Jodi Ettenberg
@legalnomads.com
Once a lawyer, then a travel writer. Now disabled, writing about curiosity & health.
Travel writing & celiac translation cards: legalnomads.com
Best things I read each month: jodiettenberg.substack.com
MCAS, meditation, & health: jodiettenberg.com
Travel writing & celiac translation cards: legalnomads.com
Best things I read each month: jodiettenberg.substack.com
MCAS, meditation, & health: jodiettenberg.com
On behalf of anteaters everywhere, I have written a short compilation of anteater facts. You're welcome.
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November 20, 2025 at 6:32 PM
On behalf of anteaters everywhere, I have written a short compilation of anteater facts. You're welcome.
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Many more longreads, and a quick links section with fascinating shorter ones (see below!) in CAE 55: jodiettenberg.substack.com/p/fifty-five
October 13, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Many more longreads, and a quick links section with fascinating shorter ones (see below!) in CAE 55: jodiettenberg.substack.com/p/fifty-five
CAE 55 is out, with the best things I read in September: jodiettenberg.substack.com/p/fifty-five
This month's featured artist is Martin Wittfooth, whose evocative image below of a pelican feasting on the detritus of our consumerism fit well with this month’s reads:
This month's featured artist is Martin Wittfooth, whose evocative image below of a pelican feasting on the detritus of our consumerism fit well with this month’s reads:
October 13, 2025 at 3:55 PM
CAE 55 is out, with the best things I read in September: jodiettenberg.substack.com/p/fifty-five
This month's featured artist is Martin Wittfooth, whose evocative image below of a pelican feasting on the detritus of our consumerism fit well with this month’s reads:
This month's featured artist is Martin Wittfooth, whose evocative image below of a pelican feasting on the detritus of our consumerism fit well with this month’s reads:
This month's must reads include:
@nicktsergas.ca on Covid & the immune system
@himself.bsky.social and @abenewman.bsky.social on our foreign age of coercion
@danwetzel.bsky.social on the devastating impact sextortion has on young athletes.
& more: jodiettenberg.substack.com/p/fifty-four
@nicktsergas.ca on Covid & the immune system
@himself.bsky.social and @abenewman.bsky.social on our foreign age of coercion
@danwetzel.bsky.social on the devastating impact sextortion has on young athletes.
& more: jodiettenberg.substack.com/p/fifty-four
September 4, 2025 at 3:35 PM
This month's must reads include:
@nicktsergas.ca on Covid & the immune system
@himself.bsky.social and @abenewman.bsky.social on our foreign age of coercion
@danwetzel.bsky.social on the devastating impact sextortion has on young athletes.
& more: jodiettenberg.substack.com/p/fifty-four
@nicktsergas.ca on Covid & the immune system
@himself.bsky.social and @abenewman.bsky.social on our foreign age of coercion
@danwetzel.bsky.social on the devastating impact sextortion has on young athletes.
& more: jodiettenberg.substack.com/p/fifty-four
Curious About Everything 54 is out, with the best things I read in August: jodiettenberg.substack.com/p/fifty-four
This month's featured artist is Christian Ruiz-Berman, whose work draws from histories of adaptation & migration, addressing the surreal nature of being stuck between 2 worlds:
This month's featured artist is Christian Ruiz-Berman, whose work draws from histories of adaptation & migration, addressing the surreal nature of being stuck between 2 worlds:
September 4, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Curious About Everything 54 is out, with the best things I read in August: jodiettenberg.substack.com/p/fifty-four
This month's featured artist is Christian Ruiz-Berman, whose work draws from histories of adaptation & migration, addressing the surreal nature of being stuck between 2 worlds:
This month's featured artist is Christian Ruiz-Berman, whose work draws from histories of adaptation & migration, addressing the surreal nature of being stuck between 2 worlds:
CAE 53's great reads include:
- @royinori.bsky.social on worm hunters in S. Ontario
- @keithhouston.bsky.social on emoji language
- @clearwing3.bsky.social on the history of @theonion.com
- @birdhistory.bsky.social on feather beds of the 1800s
& more!
jodiettenberg.substack.com/p/fifty-three
- @royinori.bsky.social on worm hunters in S. Ontario
- @keithhouston.bsky.social on emoji language
- @clearwing3.bsky.social on the history of @theonion.com
- @birdhistory.bsky.social on feather beds of the 1800s
& more!
jodiettenberg.substack.com/p/fifty-three
August 13, 2025 at 1:25 PM
CAE 53's great reads include:
- @royinori.bsky.social on worm hunters in S. Ontario
- @keithhouston.bsky.social on emoji language
- @clearwing3.bsky.social on the history of @theonion.com
- @birdhistory.bsky.social on feather beds of the 1800s
& more!
jodiettenberg.substack.com/p/fifty-three
- @royinori.bsky.social on worm hunters in S. Ontario
- @keithhouston.bsky.social on emoji language
- @clearwing3.bsky.social on the history of @theonion.com
- @birdhistory.bsky.social on feather beds of the 1800s
& more!
jodiettenberg.substack.com/p/fifty-three
Curious About Everything # 53 is out, with the best things I read in July: jodiettenberg.substack.com/p/fifty-three
Feat. artist is Benjamin Barakat, with the stunning composite of dragon tree star trails in Yemen, below. The photo comprises 300 different exposures, all superimposed into one image.
