I’ve always thought that taking my used clothing to a thrift store was a net positive — the charity that runs the store earns money from my donation, someone gets a new outfit, and my clothes don’t end up as waste.
But, in a strange turn of events, I was recently confronted with the potential impact of my donations — and it wasn’t all positive.
Though I’d given a lot of thought to where I’m willing to donate my used goods — only to organization’s whose missions I fully support — I had never really thought about where my stuff went after I took it there.
The answer, as it turns out, is Tunisia.
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links
art
- clipnote studio ‣ a basic animation software and a spiritual successor to the now defunct flipnote studio by nintendo
- photopea ‣ a web-based graphics editor similar to photoshop. i used photopea to make my site button (animation on photopea)
ASCII
- ascii art archive ‣ a large collection of ASCII art
- ascii generator ‣ upload an image file to convert it to ASCII art
- text-mode ‣ a collection of text graphics and related works. no navigation links, look through their archive or add "/page/2" at the end of the URL
- Hello uhm, Japan, congratulations on trending - "2 channel, the biggest forum in Japan, is changing its rules so users have started migrating to Reddit." (from text-mode)
fun typing
- coolkiller balloon 84
‣ (tactile) my main keyboard. love the feeling and sound. but keyboard could be better (no tactile bumps or RGB backlight and occasional issues, especially with bluetooth connectivity) - logitech g915 ‣ (clicky) used to love this, but my opinion changed over time. i'm not as into the clicky switch, and the loud typing can be bothersome to others, so i switched to the balloon 84
- power mode ‣ a fun extension for visual studio code
- sound typist ‣ responsive audio feedback to your keystrokes
- textreme 2 ‣ a fun text editor with juicy animations and effects that exaggerate your every action
games
- color ‣ a color matching game with 6 levels of difficulty. my highest score is 9.8.
- jigsaw planet ‣ complete jigsaw puzzles and see how you compare to other users. choose from the selection or upload your own photos // check out scissors, valjellybean, and mctes
- papergames.io ‣ play online battleship, omok, connect 4, or tic-tac-toe. i mostly play battleship. my username is shyguy :-)
- the wiki game ‣ a game of exploring and racing through wikipedia articles
miscellaneous
- invidious ‣ an open source alternative front-end to youtube. i use yewtu.be
- maplestory network ‣ design and dress up your maplestory character. easier to use than maples.im // ♡♡♡:
(●'◡'●) -
bluepurple -
chikako -
fate -
maow -
miu -
puff -
rockspirits -
tsuki -
ユニコーン -
凹.o☆
- maplestory simulator ‣ sprite simulator and... dollmaker? similar to bannedstory
- onelook ‣ a search engine for english words and phrases. a great resource for writers. check out their reverse dictionary/thesaurus as well.
- sci-hub ‣ get access to paywalled research papers for free
music
- maplestory music ‣ a complete database of the background music used in maplestory
- mikuDB ‣ download vocaloid songs as 320kbps mp3 or FLAC files
- obscurify ‣ learn more about your music taste and compare it to others'
- organize your music ‣ organize your spotify music collection by any of a wide range of musical attributes including genre, mood, decade of release and more
- stats for spotify ‣ view your most listened tracks, artists and genres and switch between 3 different time periods
recommended reading
- what i learned about my donated stuff... (2017) ‣ by daniele selby - global citizen -
a quick read about the second-hand clothing industry and its global impacts.
- worst roommate ever (2018) ‣ by william brennan - new york magazine -
In an expensive and frightening ordeal that dragged on for months, Bachman slowly laid claim to the space, using his intricate knowledge of tenancy laws to stay one step ahead of her. He scuffed up the floors, kicked down the doors, and clogged the toilets with cat litter. “He went from being this cordial, polite person who understood he was a guest in my house,” Frost said in one of the articles, “to someone who was approaching me aggressively and flat-out saying, ‘This is my house now.’ ”
a very interesting and unfortunate story about a nightmare roommate. i read this years ago and couldn't find the link to it for the longest time until recently. (warning: there's a gross picture of cat poop and litter in a toilet)
