Old Gaffer's Garden
@oldgaffersgarden.bsky.social
Urban farm in Chicago
Formerly Anthrochef on Twitter
Anthrochef History of Food podcast
http://oldgaffersgarden.com
http://anthrochef.blog
Formerly Anthrochef on Twitter
Anthrochef History of Food podcast
http://oldgaffersgarden.com
http://anthrochef.blog
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alright! for Bon Appetit i wrote about why some pans cost way more than others, how these pans are made, and where you can find value in cast iron, carbon steel, and stainless steel clad pans
www.bonappetit.com/story/how-mu...
www.bonappetit.com/story/how-mu...
How Much Should You Spend on a Good Pan
And what makes some pans so much more expensive than others
www.bonappetit.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
alright! for Bon Appetit i wrote about why some pans cost way more than others, how these pans are made, and where you can find value in cast iron, carbon steel, and stainless steel clad pans
www.bonappetit.com/story/how-mu...
www.bonappetit.com/story/how-mu...
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Of all the sins of AI, this is an unexpected and deeply annoying one
Funny animal videos no longer being trustworthy just fucking sucks all around. I love the wonder of animal behavior and what it says about the experience of being alive. It's because it happened in reality that it's so fun. It's not fun if it was just made up. There's no wonder there.
December 19, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Of all the sins of AI, this is an unexpected and deeply annoying one
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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
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*playing a California Raisins record for a friend* Pretty good right? These are raisins playing all the instruments
November 7, 2024 at 10:11 PM
*playing a California Raisins record for a friend* Pretty good right? These are raisins playing all the instruments
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comment under a video called "Fog Horn Sound Effect Awooga - 10 HOURS"
@surfdaddy57
Wow. Takes me back. 1976 a blanket on the shore. Her name was Cheryl. We made love... Ran off with a stock car driver to California. Still think of her. Life can lead u crazy places. Miss u Cher. Thanks...
@surfdaddy57
Wow. Takes me back. 1976 a blanket on the shore. Her name was Cheryl. We made love... Ran off with a stock car driver to California. Still think of her. Life can lead u crazy places. Miss u Cher. Thanks...
May 14, 2024 at 3:18 PM
comment under a video called "Fog Horn Sound Effect Awooga - 10 HOURS"
@surfdaddy57
Wow. Takes me back. 1976 a blanket on the shore. Her name was Cheryl. We made love... Ran off with a stock car driver to California. Still think of her. Life can lead u crazy places. Miss u Cher. Thanks...
@surfdaddy57
Wow. Takes me back. 1976 a blanket on the shore. Her name was Cheryl. We made love... Ran off with a stock car driver to California. Still think of her. Life can lead u crazy places. Miss u Cher. Thanks...
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The thing about AI anime dubs and AI Actor Tilly Norwood and AI music is just the fucking disrespect, this is what your industry thinks can replace you and it’s not even good. It’s not even a thing you look at with dread at how the computer has replaced Man, it just sucks ass lol it just blows
November 30, 2025 at 5:44 AM
The thing about AI anime dubs and AI Actor Tilly Norwood and AI music is just the fucking disrespect, this is what your industry thinks can replace you and it’s not even good. It’s not even a thing you look at with dread at how the computer has replaced Man, it just sucks ass lol it just blows
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people are angry that chatbots are being thrust on them; that the industry is unregulated; that it’s deskilling young people; is being used as a weapon against labor and popular gAI is built on theft of the work of millions of artists and authors.
You don’t get to demand civility.
You don’t get to demand civility.
Wow 80% bad-faith responses, and people lecturing the creator of Flask here and the creator of Django/datasette in the comments on why AI is useless for software engineering...
Is this platform still massively against AI or has it moved more towards acceptance?
November 26, 2025 at 12:24 PM
people are angry that chatbots are being thrust on them; that the industry is unregulated; that it’s deskilling young people; is being used as a weapon against labor and popular gAI is built on theft of the work of millions of artists and authors.
You don’t get to demand civility.
You don’t get to demand civility.
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Elon Musk donated $277 million to Trump so he could steal the federal government’s data, dismantle the nation’s infrastructure, and stop foreign aid from going to nonwhite people. It’s a quid pro quo breathtaking in scope, corruption, and damage, & completely unprecedented in American history.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Elon Musk donated $277 million to Trump so he could steal the federal government’s data, dismantle the nation’s infrastructure, and stop foreign aid from going to nonwhite people. It’s a quid pro quo breathtaking in scope, corruption, and damage, & completely unprecedented in American history.
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Literally the funniest way this meeting could have gone
November 21, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Literally the funniest way this meeting could have gone
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And it has indeed come to pass.
Trump in a room with a very charismatic person results in like half a day of Trump agreeing with everything that person said, so this has the potential to be very, very funny.
Trump says he’s meeting with “communist” Mamdani at the White House on Friday
November 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
And it has indeed come to pass.
