Leisureguy
@leisureguy.bsky.social
I like cooking, movies, books, Go/baduk, old-school shaving, Esperanto. I follow a whole-food non-animal diet (because health) with occasional exceptions. I make tempeh (black lentil & purple barley shown) & wrote a book on making it at home. (It's easy.)
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The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
November 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
Fascinating commentary on Donald Trump's infectious mental health issues.
youtu.be/m7wDDQMBIp4
youtu.be/m7wDDQMBIp4
Why Trump's More Dangerous Every Day: Psychiatrist | The Daily Beast Podcast
YouTube video by The Daily Beast
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November 11, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Fascinating commentary on Donald Trump's infectious mental health issues.
youtu.be/m7wDDQMBIp4
youtu.be/m7wDDQMBIp4
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"Rido estas formo de protesto kaj elmontro de kuraĝo. Rido estas potenca ilo. Ĝi montras la veron en alia lumo kaj kolerigas la povulojn. Ĝi forprenas iliajn maskojn kaj lasas ilin stari, kvazaŭ nudaj, antaŭ la publiko. La povuloj timu nian ridon, same kiel ili timu nian agadon!"
Ni ploru…je rido!
"Rido estas formo de protesto kaj elmontro de kuraĝo. Rido estas potenca ilo. Ĝi montras la veron en alia lumo kaj kolerigas la povulojn. Ĝi forprenas iliajn maskojn kaj lasas ilin stari, kvazaŭ nudaj, antaŭ la publiko. La povuloj timu nian ridon, same kiel ili timu nian agadon!"
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September 15, 2025 at 11:00 AM
"Rido estas formo de protesto kaj elmontro de kuraĝo. Rido estas potenca ilo. Ĝi montras la veron en alia lumo kaj kolerigas la povulojn. Ĝi forprenas iliajn maskojn kaj lasas ilin stari, kvazaŭ nudaj, antaŭ la publiko. La povuloj timu nian ridon, same kiel ili timu nian agadon!"
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There is no measured way to say what I am about to say.
If the Supreme Court agrees with the Trump administration to end birthright citizenship, we must end this current Supreme Court.
I do not say this lightly.
If the Supreme Court agrees with the Trump administration to end birthright citizenship, we must end this current Supreme Court.
I do not say this lightly.
September 27, 2025 at 2:49 PM
There is no measured way to say what I am about to say.
If the Supreme Court agrees with the Trump administration to end birthright citizenship, we must end this current Supreme Court.
I do not say this lightly.
If the Supreme Court agrees with the Trump administration to end birthright citizenship, we must end this current Supreme Court.
I do not say this lightly.
@realjakebroe.bsky.social I thought this documentary on how the B-25 strafer-bomber totally changed the war doctrine in the Pacific theater in WWII has a lot of overlap with how Ukrainian innovations in drones have changed war doctrine today. Worth watching. youtu.be/2vd_H_Yn_Dc
Japan Never Expected B-25 Eight-Gun Noses To Saw Ships Apart
YouTube video by WWII Battlefield Memoirs
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September 25, 2025 at 2:26 AM
@realjakebroe.bsky.social I thought this documentary on how the B-25 strafer-bomber totally changed the war doctrine in the Pacific theater in WWII has a lot of overlap with how Ukrainian innovations in drones have changed war doctrine today. Worth watching. youtu.be/2vd_H_Yn_Dc
Is Charlie Kirk the Horst Wessel of the modern Republican Party?
September 21, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Is Charlie Kirk the Horst Wessel of the modern Republican Party?
Good insight for why Russia sent drones into Poland.
youtu.be/kAqHnMXLUno
youtu.be/kAqHnMXLUno
What Everyone Missed About Russia’s Attack on Poland
YouTube video by Paul Warburg
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September 11, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Good insight for why Russia sent drones into Poland.
youtu.be/kAqHnMXLUno
youtu.be/kAqHnMXLUno
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SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
September 8, 2025 at 4:43 PM
SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
I can never resist buying strips of salmon belly (trimmings from squaring up fillets). Today's dish also includes lion's mane mushrooms.
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Salmon bellies again
I can never resist buying a package of salmoe mn bellies — strips cut from salmon fillets to make them present better — when they show up at the little grocery store in Cadboro Bay. Wild sockeye sa…
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September 4, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I can never resist buying strips of salmon belly (trimmings from squaring up fillets). Today's dish also includes lion's mane mushrooms.
leisureguy.ca/2025/09/03/s...
leisureguy.ca/2025/09/03/s...
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This stew turned out well. I was eager to use the new batch of tempeh: desi chickpea and organic sprouted rye.
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Ad-hoc stew with red theme
Sometimes I want to cook something, even when leftovers are available, and today was one of those times. I also did not want to go out, so I made the stew from what I had on hand. It wasn’t i…
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August 31, 2025 at 11:13 PM
This stew turned out well. I was eager to use the new batch of tempeh: desi chickpea and organic sprouted rye.
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Marco Rubio sold his soul for just a little bit more power.
August 31, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Marco Rubio sold his soul for just a little bit more power.
The newest batch of tempeh — desi chickpea and sprouted rye — is done. Here is its graduation photo.. (Full story of the batch including recipe and method on my blog: leisureguy [.] ca/2025/08/27/desi-rye/
78 hours from start to finish.
78 hours from start to finish.
August 30, 2025 at 11:13 PM
The newest batch of tempeh — desi chickpea and sprouted rye — is done. Here is its graduation photo.. (Full story of the batch including recipe and method on my blog: leisureguy [.] ca/2025/08/27/desi-rye/
78 hours from start to finish.
