Librarian Soul
@librariansoul.bsky.social
Gay, wannabe data scientist, former librarian. He/they
Inspired by @weregeek.bsky.social , I made beef stew last night. I have lots of recipes but this time I went with the classic interpretation from Serious Eats. Turned out amazing!
November 16, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Inspired by @weregeek.bsky.social , I made beef stew last night. I have lots of recipes but this time I went with the classic interpretation from Serious Eats. Turned out amazing!
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A few weeks ago I was talking politics with a local, highly straight, bartender.
All the sudden he said: “Well, I think a big part of the problem is that so many of the people who would’ve been our progressive leaders died of AIDS & can’t help us now.”
And I’ve thought about that every day since.
All the sudden he said: “Well, I think a big part of the problem is that so many of the people who would’ve been our progressive leaders died of AIDS & can’t help us now.”
And I’ve thought about that every day since.
November 16, 2025 at 1:47 AM
A few weeks ago I was talking politics with a local, highly straight, bartender.
All the sudden he said: “Well, I think a big part of the problem is that so many of the people who would’ve been our progressive leaders died of AIDS & can’t help us now.”
And I’ve thought about that every day since.
All the sudden he said: “Well, I think a big part of the problem is that so many of the people who would’ve been our progressive leaders died of AIDS & can’t help us now.”
And I’ve thought about that every day since.
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The wizard pours water over tea leaves and the air fills with the smell of cardamon.
November 16, 2025 at 1:10 AM
The wizard pours water over tea leaves and the air fills with the smell of cardamon.
Bogomil and Malo Mogge from Kelly Link’s The Book of Love. Kai from Martha Wells’s Witch King. The Ladies and the Beast from Jared Pechaček’s The West Passage. All the horrifying things in the forest in Premee Mohamed’s The Butcher of the Forest.
What's your favourite monster/creature from literature? I'm thinking Tuunbaq from Dan Simmon's The Terror, the triffids from Wyndham's Day of the Triffids, the demon from M.R. James' Casting The Runes, Grendel, Pennywise, etc.
November 16, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Bogomil and Malo Mogge from Kelly Link’s The Book of Love. Kai from Martha Wells’s Witch King. The Ladies and the Beast from Jared Pechaček’s The West Passage. All the horrifying things in the forest in Premee Mohamed’s The Butcher of the Forest.
Had a frustration dream last night where I had to communicate with someone in French but couldn’t remember any vocabulary or grammar. Not happy that my dreams are feeling like school
November 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Had a frustration dream last night where I had to communicate with someone in French but couldn’t remember any vocabulary or grammar. Not happy that my dreams are feeling like school
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the only good accent work on earth is old money transatlantic american to make fun of rich people accent
November 13, 2025 at 4:06 PM
the only good accent work on earth is old money transatlantic american to make fun of rich people accent
I tried so hard to come up with an answer that wasn’t Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell. There have been so many books that opened my eyes & changed my head around! But I don’t read any of them like clockwork at least once a year, so that’s my answer, at the end of it all: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
November 12, 2025 at 12:56 AM
I tried so hard to come up with an answer that wasn’t Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell. There have been so many books that opened my eyes & changed my head around! But I don’t read any of them like clockwork at least once a year, so that’s my answer, at the end of it all: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
This is amazing!
Pretty sure bsky image compression will absolutely cook this, but I got really into plant phylogeny for the past few years and made a phylogenetic tree with basically every commonly known seed plant on it. Will be breaking it up into legible chunks in the replies if you would like to check it out
November 12, 2025 at 12:43 AM
This is amazing!
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actually angels are just the fruiting bodies of a much larger and essentially invisible organism
November 11, 2025 at 6:33 PM
actually angels are just the fruiting bodies of a much larger and essentially invisible organism
The absolute worst part about having just had surgery for me (aside from the pain) is that it’s starting to get cold and I can’t take a bath. That’s like, 90% of what I want to do when I’m cold!
November 11, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The absolute worst part about having just had surgery for me (aside from the pain) is that it’s starting to get cold and I can’t take a bath. That’s like, 90% of what I want to do when I’m cold!
Both recipes involved assembling and toasting blends of whole spices and resulted in absolutely mindblowing flavors. 100% worth it
Last night I made a Sri Lankan chicken curry (Kukul Mas Maluwa, recipe from NYT) and Bengali-spiced green beans (Panchphoran Green Beans, recipe from Serious Eats) and they were both absolutely amazing. No pics bc I suck.
November 11, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Both recipes involved assembling and toasting blends of whole spices and resulted in absolutely mindblowing flavors. 100% worth it
Last night I made a Sri Lankan chicken curry (Kukul Mas Maluwa, recipe from NYT) and Bengali-spiced green beans (Panchphoran Green Beans, recipe from Serious Eats) and they were both absolutely amazing. No pics bc I suck.
November 11, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Last night I made a Sri Lankan chicken curry (Kukul Mas Maluwa, recipe from NYT) and Bengali-spiced green beans (Panchphoran Green Beans, recipe from Serious Eats) and they were both absolutely amazing. No pics bc I suck.
