Michelle

#PhD in #FoodPolitics #SocialMovements #FeministTheory #SocialMedia #Food

Joy: #UltraTrail #Running #Yoga #DailyYoga #DogsOfMastodon #GetOutside #YogaTeacher

Protecting my life with #MaskUp because #FuckCapitalism #AutoimmuneDisease #Sjogrens #MCS #ScentFree #Covid19

ID: Michelle, a middle-aged white woman, sweating & happy, mid-run. Banner is cherry blossoms backlit by sunshine. #AltText #CamelCase

Living on traditional Algonquin Territory

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2026-01-08 01:19:47 UTC

Dietary restrictions mean that most store bought ice cream is off limits for me. I checked out ice cream makers but hesitated because of cost / another appliance in a tiny kitchen. Then, I dove into the no-churn universe.
Hello, beautiful! I made my own condensed milk and this was still easy. Easy to modify (I skip the liquor and have made a chocolate version). Delicious. Nigella rocks!
#Recipe #Food #IceCream
https://www.nigella.com/recipes/one-step-no-churn-coffee-ice-cream

2025-12-30 04:02:13 UTC

Hey Jon Stewart, Jokes About Wearing Masks Aren’t Funny
#MaskUp #CovidIsNotOver #DisabilityJustice
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/12/hey-jon-stewart-jokes-about-wearing-masks-arent-funny/

2025-12-07 19:44:47 UTC

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Ohhh, guess who spoke too soon! I am hauling out all my winter running gear and I realize that my the liner of my shell jacket (nylon with a polyurethane liner) is ripped in a couple of spots. How does one repair that? Can I use a bicycle tube patch? Or maybe a camp mattress patch? Any MacGyver recommendations?
#Running #Run #ClothesRepair #FixIt #MakeThriftMend

2025-12-07 19:19:44 UTC

Doing a victory lap of the kitchen with my sewing bag! I have cleared my to-mend/modify/tailor pile! All done! Woot!
I am most pleased with swapping out the velcro on one of pup's jackets with a buckle. Whenever a backpack or whatever dies, I save all the hardware like a magpie! Always comes in handy!
Very impressed with my sewing machine for handling hemming my snow pants for running! She cruised through all the jeans!
So satisfying to be finished!
#Sewing #Mending #DIY #ThriftyFashion

2025-10-24 01:23:35 UTC

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I have checked both the meteorological predictions and farmers almanac- both seem to agree "classic Canadian winter" and lots of snow. Nor'easters are predicted in NL - close enough to you that you could get snow too. I will find a cake to torch just in case!!

2025-10-24 00:58:15 UTC

A year ago today, I torched a twinkie and we got 270+cm of snow. Should I be torching another this year? I brûléed some marshmallows earlier, does that count?
#Snow #Twinkie #TwinkieRoast

2025-09-25 15:57:12 UTC

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A tiny bit of hope!

2025-09-25 15:43:24 UTC

An experimental intranasal vaccine eliminates the COVID-19 virus in mice
Preclinical trials with rodents show 100% protection with the second dose
#Covid19 #Research #Vaccines
http://www.csic.es/es/actualidad-del-csic/una-vacuna-intranasal-experimental-elimina-el-virus-del-covid-19-en-ratones

2025-09-17 23:08:39 UTC

The humming tension between the mammogram/ultrasound and getting the results when you have "extremely dense" breasts - Phew!
I am grateful for yearly screening. I am grateful for public healthcare (I rode my bike so I didn't even have to pay for parking). I am grateful for "no evidence of malignancy."
#Mammogram #Breasts #Health #GetScreened

2025-08-08 19:16:12 UTC

We need #VisionZero
A cyclist has been hospitalized after being hit by a transport truck being driven on Fallowfield Road near the Via Rail station.
#Ottawa #OttBike
https://www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/article/cyclist-hit-by-transport-truck-near-fallowfield-train-station/

2025-08-03 14:14:14 UTC

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There is a demand by my city councillor to convert the intersections near me to roundabouts to prevent drag racing. I would love to see it happen there and elsewhere. Slow traffic is safer traffic.

2025-08-03 14:06:33 UTC

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The big thing I took away from this model is infrastructure. Force drivers to slow down with infrastructure and provide separate spaces for pedestrians. The environment changes the behaviour. I don't think people change on their own.

2025-08-03 01:57:56 UTC

It can be done. I want this for Ottawa.
Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death
The capital city is Finnish’ed with car-related fatalities.
#VisionZero #Ottawa
https://www.politico.eu/article/helsinki-no-traffic-death-roads-eu-accident-finland-driving-transport/

2025-07-08 19:47:44 UTC

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Looks gorgeous! I bet the turtles are staying cool!

