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LillyHerself

@LillyHerself@mastodon.social

The two greatest challenges facing humanity right now are reversing climate change & halting the spread of fascism.
[Twitter: @LillyLyle & @CivicLilly1]

(Header is a photo inspired by a painting by Magritte, taken in Wick, Scotland. "Empire of Light")

(Avatar is a photo of me on a museum visit in Edinburgh, taken by my old friend Boon Low)
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kim_harding, to random
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Individual and combined effects of non-native earthworms and native white-tailed deer on understory plant survival, growth and reproduction https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1365-2745.14285
Forests in northeastern North America have undergone dramatic transformations due to losses and gains of species, changes in land use and pollution. Historic stressors combined with new threats of white-tailed deer and non-native earthworms are threatening native plant diversity.

LillyHerself,
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@kim_harding Non-native earthworms? Here I thought there was just one kind...

LillyHerself,
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@kim_harding Well, I'm glad to hear I am not alone in my earthworm ignorance!

@Wen

LillyHerself, to random
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Bread dough blowing bubbles, hee-hee 😊

ottaross, to random
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Supper tonight, taking the easy way out and doing hot beef sandwiches.

It's that common dish elsewhere? A hot beef sandwich drowned in gravy?

It's a classic Canadian roadside or service station restaurant meal. Often it's an unattractive whole plate of beige food, if you get them with French fries. lol

We'll be a bit healthier and do it with fresh green beans. A real comfort food vibe tho.

?

LillyHerself,
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@ottaross Now you made me nostalgic for the hot turkey sandwiches of my Canadian childhood, absolutely drowned in delicious gravy, with green peas on the side, on the soggy white bread of the era, not good for much but good for absorbing the gravy.
I do a version with Quorn filets. They are a bit thick for the right "tooth", so I slice them lengthwise in half. On toasted sourdough, with Bisto gravy, which is vegetarian. And the peas, bien sûr!

LillyHerself,
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@ottaross Edinburgh already has a Montreal style bagel shop!

LillyHerself,
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@ottaross Aye, an important resource, but an 8 hour train journey away, and they don't ship :-(

LillyHerself,
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@ottaross weirdly, no. Caithness is like a giant ironing board - nearly treeless, and perfectly flat with a sharp drop off the edges. I honestly didn't realise this before I moved here, being fooled by the word "Highlands".
You can see Orkney across the water and it's very nice there.
Much further west you get into some quite spectacular scenery. Public transport is poor though, so it's hard to get around without a car.

ottaross, to random
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Another absurdity - an item I ordered has for days said "we'll email you when we know the shipping date" but it still continues to be listed with the claim "buy now for delivery tomorrow."

LillyHerself,
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@ottaross I think they should change their slogan to "We sell you up the river". 😂

ottaross, to apple
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Sure is a lot different spin on results from general outlets versus the more informed business community.

General Media: Apple is destroyed by huge drop in iPhone sales. it's all over for them.

Business Media: Apple earnings and revenue surpass analyst forecasts, while iPhone segment sales drop 10%. Shares trading up sharply.

It's that media over simplification where every story must be reduced to a single short summary rather than acknowledge any complexity.

LillyHerself,
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@ottaross I call it "headline-itis"

randahl, to random
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Horrifying terror attack in Odessa today. The Russian army has bombed the city again, destroying several buildings including the famous “Harry Potter Castle”.

5 people are reported dead. At least 32 people injured, including a woman walking her dog. The dog — a white medium sized dog, possibly a labrador mix — was killed.

I am seeing reports that the large number of injuries is caused by the use of cluster munitions, but this has not yet been officially confirmed.

We must stop Vladimir Putin.

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LillyHerself,
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@randahl Odessa is a World Heritage site - when Putin destroys it, he destroys something that belongs to the whole of humanity. https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1703/

ottaross, to sourdough
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bread loaves are rising, waiting for them to be ready for the oven.

Meanwhile, since it was hot anyway, I've put together a quick with an easy recipe I like to haul out sometimes. One of the few recipes I use almost unmodified. Well, mostly.

LillyHerself,
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@ottaross Saw this and thought of you

glennf, to random
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I know history is always on the side of those who protest against war and death, but what if this time, universities, conservatives, and police were right!

LillyHerself,
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@glennf Pigs might fly, too!

poligraf, to Palestine
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« … a strong majority of Democrats are saying enough with Netanyahu's war… you just can't give him another 10 billion for unfettered military aid… »

🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7kr0HROgcA

@palestine

🕊️ 🇵🇸 🍉 🙏🏻 ✌️ ☮️ 🇺🇸

LillyHerself,
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@poligraf Bernie Saunders is the best president the American people never got a chance to vote for.

@palestine

LillyHerself,
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@girlmaya I think this article gives a nuanced overview of Mr Saunder's opinions re the middle east. Please do read the article too, and not just the hyperbolic headline. And note the date, 30 Oct 2023. It wasn't immediately clear after the Hamas attack what was going on and how Netanyahu would react in the longer term.

@poligraf @palestine

mcnees, (edited ) to random
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Pretty good flowers, imo.

LillyHerself,
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@mcnees She's not a gardener, she's an artist! 🤩

NunavutBirder, to random
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I hate hockey.

LillyHerself,
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@NunavutBirder I hate all sports and I wish people wouldn't talk about them here on Masto.

LillyHerself,
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@NunavutBirder It's weird, because I have muted the hashtags you use for hockey, but they come through anyway because I have notifications turned on for your account. Masto works differently from twitter in that way.

realTuckFrumper, to random
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Exclusive: Trump brothers emerge as loyalty czars for dad's potential transition to White House https://www.axios.com/2024/04/24/trump-brothers-loyalty-czars-transition-team?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

LillyHerself,
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@realTuckFrumper Beavis and Butthead to the rescue!

ottaross, to random
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I'm haunted by a big jar of imported Bulgarian peaches I saw at the grocery store today.

1.7 litres of peeled halved peaches, for just under six bucks, that clearly, desperately want to be pie, and I abandoned them. What kind of monster am I?

LillyHerself,
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@ottaross I feel a rescue pie coming on...<cue mission impossible theme>

ottaross, to random
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Did you do stuff today?

I started off slow but got some things done, including making a batch of yoghurt, donating some old clothes and getting some groceries.

LillyHerself,
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@ottaross My mum always called them "Blob-blaws" hahahah

LillyHerself, to random
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@ottaross I have a deeply philosophical question for Baker-Ross: re Bran Muffins - oat bran or wheat bran?

LillyHerself, to random
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Building the Hoover dam.

LillyHerself, to random
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The Forth Road Bridge under Construction, North Queensferry, Edinburgh.
photo: Robert Blomfield (1938–2020)
(City Art Centre)

NunavutBirder, (edited ) to random
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Hadn’t updated my Flickr page in a year. Took care of that today, with a large upload. Just photos though so still work ahead.

https://flickr.com/photos/thecaffeinatedbirder/

LillyHerself,
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@NunavutBirder Hi Clare. That link doesn't work and I can't find "thecaffeinatedbirder" anywhere on Flickr. Spelling?

LillyHerself,
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@NunavutBirder Yupp, works now and I've followed you. Looking forward to poring over all those gorgeous photos of yours!

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