Shawna Allegedly
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I know some people here are enjoying the mild winter, but I don’t think we’ve even hit -10 yet & it’s deeply unsettling. Apologies in advance to the Americans who are going to catch our stray smoke next year when all our forests burn down. 😕
December 22, 2023 at 10:59 PM
I know some people here are enjoying the mild winter, but I don’t think we’ve even hit -10 yet & it’s deeply unsettling. Apologies in advance to the Americans who are going to catch our stray smoke next year when all our forests burn down. 😕
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Still masking against COVID-19?
“A small team of feminist disability justice researchers want to hear from you! Consider participating in a short survey with researchers at York University and Athabasca University.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... “
“A small team of feminist disability justice researchers want to hear from you! Consider participating in a short survey with researchers at York University and Athabasca University.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... “
December 12, 2023 at 6:04 PM
Still masking against COVID-19?
“A small team of feminist disability justice researchers want to hear from you! Consider participating in a short survey with researchers at York University and Athabasca University.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... “
“A small team of feminist disability justice researchers want to hear from you! Consider participating in a short survey with researchers at York University and Athabasca University.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... “
We *finally* got snow! ❄️❄️❄️
Just a little bit, though - only enough for knee-high snow people. ⛄️😢
Just a little bit, though - only enough for knee-high snow people. ⛄️😢
December 9, 2023 at 12:28 AM
We *finally* got snow! ❄️❄️❄️
Just a little bit, though - only enough for knee-high snow people. ⛄️😢
Just a little bit, though - only enough for knee-high snow people. ⛄️😢
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Pals—can I get some reposts?
We're wrapping up recruitment for our gender impacts on involuntary care study, but we're missing voices from BC's Interior. If you know anyone who might want to participate, we'd love to hear from them. There's an honorarium! www.healthjustice.ca/gender-equit...
We're wrapping up recruitment for our gender impacts on involuntary care study, but we're missing voices from BC's Interior. If you know anyone who might want to participate, we'd love to hear from them. There's an honorarium! www.healthjustice.ca/gender-equit...
Gender Equity in Involuntary Treatment — Health Justice
www.healthjustice.ca
December 8, 2023 at 11:00 PM
Pals—can I get some reposts?
We're wrapping up recruitment for our gender impacts on involuntary care study, but we're missing voices from BC's Interior. If you know anyone who might want to participate, we'd love to hear from them. There's an honorarium! www.healthjustice.ca/gender-equit...
We're wrapping up recruitment for our gender impacts on involuntary care study, but we're missing voices from BC's Interior. If you know anyone who might want to participate, we'd love to hear from them. There's an honorarium! www.healthjustice.ca/gender-equit...
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On this day in 1989, an armed gunman who said he was "fighting feminism", murdered 14 women & injured 10 other women and four men at École Polytechnique de Montréal. The massacre led to stronger gun control laws in Canada & changes to emergency procedures.
December 6, 2023 at 1:56 PM
On this day in 1989, an armed gunman who said he was "fighting feminism", murdered 14 women & injured 10 other women and four men at École Polytechnique de Montréal. The massacre led to stronger gun control laws in Canada & changes to emergency procedures.
“This pattern suggests that there may be a universal gesture system that enables us to communicate with each other regardless of language, hearing ability, or sightedness.”
phys.org/news/2023-12...
phys.org/news/2023-12...
Study suggests existence of a universal, nonverbal communication system
Recent research conducted at Georgia State University shows that native language affects how people convey information from a young age and hints at the presence of a universal system of communication...
phys.org
December 5, 2023 at 8:04 PM
“This pattern suggests that there may be a universal gesture system that enables us to communicate with each other regardless of language, hearing ability, or sightedness.”
phys.org/news/2023-12...
phys.org/news/2023-12...
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A Third of North America’s Birds Have Vanished nautil.us/a-third-of-n...
A Third of North America’s Birds Have Vanished
At first Adam Smith couldn’t believe his calculations. Then it sank in.
nautil.us
October 7, 2023 at 4:31 PM
A Third of North America’s Birds Have Vanished nautil.us/a-third-of-n...
Parakeets from different cities across Europe seem to have developed different dialects 🦜
phys.org/news/2023-11...
phys.org/news/2023-11...
Study is the first to document dialect differences in a parrot across its European range
In the 50 years since monk parakeets arrived in Europe and spread across the continent, the species has developed distinct dialects that vary across countries and cities, according to a team of resear...
phys.org
November 28, 2023 at 12:47 PM
Parakeets from different cities across Europe seem to have developed different dialects 🦜
phys.org/news/2023-11...
phys.org/news/2023-11...
“You know the power of words. We pass through periods dominated by this or that word - it may be development, or it may be competition, or education, or purity or efficiency or even sanctity. It is the word of the time.” ~ Joseph Conrad
The American Dialect Society is now accepting Word of the Year nominations for 2023! More information here: americandialect.org/nominate-the...
