Jennifer McDaniel
@jennifermcdaniel.bsky.social
Former @BYU_FacultyEdit on the bird app. ADHD. Tired. Elder millennial. Both Gerald and Piggie, somehow.
Hoping to be brave enough to join the conversation. she/her
Hoping to be brave enough to join the conversation. she/her
I love crocuses! I've planted several varieties, including the earliest blooming variety I could find.
They bloom when winter is gray and feels like it'll never end. It's always a delight to see them.
Their cheer was particularly comforting this year.
They bloom when winter is gray and feels like it'll never end. It's always a delight to see them.
Their cheer was particularly comforting this year.
March 20, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I love crocuses! I've planted several varieties, including the earliest blooming variety I could find.
They bloom when winter is gray and feels like it'll never end. It's always a delight to see them.
Their cheer was particularly comforting this year.
They bloom when winter is gray and feels like it'll never end. It's always a delight to see them.
Their cheer was particularly comforting this year.
Thank you, Only Murders in the Building, for designing Charles's movie set to have a "mean, cold meat" sign.
OMG, the deepest belly laugh I've had in weeks.
OMG, the deepest belly laugh I've had in weeks.
October 16, 2024 at 4:37 AM
Thank you, Only Murders in the Building, for designing Charles's movie set to have a "mean, cold meat" sign.
OMG, the deepest belly laugh I've had in weeks.
OMG, the deepest belly laugh I've had in weeks.
And regardless of whether it's "legal" under the law, it's definitely unethical. It's shady.
It's kind of like Walmart coming into a town and decimating the mom and pop shops.
Do you want that to happen to the web?
Quality, quirks, personal interactions, human-ness all zapped away for AI.
It's kind of like Walmart coming into a town and decimating the mom and pop shops.
Do you want that to happen to the web?
Quality, quirks, personal interactions, human-ness all zapped away for AI.
September 26, 2024 at 3:15 PM
And regardless of whether it's "legal" under the law, it's definitely unethical. It's shady.
It's kind of like Walmart coming into a town and decimating the mom and pop shops.
Do you want that to happen to the web?
Quality, quirks, personal interactions, human-ness all zapped away for AI.
It's kind of like Walmart coming into a town and decimating the mom and pop shops.
Do you want that to happen to the web?
Quality, quirks, personal interactions, human-ness all zapped away for AI.
Of course a single recipe has about as much value as a single Facebook page. The power comes in the collection of recipes all across the web from trusted content creators: actual humans using actual products and actually test them to get them just right.
And for him to be so flippant? It's unreal
And for him to be so flippant? It's unreal
September 26, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Of course a single recipe has about as much value as a single Facebook page. The power comes in the collection of recipes all across the web from trusted content creators: actual humans using actual products and actually test them to get them just right.
And for him to be so flippant? It's unreal
And for him to be so flippant? It's unreal
And the thing that really gets me is that people in charge of AI like Zuckerberg say things like this.
September 26, 2024 at 2:56 PM
And the thing that really gets me is that people in charge of AI like Zuckerberg say things like this.
Nothing says "Disagree Better" like joining a team that pushes their way into a cemetery and using it as part of your campaign, in violation of federal law.
Nothing Trump does surprises me, but Cox sending photos in a campaign email does.
Nothing Trump does surprises me, but Cox sending photos in a campaign email does.
August 28, 2024 at 9:33 PM
Nothing says "Disagree Better" like joining a team that pushes their way into a cemetery and using it as part of your campaign, in violation of federal law.
Nothing Trump does surprises me, but Cox sending photos in a campaign email does.
Nothing Trump does surprises me, but Cox sending photos in a campaign email does.
*cough* Spencer Cox *cough*
August 27, 2024 at 4:43 PM
*cough* Spencer Cox *cough*
@darthbluesky.bsky.social Luna recently got her tail done purple. It makes people smile wheen she walks by, and it makes me laugh when she wags it!
March 28, 2024 at 3:00 AM
@darthbluesky.bsky.social Luna recently got her tail done purple. It makes people smile wheen she walks by, and it makes me laugh when she wags it!
This hit me hard. I feel like I'm going crazy for trying to do normal life without drowning in horrors outside my control.
March 12, 2024 at 2:26 PM
This hit me hard. I feel like I'm going crazy for trying to do normal life without drowning in horrors outside my control.
Check out this calculator if you want to play around with what it would look like to be on Permanent Standard Time vs Permanent Daylight Time.
savestandardtime.com/chart/?clock...
savestandardtime.com/chart/?clock...
March 10, 2024 at 5:05 PM
Check out this calculator if you want to play around with what it would look like to be on Permanent Standard Time vs Permanent Daylight Time.
savestandardtime.com/chart/?clock...
savestandardtime.com/chart/?clock...
This stance has the support of several medical associations.
(Also, who knew there was an American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine?) 🤷♀️
(Also, who knew there was an American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine?) 🤷♀️
March 10, 2024 at 4:55 PM
This stance has the support of several medical associations.
(Also, who knew there was an American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine?) 🤷♀️
(Also, who knew there was an American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine?) 🤷♀️
And it's not just the transition from one time to the other. Just being misaligned from the solar clock is associated with negative effects.
March 10, 2024 at 4:49 PM
And it's not just the transition from one time to the other. Just being misaligned from the solar clock is associated with negative effects.
The lists of observed adverse health outcomes are staggering. And even though I post this every year, I keep learning new ones.
Like, don't schedule your IVF procedures around the switch to daylight time?!!
Like, don't schedule your IVF procedures around the switch to daylight time?!!
March 10, 2024 at 3:54 PM
The lists of observed adverse health outcomes are staggering. And even though I post this every year, I keep learning new ones.
