Deborah Hartmann Preuss, pcc

Soul gardener, mentor, life coach 🌱 she/her/ms.
ICF PCC & mentor-coach. Co-Active CPCC.

I help you honor your truth, tame your critic, love your life. Lead yourself first to create more joy ❤

Get unstuck: try it for free, no sales pitch. A little coaching goes a long way!

I tweet about life & what makes us better humans and better helpers. I may follow you back, if I see a real profile.

#Toronto #joy #coaching #lifecoaching #compassion #values #impostorSyndrome #yyz

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2024-07-23 03:27:31

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@npub1867…mfsf oh, that's beautiful! Well done 👏

2024-06-19 16:40:34

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@npub1ywy…cksd Thx. So would I run zoom in the browser there, rather than an app? I'm guessing I'd have fewer features on the browser zoom option. 🤔

2024-06-18 17:00:01

Looking for Linux input:
My work is almost 100% online using zoom. Recently my s-l-o-w Win10 pc constantly drops zoom calls, disrupting my clients' flow and making my work impossible and unprofessional. 🤬
I'm considering buying a small linux machine just for zoom. I am am old - I really don't want to learn a new OS (beyond the steps needed to install zoom). I'm hoping a mini linux pc will suffice (I'm cost sensitive). I have no idea which hardware or linux OS to get.
Tips welcome!

2024-06-10 15:39:35

😂
"Although armchair experts will tell you their granny used one to knit gloves, archaeologists are undecided on their intended use."
(See link in article)
@npub12ze…hunm #knitting https://c.im/@jake4480/112589658071826089

2024-05-31 14:20:14

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@npub1zak…d6uu glad to hear it. I admit, the thought occurred to me. 🤞 I hope this blows over without violence.

2024-05-29 04:24:33

"If instead of 10 blue links, you get an answer from a chatbot that reproduces information from [various sources], you've lost the ability to situate the information in its context. And, in this ex., you've lost the opp. to serendipitously discover the existence of the community in the forum. Worse still, if this is frequently how you get access to information, you lose the opportunity to build up your own understanding of the landscape in the information ecosystem."
#AI
https://dair-community.social/@emilymbender/112520320400170894

2024-05-28 15:37:35

Interesting: background on how attourneys construct their closing arguments in US criminal trial.
@npub1cy0…ggw4 https://newsie.social/@TheConversationUS/112518214495433735
#usPoli @usPolitics

2024-05-12 16:25:31

Must-read on Mothers' Day 👀
"Why do not the mothers of mankind interfere … to prevent the waste of human life? … "Arise, women! Say firmly: ‘We will not have great questions decided by irrelevant agencies."
-- Julia Ward Howe 1870
"Howe had it translated into French, Spanish, Italian, German, Swedish & distributed as widely as possible. She believed that her Women’s Peace Movement would be the next great development in human history, ending war…"
😭🙏 please
https://mstdn.social/@marick/112428377468248667

2024-05-10 14:42:12

Folks, if you're still giving your $ to The New York Times, you might want to reconsider. Have you noticed what they're doing with your money?
#disinformation #electioneering
@npub1lzz…jhl3 https://toad.social/@wdlindsy/112416634685406888

2024-05-06 17:54:58

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@npub1mpw…4h3u the backlit person is a wonderful photo! ❤

2024-04-19 02:00:02

In the US: "Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Takes Action Against Coding Boot Camp BloomTech and CEO Austen Allred for Deceiving Students, Hiding Loan Costs, and making false claims about graduates’ hiring rates.
Allred tweeted that the school achieved a 100 percent job-placement rate in one of its cohorts, and later acknowledged in a private message that the sample size was just one student."
😡
https://sfba.social/@divya/112288739369059684

2024-04-14 12:10:25

"this is not "normal Scrabble": the new game, which will soon go on sale across Europe, is designed to encourage players to work together, rather than competing against each other."
"The makers of Scrabble found that younger people, Gen Z people, don't quite like the competitive nature of Scrabble. 'They want a game where you can simply enjoy language, words, being together and having fun creating words'."
https://mastodonapp.uk/@bbcnewsfeed/112267041415081262
#boardGames #NewBoardGames

