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Putting this XKCD comic here for OH I DON’T KNOW, NO REASON.
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Reposting this, as the SNAP stupidity sinks in. Don’t be afraid to cook things, but DO use the flavor wheels in the thread to pair a fat with a spice so whatever you’re making tastes pretty good!
Many, many ways to flavor beans! But easier if it’s not Asian/Mediterranean fusion right from the jump
Many, many ways to flavor beans! But easier if it’s not Asian/Mediterranean fusion right from the jump
Sometimes the pantry contents will not match an obvious recipe, and while experimentation is great, not everyone can innovate with ingredients (example: me).
Samin Nosrat’s flavor wheels help you combine lone ingredients and make a meal that tastes coherent.
www.mikkarae.com/thehearthblo...
Samin Nosrat’s flavor wheels help you combine lone ingredients and make a meal that tastes coherent.
www.mikkarae.com/thehearthblo...
The World of Flavour — Mikka Rae ~ Mentor | Nurturer | Cook
Samin Nosrat’s Salt, Acid, Fat, Heat in my opinion, is a cooking bible and essential reading for all home cooks. The book is a masterpiece, teaching the core fundamentals of cooking. In her words “A...
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November 2, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Reposting this, as the SNAP stupidity sinks in. Don’t be afraid to cook things, but DO use the flavor wheels in the thread to pair a fat with a spice so whatever you’re making tastes pretty good!
Many, many ways to flavor beans! But easier if it’s not Asian/Mediterranean fusion right from the jump
Many, many ways to flavor beans! But easier if it’s not Asian/Mediterranean fusion right from the jump
It’s going to be important that we rip down whatever Trump sticks on the footprint of the East Wing.
Not just because he did it. Not just because it’s a security tech nightmare. But to make it clear: if you funnel shady funds to buy presidential favors, we will BURN that cash in front of you.
Not just because he did it. Not just because it’s a security tech nightmare. But to make it clear: if you funnel shady funds to buy presidential favors, we will BURN that cash in front of you.
October 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM
It’s going to be important that we rip down whatever Trump sticks on the footprint of the East Wing.
Not just because he did it. Not just because it’s a security tech nightmare. But to make it clear: if you funnel shady funds to buy presidential favors, we will BURN that cash in front of you.
Not just because he did it. Not just because it’s a security tech nightmare. But to make it clear: if you funnel shady funds to buy presidential favors, we will BURN that cash in front of you.
Tearing down bits of the White House should make it crystal clear: He doesn’t conceive of common property. He thinks he won it all in 2024. To him there is no yours, mine, ours - only HIS.
He just brought a backhoe in to demolish a rental WE OWN. How many times does he have to tell you who he is?
He just brought a backhoe in to demolish a rental WE OWN. How many times does he have to tell you who he is?
October 21, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Tearing down bits of the White House should make it crystal clear: He doesn’t conceive of common property. He thinks he won it all in 2024. To him there is no yours, mine, ours - only HIS.
He just brought a backhoe in to demolish a rental WE OWN. How many times does he have to tell you who he is?
He just brought a backhoe in to demolish a rental WE OWN. How many times does he have to tell you who he is?
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Turn off your Face ID and Touch ID if you are taking your phones to the protests. Keep it in airplane mode and use encrypted apps where possible. Protect yourself.
#3E #NoKings #50501Movement #indivisible #wearetheflood
#3E #NoKings #50501Movement #indivisible #wearetheflood
October 18, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Turn off your Face ID and Touch ID if you are taking your phones to the protests. Keep it in airplane mode and use encrypted apps where possible. Protect yourself.
#3E #NoKings #50501Movement #indivisible #wearetheflood
#3E #NoKings #50501Movement #indivisible #wearetheflood
I am enjoying that the No Kings/Trump Resistance is shaping up as a plague of frogs, partly because some future historians are going to guess it originated from Exodus and defying a Pharaoh’s power instead of “good-lookin’ inflatable costume on Temu”.
October 18, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I am enjoying that the No Kings/Trump Resistance is shaping up as a plague of frogs, partly because some future historians are going to guess it originated from Exodus and defying a Pharaoh’s power instead of “good-lookin’ inflatable costume on Temu”.
Hi, AI qual researcher here! Incorrect (and, like, WILDLY leading).
