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Jen
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lol i mean i guess it's true to the extent that most of the surviving old buildings were built for wealthier people so they were built pretty well. a lot of buildings built now for comparably wealthy people are built cheap to look more extravagant than they actually are
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Jen
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It's a big transition from being the kind of person who doesn't like to complain to becoming the kind of person who files complaints with the city. But it's a complaints driven process and there's a reason stuff gets fixed much faster in richer neighborhoods!
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Jen
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god this happens in east vancouver all the time, which is ridiculous because SOMETIMES they use those slow drip water bags that zip around the base of the sapling and sometimes they just don't? it's not that hard to put the water bag on there and check them like once or twice a month
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Jen
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fourth option to round out the mix: someone who has been out of grad school for nearly a decade or maybe more, and realized they have way too many books they won't revisit but wants to pass them along to others who will treasure them (it's me, i've done this)
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Jen
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You can make your own with lemon juice, a pinch of salt, and whatever sweetener you like (maple syrup for me, or idk something that you like and can have in your diet) www.verywellfit.com/how-to-make-...
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Jen
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Joe Biden has a chance to do the funniest thing right now
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Jen
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I was not expecting that twist ending π
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it's taken me a long time to accept that and refocus on the joy of the process rather than the expectation that i must be naturally talented. don't judge younger me, i grew up in an atmosphere that lauded precocious youthful talent, and taught children they had a "gift" to discover and maximize π
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it's painting and gardening for me, i've gone dormant on pottery since covid but i'll get back to it too, sooner or later. i'm not very good at any of them but each one makes me feel connected to my body, the living earth, and my tools and materials π
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Jen
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omg no wonder! it sounds almost synthesized, but unlike anything i've heard before π₯Ή
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Jen
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It's pretty bougie now but I came upon a section of housing called "the colonies" that I later found out were a 19th century workers affordable co-op housing initiative in the Stockbridge neighbourhood and they were beautifully laid out so everyone had equal access to the river
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Jen
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yeah most likely. i'm getting a lot better at just accepting who i am and how dull and small and frustrating my life keeps getting. but i have a safe and stable home, a garden, a nice dog, a few good friends, and a body that still mostly works most of them time so that's pretty good as a baseline π€·ββοΈ
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Jen
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I was about to say I've found peace with it, but tbh I haven't. I just had brunch with a friend I haven't seen in awhile and apologized for how boring it was of me to go through the fine details of my ongoing medical situation π
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Jen
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i have that same electric pad and you're not supposed to sleep on top of it. it doesn't stay a consistent temperature and even at the bottom setting sometimes it just roasts! if she kills her baby or burns down her house her insurance company is gonna find this post and deny the claim π¬
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Jen
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certain gadgets can be really useful and it's not wrong to save yourself some labour time. wasn't that the whole MO of the 1950s housewife? you live and work in the home 24/7 and have enough to do without overcomplicating every single step of it
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*toasts* plain bread
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Jen
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The standard toaster oven I have now is still in great shape so I'm not in a rush to replace it, but at some point I'd like to replace it with an even more versatile all-in-one air fryer unit that still toasts bread
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Jen
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I strongly support the toaster oven idea. I've had one for many years and it takes plain toast as well as a pop down toaster, but you can also make a tuna melt or reheat frozen foods on a hot summer day without heating up your entire house like you would with the whole ass oven
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Jen
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I need to hear this
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Mary Gillis
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The school censored a student, and now everything they tried to stop her from saying about them has become national news. How, in the year of our Lord 2024, do people still not know about the Streisand Effect?
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Jen
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my dad and uncle probably weren't the last surviving babies to be born in a ghost town (ocean falls) but there certainly weren't a lot more babies born there in the subsequent 15 years. it was a booming company town in the 50s but declined fast through the 60s-70s to basically nothing by 1980
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Jen
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unless their brakes were blown out and they were trying to warn you they couldn't stop, this is an unacceptable use of the horn
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Jen
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yeah the babies/post-fledge teens have a funny little way of asking to be fed even as they're learning how to feed themselves, and the parents reply with a similarly kind of affectionate guttural response
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Jen
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Is it a baby?
