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Noticing another uptick in fake AI slop food accounts on here... Some link to fake "blogs" with untested recipes and AI photos, others just follow-farm or spam food feeds. I drop all of these into a mod list if you want a one-stop block list that I update whenever I find new ones.
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brown cheese and cured salmon for breakfast in Oslo - I am a Brown Cheese Appreciator
November 24, 2025 at 6:29 AM
brown cheese and cured salmon for breakfast in Oslo - I am a Brown Cheese Appreciator
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Fun fact: Orange carrots are relatively recent. In ancient Rome, they were usually white or purple; and in the Middle Ages, red and yellow carrots arrived in Spain through trade with Iran. It wasnt until the 16th century that Dutch farmers started cultivating an orange and sweeter hybrid version.
November 23, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Fun fact: Orange carrots are relatively recent. In ancient Rome, they were usually white or purple; and in the Middle Ages, red and yellow carrots arrived in Spain through trade with Iran. It wasnt until the 16th century that Dutch farmers started cultivating an orange and sweeter hybrid version.
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Yesterday my partner and I counted all the ads along Chicago's Brown Line for "Friend," a company selling an AI chatbot pendant, and tallied how many of those ads were defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
November 23, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Yesterday my partner and I counted all the ads along Chicago's Brown Line for "Friend," a company selling an AI chatbot pendant, and tallied how many of those ads were defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
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Sundog, now with drool. "There waz uhhhh skwirrul, möthrrrr!"
(he def chased a squirrel in the yard just before this, but also, feral cats hang out in the parking lot that he's watching as well as squirrels on the power lines in the alley, so who's to say which one has his drool-powers activated?)
(he def chased a squirrel in the yard just before this, but also, feral cats hang out in the parking lot that he's watching as well as squirrels on the power lines in the alley, so who's to say which one has his drool-powers activated?)
November 23, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Sundog, now with drool. "There waz uhhhh skwirrul, möthrrrr!"
(he def chased a squirrel in the yard just before this, but also, feral cats hang out in the parking lot that he's watching as well as squirrels on the power lines in the alley, so who's to say which one has his drool-powers activated?)
(he def chased a squirrel in the yard just before this, but also, feral cats hang out in the parking lot that he's watching as well as squirrels on the power lines in the alley, so who's to say which one has his drool-powers activated?)
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I’ve invented a hot tub from which you can point the finger of blame. I call it the j’accuzzi
November 22, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I’ve invented a hot tub from which you can point the finger of blame. I call it the j’accuzzi
PSA: if a turkey 🦃 you must fry, plz make sure it's thawed and dry
Then take that (delicious) nonsense outside
Fire🧯? Type K (used in commercial kitchens for grease fires)? Spray first, THEN pray
Safety first, second and third, now you can deep fry that bird
(#smallpoemsunday #anattemptwasmade)
Then take that (delicious) nonsense outside
Fire🧯? Type K (used in commercial kitchens for grease fires)? Spray first, THEN pray
Safety first, second and third, now you can deep fry that bird
(#smallpoemsunday #anattemptwasmade)
There is a post circulating on Bluesky encouraging the moving of a frozen turkey straight into a pot of hot oil. We are combating this misinformation the best way we know how - through the power of dance music.
November 23, 2025 at 4:51 PM
PSA: if a turkey 🦃 you must fry, plz make sure it's thawed and dry
Then take that (delicious) nonsense outside
Fire🧯? Type K (used in commercial kitchens for grease fires)? Spray first, THEN pray
Safety first, second and third, now you can deep fry that bird
(#smallpoemsunday #anattemptwasmade)
Then take that (delicious) nonsense outside
Fire🧯? Type K (used in commercial kitchens for grease fires)? Spray first, THEN pray
Safety first, second and third, now you can deep fry that bird
(#smallpoemsunday #anattemptwasmade)
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We weren’t meant to thrive in a fast paced work environment we were meant to collect berries in the summertime and lie down for a whole day after mistaking the bad orange mushroom for the good orange mushroom
March 3, 2024 at 1:38 PM
We weren’t meant to thrive in a fast paced work environment we were meant to collect berries in the summertime and lie down for a whole day after mistaking the bad orange mushroom for the good orange mushroom
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They never tell you that the dishes are made of stardust, too.
I'm made of stardust, but I still have to do chores.
November 23, 2025 at 2:47 AM
They never tell you that the dishes are made of stardust, too.
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Personally, I think off-leash dogs whose owners who have zippo control over them are a much, much bigger problem than, say, urban coyotes.
November 15, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Personally, I think off-leash dogs whose owners who have zippo control over them are a much, much bigger problem than, say, urban coyotes.
Urbs in horto timeline cleanse (snowy owls, Lake Michigan, Chicago skyline backlit with a carmine cloud sunset and a few still-blazing maples).
November 23, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Urbs in horto timeline cleanse (snowy owls, Lake Michigan, Chicago skyline backlit with a carmine cloud sunset and a few still-blazing maples).
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"For all its mystical quality, fog has a materiality that embodies the metabolism of this rocky world."