Nominations can be submitted via Google Forms at this link: bit.ly/23WOTYNOMS Please share far and wide!
Nominations can be submitted via Google Forms at this link: bit.ly/23WOTYNOMS Please share far and wide!
November 25, 2023 at 9:26 PM
“You know the power of words. We pass through periods dominated by this or that word - it may be development, or it may be competition, or education, or purity or efficiency or even sanctity. It is the word of the time.” ~ Joseph Conrad
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Breaking News!
Well humanity, we did it, even if just for one day. Yesterday, Nov. 18, was the first time in recorded history that the global 2m surface temperature breached 2.0°C above the 1850-1900 IPCC baseline.
The long-term average remains below 1.5°C. But not for long.
Well humanity, we did it, even if just for one day. Yesterday, Nov. 18, was the first time in recorded history that the global 2m surface temperature breached 2.0°C above the 1850-1900 IPCC baseline.
The long-term average remains below 1.5°C. But not for long.
November 19, 2023 at 1:02 PM
Breaking News!
Well humanity, we did it, even if just for one day. Yesterday, Nov. 18, was the first time in recorded history that the global 2m surface temperature breached 2.0°C above the 1850-1900 IPCC baseline.
The long-term average remains below 1.5°C. But not for long.
Well humanity, we did it, even if just for one day. Yesterday, Nov. 18, was the first time in recorded history that the global 2m surface temperature breached 2.0°C above the 1850-1900 IPCC baseline.
The long-term average remains below 1.5°C. But not for long.
it’s like an irl Baucis & Philemon ❤️
November 18, 2023 at 2:03 AM
it’s like an irl Baucis & Philemon ❤️
I got me a new blue door and it’s making me ridiculously happy. I can see it from halfway down the street, and I’m like, damn, what an awesome door, I bet someone really cool lives there.
November 5, 2023 at 4:49 PM
I got me a new blue door and it’s making me ridiculously happy. I can see it from halfway down the street, and I’m like, damn, what an awesome door, I bet someone really cool lives there.
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Writing about nebulae and discovered a new word: velutinous, which means velvety (covered in dense, fine, soft hairs). It doesn't work for my needs in this particular case (I'm going to go with "fuzzy") but still, what a fun word! Very Victorian.
November 3, 2023 at 5:34 PM
Writing about nebulae and discovered a new word: velutinous, which means velvety (covered in dense, fine, soft hairs). It doesn't work for my needs in this particular case (I'm going to go with "fuzzy") but still, what a fun word! Very Victorian.
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I did a guest blog post for Planet Word! #linguistics
Singular “They” and Language Beyond the Gender Binary: Q&A with Kirby Conrod
With nonbinary and trans identities becoming more mainstream, pronouns have increasingly become a hot topic — particularly singular “they,” which is favored by many nonbinary people. While singu...
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November 2, 2023 at 5:14 PM
I did a guest blog post for Planet Word! #linguistics
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Perogy supper at 6:00, 6:30 in Newfoundland.
This is a joke for my fellow Canadians.
October 27, 2023 at 8:28 PM
Perogy supper at 6:00, 6:30 in Newfoundland.
This is a joke for my fellow Canadians.
Getting ready for the big howloween pawty today - we’re a laddybug! 🎃🐞
October 22, 2023 at 2:50 PM
Getting ready for the big howloween pawty today - we’re a laddybug! 🎃🐞
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Canada Post is issuing a Donald Sutherland stamp, which is cool, but they went for a very reserved portrait, rather than something iconic.
October 19, 2023 at 2:34 PM
Canada Post is issuing a Donald Sutherland stamp, which is cool, but they went for a very reserved portrait, rather than something iconic.
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Found this trail that has all these wooden sculptures
October 11, 2023 at 3:45 AM
Found this trail that has all these wooden sculptures
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I would watch Fox News and Sky News if it was just news about foxes and the sky
October 11, 2023 at 5:22 PM
I would watch Fox News and Sky News if it was just news about foxes and the sky
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Weird label placement strikes again.
October 15, 2023 at 2:44 PM
Weird label placement strikes again.
Remember the first year of the pandemic when you couldn’t go out & do anything for months & months so you got your dog a lordship & had his portrait done to amuse yourself?
Lord Abhi Attila, first of his name. 👑🐶
Lord Abhi Attila, first of his name. 👑🐶
October 14, 2023 at 8:18 PM
Remember the first year of the pandemic when you couldn’t go out & do anything for months & months so you got your dog a lordship & had his portrait done to amuse yourself?
Lord Abhi Attila, first of his name. 👑🐶
Lord Abhi Attila, first of his name. 👑🐶
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no, only woods can woods
October 12, 2023 at 5:58 PM
no, only woods can woods
It was the bestiary of times, it was the worstiary of times
October 8, 2023 at 11:26 PM
It was the bestiary of times, it was the worstiary of times