A graph showing the live Tiltify totals for 2021-2025 P4A. The graph currently shows stats from 3 days before P4A starts to "Day 1". 2025 has raised almost $130,000 so far, significantly more than the next highest year (2022) which had only raised $54,000 by this time.

For some context for fellow Nerdfighters, here is the current graph comparing the previous 5 years on www.futurephotons.io/p4a/live/. (only showing the crowdfunding totals). Red is 2025. We rock!

SciShow Postcard SciShow is asking you for help to fund another year of 5-times-a-week, backed-by-research and designed-for-fun science videos. We’ve always relied on your support to keep SciShow going, and that’s tru...

Feeling like supporting accurate, compelling science content that reaches an audience beyond the manufactured binaries of our fucked up world?

Today is the last day you can get a SciShow Postcard.
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I think we are all feeling distant from hope. Nerdfighters, should we start a hashtag chain to remind John (and us) that we are all in this together?

#wereherebecause

How to Make a Good P4A Video YouTube video by hankschannel

Hank made a video with tips to help you out! youtu.be/FTVDMharHbI?...

Nominate a charity to get a P4A 2025 Grant! Note: to receive grants from the FTDWS/P4A, an organization must be a 501(c)(3) non-profit classification or foreign equivalent classified charity.

The 2025 P4A Video Submissions will be open from January 25 - February 8, 2025! 50% of donations will go to community-voted organizations featured in these videos. Anyone can make a video, whether you're a fan of a charity or work closely with an organization!

Video Guidelines • Mention Project for Awesome in the video not just the thumbnail) • Talk about an organization that's important to you & explain what it does • Make sure your video looks and sounds clear • Try not to make your video too long (aim for 2-4 minutes) • Include a content warning if you're discussing sensitive topics

All videos that are submitted by the deadline will be reviewed by the P4A team to make sure they meet our guidelines before going live on our website. Non-original work, such as plagiarized videos or videos created primarily by Al, will be rejected.

Video submissions are OPEN! Make a video about a charity you care about and submit it by Feb 8!

Check our website for full instructions:
projectforawesome.com/submit

Be sure to use a P4A thumbnail! Find them here:
www.projectforawesome.com/graphics

Y'all means ALL. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

A screenshot of reproductiverights.gov via the WayBack Machine. The website is up and live on Jan 15th 2025.

A screenshot of reproductiverights.gov showing an error that "this site can't be reached". The url no longer works.

ReproductiveRights.gov, a resource for women's health information. For ALL reproductive healthcare, not just abortions and birth control. Pictured January 15th, 2025 via @archive.org WayBack Machine. And pictured as of this morning, January 21st, 2025. The site went dark last night.

Hill Day Templates | TBFighters Templates for contacting your representative about tuberculosis

If you, like me, are looking for something productive to do today, consider contacting your Reps about TB! In the lead-up to @tbfighters.org Hill Day, let them know TB is an issue that matters. These templates from @partnersinhealth.bsky.social, coded by @quinn-is.a-good.dev, make it super easy!

Where do donations to the Project for Awesome go?

You can donate to P4A through our Tiltify page from February 11-19, 2025, or year-round at fightworldsuck.org 100% of donations go to charity-less the cost of perk production and fulfillment, Tiltify fees, credit card PayPal fees, and the part-time team who administer the Project for Awesome

50% of P4A donations will go to Save the Children and Partners in Health, and 50% of donations will go to community-voted organizations

You might be wondering... why don't I just donate to the charity I care about? Please do! Our biggest goal is to get people excited about sharing their money, time, and talents with nonprofits.

Where does the money raised during P4A actually go? #P4A2025

TIKTOK IS BACK, apparently.

My partner is a reels and shorts user. And that's what he likes to watch. Clips from shows/movies, husband/wife "prank" videos, and jokes about poop and farts. It's awful.

Completely agree. I often think about the fact that as humans we were not meant for this sort of life. The 40+ hour work weeks, the nonstop schedules. The lack of a "village". But then I remember it's really nice having modern technology and healthcare and all the things that have come from this.

My Subaru is 13 years old, approaching 100k miles, and has never let me down despite me taking the absolute bare minimum care of it. I adore my little hunk of junk and look forward to continuing to run it into the ground. ♥️

Doctors: "Wash your hands and avoid close contact with anyone infected with the norovirus."

My infected child: *scratches his butt and immediately touches my eyeball*

Wake Up Babe Meme about how tuberculosis is curable and preventable and still kills over 1.25 million people per year entirely because we devalue the lives of people in impoverished and marginalized communities.

I've been feeling a little aimless and hopeless since the new year. I have found myself listening to John's old podcast, Anthropocene Reviewed. Something about John's voice does not challenge my feelings, and yet fills me with a smidgen of hope. It lets me wallow while seeing the light at the end.

Every single time I get to the last page and see the upside down wings, I want to find Eric Carle and demand an explanation. Like, did NOBODY in the publishing process say anything?! It had to be on purpose.

I'm "get a bird flu vaccine" because I have PTSD from having to wait so long to get the covid vaccine. Just give me a pre-pandemic dose please.

TBFighters Auld Lang Syne YouTube video by TBFighters

Through centuries, Auld Lang Syne has been sung alongside wars, injustice, innovation, and joy. Still, #Tuberculosis remains. This year, join us in hope for a world without TB, where tests are available to all. It's #TimeFor5! www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdcN...

134 Nerdfighters from 30 Countries singing We're Here Because We're Here YouTube video by Julia Garbe

I will be honest, I am not entering 2025 full of hope and optimism. The past year has made me weary. But listening to Nerdfighteria come together reminds me that we are not facing what's to come alone. We're here because we're here.

Thank you, John. This truly is amazing news. I'm so proud of Partners in Health, government officials, local citizens, and Nerdfighteria for helping bring about lasting and LIFE CHANGING progress to Sierra Leone. Here's to continuing to decrease world suck in 2025.

The account also keeps in mind not everyone has access to a large fridge to store a turkey, or an oven to bake things. While she does use an oven, everything "can" be prepared on the stove.

I Made a 3 Course Thanksgiving Dinner From Dollar Tree! (On a $20 Budget!) YouTube video by Dollar Tree Dinners

I know money is tight for some people this time of year. The video below from the amazing Dollar Tree Dinners has how to make a 3 course "Thanksgiving dinner" using Dollar Tree ingredients for $20.

youtu.be/pEQNSCjZC8w?...

Hey you. Relax your jaw. Take a deep breath. Relax your shoulders. Stretch out your hands. Wiggle your toes. Isn't it crazy how tense we are without even realizing it?

I aspire to have as much confidence in myself as Matt Gaetz has that more than -1 people want a Cameo from him.

New method of communicating with your representatives. Every time they vote in a way you disagree with, send them "a threatening amount of beans".

Went to a funeral recently that told the story of Jesus raising Lazarus. Felt a bit tone deaf to talk about how Jesus can raise people from the dead but chose to let your family member stay dead??

But it's not bedtime yet! I still have 8 hours of things to be anxious about in real time!

A poem by Langston Hughes titled "Tired". It reads as the following: "I am so tired of waiting, Aren't you, For the world to become good And beautiful and kind? Let us take a knife And cut the world in two -- And see what worms are eating At the rind."

I've been thinking about this poem by Langston Hughes recently and although it was published in 1931, it remains relevant as ever.

#books #reading #booksky #poetry