• Adam, The Autistic Self-Advocate
  A mom describes & comments on the disturbing contents of old videos of her son's "early intervention" ABA therapy sessions; there's also a great conversation in the comments between autistic-accepting parents & at least one autistic that was put through ABA.
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• Clippings
  "Saves and manages frequently-entered text for later pasting in Firefox."
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• Democracy not Meritocracy - Eliminating the "Mediocracy"
  Great essay by one of the creators of Aurora (formerly Eeebuntu) Linux, explaining why it's a bad idea for a Linux distro to reject/ignore the needs & wishes of its users, in reaction to the Ubuntu distro team doing precisely that in a very visible way.
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• FabTabs :: Add-ons for Firefox
  Nifty extension/add-on that colors tabs based on the website's appearance and gives a nice 3d/shaded look for the current tab.
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• Feline CRF Information Center - Tests & Diagnostics
  Excellent & detailed page all about the labwork done on a CRF cat, from what the different blood values mean to how it's obtained.
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• Free Software is a democracy, Mark Shuttleworth! - InaTux Computers
  Another carefully thought-through reaction to the Ubuntu refusal to pay attention to the needs & wishes of its users.
  in Computers & Electronics with 1-best-of community distros linux society ubuntu
• Go-oo -- Your Office Suite
  A polished, reportedly-faster version of OpenOffice with many additions/improvements patched in, including better interoperability with formats (like MSWorks Database) that OOo won't touch.
  in Computers & Electronics with 1-best-of conversion database_editors editor files go-oo linux openoffice software word_processors by 3 users
• Hulu - Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
  #1 favorites,streaming,video
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• Identify Your Breyer
  "This site is intended to help those who are interested in Breyer model horses identify what they have...and what they want."
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• Linux *Self Help* -- "Need help with Linux? Help yourself!"
  Large site covering just about every topic you could need help with from choosing a distro & environment onwards, quick-start guides, a Linux terms dictionary, and discussion forum.
  A Linux Help site providing categorized and searchable Linux Help files, Linux Howtos, Linux Man pages and Linux Forums for the Linux community.
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• Linux Group Tests - LinuxLinks
  Lists of the best software in each category, as determined through group tests; also has more detailed category descriptions than elsewhere on the site.
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• Meritocracy vs. Democracy - TildeHash
  Another intelligent, methodical explanation of why it's a bad idea to reject the input of your users...
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• Myths About Welfare Reform
  Excellent page disputing welfare myths by explaining the reality & how the myth came to be. Most important is the common belief that poverty levels declined due to the Welfare Reform Act of '96. Written by a UCLA professor, and easy to understand.
  in Misc. with 1-best-of government history info social_programs social_services tanf welfare
• ReadBag
  web apps,links,reading,#1 favorites
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• RPM PBone Search
  Tool for Linux users that searches a very wide range of repositories & FTP servers for packages, searching by summary or description as well if necessary; it will also narrow down to select distros if asked. Note: Claims to be "for RPM based" distros, but worked just fine in OpenSUSE 11.3 for me.
  in Computers & Electronics with 1-best-of fedora linux opensuse recommendations repository rpm search software by 12 users
• Salon TrollBeGone
  A wonderful easily-customized userscript for Salon.com readers that removes spammers, anyone you designate a troll, plus highlights any comments by staff or your favorite people.
  in Computers & Electronics with 1-best-of customization firefox javascript reading userscripts web
• Some of K. Mandla's Favorite CLI Apps
  Descriptive list of the "Lightweight Linux" blogger's favorite console/commandline apps.
  in Computers & Electronics with 1-best-of commandline directory linux reference software
• SoundConverter - GNOME Sound Conversion
  Leading sound conversion app for GNOME; reads anything GStreamer can read (Ogg, AAC, MP3, FLAC, WAV, AVI, etc.) and writes WAV, FLAC, MP3, AAC, and Ogg files.
  in Computers & Electronics with 1-best-of audio conversion gnome gstreamer linux music ogg software sound by 3 users
• Teen autistic advocate uses her experience to give hope
  About an autistic teen whose parents adapted to how her mind works & was designed to develop, focusing on truly important social things like keeping her face clean rather than forcing conformity -- and who now is not only well-liked & excelling academically, but is a devoted autistic advocate getting the word out through appearances and online videos.
  in Health & Disability with 1-best-of acceptance accommodation advocacy articles autism autistics children disability_rights parent-ally parenting
• The Autism Acceptance Project
  Promotes acceptance and empowerment of autistics & parents, by showing the positive in autism that's overlooked/buried by the melodramatic curebie hatefest that dominates the media. TAAP also seeks scientific & ethical answers to the question "what kinds of help do autistics need in order to succeed & contribute to society as autistic people?"
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