2024-04-06 19:16:46

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@npub1vyt…mgjn seedlings are especially important in northern climes, where the growing season is shorter 👍

2024-03-29 14:06:59

🤬😤
"In an attempt to reduce the population of the former Danish colony, at least 4,500 women and girls are believed to have undergone the medical procedure, being forcibly fitted with the contraceptive coil, usually without their consent or knowledge, at the hands of Danish doctors, from 1966-1970 alone.
… now generations of Inuit women are left traumatised and suffering reproductive complications, including infertility, as a result of the Danish state’s policy."
https://c.im/@RadicalAnthro/112179082138690655

2024-03-25 13:32:53

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@npub13vq…06zw well, that drew out a couple more who are worth blocking 👍
Sorry to hear it, molly 😕

2024-03-25 01:00:01

"Big Tech companies like OpenAI have spent years training AIs on the copyright-protected stories of news orgs. Now they think they can replace the work of actual human journalists with AI-generated 'news'.
If we don’t fight back, the logical endpoint is the complete hollowing out of the journalism profession, … sooner than you may realize.
That’s why The Intercept has filed a federal lawsuit against OpenAI.
We’re asking you to stand with us by making a donation."
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/intercept_join?akid=8918.101404.IcNAKz&rd=1&refcode=em_intercept_20240315_nm_openAI-lawsuit&refcode2=8918_101404_IcNAKz&t=9

2024-03-19 18:00:20

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@npub1l3g…vu48 @npub1j8v…4kxc we don't desalinate sea water for humans experiencing drought, for a reason: it's exoensive. And tap water is "free", right? 🙎‍♀️ #no
I have no doubt they'd figure out a solution to that, if we motivated them.
#AI #LLM

2024-03-19 17:54:57

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@npub1l3g…vu48 @npub1j8v…4kxc #AI #LLM #FreshWaterCrisis https://mastodon.online/@brad262run/112096627720700058

2024-03-15 15:26:09

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@npub1lzz…jhl3 how odd: minoritari@n rule, in a "democratic country". I'm looking at you, electoral college.

2024-03-14 13:31:59

🇨🇦 Monday, MPs will vote on an NDP motion in support of Palestine, that would stop the sale of Cdn arms to the Israeli military, recognize Palestinian statehood, & help bring an end to the Israeli govt’s assault on civilian life.
It will be the first opportunity for MPs to vote on Gaza as individuals – rather than towing the party line. If we can flood them with emails calling on them to support the motion, it could happen.
Please, sign & share the LeadNow letter:
https://act.leadnow.ca/NDP-motion-Gaza/

2024-03-11 05:55:38

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@npub1j8m…v5r7 oh, I never thought of pairing crystal with czech cut glass, like the red poppy necklace. Clever!

2024-03-09 21:06:09

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@npub1g0t…tvm4 why do we continue to accept the euphemism "mental health" when we are actually talking about unhappy/unhealthy states?
This euphemism encourages us to confabulate relatively normal (if unpleasant, upsetting) levels of stress and anxiety with mental illness, which would benefit from skilled help.

2024-03-09 19:30:36

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@npub1lzz…jhl3 the "well, bless his heart" shocked me! That's insulting, passive-aggressive fundie-speak - I can't even translate it, it's a condescension I'd never need to formulate into words.
From a Senator? 😨

2024-03-09 16:25:12

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@npub1lzz…jhl3 So what, if #katiebritt whispered alt facts in her pathos-filled GOP SOTU response?
¯_(ツ)_/¯
Or, as Serena Joy puts it:
#usPol #usPolitics #handmaidstaleusa #christofascism #silentScream
https://cdn.mastdn.ca/media_attachments/files/112/066/393/134/505/963/original/02c53ed0edbe3e2d.mp4

2024-03-09 15:02:19

“There’s a fundamental mismatch between this [AI, Bitcoin] technology & environmental sustainability,”
"if Google were to integrate generative A.I. into every search, its electricity use would rise to something like twenty-nine billion kilowatt-hours per year. …."
"How can the world reach net zero if it keeps inventing new ways to consume energy? (In the U.S., data centers … expected to climb to six per cent by 2026.)"
#giftarticle link: https://archive.is/TMNzW
https://publishing.social/@wmclark/112065887352421191