2025-06-26 15:16:09 UTC

The temperature swing from a humidex of 46 to 16C is intense!
I am freezing.

2025-05-11 03:48:50 UTC

Jeff Bridges 'feeling good’ nearly 5 years after cancer diagnosis, but dealing with ‘long-term’ Covid effects
He also said he was recovering from a severe bout of Covid-19 at the time, believing he caught the virus after being exposed at the facility where he was receiving chemotherapy treatment.
While he assured his coronavirus symptoms were “in the rear view mirror,” he wrote that “my dance with Covid makes my cancer look like a piece of cake.”
#Covid19 #MaskUp
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/10/entertainment/jeff-bridges-cancer-covid-update-wellness

2025-05-08 13:38:36 UTC

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I saw two maintenance staff at Civic this morning with baggy blues (procedural masks which don't prevent transmission of airborne viruses).

2025-05-08 13:20:15 UTC

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Hospitals are the least safe place to be. There are no precautions taken and you have to be examined in close quarters by someone who is sick.

2025-05-08 13:13:51 UTC

Every time I access healthcare, at least one of the doctors is sniffling, snuffling, clearing their throat, coughing, technician is sneezing (rather theatrically!!), reception has a cough, and no one is masked.
It's always disappointing when HEALTHCARE workers are doing nothing to prevent virus transmission. Big "You had one job" energy.
#Covid19 #MaskUp #DisabilityJustice #Healthcare #YouHadOneJob

2024-12-26 22:45:07 UTC

Pet food contaminated with bird flu – which killed a house cat in Oregon – was distributed and sold in British Columbia, according to officials south of the border.
Northwest Naturals brand 2lb Feline Turkey Recipe raw frozen pet food has been recalled by the company and anyone who purchased it is advised to get rid of it immediately.
#Caturday #Cats #BC #BritishColumbia #CatFood #Recall #H5N1 #BirdFlu
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/cat-food-that-caused-bird-flu-death-of-oregon-pet-was-distributed-in-b-c-officials-1.7158088

2024-12-26 20:41:58 UTC

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) researchers found 30% of those infected with COVID-19 in the pre-Delta period (March to December 2020) developed long COVID, or post-COVID Condition (PCC).
Of those, 3/4 did not return to prior health within 60 weeks of initial infection. Not returning to pre-COVID health was associated with symptoms including respiratory problems, gastrointestinal symptoms, & chronic fatigue syndrome-like symptoms.
#LongCovid #Covid19
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/long-covid-study-shows-high-rates-cognitive-change

2024-12-25 05:21:57 UTC

A Portland-based pet food company issued a recall on one of its products after a cat in Washington County contracted bird flu and died after eating the food, the Oregon Department of Agriculture announced Tuesday.
#H5N1 #CatFood #Recall #Caturday
https://www.koin.com/local/washington-county/portland-pet-food-recalled-after-washington-county-cat-dies-from-bird-flu/

2024-12-07 16:47:57 UTC

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The number of times I see "foodie influencers" munching on produce as they walk out of the grocery store is alarming!

2024-12-07 16:37:43 UTC

Wash your produce!
#ProTip #LifeProTip #Food
#Cooking

2024-12-06 01:29:06 UTC

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Both are within reach if we prioritize the environment and our health over private profit

2024-12-06 01:01:23 UTC

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This would be ideal! Here we are going in the opposite direction provincially so I am not optimistic but I do see more e-bikes. It also makes biking accessible for more people. Lots of benefits- we just need public policy on side!

2024-12-06 00:40:41 UTC

The world’s 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric cars
#Environment #ElectricBike #ElectricMoped #ElectricCar #Oil #OilAndGas
https://theconversation.com/the-worlds-280-million-electric-bikes-and-mopeds-are-cutting-demand-for-oil-far-more-than-electric-cars-213870

2024-12-01 16:25:47 UTC

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It does take more work, but the smell (and taste) are worth it!

2024-12-01 16:19:01 UTC

Despite going to four different grocery stores this week to get ingredients for the next few countries in our #AroundTheWorld #CulinaryAdventures I was not able to get celery salt. So I am dehydrating celery leaves to make my own. Smells amazing!
I am making four spice mixes for the next few recipes and I am so excited! Growing my spice rack is one of my favourite parts of this adventure!
#Food #HerbsAndSpices #Seasoning #SpiceRack #Cooking

2024-11-24 22:54:07 UTC

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Next to the ocean is the best place to live!

2024-11-24 21:27:26 UTC

Food recall warning
Various brands of organic carrots recalled due to E. coli
#Food #Recall #FoodSafety #Canada #Carrots
https://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/alert-recall/various-brands-organic-carrots-recalled-due-e-coli-o121

2024-11-24 20:08:19 UTC

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Oh that sounds like oodles of fun! I am jealous of your access to elevation!!

