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Potato enthusiast @br3nda.bsky.social · 5m

Biriyani is in the oven. And I'm catching the last of the sun.

And the local sandfly midges are snacking on my ankles...

This is my favourite cocktail. A Hotel Nacionales

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Potato enthusiast @br3nda.bsky.social · 9m

My auntie says "we scotch" and what she means is we are tight wads who will use a tea bag at least three times.

On that note. Check out the tomato frame I made from fallen pōhutukawa branches.

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Potato enthusiast @br3nda.bsky.social · 5h

seedlings to harden off

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Potato enthusiast @br3nda.bsky.social · 5h

rarrrrr

Potato enthusiast @br3nda.bsky.social · 11h

This has made it to the front page
www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/3...

Public executions after Trump leaves Hamas in control of Gaza

Hamas has carried out a mass execution in the streets of Gaza as part of a series of bloody reprisals following the withdrawal of Israeli forces from key urban areas.

www.stuff.co.nz

Potato enthusiast @br3nda.bsky.social · 11h

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Sophia Babai @swingingstorm.bsky.social · 13h

So far TODAY Israel has:

- bombed Gaza City
- bombed Khan Younis
- shot and killed five Palestinians in Gaza City
- refused to open the Rafah border crossing
- announced they would once more block aid

This is what a "ceasefire" with Israel looks like. This is what it has always looked like.

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Potato enthusiast @br3nda.bsky.social · 11h

The news I wanted to know early this morning was whether Israel had kept their ceasefire

They haven't... But why is this not in the news headlines? Is this a niche topic, not newsworthy, not getting clicks?

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Sophia Babai @swingingstorm.bsky.social · 13h

So far TODAY Israel has:

- bombed Gaza City
- bombed Khan Younis
- shot and killed five Palestinians in Gaza City
- refused to open the Rafah border crossing
- announced they would once more block aid

This is what a "ceasefire" with Israel looks like. This is what it has always looked like.

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Potato enthusiast @br3nda.bsky.social · 23h

Worked out good. With zuchini pickles from 2023....and some home brew.

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Potato enthusiast @br3nda.bsky.social · 23h

Tonight is beef knuckle (a really cheap cut of meat) put through the mincer and turned into burger patties. Lettuce from the garden. And burger buns from kaibosh. And the last of the homemade tomato sauce.

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Potato enthusiast @br3nda.bsky.social · 1d

whittling spoons

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Potato enthusiast @br3nda.bsky.social · 1d

I'm applying for jobs and I suspect the process involves ML making cover lettters which are sorted by MLand then summarised back to the prompt so a human can read it.

I have long thought all the padded waffle humans add is a waste of time, and really how about we just send the prompts?

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Potato enthusiast @br3nda.bsky.social · 1d

Tonight was sweet roasted parsnips, fennel and Brussels spouts, butterflied chicken with chilli oil, and bean/silverbeet/tomato/capsicum smokey casserole... Mostly from the garden or rescued food.

It was nicer than it sounds.

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Potato enthusiast @br3nda.bsky.social · 1d

What kind of foods? Is it working?

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Potato enthusiast @br3nda.bsky.social · 2d

This is the correct answer
www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/veget...

Learn About Blanching Celery In The Garden

Simply put, celery is not the easiest crop to grow in the garden. When celery has bitter taste, chances are it hasn't been blanched. Blanching celery is often done to prevent bitter celery. Click here...

www.gardeningknowhow.com

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Potato enthusiast @br3nda.bsky.social · 2d

If you want a example of AI making shit up when it doesn't know, ask it about "blanching celery" and it will assume it's about cooking/boiling it.

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Potato enthusiast @br3nda.bsky.social · 2d

We are rehearsing the Egmont overture, and for my own benefit I have decided the story and emotion is a complete Karen having a tantrum, and then she wins.

youtu.be/pkxXFLRmqvw?...

Ludwig Van Beethoven - Egmont Overture

YouTube video by ᛏᚤᚱᚠᛁᚾᚷᚱ

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Potato enthusiast @br3nda.bsky.social · 2d

Generally the old shoreline is now inland, not underwater. The land upheaval was massive. At least two quakes raising the land by about 4m upwards.

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Potato enthusiast @br3nda.bsky.social · 2d

This! I'm relying on the green party vetting. And while they let through some homeopathy folks, they don't tend to let through white supremacists.

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Potato enthusiast @br3nda.bsky.social · 3d

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Potato enthusiast @br3nda.bsky.social · 3d

Here's a map of the tāua

nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/...

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Potato enthusiast @br3nda.bsky.social · 3d

This is a huge part of the mindset of the generation that signed a treaty with the British.. Surrounded by rogue traders selling weapons of mass death... Not unlike war zones today as people are armed by various foreign powers.

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Potato enthusiast @br3nda.bsky.social · 3d

It was a hugely disruptive, violent time all over the island. The balance of power had shifted.

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Potato enthusiast @br3nda.bsky.social · 3d

The second tāua was in 1821. I think the name of this was Āmiowhenua.

Ngāti Whātua, Waikato Tānui, Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Maru of Taranaki.

The invadera defeated Ngāti Ira in a battle at Tapu Te Rangi. (Island Bay).

There are many battlefields all over the suburbs of Wellington.

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Potato enthusiast @br3nda.bsky.social · 3d

Atiawa, and Ngāti Tama Also.
These should sound familiar if you live in Pōneke now.

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