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Alice Mac

@alicethemac.bsky.social

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Alive & curious with a focus on mutual aid, gardening, & good food. Learning Strategist. It is all about the Learning! Settler scholar on the unceded lands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.

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Alice Mac @alicethemac.bsky.social · Sep 28

Today 260 pounds of apples where ground and pressed to produce 65 litres of juice.
9 people were involved in the process and everyone took their share.
#WasteNotWantNot #MutualAid #PuttingFoodBy

A line of litre jars filled with apple cider

Alice Mac @alicethemac.bsky.social · Sep 26

Colchicum, also known as autumn crocus, is in full bloom right now.
This is not the saffron crocus and cannot be safely eaten.

colchicum flowers in the late afternoon sun.

Alice Mac @alicethemac.bsky.social · Aug 27

Pretty much any pharmacy can do this for you.
Your decision.

Alice Mac @alicethemac.bsky.social · Aug 24

Drive to BC (or Saskatchewan). Make a little vacation of it. Get the shot for free.

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Alice Mac @alicethemac.bsky.social · Aug 9

Tomatoes are ripening. Soon we will be overwhelmed but right now it is exciting.

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Alice Mac @alicethemac.bsky.social · Aug 5

Getting down with pickling to pack the pantry for winter eating.
#wastenotwantnot #pantryfilling

litre jars fully packed with small cucumbers for pickling.

Alice Mac @alicethemac.bsky.social · Jul 14

not so much a repeat as a reboot

Alice Mac @alicethemac.bsky.social · Jul 14

you forgot the /s

Alice Mac @alicethemac.bsky.social · Jul 14

and with no ALT text

Alice Mac @alicethemac.bsky.social · Jul 12

Pizza on the BBQ in hot weather keep the inside of the house cooler.

Alice Mac @alicethemac.bsky.social · Jun 30

Indigenous Survivors Day June 30
The Survivors’ Flag expresses remembrance, to honour residential school Survivors and lives and communities impacted by the residential school system in Canada.
Each element on the flag was carefully selected by Survivors from across Canada.
nctr.ca/exhibits/sur...

Indigenous Survivors Flag
An orange flag with white overlay featuring an image of a family within a circle.

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Alice Mac @alicethemac.bsky.social · Jun 29

Picking Oregon grape. Makes a fine tart jelly.

Alice Mac @alicethemac.bsky.social · Jun 20

Aw, can't find him. Did he leave already?

Alice Mac @alicethemac.bsky.social · Jun 17

Asparagus packed in canning jars with lemon and ready to pickle. Seasonal goodness saved for later. #homecanning #wastenotwantnot

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Alice Mac @alicethemac.bsky.social · Jun 8

and then hired them into ICE

Alice Mac @alicethemac.bsky.social · Jun 7

you forgot /s

Alice Mac @alicethemac.bsky.social · Jun 7

There is a process and I encourage you to see if it fits for you.

Alice Mac @alicethemac.bsky.social · Jun 7

Would he know a 'pattern' if he saw one?
I certainly see a pattern and will not be adding to it by visiting the US any time soon.

Alice Mac @alicethemac.bsky.social · Jun 7

Very few things in life are perfect and those are usually fleeting.
I nominate this bowl of strawberries for today's honour.

Alice Mac @alicethemac.bsky.social · Jun 5

The USNS Harriet Tubman is among the ships named for prominent Black Americans, abolitionists, labor leaders and others that the Defense Department might rename, according to CBS News.

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Alice Mac @alicethemac.bsky.social · Jun 2

Every university is working on this. We need to highlight the development of critical thinking skills by students for their own sake and because AI can't think.
All of the AI formats available are prone to making thing up.
originality.ai/blog/ai-hall...

AI response to "the pool of the Titanic is still full"
The answer is too wrong to reproduce here.

Alice Mac @alicethemac.bsky.social · May 31

Focaccia just out of the oven and cooling on racks. #realbread #sourdough

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Alice Mac @alicethemac.bsky.social · May 26

Red rhododendron in full bloom.

Alice Mac @alicethemac.bsky.social · May 16

Rhodos breaking bud.

Alice Mac @alicethemac.bsky.social · May 10

First time that I have said, "I wish I lived in Timmins."👍