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Jen
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I'm having a real "I follow way too many Americans" moment on here today. No offense to all of you or your warranted anxieties, you're by and large very good people! But I sure am filling out my muted words list today. I have no place in these conversations.
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Jen
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Screening at 40 is not "early" screening. It's still a long shot away from protecting women like me, diagnosed stage 4 at 36, or another woman from work I'm close friends with, diagnosed at 30. Breast cancer is hitting younger and younger and heel dragging on early screening is killing us.
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Jen
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you guys should just switch it up and do fireworks on halloween like we do. it's too hot to do them on the 4th of july but it's perfect on halloween!
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Jen
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sure you can. he's a guy, a beloved friend, who deserves to be referred to in the familiar
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Jen
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Is it giving up, or is it simply being sensible (complimentary)
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Avishay Ben-Sasson-Gordis
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The Canadian government announced another round of settler designations. Importantly, this one include Amana, the settler construction arm. This is already a big deal and could get bigger if the US joins on this one.
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Jen
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This is such welcome news, and it makes me happy as a Canadian to see my own country step out of the shadow of US hegemony and do something right for a change. It's months late, but still welcome. I hope we continue to push further and faster, before the upcoming election.
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Jen
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I thought I recognized the photo! As weird as that is, because it could be a lot of places. I love that area and have spent a lot of time just tromping around the little intersecting pathways back there with my dog
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holy shit bruh
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Jen
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it's high up on my list!
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Jen
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what if i'm technically lawyer adjacent in that i do archival research the lawyers in a separate firm use to make cases but don't get paid sufficiently for it or get any credit (and i'm also on long term sick leave, so like adjaaaaacent adjacent)
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Jen
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i'm hilarious exaggerated facial expressions, particularly the kind of scowl that gives you the vertical line between the brows
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Just FYI, in case you were wondering. I'm wondering because I think I might be having withdrawals from both clonazepam and prednisone despite only taking the clonazepam at a low dose every 3 days for the past few weeks to counterbalance the prednisone. Love to be this sensitive!!
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Jen
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It's not only safer and easier to do a slow taper, but it's actually significantly better in terms of long term side effects to do so as well. Like you'll come off of it faster and have basically zero side effects if you do it right but if you go cold turkey you'll break your brain long term/forever
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Jen
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I just looked up information on clonazepam withdrawal and tapering methods and everything I've seen is saying that going cold turkey enormously increases the likelihood of long term confusion, poor cognitive function, and poor memory. That explains a LOT about Jordan Peterson!!
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Jen
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it's called zheng gu shui, get the one that comes in a spray bottle
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Jen
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your NURSE?
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Jen
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Oh great, the one Tesla feature I thought was pretty cool turns out to be not so cool, literally
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Steve Sikora
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βBut hereβs whatβs not in the report: The injuries to Native people were not just an unforeseen byproduct of federal dam building. They were, in fact, taken into account at the time. And federal leaders considered that damage a good thing.[οΏΌβ¦] government documents from the 1940s and 1950s β¦.βππ½
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I mean I've reluctantly gone on one cruise and hated it, but it's more that there were a lot of suburban day-drunk uncles in the elevators and around the pools and bars, but their behaviour did not rise to the level of treachery or gang violence as far as I could tell π³
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Jen
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what!!
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Jen
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He might be more forthcoming as he approaches his final years. My grandma left NI in the 50s, and didn't say much about it other than expressing disapproval toward her own peers' attitudes. But as she got closer to the end of life told a couple stories about her dad running guns for the loyalists
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Jen
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right? it really does!
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Jen
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when you realize that being a good person takes a great deal of moral strength and courage, and being a bad person is actually weak and fear-driven it really does make it a lot easier to make better choices
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great choice of topic tbh, i have firm opinions about this. the answer is yes and no for both! yes because half the point of loading up is to minimize trips back and forth, but no because it's a whole body strength training exercise to load yourself up like a donkey to avoid the cardio
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ben bradley
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a great cbc vancouver piece from 1968 or 1969, about the "cool aid" hostel in that city, which served transient youths. (cool aid vancouver pre-dated but did not last as long as cool aid victoria.)
#bchist #cdnhist
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=eERq...
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