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Safe Sleeping Pods for the Homeless in Ulm, Germany In Ulm, Germany, folks without a roof over their heads can now find refuge in newly installed sleeping pods around the city. These aren’t just any pods—they’re called Ulmer Nests, made of wood and steel to protect against the cold, wind, and humidity.

Each pod fits up to two people and is designed without cameras for privacy. Instead, motion sensors alert social workers when the pods are in use, ensuring they're cleaned and ready for the next person, and that anyone using them gets the help they need.

What’s even cooler? These nests are equipped with solar panels and a radio network, so occupants can communicate without needing a mobile phone.

The creators of Ulmer Nests aim to help those who can’t access traditional shelters—whether due to psychological reasons or because they have a pet. These pods aren’t meant to replace traditional housing but serve as an “emergency last resort” to avoid the dangers of sleeping outdoors.

Yay Humans for saving the honey bees 🐝 keep up the good work!
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Honey Bees 🐝 are amazing!!
I copied this from a Facebook post. See the end for credits:

My dad has bees.Today I went to his house and he showed me all of the honey he had gotten from the hives. He took the lid off of a 5 gallon bucket full of honey and on top of the honey there were 3 little bees, struggling. They were covered in sticky honey and drowning. I asked him if we could help them and he said he was sure they wouldn't survive. Casualties of honey collection I suppose.
I asked him again if we could at least get them out and kill them quickly, after all he was the one who taught me to put a suffering animal (or bug) out of its misery. He finally conceded and scooped the bees out of the bucket. He put them in an empty Chobani yogurt container and put the plastic container outside.
Because he had disrupted the hive with the earlier honey collection, there were bees flying all over outside.
We put the 3 little bees in the container on a bench and left them to their fate. My dad called me out a little while later to show me what was happening. These three little bees were surrounded by all of their sisters (all of the bees are females) and they were cleaning the sticky nearly dead bees, helping them to get all of the honey off of their bodies. We came back a short time later and there was only one little bee left in the container. She was still being tended to by her sisters.
When it was time for me to leave we checked one last time and all three of the bees had been cleaned off enough to fly away and the container was empty.
Those three little bees lived because they were surrounded by family and friends who would not give up on them, family and friends who refused to let them drown in their own stickiness and resolved to help until the last little bee could be set free.
Bee Sisters. Bee Peers. Bee Teammates.
We could all learn a thing or two from these bees.
Bee kind always.~
~author unknown
art: Autumn Skye Morrison

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