Holly MacLeod

Biking, music, craft beer, board games. New mama. Manager, Internal Communications. Opinions mine. She/her.

[Holly MacLeod @Holly_MacLeod]

@HeatherMJames3 You should read this book it talks a lot about that but also the regional economic conditions at the time: https://t.co/g1LpQeofey
The chapters about rose are interesting ..she also packed up and moved often to like Albania or something and made questionable financial decisions.

[Holly MacLeod @Holly_MacLeod]

@CraigBaird A great cabot trail stop! I still remember going there 15 years later lol

[Holly MacLeod @Holly_MacLeod]

Santa maria maggiore was indeed beautiful. Finding the tomb of famed sculptor bernini there was such serendipity! Must get back.

[Culture Explorer @CultureExploreX]

Rome’s churches are mesmerizing masterpieces of art, history, and faith.

Inside, breathtaking frescoes and mosaics tell stories that have endured for centuries—leaving you speechless with each step. 🧵

[The Cultural Tutor @culturaltutor]

John Atkinson Grimshaw is one of the best painters you've never heard of.

He was wildly popular in the 19th century, and for one very specific reason — Grimshaw was a master of painting the night...

[ThinkingWest @thinkingwest]

If you like Greek or Roman classics, you can thank a monk.

Just as much as on any battlefield, Western civilization was safeguarded within the quiet confines of a monastery...🧵 (thread)

[The Culturist @the_culturist_]

There is far more beneath the ocean than you realize.

We've found ancient wonders and sometimes entire cities underwater — but how did they get there?

They may just rewrite history as we know it… (thread) 🧵

[Holly MacLeod @Holly_MacLeod]

@OC_Transpo If you cant afford the 1.6m or whatever, you presumably also cant afford the positions for whoever’s job it was to tell you cutting it is a bad idea but that you didn’t invite to the meeting or listen to so you may as well take the funding from there 🤷🏻‍♀️

[Holly MacLeod @Holly_MacLeod]

@OC_Transpo Also, its wild that you even pointed out as a selling feature that the negative effects of this change predominately only affects those who dont have traditional 8-4 (ie white collar) schedules… the effects only sound small if you aren’t impacted.

[Holly MacLeod @Holly_MacLeod]

@krnhppr @scarletbjornson Yessss!!!

[Morgan Pfiffner @MorganPfiffner]

I found another AI-generated garbage diagram in a scientific journal.

It’s entirely gibberish and features anatomically incorrect limbs with too many bones.

https://t.co/hDKZ0RA87b

[It's Jamie @SjamieIt]

In 2009, a small change to the way Ottawa collects Development Charges resulted in a very significant subsidy on sprawl. This change was made by city staff, against the direction of council, buried in a 450 page background study, and nobody on council seems to have noticed.🧵

[The Culturist @the_culturist_]

Why do American cities feel less "alive" than their European counterparts?

It's because of something called the "missing middle".

A century ago, American cities looked completely different... (thread) 🧵

[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

Thread on alternative views of iconic landmarks you (probably) haven’t seen before 🧵

1. The worn steps of the Tower of Pisa

[Eric Alper 🎧 @ThatEricAlper]

"So how did you get into Classical Music?"
Me:

[Tesho Akindele @Tesho13]

“Cookie cutter is fine when they’re good cookies”
-@jasoncoxnc

[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

Thread of surreal sculpture details 🧵

1. Water flowing over toes

[Bussit baby @bussit_bbLA]

I hate that a few miles of bus and bike lanes take years of “community engagement” and “studies” to be built but all of sudden we just see self driving cars on the street

[Holly MacLeod @Holly_MacLeod]

These cars also look so so neat and build such a sense of place

[Andrew Coyne 🇺🇦🇮🇱🇬🇪🇲🇩 @acoyne]

Paris has taken less time — years less — to build a whole new Metro than Toronto has to build one line across Eglinton. And oh my god the cars...

Paris is getting a whole new Metro network. And it’s huge | CNN https://t.co/pc1ajUOYka

[Holly MacLeod @Holly_MacLeod]

My instinct says prob both but this is so interesting. I bet interface tweaks or your display settings could help. Or more deliberately inviting ppl to share in chat while someone is talking to introduce variety, mimic ability to read the room + an extra source of stimulation?

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

Zoom fatigue is not burnout. It’s boreout.

New study: when meetings are virtual, we’re not overwhelmed—we’re understimulated. Cardiac measures show drowsiness, not stress.

The antidotes are common sense but not common practice: fewer, shorter, more interactive online meetings.