By far, the strongest position in this debate is “I tried AI, it helps with some things but completely hallucinated others, so anything it does I have to double-check. I maybe use 15% of the AI tools my employer has launched”.
By far, the strongest position in this debate is “I tried AI, it helps with some things but completely hallucinated others, so anything it does I have to double-check. I maybe use 15% of the AI tools my employer has launched”.
There are basically only two positions in the debate about AI.
1. I’ve barely invested any time in learning how to use it effectively. AI sucks.
2. I’ve invested in learning how to use this tool. Holy cow, it’s transformational.
Position #1 has lower barriers to entry.
1. I’ve barely invested any time in learning how to use it effectively. AI sucks.
2. I’ve invested in learning how to use this tool. Holy cow, it’s transformational.
Position #1 has lower barriers to entry.
October 17, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Hi, AI qual researcher here! Incorrect (and, like, WILDLY leading).
By far, the strongest position in this debate is “I tried AI, it helps with some things but completely hallucinated others, so anything it does I have to double-check. I maybe use 15% of the AI tools my employer has launched”.
By far, the strongest position in this debate is “I tried AI, it helps with some things but completely hallucinated others, so anything it does I have to double-check. I maybe use 15% of the AI tools my employer has launched”.
I know it’s hard and so many studies claim it’s completely useless because our lizard brains overpower our rational thought centers, but:
Abstinence is effective against AI & surveillance-state shit. Just refuse it. Curate. It’s the only way to starve this particular beast, but you have to commit.
Abstinence is effective against AI & surveillance-state shit. Just refuse it. Curate. It’s the only way to starve this particular beast, but you have to commit.
October 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I know it’s hard and so many studies claim it’s completely useless because our lizard brains overpower our rational thought centers, but:
Abstinence is effective against AI & surveillance-state shit. Just refuse it. Curate. It’s the only way to starve this particular beast, but you have to commit.
Abstinence is effective against AI & surveillance-state shit. Just refuse it. Curate. It’s the only way to starve this particular beast, but you have to commit.
You know, I really would just like a couple sites that group most of my favorite reporters/topics. Two, maybe three subscriptions.
And then I’d like generalized coverage that catches me up on important news of the day in ~20m.
So I basically want a few good newspapers and the nightly news.
And then I’d like generalized coverage that catches me up on important news of the day in ~20m.
So I basically want a few good newspapers and the nightly news.
October 9, 2025 at 2:16 PM
You know, I really would just like a couple sites that group most of my favorite reporters/topics. Two, maybe three subscriptions.
And then I’d like generalized coverage that catches me up on important news of the day in ~20m.
So I basically want a few good newspapers and the nightly news.
And then I’d like generalized coverage that catches me up on important news of the day in ~20m.
So I basically want a few good newspapers and the nightly news.
My dotty chemistry teacher also worked in a gov weapons lab. She once held up a skull and said “this is my husband’s skull”. Taught us diffusion by spraying perfume in the front of the room, telling us to raise hands when we smelled it, and saying “now you’re dead”.
No rumor. Just… AWARENESS.
No rumor. Just… AWARENESS.
Fence #26 will be a special on all things print, and in tribute to the storied history of the UK gutter press, our letters page wants your GOSSIP & SCANDAL.
So, we're asking you all: what was the most scandalous (true or false) bit of gossip that dominated your school or neighbourhood growing up?
So, we're asking you all: what was the most scandalous (true or false) bit of gossip that dominated your school or neighbourhood growing up?
October 7, 2025 at 9:38 PM
My dotty chemistry teacher also worked in a gov weapons lab. She once held up a skull and said “this is my husband’s skull”. Taught us diffusion by spraying perfume in the front of the room, telling us to raise hands when we smelled it, and saying “now you’re dead”.
No rumor. Just… AWARENESS.
No rumor. Just… AWARENESS.
I’m not sure what Tom’s background and family makeup are, but - there are plenty of people currently self-censoring, cancelling trips, deleting accounts, limiting exposure.
If we think in terms of concentric relationship circles, it’s shrinking month over month.
If we think in terms of concentric relationship circles, it’s shrinking month over month.
If we were living under fascism, none of you would be here daring to post things. You'd be erasing your social media accounts and keeping your head down; you'd know that peacocking your faux-bravery on a network would expose you to being disappeared.
You have no idea what "fascism" really means.
You have no idea what "fascism" really means.
the regime is zip tying toddlers and ripping them away from their mothers unclothed... calling it fascism upsets this neo-con.
