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Jasmine Mangalaseril 🧁 @cardamomaddict.bsky.social · May 2

Welcome, my lovelies. I've misplaced my welcome post (prolly under a cat or a pile of books), so, here's a new one.

I'm a food writer, omnivorously rambling here in Waterloo Region (Canada).

My posts are disparate, and range from current affairs to art to food to whatever's happening in my life.

Two maple leaf-shaped sugar cookies, flooded with red icing. They sit on a fancy, embossed white plate, next to a rather utilitarian red tea mug.

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Jasmine Mangalaseril 🧁 @cardamomaddict.bsky.social · 6h

Went to Humble Lotus for sustenance roller coaster of a morning (thankfully, all is well). Today’s Jasmine special. This one has tempura shrimp and chilli-peach sauce.

#Food #Sushi #WaterlooRegion

Jasmine Mangalaseril 🧁 @cardamomaddict.bsky.social · 6h

In Italy, it turned out the lady across the train aisle from me, once she found out I spoke French, asked if I had heard of Guelph as her best friend or cousin moved there. She was thrilled I knew of it and made sure I got off at the right stop and gave me her pesto recipe.

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Investigative Journalism Foundation @theijf.org · 14h

What happens when a celebrated scientist is accused of fabricating results to promote his patented product? We’ve obtained a leaked investigation report into misconduct at UBC, and we’re making the findings public for the first time.

theijf.org/ubc-misconduct

#bcpoli #science #CBC

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Piali Roy @pialiroy.bsky.social · 22h

For the urbanists out there youtube.com/shorts/kIVza...

Today marks the 45th anniversary of INXS’s debut self-titled album!

YouTube video by INXS

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Jasmine Mangalaseril 🧁 @cardamomaddict.bsky.social · 23h

If I am correct, it won't be the first time I've corrected a lawyer on copyright law.

Jasmine Mangalaseril 🧁 @cardamomaddict.bsky.social · 23h

Methinks that "copyright lawyer" doesn't know the difference between a patent and copyrightable original work.

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Robin Mar-Witch 🧙🏻‍♀️ @electricland.bsky.social · 23h

More from the wacky world of embroidery: someone in the same group found a pattern on Etsy whose creator stipulated that not only can you not copy and sell the pattern (fine), you can’t even *give the finished product to someone else*.

Robin Mar-Witch 🧙🏻‍♀️ @electricland.bsky.social · 12d

Today in “AI is a scourge”: I’m in an embroidery group on Facebook, and it feels like every day brings a new person who says “I bought this pattern on Etsy but it didn’t come with instructions and I don’t understand how they got this effect”

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Robin Mar-Witch 🧙🏻‍♀️ @electricland.bsky.social · 12d

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Jasmine Mangalaseril 🧁 @cardamomaddict.bsky.social · 1d

ICYMI: Friday's food column talked about more than a snootle of good news for Canadian distillers, including Guelph's John Sleeman and Sons Spring Mill Distillery!

#Whisky #Food #GuelphON

www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

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Jasmine Mangalaseril 🧁 @cardamomaddict.bsky.social · 1d

I think there are so many factors incl. demographic changes, declines in drinking and (I think) revenues, it's now a bunch of weekends (not straight ~10d) so travellers aren't flying in and staying for days. I recall local businesses like craft brewers weren't allowed to officially participate...

Jasmine Mangalaseril 🧁 @cardamomaddict.bsky.social · 1d

Huh... We used to have tens of thousands (est. 150K, in 2016) who lined the the route for the Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest Parade. Yesterday..."hundreds."

It also used to attract 700K tourists, now, it's 30K (and I think that's a stretch).

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Hundreds line the street to take in K-W Oktoberfest Thanksgiving Day parade | CBC News

Hundreds of people sat along Weber Street on Monday morning to take in the K-W Oktoberfest Thanksgiving Day parade.

www.cbc.ca

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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 2d

Does it matter where our future doctors attended high school? Doug Ford seems to think so, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/0fc7a92... via @globeandmail #IMGs #MedEd

Does it matter where our future doctors attended high school? Doug Ford seems to think so

New policy has huge implications and could lead to fewer doctors practising in Ontario

www.theglobeandmail.com

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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 4d

Ontario limiting first-round applications for residency positions from international medical graduates to only those who completed at least two years of high school in the province, by @alannasmith.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com #MedEd #IMGs

Ontario will apply new limits on residency applications from international medical graduates

Graduates who did not attend an Ontario high school must wait until the second round of applications

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Jasmine Mangalaseril 🧁 @cardamomaddict.bsky.social · 1d

they do run a little warm, but they do purr….

Jasmine Mangalaseril 🧁 @cardamomaddict.bsky.social · 1d

After tonight’s episode, I so want this to happen :)

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Jasmine Mangalaseril 🧁 @cardamomaddict.bsky.social · 1d

I didn’t know, but I’m not surprised. I looked forward to the episodes he’d suddenly appear in after weeks of his absence, but now…

Jasmine Mangalaseril 🧁 @cardamomaddict.bsky.social · 1d

Only some days?

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 2d

This is why I get so exasperated when people suggest SF written 50+ years ago as the place for new readers of the genre, especially young readers, to start with. There is SO MUCH that will throw them out of the work, from outdated tech to outdated social structures. They'll leave and not come back.

J. Hammer-Slay PhD 🎃🧛‍♂️🧟‍♂️🧌👻 @jhammersley.bsky.social · 2d

Yup was just gonna comment on this! My kids always notice how outdated computers or other technology seem when I make them rewatch e.g. original Star Wars trilogy rr something

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Jasmine Mangalaseril 🧁 @cardamomaddict.bsky.social · 2d

My brain processed this as "The Soo has been operating the speakeasy of libraries for ~130yrs."

www.sootoday.com/local-news/w...

Whoops - Sault’s public library is kind of illegal

When the city took over the library on Aug. 31, 1896, no bylaw was passed

www.sootoday.com

Jasmine Mangalaseril 🧁 @cardamomaddict.bsky.social · 2d

I sat down to do some work in the TV Temple and not one, but two laptops have incapacitated me.

#cats

A fuzzy black and white cat and a fluffy tangerine cat are vying for laptime.

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Jasmine Mangalaseril 🧁 @cardamomaddict.bsky.social · 2d

My traditional post turkey day dinner: Newfoundland fries, except with turkey dinner :)

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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 2d

Thanksgiving turkey praying none of its side dishes find out about each other

www.thebeaverton.com

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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 2d

When Hollywood Does Canada: The Devil's Brigade
A fun movie that most historians and veterans feel isn't historically accurate.
The worst thing it did was completely ignoring the most-decorated member of the Devil's Brigade, Tommy Prince.

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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Blade Wielding Bisexual (Lordean arc) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 5d

I am bound by the ancient contract of the internet to repost this.

👻 YSUBoOooOooOo 👻 @bassoonysu.bsky.social · 5d

As is always correct and in accordance with all the laws of the internet, I just watched Tom Holland's epic Lip Sync Battle performance, and now I am sharing it with all of you so you can do the same.

Lip Sync Battle - Tom Holland

YouTube video by Comedy Central Latinoamérica

youtu.be

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