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You May Whistle For Me
@youmaywhistle.bsky.social
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Productivity blogger; webcomics fan.

Maybe I will write a cookbook! Maybe I won't! Could be I've revealed my doin's at https://thefinalfivepercent.wordpress.com/

In these times of breaking, I hope to repair.

She/her/sandwich
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Hearty #GoodLunch to support a day of late season yardwork - cheeseburger soup, sourdough bread, dill spears and iced coffee.

It got the "write that one down" seal of approval, so now to convert the improvisational use-it-up ingredients into a repeatable version.
Photo of a ceramic mug bowl full to the top with a reddish brown broth. Most of the surface is taken up with shredded cheddar that has melted as it submerged into the broth, but chunks of browned ground meat and diced tomatoes are also visible. Next to the bowl are a small china plate holding two dill pickle spears and a very wide slice of nearly white bread, and a stemware water glass full of ice, coffee, and dairy.
November 16, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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Grading tomatoes.

All the fully ripe ones were only partly reddish or pink before they went in cardboard boxes with bananas on the 28th.

Wanna say this is more ripening faster than I got with just cardboard in '23, but I don't have hard evidence. I AM confident that the banana trick works though!
Photo of a kitchen island with two heaps of ripe Roma tomatoes, a pile of bananas, a large metal mixing bowl holding Romas in a range of colors from pale pink to a pale pink tinted green, a cardboard box of green Romas, and bowls of cherry tomatoes, one all green, two others ripening. There is also a long narrow box holding some tomato vines, a former Prairie Farms ice cream bucket with some vines on top of other compost, and a pair of scissors.
November 1, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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We've been keeping separate emergency supplies, but there isn't space for enough to see us through a long term issue, so we're using up the separate stash.

This dried soup from ALDI is okay, but with a little help it became a #GoodLunch.

Not pictured but also used for soup: butter, diced chicken.
Photo of a package of dry chicken noodle soup mix from Chef's Cupboard, a brand I've only ever seen at ALDI. Next to the bag is an aging bamboo cutting board, with a split that means it needs replacing soon, with a chopped onion and a chef's knife. Behind the board are garlic salt, garlic powder, poultry seasoning and a jar of minced garlic. Photo of a ceramic mug bowl holding a bowl of a yellow brown soup, afloat with onion and herbs and flecked with just enough fat at the surface to be rich without being greasy. The broth is swimming with old fashioned flat egg noodles. Next to the bowl is a small china plate holding a slice of whole grain bread, spread with peanut butter.
October 31, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Catching up with comics - Buttersafe by Raynato Castro and Alex Culang.

Mostly gag-a-day, but with recurring characters such as Veiny Dog and Saddest Turtle.

This mopey slasher is seasonally appropriate, though slashers are year-round.

Click for full comic: www.buttersafe.com/2025/07/10/b...
First panel of the Buttersafe comic from July 10 2025, featuring a stick figure wearing a hockey mask splattered with blood. The figure is holding an axe which is dripping with blood, in a stick figure tunic which is mostly covered in blood, and is standing in a puddle of blood, amid other smaller puddles over a generally blood soaked area. Nearby are several severed heads with X eyes to indicate cartoon death, one near a body that has been decapitated. Another dead stick figure appears mostly intact, but there are more body parts only partly in the field of view. Above the expressionless mask is the sound effect of a sigh.
October 28, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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Nice!

Been learning about garlic - had success with a tiny raised bed. Planted at the wrong time but greens and cloves/heads were edible the whole time.

Hoping to manage a proper fall planting, but also trying indoors, and they're growing manaically. Today was the 2nd trim! Hoooray for alliums!
Photo of a long narrow planter, on a wire shelf next to wide horizontal window blinds, with two rows of garlic greens growing. Two other potted plants are in the foreground Photo of a full size dinner plate holding a pair of scissors and a large bunch of greens, the tips long enough to be hanging off the edge.
October 25, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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Cosplay-ready or GTFO.

