Edward Banatt
@armavirumque.bsky.social
Techie, skeptic, ultracrepidarian, sciolist, patzer, erstwhile twittersnipe. Blast-beruffled. Emotionally tatterdemalion.
Esquerdopata.
Esquerdopata.
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If my haters saw how I perfectly tempered six egg yolks to create a smooth and creamy custard their perspectives on me would change QUICKLY.
November 28, 2025 at 12:23 AM
If my haters saw how I perfectly tempered six egg yolks to create a smooth and creamy custard their perspectives on me would change QUICKLY.
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I am in the Midwest and I’m about to experience something for the first time ever. I am from New Mexico. This is exotic and it is thrilling
November 28, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I am in the Midwest and I’m about to experience something for the first time ever. I am from New Mexico. This is exotic and it is thrilling
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Quick, they can’t have gotten far
Thieves have stolen €90,000 worth of fine French snails destined for some of the country’s most prestigious restaurants
Thieves take €90,000 of snails meant for Michelin-starred restaurants
French police are on the trail of ‘experienced’ criminals who stole a whole year’s worth of produce from Jean-Mathieu Dauvergne’s L’Escargot des Grands Crus
www.thetimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Quick, they can’t have gotten far
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Rush
King Crimson (double trio lineup)
Emerson Lake and Palmer
Peter Gabriel
Björk
Rush
King Crimson (double trio lineup)
Emerson Lake and Palmer
Peter Gabriel
Björk
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Clarence Carter
Dick Dale
Rolling Stones
Bonnie Rait
Prince
Clarence Carter
Dick Dale
Rolling Stones
Bonnie Rait
Prince
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Kate Nash
Indigo Girls
Dolly Parton
Heart
Frankie Valli
Kate Nash
Indigo Girls
Dolly Parton
Heart
Frankie Valli
November 27, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Rush
King Crimson (double trio lineup)
Emerson Lake and Palmer
Peter Gabriel
Björk
Rush
King Crimson (double trio lineup)
Emerson Lake and Palmer
Peter Gabriel
Björk
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Watching Columbo for the first time and as someone with a working class chip on his shoulder, seeing all these smug, monied elitists sneeringly underestimating and then being utterly destroyed by a shabby, brilliant little guy is absolutely cathartic.
November 26, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Watching Columbo for the first time and as someone with a working class chip on his shoulder, seeing all these smug, monied elitists sneeringly underestimating and then being utterly destroyed by a shabby, brilliant little guy is absolutely cathartic.
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“Network” premieres today in ‘76
“.. we thought we were making a satire,” said Lumet. “But the extraordinary and frightening thing is how quickly it stopped being satire .. When the truth becomes entertainment, when rage becomes a commodity, the culture begins to eat itself.”
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“.. we thought we were making a satire,” said Lumet. “But the extraordinary and frightening thing is how quickly it stopped being satire .. When the truth becomes entertainment, when rage becomes a commodity, the culture begins to eat itself.”
@ditzkoff.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 7:27 PM
“Network” premieres today in ‘76
“.. we thought we were making a satire,” said Lumet. “But the extraordinary and frightening thing is how quickly it stopped being satire .. When the truth becomes entertainment, when rage becomes a commodity, the culture begins to eat itself.”
@ditzkoff.bsky.social
“.. we thought we were making a satire,” said Lumet. “But the extraordinary and frightening thing is how quickly it stopped being satire .. When the truth becomes entertainment, when rage becomes a commodity, the culture begins to eat itself.”
@ditzkoff.bsky.social
"This is a list of songs that retell, in whole or in part, a work of literature."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
List of songs based on literary works - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 27, 2025 at 6:06 PM
"This is a list of songs that retell, in whole or in part, a work of literature."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
"Orig. in Irish use, later chiefly Anglo-Indian" [OED].
www.etymonline.com/word/spatchc... #etymology
www.etymonline.com/word/spatchc... #etymology
November 27, 2025 at 5:36 PM
"Orig. in Irish use, later chiefly Anglo-Indian" [OED].
www.etymonline.com/word/spatchc... #etymology
www.etymonline.com/word/spatchc... #etymology
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‘Denim’ gets its name from the French words ‘de Nĭmes’ meaning "of Nĭmes," because it was manufactured in the city of Nĭmes.