October 5, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I’m not sure what Tom’s background and family makeup are, but - there are plenty of people currently self-censoring, cancelling trips, deleting accounts, limiting exposure.
If we think in terms of concentric relationship circles, it’s shrinking month over month.
If we think in terms of concentric relationship circles, it’s shrinking month over month.
One thing that worries me about people who don’t read historical or speculative fiction: y’all are just not prepared. You are not prepared for how bad it can get and why. You have not exercised the “what if…?” part of your brains.
October 2, 2025 at 11:36 PM
One thing that worries me about people who don’t read historical or speculative fiction: y’all are just not prepared. You are not prepared for how bad it can get and why. You have not exercised the “what if…?” part of your brains.
Every day I look at the news and it’s like a promo for Mars Attacks 2.
What the hell are we doing, people. What the fuck.
What the hell are we doing, people. What the fuck.
a man in a suit and tie stands in front of a large map of the world
Alt: Jack Nicholson playing the President in Mars Attacks, in a suit and tie stands in front of a large map of the world. He raises his arms and makes an idiotic, slackjawed giving-up gesture.
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September 30, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Every day I look at the news and it’s like a promo for Mars Attacks 2.
What the hell are we doing, people. What the fuck.
What the hell are we doing, people. What the fuck.
I feel like everyone becoming a New Luddite is not just going to be the path to sanity, but tool for corporate punishment.
I am going to make do with SHOCKINGLY little, you ghouls, to keep you out of my home and head and starve you until you stop being greedy little amoral shits. Fuck right off.
I am going to make do with SHOCKINGLY little, you ghouls, to keep you out of my home and head and starve you until you stop being greedy little amoral shits. Fuck right off.
September 29, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I feel like everyone becoming a New Luddite is not just going to be the path to sanity, but tool for corporate punishment.
I am going to make do with SHOCKINGLY little, you ghouls, to keep you out of my home and head and starve you until you stop being greedy little amoral shits. Fuck right off.
I am going to make do with SHOCKINGLY little, you ghouls, to keep you out of my home and head and starve you until you stop being greedy little amoral shits. Fuck right off.
Ah, I see it’s going to be wall-to-wall Kirk funeral coverage today. Not just the broadcast but every other media touchpoint.
Time to go to the library, get a book, turn off the tiny demon computer I carry everywhere with me, and sit in a park for a while.
Time to go to the library, get a book, turn off the tiny demon computer I carry everywhere with me, and sit in a park for a while.
September 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Ah, I see it’s going to be wall-to-wall Kirk funeral coverage today. Not just the broadcast but every other media touchpoint.
Time to go to the library, get a book, turn off the tiny demon computer I carry everywhere with me, and sit in a park for a while.
Time to go to the library, get a book, turn off the tiny demon computer I carry everywhere with me, and sit in a park for a while.
I’ve been saying this for half a decade, but worth saying again:
Make your digital/technological life as dumb as possible. Refuse internet connection. Chuck the voice assistants. Disable the AI.
Most of this shit is not ready for prime time, and the rest is a trojan horse for marketeers. Curate.
Make your digital/technological life as dumb as possible. Refuse internet connection. Chuck the voice assistants. Disable the AI.
Most of this shit is not ready for prime time, and the rest is a trojan horse for marketeers. Curate.
September 18, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I’ve been saying this for half a decade, but worth saying again:
Make your digital/technological life as dumb as possible. Refuse internet connection. Chuck the voice assistants. Disable the AI.
Most of this shit is not ready for prime time, and the rest is a trojan horse for marketeers. Curate.
Make your digital/technological life as dumb as possible. Refuse internet connection. Chuck the voice assistants. Disable the AI.
Most of this shit is not ready for prime time, and the rest is a trojan horse for marketeers. Curate.
Went to a vet today and there’s a sign on the wall informing you that your conversation will be recorded by AI and help with diagnosis - just say no if you want it shut off!
So I guess that’s a fun new game: whenever you walk into a professional office, having to ask for any AI to be shut off.
So I guess that’s a fun new game: whenever you walk into a professional office, having to ask for any AI to be shut off.
September 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Went to a vet today and there’s a sign on the wall informing you that your conversation will be recorded by AI and help with diagnosis - just say no if you want it shut off!
