Notes

I was under the impression that a subpoena meant you... had to do something? Or be arrested? Trump is, apparently proving me wrong here.

I'm enjoying #Sandman so far, but I do wonder what people will make of it so haven't read the source material

TIL that there is actually no abortion law in Canada, i.e. there's no law which explicitly allows or disallows an abortion. It's treated simply as a medical procedure, like a hip replacement (no law for that either) and is legal in the same sense.

Ha! https://williamkennedy.ninja/javascript/2022/05/03/in-defence-of-the-single-page-application/

I don't believe I'm a person with seasonal depression or anything but I have to admit that my mood is better with the warm weather.

This is truly fascinating. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O28uSZxyEw

TIL that the term "through-composed" refers to a piece of music with no repeated parts (no refrains, etc.)

Quite the shit show in the US today

Out and about. Griffintown has changed a lot.

I'm not religious, but I occasionally think that for some people, their purpose in life is to be a cautionary tale, and that makes me sad.

Recent interactions on Twitter have led me to clarify the purpose of all my feeds with descriptions, so hopefully people will have a better idea of what they are in for :-)

More generally, is there any advantage to hosting your albums on an #indieweb enabled website, as opposed to a dedicated application, assuming the app was under your control (in other words you still own your data)?

So what does the #indieweb use for storing photos/albums? I run a micropub media server on a remote machine, storing the photos on disk. Any advantage to switching to the cloud (a bucket, for example)?

Though parts of the Wheel of Time TV series were maddeningly frustrating, I did enjoy it on the whole, though being a fan I was always going to be an easy sell. The people complaining about the diversity of the cast can get bent; the cast was one of the best parts.

I have a very hard time developing new habits. As I have not grown up with plants my whole life, this means that I cannot be trusted to keep a plant alive, as I will inevitably forget to water it.

I am grateful that Wordle exists if for no other reason than it gives me a reason to talk to my mother every day.

I understand the sentiment but really, what's wrong with garlic in your soul? Garlic is good.

Why does every Greek letter sound so ominous?

TIL I learned that the word "senate" is derived from the Latin word "senex" meaning "old man".

TIL that Betty White is older than sliced bread. Also, her and Rue McClanahan were originally offered their respective parts on The Golden Girls.

I know this sounds patronizing but the Spanish word for small (pequeño/a) is super cute.

Unoaked whiskey.  Isn't that just...vodka?

I'll admit I gave up on the series after...book11?  Still excited, though :-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Fus4Xb_TLg

I've been doing Spanish on Duolingo since December of last year, and I STILL have trouble mentally translating "Yo tengo" as "I have" as opposed to "You tango?"

Aha, so THAT'S what a crab pinch feels like