The Supreme Court case about the web developer believing she has the right to discriminate seems off to me. I know many people who create websites for a living. I don’t think they consider themselves artists who are putting themselves into their work. A good website represents the client, not the developer. Am I wrong? Here’s an essay by the always brilliant Robin Givhan where I think she agrees with me.
Currently reading: LaserWriter II by Tamara Shopsin 📚
Finished reading: The Balliols by Alec Waugh 📚So unexpectedly good! Written in 1934, looking back at 1900-1925. Lots about the role of women changing, lots about the disappointments post-WW1. Highly recommended.
Finished reading: The Women Could Fly by Megan Giddings 📚I didn’t love it. Parts of it were great, a lot of it was preachy.
Shoutout to @acfusco for writing such wonderful short stories for Micro.blogvember. You are an inspiration to us all. You didn’t just go for safety, you took chances and we all benefited.
I ain’t got nothing to say today. So it’s just fish.
Just reported a bug to Apple. When I use my iPad in Sidecar mode to hold the Zoom window, thus freeing up the rest of my iMac for screen share, etc., the iPad becomes very unstable and Zoom often freezes to the point of unusability. Worked fine under iPadOS 15. @burk
Yeah, my weight is definitely trending higher after the past food-filled week. I’m counting on intermittent fasting to bring it back down to normal.
What’s my motivation for looking at Mastodon at all? I’m pondering when to use Mastodon and when to use Micro.blog. I have a vague idea that Micro.blog is for friends, even though I’ve met none of you, and Mastodon is for professional interests. But I haven’t found those folks.
Desperate COVID long-haulers turn to costly, unproven treatments
Data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests that almost 15 percent of the population has had long COVID, or symptoms that lasted three months or longer after the acute infection.
Currently reading: The Women Could Fly by Megan Giddings 📚
Currently reading: Learning Science for Instructional Designers by Clark N. Quinn 📚
Another case of history rhyming: the wonderful book Chants Democratic is teaching me about 1829 New York and the movement that won a NYC election with a commitment to redistribute all property. They were soon co-opted and made to disappear. Much talk of inequality in those times.
Yankee breakfast: apple pie and cheddar cheese
Ritual! What a funny word to come up the day after Thanksgiving which was a day of such ritual. Everything I cooked, everything we ate, was spiced with nostalgia.
Making mashed potatoes with celeriac and garlic. The trick is figuring out how to retain the right amount of cooking water for good texture.
An update: I am leaving work at 1 PM in order to do a bit of last minute shopping and then begin cooking. Excited!
Finished reading: Beware of Pity by Stefan Zweig 📚Such an interesting novel. I suspect it works on many levels. Thank you to my friends in the Readers Republic for recommending it.
Currently reading: The Balliols by Alec Waugh 📚
Yesterday, I put 200 miles on my car driving all over Vermont, putting up posters to publicize a program from a non-profit I care about. I also made sure to graze at several interesting restaurants. The unexpected pleasure was Banh Mi in White River Junction, VT.
Who do I know who is a scientist ready to study Long COVID, ME/CFS, etc? Apply to work at ARPA-H. This work is so important.
11 degrees F overnight here in NH. Reports of black ice on the roads. I will be careful driving to work.
I can’t figure out how to join the Mastodon at social.omg.lol. I have an omg.lol account already. What’s the trick?
I’m inspired again to work on genealogy. I find that I have many repeat visits to the information about various family members, as I determine that I’ve forgotten to add basic information such as birth and death dates.
One of the result of COVID times is that I head for bed around 7 PM and read for 1-2 hours. I have read novel after novel in this past 20 months.I enjoy looking at my MB Epilogue history, remembering bits and pieces that struck me about each book.