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• Donate: The July 2025 floods (made worse by climate change) in Texas are/were horrifying, full stop. Check out our updated list of ways to contribute to victims here. (go)

  • Go bigger: Help decarbonize the hard stuff like steel, concrete, and food with our friends at Giving Green
    

• Get Help or Donate: No one should go without health care because they can't afford it. Use the Patient Advocate Orgnization’s Co-Pay Relief tool to donate — or find out if you’re eligible for funding. (go)
  

• Volunteer: Our BEST FRIENDS at Run For Something are recruiting, supporting, and training candidates for election administrator positions at the local level all over the country. These are the people that operate at the foundation of our democracy. Sign up now. (go)
  

• Learn: It’s summer break and the news is A LOT, so, uh, how can we teach kids about huge (often heavy) topics like climate, health, technology, and science in general? Let our curated book picks guide the way! (go)

Check out our brand new series, Life Finds A Way: The Original Diversity Initiative!

In every issue, Life Finds A Way will use fascinating examples from nature to show how diversity, cooperation, and interconnection are just…how shit works. Wild, untamed diversity isn’t an exception or curiosity, but the standard operating procedure of evolution.

We kicked the series with a very special post by friend of the pod, 10x author, and prolific dino writer Riley Black. Enjoy.

• Learn: Wait, how many rain gardens are you people building? This app has been in our top 3 for weeks now? MOAR RAIN GARDENS (go)
  

• Donate: The US Supreme Court upheld state laws restricting transgender youth from accessing healthcare, but fuck those guys. The Trans Youth Emergency Project supports families by helping them navigate their options for continuing care, providing travel grants, and building a network of families and providers. (go)
  

• Invest: Instead of banking somewhere that uses your cash to invest in fossil fuels, bank with Bank Australia. They use your money to fund things you care about, like affordable housing, clean energy, and non-profits. (go)

• Organize for affordable housing (go) What does it mean when everywhere is unaffordable? It means “populism”, and here we are.
  

• Learn about meaningful careers: The layoffs will apparently continue until morale improves. Get a new job — get a better job. (go)
  

• Donate to agriculture: Farming is becoming harder (and less profitable) every day the climate crisis continues. Support farmers around the world with our picks (go)

• Learn: It’s never, ever a bad time to get a broader take on AI ethics, or really any ethics, but especially right now. Check out Women in AI Ethics today. (go)
  

• Donate or Volunteer: Unequal healthcare access is bullshit. Partners in Health (PIH, if you know) is driven by their belief that everyone deserves access to quality health care. They fight for the 50% of people across the globe that don’t have it. Donate or volunteer to fight for the right to quality care. (go)

That’s it. It’s hot, very hot. Stay safe, stay cool, take care of each other.

PS: Busy as hell? Us too! You can save actions for later with an WCID To Do List!

Thank you — as always — for giving a shit.

— Quinn

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