Disasters bring out the best and worst of humanity. Be careful out there.
If you've been affected by the LA fires, be aware: scammers often pose as contractors. Here's some red flags to watch for:
* Coming door-to-door
* Asking to be paid in cash only
* Trying to rush you into a contract
* Not having a license or insurance in your state
* Asking for personal info
* Coming door-to-door
* Asking to be paid in cash only
* Trying to rush you into a contract
* Not having a license or insurance in your state
* Asking for personal info
January 14, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Disasters bring out the best and worst of humanity. Be careful out there.
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Why should you call insurance ASAP? Because opening a claim may trigger Loss of Use benefits — which can help cover:
* temporary housing
* emergency medicine refills
* food
More tips on calling insurance here: brightharbor.com/blog/after-f...
* temporary housing
* emergency medicine refills
* food
More tips on calling insurance here: brightharbor.com/blog/after-f...
The First Step To Fire Recovery: Call Your Insurance - Bayt
Recover quickly and confidently from floods, fires, hurricanes, and more with a dedicated recovery specialist by your side. Get expert guidance, insurance support, and trusted vendor connections to na...
brightharbor.com
January 12, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Why should you call insurance ASAP? Because opening a claim may trigger Loss of Use benefits — which can help cover:
* temporary housing
* emergency medicine refills
* food
More tips on calling insurance here: brightharbor.com/blog/after-f...
* temporary housing
* emergency medicine refills
* food
More tips on calling insurance here: brightharbor.com/blog/after-f...
If you lost your house in the LA fires and are overwhelmed, @brightharbor.bsky.social made a step-by-step guide to what you should (and should NOT) do this week to start your recovery 🩵
There is a lot of TERRIBLE advice floating around. Protect yourself!!! brightharbor.com/blog/fire-re...
There is a lot of TERRIBLE advice floating around. Protect yourself!!! brightharbor.com/blog/fire-re...
January 11, 2025 at 4:54 AM
If you lost your house in the LA fires and are overwhelmed, @brightharbor.bsky.social made a step-by-step guide to what you should (and should NOT) do this week to start your recovery 🩵
There is a lot of TERRIBLE advice floating around. Protect yourself!!! brightharbor.com/blog/fire-re...
There is a lot of TERRIBLE advice floating around. Protect yourself!!! brightharbor.com/blog/fire-re...
Paging @blockpartyapp.com
In 2025 (less than 30 days away), PayPal will start selling your transaction history for targeted advertising.
I very highly recommend logging into your account and going to Settings > Data & Privacy > Personalized Shopping.
If you're reading this, turn that off RIGHT NOW before you forget.
I very highly recommend logging into your account and going to Settings > Data & Privacy > Personalized Shopping.
If you're reading this, turn that off RIGHT NOW before you forget.
December 8, 2024 at 2:45 PM
Paging @blockpartyapp.com
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In 2025 (less than 30 days away), PayPal will start selling your transaction history for targeted advertising.
I very highly recommend logging into your account and going to Settings > Data & Privacy > Personalized Shopping.
If you're reading this, turn that off RIGHT NOW before you forget.
I very highly recommend logging into your account and going to Settings > Data & Privacy > Personalized Shopping.
If you're reading this, turn that off RIGHT NOW before you forget.
December 5, 2024 at 9:12 PM
In 2025 (less than 30 days away), PayPal will start selling your transaction history for targeted advertising.
I very highly recommend logging into your account and going to Settings > Data & Privacy > Personalized Shopping.
If you're reading this, turn that off RIGHT NOW before you forget.
I very highly recommend logging into your account and going to Settings > Data & Privacy > Personalized Shopping.
If you're reading this, turn that off RIGHT NOW before you forget.
My insurance has been great so far. But you know why? I have good coverage, yes, but more importantly, breast cancer is Very Common. (And Stanford clearly teaches their doctors how to argue with insurance.)
I'm obviously super grateful but also so, so mad-- it should be like this for everyone.
I'm obviously super grateful but also so, so mad-- it should be like this for everyone.
People who are mostly healthy, or sick with "standard"* sorts of illnesses comparing notes on healthcare plans is gonna make me lose my marbles man.
