deborahh

deborahh, 5 months ago to til

#TIL:

"In archaeology, the Maillard process occurs when bodies are preserved in peat bogs. The acidic peat environment causes a tanning or browning of skin tones and can turn hair to a red or ginger tone.

The chemical mechanism is the same as in the browning of food, but it develops slowly over time"

Maillard reaction - Wikipedia
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maillard_reaction

deborahh, 10 months ago to random

I don't often bake. But it's weird: all I can think to do, to comfort myself after the US Supreme Court's shameful, bigoted declarations this week. Is ...
To bake myeelf a blueberry cheesecake.
See ya later.

deborahh, 5 months ago to random

I had a test at the hospital, a few weeks ago, for a condition that runs in the family.
Doc just called. Biopsy: normal!

Merry Christmas to me! \o/

(And you too, if course! 🙂 )

deborahh, 9 months ago to ontario

😳😧

Fascism in #Ontario:

"The Mackenzie Health Centre has been renamed the 'Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital' in honour of Mario Cortellucci, a Senate candidate for Italy’s far-right political party and a top donor to Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s leadership campaign"

👀 "candidate for Italy’s far-right political party"?

Wtaf
Via @gemelliz https://mstdn.ca/@gemelliz/110879647040220368

deborahh, 10 months ago to random

😂 email says "save $400 ..."

Yeah, a dead giveaway that your course is overpriced, for my means.
(pushes Delete button, without reading)

deborahh, 7 months ago to Toronto

Waiting for a bus. App says "arrives in one minute" (which is according to schedule).

I message my friend: see you soon.

Return to app: bus arriving in 17 minutes. 😖

NOT the first time this happens on a Sunday with bus 113 at Main stn.
#toronto #yyz #ttcriders #TTCproblems

deborahh, 9 months ago to random

US news is like watching a suuuuper-slooow multi-car crash, with constant replays. Overwhelming. Painful. Rarely informative.
I wish they'd do better.
@dangillmor

deborahh, 6 months ago to random

I do love me a good book ... 😁

deborahh, 11 months ago to random

Found out today from @gemelliz that TO residents have to vote at their own polling location on election day ... which may not be convenient ...

BUT
you can vote at ANY advance polling place in the city from June 8-13! \o/

This thread gives you
▪ dates/times for advance voting,
▪ a link to find your poll location options,
▪ links to find out about the candidates.

(Only 28% voted last time, which means every vote can have a big impact!)

🧵 1/x ...

deborahh, 11 months ago to history

Now this was interesting reading! #history

Also, adds new shading to words like "Thanksgiving," Puritan & "rhetoric", for me. :-\

"Although it is often claimed that the Puritans colonized New England seeking, & establishing, religious freedom, this freedom actually applied only to themselves; they had little tolerance for the religious beliefs of others. … This concept, in modified form, continues to inform the policies of the United States of America."

@whencyclopedia https://mstdn.social/@whencyclopedia/110603549027127988

deborahh, 5 months ago to random

Seriously? The Murderbot series is about a brilliant. autonomous android who uses female* pronouns, so how can this "star" Alexander Skarsgard?

• or am I remembering this incorrectly?
  @marthawells
  https://mastodon.social/@GuyNamedBrian/111580910823704299

deborahh, 6 months ago to apple

Uh. What? #apple #photography

"Tessa Coates couldn't believe her eyes after a photo of her trying on a wedding dress somehow resulted in her arms being in different positions in the mirrors' reflections."

Bride's Wedding Dress Photo Captures 'Glitch In The Matrix' - Comic Sands
https://www.comicsands.com/wedding-dress-photo-glitch-matrix-2666179766.html

deborahh, 2 months ago to ai

Yes. More of this kind of "AI", please 🤞 .

@bbcnewsfeed https://mastodonapp.uk/@bbcnewsfeed/112131086919793951
#AI

deborahh, 3 months ago to scifi

This excellent scifi digest is also free at my Library, using Libby e-reader. Which has a dyslexic font, btw.
Enjoy!

Via @clarkesworld #scifi #whatToRead https://mastodon.online/@clarkesworld/111857692587601817

deborahh, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to random

Tracy Chapman's Fast Car, 2024 Grammys
Tracy Chapman and Luke Combs
(audio only)
https://youtube.com/watch?v=J3-Qw7AHfhk&feature=shared

Edit: Here's the full-length video version, finally put up on the Grammys site:
(thanks @ajlewis2 for providing the link)
https://www.grammy.com/videos/tracy-chapman-luke-combs-fast-car-2024-grammys-performance-66th-annual-grammy-awards

deborahh, 3 months ago to random

I hate how articles like this do not address the tradeoff of the commute.

In the city, I live car-free, and don't waste time sitting in public transit for hours.

Doesn't sound like a good trade-off: suburban is more affordable because I'd need a car, gas, insurance, parking & 2 hours of daily commute (or 3+ hours of commute by public transit).

@blogto https://botsin.space/@blogto/111907743950598204

deborahh, 3 months ago to random

Wow! 😄 Just think, what this could change!

Without paywall: #giftArticle https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/26/nyregion/albert-einstein-college-medicine-bronx-donation.html?unlocked_article_code=1.YU0.xHcm.KGd5ffmXFPes&smid=url-share

@GottaLaff https://mastodon.social/@GottaLaff/111998205648411810

deborahh, 3 months ago to random

🇨🇦 "major social media companies must quickly remove content that sexually victimizes a child as well as intimate content communicated without consent. … within 24 hours, subject to an oversight & review process.

A company … could be fined a maximum of 6% of its gross global revenues, government officials said …

The bill covers social media, user-uploaded adult content and live-streaming services but not private and encrypted messaging services."
https://mstdn.social/@raymondpert/112002071879724321
#cdnPoli

deborahh, 3 months ago to random

🤔 I spotted Sophie Lorain in a recent Quebec production. I immediately remembered where I first loved her acting ... no, wait, all I recall is her emodiment (brilliant, bumbling, serious, relentless).

Took me ages to hunt it down: the series Fortier (2004). 30 yrs, but the image remains: wire glasses, mop of hair, black skirt, slim legs, clunky shoes. Fumbling her bag as she enters.

Sadly, since covid, such a memory no longer connects to the facts needed to provide context, as it used to 🙁

deborahh, 2 months ago to random

@jclittle 😂

Creative Mark Artist 12 Half Pan Globetrotter Watercolor Wristband Set, Includes Portable Watercolor Palette Wristbands & Travel Paintbrush https://a.co/d/aAyGr1k

deborahh, 2 months ago to random

Was down at The Beaches tonight for a film at the mostly-empty Fox cinema. (I do recommend American Fiction … but I digress.)

Down at The Beaches, the air tonight was just heavenly. Is something blooming? Or is that just the scent of spring, down at the lake?

Mmm. I want more.

/cc @monicarooney

deborahh, 2 months ago to random

These past 3 years, I've made some difficult choices. The hardest ones are always important choices between things that are both good -- or both bad.

But: when I clearly lay out what I value, the decision-making is easier.

I learned as a coach: when choices align with what matters to me I sleep well, I don't second-guess myself. (I used to be a worrier! It's astonishing, now that I think about it)

I invite you to name what makes your life great.
https://abiggergame.today/namewhatyoulove/
#lifecoach

deborahh, 2 months ago to random

What a strange job it must be, to deconstruct a dwelling! Tearing off drywall, pulling down the ceiling! Woohoo!

deborahh, 4 months ago to climate

#cdnPoli #ClimateChange #FossilFuels

"The study, … measured concentrations of organic carbon emissions in the air by flying overhead [above oilsands sites] and taking samples. Those numbers were compared to estimated amounts, prepared using ground-based data, reported by oilsands operations.

The researchers from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) and Yale University found levels that were between 20 and 64 times higher than those reported by industry …"
https://lepoulsdumonde.com/

deborahh, 2 months ago to til

#TIL:
Saw the word jingoism twice today, so i looked it up.