crossposting from https://piefed.blahaj.zone/post/290598

It's a charity set up for dads to send letters to people who don't have a dad! Website is here. Become a dad is here for anyone retired or anything who has the time.

Thought you might find it interesting (although obviously none of the dads are as great as you)

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/35963824

Via The Hill

Republican lawmakers say it now appears certain that a discharge petition that’s being circulated in the House by Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) will get enough signatures by the end of the month to force a vote on a bill directing Bondi to release the Epstein files.

Massie and Khanna are only one vote short of getting 218 signatures to force a vote on their bill.

Once Arizona holds a special election Sept. 23 to fill the vacant seat of Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.), who died earlier this year, they’re likely to reach the threshold

not as good as the article makes it sound, and a lot of the resilience was spurred by COVID, but still a long way regardless

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/35417143

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/45247186

has a pretty promotional copy tone but it's great to see so much urbanism can be done with the willpower

The site in Fukuoka is only the second power plant of its type in the world, harnessing the power of osmosis to run a desalination plant in the city

Earlier this year, Hechinger contributor Sarah Carr wrote about how, across the country, far too few parents are made aware of the kinds of therapies their babies are entitled to under federal law. Such early intervention services can ultimately reduce the need for these children to require costly special education support as school children.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed that bill into law earlier this month. It takes effect in January.