basbleu(té)
@basbleu.bsky.social
French/Lebanese enthusiast of women's art/music/film/writing/history/sport/comedy
I extol old-fashioned 1800s values like feminism, socialism, and veganism. #BuyFromEU
I extol old-fashioned 1800s values like feminism, socialism, and veganism. #BuyFromEU
Fresh flat bread is very important and can be made easily with a dedicated appliance (image 1) or a heavy pan inverted (image 2).
I don't own any large flat pans and don't want an arsenal of single function appliances, so a wok is particularly well suited.
I don't own any large flat pans and don't want an arsenal of single function appliances, so a wok is particularly well suited.
November 26, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Fresh flat bread is very important and can be made easily with a dedicated appliance (image 1) or a heavy pan inverted (image 2).
I don't own any large flat pans and don't want an arsenal of single function appliances, so a wok is particularly well suited.
I don't own any large flat pans and don't want an arsenal of single function appliances, so a wok is particularly well suited.
I have purchased an absurdity. This overpriced stainless steel wok with a round interior (better for cooking), flat exterior (usable with standard cooktop), and difficult to photograph mirror finish.
Sadly the outer engraving (image 3) means it cannot be used as a saj cooker (image 4).
Sadly the outer engraving (image 3) means it cannot be used as a saj cooker (image 4).
November 26, 2025 at 10:31 AM
I have purchased an absurdity. This overpriced stainless steel wok with a round interior (better for cooking), flat exterior (usable with standard cooktop), and difficult to photograph mirror finish.
Sadly the outer engraving (image 3) means it cannot be used as a saj cooker (image 4).
Sadly the outer engraving (image 3) means it cannot be used as a saj cooker (image 4).
These endless remakes have become fully out of hand.
November 26, 2025 at 9:26 AM
These endless remakes have become fully out of hand.
Sally of the Sawdust (1925) has a promising premise ruined by a clumsy execution, insulting ending, and being helmed by a complete dingus with no apparent interest in woman as full people.
Largely ditching the social satire of the original play (Poppy) is just deranged.
Largely ditching the social satire of the original play (Poppy) is just deranged.
November 26, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Sally of the Sawdust (1925) has a promising premise ruined by a clumsy execution, insulting ending, and being helmed by a complete dingus with no apparent interest in woman as full people.
Largely ditching the social satire of the original play (Poppy) is just deranged.
Largely ditching the social satire of the original play (Poppy) is just deranged.
What if we were wrong, and make the world a better place for no reason.
[reference image added, with misremembered phrasing preserved]
[reference image added, with misremembered phrasing preserved]
November 26, 2025 at 3:48 AM
What if we were wrong, and make the world a better place for no reason.
[reference image added, with misremembered phrasing preserved]
[reference image added, with misremembered phrasing preserved]
In 2010 Let Li starred in Ocean Heaven, "real men are good fathers and kind to autistic people" the movie, saying he was drawn to the low budget production because he cried reading the script.
Meanwhile Jackie Chan laughs about having nothing to do with his lesbian daughter.
Meanwhile Jackie Chan laughs about having nothing to do with his lesbian daughter.
November 25, 2025 at 10:42 PM
In 2010 Let Li starred in Ocean Heaven, "real men are good fathers and kind to autistic people" the movie, saying he was drawn to the low budget production because he cried reading the script.
Meanwhile Jackie Chan laughs about having nothing to do with his lesbian daughter.
Meanwhile Jackie Chan laughs about having nothing to do with his lesbian daughter.
I have experienced that, most notably with The Assassin (2015) which is just achingly beautiful, but normally this is some mix of annoying and boring.
So I haven’t seen The Brutalist because I want to like it and worry that I won’t.
So I haven’t seen The Brutalist because I want to like it and worry that I won’t.
November 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I have experienced that, most notably with The Assassin (2015) which is just achingly beautiful, but normally this is some mix of annoying and boring.
So I haven’t seen The Brutalist because I want to like it and worry that I won’t.
So I haven’t seen The Brutalist because I want to like it and worry that I won’t.
I think I found my new role model.
November 24, 2025 at 7:35 AM
I think I found my new role model.
As for the stunning lifelike image quality: I believe these were taken with my trusty Sony Ericsson W800. The absolute peak of 2005 technology, it was liking having an iPod, a revolutionary mobile phone, and a breakthrough internet communications device ... all-in-one. 😱
November 24, 2025 at 6:58 AM
As for the stunning lifelike image quality: I believe these were taken with my trusty Sony Ericsson W800. The absolute peak of 2005 technology, it was liking having an iPod, a revolutionary mobile phone, and a breakthrough internet communications device ... all-in-one. 😱
While I am digging through old photos: looks at this ridiculous pocket notebook/"hipster PDA" I made by creating inserts for a passport wallet. c.2007
November 24, 2025 at 6:47 AM
While I am digging through old photos: looks at this ridiculous pocket notebook/"hipster PDA" I made by creating inserts for a passport wallet. c.2007
oh fun(?), I found a picture of my first violin from roughly a thousand years ago. It was a purple no-name Chinese made electric violin, facts I definitely used as cover for how poorly I played it.
