Tiktok really is gone, but its kind of a relief? Not in the sense that we did something good, but that the anxiety is over. Now I can move on, and tbh, less socials in my phone.
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We're over $25,000 in debt from the last few years but hopeful we can raise enough to fund this years field work season. Times are really tight and we're getting skinny trying to save as much as possible.
Any help at all would be greatly appreciated.
Please donate today.
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Itβs true that itβs better to make bad art than no art at all but thatβs also true if you used to make art and feel like you canβt anymore. If you feel that desire to create again you should do it for YOURSELF. If it makes you happy, hold onto that
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 hereπ
www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph...
Free tip from someone who has lost βjust stuffβ in a disaster. Donβt say anything like βitβs just stuffβ or βeverything can be replacedβ to people. Itβs traumatizing, insensitive, and frankly inaccurate.
$1,131,794,901
That's how much Big Oil has spent over the last 30 years paying off Congress to look the other way on climate action while the planet burns.
Well, the planet is burning.
Don't let them look away.
If you want to understand that no, Mark Zuckerman isn't some harmless money-grubbing schmuck, go read the truly shocking "Mindf*ck: Cambridge Analytica And The Plot To Break America" by whistleblower Christopher Wylie. You will have trouble sleeping after reading this book.
I canβt begin to express how bad these fires are. Friends have evacuated to our house and other friends are packing up what they can to evacuate and we are wondering if we are going to have to evacuate too. Itβs such a colossal shitshow.
From a FB post. Hey California friendsβ¦my friendβs dog sanctuary in Topanga has burned to the ground. 30 dogs looking for fosters ASAP. Please contact me if you can help, even help for a temporary basis it would do so much . Please call or text me on 248 520 0054
Tonight in stargazing
OH 231.8+04.2-
The Rotten Egg Nebula
Constellation Puppis
Distance 5,000 light years
Discovered by William Herschel 1786
Length 1.4 light years
Named after its high sulfur content it's a star of similar size as our sun but in its early stages of planetary nebula formation
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Sharing one incidental detail from a film that's been out for two weeks βΒ particularly when that film is a remake of a film that came a century ago with "new" elements borrowed from a book that came out 130 years ago that itself has been made into dozens of films βΒ does not constitute a spoiler.
People treating politics like entertainment, as if this isnt our literal democracy is so insane I never thought about this LMFAO No wonder weβre set up the way we are. Look at the material!