78 hours from start to finish.
I've been studying Esperanto daily since May 15, and I just signed up with Ekparolu! ("Start talking!") to practice 1-1 conversation via Zoom. I'm excited. More here.
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Ekparolu! and I
I just reached a milestone in my journey of learning Esperanto. I was just notified of the approval of my application to join Ekparolu! (“Start talking!”), an online service that connec…
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August 30, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I've been studying Esperanto daily since May 15, and I just signed up with Ekparolu! ("Start talking!") to practice 1-1 conversation via Zoom. I'm excited. More here.
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New batch of tempeh — 50-50 mix of desi chickpeas and organic sprouted whole-grain rye — just started. It should be ready in 72 hours. Details:
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Desi chickpea and whole-grain rye tempeh
Desi chickpeas (ALA kala chana – black chickpeas) are the most popular variety of chickpea in many countries, but kabuli chickpeas are the common chickpea in the US and the Mediterranean regi…
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August 27, 2025 at 5:51 PM
New batch of tempeh — 50-50 mix of desi chickpeas and organic sprouted whole-grain rye — just started. It should be ready in 72 hours. Details:
leisureguy.ca/2025/08/27/d...
leisureguy.ca/2025/08/27/d...
Given Trump's actions against the District of Columbia, perhaps it's time for DC statehood. DC has a population greater than that of Vermont and Wyoming, but lacks the apparatus of statehood, leaving it vulnerable to the whims of Congress and now Trump. Statehood for DC!
August 27, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Given Trump's actions against the District of Columbia, perhaps it's time for DC statehood. DC has a population greater than that of Vermont and Wyoming, but lacks the apparatus of statehood, leaving it vulnerable to the whims of Congress and now Trump. Statehood for DC!
Odd conflict between two common judgments from Trump supporters: "I like him because he says what he means," and then, when some particularly odious statement he made is presented, "He doesn't mean that."
August 26, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Odd conflict between two common judgments from Trump supporters: "I like him because he says what he means," and then, when some particularly odious statement he made is presented, "He doesn't mean that."
If Texas insists on a religious display in public schools, I hope they adopt the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7). That seems much better in terms of actual daily guidance for young minds than the Ten Commandments, plus it's specifically Christian (from the New Testament), the religion Texas likes.
August 23, 2025 at 5:42 PM
If Texas insists on a religious display in public schools, I hope they adopt the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7). That seems much better in terms of actual daily guidance for young minds than the Ten Commandments, plus it's specifically Christian (from the New Testament), the religion Texas likes.
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Retaj Esperanto-kursoj en Hispanujo
Malmultaj universitatoj instruas Esperanton, eĉ malpli instruas ĝin oficiale, kaj nur unu en la mondo ĝin instruas ankaŭ malĉeeste: UNED – Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (Nacia Distanca...
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August 21, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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A Village in The Third Reich is an essential and terrifying read. It was a really a new perspective on the horror of the Nazis for me because it tells individual stories and shows how fascism seeped into all facets of life.
Hopes that, once in power, the Nazis' more extreme behaviour would settle down were soon to fade.
June 30, 2025 at 12:50 PM
A Village in The Third Reich is an essential and terrifying read. It was a really a new perspective on the horror of the Nazis for me because it tells individual stories and shows how fascism seeped into all facets of life.
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This is appalling. Civilized countries look at us and are rightly horrified that this idiocy and cruelty is sanctioned by--encouraged by--our government.
(I originally wrote "Other civilized countries look at us..." But do we any longer count in their ranks?)
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
(I originally wrote "Other civilized countries look at us..." But do we any longer count in their ranks?)
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
New Zealand woman and six-year-old son detained for three weeks by Ice in US enduring ‘terrifying’ ordeal
Sarah Shaw, who has a US visa and lives in Washington state, was detained after attempting to re-enter US from Canada
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August 13, 2025 at 11:55 AM
This is appalling. Civilized countries look at us and are rightly horrified that this idiocy and cruelty is sanctioned by--encouraged by--our government.
(I originally wrote "Other civilized countries look at us..." But do we any longer count in their ranks?)
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
(I originally wrote "Other civilized countries look at us..." But do we any longer count in their ranks?)
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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Trump is just looking for a bribe in Alaska and wants to know what Putin's final offer is to him personally to permanently sell out Ukraine and the rest of Europe.
Cartoon by Christian Adams
Cartoon by Christian Adams
August 11, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Trump is just looking for a bribe in Alaska and wants to know what Putin's final offer is to him personally to permanently sell out Ukraine and the rest of Europe.
Cartoon by Christian Adams
Cartoon by Christian Adams
The US has now arrived at being controlled by an authoritarian government: youtu.be/VQbDgOaOh4c
Maddow: U.S. profoundly changed by authoritarian leader; 'We're beyond waiting and seeing now'
YouTube video by MSNBC
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August 5, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The US has now arrived at being controlled by an authoritarian government: youtu.be/VQbDgOaOh4c
I am abandoning store-bought dressings and making my own. Today's example: leisureguy.ca/2025/08/02/h...
Homemade dressing
I have lately been topping a serving of my veggie-tempeh stews (the most recent one) with a little bottled dressing or sauce. I have noticed, though, that these dressings, for reasons I don’t…
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August 2, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I am abandoning store-bought dressings and making my own. Today's example: leisureguy.ca/2025/08/02/h...