Like, don't schedule your IVF procedures around the switch to daylight time?!!
Like, don't schedule your IVF procedures around the switch to daylight time?!!
It's time for my semiannual soapbox:
"It is the position of the AASM [American Academy of Sleep Medicine] that the United States should eliminate seasonal time changes in favor of permanent standard time, which aligns best with human circadian biology."
doi.org/10.5664/jcsm...
"It is the position of the AASM [American Academy of Sleep Medicine] that the United States should eliminate seasonal time changes in favor of permanent standard time, which aligns best with human circadian biology."
doi.org/10.5664/jcsm...
March 10, 2024 at 3:49 PM
It's time for my semiannual soapbox:
"It is the position of the AASM [American Academy of Sleep Medicine] that the United States should eliminate seasonal time changes in favor of permanent standard time, which aligns best with human circadian biology."
doi.org/10.5664/jcsm...
"It is the position of the AASM [American Academy of Sleep Medicine] that the United States should eliminate seasonal time changes in favor of permanent standard time, which aligns best with human circadian biology."
doi.org/10.5664/jcsm...
Even more annoying, the absentee ballot would only let me indicate a preference for president and for the precinct and state positions.
So the only way to impact, say, the school board election was if the system hadn't crashed in the first place.
/end
So the only way to impact, say, the school board election was if the system hadn't crashed in the first place.
/end
March 6, 2024 at 3:23 AM
Even more annoying, the absentee ballot would only let me indicate a preference for president and for the precinct and state positions.
So the only way to impact, say, the school board election was if the system hadn't crashed in the first place.
/end
So the only way to impact, say, the school board election was if the system hadn't crashed in the first place.
/end
At 7:50, it finally let me register to vote absentee. (It still wouldn't let me register to caucus in person.)
However, the email they sent with absentee instructions specifically say to make sure my votes and copy of the ID are delivered, in a sealed envelope, before voting begins.
5/
However, the email they sent with absentee instructions specifically say to make sure my votes and copy of the ID are delivered, in a sealed envelope, before voting begins.
5/
March 6, 2024 at 3:02 AM
At 7:50, it finally let me register to vote absentee. (It still wouldn't let me register to caucus in person.)
However, the email they sent with absentee instructions specifically say to make sure my votes and copy of the ID are delivered, in a sealed envelope, before voting begins.
5/
However, the email they sent with absentee instructions specifically say to make sure my votes and copy of the ID are delivered, in a sealed envelope, before voting begins.
5/
Eventually it would time out and tell you it couldn't find your voter registration info, which sent people into a panic because they *knew* they were registered and they were worried that the state had lost their registration.
4/
4/
March 6, 2024 at 2:54 AM
Eventually it would time out and tell you it couldn't find your voter registration info, which sent people into a panic because they *knew* they were registered and they were worried that the state had lost their registration.
4/
4/
- If you were a registered R, you had to use a QR code, which would take you to the caucus registration website.
It would just stay stuck on "in a moment..." Volunteers said the servers had crashed.
You couldn't do anything in person, it *all* depended on this website.
Which was crashed.
3/
It would just stay stuck on "in a moment..." Volunteers said the servers had crashed.
You couldn't do anything in person, it *all* depended on this website.
Which was crashed.
3/
March 6, 2024 at 2:43 AM
- If you were a registered R, you had to use a QR code, which would take you to the caucus registration website.
It would just stay stuck on "in a moment..." Volunteers said the servers had crashed.
You couldn't do anything in person, it *all* depended on this website.
Which was crashed.
3/
It would just stay stuck on "in a moment..." Volunteers said the servers had crashed.
You couldn't do anything in person, it *all* depended on this website.
Which was crashed.
3/
I could have chosen at least 100 photo books. But I discovered Elephant and Piggie before I had kids, and the silly was right up my alley.
For my birthday a few years back, my family actually gave me a fancy pool costume party, so it holds a special place in my heart.
For my birthday a few years back, my family actually gave me a fancy pool costume party, so it holds a special place in my heart.
February 21, 2024 at 4:47 PM
I could have chosen at least 100 photo books. But I discovered Elephant and Piggie before I had kids, and the silly was right up my alley.
For my birthday a few years back, my family actually gave me a fancy pool costume party, so it holds a special place in my heart.
For my birthday a few years back, my family actually gave me a fancy pool costume party, so it holds a special place in my heart.
Four books that I've read more than a half dozen times each.
Each of these fits a different mood, but all are my go-tos for different reasons.
Each of these fits a different mood, but all are my go-tos for different reasons.
February 21, 2024 at 4:33 PM
Four books that I've read more than a half dozen times each.
Each of these fits a different mood, but all are my go-tos for different reasons.
Each of these fits a different mood, but all are my go-tos for different reasons.
After that last thread, I feel like I owe us all a palate cleanser. So here are three recent photos of Luna being the best pup ever.
February 8, 2024 at 11:01 PM
After that last thread, I feel like I owe us all a palate cleanser. So here are three recent photos of Luna being the best pup ever.
I can't count how many times I've said this over the last decade, and I'm nervous to think that next year we might look back at January 2024 with the same kind of "in the before-times" feelings we have when we think back to January 2020.
/end
/end
February 8, 2024 at 10:47 PM
I can't count how many times I've said this over the last decade, and I'm nervous to think that next year we might look back at January 2024 with the same kind of "in the before-times" feelings we have when we think back to January 2020.
/end
/end
First post on here, of my favorite creature who makes me laugh every day.
August 30, 2023 at 3:56 AM
First post on here, of my favorite creature who makes me laugh every day.