Feat. artist is Benjamin Barakat, with the stunning composite of dragon tree star trails in Yemen, below. The photo comprises 300 different exposures, all superimposed into one image.
August 13, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Curious About Everything # 53 is out, with the best things I read in July: jodiettenberg.substack.com/p/fifty-three
Feat. artist is Benjamin Barakat, with the stunning composite of dragon tree star trails in Yemen, below. The photo comprises 300 different exposures, all superimposed into one image.
Feat. artist is Benjamin Barakat, with the stunning composite of dragon tree star trails in Yemen, below. The photo comprises 300 different exposures, all superimposed into one image.
My grandfather would have been 107 this week, and I miss him terribly. When he passed away, I wrote this piece — half eulogy, half a love story about how he & my grandmother got engaged the day they met. He was a remarkable man, with a remarkable story: www.legalnomads.com/grandpa/
August 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
My grandfather would have been 107 this week, and I miss him terribly. When he passed away, I wrote this piece — half eulogy, half a love story about how he & my grandmother got engaged the day they met. He was a remarkable man, with a remarkable story: www.legalnomads.com/grandpa/
SPACE HURRICANES EXIST?!
Apparently so! They have similar spiral 'arms' & an eye like earth hurricanes, but the eye has aurora glowing within. A recent study confirmed they also are active electrodynamic storms: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Apparently so! They have similar spiral 'arms' & an eye like earth hurricanes, but the eye has aurora glowing within. A recent study confirmed they also are active electrodynamic storms: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
July 31, 2025 at 3:41 PM
SPACE HURRICANES EXIST?!
Apparently so! They have similar spiral 'arms' & an eye like earth hurricanes, but the eye has aurora glowing within. A recent study confirmed they also are active electrodynamic storms: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Apparently so! They have similar spiral 'arms' & an eye like earth hurricanes, but the eye has aurora glowing within. A recent study confirmed they also are active electrodynamic storms: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
CAE 52 is out, with the best things I read in June including:
- @rachelplotnick.bsky.social on electronics in the bathroom
- @cestmoilanglois.bsky.social on wild animals within Rome's ruins
- @meerasub.bsky.social on the beautiful adaptability of fungi
jodiettenberg.substack.com/p/fifty-two
- @rachelplotnick.bsky.social on electronics in the bathroom
- @cestmoilanglois.bsky.social on wild animals within Rome's ruins
- @meerasub.bsky.social on the beautiful adaptability of fungi
jodiettenberg.substack.com/p/fifty-two
July 7, 2025 at 5:05 PM
CAE 52 is out, with the best things I read in June including:
- @rachelplotnick.bsky.social on electronics in the bathroom
- @cestmoilanglois.bsky.social on wild animals within Rome's ruins
- @meerasub.bsky.social on the beautiful adaptability of fungi
jodiettenberg.substack.com/p/fifty-two
- @rachelplotnick.bsky.social on electronics in the bathroom
- @cestmoilanglois.bsky.social on wild animals within Rome's ruins
- @meerasub.bsky.social on the beautiful adaptability of fungi
jodiettenberg.substack.com/p/fifty-two
If you wanted a longer deep-dive into mast cell activation specifically, and all the ways that it can ruin your life, may I interest you in the 22,302 words I wrote about the condition? 🥶 jodiettenberg.com/mast-cells/
July 2, 2025 at 11:49 PM
If you wanted a longer deep-dive into mast cell activation specifically, and all the ways that it can ruin your life, may I interest you in the 22,302 words I wrote about the condition? 🥶 jodiettenberg.com/mast-cells/
CAE 51 is out, with the best things I read in May including fantastic reads about AI in education, a perplexing James Patterson x MrBeast collab, Japanese Braille, floristry's pitfalls, the history of the tomato — and much more.
jodiettenberg.substack.com/p/fifty-one
jodiettenberg.substack.com/p/fifty-one
June 2, 2025 at 12:41 PM
CAE 51 is out, with the best things I read in May including fantastic reads about AI in education, a perplexing James Patterson x MrBeast collab, Japanese Braille, floristry's pitfalls, the history of the tomato — and much more.
jodiettenberg.substack.com/p/fifty-one
jodiettenberg.substack.com/p/fifty-one
Curious About Everything # 50 is out with the best things I read last month, featuring long pieces about science, tech, fonts, tariffs, animals, and so much more — plus IT’S FISH DOORBELL SEASON! jodiettenberg.substack.com/p/fifty
May 12, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Curious About Everything # 50 is out with the best things I read last month, featuring long pieces about science, tech, fonts, tariffs, animals, and so much more — plus IT’S FISH DOORBELL SEASON! jodiettenberg.substack.com/p/fifty
Cartoonist @theomoudakis.bsky.social’s latest on the many fine lines PM Carney has to walk in trying to navigate negotiations with an administration that has no desire for allies anymore.