2024-03-04 05:21:11

@npub1zdp…vqv8 Hi. I once asked you how to parse/pronounce your user ID. (I don't think ypu replied).
Since then, I came across the root "myrme" somewhere else, which gave me a handle on it, and introduced me to new facts about ants. So it seems the "propagandist" part is working. 😂

2024-03-03 17:06:24

"his unorthodox medical views include a steadfast belief that Covid shots are the work of the devil, & opening a window is the preferred treatment for inhalation of toxic fumes from gas stoves…
His [measles] advice directly contradicts the official recommendation of the CDC, which calls for a 21-day period of quarantine…
He was found to have manipulated data in a 2022 study of Covid-19 vaccines to wrongly assert they pose an elevated risk of cardiac illness or death…"
https://mastodon.social/@GottaLaff/112032212089711486

2024-03-02 16:00:01

#usPoli #usPolitics https://mindly.social/@Kozmo/112022945697071641

2024-02-26 16:06:39

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@npub1j8m…v5r7 that account has few posts, many replies.
It'a a Reply Guy account with bad attitude.
Blocked.
(Sorry to hear about your cousin 😢 )

2024-02-23 23:48:35

Wow.
Florida measles vaccination rate is 90% … but it is so virulent that 97% is needed for herd immunity.
But sure, eliminate the measles quarantine.
Folks, stay out of Florida, please.
Measles is dangerous, 1 in 1000 may die, sterilization can result, and it also can erase all the other acquired immunities you rely on!

2024-02-22 02:00:00

Margaret Atwood said that everything in A Handmaid's Tale already existed, somewhere.
Coming soon to a bedroom near you.
OfFred says, "Blessed day."
(Just ignore the wound on her head)
https://mstdn.social/@12thRITS/111964799158671823
#usPoli #christoFascism #BodilyAutonomyIsAHumanRight
https://cdn.mastdn.ca/media_attachments/files/111/971/766/676/737/272/original/d7a5dbbf16574227.mp4

2024-02-19 13:37:33

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@npub17lg…9uux ok, so they are fighting.
Why, then, are they messing with our servers?

2024-02-14 16:04:12

This was my initial reaction, too:
"In what universe is Donald vibrant, productive or capable?? And this statement wasn’t even tongue-in-cheek. Stewart was making a straight-up comparison.
There are no excuses here. Stewart knows who Donald is."
-- Mary Trump
Full disclosure: 🤔🤨 A small part of me hopes it's some kind of attention-getting Trojan horse ... a.k.a. #JohnStewart playing the long game.
🤞🤞
https://mastodon.social/@GottaLaff/111930355710488744
#theDailyShow

2024-02-03 02:00:02

Signed ✔
Why?
Canada is signatory to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child :
https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/national-child-day/united-nations-convention-rights-of-the-child.html
In which Articles 13, 14 & 16 say, essentially:
▪ Children have the right to share freely with others what they learn, think & feel … unless it harms others
▪ Children can choose their own thoughts, opinions & religion …
▪ Every child has the right to privacy.
See https://www.unicef.org/child-rights-convention/convention-text-childrens-version
Legislation contravening this convention is immoral & violent
https://mstdn.ca/@ckkellymartin/111863051995833370

2024-02-02 15:29:37

Henry 'Box' Brown was a celebrated Black abolitionist and magician. In 1849, he famously escaped slavery by “mailing himself to freedom” in a 3 foot long box (by rail, steamboat and wagon 😨) to abolitionists in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Fearing re-enslavement, he moved to England, & spent the last decade of his life in Toronto. 😢
Now, in historic Old Toronto,
Henry Box Brown Lane comemmorates him.
#blackHistoryMonth https://mstdn.ca/@KWT/111858708107134757
(His whole story is here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Box_Brown )

2024-02-02 15:13:31

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@npub1cpp…2uya fyi:
I was surprised by this image, and did a little research.
▪ yes, it is (essentially) a Van Gogh painting
▪ its actual name, in English, is "Enclosed field with rising sun"
▪ its colours have been strongly manipulated here, toward violet
▪ in the actual painting, the fields are predominantly green, and there is no violet in the sky.
No wonder I was confused.
I do love Van Gogh's work! ❤😁

2024-01-30 17:31:28

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@npub10fm…x0qg oh! Interesting. I know that Plattdeutsch is much more natural to my ear than Hochdeutsch. Tell me more?

