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In some ways it was easier for my generation. Racism was blatant and obvious. The “Whites Only” signs let us know clearly, what we were up against. Not much has changed, but the system of lies and tricknology is much more sophisticated. Today young people have to be highly informed and acutely analytical, or they will be swept up into a whirlpool of lies and deception.

Assata Shakur

Taken from her book “Assata: In Her Own Words” (page 31)

(Source: disciplesofmalcolm)

climateadaptation: dendroica: All but 23 of 10,000 bats in Durham bat mine have died Bucks County’s largest bat population has met a grim fate. Scientists have confirmed that nearly all of the 10,000 bats that have hibernated in an abandoned iron ore mine in Upper Bucks for generations have died. When Pennsylvania Game Commission Biologist Greg Turner recently visited the Durham mine for the first time in two years, he found total devastation. The Durham bat mine was once the second largest known bat habitat in Pennsylvania, but this winter only 23 were found alive. Of those, half had clear signs of infection. Bucks County’s bats were wiped out by a disease that has been killing bat colonies across the Northeast at an alarming rate in the past four years. White nose syndrome causes a white fungus to form around the nose of infected bats. They lose the body fat needed to survive hibernation and ultimately the mammals starve to death during the winter months. During his visit to Durham’s mine on Feb. 21, Turner found three different species of cave bats. Eighteen of the 23 bats were little brown bats. Of those, half of them were crowding at the entrance to the cave or had fungus on their muzzles; both are tell-tale signs of the fatal infection…. In Pennsylvania, 98 percent of cave-hibernating bats have died, said Turner. (via phillyburbs.com) Terrible. White nose syndrome has wiped out populations across the northeast, too. Since bats regulate populations, expect an explosion of bugs in the coming years. And with rising temperatures from climate change, more bugs will be moving north, and their natural seasonal cycles will last longer.
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climateadaptation:

dendroica:

All but 23 of 10,000 bats in Durham bat mine have died

Bucks County’s largest bat population has met a grim fate. Scientists have confirmed that nearly all of the 10,000 bats that have hibernated in an abandoned iron ore mine in Upper Bucks for generations have died. When Pennsylvania Game Commission Biologist Greg Turner recently visited the Durham mine for the first time in two years, he found total devastation.

The Durham bat mine was once the second largest known bat habitat in Pennsylvania, but this winter only 23 were found alive. Of those, half had clear signs of infection.

Bucks County’s bats were wiped out by a disease that has been killing bat colonies across the Northeast at an alarming rate in the past four years. White nose syndrome causes a white fungus to form around the nose of infected bats. They lose the body fat needed to survive hibernation and ultimately the mammals starve to death during the winter months.

During his visit to Durham’s mine on Feb. 21, Turner found three different species of cave bats. Eighteen of the 23 bats were little brown bats. Of those, half of them were crowding at the entrance to the cave or had fungus on their muzzles; both are tell-tale signs of the fatal infection….

In Pennsylvania, 98 percent of cave-hibernating bats have died, said Turner.

(via phillyburbs.com)

Terrible. White nose syndrome has wiped out populations across the northeast, too. Since bats regulate populations, expect an explosion of bugs in the coming years. And with rising temperatures from climate change, more bugs will be moving north, and their natural seasonal cycles will last longer.