* (i.e. *not* things like infection-associated chronic conditions that have been institutionally neglected, purposefully, for decades now)
* (i.e. *not* things like infection-associated chronic conditions that have been institutionally neglected, purposefully, for decades now)
December 7, 2024 at 1:52 AM
My insurance has been great so far. But you know why? I have good coverage, yes, but more importantly, breast cancer is Very Common. (And Stanford clearly teaches their doctors how to argue with insurance.)
I'm obviously super grateful but also so, so mad-- it should be like this for everyone.
I'm obviously super grateful but also so, so mad-- it should be like this for everyone.
Dear fine purveyors of #fishmas, if I wanted to swap this made up angler fish in a board book I'm working on for a *real* species of anglerfish, which would be the *coolest*?
*and ideally most colorful, because children
*and ideally most colorful, because children
December 6, 2024 at 11:01 PM
Dear fine purveyors of #fishmas, if I wanted to swap this made up angler fish in a board book I'm working on for a *real* species of anglerfish, which would be the *coolest*?
*and ideally most colorful, because children
*and ideally most colorful, because children
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When Helene dropped five months of rain in three days on Asheville, Asheville Food & Beverage United members checked on one another and organized their own relief, incl. a joint solidarity fund with @raiseupthesouth.bsky.social, @keithbrowerbrown.bsky.social reported: labornotes.org/2024/12/hurr...
In Hurricane Ruins, North Carolina Food Workers Organize and Fight
Twenty-one days without running water. A week before any cell service or internet. Hospitals closed, and thousands of houses swept away. Not long after developers started trumpeting the city of Ashevi...
labornotes.org
December 6, 2024 at 4:15 AM
When Helene dropped five months of rain in three days on Asheville, Asheville Food & Beverage United members checked on one another and organized their own relief, incl. a joint solidarity fund with @raiseupthesouth.bsky.social, @keithbrowerbrown.bsky.social reported: labornotes.org/2024/12/hurr...
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For your situational awareness, every $1 spent on NOAA yields $9 in benefit to the US economy.
December 5, 2024 at 10:08 PM
For your situational awareness, every $1 spent on NOAA yields $9 in benefit to the US economy.
Beware letting your toddler know that you can even vaguely draw or their requests will only escalate in complexity and copyright infringement
December 5, 2024 at 9:48 PM
Beware letting your toddler know that you can even vaguely draw or their requests will only escalate in complexity and copyright infringement
If you're trying to find out info about the earthquakes/tsunami, what questions are you hoping to find answers to first? And where did you look?
December 5, 2024 at 7:49 PM
If you're trying to find out info about the earthquakes/tsunami, what questions are you hoping to find answers to first? And where did you look?
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Read below to learn about the Cyber Resilience Corps (cltc.berkeley.edu/program/cybe...) and how to get involved. I'm looking forward to collaborating this group!
Huge thanks to @craignewmark.bsky.social, @cltcberkeley.bsky.social, CyberPeace Institute, CISA and others! #cybercivildefense
December 4, 2024 at 1:38 AM
Read below to learn about the Cyber Resilience Corps (cltc.berkeley.edu/program/cybe...) and how to get involved. I'm looking forward to collaborating this group!
Huge thanks to @craignewmark.bsky.social, @cltcberkeley.bsky.social, CyberPeace Institute, CISA and others! #cybercivildefense
I realize all these questions have proven fruitless so far but...is anybody doing research on nanobots lichenizing?
November 27, 2024 at 8:29 PM
I realize all these questions have proven fruitless so far but...is anybody doing research on nanobots lichenizing?
Once again, my family has underestimated my willingness to commit to the bit, and so now we are having matryoshka squash for Thanksgiving. (You'd think they would learn someday. They have not.)
The real question: is the big blue and pink boy in back a Hubbard, a Queensland blue, or something else??
The real question: is the big blue and pink boy in back a Hubbard, a Queensland blue, or something else??
November 26, 2024 at 1:54 AM
Once again, my family has underestimated my willingness to commit to the bit, and so now we are having matryoshka squash for Thanksgiving. (You'd think they would learn someday. They have not.)
