Category Archives: crowdsourcing

Donate to fund dogs in the Serengeti

Posted on July 27, 2021 by peNdantry

Originally posted on Learning from Dogs:
This plea came in from Mr. Pedantry! This came in yesterday and I thought for some time that I wouldn’t be able to publish it quickly owing to me getting my knickers in a…

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Vsauce on ‘The Future of Reasoning’

Posted on May 29, 2021 by peNdantry

‘Vsauce‘ is a YouTube channel with ~17 million subscribers, one that I’ve followed for some time now; it features a huge amount of thought-provoking content. Its main host, Michael Stevens (@tweetsauce), has been quiet for some time, but he recently … Continue reading →

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Petition for a UK national citizens’ assembly (PR2028)

Posted on March 24, 2021 by peNdantry

Update 28Mar2021 (current signatories: 20,317): I’ve just had an email from Open Britain requesting donations to the PR2028 campaign. I’m chipping in a few quid a month; I think this matter is too important not to. Whether you agree is of … Continue reading →

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Announcing: ?Random Raiders!

Posted on February 28, 2021 by peNdantry

A year ago, almost to the day§, I wibbled about crowdsourcing blog maintenance. Here’s the rationale behind the concept: I bet your blog is like mine in that it has lots of new posts going on the top which get … Continue reading →

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Bank of England: stop funding the climate crisis!

Posted on February 17, 2021 by peNdantry

tl;dr: Here are the links to the petitions by Positive Money, 350.org and SumOfUs; please pick just one and add your name before 24Feb2021. These three organisations are running the same petition; current signature counts as I write this are … Continue reading →

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ye Oath of Giftiness, revisited

Posted on April 29, 2020 by peNdantry

Yesterday, as I just found out from fellow blogger Jill Dennison, was ‘Pay It Forward Day‘. I’ve missed the boat on celebrating that, but it reminded me of something… Nine years ago I came up with an idea. It’s a … Continue reading →

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What on earth are we going to do?

Posted on March 9, 2020 by peNdantry

Originally posted on Learning from Dogs:
A very powerful essay from George Monbiot. Today and tomorrow I am posting essays that have nothing to do with dogs! Today, I am sharing George’s gloom about the future, tomorrow I am sharing…

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How to crowdsource blog maintenance

Posted on February 29, 2020 by peNdantry

I think I’ve just come up with, as Blackadder would say, a plan so cunning you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel. I bet your blog is like mine in that it has lots of … Continue reading →

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Join the Amazon Boycott!

Posted on June 20, 2018 by peNdantry

Pages Unbound asked the question recently ‘How can Barnes & Noble save themselves?‘ and offers a variety of solutions to the problem. Of course the issue isn’t one faced just by Barnes & Noble, it applies to all vendors of … Continue reading →

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Please sign this petition!

Posted on June 2, 2018 by peNdantry

Originally posted on Learning from Dogs:
S. Korea is the only country in the world with large-scale, commercial dog meat farms. Frankly, I wasn’t planning to publish a post today. But then in came an email from John Zande, he…

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