2024-01-28 14:12:21

A School Bought Solar Panels and Saved Enough to Give All Its Teachers Raises
https://futurism.com/the-byte/solar-panels-save-teachers-raise

2024-01-27 16:27:53

The experienced judge set the rules, & was on alert every moment, to control TFG's grandstanding (and defamatory) outbursts.
Sounds like that opens the door for other judges to be more pro-active than some have been:
#usPol #ejeancarroll
Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance
https://joycevance.substack.com/p/833-million

2024-01-23 02:00:03

While "the highly mutated new subvariant JN.1 has driven a worldwide spike in infections, hospitalisations and deaths. … "
still, "… so many of the precautions we used to embrace — masking, testing and isolating, vaccination — have been abandoned, deemed unnecessary by those who think the danger has passed, or who misguidedly believe COVID-19 is 'just a cold' or necessary to catch for immunity."
@npub1nac…0mta https://med-mastodon.com/@auscandoc/111792511292156864

2024-01-15 14:00:21

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@npub1e0a…eww0 I was just served ads on youtube that included:
▪ sell audiobooks / ebooks on Amazon without creating any content
▪ even if you can only write at a Grade 4 level
▪ use AI to produce products
🤬

2024-01-09 13:56:14

"This is money companies have paid after they were found liable for wage theft violations — like withholding tips from workers — but has not been claimed. Workers who believe they are owed wages can check the DOL website, Worker Owed Wages.
Currently, the largest amount of unclaimed back wages is in food services."
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/wow
Via @npub1nxr…re4t https://universeodon.com/@memeorandum/111726057406443053
#wageTheft

2024-01-09 00:36:50

Wow. I just came across an old file folder, with notes on the first website I made freelance, 25 yrs ago.
It was for an amazing Canadian sculptor, David Robinson. It was wonderful to find him again, online - & now I see why I was so drawn to his work!
Back then, I was in software. But that changed. Now, it's clear to me that his work and mine are somehow parallel: using emotions, the body and metaphor to bring deep tensions to light, as a catalyst for healing.
Enjoy! https://www.robinsonstudio.com/news

2024-01-04 18:12:52

This plan to put my art studio in my kitchen is paying unexpected dividends. Half way to the fridge I stop to make art and an hour later I walk away without ever making it to the fridge.
https://cdn.mastdn.ca/media_attachments/files/111/698/780/338/451/280/original/e4f23912b999a0cb.jpg

2023-12-31 14:52:38

Not new, but in case you miseed it:
The Coming Enshittification of Public Libraries
https://karawynn.substack.com/p/the-coming-enshittification-of-public-libraries
#bookstodon #libraries #librarydon #enshittification

2023-12-27 18:08:25

Imagine doing your job really well,
with no short-term memory.
Imagine paying your mortgage or car loan,
when just washing your hair puts you out of commission, in bed for 2 days.
Imagine recovering from Covid, but the person you passed it to no longer calls your name at Starbucks. Imagine their sad children, raised by grandparents.
Wastewater studies show escalating #covid19. Other studies show risk of #LongCovid even if you're asymptomatic.
Please, wear a mask when you leave the house. 😷

2023-12-24 04:41:24

@npub1g7j…7unj hi Michele. I've missed you! Don't know if you were pisting less or if I was distracted. But … I'm happy to see your photos again.
Happy holidays!
Deb

2023-12-24 01:30:18

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@npub1g7t…n6x7 @npub1cx7…8tc2 not the first time. Ilook into this. Patreon seems the only option? How do i make a one-time gift?

2023-12-20 20:59:40

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@npub1lf4…kcjr LOL does it have built-in connections for towing in the bumper? 🤣
https://cdn.mastdn.ca/media_attachments/files/111/614/517/264/234/181/original/ee5958acd597870b.png

2023-12-18 21:58:12

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@npub1typ…c8hh being wide awake at 4am, perhaps?