The real question: is the big blue and pink boy in back a Hubbard, a Queensland blue, or something else??
The real question: is the big blue and pink boy in back a Hubbard, a Queensland blue, or something else??
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I see a lot of you still sharing posts from the obviously fake Count Dracula account, so please be aware:
- the real Count would never post during daylight hours in Romania
- his full given name is Vlad, not Vladimir
- he does not actually say “blah” and would never write it out in a post
- the real Count would never post during daylight hours in Romania
- his full given name is Vlad, not Vladimir
- he does not actually say “blah” and would never write it out in a post
November 20, 2024 at 4:21 PM
I see a lot of you still sharing posts from the obviously fake Count Dracula account, so please be aware:
- the real Count would never post during daylight hours in Romania
- his full given name is Vlad, not Vladimir
- he does not actually say “blah” and would never write it out in a post
- the real Count would never post during daylight hours in Romania
- his full given name is Vlad, not Vladimir
- he does not actually say “blah” and would never write it out in a post
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Okay folks, this morning we launched our Kickstarter campaign for our new *amazing* card game, One Billion Users. You can back it here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/mma...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/mma...
One Billion Users: The Social Media Card Game
A competitive card game to build the biggest and best social media platform
www.kickstarter.com
November 19, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Okay folks, this morning we launched our Kickstarter campaign for our new *amazing* card game, One Billion Users. You can back it here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/mma...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/mma...
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The English department's IT team trying to explain the password policy to faculty in language they understand
November 12, 2024 at 3:52 PM
The English department's IT team trying to explain the password policy to faculty in language they understand
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Elizabeth,
I have included you in the Starter Pack, “People who have had the pleasure of my company.”
You’re welcome,
Darcy
I have included you in the Starter Pack, “People who have had the pleasure of my company.”
You’re welcome,
Darcy
November 17, 2024 at 11:53 PM
Elizabeth,
I have included you in the Starter Pack, “People who have had the pleasure of my company.”
You’re welcome,
Darcy
I have included you in the Starter Pack, “People who have had the pleasure of my company.”
You’re welcome,
Darcy
It's baby carrots too, fellow toddler parents
November 18, 2024 at 4:40 AM
It's baby carrots too, fellow toddler parents
got a real hot date planned for this saturday night
November 17, 2024 at 4:43 AM
got a real hot date planned for this saturday night
Say what you will about parenting advice from Insta, but my kid is 2.5 & just stopped *herself* from having a tantrum by explaining to her baby fox that it is "okay to be frustrated at your mommy or daddy sometimes". She is better at emotional regulation than most adults I know 😭
November 16, 2024 at 9:01 PM
Say what you will about parenting advice from Insta, but my kid is 2.5 & just stopped *herself* from having a tantrum by explaining to her baby fox that it is "okay to be frustrated at your mommy or daddy sometimes". She is better at emotional regulation than most adults I know 😭
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"this is fine"
British Library Manuscript - royal ms 20 a ii f3r
British Library Manuscript - royal ms 20 a ii f3r
November 16, 2024 at 11:36 AM
"this is fine"
British Library Manuscript - royal ms 20 a ii f3r
British Library Manuscript - royal ms 20 a ii f3r
If you feel confused or lost, just remember the ancient wisdom my 2.5 year old whispered to me as she drifted off to sleep tonight:
"An octopus is NOT an ankylosaurus."
"An octopus is NOT an ankylosaurus."
November 16, 2024 at 5:44 AM
If you feel confused or lost, just remember the ancient wisdom my 2.5 year old whispered to me as she drifted off to sleep tonight:
"An octopus is NOT an ankylosaurus."
"An octopus is NOT an ankylosaurus."
Hi #printmaking and #linocut folks! I am just starting out with speedcarve experiments (like these angry li'l geese!) If you've been at it a while, would you share with me one thing you wish you knew when you first started?
November 15, 2024 at 8:44 PM
Hi #printmaking and #linocut folks! I am just starting out with speedcarve experiments (like these angry li'l geese!) If you've been at it a while, would you share with me one thing you wish you knew when you first started?