‘Jeans’ comes from the city of Genoa (earlier known as Genes) because the pants were worn by the Genoese navy.
'JNCO' means “Judge None Choose One."
‘Jeans’ comes from the city of Genoa (earlier known as Genes) because the pants were worn by the Genoese navy.
'JNCO' means “Judge None Choose One."
November 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM
‘Denim’ gets its name from the French words ‘de Nĭmes’ meaning "of Nĭmes," because it was manufactured in the city of Nĭmes.
‘Jeans’ comes from the city of Genoa (earlier known as Genes) because the pants were worn by the Genoese navy.
'JNCO' means “Judge None Choose One."
‘Jeans’ comes from the city of Genoa (earlier known as Genes) because the pants were worn by the Genoese navy.
'JNCO' means “Judge None Choose One."
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November 27, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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whoaaaaa!! 🧶
Wow. This is like the holy grail of clothes recycling.
New solvent completely recycles polycotton textiles share.google/qrM7caF2CHyf...
New solvent completely recycles polycotton textiles share.google/qrM7caF2CHyf...
Simple solvent makes polycotton fabric completely recyclable
What we think of as polyester fabric is most often actually a blend of polyester and cotton, which has proven very difficult to recycle. A new solvent, however, breaks the blend down into its two comp...
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November 27, 2025 at 4:09 PM
whoaaaaa!! 🧶
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Day 27: Cover
#LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover | Bo Diddley
youtu.be/OkJ9glPmv7c?...
#LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover | Bo Diddley
youtu.be/OkJ9glPmv7c?...
You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover
YouTube video by Bo Diddley - Topic
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November 27, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Day 27: Cover
#LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover | Bo Diddley
youtu.be/OkJ9glPmv7c?...
#LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover | Bo Diddley
youtu.be/OkJ9glPmv7c?...
Talking turkey: "I’ve found three stories about this, none of them wholly convincing. We do know that it’s a US term. It’s first recorded in 1824, but is probably much older; one suggestion is that it goes back as far as colonial times."
www.worldwidewords.org/qa-tal1.html
www.worldwidewords.org/qa-tal1.html
Talk turkey
What is the origin of <em>talk turkey</em>?
www.worldwidewords.org
November 27, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Talking turkey: "I’ve found three stories about this, none of them wholly convincing. We do know that it’s a US term. It’s first recorded in 1824, but is probably much older; one suggestion is that it goes back as far as colonial times."
www.worldwidewords.org/qa-tal1.html
www.worldwidewords.org/qa-tal1.html
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Elliott Erwitt, 1988
November 27, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Elliott Erwitt, 1988
"Cacerolazos began in Chile in 1971 in protest of food shortages during the Salvador Allende administration, with the empty pots symbolising the difficulties of households in obtaining enough food to feed families."
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The CACEROLAZO a form of popular protest, people banging pots, pans, & other utensils to call for attention.
1961 "the nights of the pots" were held during Algerian War of Independence. Thunderous sounds of noise in cities of the territory made with pots, whistles, horns & cries of "French Algeria".
1961 "the nights of the pots" were held during Algerian War of Independence. Thunderous sounds of noise in cities of the territory made with pots, whistles, horns & cries of "French Algeria".
Cacerolazo - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM
"Cacerolazos began in Chile in 1971 in protest of food shortages during the Salvador Allende administration, with the empty pots symbolising the difficulties of households in obtaining enough food to feed families."
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When I was at NC state, I had lunch with a visiting scholar from Sweden who was visiting US universities for the first time. He described his experience as touring “hedge funds with football teams.”
That is so much money
5:45 pm on Thanksgiving Eve?