Chasing Fog: The Science and Spirituality of Nature’s Grounded Cloud
One day not long after I moved to New York, I looked up from my writing desk at a shared studio space on the Brooklyn waterfront and saw the Manhattan Bridge halved, only the Brooklyn side remainin…
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November 22, 2025 at 10:14 PM
"For all its mystical quality, fog has a materiality that embodies the metabolism of this rocky world."
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"Come and show me another city with lifted head singing so proud to be alive and coarse and strong and cunning."
November 22, 2025 at 7:04 PM
"Come and show me another city with lifted head singing so proud to be alive and coarse and strong and cunning."
I usually make a freshly simmered cranberry orange walnut sauce for Turkey day, but sometimes we like to mix it up (& have something different on the leftovers & turkey sandwiches). 🍽️Cranberry mustard or cranberry jalapeno (or serrano) salsa - both easy water-bath canning recipes you can make ahead!
November 22, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I usually make a freshly simmered cranberry orange walnut sauce for Turkey day, but sometimes we like to mix it up (& have something different on the leftovers & turkey sandwiches). 🍽️Cranberry mustard or cranberry jalapeno (or serrano) salsa - both easy water-bath canning recipes you can make ahead!
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Also, tired of freezer jenga? Freeze anything liquidish flat on a baking sheet, then you can file it. Pasta sauce, soups, chili, etc. This is ~10L of pasta sauce.
November 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Also, tired of freezer jenga? Freeze anything liquidish flat on a baking sheet, then you can file it. Pasta sauce, soups, chili, etc. This is ~10L of pasta sauce.
Sharing the deep knowledge (baking sheets are better, or hotel pans with lids if you've got them). Also heed that safety stacking chart: raw meat & poultry on the bottom, cooked foods & veggies up top! Don't give anyone salmonella for Christmas.
November 22, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Sharing the deep knowledge (baking sheets are better, or hotel pans with lids if you've got them). Also heed that safety stacking chart: raw meat & poultry on the bottom, cooked foods & veggies up top! Don't give anyone salmonella for Christmas.
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YOUR TURKEY NEEDS TO COME OUT OF THE FREEZER TODAY 🦃
ATTENTION: today is the day to take your turkey from the freezer and put it in the fridge for thawing
November 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
YOUR TURKEY NEEDS TO COME OUT OF THE FREEZER TODAY 🦃
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Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
Alright, we did the pre-Thanksgiving Costco run today, put everything away, then did recipe testing & photos for three new posts (a bacon cheddar cheese ball, chicken pot pie with buttermilk drop biscuits, & cran-orange walnut bread). I am le tired & scrolling quickly past the horrors bc Not. Today.
November 22, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Alright, we did the pre-Thanksgiving Costco run today, put everything away, then did recipe testing & photos for three new posts (a bacon cheddar cheese ball, chicken pot pie with buttermilk drop biscuits, & cran-orange walnut bread). I am le tired & scrolling quickly past the horrors bc Not. Today.
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As we get ready to shop for Thanksgiving remember the farm workers who harvest the food. We wouldn't enjoy a #Thanksgiving dinner without their hard work. #WeFeedYou
November 22, 2025 at 7:20 AM
As we get ready to shop for Thanksgiving remember the farm workers who harvest the food. We wouldn't enjoy a #Thanksgiving dinner without their hard work. #WeFeedYou
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Im back reading the expanse, I'm so Holden-pilled, im Roci this nante til she protos my molecule
November 21, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Im back reading the expanse, I'm so Holden-pilled, im Roci this nante til she protos my molecule
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COME ON I'M TRYING TO QUIT WRITING FUTURISTIC DYSTOPIANS ALREADY
November 21, 2025 at 4:28 AM
COME ON I'M TRYING TO QUIT WRITING FUTURISTIC DYSTOPIANS ALREADY
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I’m sure some poet has said this better, but your brain is so much more powerful than any calculator, any app, any word-guessing machine. This isn’t a Hallmark bromide. The biggest open problem in machine learning is intuition: we process multitudinous data of zillions of kinds automatically.
November 20, 2025 at 6:06 AM
I’m sure some poet has said this better, but your brain is so much more powerful than any calculator, any app, any word-guessing machine. This isn’t a Hallmark bromide. The biggest open problem in machine learning is intuition: we process multitudinous data of zillions of kinds automatically.
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Specifically, computers struggle with cluster recognition, a task that entails organizing prodigious data of nebulous boundaries. No consistent computer algorithm exists for the large-scale pattern recognition that humans call a gut feeling. A vibe. That’s why humans have reasoning and ideas.
November 20, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Specifically, computers struggle with cluster recognition, a task that entails organizing prodigious data of nebulous boundaries. No consistent computer algorithm exists for the large-scale pattern recognition that humans call a gut feeling. A vibe. That’s why humans have reasoning and ideas.
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You should consider it the highest insult that anyone thinks they can replace that beautiful, inscrutable machine in your skull with a machine that turns potable water into pseudorandom output tokens. Even if your brain doesn’t work the usual way. Neither does mine.
November 20, 2025 at 6:13 AM
You should consider it the highest insult that anyone thinks they can replace that beautiful, inscrutable machine in your skull with a machine that turns potable water into pseudorandom output tokens. Even if your brain doesn’t work the usual way. Neither does mine.