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findhelp.org is a nationwide database by zip code for help for anything you might think of. Idealist.org and indeed.com should have remote job listings for you.

Does anyone know how this app might be revived? Smith-Kettlewell says they have no plans to restart it.

For those of you intrigued by these watercolors, I highly recommend The Food Explorer by Daniel Stone about the botanist, David Fairchild, who is credited with introducing most of the foods we eat today to this country, starting in the 1890s. Many of the watercolors in the exhibit are the samples he and the other food explorers brought back to this country from their world travels. After reading this book, you will never look at the produce aisles in a grocery store in the same frame of mind again. A marvelous, remarkable read...

Learn from the Stoics ----- https://dailystoic.com, https://virtualmmx.ddns.net/gbooks/AGuidetotheGoodLifeTheAnc... in a nutshell, the philosophy is, the purpose of life is to be happy, you attain that by having purpose in your life, so that in the end, you have no regrets, to savor every moment because one day you won't be here to, to always be kind, and to always remember that fame and fortune are not what make you happy.I myself, have found that having good friendships and something meaningful to do as a job are most important, and work involving helping people and/or volunteering is very satisfying. I also find this website about choosing careers intriguing: https://80000hours.org

Update: Mayor Watson just shelved the Zilker Vision Plan.

The film had been on YouTube--I simply had used a Google search to get to the trailer. A new version of the film has been uploaded now--though the questions about Austin's mayor and city council remain. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NwJLvfPsYE

Costco is the largest distributor of hearing aids in the U.S., there are good terms on checkups and adjustments and replacements. Their prices are significantly below going to an audiologist--a coupleof years ago, their house brand cost $1500 for a pair of hearing aids.

The only thing left on YouTube of this documentary about the proposed development of Austin's Zilker Park is its trailer--someone told YouTube that the content violated copyright law, but the content is just a city meeting filled with citizen protests.

There a wonderful book that might spark his imagination--The Story of Inventions by Anna Claybourne---how almost anything you can think of was invented---an inexpensive copy can usually be found on abebooks.com

The real problem in our health care system is private equity trying to profit off of it, not improve healthcare. It is well-documented that whenever the government is billed, the business model is to overcode and pocket 40% of the money. Physicians For a National Plan (PNHP) think the answer is a single payer healthcare system.

If you're in the U.S., you can use LawHelp.org and look up what the law is in your state for blackmail, defamation, etc. If a law has been violated, file a police report.

The Story of Inventions by Anna Claybourne

I don't know where you all are, but many U.S. communities have senior centers that have volunteers to help seniors with computer issues. Also, in the U.S. every county inn every state has an office called the Area AGency on Aging, and they provide free help to know what community resources are there, help seniors sign up for Medicare and Medicaid, and they also have an ombudsman office to help with assisted living and nursing home issues. Just google the county name where they live, then Area Ageny on Aging phone number, and it should come up.

A Guide to the Good Life by William Irvine (about the Stoics, and last I knew, free to download online)

The Swerve by Stephen Greenblatt (about the impact of the Roman poet Lucretius' poem On The Nature of Things--everything from the idea of the atom, Botticelli's Venus on the Half Shell to why Thomas Jefferson put "the pursuit of happiness" in the Declaration of Independence--and much more)

The Food Explorer by Daniel Stone (about David Fairchild, who introduced 10,000 plants to U.S. agriculture at the turn of the 20th century, most of the groceries we buy today)

The Invention of Nature by Andrea Wulf (a biography of Alexander von Humboldt)

How Proust Can Change Your Life by Alain de Botton

The Silk Roads by Peter Frankopan

As a longtime non-tech Austinite, I would say the things that made Austin weird and affordable—and wonderful—are fading fast despite the hype. City leaders hyped a $7.1b transit tax package (my taxes for the year went up $800 for it) but it seems to only (literally) pave the way for developers to tout promised rail lines without the infrastructure (bus circulators) to even get to the grocery store, there’s a plan to build a tunnel through downtown and under Ladybird Lake for a rail line while plans are being made to widen the highway running through town to many as 20 lanes in places. Central neighborhoods with tree-lined streets are being targeted for massive development even as city ordinances prohibit a homeowner to rent space as a garage apartment. Many longtime favorites, restaurants, music venues, have closed. The best barbecue joint left for a small town a couple of towns away from here. The city is looking to loosen the protection of trees so developers can chop everything down. The Almighty Dollar is more important than local color or the urban canopy. Affordability is becoming a crisis for anyone not working tech. So, please stay away—unless you’re willing to work to make Austin do the innovative things it only says it does. And y’all, it IS really hot here…!

This group formed a couple of years ago... https://worldwarzero.com

Good News Netework (changes daily) https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/category/news/

OpenCulture (changes daily) https://www.openculture.com

The Browser (subscription, changes daily) https://thebrowser.com

Food52 (changes daily) https://food52.com

The New Yorker Cartoon Bank (look up any word, phrase) https://cartoonbank.com

1930s, 40s, 50s comedies free on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8Nn95jd6kYV-3_2MHflf...

this piece of music (5th movement from Schnittke's Suite in the Old Style) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7ijCZIc9W8

https://historyofvaccines.blog/2021/07/12/diego-riveras-vacc...

Most states have guides on forming corporations on the webpage of the agency where incorporations must be filed, in Deleware--

https://corp.delaware.gov/howtoform/

There is also a fairly good online legal encyclopedia--nolo.com (nolo stands for No One Left Out)--and you can look up your state's requirements on most subjects--

https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/how-form-corporation...

if you still think you need an attorney, your county bar association should have a lawyer referral service...

It's never too late to figure out how to be happy. The Stoics nailed it, lots on them online, such as The Daily Stoic and a book, I think now still free online, Guide to the Good Life by Wiliam Irvine on the history of stoicism and an account of applying it to his own life.

This is known as private prosecution

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_prosecution

A just discovered Copper Chef $13.63 skillet, eggs, even melted cheese, slide out of it.q

Does anyone know what this Google-enabled app for the blind and visually impaired has never gotten fixed aftere it broke down?

Perhaps the old grumpy character is just as unhappy as you in those meetings. If he has some expertise that can be useful to you, take an interest in that. In the context of boring meetings, I always found that others were flattered when they were asked for their opinion. And being courteous and pleasant can go a long way.

A Guide To The Good Life by William Irvine (on the Stoics)

anything by Carl Hiassan. Geoerges Simenon the short stories of Somerset Maughm, John Collier, Graham Greene, Roald Dahl A Dandy in Aspic by Derek Marlowe My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell My Sister Eileen by Ruth McKenney anything by Ben MacIntyre, Erik Larson Orchid Fever by Eric Hansen The Food Explorer by Dahiel Stone

A Spy Among Friends by Ben McIntyre--eye-opening account of Britain's most famous double-agent Kim Philby--and why we should be very concerned about Russian meddling in U.S. politics The Food Explorer by Daniel Stone--about David Fairchild, the man who changed what we eat in the U.S. over 100 years ago Regeneration by Pat Barker, a novel based on real facts about WWI The Poisoner’s Handbook by Deborah Blum--the origin of modern forensic medicine

There are lots of ways to look up the law, even as a lay person--googling copyright law gives you this--

https://www.copyright.gov/title17/

Google Scholar can also give you scholarly articles and guides

the online legal encyclopedia, nolo.com is usually helpful

and licensing, which could be state-by-state can be looked up, state by state on lawhelp.org

Physics for Future Presidents by Richard A. Muller (major scientific ideas, not just physics...)