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I’m a neurologist who treats myasthenia gravis. Ask me anything about living with myasthenia gravis.
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Propensity Named a Challenger in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™.
Propensity Named a Challenger in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™.
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I am a Fire Chief of one of the last remaining volunteer fire departments in Southern California. AMA.
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I am a Fire Chief of one of the last remaining volunteer fire departments in Southern California. AMA.

Most people don't realize volunteer fire departments still exist out here. Cal OES, career agency consolidation, liability concerns, funding structures — all of it has pushed volunteer departments to the edge of extinction in this part of the state. We're one of the few still standing.

I run Southern California Wildfire Response (SCWR), stationed in the Santa Monica Mountains. We're an all-volunteer, zero-paid-staff recognized fire department — nobody on this team draws a paycheck, including me. We operate Type 6 wildland engines, run a 25 person hand crew and work along side, with the same expectations and trainings as career agencies like LAFD, LACoFD & Cal Fire.

I joined because I believe the work matters more than the paycheck attached to it. Happy to talk about any of it — the ops side, the politics, the funding, why people sign up for this with no pay.

PROOF: https://socalwildfire.org/reddit-ama/

Ask me anything.

Crosspost of an AMA with researchers from Pew Research Center studying American politics. They're here today June 23 (10am-2pm ET) to answer your questions about our new political typology which groups Americans into nine political groups based on their values.
u/SpaceElevatorMusic avatar u/SpaceElevatorMusic
Crosspost of an AMA with researchers from Pew Research Center studying American politics. They're here today June 23 (10am-2pm ET) to answer your questions about our new political typology which groups Americans into nine political groups based on their values.
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Direct link to the AMA: We’re researchers from Pew Research Center studying American politics. We’ll be here June 23 (10am-2pm ET) to answer your questions about our new political typology which groups Americans into nine political groups based on their values. Ask us anything! : r/politics