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themerl.bsky.social
Feathers has shown such aptitude for researching in the University of Reading library collection (specifically, advanced robotics and Theory of Laser Grids) that he's received his very own library card. only good can come from this!
A University of Reading staff Campus Card, registered to Feathers McGraw. It contains his portrait outside The MERL.
January 9, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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newseye.bsky.social
These extraordinary photos of the LA fires have been shared widely on social media, often without crediting the photographer.

These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP.

You can follow his remarkable reporting here👇
www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph...
A street is orange from flames and you can see the high winds in the palm trees. Sparks fly down the street A fire truck is engulfed in parks and flames are seen on the hill. The entire photo is red and orange from the fire A fireman with a hose runs across the front of a house in flames in the background The inside of a house is a ball of flames. The only visible thing inside is a burning Christmas tree
January 9, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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kumail.bsky.social
If people want to help and are able to donate to help those affected by these LA fires, here are places they can donate:

friendsindeedpas.org/donate-to-fr...

cpf.salsalabs.org/disasterreli...

www.directrelief.org/emergency/ca...

www.pledge.to/ccfwildfirer...

www.globalgiving.org/projects/cal...
California Fire Relief
In response to fire across California, Direct Relief provides N-95 masks, medicine, and other resources to public agencies and first responders in wildfire-affected communities.
www.directrelief.org
January 9, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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kumail.bsky.social
And this organization is helping animals who have been displaced by these fires. Donate if you have the desire or means to donate.

pasadenahumane.org/eaton-canyon...
Eaton Canyon Fire Update - Pasadena Humane
Eaton Fire Update: We have taken in over 100 animals overnight and are continuing to take in animals for emergency boarding. Due to the proximity of the evacuation zones, we […]
pasadenahumane.org
January 9, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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astrokatie.com
PSA to my friends in California near the fires: breathing in wildfire smoke is really bad for you (even if it’s not super thick where you are) but if you have face masks (N95, KN95, etc) those can help a lot
January 8, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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thelifeofsharks.com
The comic that got us demonetised on Facebook back in August. (We’re no longer on Facebook).
January 8, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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caseynewton.bsky.social
I talked to 10 current and former Meta employees about the company's surrender to the right on speech issues. All were upset. One person called the changes "a precursor to genocide" www.platformer.news/meta-fact-ch...
But in its panicked retreat from the system it spent years building, Meta may now be putting billions of users at risk. Just because Meta deleted that line about hateful speech causing offline violence doesn't mean it isn't true. And now the company has all but declared open season on immigrants, transgender people and whatever other targets that Trump and his allies find useful in their fascist project. "I can't tell you how much harm comes from non-illegal but harmful content," a longtime former trust and safety employee at the company told me. The classifiers that the company is now switching off meaningfully reduced the spread of hate movements on Meta's platforms, they said. "This is not the climate change debate, or pro-life vs. pro-choice. This is degrading, horrible content that leads to violence and that has the intent to harm other people."
January 8, 2025 at 1:52 AM