Morose Barnacle
@morosebarnacle.bsky.social
Aspiring author who likes books, history, and nerd stuff. I've a goal to visit all the public art around Salt Lake City. I likely commit too many brain cells toward anti-squirrel schemes directed at the squirrels marauding my tomatoes every summer.
Reposting for any of my fellow Americans who have pie duty this year.
Since it's pie season, my secret to the best dang pie crust: cold butter. 🥧🥧🥧
Like ❄️COLD❄️ butter. The secret is in the process, not ingredients.
I use a cheap electric ninja food chopper that fits one double pie crust perfectly.
2 c flour
1/4 tsp salt
2/3 c butter right from fridge cut in chunks
Like ❄️COLD❄️ butter. The secret is in the process, not ingredients.
I use a cheap electric ninja food chopper that fits one double pie crust perfectly.
2 c flour
1/4 tsp salt
2/3 c butter right from fridge cut in chunks
November 26, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Reposting for any of my fellow Americans who have pie duty this year.
Have you guys seen next year's National Parks annual pass? Woof. Looks like a dystopian bus pass.
November 26, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Have you guys seen next year's National Parks annual pass? Woof. Looks like a dystopian bus pass.
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
Windows 11 broke some of the smallest, silliest, most fundamental things for no good reason.
So in File Explorer, you have a folder filled with files. In W10, you could jump back and forth between an open program and the files, and explorer "remembered" the last highlighted file by keeping it...
So in File Explorer, you have a folder filled with files. In W10, you could jump back and forth between an open program and the files, and explorer "remembered" the last highlighted file by keeping it...
November 25, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Windows 11 broke some of the smallest, silliest, most fundamental things for no good reason.
So in File Explorer, you have a folder filled with files. In W10, you could jump back and forth between an open program and the files, and explorer "remembered" the last highlighted file by keeping it...
So in File Explorer, you have a folder filled with files. In W10, you could jump back and forth between an open program and the files, and explorer "remembered" the last highlighted file by keeping it...
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yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
November 24, 2025 at 11:39 PM
yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
Since it's pie season, my secret to the best dang pie crust: cold butter. 🥧🥧🥧
Like ❄️COLD❄️ butter. The secret is in the process, not ingredients.
I use a cheap electric ninja food chopper that fits one double pie crust perfectly.
2 c flour
1/4 tsp salt
2/3 c butter right from fridge cut in chunks
Like ❄️COLD❄️ butter. The secret is in the process, not ingredients.
I use a cheap electric ninja food chopper that fits one double pie crust perfectly.
2 c flour
1/4 tsp salt
2/3 c butter right from fridge cut in chunks
November 22, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Since it's pie season, my secret to the best dang pie crust: cold butter. 🥧🥧🥧
Like ❄️COLD❄️ butter. The secret is in the process, not ingredients.
I use a cheap electric ninja food chopper that fits one double pie crust perfectly.
2 c flour
1/4 tsp salt
2/3 c butter right from fridge cut in chunks
Like ❄️COLD❄️ butter. The secret is in the process, not ingredients.
I use a cheap electric ninja food chopper that fits one double pie crust perfectly.
2 c flour
1/4 tsp salt
2/3 c butter right from fridge cut in chunks
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the idea is not all that counts. the idea is nothing at all until it has been lassooed, corralled, mutated, shuffled, blended with other ideas, and then expressed over the medium of however many thousand words that you have selected and arranged as best you can. the idea is a promise, not a book.
November 19, 2025 at 7:54 AM
the idea is not all that counts. the idea is nothing at all until it has been lassooed, corralled, mutated, shuffled, blended with other ideas, and then expressed over the medium of however many thousand words that you have selected and arranged as best you can. the idea is a promise, not a book.
My upstairs neighbor is trying out an exercise video for the first time.
I really hope they decide they prefer their treadmill for exercise...
I really hope they decide they prefer their treadmill for exercise...
November 18, 2025 at 3:30 AM
My upstairs neighbor is trying out an exercise video for the first time.
I really hope they decide they prefer their treadmill for exercise...
I really hope they decide they prefer their treadmill for exercise...
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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
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A 1946 editorial cartoon by Bill Mauldin. Taken from the "Willie & Joe: Back Home" collection.
November 11, 2025 at 11:08 PM
A 1946 editorial cartoon by Bill Mauldin. Taken from the "Willie & Joe: Back Home" collection.
