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USelaine

@USelaine@mastodon.online

Mendocino coast resident. Generation Jones. Cis/het emerita. Her.

Paraprofessional educator. Previous work in land use, natural history, human history, along with odds and ends. RPCV Hungary (pic 1995)

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bicmay, to random
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"Guidelines that adhere to the highest standards of infection control might please purists in public health who don’t have to make policies for the real world. However, guidelines that seem to acknowledge that workers often don’t have paid sick leave and emergency child care, and that social interactions are important to folks, are more likely not only to be followed but to engender trust in public health authorities."

https://www.vox.com/2024/2/14/24073306/isolation-covid-guidelines-cdc-change

#publichealth #covid #isolation #ventilation #masks

USelaine,
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@bicmay
And if you shed virus in the break room, at least you had a nice conversation with your asthmatic coworker about Dune 2 before they died.

RickiTarr, to random
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What if farts were in reverse, and they were little stink clouds trying to get in your butt?

USelaine,
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@RickiTarr
Trying to think of an anal-log…

StillIRise1963, to random
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The '70s were not afraid of the color brown.

USelaine,
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@StillIRise1963
Still available:

https://www.shopzuri.com/products/itfactor

USelaine,
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@StillIRise1963
That dress is the most’70s print (and A line) that I’ve seen in a long time. Brown, orange, black, white in a mod pop abstraction.

chargrille, to random
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Over the last 3+ decades, I've watched the Republican party bring fascism to the brink of victory again, a mere 60 years after its defeat in WWII.

Aided, hand-in-hand, by the post-communist, mafia-state apparatuses of Russia & China - countries the GOP spent the last 100 years using as bogeymen against US voters who wanted better services from their own national government - & by the multi-national corporations that funded the GOP & were rewarded with dismantling of anti-monopoly & FCC laws.

USelaine,
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@chargrille
The seed of that root likely was Paul Weyrich, founder of The Heritage Foundation, ALEC, and the public facing Moral Majority, giving us Reagan, and insidious monopolies over talk radio networks. (See also: Cal Thomas’s mastery of the monstrous mailing lists, which was not yet a thing.) The ground was fertile for Murdoch to roll in big.

(I just took one class about this in 1982, but it made an impression.)

USelaine,
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@chargrille
Interesting.

USelaine,
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@chargrille
The 1982 class focused on the recent political ignition of white evangelicals. An early hook was the prospect of losing tax-free status for religious schools. Get all the addresses of all the church members, and the Moral Majority was in business. Politics wasn’t just for the heathens anymore.

USelaine, to random
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I have yet another unpopular opinion.

It’s either a “private lunar lander” or “the U.S. is back on the moon”, but not both.

ai6yr, to random
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Starting to get my kitchen back...

USelaine,
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@ai6yr
Can’t have too much shelving.

USelaine,
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@ai6yr
There are people who think books in a home are “just for show”, and it gives me guppy mouth.

USelaine,
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@ai6yr
LOL! Maybe they have it there for visitors like you to sit down to.

USelaine, to Recipes
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My grandmother was reportedly not an enthusiastic cook, but she dutifully collected recipes by word of mouth, or by newspaper and magazines. Home economics was required coursework for girls, a century ago. Most cake recipes conclude with “Bake in mod. oven” since they didn’t have temperature calibration.

Here’s one she transcribed called Weary Willie Cake. Looks very free form and adjustable.

amyfou, to Birds
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    USelaine,
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    @amyfou
    That’s the best picture I’ve ever seen of a vermillion flycatcher!

    ai6yr, to random
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    If you have need to keep any captured aliens in a giant tube, here's your free Craiglist deal of the day! 🤪

    USelaine,
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    @ai6yr
    Is it open at both ends?

    USelaine,
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    @ai6yr
    Here I was thinking greenhouse.

    chargrille, to random
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    #TracyChapman is, and always has been, everything. #Grammys can be over for the year now.

    USelaine,
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    @chargrille
    To his credit, he kept the lyrics as she wrote them, with “checkout girl” identifying the POV as female. I don’t remember his name, but I saw he took some heat, and praised the song he had loved since his youth.

    As the songwriter, she gets paid for his cover. ✨

    USelaine,
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    @chargrille

    No idea.

    I got to see her perform live as well! It was an indoor venue in Budapest in 1996 or so, and was a real delight. I remember her laughing and enjoying the show so much. Just her, with no opening act.

    USelaine,
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    @chargrille
    I didn’t realize.

    ai6yr, to random
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    Patio Flood Watch 2024 Commences! #BackyardFloodWatch

    USelaine,
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    @ai6yr
    Is it fairly wind sheltered? I’m thinking of bringing in a plastic side table.

    USelaine, to random
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    From a bound book of various magazine extracts, including sentimental poems, songs, and light humor in 1905, comes this anecdote. Would have been funny to everyone of the time.

    image/jpeg

    USelaine,
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    @Deus
    I think the story was meant to conceal the true gender completely to create a stronger punchline on the moment the mother says the name. It’s attributed to Mark Twain.

    ai6yr, to venturacounty
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    ICON weather model still convinced of very significant rain on Sunday. 8.3 inches in my town. The other models not as bold. #VenturaCounty #rain #CAwx

    USelaine,
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    @ai6yr
    I don’t know how you prepare for a deluge like that, but I know you’re giving your family the best chance possible. Good luck.

    USelaine, to random
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    My favorite was The Russians Are Coming, with its location filming on the Mendocino coast.

    https://m.ai6yr.org/

    USelaine, to random
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    YOLO, but YODO, too.

    clive, to random
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    "You've got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em"

    "I was actually hoping your advice on playing poker would be a bit more ... granular"

    USelaine,
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    @clive
    It’s the walk away and the run parts that sustain my daily activities.

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