an opinion piece in my hometown rag The Olympian [link] . On BDS and Israeli Apartheid and smears against BDS activists. (To find out what BDS stands for read the piece. [link]

For fellow iPad and iPhone readers who are annoyed with spoiler font not being easily read, I have a (partial) solution. Last night I downloaded an app for browsing called iCab. It has a module (settings) that allows web pages to display all font as black (or white) with contrasting background. Unfortunately it's not possible to make it your default browser on the iPhone. But that's okay for me because I only plan to use it to read b.org when I am all caught up on a movie and want to go back and read 250 white-fonted posts.

(I saw Avengers yesterday and ONLY read fun stuff on iPad or iPhone; my laptops are for work! So I had to find a solution for all of that spoilerfont!)

Hope this is helpful.

java,

diigo browser allows you to highlight text. that's what I use.

Hear Ye, Hear Ye...

I just got an email from our hotel coordinator for the Pasadena F2F (June 29-July 1), and so far we only have four rooms reserved (plus the suite, which I’m putting on my credit card), and we’re just about two weeks from the cutoff date for the cheap group rate. Any more takers? This is especially important to find out because if we are going to have a smaller turnout, we won’t be able to afford an official Prom room at the hotel. That will still work out--our place is only a few miles away, so we can throw the shindig at our house if we need to save money--but I’d like to get a sense of our numbers since I need to sign the contract for the Prom room and bar/food if we are going that route. It’s really important that we get a rough final count within the next two weeks to finalize these plans.

Also, we do not yet have any donations to the Prom fund to cover the HS and Prom expenses. Help! Donations can be made to ND’s paypal: drew@drewdalzell.com

I have x-posted to F2F. Book now or forever hold your bookings!

Details about how to book and what cool things await in Pasadena on the F2F website: [link]