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Goddamn dude, just go ahead knock 25 percent off my 401k and get on with it, I can't take much more of this.
What if the A.I. bubble “is an inevitable part of developing and adopting a revolutionary tool that will fundamentally improve productivity and growth?” Mohamed El-Erian writes.
Opinion | A.I. Is a Bubble. Maybe That’s OK.
Investors’ excitement rightly reflects the potential transformation of the entire economy.
nyti.ms
November 20, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Goddamn dude, just go ahead knock 25 percent off my 401k and get on with it, I can't take much more of this.
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Property taxes are high in Illinois because we a) collect the same total amount regardless of valuations (do not use the millage system), b) refuse to develop a plan that would take care of pensions and c) have a constitutional requirement to pay pensions earned.
November 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Property taxes are high in Illinois because we a) collect the same total amount regardless of valuations (do not use the millage system), b) refuse to develop a plan that would take care of pensions and c) have a constitutional requirement to pay pensions earned.
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Wish we had it so good!
Watching Chilean election results come in and once again thinking about this tweet
November 17, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Wish we had it so good!
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i believe it was churchill who said ‘senile pedophile hitler is the worst form of government, except for all the others’
They should invent a government that isn’t senile pedophile adolf hitler
November 14, 2025 at 10:14 AM
i believe it was churchill who said ‘senile pedophile hitler is the worst form of government, except for all the others’
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head of modern SS ladies and gentlemen
November 12, 2025 at 12:31 AM
head of modern SS ladies and gentlemen
Lol
"Another source with direct knowledge said the number of Border Patrol agents currently operating in the Chicago area will go from 250 down to 100. But in March, that number could increase to 1,000 agents."
chicago.suntimes.com/public-safet... w/ @jonseidel.bsky.social
chicago.suntimes.com/public-safet... w/ @jonseidel.bsky.social
U.S. Border Patrol boss Greg Bovino, fellow agents expected to leave Chicago soon
Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin insists “we aren’t leaving Chicago,” but the feds' immigration campaign is expected to begin winding down. However, one source said they could b...
chicago.suntimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Lol
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The Rankin/Bass Return of the King is fun, but it's working with too much material to do justice to anything but the Frodo/Sam bits.
That said, though certainly abridged, I find Bakshi's take on LOTR to be rather enchanting. bsky.app/profile/dand...
That said, though certainly abridged, I find Bakshi's take on LOTR to be rather enchanting. bsky.app/profile/dand...
I think the main reason why I find Ralph Bakshi's Lord of the Rings film to be so endearing is that it's a purely mystical take on the material. Its view of Middle Earth is constantly being reshaped, as if there's no one true experience to be had.
November 7, 2025 at 10:28 PM
The Rankin/Bass Return of the King is fun, but it's working with too much material to do justice to anything but the Frodo/Sam bits.
That said, though certainly abridged, I find Bakshi's take on LOTR to be rather enchanting. bsky.app/profile/dand...
That said, though certainly abridged, I find Bakshi's take on LOTR to be rather enchanting. bsky.app/profile/dand...
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I think the Rankin/Bass version of The Hobbit is likely going to be the best adaptation of Tolkien's novel that we're ever going to get. Its art design runs the gamut from rustic to creepy to lovely, and its assortment of songs lend it a fairy tale quality that really fits the story.
November 7, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I think the Rankin/Bass version of The Hobbit is likely going to be the best adaptation of Tolkien's novel that we're ever going to get. Its art design runs the gamut from rustic to creepy to lovely, and its assortment of songs lend it a fairy tale quality that really fits the story.
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Not exactly beating the "we're not the Gestapo" charges here
October 28, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Not exactly beating the "we're not the Gestapo" charges here
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I think any story about Trump's autocracy should be mostly about the people and institutions who failed to stop it. This guy isn't a political genius, everything else just happens to be rotten. 'Toddler Consolidates Power In Household' is a story about incompetent parents, not shrewd maneuvering
October 28, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I think any story about Trump's autocracy should be mostly about the people and institutions who failed to stop it. This guy isn't a political genius, everything else just happens to be rotten. 'Toddler Consolidates Power In Household' is a story about incompetent parents, not shrewd maneuvering
I'm sorry, come on. Enough.
Here is Gregory Bovino, the man in charge of ICE agents in Chicago.
October 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I'm sorry, come on. Enough.
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Man Dies After Secret 4-Year Battle With Gorilla https://theonion.com/man-dies-after-secret-4-year-battle-with-gorilla-1819571099/
October 23, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Man Dies After Secret 4-Year Battle With Gorilla https://theonion.com/man-dies-after-secret-4-year-battle-with-gorilla-1819571099/
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saw this clip of the NYC mayor debate and i had tears in my eyes, perhaps the most insane section of any debate ever
October 17, 2025 at 2:40 PM
saw this clip of the NYC mayor debate and i had tears in my eyes, perhaps the most insane section of any debate ever