Now THIS is how you news dump.
Now THIS is how you news dump.
November 27, 2025 at 1:09 PM
When I was at NC state, I had lunch with a visiting scholar from Sweden who was visiting US universities for the first time. He described his experience as touring “hedge funds with football teams.”
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Lend me a heart replete with thankfulness!
November 27, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Lend me a heart replete with thankfulness!
NYTimes: Are potatoes 'empty carbs' to be avoided?
TL;DR: Let the sky rain potatoes; let it thunder to the tune of ‘Greensleeves’
TL;DR: Let the sky rain potatoes; let it thunder to the tune of ‘Greensleeves’
November 27, 2025 at 3:07 PM
NYTimes: Are potatoes 'empty carbs' to be avoided?
TL;DR: Let the sky rain potatoes; let it thunder to the tune of ‘Greensleeves’
TL;DR: Let the sky rain potatoes; let it thunder to the tune of ‘Greensleeves’
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Theophagy for the win!
November 27, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Theophagy for the win!
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Combatting poverty and hunger in this city will take every single one of us. Myself included.
November 27, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Combatting poverty and hunger in this city will take every single one of us. Myself included.
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This Creedence from 1970’s been sounding exponentially prescient for quite a while now
I went down Virginia, seekin’ shelter from the storm
Caught up in the fable
I watched the tower grow
Five Year Plans and New Deals, wrapped in golden chains
And I wonder, still I wonder, who’ll stop the rain?
I went down Virginia, seekin’ shelter from the storm
Caught up in the fable
I watched the tower grow
Five Year Plans and New Deals, wrapped in golden chains
And I wonder, still I wonder, who’ll stop the rain?
November 27, 2025 at 5:01 AM
This Creedence from 1970’s been sounding exponentially prescient for quite a while now
I went down Virginia, seekin’ shelter from the storm
Caught up in the fable
I watched the tower grow
Five Year Plans and New Deals, wrapped in golden chains
And I wonder, still I wonder, who’ll stop the rain?
I went down Virginia, seekin’ shelter from the storm
Caught up in the fable
I watched the tower grow
Five Year Plans and New Deals, wrapped in golden chains
And I wonder, still I wonder, who’ll stop the rain?
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Happy Thanksgiving to all these people
It’s getting real for Home Depot. The flash mob is only the warm up, the nationwide boycott hits on November 27th.
Chant: “Tax the rich tax, the motherf*cking rich.”
Chant: “Tax the rich tax, the motherf*cking rich.”
November 27, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Happy Thanksgiving to all these people
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During one sleepless night in 1879, German priest Johann Schleyer felt a Divine presence telling him to create a universal language. The result was Volapük. @ArikaOkrent explores the rise + fall of the first invented language to gain widespread success: publicdomainreview.org/essay/t...
November 27, 2025 at 12:47 PM
During one sleepless night in 1879, German priest Johann Schleyer felt a Divine presence telling him to create a universal language. The result was Volapük. @ArikaOkrent explores the rise + fall of the first invented language to gain widespread success: publicdomainreview.org/essay/t...
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If you want some good news this morning, I showed my three boys the PM doing the six/seven thing and now they have all stopped doing it.
November 27, 2025 at 7:03 AM
If you want some good news this morning, I showed my three boys the PM doing the six/seven thing and now they have all stopped doing it.
[The US has the largest number of incarcerated women in the world, with 174,607. China has 145,000, plus an unknown number of women and girls in pre-trial detention and “administrative detention” (when a person is held without trial)]
Experts warn of ‘global crisis’ as number of women in prison nears one million
Experts warn of ‘global crisis’ as number of women in prison nears one million
Number of women incarcerated around the world rising at nearly three times the rate of men, with female prisoners often subjected to sexual violence and forced labour
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:20 AM
[The US has the largest number of incarcerated women in the world, with 174,607. China has 145,000, plus an unknown number of women and girls in pre-trial detention and “administrative detention” (when a person is held without trial)]