If you’re worried about automation making your job obsolete, you’re not alone.

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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is asking that Punxsutawney Phil be replaced by an animatronic groundhog.

Phil is Pennsylvania’s famed weather-forecasting rodent. It predicts the onset of spring every year on Groundhog Day.

PETA made its request in a letter to Phil’s keepers.

The organization objects to the conditions of Phil’s captivity and believes the Groundhog Day event is too stressful for him.

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https://www.wkyt.com/content/news/PETA-w...FFRRzN7nXmsWDiw

The scientific results are in:

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Phil emerged from his den in Punxsutawney, Pa., amid a steady light snow and temperatures near 30 degrees, The marmot did not see his shadow, signifying early spring

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Today is a very special occasion -- the date is a palindrome, meaning it is the same when read forwards and backwards.

It is February 2, 2020, or 02/02/2020, in both the MM/DD/YYYY format and the DD/MM/YYYY format. At just after 2 a.m., it was 02:02:20 on 02/02/2020.

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