2023-12-07 04:44:24

My neighbour just told me he's reading Katie Porter's "Politics is messier than my minivan".
Which is good, cause I hear he leans right 😁

2023-11-27 14:00:03

👀 😱
"my Google Drive files suddenly disappeared. The Drive literally went back to condition in May 2023. data from May until today disappeared, and the folder structure went back to status in May.
Google Drive activity doesn't show any changes (only show activity that was in May)"
@npub1lp8…4rrw https://circumstances.run/@davidgerard/111481493385114858

2023-11-24 16:36:13

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@npub1ahq…wjwd thanks for the boost, Warmer 🙂
Have a great weekend.

2023-11-21 22:36:09

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@npub1mmf…eknq aha! Orcas, lead the way. Count me in.
https://cdn.mastdn.ca/media_attachments/files/111/450/685/725/530/963/original/dd57d603d45c9ee0.png

2023-11-21 22:15:10

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@npub1mmf…eknq boomer here: "orca uprising"?

2023-11-20 01:53:27

"WeWork has failed. Like a lot of other tech startups, it left damage in its wake" | CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/armstrong-start-ups-wework-uber-1.7032264?cmp=newsletter_Evening%20Headlines%20from%20CBC%20News_1617_1300782

2023-11-15 17:38:22

I'm lucky to have an attentive family doc. But even so: I looked for an appointment & the next one (in person or online) is Dec 4th. And that's *with* another doctor covering his practice while he takes a week of family leave.
Putting up with this sinus problem for 3 more weeks is a bad idea. If it were an emergency I'd go to the hospital. But I'm experienced with naturopathy, so I've ordered an herbal antibiotic.
But so many have no doctor, & no knowledge for self treatment. #medicare #fail

2023-11-14 00:26:20

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@npub1j8m…v5r7 yup! Looks like you nailed it!

2023-11-05 22:51:24

Mary Tr#mp on how to survive the next year:
"a lot can get accomplished in twelve months even if, and I would say especially if, we pay attention to our needs for connection, fun, joy, rest, and meaning. We’re not going to do ourselves, anybody else, or our ability to fight for democracy any favors if we burn out before we get to the finish line."
#joy #selfCare #democracy
https://open.substack.com/pub/marytrump/p/sundays-6c6?r=evf5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

2023-11-05 21:18:45

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@npub1uw8…88kr @npub1szr…hd7z thanks for the link!
A tip: if you add a #GiftArticle hashtag, it will be more findable, and it will be added to the GiftArticleGazette (learn more at https://mastogizmos.com/gag.html )
#PublicServiceAnnouncement :-)
In this reply, I've done it for you 🙂
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/05/magazine/commercial-satellites-space-junk.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8Ew.RJZu.0IwvDeqrMCFF&smid=url-share

2023-11-05 02:05:20

👀 "William Lewis named publisher and CEO of The Washington Post
Lewis, a former Dow Jones and Wall Street Journal executive who spent more than a decade working for Rupert Murdoch-owned companies"
(Via Washington Post)

2023-11-02 02:26:19

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@npub1mmf…eknq what happened to that Iron Dome? Defense, not punishment.

2023-11-02 02:19:17

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@npub156h…zws3 @npub1mmf…eknq the ultimate revenge is Hungry Hungry Hippos 🙉

2023-10-23 23:49:51

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@npub1g7j…7unj Wool is one of those books that kept me up, reading. So glad it's a series.

2023-10-23 23:45:03

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@npub1g7j…7unj it's a series thing, you'll get the invite on Friday 🙂
Enjoy the book list: it's a nice reflection on what's influenced us!

2023-10-23 23:18:36

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@npub1g7j…7unj I've put you on my list, stay tuned. Probably next Jan/Feb

2023-10-22 18:31:18

FYI: yes, there's mayhem.
No, it's not where the right wing wants you to believe.
@npub1lzz…jhl3 #usPol #HateCrime https://toad.social/@wdlindsy/111278955088260374

2023-10-20 18:12:54

Cold, rainy day. Time for homemade soup 😋
(I am grateful for my InstantPot.
It replaces my beloved slow cooker, which I had to give away when I developed histamine intolerance.)