So I guess that’s a fun new game: whenever you walk into a professional office, having to ask for any AI to be shut off.
So I guess that’s a fun new game: whenever you walk into a professional office, having to ask for any AI to be shut off.
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Robert Redford on Richard Nixon's death. Not much changes, I guess.
September 17, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Robert Redford on Richard Nixon's death. Not much changes, I guess.
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[me, a journalist who spends all day every day on a social media app where the discovery algorithm is personally controlled by its owner, captain birdseye] you know, a lot of people are talking about fish fingers, we should probably cover that
September 16, 2025 at 7:25 AM
[me, a journalist who spends all day every day on a social media app where the discovery algorithm is personally controlled by its owner, captain birdseye] you know, a lot of people are talking about fish fingers, we should probably cover that
If you’re overwhelmed right now may I recommend time travel?
Traveling to the past (historical fiction) probably better at the moment than traveling to the future (sci fi). Dimensional travel (fantasy) also very valid.
Traveling to the past (historical fiction) probably better at the moment than traveling to the future (sci fi). Dimensional travel (fantasy) also very valid.
September 15, 2025 at 9:38 PM
If you’re overwhelmed right now may I recommend time travel?
Traveling to the past (historical fiction) probably better at the moment than traveling to the future (sci fi). Dimensional travel (fantasy) also very valid.
Traveling to the past (historical fiction) probably better at the moment than traveling to the future (sci fi). Dimensional travel (fantasy) also very valid.
I’ve recently been calling my Senator not to lodge an opinion but to get them to help me with broken fed agency processes: it strikes me everyone needs to do this more.
Make it obvious that when a fed agency shifts to maddening AI phone trees, someone’s still got to provide constituent support.
Make it obvious that when a fed agency shifts to maddening AI phone trees, someone’s still got to provide constituent support.
September 15, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I’ve recently been calling my Senator not to lodge an opinion but to get them to help me with broken fed agency processes: it strikes me everyone needs to do this more.
Make it obvious that when a fed agency shifts to maddening AI phone trees, someone’s still got to provide constituent support.
Make it obvious that when a fed agency shifts to maddening AI phone trees, someone’s still got to provide constituent support.
I want to tell people to spend less time on social media, but then they say “how about a closed group chat?” and hey THAT IS ALSO PROBLEMATIC.
Leaves me thinking that we need to get away from a default where the sole mechanism for social connection is the written word. It has to be “words AND…?”
Leaves me thinking that we need to get away from a default where the sole mechanism for social connection is the written word. It has to be “words AND…?”
September 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I want to tell people to spend less time on social media, but then they say “how about a closed group chat?” and hey THAT IS ALSO PROBLEMATIC.
Leaves me thinking that we need to get away from a default where the sole mechanism for social connection is the written word. It has to be “words AND…?”
Leaves me thinking that we need to get away from a default where the sole mechanism for social connection is the written word. It has to be “words AND…?”
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Update: Civil War cancelled due to shooter being demographically uncooperative
September 12, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Update: Civil War cancelled due to shooter being demographically uncooperative
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If I were editing a column about Charlie Kirk’s political genius, I would tell the writer he needed to quote Kirk’s actual political beliefs. If the writer responded that doing so would weaken or distract from his argument, it’d be a pretty good sign that the column was not ready for prime time.
September 11, 2025 at 2:47 PM
If I were editing a column about Charlie Kirk’s political genius, I would tell the writer he needed to quote Kirk’s actual political beliefs. If the writer responded that doing so would weaken or distract from his argument, it’d be a pretty good sign that the column was not ready for prime time.
Look, I’m just as lost as anyone else as to how we go forward. Because a lot of things are horrible, and going back’s not an option.
But one thing I can do to try and extend some safety to everyone is get vaccinated, so I did that today for flu and covid.
No time like now. Took 5 mins. Go.
But one thing I can do to try and extend some safety to everyone is get vaccinated, so I did that today for flu and covid.
No time like now. Took 5 mins. Go.
September 10, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Look, I’m just as lost as anyone else as to how we go forward. Because a lot of things are horrible, and going back’s not an option.
But one thing I can do to try and extend some safety to everyone is get vaccinated, so I did that today for flu and covid.
No time like now. Took 5 mins. Go.
But one thing I can do to try and extend some safety to everyone is get vaccinated, so I did that today for flu and covid.
No time like now. Took 5 mins. Go.