May 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Cartoonist @theomoudakis.bsky.social’s latest on the many fine lines PM Carney has to walk in trying to navigate negotiations with an administration that has no desire for allies anymore.
Measles in the US is slowing — but the TOTAL cases there is still lower than my province of Ontario. We have over 1200 cases. yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/the-dose-m...
Contrary to rumour of immigrant involvement, per Ontario govt the outbreak started at a Mennonite gathering last fall.
Contrary to rumour of immigrant involvement, per Ontario govt the outbreak started at a Mennonite gathering last fall.
May 6, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Measles in the US is slowing — but the TOTAL cases there is still lower than my province of Ontario. We have over 1200 cases. yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/the-dose-m...
Contrary to rumour of immigrant involvement, per Ontario govt the outbreak started at a Mennonite gathering last fall.
Contrary to rumour of immigrant involvement, per Ontario govt the outbreak started at a Mennonite gathering last fall.
TIL that Australia has democracy sausage, served everywhere that Australians vote — even at overseas polling stations like embassies, and this year at a research station in Antarctica. Many polling stations also have cake. And there’s a website tracking them all: democracysausage.org
May 3, 2025 at 11:42 PM
TIL that Australia has democracy sausage, served everywhere that Australians vote — even at overseas polling stations like embassies, and this year at a research station in Antarctica. Many polling stations also have cake. And there’s a website tracking them all: democracysausage.org
Measles is one of the world’s most contagious diseases.
More info from Ottawa here: ottawa.ca/en/city-hall...
More info from Ottawa here: ottawa.ca/en/city-hall...
May 1, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Measles is one of the world’s most contagious diseases.
More info from Ottawa here: ottawa.ca/en/city-hall...
More info from Ottawa here: ottawa.ca/en/city-hall...
Ottawa has its first cases of measles. Ontario’s outbreak is larger than Texas — but we have 1/2 the population of Texas.
Over 1000 cases so far.
If you visited the following locations on the dates & times below, Ottawa Public health says you may have been exposed to measles:
Over 1000 cases so far.
If you visited the following locations on the dates & times below, Ottawa Public health says you may have been exposed to measles:
May 1, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Ottawa has its first cases of measles. Ontario’s outbreak is larger than Texas — but we have 1/2 the population of Texas.
Over 1000 cases so far.
If you visited the following locations on the dates & times below, Ottawa Public health says you may have been exposed to measles:
Over 1000 cases so far.
If you visited the following locations on the dates & times below, Ottawa Public health says you may have been exposed to measles:
I got many questions about our 🇨🇦 elections today from readers, so I put this primer together. Including how we don’t have exit polls, gerrymandering, and don’t allow any corporate donations to federal election campaigns.
Hope it’s informative!
www.patreon.com/posts/canadi... (post is ungated)
Hope it’s informative!
www.patreon.com/posts/canadi... (post is ungated)
April 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I got many questions about our 🇨🇦 elections today from readers, so I put this primer together. Including how we don’t have exit polls, gerrymandering, and don’t allow any corporate donations to federal election campaigns.
Hope it’s informative!
www.patreon.com/posts/canadi... (post is ungated)
Hope it’s informative!
www.patreon.com/posts/canadi... (post is ungated)
You know what to do Canada.
April 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
You know what to do Canada.
We’ve moved into the arresting judges level of dictatorship, I see. Speed-running it, really.
April 25, 2025 at 3:42 PM
We’ve moved into the arresting judges level of dictatorship, I see. Speed-running it, really.
The Internet was made for days like these.
April 21, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The Internet was made for days like these.
2 mil votes on the 1st day of advance polls! People can vote in any Elections Canada office throughout the voting window, but most people go to advance polls or vote on election day.
Glad to see so many civically engaged — democracy is a privilege not to be wasted. 🇨🇦
Glad to see so many civically engaged — democracy is a privilege not to be wasted. 🇨🇦
April 19, 2025 at 8:17 PM
2 mil votes on the 1st day of advance polls! People can vote in any Elections Canada office throughout the voting window, but most people go to advance polls or vote on election day.
Glad to see so many civically engaged — democracy is a privilege not to be wasted. 🇨🇦
Glad to see so many civically engaged — democracy is a privilege not to be wasted. 🇨🇦
The newest from @deadder.bsky.social sums this mess up well
April 4, 2025 at 6:05 PM
The newest from @deadder.bsky.social sums this mess up well