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Entering my mad scientist grow lab phase

Every time I drink milk I feel very strongly the shacharit should include a blessing for שלא עשאני אי-סבילות ללקטוז

Entering my mad scientist grow lab phase

I'm teaching a course on how to build great online communities and am hoping to pair up a few students with people who want to build, improve, grow, or change a new or existing online group. Drop a DM or email if you'd be interested in having one of my students consult (for free)!

Today feels like it *should* be Friday

As a headsup for anyone on Vyvanse, you should go check your lot numbers. www.health.com/adhd-medicat...

@joshuaraclaw.com מיר האבן געלייענט באבע-שלאק און איר קאבאק אין קלאס הײַנט!!! א מחיה

It is pitch dark outside and yet someone is still running around with a leafblower

Staggering atrocities in Sudan. Following the mass slaughter of nearly 500 men, women, and children at a maternity hospital, UN officials say: "The situation is simply horrifying... El Fasher, already the scene of catastrophic levels of human suffering, has descended into an even darker hell."

EFF is looking for a new executive director www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...

Where Seattle students and families losing SNAP benefits can get help

Is "Debian rewriting in rust"? A friend asked me earlier, having seen some contradictory headlines, and I answered on the nerd social network: cloudisland.nz/@ehashman/11...

Oh????? My story is on Gizmodo! gizmodo.com/a-woman-hide...

My guilty indulgence is reading the comments on any Seattle Times articles on Canlis. Restaurants the commenters compared it to this time around: Wedgwood Broiler, Burgermaster, Taco Time, Dick's, 5 Point Cafe, unspecified cousin's restaurant, the wife's cooking www.seattletimes.com/life/food-dr...

🎵 #Halloween Horror Mood Music 🎶 🦇 Bats! Fun bat fact: 🧪 If you take a video of bats and turn it upside down... Hanging bats filmed upside-down look like a Goth nightclub 🧪 www.youtube.com/watch?v=bS6K...

Some nostalgic Halloween cats youtu.be/0u3uHFeExeI

Happy Halloween!! m.youtube.com/watch?v=BC-J...

If you want to find a local food bank, you can use the website below. If you’re donating, it’s best to donate money. If you want to donate food, PLEASE donate food you or your family would actually eat, including things like breakfast cereals and snack foods. www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...

Many people are facing SNAP cuts in Nov. I normally make donations to food banks for US Thanksgiving, but they need support now! All these are wonderful organizations in the Seattle area: pikemarketseniorcenter.ejoinme.org/MyPages/Dona... www.ballardfoodbank.org/donate foodlifeline.org/snap-cuts-em

The costs of insurance plans are now visible at Healthcare.gov, and we scooped last week that the benchmark premium is spiking 30%. We're looking to tell the stories of Americans facing soaring insurance costs. You can share your experiences here: thewashingtonpost.formstack.com/forms/obamac...

With SNAP/EBT cuts looming I highly recommend downloading this app! Basically restaurants and other food businesses will have available bags of random food they don’t wanna waste for ppl to buy for hella cheap! This has saved me sooooo many times when I only have $5 and need some food.

Thread of nice videos to chill and decompress to: Can I pet that dawwwg????  www.tiktok.com/@success.add... note: not a dawg

🌿 NEW STORY DAY🩸 “Drosera regina” is about a woman whose body behaves like a carnivorous plant, attracting men whether she likes it or not. Read here: www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/dros... Listen here: tinyurl.com/drosera-regina Art by the talented @headfullopuddin.bsky.social

"In less than 36 hours since we announced that we will be sending payments to disabled SNAP recipients in the South—$100 to individuals and $250 to households—we have received more than 12,400 applications, totaling $2.7 million in requests." - they have to close the form tomorrow... no way to cover

Because people call me abrasive when I don't! Lol who are we kidding, they call me that anyways

In the past day we raised $65K+ USD and are thrilled to welcome 137 new Supporting Members! We truly hope you continue to follow us and share this story and more as we kick off our annual fundraiser in November. Thinking about becoming a PSF member? Info: www.python.org/psf/membersh...

Truly a symphony of leaf blowers out there today

me, staring down the DST change and having been unable to fall asleep before 12:30am for the past 2 months: this will fix me

TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-... 🧵

They're practicing calligraphy! 🐦‍⬛🪶

Food bank director: “for every meal that a food bank provides, the SNAP program provides nine. There’s no way we can meet that gap.”

TIS THE SEASON for my favourite Yiddish children's story 🎃

Should funding run out at the end of the month, “we will have the greatest hunger catastrophe in America since the Great Depression, and I don’t say that as hyperbole”, said Joel Berg, CEO of Hunger Free America. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I just donated to the Greater Boston Food Bank and Meals On Wheels. Why now? Because all of these organizations are getting ready for the coming storm. They're probably getting better deals now than they'll be able to after November 1. And, honestly, why *not* now? Carpe diem.

So far I'm doing ok for power but looks like 34k SCL customers are out of luck. Here's hoping mine stays that way and they get theirs back soon!

This is a DC area food bank that has helped laid off and unpaid government workers. They need help. If you have a few bucks to spare consider this charity. www.capitalareafoodbank.org?utm_referrer...

Hijacking popularity to say if you can't donate, food banks need volunteers! Mine really needs delivery drivers to help with the increase of delivery requests. Pantries are also a place where you can usually drop in for a few hours as a one off or whenever you have time too!

Many people are facing SNAP cuts in Nov. I normally make donations to food banks for US Thanksgiving, but they need support now! All these are wonderful organizations in the Seattle area: pikemarketseniorcenter.ejoinme.org/MyPages/Dona... www.ballardfoodbank.org/donate foodlifeline.org/snap-cuts-em

God grant me the confidence of the press release writing that a 2000 pod Kubernetes cluster is "record-breaking"

VACCINES ROCK www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...

women techmakers was the only way i engaged with this stupid company, rip www.cnn.com/2025/10/23/t...

We also recommend using @signal.org! securityplanner.consumerreports.org/tool/text-ca...

And, of course, you'll want to encrypt your laptop or desktop computer as well. Macbook: securityplanner.consumerreports.org/tool/encrypt... Windows PC: securityplanner.consumerreports.org/tool/encrypt...

@consumerreports.org Security Planner tool has tips on protecting your phone with encryption. Android: securityplanner.consumerreports.org/tool/encrypt... iPhone: securityplanner.consumerreports.org/tool/encrypt...

Using end-to-end encryption protects your digital conversations from prying eyes and fosters a safer online environment for everyone. 🔐🖥️📱🛡️#GlobalEncryptionDay 🧵

Ah yes, the Mariners disappointment fireworks, the sad alternative to the Mariners won fireworks

okay hello. it's kate alt text clinic time. show me things you didn't write alt text for because you thought it was too difficult, or for whatever other reason, please. i will help

There are a number of groups on our Giving Circle list that practice mutual aid in case folks are looking for some ideas (even just the last few groups from September offer a good starting point): docs.google.com/document/d/1...