November 24, 2025 at 6:17 AM
oh fun(?), I found a picture of my first violin from roughly a thousand years ago. It was a purple no-name Chinese made electric violin, facts I definitely used as cover for how poorly I played it.
If you can mange it, I highly recommend falling in love with a Dutch communist, moving to Norway where you dedicate your every breath to her, while there discover the hardingfele which resparks your childhood love of the violin, and befriend a weirdo or two specialising in their craft.
November 24, 2025 at 5:31 AM
If you can mange it, I highly recommend falling in love with a Dutch communist, moving to Norway where you dedicate your every breath to her, while there discover the hardingfele which resparks your childhood love of the violin, and befriend a weirdo or two specialising in their craft.
Getting an early start to the day by gazing pensively out my window at a ground that though bitterly cold each day remains, in defiance of all that is decent, utterly bereft of snow.
November 20, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Getting an early start to the day by gazing pensively out my window at a ground that though bitterly cold each day remains, in defiance of all that is decent, utterly bereft of snow.
I had excessive hopes for the various “hackberry pi” projects, but we aren’t quite there yet.
Still, the dream of the Blackberry lives on!
Still, the dream of the Blackberry lives on!
November 17, 2025 at 3:04 AM
I had excessive hopes for the various “hackberry pi” projects, but we aren’t quite there yet.
Still, the dream of the Blackberry lives on!
Still, the dream of the Blackberry lives on!
I guess my version of this is when esr (Eric S. Raymond) told my team that no male in tech should ever be alone in a room with a female colleague due to the risk of false allegations of sexual assault.
Which it would later come out was not an isolated outburst.
Which it would later come out was not an isolated outburst.
November 14, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I guess my version of this is when esr (Eric S. Raymond) told my team that no male in tech should ever be alone in a room with a female colleague due to the risk of false allegations of sexual assault.
Which it would later come out was not an isolated outburst.
Which it would later come out was not an isolated outburst.
If you find yourself in one of the good corners of ig, you will see east and west Asians excitedly swapping history about how our foods influenced one another in ancient times and perhaps should once more.
Here we have a Lebanese dish of dumplings in a yaourt or garlic sauce.
Here we have a Lebanese dish of dumplings in a yaourt or garlic sauce.
November 13, 2025 at 1:23 AM
If you find yourself in one of the good corners of ig, you will see east and west Asians excitedly swapping history about how our foods influenced one another in ancient times and perhaps should once more.
Here we have a Lebanese dish of dumplings in a yaourt or garlic sauce.
Here we have a Lebanese dish of dumplings in a yaourt or garlic sauce.
Airdrop -> General
(or I have this completely wrong)
(or I have this completely wrong)
November 11, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Airdrop -> General
(or I have this completely wrong)
(or I have this completely wrong)
HEMA = Historical European Martial Arts and this is a comment on a video from a competition in Finland.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:59 AM
HEMA = Historical European Martial Arts and this is a comment on a video from a competition in Finland.
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I am once again finding myself inspired by the audacious design of these NTCK posters for their production of Macbeth.
November 10, 2025 at 10:28 PM
I am once again finding myself inspired by the audacious design of these NTCK posters for their production of Macbeth.
As one of the ethnic minorities people refer to when suggesting we can’t possibly give up gas cooking: induction cook tops are so good now, even with a wok.
I have this unit which has been fantastic.
I have this unit which has been fantastic.
November 10, 2025 at 9:48 PM
As one of the ethnic minorities people refer to when suggesting we can’t possibly give up gas cooking: induction cook tops are so good now, even with a wok.
I have this unit which has been fantastic.
I have this unit which has been fantastic.
I planned to ignore Frankenstein but immediate praise from people I respect caught my attention, so I saw it.
And I hate it. In this I see nothing interesting about the novel or its author. Just an aimless rehash made needlessly Christian and Victorian that centres men and their father issues.
And I hate it. In this I see nothing interesting about the novel or its author. Just an aimless rehash made needlessly Christian and Victorian that centres men and their father issues.
November 10, 2025 at 5:10 AM
I planned to ignore Frankenstein but immediate praise from people I respect caught my attention, so I saw it.
And I hate it. In this I see nothing interesting about the novel or its author. Just an aimless rehash made needlessly Christian and Victorian that centres men and their father issues.
And I hate it. In this I see nothing interesting about the novel or its author. Just an aimless rehash made needlessly Christian and Victorian that centres men and their father issues.
Me? I wouldn’t refuse a PC Engine LT (1991, Japan only) with CD drive dock.
November 7, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Me? I wouldn’t refuse a PC Engine LT (1991, Japan only) with CD drive dock.
That doesn’t look entirely dissimilar to mujadara, which most people are sadly too cowardly to serve with potatoes.
Now I am curious.
Now I am curious.
November 6, 2025 at 10:23 PM
That doesn’t look entirely dissimilar to mujadara, which most people are sadly too cowardly to serve with potatoes.
Now I am curious.
Now I am curious.
The people have mixed feelings about the next NYC mayor.
November 6, 2025 at 2:10 AM
The people have mixed feelings about the next NYC mayor.