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
I spotted this dapper duck on yesterday's walk. #dailywalk
November 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I spotted this dapper duck on yesterday's walk. #dailywalk
From my walk yesterday. The east column at the entrance of Memory Grove Park, Salt Lake City.
November 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
From my walk yesterday. The east column at the entrance of Memory Grove Park, Salt Lake City.
Yesterday's walk took me through Memory Grove Park.
You'll always see happy wet dogs (it's an off-leash park with water features so very popular with the local labs), joggers, and monuments commemorating the casualties of war.
You'll always see happy wet dogs (it's an off-leash park with water features so very popular with the local labs), joggers, and monuments commemorating the casualties of war.
November 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Yesterday's walk took me through Memory Grove Park.
You'll always see happy wet dogs (it's an off-leash park with water features so very popular with the local labs), joggers, and monuments commemorating the casualties of war.
You'll always see happy wet dogs (it's an off-leash park with water features so very popular with the local labs), joggers, and monuments commemorating the casualties of war.
A few more from yesterday's long walk! (It was a really long walk.)
November 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
A few more from yesterday's long walk! (It was a really long walk.)
From yesterday's long walk.
November 9, 2025 at 6:04 PM
From yesterday's long walk.
Twelve hangry men.
The jury deliberated for SEVEN hours on the sandwich case, and I will bet money six of them were just talking about different good kinds of sandwiches they’ve had and how they’d throw.
November 6, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Twelve hangry men.
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A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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This is brilliant
November 3, 2025 at 4:44 AM
This is brilliant
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From Octavia Butler, “Parable of the Talents”:
November 1, 2025 at 10:55 PM
From Octavia Butler, “Parable of the Talents”:
Photos from my walk around the neighborhood this afternoon.
November 2, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Photos from my walk around the neighborhood this afternoon.
From today's walk around the neighborhood.
November 2, 2025 at 12:48 AM
From today's walk around the neighborhood.
So stupid.
A small kid would have to eat like an entire big tube of toothpaste to get fluoride poisoning, and even then, they'd barf it up, not die. No damage whatsoever except an upset tummy.
There's no cumulative harm in taking fluoride long term.
A small kid would have to eat like an entire big tube of toothpaste to get fluoride poisoning, and even then, they'd barf it up, not die. No damage whatsoever except an upset tummy.
There's no cumulative harm in taking fluoride long term.
First RFK Jr. wanted to take fluoride out of water and has had some success in Republican jurisdictions that think scientific evidence is for chumps.
But that wasn’t enough harm for him, so now he’s restricting kids’ access to fluoride supplements.
But that wasn’t enough harm for him, so now he’s restricting kids’ access to fluoride supplements.
FDA restricts use of kids' fluoride supplements citing emerging health risks
The Food and Drug Administration is restricting the use of fluoride supplements used to strengthen children’s teeth.
apnews.com
November 2, 2025 at 12:45 AM
So stupid.
A small kid would have to eat like an entire big tube of toothpaste to get fluoride poisoning, and even then, they'd barf it up, not die. No damage whatsoever except an upset tummy.
There's no cumulative harm in taking fluoride long term.
A small kid would have to eat like an entire big tube of toothpaste to get fluoride poisoning, and even then, they'd barf it up, not die. No damage whatsoever except an upset tummy.
There's no cumulative harm in taking fluoride long term.
I needed an onion but couldn't bring myself to pay $6 for a net bag of 5 onions from the bougie grocery in my neighborhood, so I kept walking to the Mexican grocery.
OMG.
14 CENTS! For a huge yellow onion!
So much produce. It all looked good and they stocked fruit/veg I've never heard of, too. 🇲🇽😍
OMG.
14 CENTS! For a huge yellow onion!
So much produce. It all looked good and they stocked fruit/veg I've never heard of, too. 🇲🇽😍
November 2, 2025 at 12:36 AM
I needed an onion but couldn't bring myself to pay $6 for a net bag of 5 onions from the bougie grocery in my neighborhood, so I kept walking to the Mexican grocery.
OMG.
14 CENTS! For a huge yellow onion!
So much produce. It all looked good and they stocked fruit/veg I've never heard of, too. 🇲🇽😍
OMG.
14 CENTS! For a huge yellow onion!
So much produce. It all looked good and they stocked fruit/veg I've never heard of, too. 🇲🇽😍