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Thought for the Day…01/27/26 part 1

Austin Tang — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 16:57:53 +0000

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The Trust for Public Land revitalizes PS 197 in Brooklyn – YAYYYYYY

Austin Tang — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 20:29:17 +0000

We’re Happiest Outside

Listen to “The Trust for Public Land revitalizes PS 197 in Brooklyn – YAYYYYYY” on Spreaker.

Our organization is a national nonprofit that works to connect everyone to the benefits and joys of the outdoors.

Over 50 Years

We were founded in 1972 on the conviction that all people need access to nature and the outdoors, close to home, in the cities and communities where they live. We work with communities to create parks and protect public land where they’re needed most, as a matter of health, equity, and justice.

for more info, go to Trust for Public Land: Who We Are

#PS197

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The 13th Annual Montauk Music Festival 5/16-19th

Austin Tang — Mon, 06 May 2024 14:29:06 +0000

May 16th – 19th, 2024

https://www.montaukmusicfestival.com/ by the Montauk Sun-

Main Stage Will be at the Montauk Yacht Club

Bring a beach chair- friends-family-and be ready for 2-days of entertainment at a waterfront venue. No dogs, coolers, or outside alcohol. Food/Beer/Wine/Soda and a full bar will be available during the event.

There will be an admission/donation fee, and children under 5 are free- this will allow you entrance for both Saturday and Sunday’s shows 11am-6pm. {Cash or VENMO only}

A percentage of the proceeds will benefit

Lucia’s Angels &

East End Coalition for Women’s Cancers

STAY TUNED FOR OUR NEW Montuak Music Festival APP- with up-to-date schedules, artists, and venue informaiton!! [a bit of technical difficulty has delayed it- but should be available soon]

Aside from the Thursday Night Opening Party and a minimal fee at the main event, all other shows at over 35 venues are free.

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Thought For the Day

Austin Tang — Sat, 20 Nov 2021 16:52:11 +0000

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THE DESIRE CARD, THE MENTOR, and SLOW DOWN

Austin Tang — Fri, 09 Oct 2020 17:11:23 +0000

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Lee Matthew Goldberg is the author of the novels THE DESIRE CARD, THE MENTOR, and SLOW DOWN. He has been published in multiple languages and nominated for the 2018 Prix du Polar. His Alaskan Gold Rush novel THE ANCESTOR is forthcoming in 2020. He is the editor-in-chief and co-founder of Fringe, dedicated to publishing fiction that’s outside-of-the-box.

His pilots and screenplays have been finalists in Script Pipeline, Book Pipeline, Stage 32, We Screenplay, the New York Screenplay, Screen craft and the Hollywood Screenplay contests. After graduating with an MFA from the New School, his writing has also appeared in the anthology DIRTY BOULEVARD, The Millions, Cagibi, The Montreal Review, The Adirondack Review, The New PlainsReview, Underwood Press, Monologing and others. He is the co-curator of The Guerrilla Lit Reading Series and lives in New York City. Follow him at leematthewgoldberg.com

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Thought of the Day

Austin Tang — Fri, 31 Jan 2020 11:36:17 +0000

“create a life that feels good on the inside not just one that looks good on the outside” iAMFEARLESSSOUL.com

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The new public enemy Number 1: bottled water

editor — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000

It’s a hugely beneficial liquid in a slim cylinder of plastic, but for US environmentalists, it is the new public enemy number one: bottled water. With US bottled water sales growing nearly 10 percent annually — and the trash from tossed containers climbing just as quickly — calls for Americans to go back to drinking tap water have surged since the beginning of summer. “This country has some of the best public water supplies in the world,” the New York Times said in an editorial earlier this month. “Instead of consuming four billion gallons (15 billion liters) of water a year in individual-sized bottles, we need to start thinking about what all those bottles are doing to the planet’s health.” As was pointed out at World Water Week in Stockholm on Monday, US personal consumption per capita, including water from all sources, hits 400 liters (106 gallons) each day — compared to 10 liters (2.6 gallons) a person in developing countries. ?? And US consumers are drinking more bottled water by the day. According to the Beverage Marketing Corporation, growth in bottled water sales last year was 9.7 percent, making the total market worth about 11 billion dollars. Bottled water in the United States does not mean mineral water, even if Americans grumble more and more about paying a high price to drink water with little to distinguish it. At the end of July beverage giant PepsiCo was forced by public pressure to explain on its Aquafina bottled water that the contents inside come from … the tap. Pepsi’s response “is an important first step,” said Gigi Kellett, director of the “Think Outside the Bottle” campaign. “Concerns about the bottled water industry, and increasing corporate control of water, are growing across the country,” she said. From mineral springs or from public pipes, water once in a bottle is expensive. The New York Times estimated that for some consumers the bill could hit 1,400 dollars a year — for an amount that, taken from a home faucet, might cost less than half a dollar. And it is not always better. “Bottled water sold in the United States is not necessarily cleaner or safer than most tap water, according to a four-year scientific study,” the National Resources Defense Council recently reported. It also said regulation has not guaranteed more pure water in bottles. Another point of attack is the packaging waste, which Earth Policy Institute tied to an issue of US security policy: oil imports. According to the institute, it costs the United States 1.5 million barrels of oil a year to produce the plastic bottles used for water. And if one adds the energy required to transport it — especially premium water imported all the way from France, Italy and even the Fiji islands — the negative impact on the environment rises quickly. The anti-bottled water campaign has gotten political support: the mayor of San Francisco has stopped supplying water in containers to his staff, telling them to drink what comes out of the faucet. And New York has launched a campaign to persuade its inhabitants to stick to public sources to quench their thirst. Feeling they were at the center of the target, bottled water producers went on the defense last week, in part arguing that bottled water helps liberate consumers from calorie-heavy sweet sodas. “The bottled water industry has recently been the target of misguided and confusing criticism by activist groups and a handful of mayors who have presented misinformation and subjective criticism as facts,” the International Bottled Water Association said. Association president Joseph Doss said they were being unfairly singled out. “If the debate is about the impact of plastic packaging on the environment, a narrow focus on bottled water spotlights only a small portion of the packaged beverage category and an even smaller sliver of the universe of packaged products,” he said. “Any efforts to reduce the resources necessary to produce and distribute packaged goods — and increase recycling rates — must focus on all packaging,” he said.

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