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Mirabilis @mirabilis@octodon.social

Interested in #history #archaeology #science #books #forest #nature #food #privacy, and so forth.

Sometimes I blog at mirabilis.ca.

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@thor This is wonderful! What does it mean? And what of the other ones, too?

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"Library Extension" Helps You Find Books At Your Local Library While You Shop for Books Online http://bit.ly/2iFr3zQ https://t.co/yTqG9AqFjn

Well, here's one:

Medium abruptly cancels the membership programs of its 21 remaining subscription publisher partners

http://www.niemanlab.org/2018/05/medium-abruptly-cancels-the-membership-programs-of-its-21-remaining-publisher-partners/

@samis Maybe reddit is helping you to leave reddit. 😀

Life was good for Stone Age Norwegians along Oslo Fjord

http://sciencenordic.com/life-was-good-stone-age-norwegians-along-oslo-fjord

#Norway #history #archaeology #Oslo

@trevdev But oh! That is so 2005. Why, since then everybody has moved on to places that SUCK.

(Except me. I still have a blog.)

@starbreaker Good for you. Yeah, this kind of stuff is one reason I have a blog: I want to be in control of my own content.

So now Medium is changing their rules, and so many who published their content on Medium are upset.

Where have we seen this before? Um, on every "free" service that is controlled by some corporation instead of by users.

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Canada's first 'dementia village' is set to open its doors in Langley, B.C. next year
http://nationalpost.com/news/canada/canadas-first-dementia-village-is-set-to-open-its-doors-in-langley-b-c-next-year

#dementia #independentliving #qualityoflife

Why do poor Americans eat so unhealthfully? Because junk food is the only indulgence they can afford.

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-singh-food-deserts-nutritional-disparities-20180207-story.html

#food #nutrition #parenting #habits #health

No laptops allowed – the cafes bringing back the art of conviviality

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/feb/12/no-laptops-allowed-the-cafes-bringing-back-the-art-of-conviviality

#society #culture #coffee #wifi #internet #wireless

Winnipeg woman gives eggnog and gingersnaps to burglar

"The 17-year-old who looted her home has a new friendship with the homeowner she burgled"

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/gingersnaps-eggnog-for-winnipeg-robber-1.4530893

#Canada #crime #generosity
#kindness

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Survived shift with minimal mishaps. Not nearly as dangerous as Friday but roads still a bit iffy. My handmade pogies were very effective!

@thorstenpanknin @gargron Well, there's a WordPress plugin that can automagically publish your blog posts to Mastodon. I thought of using it with my blog, but haven't yet... the idea somehow feels a bit spammy to me. But anyway, that exists.

Why the first novel created such a stir

https://daily.jstor.org/why-the-first-novel-created-such-a-stir/

#books #literature #fiction #history

This 2012 Guardian article pleases me:

Poetry prescriptions: verse to cure all ills.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2012/oct/02/national-poetry-day-william-sieghart-poetry-prescription

@Angle @DialMforMara

Thank you! I have un-checked "auto-play animated GIFs" and hope that is the setting that will do it.

Dear friends on Mastodon: I wish you would not have animated avatars. It's so distracting.

#avatars #Mastodon

@Leucrotta Sleep is almost always a good idea, IMHO.

From Nautilus: We should not accept scientific results that have not been repeated.

http://nautil.us/blog/-we-should-not-accept-scientific-results-that-have-not-been-repeated