Stephanie Harris

@mllesharris

Lawyering, contracting, research funding. Formerly of universities, now Senior Contracts Manager at a funder. Photos of my cats and garden.

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Stephanie Harris@mllesharris· 15d

Let’s do this.

TODAY'S WEATHER
WED, AUG 12
High 31°
Very warm with bright spells; good viewing conditions for the eclipse
Low 15°.
Tonight: Clear

Stephanie Harris@mllesharris· Jul 20

Oh hello! I always knew this was Church related but couldn’t quite decipher. I’m so happy to learn this!

The inside of my doorway. On the frame above the door are several inscriptions of C+M+B and various years from 2007 to 2017

Stephanie Harris@mllesharris· Jul 11

World food is usually where I find the American delights.

UK grocery store aisle with “American favourites from across the Pond” including Kraft dinner, ranch salad dressing, and Aunt Jemima maple syrup.

Stephanie Harris@mllesharris· Jul 4

So I wasn’t watching the football myself but this is the impression I got

The football game from Disney’s Bedknobs and Broomsticks in which both teams run roughshod over the referee, who has clearly lost control over the game.

Stephanie Harris@mllesharris· Jun 6

Oh no, what have you done?!

Scene from The Simpsons: Lisa is in her nightie in her bedroom, looking through a microscope. Caption reads [gasp] I’ve created Lutherans!

Stephanie Harris@mllesharris· May 27

Good morning Bluesky! The moon was looking pretty awesome last night at 2am. Sadly I don’t have a phot but here’s one from earlier in the evening. #astrophotography

The almost-half moon rises in the violet early evening sky. Below is a wall of pale pink roses.

Stephanie Harris@mllesharris· May 2

Happy #caturday all. Just bought my first all white bedding set. At least it was, at the start of the week.

A black cat sleeps luxuriously on a completely white bed.

Stephanie Harris@mllesharris· Apr 26

Haha Scottish on steroids is very Canadian! Here’s the Château Frontenac in Quebec.

The Château Frontenac in Quebec City, standing on the cliff above the Fleuve St Laurent. It looks like a cross between a fantasy castle and a fortress.

Stephanie Harris@mllesharris· Apr 22

Heists are indeed very sexy.

Screenshot from series 8 of Doctor Who episode Time Heist, showing a pre-Bridgerton Jonathan Bailey, and Jenna Coleman in a suit.

Stephanie Harris@mllesharris· Apr 19

Now this is interesting…

From the UK government model services contract:

5.5.13.ensure that neither it, nor any of its Affiliates, embarrasses the Authority or otherwise brings the Authority into disrepute by engaging in any act or omission in relation to this Contract which is reasonably likely to diminish the trust that the public places in the Authority; and

Stephanie Harris@mllesharris· Apr 19

And just like that, the apple blossom is out and we are really in spring 🌱

A crab apple tree is a riot of delicate white blossom against the fresh green of new leaves. In the background is a timber framed white thatched cottage.

Stephanie Harris@mllesharris· Apr 7

Last autumn I bought (not enough) new tulip and daffodil bulbs and we planted them. Today they’re bringing me joy. 🌱 #BloomScrolling

White tulips with dark raspberry streaks at various stages of opening.

Two different types of tulip in front of a collection of “bridal crown” narcissus. There is one white and pink tulip with pointed petals almost on the ground. I bought this because it’s called Norah, as is my friend’s daughter.

Three different types of tulip along a path. In the foreground, a deep orange, then the white and pink, then a sea of yellow. A tortie cat heads downs the path toward the cat nip.

Stephanie Harris@mllesharris· Mar 23

I live in Kent and have a hospital outpatient appointment tomorrow. This is new.

Screenshot of sms from the hospital:

In light of the recent Meningitis outbreak. Please contact 111 before attending if you feel unwell or have symptoms such as fever, headache, neck stiffness, or sensitivity to light.
If you have any of these symptoms please also let us know.
To cancel or rearrange please call. Please do not reply.

Stephanie Harris@mllesharris· Mar 21

It’s #Caturday and the two cats who hate each other are vying for the same space… on top of me.

