Two Posts addressed to the better angels of our nature

I read them close to each other, and it seemed to me that both of them touch on the unfortunate fact that in trying to do a good thing (encourage people, side with our friends) we can do horrible things (call disabilities nonexistent, call liars those who report harassment), so I thought I'd signal-boost both.

When the person doing the harassment is a person you like. by leahbobet

Oh,Really? by vassilissa,refuting the idea and macro that "The only disability is a bad attitude."

Boston-Area: Volunteer and/or Train To Be a Street Medic!

Another, cheerfuller signal-boost: onebrightroad posted, "Hey, Boston area folks! Looking for something cool to do on the weekend of August 10-12? Want to have fun and help new street medics get the practice they need during their training? We need practice patients for training scenarios and a few other tasks during an upcoming street medic training in the Boston area. " Also, there are still spaces open to sign up for the training!

(With many thanks to acelightning for making sure I saw this."

The Amazing Spider-man

So, after the first fifteen minutes I really adored it. ( a few thoughts, indiscriminately spoilery since I don't have time to do spoiler text )