Currently drinking a Leeward Negroni with Kota pandan liqueur in it. (Took a while bc I had to coconut-wash some Campari first.) It truly is a perfect cocktail.
I just got my hands on a new-to-me pandan liqueur named Kota and it’s the real deal! It captures the partly vegetal, partly comforting-custardy-spices profile of pandan *perfectly*. I need to try it in a Leeward Negroni ASAP
November 9, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Currently drinking a Leeward Negroni with Kota pandan liqueur in it. (Took a while bc I had to coconut-wash some Campari first.) It truly is a perfect cocktail.
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am i doing this right
November 8, 2025 at 11:47 PM
am i doing this right
I really wanted pandan and passion fruit to work together, but the first time I tried it, they *really* didn’t. Then I found this recipe for a passion fruit colada with pandan, passion fruit, and coconut and that, it turns out, is the magical combination. Super sippable and fucking delicious.
Elements: Pandan Cocktails
Southeast Asian staple pandan lends its herbaceous and nutty notes to a variety of cocktails, from a Bamboo twist to a colada
imbibemagazine.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I really wanted pandan and passion fruit to work together, but the first time I tried it, they *really* didn’t. Then I found this recipe for a passion fruit colada with pandan, passion fruit, and coconut and that, it turns out, is the magical combination. Super sippable and fucking delicious.
I turned off the “hide rude” setting and I’m still seeing the most innocuous replies hidden on here. Like what the fuck, Bluesky
November 7, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I turned off the “hide rude” setting and I’m still seeing the most innocuous replies hidden on here. Like what the fuck, Bluesky
I had a pretty minor surgery yesterday and I have since rediscovered how much it sucks being in pain all the time. I don’t like it! Not one little bit!!!
November 7, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I had a pretty minor surgery yesterday and I have since rediscovered how much it sucks being in pain all the time. I don’t like it! Not one little bit!!!
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just casually tossing out "vampires but for other bodily fluids" like it won't revolutionize at least three distinct genres
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November 7, 2025 at 12:46 PM
just casually tossing out "vampires but for other bodily fluids" like it won't revolutionize at least three distinct genres
www.qwantz.com/index.php?co...
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I just got my hands on a new-to-me pandan liqueur named Kota and it’s the real deal! It captures the partly vegetal, partly comforting-custardy-spices profile of pandan *perfectly*. I need to try it in a Leeward Negroni ASAP
November 7, 2025 at 12:01 AM
I just got my hands on a new-to-me pandan liqueur named Kota and it’s the real deal! It captures the partly vegetal, partly comforting-custardy-spices profile of pandan *perfectly*. I need to try it in a Leeward Negroni ASAP
I block tiresome accounts on here. And yet I, too, am arguably a tiresome account. This hypocrisy will not stand.
<blocks own account, creating a singularity that destroys the Earth>
Blissful freedom—!
<blocks own account, creating a singularity that destroys the Earth>
Blissful freedom—!
November 5, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I block tiresome accounts on here. And yet I, too, am arguably a tiresome account. This hypocrisy will not stand.
<blocks own account, creating a singularity that destroys the Earth>
Blissful freedom—!
<blocks own account, creating a singularity that destroys the Earth>
Blissful freedom—!
Sam Sifton’s Pan-Roasted Chicken in Cream Sauce is the most delicious dish I personally know how to make. The cognac, Madeira, tarragon, and mushrooms combine to infuse the sauce with incredible flavor—just make sure to cook all the liquid down enough. It’s a bit fiddly but not at all hard.
Pan-Roasted Chicken in Cream Sauce (Published 2018)
cooking.nytimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Sam Sifton’s Pan-Roasted Chicken in Cream Sauce is the most delicious dish I personally know how to make. The cognac, Madeira, tarragon, and mushrooms combine to infuse the sauce with incredible flavor—just make sure to cook all the liquid down enough. It’s a bit fiddly but not at all hard.
Throwback to the time I went out for brunch in Salt Lake City and I had to explain to the waiter what “iced coffee” was. (They did not have any)
November 2, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Throwback to the time I went out for brunch in Salt Lake City and I had to explain to the waiter what “iced coffee” was. (They did not have any)
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POSTER: In my post I invented the Don’t Misunderstand the Torment Nexus Metaphor as a cautionary tale
CTO: At long last, I have misunderstood the Torment Nexus Metaphor from the classic post Don't Misunderstand The Torment Nexus Metaphor
CTO: At long last, I have misunderstood the Torment Nexus Metaphor from the classic post Don't Misunderstand The Torment Nexus Metaphor
"Torment Nexus" comes from this tweet and is often used now to describe the kind of negative experiences you can have with social networks, like getting dogpiled or harassed or being pushed into conflict
November 1, 2025 at 3:02 PM
POSTER: In my post I invented the Don’t Misunderstand the Torment Nexus Metaphor as a cautionary tale
CTO: At long last, I have misunderstood the Torment Nexus Metaphor from the classic post Don't Misunderstand The Torment Nexus Metaphor
CTO: At long last, I have misunderstood the Torment Nexus Metaphor from the classic post Don't Misunderstand The Torment Nexus Metaphor