Small tabby cat who settled down on my legs five minutes ago stares defiantly at the larger tortie cat, newly arrived, who wants to settle down next to my chest.

Stephanie Harris@mllesharris· Mar 11

I mean, you can’t go wrong with nature.

The Canadian “toonie”, launched on 19 February 1996. The outer ring is nickel and the inner circle aluminium bronze depicting a polar bear in the wilderness.

Stephanie Harris@mllesharris· Feb 25

The sun came out and the flowers are happy. As is the #ProofOfCat

Butter yellow crocuses are blooming in the foreground while in the background a bunch of daffodils have all opened in the sunshine. A cat can just be seen inspecting the daffodils.

Stephanie Harris@mllesharris· Jan 30

Incredibly sad to see that Catherine O’Hara has died. I rewatched Schitts Creek a couple of months ago and she was just so brilliant. Hilarious and vulnerable at the same time.

Stephanie Harris@mllesharris· Jan 9

This poem really strikes a chord. Reposted with alt text so that everyone can read.

You who wronged a simple man
Bursting into laughter at the crime, And kept a pack of fools around you To mix good and evil, to blur the line,
Though everyone bowed down before you, Saying virtue and wisdom lit your way, Striking gold medals in your honor, Glad to have survived another day,
Do not feel safe. The poet remembers.
You can kill one, but another is born.
The words are written down, the deed, the date.
And you'd have done better with a winter dawn, A rope, and a branch bowed beneath your weight.
Washington, D.C., 1950

Stephanie Harris@mllesharris· Jan 8

Today is a good day to remind people that it’s possible to stop videos from playing automatically on your feed. iPhone: Profile -> settings -> content and media -> toggle off

A screenshot of Bluesky iPhone settings showing the option to turn off the autoplay for videos and GIFs.

At the top you can see the music I’m listening to. It’s “Don’t shoot Me I’m Only The Piano Player” by Elton John. Which is apt in the circumstances and entirely a coincidence.

Stephanie Harris@mllesharris· Jan 6

My cat just tried to reply to a post in the latest Food Discourse but sadly replies were disabled. Probably for the best.

A tabby cat is curled up in my lap. She looks sleepily at the camera.

Stephanie Harris@mllesharris· Dec 25

Well, Canada is certainly delivering on the traditional white Christmas.

View from my dad’s front porch in Ontario. Evergreen bushes and trees are covered in snow. A country road separates this garden from a large collection of evergreens. The sky is blue with a view wispy clouds. The sunshine on the snow is very bright.

Stephanie Harris@mllesharris· Dec 19

Twas ever thus

One of my favourite WW2 poster. An elegant woman in bright red lipstick and hair elegantly piled on her head reclines sexily on a chair. She wears a yellow evening dress that blends her into the chair. She is surrounded by three enamoured men, representing, army, navy, and air force.

Text reads: Keep mum, she’s not so dumb!
Secondary text: Careless talk costs lives.

Stephanie Harris@mllesharris· Dec 9

My timeline is full of things to be very upset about. But let’s not forget that it’s the time of day when my cat comes to sit on top of me and purr.

A tortie cat with a black nose and white bib is lying on top of me. Her paws are crossed over. Soon she will reach out to touch my face.

Stephanie Harris@mllesharris· Dec 6

On 6 December 1989 a man went into a university and murdered 14 people for having the audacity to be women studying engineering. We remember their names every year but this year is particularly poignant as the world he wanted threatens more than ever. Image now with alt text

GENEVIEVE BERGERON
HÉLÈNE COLGAN
NATHALIE CROTEAU
BARBARA DAIGNEAULT
ANNE-MARIE EDWARD
MAUD HAVIERNICK
BARBARA KLUCZNIK-WIDAJEWICZ
MARYSE LAGANIÈRE
MARYSE LECLAIR
ANNE-MARIE LEMAY
SONIA PELLETIER
MICHELE RICHARD
ANNE ST-ARNEAULT
ANNIE TURCOTTE

Image by Michael de Adder

Stephanie Harris@mllesharris· Dec 2

Well. That was a lovely letter to wake up to. It deserves alt text.

