Has anyone set up a single fund that intakes donations and then splits them appropriately between all the individual funds? 

Do this, but for not watching sports.

As someone who has volunteered with animal rescue groups for my entire adult life: Shelter employees are almost always guessing when labelling dogs’ breeds. Usually we don’t know who the dog’s parents were, and have very little history about the dog. The shelter is just looking at the dog and making a guess based on…

Thanks! And yes, that’s correct, it’s due to Twitter’s API, but with Tweet Delete (and others) you can run the operation multiple times until they’re all deleted — or, what seems like a better answer, Jumbo could automatically run it in the background multiple times until they’re all deleted. That’s what I was hoping…

I use Tweet Delete for this, but does this solve the problem that pretty much any tweet-deleting service runs into -- that being that it can only handle the last 3,200 tweets? For Tweet Delete, the solution is that you run the operation repeatedly, wiping 3,200 at a time, but it would be great if Jumbo has found a way…

OH GOD THANK YOU. I actually never thought much about this question, but the bleaching thing has always struck me as odd. I’m so glad to finally have an explanation!

This is part of “find the right fit,” but to me the most important thing is to TRUST your dentist. I’m resistant to novocaine (a genetic thing that’s relatively common), and I need about a 3x dose. But before I learned about that, I’ve had dentists who basically told me I “shouldn’t” feel it as they drilled into my…

Agree with all of this, but packing cubes are weirdly too expensive for what you get. I pack things in one-gallon Ziploc bags (one for underwear, one for socks, one for toiletries). Be sure to squeeze out all the air before you seal it!

I highly recommend “Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed: Sixteen Writers on the Decision Not to Have Kids,” edited by Meghan Daum.  It’s interesting to read some of the factors that influenced each person’s decision, some of which I had never even considered, and how they ultimately decided which route to take. 

Thank you. When my company is paying hundreds of dollars of night for a hotel, and I’m traveling as part of a job I’m very generously paid to do, I am happy to go out of my way to acknowledge the services of someone who may be getting a pittance but is making my stay more comfortable. It makes me feel better, if…

I always want to tip, but usually, when I’m traveling internationally on business in places where cashless payment is ubiquitous, I’m not going to take out cash in the local currency — I’m usually only there for a few days, in meetings all day — and getting cash would end up being a hassle (including to deal with the…

Personally, because I have a poor memory and I enjoy taking photos of little memorable moments of my day. Not necessarily food but, hey, if that’s what floats your boat, go ahead. 

THANK YOU! I don’t understand why people get so riled up about this either. I rarely notice what anyone at other tables in a restaurant are doing unless they’re being noisy or disruptive. I’m not generally going to take photos of my food, but I don’t care if other people do. 

... and the place you meet everyone from a first-date to a work acquaintance is in a bar, for a drink. 

I’d put some guardrails around “it’s okay to talk about their sobriety if they’ve already mentioned it.” As someone who has been sober for many years, if I’m meeting up with someone I don’t know well, “I don’t drink” may be just part of making plans or tangential to the topic at hand (no, I don’t want to go…

This was my last complaint about a Lifehacker article, which boldly stated that plastic bags aren’t recyclable (in my city they are!). Recycling is one of those things that is different in every city, there’s no point in trying to write a one-size-fits-all article about it.

Next time consider reading the comment to which you are replying

Yes, my point was that every city is different, so writing a piece that starts with the assumption that the advice is universally applicable is silly (other cities besides SF have soft plastic recycling).

Did you literally even read the comment to which you were replying

I’ve noticed that an ongoing issue with Lifehacker is framing a regional/local issue as if it were applicable to everyone across the country (even though it isn’t), often in a way that could be solved if the author simply did a quick google search. So let me try reframing this story from my own, local perspective: