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deborahh

@deborahh@mstdn.ca

Soul gardener, mentor, 🌱 #LifeCoach & artist, trilingual, #ADHD, #dyslexic. I post on daily life & what makes us better humans, citizens, helpers. :progress:

ICF PCC coach & mentor-coach,
Co-Active trained; former techie; painter, printmaker.

An invitation: Come get unstuck! Honor your truth, tame your critic, love your life. Lead yourself first to create more joy. A little coaching goes a long way - first hour free & no obligation.

😷 Toronto + 🌏 online

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deborahh, to random
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This is friggin' awesome!
Actual live clams.

"The city of Warsaw gets its water from a river and the main water pump has 8 clams that have triggers attached to their shells. If the water gets too toxic, they close, and the triggers shut off the city’s water supply automatically."

@mathewi https://journa.host/@mathewi/110463602398933072

GeePawHill, to random
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I'm sorry, is the agile alliance running their 2023 conference in Florida?

Oh.

Oh sister.

Oh my sister, you gotta check yourself.

deborahh,
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@mlevison @GeePawHill will be interesting to see how enrollment (speed, diversity) compares with pre-DeSantis years...

rbreich, to random
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The debt ceiling deal has passed.

But it is a disgrace that Republicans brought us so close to the edge of catastrophe.

Moving forward, we must abolish the debt ceiling so that no party can use it to threaten the livelihoods of Americans for political gain ever again.

deborahh,
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@rbreich or abolish the perpetrating party? A modest proposal ;->

deborahh, to random
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"Paraquat has been shown in some research to increase the risk of Parkinson’s by 150% and is cited in a 2020 book, Ending Parkinson’s Disease, by four of the world’s leading neurologists as a causal factor for the disease."

The guardian, via
@GottaLaff https://mastodon.social/@GottaLaff/110474843176287675

deborahh,
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@gdinwiddie @GottaLaff oh, I didn't know why Agent Orange was so bad ... :-(

deborahh, to random
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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,
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🧵 2/x ...

Advance Voting dates:

During advance vote ONLY, from June 8 to 13 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., eligible voters can vote at ANY of the available voting locations across the city.

This convenient option is unique to this by-election, because there is only one race and therefore only one ballot at all 50 locations listed on this page

Locations:

https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/elections/by-election/by-election-advance-voting-locations/
(Locations are subject to change, please visit this page regularly.)

...

deborahh,
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🧵 3/x ...

HOWEVER, on Election Day:

On election day Monday, June 26 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

you MUST vote at YOUR designated location.

Find your voting location information on MyVote : https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/elections/by-election/by-election-voter-information/myvote-by-elections/

...

deborahh,
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🧵 4/x ...

Who's running?

Whoa, over 100 candidates, & a dog!

There's a full list, with analysis, on TheLocal.TO:
https://thelocal.to/toronto-mayor-candidates-2023/

And an easy to read, formatted summary of the top 7 polling candidates on the CP24 site:

"Key promises and policies from the leading candidates:"
https://www.cp24.com/mobile/news/promise-tracker-what-the-leading-candidates-in-toronto-s-mayoral-race-are-pledging-to-do-1.6414976

Or do a search on your fav's name.
These days, it's worth adding: pay attention to the source of any (mis-) information you find! Check multiple sources!

...

deborahh,
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🧵 5/5 ...

Why am I telling you this?

Changed rules made voting harder to access; only 28% of eligible residents voted last time.

I hope you'll share this info with your busy (or forgetful) friends :-)

Voting tells city hall what you care about, even if your candidate does not win. It's an important feedback mechanism for the democratic process (when it works well ;-> )

Please vote.

It matters to all of us. (Including the most vulnerable and least likely to vote.)

❤ deb

deborahh, to random
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Just checked in on my "US news" mastodon list. Eww.

Yeah, not gonna do that again soon.
Election posturing and blame slinging.

