Disasters bring out the best and worst of humanity. Be careful out there.

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...

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...

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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.

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.

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

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...

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

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?

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?

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??

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

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...

Ok, is this the kind of place yet where I could find an expert in either prototaxites or lichen who could answer some mildly absurd hypotheticals in service of some #soilpunk climate fiction?! It's a. (very unimportant but rather urgent) #fungi emergency 😅

The English department's IT team trying to explain the password policy to faculty in language they understand

Elizabeth, 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

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 😭

"this is fine" 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."

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?

Didn't realize how much I missed #science Twitter and #sciart Twitter til I found it here again 🥹

It's my one year cancerversary (still not dead!!! trying to remain so as long as possible!!!) so putting out the bat signal: if you or a loved one get a cancer diagnosis and need to talk to someone who's been there, lmk. If relevant, I can send tips for making chemo/rads less unrelentingly abysmal 🩵

Days like this I am quite grateful to have a hobby that involves hitting things as hard as I can with a hammer and then melting metal with fire.

If you're not using Privacy Party, you should... now available on Firefox... www.blockpartyapp.com/privacy-party/

📣 ATTN GROWTH AND MARKETING FOLKS! block party is hiring! 📣 block-party.breezy.hr/p/63fb52f84f... in my humble & biased opinion, an incredible oppty for someone who cares about making the internet better to use their growth skills in a moment that is not only career-defining but industry-defining

Is liveskeeting events still a thing on here or

Are you a journalist? Help us learn more about effective digital security messaging so that we can better advocate on safety for journalists. Check out our (very short!) survey and/or share it with your newsroom: fpf.training/survey

Honestly didn't think @mmasnick.bsky.social would make it *possible* to win this new game, but I can confirm that it actually is! can any of you beat my score?? 👀 trustandsafety.fun

A level-headed approach to solving the privacy issues with “middleware” or interoperability. This is the biggest gating issue for changes to our tech ecosystem that could be profoundly game-changing. A workable privacy approach to interoperability would be a HUGE step forward.

If you don't use privacy party, you should... very cool tool.

Art interrogating tech rhetoric as mythmaking! The dream 🥺

A concise summary of the difference between cancel culture and free speech from an anonymous Techdirt commenter.

This is my Jen. She was a UX designer committed to accessibility, changing tech She showed up everyday. I want to show up one last time for her So I’m asking your help to send her off I love You , fellow troublemaker https://gofund.me/9dfe0a9d

@blackamazon.bsky.social getting Guyanese pine tart imminently, on your rec, and I am extremely excited 🤩 thanks for sharing your pastry faves with me ❤️

Last week @daphnek.bsky.social said on here that she usually aspires to "lose less quickly". That's already a big mood for trust and safety work, and today I am feeling it especially acutely 🥺

Sincere question: who is the "call" feature for on Facebook? Folks in the global south? Folks in rural areas who otherwise have bad cell or data service? For me it's 100% a vector for unwanted contact by people I knew vaguely in high school, so I feel like I *must* be missing something here.

Posting nudes anywhere is a risk. An invite-only beta is marginally better than open Twitter, but not by very much. Esp since it is decentralized.

I am amazed that Democrats (hi @schatz.bsky.social 👋) are still supporting KOSA when the GOP is flat out saying they will use it to suppress LGBTQ+ content. https://www.techdirt.com/2023/05/24/heritage-foundation-says-that-of-course-gop-will-use-kosa-to-censor-lgbtq-content/

why is smoky suddenly ripped he's a bear he should be soft and round

Also please for the LOVE OF GOD stop sending me every single antisemitic post and image and article you see. I know antisemitism exists! LOL stop traumatizing me! I’m not the one that needs to learn!

Wh..what

Coastal redwood forever

Status: so tired from 3 days of solo parenting that I *willingly* gave the toddler the talking and singing fake tv remote toy