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LA Fires: MALAN Fire & Wind Storm Resources

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Published: January 13, 2025 11:33

Wretch729 in the Check-in for LA MeFites Metatalk: "I haven't seen it posted yet so just sharing -- Mutual Aid Los Angeles (MALA) has put together a spreadsheet [offsite link] with resources such as shelter info, animal boarding info, addresses for…

Thread

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Published: January 13, 2025 10:08

Drop spindle with wool via WikimediaSheep farmer here, raising pedigree Shetlands for fleece quality ... Rhedyn comments in the post on how synthetic textiles made from plastic took over the fashion industry. Wow, there is so much fascinating info in this…

I Have Pineapple

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Published: January 12, 2025 18:08

Pineapple? Pineapple. music for skeletons seeks suggestions for the whole pineapple, and gets some great ideas. Grill / roast caramelization sounds delicious!

"He Who Would Search For Pearls Must Dive Below"

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Published: January 11, 2025 12:37

image via pixabay.comFrom ftrtts, 12 Word Searches. A book of 12 small puzzles that get trickier as you progress. For 1 or more solvers: as foxtongue describes in the comments, "puzzles in puzzles in puzzles." Just something cool that we didn't manage to…

Rocks and Hard Places

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Published: January 11, 2025 07:18

image via pickpik.comMumimor has an excellent, super helpful, comment explaining the Greenland situation from close up, if you are bemused at all by the perplexing political tempest swirling around the world's largest island and its tiny population.

Ready Or Not, We're In the New Year

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Published: January 10, 2025 14:18

Photo by Rob Young, via Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/rob-young/)As the shore of 2024 fade away and we move forward (whether we want to or not), community member summerteeth posted a thought provoking question in AskMetaFilter: "What gives you hope…

Music Even Brett Would Like

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Published: January 9, 2025 13:32

Photo by Meg Moon (https://www.instagram.com/meg_moon/?hl=en)Community member Kitteh wants to share the awesome sound of the Toronto band The Beaches, so pull up a speaker and get ready to dance!

Smells Like Soup Spirit

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Published: January 8, 2025 13:45

Photo by April Spreeman, via Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/krisandapril/)Who doesn't like soup? But one of the best things about making soup is how it can make your home smell so good. With that in mind, Charity Garfein is seeking soup (and stew)…

Twisty Passages

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Published: January 7, 2025 09:20

image via pixabay.comWolfdog has posted Essential tools to make the modern web more bearable, and people have even more recommendations in the thread. Bookmarked so hard.

(Water) Cooler Than You

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Published: January 6, 2025 09:21

completely unknown? Ways to promote Fanfare on the site ...In Metatalk, people are talking about ideas for promoting and surfacing more Fanfare activity, and in Fanfare itself, Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, Nosferatu, Yacht Rock, and A Complete Unknown are…

"This is A Human Place"

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Published: January 5, 2025 10:21

marketplace scene via pixabay.comI spent several weeks in Sudan around 1990 or 91 -- driving in a truck from Wadi Halfa, through Khartoum and Nyala, to the Central African Republic ... Read BlahLaLa's comment in storybored's post on The Decline and Fall…

Next To Godliness

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Published: January 4, 2025 08:31

image via pixabay.comMaybe one of the best things you'll ever read about how to think about cleaning / organizing in your home or personal space: I want to end the cycle of managing my living space. Yes, the whole thread. Fantastic advice abounds —…