2023-10-18 16:42:03

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@npub1k4q…3lsq @npub1mex…qtcz no kidding. We need to get out the progressive vote. I wish we had electoral reform already.

2023-10-18 16:27:03

I find it horrifying that I have a "genocide" tag in my evernote archive. But it's real, it happens all over 😭 and we must not look away.
For example:
There is no residential schools "mass graves media hoax". There are hundreds (thousands?) of unmarked, unrecorded childrens' graves. Hundreds have been identified, and the search continues.
It was a genocide. We need to name that, as a starting point.
@npub1mex…qtcz #residentialSchools #IndigenousReconciliation #genocide https://mas.to/@dmacphee/111255958132330588

2023-10-18 16:17:38

Canadian Senator Paula Simons addresses the senate chamber on the wave of trans-hate sweeping through some provinces & school boards, here in Canada 😢
She shared good facts & challenged the senate to convene its anti-hate action plan, as outlined in the 2023 budget.
Thank goodness, amidst all the misinformation & bluster, rhetoric is still being put to good use in parliament to call out hate & protect *all* our people.
@npub176y…fj2k :progress: #lgbtq #TransRights #caPoli https://mstdn.ca/@Paulatics/111256124297026015

2023-10-12 21:48:43

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@npub1pcd…qrvg lovely!
I do all kinds of things with colour, but monochrome stumps me. Kudos 🙂

2023-10-11 14:05:34

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@npub1pcd…qrvg I always adjust colours on mobile phone photos of my art. Mobile photo-editor app makes it quick enough, though not always quite right.

2023-10-09 20:18:09

"the Heyne publisher put a soup advert in one of his books without asking …"
IN THE TEXT!
"There were a number of reasons for switching to Goldmann, but a deeply personal one for me was the way Heyne … inserted a soup advert in the text … My editor was pretty sick about it, but the company wouldn’t promise not to do it again, … They did it to Iain Banks, too, and apparently at a con he tore out the offending page and ate it. Without croutons."
-T. Pratchett
@npub1jpm…mc52 https://techhub.social/@rayckeith/111206287451575512

2023-09-27 20:17:37

"Jesus wept"
I hope that's not offensive.
I'm a Christian (not that sort) and this grieves me so. It just seems perfectly descriptive.
@npub1lzz…jhl3 https://toad.social/@wdlindsy/111137397424546928

2023-09-24 01:16:18

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@npub189n…satx it's insane, isn't it? At least, with your mask, you're safe when you take deep breaths to stay calm and not scream. Breathe.
(Sorry to hear it). 🙏

2023-09-22 13:06:30

Contribution to #Ukraine defense by % of GDP:
@npub14ka…um78 https://mstdn.ca/@NMBA/111108453221322794

2023-09-18 15:45:17

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@npub1skv…aky3 ah, that was enough to let me dig a little deeper.
As a professional coach with an interest in psychology and the brain/mind, I thought this might relate to my work. But, in fact, I've never come across IIT - seemingly, for a good reason 😉

2023-09-18 15:14:39

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@npub1skv…aky3 interesting!
If you have a sec, I'd love a one-toot TL;DR on this 🙂 (I mean, if that's even possible, LOL)
#curious #dyslexic

2023-09-16 06:21:48

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@npub1j8m…v5r7 "I do impossible things all of the time."
\o/

2023-09-13 18:01:08

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@npub1f9a…qyju have you looked for reviews? #curious

2023-09-02 13:37:08

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@npub1aqe…6fyj I've had sparrows in my yard all summer in Toronto. I never thought of them as migratory?

