iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Reposted by Marcia@🏡

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 11/02/2025

Our dictionary includes this alternate pronunciation but it labels it as “nonstandard” because people who go about disapproving of such things widely disapprove of it.

327919

Reposted by Marcia@🏡

Isaac Bogoch @isaacbogoch.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

To our American friends who may now be struggling to find health information on US websites: Please check out the Public Health Agency of Canada's website for helpful resources, updated dashboards & practical health tips. 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 canada.ca/en/public-he...

31275113828

Reposted by Marcia@🏡

Vanessa Riley @vanessariley.com · 02/02/2025

The bad people are at it again! Attacking Book Clubs and book peeps. 🚨 Spamming Zooms with their filth, crashing meetings, causing chaos. If you host virtual events, it’s time to lock things down. Here’s how to stay safe on Zoom, StreamYard, and Teams. 🧵👇🏾 #booksky #blacksky #bookclubs #cybersafety

Don’t Let Meeting Crashers Ruin Your Event! 🚨

In Zoom, Teams, and StreamYard, there are specific settings and precautions that hosts can take to prevent “Zoom b’mbing” or unauthorized disruptions.

44736

Reposted by Marcia@🏡

Boze Herrington, Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

seems worth noting that a major subplot in A Christmas Carol involves Scrooge denying healthcare to his employees, and that Tiny Tim would have died had Scrooge not been shamed by ghosts into giving him coverage.

5482114

Reposted by Marcia@🏡

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 04/12/2024

The phrase "‘tis the season" comes from the Christmas carol, "Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly." The contraction "‘tis" for “it is” was overtaken by 'it’s' in modern speech and remains mostly only in the phrase “’tis the season.” It’s the season to be jolly.

2834059

Reposted by Marcia@🏡

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 02/12/2024

Around 700 BCE ‘January’ and ‘February’ were added to the calendar, initially placed at the end of the year. When these two months were later bumped to the front of the calendar, ‘September,’ ‘October,’ ‘November,’ and ‘December’ found themselves at odds with their roots.

Screenshot of SNL's George Washington sketch from 10/28 with Nate Bargatze

845395

Reposted by Marcia@🏡

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 21/11/2024

‘Phonetic’ is not. ‘Abbreviation’ is 12 letters. ‘Thesaurus’ doesn’t have a synonym. Say what you will about English, but it has a sense of humor.

21666165

Reposted by Marcia@🏡

Boze Herrington, Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

people ask, “how can I recover my sense of wonder?” take an interest in things. visit art galleries, hit up the library and discover-browse. read widely. learn new languages, new words. watch old films. the world is a wonderful place but wonder is a muscle that must be cultivated like any other.

8379104