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Rheinland-Pfalz: Lernapps wie Anton und bettermarks zum Aufholen von Rückständen
In Rheinland-Pfalz sollen Lernapps wie bettermarks Problem- zu Lieblingsfächern machen. Landeslizenzen wurden verlängert, Lehrkräfte müssen sich qualifizieren.

Underground Legal Clinics Offer a Lifeline to Migrants Facing Mass Deportation (Hunter Walker/Talking Points Memo)
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/underground-legal-clinics-offer-a-lifeline-to-migrants-facing-mass-deportation
http://www.memeorandum.com/251215/p105#a251215p105

PSA about food labeling in the US
We have a gluten detection service dog because many things that should be gluten free/say they’re gluten free are not actually gluten free.
Stuff gets contaminated when growing (e.g. next to wheat field), by shared equipment, in factories, from packaging, during transport and in-store.
Every US consumer should know:
1. The list of ingredients on food isn't exhaustive
2. Allergen labeling:
a) limited to just some allergens
b) manufacturers don't actually have to test
c) "certified" foods are tested—but not continuously
d) testing only works with enough contamination
Some certifications may require batch-testing, but usually they don't.
A "certified gluten free" product may e.g. contain oats which sometimes are contaminated with gluten—but as not every batch is tested it's impossible to know unless you test yourself (hence the service dog).
Even if the product is properly batch-tested, you might get a part of the product that has the allergen in it, whereas the tested part didn't.
Or the threshold was too low (our dog can detect gluten better than any available lab testing equipment; yes, dogs are amazing).
Food products also contain ingredients that do not have to be included on the label when they're "incidental" (included in an another ingredient) or if they're considered part of the manufacturing process but not of the final product (e.g. various coatings on factory equipment).
Don't need to list flavors or specific spices either. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
As for allergens, only those responsible for ~90% of food allergies* have to be specifically declared, and they're not tested for as it's simply based on the ingredients list.
Good luck if you have other allergies.
*milk, egg, egg, fish, Crustacean shellfish, tree nuts, wheat, peanuts, soybeans

#3GuteDingeDesTages
🙂 Schon 115 Einreichungen und deadline ist erst morgen
🙂 Gemütlich mit dem Lieblingsfriseur geplaudert, während der tapfer geschnitten hat
🙂 Mit dem Lieblingsfreund lange im Museumscafé erzählt

Welcher Browser ist dein Lieblingsbrowser unter #Linux und warum? Also was genau magst du daran? Dass er was besonderes kann? Oder vielleicht, dass er bestimmte Dinge eben nicht tut, die andere Browser tun?

Finally! I wanted to document this since quite a while: The #Gmail labeling system kept me quite a while from moving my mails away from Google.
In the end it wasn't too complicated -- if you know hw to do it ... (as usual)
Anyways, I've finally written it down. Maybe it helps somebody who want's to get off GMail.
(And damn, I was surprised that it took so much time to…

Mein Lieblingsbaum, eine alte Erle am Bach hinterm Haus, wurde gestern um gesägt. 😭
In ihr tobte das Leben! Viele Vögel nutzen ihn zum Rasten, als Ausguck, Nahrungsquelle, Unterschlupf... Spechte, Kleiber, Tauben, Krähen, Sperber, Rotmilan...
Auch Eichhörnchen konnte ich dort oft beobachten .
Er war wunderschön und im Winter bezaubernd.
Ich vermisse ihn schmerzlich.
#Biodervisität

"Study shows people have misconceptions about the environmental impact of everyday food"
#Environment #Food

Study shows people have misconceptions about the environmental impact of everyday food
A new study has given new insights into people's understanding of the environmental impact of the food they eat and shown that they often misperceive it, supporting the need for environmental impact labeling.

Just finished "I'm Awful, Thanks" by Lara Pickle. A good story that serves as a guide to managing emotions, although it's actually a cute story too, not just framing for the mental health discussion.
That said, I feel like it doesn't get far enough into the details of accepting self-control as our only form of real control vs. understanding that some events outside our control aren't fair or are others' attacks, and trying to manage our own emotions as our only response is a disservice to ourselves and others. Even further, I suspect that the HR resolution depicted here, while not impossible, is less frequent than much worse outcomes, which is part of a larger pattern of systemic assaults on our mental health that aren't totally solvable with individual emotional regulation.
Sure, leveling up one's control of ones own emotions and learning to accept and manage a range of emotions is super useful and it's a good thing overall, but the systemic problems of late stage capitalism are real, and making it seem like everyone is responsible for managing their own mental health in the face of these problems helps avoid confronting them.
Still, it's a good book overall, with vibrant art and a well-structured plot.
#AmReading #ReadingNow