betype: Please take a moment to read this and help me. Okay, is hard for to imagine that I can be in this situation, it’s the kind of things that happens to you and your brain have a delay of days in order to understand that is really happening to you. First of all I want to say this is not Hoax, no fake, is totally real; neither is a submission of someone, it’s me: Byron the guy behind Betype.co. Cancer A few days ago my mom got the last results of a series of exams (biopsy), and she got the new: she has uterine cancer. The results says that the cancer is in the stage 3 (very advanced state) with high probabilities of being a invasive cancer that had invaded other organs. It’s a shock for us since she looks very healthy and young, but as some of you know the cancer is a silence disease until you’re about to die. I’m very positive and I try to appear strong in front of her because she is so depressed right now, she cries everyday since she got the results. For me is so hard to see her in that situation because I am her only child (I live with her and my grandparents), she raised as a single mother, she assumed the role of a father, she always have had a strong character, very bold and extroverted, and because she is in that way she always have enemies or haters but I’ve seen very hard situations and I’ve never seen fear on the eyes of my mom, even with a gun in her head (you may know I live in El Salvador a very violent country) she always look with the chin up and very courageous and defiant. Is a role for me, is the strongest human being that I know, but… now.. she is so down, so blue, so depressed because this results, is the first time that I see her in this mood. A couple of days she hugged me and ask for my forgiveness because she put me in this situation of having a mom with cancer, that is the hardest thing that I’ve ever hear, of course I don’t have to forgive her, she isn’t doing anything wrong, and I’m very grown up and is time to give her back a little bit of all the things that she did for me. You know El Salvador is a poor and violent country, the first problem here is the economy, and as an average salvadoran family, me and my mom have the same situation, we buy food, pay rent and that daily normal stuff based on debt. She is employed but her earnings aren’t enough to pay her treatments. I’m unemployed, I began to monetize Betype a couple of days ago with advertising; also every now and then I’m freelance designer but that earnings aren’t enough. I’m willing to do everything that I can just for save her life and kicks cancer’s ass; in this situation I don’t care if I lost all my followers because this post isn’t related to typography or is unprofessional to ask for your help here. I’ve created a Indiegogo campaign and that’s where you can help me Click here: http://igg.me/at/betype-against-cancer/x/2630602 Please donate whatever you can even one dollar have huge value, if all the Betype’s followers would donate I would reach my goal, but of course not everyone can or want donate, when you aren’t in a hard situation you just see the word Cancer as simple advertising campaign and you decide to ignore it, you don’t have awareness of the danger and painful of the situation until it happens to you. This is an estimated amount, it will help a lot to have $5,000 but as you know the billing for cancer is much higher than this, so pass the $5k is the real goal. If you can’t donate you can share this post, and that’s a HUGE help. If you want any detail or document in order to donate or to proof this is real you are free to contact me at: byron@betype.cohttp://www.facebook.com/byrnfhttp://twitter.com/Betype_co
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betype:

Please take a moment to read this and help me.

Okay, is hard for to imagine that I can be in this situation, it’s the kind of things that happens to you and your brain have a delay of days in order to understand that is really happening to you.

First of all I want to say this is not Hoax, no fake, is totally real; neither is a submission of someone, it’s me: Byron the guy behind Betype.co.

Cancer

A few days ago my mom got the last results of a series of exams (biopsy), and she got the new: she has uterine cancer. The results says that the cancer is in the stage 3 (very advanced state) with high probabilities of being a invasive cancer that had invaded other organs. It’s a shock for us since she looks very healthy and young, but as some of you know the cancer is a silence disease until you’re about to die.

I’m very positive and I try to appear strong in front of her because she is so depressed right now, she cries everyday since she got the results. For me is so hard to see her in that situation because I am her only child (I live with her and my grandparents), she raised as a single mother, she assumed the role of a father, she always have had a strong character, very bold and extroverted, and because she is in that way she always have enemies or haters but I’ve seen very hard situations and I’ve never seen fear on the eyes of my mom, even with a gun in her head (you may know I live in El Salvador a very violent country) she always look with the chin up and very courageous and defiant. Is a role for me, is the strongest human being that I know, but… now.. she is so down, so blue, so depressed because this results, is the first time that I see her in this mood. A couple of days she hugged me and ask for my forgiveness because she put me in this situation of having a mom with cancer, that is the hardest thing that I’ve ever hear, of course I don’t have to forgive her, she isn’t doing anything wrong, and I’m very grown up and is time to give her back a little bit of all the things that she did for me.

You know El Salvador is a poor and violent country, the first problem here is the economy, and as an average salvadoran family, me and my mom have the same situation, we buy food, pay rent and that daily normal stuff based on debt. She is employed but her earnings aren’t enough to pay her treatments. I’m unemployed, I began to monetize Betype a couple of days ago with advertising; also every now and then I’m freelance designer but that earnings aren’t enough. I’m willing to do everything that I can just for save her life and kicks cancer’s ass; in this situation I don’t care if I lost all my followers because this post isn’t related to typography or is unprofessional to ask for your help here.

I’ve created a Indiegogo campaign and that’s where you can help me

Click here:

http://igg.me/at/betype-against-cancer/x/2630602

Please donate whatever you can even one dollar have huge value, if all the Betype’s followers would donate I would reach my goal, but of course not everyone can or want donate, when you aren’t in a hard situation you just see the word Cancer as simple advertising campaign and you decide to ignore it, you don’t have awareness of the danger and painful of the situation until it happens to you.

This is an estimated amount, it will help a lot to have $5,000 but as you know the billing for cancer is much higher than this, so pass the $5k is the real goal.

If you can’t donate you can share this post, and that’s a HUGE help.

If you want any detail or document in order to donate or to proof this is real you are free to contact me at:

byron@betype.co
http://www.facebook.com/byrnf
http://twitter.com/Betype_co

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