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And before the cutoff, too! I admit, I was a little worried when I shared the bus with another person on the same errand, but we got there juuuuuuust in time.

One unfortunate woman didn't realize there was a sign-up sheet, so she ended up having to come back next week. At least she knows now! The sign-up is run semi-formally by whoever is there who knows to pass around a list. The website does mention this is how it should be done, but not in very large print.

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On the hunt for S.F. street stamp typos

http://bit.ly/1iqUDni

This Affordable Mass Transit Technology Is Now All But Illegal in Tennessee

Am I the only one, after all the various articles, who pictures the Koch brothers as an amalgamation between Stadler and Waldorf and the rich dudes from Trading Places?

http://bit.ly/1gOawnn

Report: Walmart Workers Cost Taxpayers $6.2 Billion In Public Assistance

http://onforb.es/1evSirJ

Plant Breeders Release First 'Open Source Seeds'

http://n.pr/RrmQ45

The world's dumbest idea: Taxing solar energy

http://yhoo.it/1hXLYdi

U.S. ground troops going to Poland, defense minister says

http://wapo.st/Pd6GsN

Earth-sized planet found orbiting in a habitable zone

Kepler-186f is a 'tip-of-the-iceberg discovery' that suggests there could be many other planets beyond our solar system potentially friendly to life, astronomers say.

http://lat.ms/RxVklq

Banking Industry Shamelessly Fleeces Even the Paltry Savings of Ex-Prisoners

http://bit.ly/1f81QnU

Oklahoma Prohibits Cities From Raising the Minimum Wage While Voting in Tax Credits for Investors

When the federal government wants to raise the minimum wage, it's no no no, communities know best, states rights guys! But when the local government wants to raise the minimum wage, that argument no longer applies? States trump all, I guess.

http://bit.ly/1i4BQcS

Childhood bullying 'can lead to depression and unemployment in adulthood'

http://ind.pn/1gUEbLC

Resegregation in the American South

The comments are faux concerned "oh, blacks can't do well unless they're surrounded by whites", but I think the article makes clear that de facto segregation manages to be in some ways even worse than the old kind, because at least back then you had a chance of getting a talented black teacher in your segregated school and going to a good all-black college, whereas now the system is rigged so the best teachers get a choice of where to teach, and of course they tend to pick the better schools (and given the gerrymandering described, I wouldn't be one bit surprised to find that the funding for some schools is heck of a lot better than for others, and no guesses as to which ones.)

http://bit.ly/1eVWiwK