2024-11-24 04:50:24 UTC

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I donate to Parkdale Food Centre and the volume of food is enormous. Same with Shepherds- our neighbours are in rough spots, in need of food and shelter. Ottawa Food Bank is unable to meet the demand with 30$ million. Across the whole sector, demand is high and rising.

2024-11-24 04:00:09 UTC

The Ottawa Food Bank is issuing a "declaration of emergency" about the number of people turning to the organization to put food on the table . . .
"We've seen a dramatic increase in the number of people turning to a food bank here in Ottawa, almost 90 per cent in the last four years," Rachael Wilson, CEO of the Ottawa Food Bank, said Friday.
#Food #FoodSecurity #Ottawa #FoodBanks #OttawaFoodBank
https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/ottawa-food-bank-declares-an-emergency-amid-record-breaking-usage-1.7119946

2024-11-20 05:15:49 UTC

A little over a month out from my first vacation since March of 2012. I have spent winter breaks writing and camping trips with a laptop for far too long. I am taking two whole weeks off. No studying. No work. I am not going anywhere. I am a little bit unsure of how I will feel. Not quite sure what I will do. But I'm sure I will muddle through somehow!
#Vacation #Balance #RecoveryingAcademic #HigherEd #Academia #Rest

2024-11-17 20:39:23 UTC

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Well done! Looks like a beautiful day! Gorgeous spot to run!

2024-11-11 15:47:51 UTC

Just released the 85th yoga practice on Thunder Honey Snow Studio!
https://www.patreon.com/ThunderHoneySnowStudio
My yoga platform is just over four months old!
Membership is free and you get access to members-only practices like the Listen Series. Paid subscribers get access to even more practices!
Sign up! Tell your friends! Do yoga!
#Yoga #FreeYoga #RestorativeYoga #MondayMotivation #MondayMorningMotivation

2024-11-05 03:20:58 UTC

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wow! Bear! Cool! I have only had two bear encounters on the trail- one my bear bells had fallen off my waist band and as I looked around for them, a bear crossed the trail!! Bear lumbered off unconcerned with me. The second, I passed alongside and the bear didn't even acknowledge me. Black bears tho. Not sure how I would feel about it after dark tho!! Sounds like a great hike! 24F is starting to get chilly!

2024-11-02 13:25:08 UTC

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I find myself returning to the Rumi quote in autumn “Be like a tree, and let the dead leaves drop.”
Inhale fresh autumn air, exhale and release that which no longer serves you. Autumn is the season of cleaning up your internal landscape.

2024-10-31 20:19:34 UTC

5 Benefits of Wearing a Mask
1. Keeps You From Spreading Germs
2. Prevents You From Getting Sick
3. Protects People With a Weak Immune System
4. Reduces Exposure to Allergens
5. Shields You From Poor Air Quality
#MaskUp #WearAMask #Covid19 #CovidIsNotOver #DisabilityJustice
https://www.health.com/condition/infectious-diseases/coronavirus/why-you-should-wear-a-mask

2024-10-31 15:34:59 UTC

"Scientists have been concerned that H5N1 might spread to pigs, which are considered “mixing bowl” species for flu viruses because they carry the same kind of receptors on cells in their lungs as humans and birds."
H5N1 bird flu has been identified in a pig in the United States for the first time, the US Department of Agriculture said Wednesday.
#H5N1 #Agriculture #Farming
https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/30/health/bird-flu-pig-oregon?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_msn

2024-10-23 23:44:31 UTC

At the rheumatologists' office today, neither of the two rheumatologists were masked. One asked me if I wear a mask to prevent reactions to scented products. I replied "I wear a mask because one in thirty-eight* have covid right now and I don't have time for long covid"
Crickets.
#Covid #Covid19 #CovidIsNotOver #Healthcare #AutoimmuneDiseases #MaskUp
* In Canada. Source: https://covid19resources.ca/covid-hazard-index/

2024-10-02 00:10:55 UTC

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All that grief, anger, work, loss, & sadness doesn't fit neatly into a palatable response about my "health journey" when the recipient found it unpalatable that not protecting disabled people was eugenics.
So I haven't said anything yet. I am not closing the door on the friendship. But I expect that it will be a long time before I find people around whom I feel safe - physically & emotionally. Fin/
#Covid19 #AutoimmuneDiseases #DisabilityJustice #Friendship

2024-10-02 00:01:55 UTC

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I am disappointed with humanity and exhausted with the extra work and grieving all the stuff I can't do - and that doesn't even touch on my "health journey" (because fuck my life, on top of eugenics we have sexism and autoimmune diseases don't get diagnosed, treated, and researched because patriarchy - so I have to become an expert on my conditions. I know my way around a peer reviewed article but fuck the extra work). 9/?