Enough 🖐

deborahh,
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@gdinwiddie ... plus, I'm on vacation! Why did I do it? Why? Why? 🤦‍♀️

;->

deborahh,
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@gdinwiddie I can't help but feel that all the righteous pundits and anchors are making the election "news" now for pure ratings.

I'm so tired of US "news" consisting of "give us your opinion, of course we don't know, allegedly, we'll have to see, it's too soon to say"

If it's too soon to say, STOP saying it! 🤦‍♀️

I try not to boost US nonsense unless it's of the order: "let us not turn a blind eye to fascist baby steps"

deborahh,
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@gdinwiddie ... oh, or if it's entertainingly ridiculous ;->

deborahh,
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@gdinwiddie I do like Anand's ideas. I don't read much :-) but I did attend a community call when he published his last book. 👍

deborahh,
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@gdinwiddie it occurs to me that "entertainingly ridiculous" describes half of mainstream 'news' lately. 🤔
And it does upset me because it's normalising this scoffing (which assumes it has to be this way).
So, lesson for me: don't let the news set the tone ✔

deborahh, to random
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Latest newsletter from master facilitator of gatherings, Priya Parker:

Embrace Generous Exclusion

What? Yes. Have a look.
https://mailchi.mp/priyaparker/generous-exclusion-10156136?e=908772b215

jace, to food
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Having some comfort food because we all deserve it. The Peach Mango Pie from Jollibee is unrivalled heaven.

Image of peach mango pie outside of the container.

deborahh,
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@jace consolation prize: just for today, nothing you eat had any calories! ❤

deborahh, to random
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As the Toronto by-election approaches (June 26) I will be tweeting about it, because it's an important juncture for this city and voter turnout has been incredibly low.

If you live outside Ontario, and feel ¯_(ツ)_/¯ then just filter out hashtags and and these posts should disappear. Voila!
:-)

PatriciaPhotos, to photography

The pendulum of Foucault in the Pantheon in Paris, France

YOU CAN FIND IT HERE IN FULL:
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/foucaults-pendulum-patricia-hofmeester.html

By https://pixels.com/profiles/patricia-hofmeester/shop # @PatriciaPhotos

deborahh,
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@PatriciaPhotos I was very near the Pantheon once, and decided not to go in. I'd been spooked by the novel Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco. 🤦‍♀️

jace, to random
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My heart hurts.

deborahh,
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@jace @chad condolences :-(

deborahh, to ai
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"As co-leader of Google’s small ethical AI team, Timnit Gebru was one of the authors of an academic paper that warned about the kind of AI that is increasingly built into our lives, ... The clear danger, it said, is that such supposed 'intelligence' is based on huge data sets that 'overrepresent hegemonic viewpoints & encode biases ... threatens to deepen the dominance of a way of thinking that is white, male, comparatively affluent & focused on the US & Europe.'"

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/may/22/there-was-all-sorts-of-toxic-behaviour-timnit-gebru-on-her-sacking-by-google-ais-dangers-and-big-techs-biases?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

deborahh, to random
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The extra mental load for people w disabilities 😖 - just one example: (translated)

"It means not simply being able to buy school and study materials, but also needing to write to the manufacturers for every book, every exercise material that you need a version without DRM in order to be able to use it with the screen reader."

@Mela https://zusammenkunft.net/@Mela/110442726410055633

jon, to random
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And really the sheer absurdity of European Sleeper

Here are two determined guys. They lease a freight locomotive, 2 ancient sleeping cars (at least with air con), 6 couchettes without air con (also old) and 2 seating carriages

And they manage to run a Berlin-Brussels night train, something that others - like DB, NS or SNCB - could much more easily do with their financial means BUT REFUSE TO EVEN TRY

And basic though it is it’s booked up all summer

Couchette compartment
from a couchette
Label on the locomotive. vMax 140 km/h

deborahh,
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@reinoudk @prefec2 @jon. wait ... there are showers in first class, on airplanes? 🤯

deborahh,
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@jon @reinoudk @prefec2 never occurred to me to look for showers in the stations!

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