For bean chilis, Greens in SF has one of the all-time recipes for both flavor and simplicity. Really punches above its weight. altoonsultan.blogspot.com/2013/01/vege...
Vegetarian Black Bean Chili
During winter my appetite turns to soups and stews, and one of my favorite meals is a flavorful black bean chili, from the great Debor...
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December 13, 2025 at 3:04 AM
For bean chilis, Greens in SF has one of the all-time recipes for both flavor and simplicity. Really punches above its weight. altoonsultan.blogspot.com/2013/01/vege...
Do you believe in humoral theory?
December 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Do you believe in humoral theory?
If I saw that the evidence for some of my beliefs were as crummy as the “evidence” for religion is, I would, uh, not believe it anymore. They are making claims about the observable world. I wouldn’t say, well, it probably just works in mysterious ways or whatever
December 9, 2025 at 2:25 PM
If I saw that the evidence for some of my beliefs were as crummy as the “evidence” for religion is, I would, uh, not believe it anymore. They are making claims about the observable world. I wouldn’t say, well, it probably just works in mysterious ways or whatever
Yeah, I thought someone might say this. I’ve no doubt that some beliefs I have lack evidence. I draw a distinction between those & mysticism, which people have tried to prove for millennia & have come up with nothing 100% of the time. That’s not a lack of evidence, that’s evidence the answer is no
December 9, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Yeah, I thought someone might say this. I’ve no doubt that some beliefs I have lack evidence. I draw a distinction between those & mysticism, which people have tried to prove for millennia & have come up with nothing 100% of the time. That’s not a lack of evidence, that’s evidence the answer is no
I don’t believe in things with no evidence. This has never seemed that hard to me - like, if there’s no evidence after thousands of years of people trying, that means it’s just not true, the same way anything else would be. But this is also my screen lock image so I may go harder on this than most
December 8, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I don’t believe in things with no evidence. This has never seemed that hard to me - like, if there’s no evidence after thousands of years of people trying, that means it’s just not true, the same way anything else would be. But this is also my screen lock image so I may go harder on this than most
QT’s just trying to make himself feel better about how PTA made a better movie than he ever will.
December 3, 2025 at 12:05 AM
QT’s just trying to make himself feel better about how PTA made a better movie than he ever will.
KILLING ME WON’T BRING BACK YOUR GODDAM HONEY
November 12, 2025 at 12:45 AM
KILLING ME WON’T BRING BACK YOUR GODDAM HONEY
The ironic thing is that I think there’s nothing the dem establishment would like more than to just get into power and not hold anyone to account. But republicans actually believe dems are meaningful oppo and so they are paranoid that there will be consequences, which incentivizes worse behavior
November 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The ironic thing is that I think there’s nothing the dem establishment would like more than to just get into power and not hold anyone to account. But republicans actually believe dems are meaningful oppo and so they are paranoid that there will be consequences, which incentivizes worse behavior
This is ridiculous in many ways but one of them is that Grok is actually more correct. Stalin developed the idea of “socialism in one country” after it was clear worldwide revolution wasn’t going to happen. Also Cuba wasn’t a communist revolution to start, Castro adopted it later. AI still sucks tho
November 7, 2025 at 2:40 PM
This is ridiculous in many ways but one of them is that Grok is actually more correct. Stalin developed the idea of “socialism in one country” after it was clear worldwide revolution wasn’t going to happen. Also Cuba wasn’t a communist revolution to start, Castro adopted it later. AI still sucks tho
The prose Edda was written in the 1200s, Tolkien obviously took the names deliberately. I remember a professor of mine positing that Tolkien wrote The Hobbit partially as a sort of joke answer to why someone named Gandalf - which means “wand-elf” - was listed here hanging with a bunch of dwarves
October 30, 2025 at 6:18 PM
The prose Edda was written in the 1200s, Tolkien obviously took the names deliberately. I remember a professor of mine positing that Tolkien wrote The Hobbit partially as a sort of joke answer to why someone named Gandalf - which means “wand-elf” - was listed here hanging with a bunch of dwarves
Yes, this was explicitly his project. Obviously A-S myth was a big part of LotR, but I also think he tried to incorporate the legendarium organically into pre-existing myths of many Northern European cultures. You see this tons with language and poetry in the books. For example, from the prose Edda:
October 30, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Yes, this was explicitly his project. Obviously A-S myth was a big part of LotR, but I also think he tried to incorporate the legendarium organically into pre-existing myths of many Northern European cultures. You see this tons with language and poetry in the books. For example, from the prose Edda:
Nothing really, as long as Patrick Fabian gets Sokolnikov.
October 3, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Nothing really, as long as Patrick Fabian gets Sokolnikov.
But then I would just want Tony Dalton for Trotsky
October 3, 2025 at 7:14 PM
But then I would just want Tony Dalton for Trotsky
God they’re even dressed like republicans
September 17, 2025 at 5:23 PM
God they’re even dressed like republicans
You hanging out on the revision history page too?
September 10, 2025 at 8:42 PM
You hanging out on the revision history page too?
This is such a bizarre thing to do. He makes up a new word, you say you’re “genuinely curious” to hear more about what he thinks it means, and he uses that as evidence that to say users are close-minded and cloistered.
September 5, 2025 at 2:36 PM
This is such a bizarre thing to do. He makes up a new word, you say you’re “genuinely curious” to hear more about what he thinks it means, and he uses that as evidence that to say users are close-minded and cloistered.
All Eyes on Me makes me think about the seductive nature of despair. He’s luring himself into this soft, lulling place where “everybody knows” and he doesn’t need to explain anything. Or maybe it’s where “everybody knows everybody,” this weird comfortable place that might just be inside his own mind
August 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
All Eyes on Me makes me think about the seductive nature of despair. He’s luring himself into this soft, lulling place where “everybody knows” and he doesn’t need to explain anything. Or maybe it’s where “everybody knows everybody,” this weird comfortable place that might just be inside his own mind
I dearly love both Can’t Handle This and All Eyes on Me. CHT captures the indignation and bargaining that accompanies regret so well - the repetition of what he would have done *if he had known* is so real, as is blaming the burrito expert for not warning him. Getting what you want and regretting it
August 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I dearly love both Can’t Handle This and All Eyes on Me. CHT captures the indignation and bargaining that accompanies regret so well - the repetition of what he would have done *if he had known* is so real, as is blaming the burrito expert for not warning him. Getting what you want and regretting it
I like that even though she’s AI she still dyes her hair
July 27, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I like that even though she’s AI she still dyes her hair
Slander. I spent a whole semester of my life making sandwiches in bowdoin’s dining hall and can confirm I never made anything more exciting than pb&j with raspberry instead of strawberry jam
July 7, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Slander. I spent a whole semester of my life making sandwiches in bowdoin’s dining hall and can confirm I never made anything more exciting than pb&j with raspberry instead of strawberry jam
Understanding the bind they were in is crucial to understanding why the early Soviet government behaved the way they did
July 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Understanding the bind they were in is crucial to understanding why the early Soviet government behaved the way they did
ultimately responsible for Stalin kicking out Trotsky and then adopting Trotsky’s Left Opposition’s proposals around collectivization (which became de-kulakization). How do you export enough grain to make enough money to afford the equipment that will help you grow enough grain to export?
July 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
ultimately responsible for Stalin kicking out Trotsky and then adopting Trotsky’s Left Opposition’s proposals around collectivization (which became de-kulakization). How do you export enough grain to make enough money to afford the equipment that will help you grow enough grain to export?