2024-10-01 23:49:45 UTC

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I am disappointed that the lack of solidarity and the exclusion creates an epic shit ton of reproductive labour for me. I am disappointed that I have to supervise virtual school to keep my kids, myself, and my family safe. I am disappointed that I have to spend time justifying my right to exist in safety. I am disappointed that I have to maintain swiss cheese layers of protection and constant vigilance. 8/?

2024-10-01 23:42:07 UTC

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I am disappointed in myself for so grossly overestimating the solidarity I expected. I am disappointed in my fellow humans for being such shitty allies. I am disappointed in my healthcare providers for not protecting my health (notable exception for my personal healthcare provider who wears an n95). I am disappointed in the level of exclusion that I am receiving (I thought it was bad before the pandemic, how naive I was!). 7/?

2024-10-01 23:35:31 UTC

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I picked a crappy group of people to have in my foxhole - they are all out dancing in the field "living their best lives" and playing chicken with their long term health and mine.
I thought for sure that the union people would understand that it was a labour issue. Nope. Left-wing? Not really. Accessibility? Only on paper & only if they don't have to actually do anything. Critical thinkers? I have never seen discourses of governmentality swallowed so quickly 6/?

2024-10-01 23:30:11 UTC

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It's not just her.
I'm so disappointed in my friends and family.
People who I thought were critical thinkers, left-wing, labour activists, and claim to be progressive, independent thinkers are uncomfortable with sticking out by wearing a mask. Totally ignoring that covid denial is capitalist eugenics, covid denial is a labour issue, covid denial is an accessibility issue, covid denial is a disability justice issue.
How did I misjudge these people? 5/?

2024-10-01 23:20:39 UTC

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Torn between a firehouse of complaints and just not responding anymore. I don't want to have to constantly convince people that it would be nice to be accommodated, that it would be nice to be protected, that it would be nice if they gave enough of a fuck about me to put on a mask.
I have decided that a healthy minimum standard for friendship is a vested interest in my survival. It's fucking lonely. 3/?
#AutoimmuneDiseases #Covid19 #DisabilityJustice

2024-10-01 23:14:45 UTC

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I'm torn between responding with a fire hose of complaints about trying to navigate healthcare in a system that doesn't give a fig about my health, about how exhausting it is to lead the charge & be my own best advocate through the healthcare system, how I can't access diagnostic procedures because the doctors declined to mask while I would be sedated, how I save calling 911 or going to the ER for very special occasions because of the risk to my health 3/?

2024-10-01 23:05:32 UTC

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After 18 months of silence, she has apologized, & now wants to understand autoimmune diseases, my "health journey", my diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, & if there are "lingering issues" (excuse me while I cackle over here at the idea that there wouldn't be lingering issues ).
The timing is hilarious. I have an appointment with my rheumatologist coming up - masks worn at the discretion of the doctor. 2/?
#AutoimmuneDiseases #Covid19 #DisabilityJustice

2024-10-01 22:58:09 UTC

About a year and a half ago, I was bemoaning to friend of over a decade how "public health" policies were crap because they did nothing to prevent the spread of covid and were based in eugenics - that it was acceptable cost of doing business for those who were disabled or who had "pre-existing conditions" to die. She responded that she saw herself in my complaint, didn't like it, & didn't speak to me again.
Until last week (thread)
#AutoimmuneDiseases #Covid19

2024-09-26 19:47:20 UTC

Hey Fediverse,
I am looking for research, policy, or communications roles, full time or part-time. I have a PhD in sociology. Profile highlights:
• Project management experience in both research & events.
• Research experience: research design, data collection, analysis (qualitative - NVivo, quantitative -SPSS), synthesis, & communication.
• Communications experience: Social Media, Website Support, Graphic Design, Video Editing.
Thanks! #FediHired #FediHire #FediJobs #Research #Communication

2024-08-29 16:36:00 UTC

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Thanks! I had fantastic weather and it was an otherwise lovely morning of running. This is the last race of the year for me. Now, time to plot new adventures!

2024-08-29 16:11:20 UTC

My unofficial race did not go as planned however I learned a lot about neighbourhood bathroom access.
Andrew Hayden Park - open port a potties. (YAY!!!)
Major's Hill Park - locked bathrooms, locked port a potties. (Non PG expletive)
Rockcliff Park - flush toilets and sinks with running water. (Thank fuck! - yes, fuck is PG)
It has been said before and it bears repeating: Ottawa needs more public toilets. All year round.
#Ottawa #Toilets #OttCity #Running #Run