2023-09-02 01:38:42

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@npub1pld…x7pf the alt text looks ok 🙂

2023-08-31 01:25:05

Creative! \o/
"When hospitals … have delinquent debts they have little chance of collecting on, they’ll typically go to what’s called the secondary market and sell their portfolios for pennies on the dollar. … where collectors can come in and begin hounding patients anew.
Enter RIP Medical Debt. The nonprofit helps … buy portfolios with the explicit goal of forgiving outstanding balances. … with no strings attached."
#healthcare #resist
From: @npub10gz…jj8z https://hcommons.social/@BatsInLavender/110979355987289607

2023-08-27 02:42:18

The WHO on Friday urged countries to strengthen their surveillance and reporting of COVID-19 amid the spike in hospitalizations in the last month, primarily in European nations.
“The virus right now is reinfecting millions of people each week. We don’t have a good gauge on how many reinfections or infections there actually are because surveillance has declined. But we do have some indications on trends of impact.”
- the W.H.O.
#covid19
https://globalnews.ca/news/9919665/covid-infections-northern-hemisphere/

2023-08-26 05:01:18

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@npub15nc…8xmk @npub15ef…n95r @npub189n…satx she got both the "grin like a fool" text from Jenna and "kubrick stare" memo from TFG and decided to do both...

2023-08-22 15:18:40

As predicted; 😥
"… the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment guarantees ppl the rights listed in the Constitution, + some “fundamental rights” not mentioned in the document. It then quoted Dobbs directly:
To determine whether a right at issue is one of the substantive rights guaranteed by the Due Process Clause, courts must look to whether the right is “deeply rooted in [our] history & tradition” & “essential to our Nation’s ‘scheme of ordered liberty.’”"
@npub1c9e…zhes https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110930812750770004

2023-08-22 14:52:48

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@npub1lzz…jhl3 most galling: all the violence, the harm ... is a vanity project

2023-08-21 14:29:07

Microfilm degrading? Yikes! :-(
"From the 1950s through the early 1990s, most film was cellulose acetate-based and known as "safety film," because it replaced the highly unstable and flammable nitrate film widely used before it.
But in the years since, libraries, archives and collectors have discovered "safety film" actually poses a huge threat to film-based archives and collections because it eventually breaks down. "
#history #libraries #librarydon @npub1g7d…q40z
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/vinegar-syndrome-acetate-film-1.6939032

2023-08-15 14:00:12

😳😧
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 @npub1r5j…ky3p https://mstdn.ca/@gemelliz/110879647040220368

2023-08-14 03:56:30

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@npub1kkp…5sfx why does the log have grooves? Is that natural?

2023-08-14 03:43:57

😳 seriously? 🤦‍♀️
"The UK government has today announced a new building requirement which will prevent gender-neutral toilets in new, non-residential buildings."
https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/13/gender-neutral-toilets-policy-kemi-badenoch/

2023-08-10 16:27:15

New to Mastodon? ➔
I find the local & fedi timelines overwhelming, so I use themed LISTS. You might like this approach. Read more:
https://mstdn.ca/@deborahh/110712869940867899
Don't know who to follow? Start with @npub13rw…nfd8 & follow folks you discover there.
And I'm enjoying Mastodon so much more since I discovered these tools, including SEARCH!!
https://mastogizmos.com/
Just be kind; offer & ask for help! ☺
PS: real search is coming, so set "make me discoverable" to Yes!
#searchMastodon #search #fediTips

2023-08-09 21:55:40

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@npub1uxk…ptq5 maybe #ProgressToronto will come up with something 🤞

2023-08-09 18:35:24

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@npub1uxk…ptq5 yes!
how do we make it happen?

2023-08-07 21:02:06

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@npub1evu…uf5t define "just" changed. Do you mean today?

2023-08-07 21:01:02

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@npub1evu…uf5t fyi, update in this article that you may wish tp incorporate on yours:
"Correction August 7th, 1:18PM ET: The terms of service language in this article went into effect in March, not July. We regret the error."
https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/7/23822907/zoom-train-ai-models-user-data-customer-consent
#zoomRefugee #privacy #ai #LLM

2023-08-02 14:04:42

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@npub1aqe…6fyj does this branch make me look fat?

2023-08-01 17:00:06

Alt text:
Book cover:
The Internet Con: how to seize the means of computation
by Cory Doctorow
(A book to end enshittification)
@npub1hyk…3p33 https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/110809674478602662

2023-07-30 14:26:05

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@npub1cmg…rzd2 @npub1xs3…mdyp @npub1kas…x68u if I'd ⭐d it before you edited, I would have been notified that you edited it, because I have set notify=on for edited toots. Just fyi :-)