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My govt funded research job just went from “no promotions or raises for the foreseeable future” to “9 of your coworkers were let go today due to finances” in less than 3 weeks, but thank the gods we squeezed in that employee awards ceremony in between. 🤷🏽‍♀️

Ya’ll can we please standardise whether online exam timers count up or down? I had to do two today and nearly had a heart attack when I saw the timer at 4 mins and I’m just on question 6. Smh.

a man in a red jacket says please leave in black letters ALT: a man in a red jacket says please leave in black letters

Me, anytime people are over at my house for a holiday function more than three hours:

a man in a suit is carrying a stack of pizza boxes . Alt: A man in a suit is carrying a stack of pizza boxes comes back into the room to find absolute chaos has broken loose while he was gone and things are on fire.

Me coming back to my grant funded university job in Maine after a lovely international vacation…

If you love your library, listen up…

We interrupt this lovely Maine mud season to bring you 6” of dense wet snow. Enjoy!

I need you to know that a spillover epidemic of the bird flu that is sweeping right now is the thing that epidemiologists have been deathly concerned about for years. Now is not the time to be defunding and scrubbing data from our health agencies.

‘Essential’: nearly 400 incarcerated firefighters deployed as LA battles wildfires The firefighters earn $5.80-$10.24 per day plus $1 an hour when responding to active emergencies, according to CDCR

There are 395 incarcerated firefighters helping combat the wildfires in LA right now. They earn up to $26.90 over a 24-hour shift.

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

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...

If you are within the triangle of the Palisades, Eaton, and Hurst fires and can see this, GET OUT NOW!!! Evacuate whether or not you have an order. I can not emphasise enough how fast these fires can spread and change direction. There are already not enough responders to help you, leave now.

Is it really the holiday season if you don’t end up stress eating a 4 pack of Reese’s in the parking lot of a gracery store. Extra points if it’s the second gracery store of the day, right?

POV: You’re me, in my university office with the window flung wide open on a 46F day because the archaic heating system turns my office into a sauna while not touching my coworker’s office across the hall. I’m literally 3 sips of coffee from starting my fan.

The beauty of working from home on a cold winter day is that I can make myself a red-eye any time I want. Stay warm and caffeinated my friends.

Amanda Serrano was absolutely robbed! Such a warrior and she took the disappointment like a champ.
🇵🇭 ♥️♥️

Upon meeting a werewolf: "Maybe we should ask him if we would lycan when he's angry." - The Barbarian Boxer

"Why these gods always be knocking me out after every prayer." - The High Maintenance Cleric

Out of Context D&D Quotes:

"I have never, to my knowledge, punched a god." - The Barbarian Boxer

"Ah yes, the polite flank. It's a classic maneuver. Everyone remembers it." - The Sassy Wizard

If you see me walking around with powdery stains ony clothes the next few months, mind ya business. It's baking season and shady people don't get none.

spongebob is sitting at a table in a diner with a cup of coffee ALT: spongebob is sitting at a table in a diner with a cup of coffee

I feel like I'm waiting on the grade for the worst group project of my life.

The Pentagon Wants to Use AI to Create Deepfake Internet Users The Department of Defense wants technology so it can fabricate online personas that are indistinguishable from real people.

theintercept.com/2024/10/17/p...

Listening to a Security Now story about the DOD looking for deep fake tech suppliers to help themcatfish folks with propaganda on social media. Officially can't trust anything you see on the Internet anymore.

If you're a creator who:

- Takes long break periods
- Creates very slowly
- Has another full time job or engagement
- Struggles with productivity
- Is inconsistent

I'm sorry to tell you...

YOU'RE STILL A VALID CREATOR BECAUSE CREATING IS TIED TO PASSION, NOT PRODUCTIVITY 💜✨️

Needed this, thank you! ♥️♥️

AMAZING!!! Great show with so much energy. Fantastic set too. I'll deffo go again whenever I can!!

When you're at the rock show and your 8:30 bedtime reminder pops up, you might be getting old. Still not too old to hang out with Spiritual Cramp, L.S Dunes, and Rise Against for the evening. 🔥🔥☠️♥️♥️