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Hi Reddit, IamA snake photographer from Cape Town, South Africa - I relocate wild snakes found in people’s homes back to nature, I train people on snake identification and first aid for snakebite via the African Snakebite Institute, and I photograph snakes as a hobby.
PROOF: https://i.imgur.com/QRrAXZs.jpg
You can see my photography here: r/wvzphotos
Several of my photos were used in the newly revised and published "A Complete Guide to the Snakes of Southern Africa": https://www.africansnakebiteinstitute.com/book
I also helped develop a free app that provides information about snakes, spiders, and scorpions in Southern Africa, and has been downloaded more than 200,000 times: https://snakebiteapp.co.za/
The work I do is all about conservation, and with every callout / training session I also try to educate the public about the importance of citizen science - helping researchers collect data via apps like iNaturalist.
Unfortunately there are a multitude of myths & misconcepts about snakes out there, so feel free to Ask Me Anything about snakes, snakebite, and snake safety! I'm out in the field looking for things to photograph today so I'll answer questions throughout the day as I can.
My knowledge is focused mainly on Southern African species, but I’ll try to answer questions about exotics as well as I can.
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You can see photos & videos of my relocations here:
I have worked in infosec for 30 years and have seen it all. Ask me anything about malware, hackers, organized online crime gangs, privacy, or cyberwar. Also feel free to ask me about my new book, «If It’s Smart, It’s Vulnerable». We can also discuss pinball playing techniques.
EDIT: Thanks all! Gotta go, have a nice weekend everyone. As a takeaway, here's a video of a recent talk I gave about the cyberwar in Ukraine.
PS. For those who are into podcasts, here's an episode of the Cyber Security Sauna podcast where I discuss my new book.
Hello, mystery enthusiasts and puppet fans! We're the team behind Fogtown, a new take on Sherlock Holmes made through the medium of finger puppets.
Fogtown blends old-fashioned puppeteering with cutting-edge virtual production tech. We film our puppets in front of large screens with realtime 3D environments in the Unreal Engine — the same way The Mandalorian is made, but on a micro scale.
We're neck-deep in crafting a pilot episode of Fogtown as well as a short choose-your-own-adventure game. We're working with some incredible voice actors, including Stephen Russell (Garrett from the Thief games, as well as probably most of your favorite characters from Skyrim and Fallout 3 & 4) and Rizwan Manji (Ray Butani in Schitt's Creek and Jamil the janitor in Peacemaker). Our videogame project is an FMV throwback, featuring actors like Dean Erickson (who's last and only other game role was playing Gabriel Knight in The Beast Within / GK2) Paul Morgan Stetler (the star of Phantasmagoria 2), Lenval Brown (Disco Elysium's narrator) and Rupert Booth (Contradiction)!
Here's a video that shows off what we're aiming for. You can visit our website for much more info about Fogtown. Oh, and we've been posting new videos every single weekday on our YouTube channel to promote our ongoing fundraising that closes August 30th!
We're here to answer questions about Fogtown, puppetry, virtual production, or other projects we've made (last year, our director made a finger puppet show about a Reddit argument that this site seem to enjoy quite a bit). Ask us anything!
(Currently present are series creator directors Sean Parker & Austin Hillebrecht and co-writer Devon Rawlings. Stay tuned for the appearance of possible special guests from our cast.)
The Puppets: https://imgur.com/qvUSxHn
Proof: Here's my proof!
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EDIT: Looks like things are winding down, thank you everyone for participating today! We had a blast making silly puppet videos. Yes, even for the mean questions. We'll keep monitoring this account for a bit so feel free to send in latecomer questions over the next few days and we'll do our best to answer them all.
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I am a licensed grade 4 operator (highest)! I am here to answer any questions about water treatment and drinking water! I have done one in the past but with recent events and the pandemic things are a little different and it's always fun to educate the public on what we do!
proof: https://imgur.com/a/QKvJZqT also I have done one in the past and was privately verified as well
Edit: holy crap this blew up bigger than last time thank you for the silver! I'm trying to get to everyone! Shameless twitch plug since I am way underpaid according to everyone twitch.tv/darkerdjks
EDIT: That's all the time I have for questions today! You can find me on Twitter (@CQuintanaDC) where my dms are open if you have more questions.
PROOF: https://i.redd.it/uix5cs7rwqj91.jpg
My work focuses on oversight of predatory colleges and how students pay for higher education. I have found an evidently fake university that evaded federal and state oversight which resulted in the Education Department stripping the school's accreditor of federal recognition. And I previously revealed a well-known student loan expert was actually the creation of a student loan refinancing company.
These days I have been writing extensively about student loan debt cancellation, how much it will cost and who it will benefit. I have also written about the debt the Department of Education has already wiped out, and what borrowers should know about available relief programs.
Related Links:
Feds strip authority of college accreditor behind ITT Tech, fake university: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2022/08/19/feds-deny-appeal-accreditor-behind-itt-tech-seemingly-fake-college/7842043001/
Is student loan forgiveness fair to those without college degrees? Americans remain divided over costs: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2022/07/19/student-loan-forgiveness-fair-poll/10061005002/
Free college or federal student loans? These alternatives could help solve student debt crisis: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2022/05/22/student-loan-forgiveness-free-college-biden-options/9665884002/
Want student loan forgiveness? Millions of jobs qualify for updated program — and yours might be one of them: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2022/02/23/student-loan-forgiveness-expansion/6817734001/
How the student loan payment pause changed people’s lives: https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/education/2022/03/29/student-loan-payment-pause-biden-forgiveness/6925296001/
https://www.reddit.com/r/jobs/comments/wxk584/live_talk_ama_w_emily_mucken_reddit_senior/
Emily Mucken is a 15-year veteran of hiring people from many backgrounds for many different types of industries.
She was laid off from her role at Netflix in May of this year, but put her insider knowledge of the recruiting/hiring industry to quickly land an awesome role hiring senior tech talent for Reddit!
Emily will use this Talk to share her best timely and practical tips for how to navigate a job search during the market we are currently in. She will bust some myths, share some relevant stories, and maybe even make you laugh through your jobseeker tears.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emucken/
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