Saved by Stoppard
Sir, In 1993 my wife and I went to see the first production of Arcadia by Tom Stoppard (obituary, Dec 1), and in the interval I experienced a Damascene conversion. As a clinical scientist I was trying to understand the enigma of the behaviour of breast cancer, the assumption being that it grew in a linear trajectory spitting off metastases on its way. In the first act of Arcadia, Thomasina asks her tutor, Septimus: "If there is an equation for a curve like a bell, there must be an equation for one like a bluebell, and if a bluebell, why not a rose?" With that Stoppard explains chaos theory, which better explains the behaviour of breast cancer. At the point of diagnosis, the cancer must have already scattered cancer cells into the circulation that nest latent in distant organs. The consequence of that hypothesis was the birth of "adjuvant systemic chemotherapy", and rapidly we saw a striking fall of the curve that illustrated patients' survival Stoppard never learnt how many lives he saved by writing Arcadia.
Michael Baum
Professor emeritus of surgery; visiting professor of medical humanities, UCL

Stephanie Harris@mllesharris· Nov 9

At this time of remembrance we in Britain focus on what really matters

Tweet by riles @raaleh

ME, CALLING INTO BABESTATION: hey beautiful what are you wearing
BABE: just a thong baby
ME: just a thong?
BABE: yeah baby
ME: where's your fucking poppy

Stephanie Harris@mllesharris· Oct 21

Americans (and friends) are understandably horrified by the brute damage being done to the White House. It feels irreversible. But of all the things that have been destroyed in these past few months I feel that this is the most easily mended.

The Frauenkirche in Dresden, 1945. It was once a magnificent church, now its a pile of rubble with two half destroyed columns at either end.

The Frauenkirche, Dresden 2015. A night shot and the lights of the church and surrounding buildings glow. The church was restored stone by stone and from this photo you would never know that there had been such destruction.

Stephanie Harris@mllesharris· Sep 23

The fact that the letting agent knows what they’re doing and arguing it’s reasonable makes this extra special. There is part of me that would like to play the argument out that but for the home the work would not have been created. I feel that’s… weak.

Additional Terms
IP Assignment by Tenant
1. The Tenant agrees that any intellectual property, moral rights, copyright, design rights, trade secrets or proprietary information of any kind (including but not limited to inventions, discoveries, designs, processes, improvements, works of authorship, software, data, photographs, recordings, artwork, ideas or other creative or inventive output) which are conceived, created, developed or reduced to practice by the Tenant, alone or with others, during the tenancy and in relation to the residential premises (or using the landlord's materials, tools, facilities or resources) (hereafter "Works") shall immediately upon creation be the sole and exclusive property of the Landlord
2. The Tenant hereby assigns to the Landlord all right, title, and interest in and to the Works (including all intellectual property rights therein) without further consideration.
3. The Tenant waives (to the extent legally possible) any moral rights in respect of the Works in favour of the Landlord.
4. The Tenant agrees to execute all documents, do all acts and things reasonably necessary (at the Landlord's expense) to give effect to this clause, including registration of any rights or filing of any applications required to perfect the Landlord's ownership.
5. This clause survives the termination or expiration of the tenancy agreement with respect to any Works created during the tenancy.
Hi bro,
No stress. That is a pretty standard term in agreements these days. Its to help not have any disagreements in the event of certain situations. Its nothing to get worried about.
If you need help understanding call me on
• Otherwise lets get this agreement signed and get going!! Please get lets get this done before EOFY today so you
can secure you're new place.
After the call today the landlord has decided to not longer consider you're application for
Good luck in you're future search.

Stephanie Harris@mllesharris· Sep 21

I’ve had many cats but never one so conscious of how adored she is by her humans as this #ProofOfCat

A small tabby cat stretches luxuriously in the sun, reaching out to me as I take the photo.

Stephanie Harris@mllesharris· Sep 17

My cats are all hiding under the covers. Here’s a lovely Japanese print instead.