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We get the goods to help you shop smarter and protect yourself from slick scams and misleading marketing claims. We investigate the products and services we all use every day and push companies and government for answers. And we expose the truth on stories that matter to you and your family. — Marketplace
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It's time we put that energy to use in the real world: Less Tweeting!

Your Angry Tweets Aren't Helping
If you spend most of your time on Twitter; you'll quickly conclude that everyone is outraged about everything. It's not only Twitter but also other social network platforms.

Article by Marc Peruzzi via Outside Magazine
Today, Americans are filled with rage at national politics, but we don’t know how to channel that energy into actual change. So we spew forth on social media as if those words—whether vitriolic or rational—are a replacement for doing. They’re not. Which is why social media activism (and, frankly, much of cable news) is largely irrelevant.

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Okay, tweets and posts also notify activists of important real-world happenings.
And, credit where it’s due, social media is clearly effective at rallying like-minded people to like-minded causes; #metoo (Yes!) and #unitetheright (No!) prove that. But most tweeting amounts to tribal members yelling into a digital canyon in hopes of elucidating a self-affirming echo from people who look, think, and vote just like they do. Pick them selectively and your followers are your choir. Let the Russians pick and it’s an angry mob.

Maybe a tweet or a post relieves the guilt of not-doing for a nanosecond.
And perhaps it makes one feel less alone when the retweets and likes accrue. But social media is a weak palliative. Unless you count rifting, tweeting isn’t doing.
And doing is what heals us.

The Antidote
And if those words fail, we can always put politics and social media aside and fall back to our watersheds and trails and beaches and engage the world as we know it, not as it’s presented in caustic tweets. Read the full article by Marc Peruzzi via Outside

Your Angry Tweets Aren't Helping

When words failed him, George Orwell stopped writing and took a bullet in the neck. As an essayist in the 1930s, Orwell tried to motivate Great Britain to fight fascism in Spain so the world wouldn't have to fight fascism on their doorsteps.

“It is difficult to be certain about anything except what you have seen with your own eyes. And consciously or unconsciously, everyone writes as a partisan.” — George Orwell

Mechanics that talk like you and think like you:

Girls Auto Clinic (GAC)
is a woman owned and operated business that caters to women.
GAC offers automotive buying and repair resources, products, and services based on trust, education, inclusion, and empowerment.

 
It’s no secret most women hate their automotive buying and repair experiences because we feel misunderstood, taken advantage of, and/or mistreated.  To make things worse, there isn’t much out there to ease concerns, anxiety, and fear despite the fact more than half the customers in the automotive industry are women and spend $200 Billion (with a B) a year on buying and repairing their cars.

Patrice Banks was once one of these women.
A self-proclaimed “auto airhead®,” Patrice created a business model that supports a need in the lives of millions. Automotive Repair SERVICES at Girls Auto Clinic centers; to give you the automotive experience you want and deserve!

Girls Auto Clinic Home

Services: Girls Auto Clinic offers full-service auto repair, female mechanics, manis, pedis, and blowouts while you wait, all in a beautiful lounge tailored to women. Check out the Repair Center and Clutch Beauty Bar

Disrupting the Auto Insurance Industry: Article

With over 260 million licensed drivers in the US,
it's no wonder this startup is taking off and saving people money, for free!
Are you aware that you could receive a large discount by using this new startup's service?
In addition, if you live in certain zip codes, you may get extremely low rates.

EverQuote: Compare Prices

Article: For a long time, there was no easy way to compare quotes from all of these huge car insurance companies. You had to check one site, then jump to another and enter all of your information all over again. Drivers were stuck doing all the work to save money. Now, all that is changing. Thanks to this new startup, EverQuote™, the information you need to help you save can be found in one place. EverQuote™ is not an insurer, but a comparison shopping marketplace. Featured in the Inc. 5000 list as one of the fastest growing companies for 2017, it is not a question that customers are finding what they are looking for - lower quotes.

What exactly do you need to do?
Here is one easy rule to follow: You have to compare quotes.

Proven Advice To Save You Money On Your Car Insurance Bill

United States drivers are surprised they never knew this rule. If you don't have tickets in the past 3 years, consider this.

Built for Zero: Now accelerating its work in 50 more cities

As of to date, 12 cities 'have ended veteran homelessness.'
It’s part of a national program called Built for Zero that uses a data-based approach to help officials figure out exactly who needs what services.
BFZ accelerates its work in 50 more cities.

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In late February 2019, the city of Abilene, Texas, made an announcement:
It had ended local veteran homelessness.

It was the first community in the state and the ninth in the country to reach that goal, as part of a national program called Built for Zero. Now, through the same program, Abilene is working to end chronic homelessness. While homelessness might often be seen as an intractable problem because of its complexity–or one that costs more to solve than communities can afford–the program is proving that is not the case.

“By ending homelessness, we mean getting to a place where it’s rare, brief,
and it gets solved correctly and quickly when it does happen,” says Rosanne Haggerty, president of Community Solutions, the nonprofit that leads the Built for Zero program. “That’s a completely achievable end state, we now see.” The nonprofit, which calls this goal “functional zero,” announced that it is accelerating its work in 50 communities.
Here's how they did it.
Article by ADELE PETERS' 'WORLD CHANGING IDEAS'
via FAST COMPANY

Join The Movement:

Community Solutions | Strengthening Communities, Ending Homelessness

Community Solutions deploys the best problem-solving tools from multiple sectors to help communities end homelessness and the conditions that create it.

They're Reinventing 3D Printing:

Formlabs; a passionate team of engineers, designers, and problem-solvers.
 
Started out of MIT in 2011, Formlabs is now over 500 people across Boston, North Carolina, Hungary, Germany, Japan, and China. A company that is committed to bringing powerful and accessible fabrication tools into the creative hands of professionals around the world.

With the Form 2 SLA 3D printer, Fuse 1 SLS 3D printer, Form Cell manufacturing solution, and Pinshape marketplace of 3D designs, Formlabs is establishing the industry benchmark in professional 3D printing for professionals from a variety of industries. Formlabs also develop high-performance materials in-house, as well as best-in-class 3D printing software like PreForm and Dashboard.

"We believe in what we do, and we’re excited about creating powerful tools that change the way we work and live."-- Formlabs

High Resolution SLA and SLS 3D Printers for Professionals | Formlabs

Formlabs designs and manufacturers the Form 2 stereolithography (SLA) and Fuse 1 selective laser sintering (SLS) 3D printers for professionals.

Formlabs' Featured Blog and Interviews
Make sure to check out Formlabs' Careers page.
Peek behind the scenes in this recent Engineering Spotlight from Venture Fizz that details what it's like to work at Formlabs and see how it all started in Print the Legend on Netflix.
Join the Team that's growing like crazy!

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