We just started a long-awaited kitchen renovation in our century house. I plan to document the process on YouTube. You can follow along.
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Susan Sim, Ph.D.
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Is this painting of King Louis XIV and Molière a lie?
There’s no evidence that Molière dined with the Sun King. Furthermore, if it did happen, it didn’t look like this painting. And I’m not just talking about the lighting.
The work was painted in 1862 by Jean-Léon Gérôme, who was one of the most important artists of his time.
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Is this painting of King Louis XIV and Molière a lie?
There’s no evidence that Molière dined with the Sun King. Furthermore, if it did happen, it didn’t look like this painting. And I’m not just talking about the lighting. The work was painted in 1862 by Jean-Léon Gérôme, who was one of the most important artists of
Back in the writing chair. Took a long break to spend time with the kids over Christmas break and read books.
FediTips has moved!Please don't use #Fedified! 🙏
This is what it says about itself:
"(Fedified) is *the* way to make sure that you're following the account managed by the same person you used to follow on Twitter."
It wants to be a central authority. This is dangerous, and opposite to what the #Fediverse stands for.
People become dependent on a central authority, then it gets bought out by billionaires.
You can already verify your account on here without using any centralised lists:
https://fedi.tips/how-to-use-mastodon-and-the-fediverse-advanced-tips/#HowDoIVerifyMyAccount
Jens von BergmannVancouver's municipal election two months ago resulted in a shift in direction. @Lausterna and I used individual ballot data to understand this change through people's voting behaviour. https://doodles.mountainmath.ca/blog/2022/12/17/analyzing-ballot-composition-in-vancouver/
I was curious about the origin of the saying, "Never talk about politics or religion in polite company." One of the oldest references that came up on Google was The Letter Bag of the Great Western (1840) by Thomas Chandler Haliburton. I needed to track down this book and I was in luck: there was a copy at the Toronto Reference Library. I went down a serious rabbit hole that day. Let me tell you about the best bits.
https://manyroads.ghost.io/the-letter-bag-of-the-great-western/
RoAllies support Black and Brown folks quietly.
Accomplices will pick up a battle axe and get in the fight because they value healthy and non-toxic spaces too.
Accomplices will pick up a battle axe and get in the fight because they value healthy and non-toxic spaces too.
At Toronto Reference Library today looking at a book from 1840. It came with two layers of slip cases and the librarian provided a foam cradle to protect the spine.
I want to combine Canadian census data with provincial and municipal voting data. I have voting data, which is sub-divided into polls, which map nicely to Forward Sortation Codes (FSAs)
I can find Canadian census data by FSAs for 2016, but not for 2021. Should I stitch together Dissemination Areas (DA)? Does a nice mapping exist?
Please boost to me connect with the right person. Thank you!
Eagle EyedI would just like to publicise the #alt4me, #alt4you, #desc4me and #desc4you hashtags.
These tags are four descriptions for images and videos.
#alt4me is used when someone in need of alt text on an image finds a toot with an image attached and would like someone to respond with a description.
#desc4me is the same but for videos.
#alt4you is also for images but if you find an image which you describe, tag it with this.
#desc4you is similar to alt4you but for videos as well.
If you have the time, please do use these!
These tags are four descriptions for images and videos.
#alt4me is used when someone in need of alt text on an image finds a toot with an image attached and would like someone to respond with a description.
#desc4me is the same but for videos.
#alt4you is also for images but if you find an image which you describe, tag it with this.
#desc4you is similar to alt4you but for videos as well.
If you have the time, please do use these!