Can the fedi community help clear this up for me? When I was in girl scouts in the 80s, there was a big book with all the badges and their requirements, so I could just flip through and decide what to go for. It was like knowing that you had to take three semesters of physics to get a bio major in college.

A couple years back I was an assistant troop leader and I could hardly figure out what badges existed, much less what the requirements were. There was a lot going on for me at that time, but still... Was I doing it wrong? Or did something change?

#GirlScouts #GirlGuides

“The #GirlScouts digital safety curriculum, sponsored by #Meta's #Instagram, requires that girls complete age-specific lessons to earn a ‘digital leadership’ badge. Last year, #Google began sponsoring its own Girl Scouts patch, called the ‘Be Internet Awesome ​Fun Patch,’ tied to the company's digital literacy curriculum. ‘It's almost priming them to desire to get on social media once they reach the minimum age.’” #Tech #SocialMedia #Consumerism https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/meta-google-fund-us-kids-groups-critics-warn-social-media-risk-2026-05-14/

Yes indeedy, pumpkin seedy
No siree bob, hey diddle corn cob
Yeah but no but wait a minute, could be so
Maybe baby, chicken and gravy
Don’t be silly saspirilly
Hardly yardly, bailing up barley, pick a little, I don’t know!

#GirlScoutSongs #GirlScouts

Bananas of the world, UNITE!
Bananas of the world, SPLIT!

Peel bananas
Peel. Peel bananas
Peel bananas
Peel. Peel bananas

Squish bananas
Squish. Squish bananas
Squish bananas
Squish. Squish bananas

Stomp bananas
Stomp. Stomp bananas
Stomp bananas
Stomp. Stomp bananas

GO! BANANAS!
GO! GO! BANANAS!
GO! BANANAS!
GO! GO! BANANAS!

#GirlScoutSongs #GirlScouts

The Princess Pat,
Lived in a tree,
She sailed across,
The seven seas,
She sailed across,
The Channel Two,
And she took with her,
A Rigabamboo.

#GirlScoutSongs #GirlScouts

We had a cow, no milk would she give, We had a cow, no milk would she give,
My spouse said, "Honey, this isn't funny.
We're loosing money." No milk would she give.
One day that rooster came into our yard,
He caught the cow right off of her guard.

She giving eggnog, just like she use ta,
Ever since that rooster came into our yard.
She giving eggnog, just like she use ta,
Ever since that rooster came into our yard.
#GirlScouts #GirlScoutSongs

Guck goon went the little green frog one day
Guck goon went the little green frog
Guck goon went the little green frog one day
And his eyes went guck guck goon.

#GirlScouts #GirlScoutSongs

Reuters: Big Tech turns to Sesame Street, Girl Scouts to deflect scrutiny over kids’ screen time. “Meta and Google enlisted trusted children’s brands such as Sesame Street, Girl Scouts and Highlights magazine to teach kids to use technology in moderation – even as the companies designed apps that made it difficult for those same young users to unplug, public statements and internal documents […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/15/reuters-big-tech-turns-to-sesame-street-girl-scouts-to-deflect-scrutiny-over-kids-screen-time/

《"It's like Sesame Street teaming up with Philip Morris to teach kids how to smoke cigarettes safely," said Rose Bronstein, ​whose 15-year-old son died by suicide after he was bullied online. "How is it any different?"》

#BigTech #BigCorpo #CorporateGreed #Capitalism #EatTheRich #PayTaxes #ArrestTheRich #DirtyPoliticians
#SesameStreet #GirlScouts #ResetSociety #BeTheChange

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/meta-google-fund-us-kids-groups-critics-warn-social-media-risk-2026-05-14/

I am 100% overpacking on the survival gear for this "camping" trip. (It's bunk beds. But maybe I should take a mini ground mattress if they're hard?) As long as it fits in the small duffel, I'm sure I'm ok! Right?

No clue how this car is fitting 7 people plus their gear, but we'll find out!

#chaperon #girlscouts #exploreree