I IMMEDIATELY thought of this:
Cookie Slayer meme. Photo of a female-presenting cosplayer from DragonCon 2008, with a Cookie Monster head impaled near the point of a spike, red running down below the severed neck, wearing giant fur boots and a one-sided shoulder garment made of blue faux fur to match the heads, and an opera length fingerless glove and waist sash in a matching blue, all over a base of black yoga pants and sports bra, accompanied with searingly blue lipstick. Other cosplayers are visible in the background, all on a mindbending convention center carpet of overlapping concentric spiked circles of yellow, some also filled with blues which oddly also match the monster fur of the costume. As a whole it's slightly dizzying, and on the merits it's an excellent costume.
October 19, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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What a glow-up!

(second image source is Alexander Jackson www.youtube.com/shorts/cj7lm...)
A screenshot from the Dancing Pumpkin Guy viral video from station K X V O 15. In front of a spooky cemetery backdrop is a figure in a tight black long sleeved turtleneck wearing a jack-o-lantern (jack o lantern) mask. The dancer has been captured in a move with arms bent, hands at shoulder length, palms to the sky, in an I don't know gesture, except that head and hip are cocked one direction, shoulders in the opposite direction, making it kind of a sassy stance, if a pumpkinhead can be sassy. Still from a short video by Alexander Jackson in which a male presenting pumpkin head treats busy city streets to a runway strut while wearing a brown fur coat over men's bikini briefs in black, shiny black knee length stilletto boots, and nothing else. This still has captured a moment when the fur slid off one shoulder and flared dramatically, while the pumpkin is looking straight at the camera which is off to one side. The leg closer to the camera, is extended forward in a long stride which has caused the thigh muscles to tense visibly.
October 16, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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Had me a #GoodLunch! Quinoa fritters seasoned with Tony Chachere's (I practiced my pronunciation on the phone with a boy from Baton Rouge while I made the... batter? The fritter stuff, you know), tomato salad, bookbinder soup (a lovely fish soup with a mystifying name), and iced coffee. Very good!
Photo of a lunch spread. Two well browned fritters on a small china plate, each with a dollop of sour cream, sit next to a small red bowl of halved cherry tomatoes and cubed fresh mozzarella, darkened with balsamic vinegar. They are accompanied by a ceramic mug bowl full of a dark red brown broth, all with a tall glass of ice swimming in dairy.
October 16, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Sometimes squirrels plant gourds in your front yard.
Photo of a blue plastic tote sitting on a cement step. It is 2/3 full of the kind of gourds that look like tiny pumpkins and are often used for decoration. On top are four larger gourds, shaped and sized like carving pumpkins but entirely white.
October 10, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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This game is pretty cute.

Clues by Sam - Oct 9th 2025
Less than 15 minutes
#cluesbysam
cluesbysam.com
Image generated by completeing the daily Clues by Sam logic puzzle at clues by sam dot com. Text indicates that the puzzle for Oct 9 2025 was solved in less than 15 minutes. There are four small and very cute graphics, just a little bit more complex than the average emoji. The first is a logo for the site, of a person dressed in a trenchcoat and fedora and holding a magnifying glass. The second shows a person with a feminine hairstyle with the quote "A little bird told me that a criminal spilled the beans." The third shows a person with a masculine hairstyle with two blank bars in the area where the clue quote is in the previous graphic. The fourth shows a 5 by 5 grid of smaller squares, most marked with checkmarks, a few with blank spaces, and one with a target, which serves as a symbolic representation of the gameplay.
October 9, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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No rats were employed in the making of this dinner.
Photo of a clear glass pie plate holding rings of thinly sliced zucchini, eggplant, yellow cucumber, and tomato, a dish known as ratatouille, ready for baking.
October 9, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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We have an unknown number of small fuzzy neighbors who 1) identify as Bunnicula and 2) do not like tomatoes.

I don't mind sharing, but taking a single chomp of perfect produce and then abandoning it is NOT neighborly!

Yeah, I'm talking to you, bunnies and squirrels and, I dunno, possibly foxes?
Photo of a hand holding a Roma tomato that is absolutely gorgeous, except for the two holes near the stem. They are likely bitemarks from earlier the same day the photo was taken, as the skin looks freshly bruised, the tomato juice has not had time to evaporate, and there is no visible spoilage or insect presence.
October 8, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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I bookmark widely, including social media posts.

This is a before and after on Bsky bookmarks, up until September 8 vs. after September 9. It got worse to the point of useless.

Is name/title content determined by the website or the browser? None of the searches I've tried have borne fruit.
Screenshot from the bookmarks library of the Firefox browser, showing the names of four Bluesky posts bookmarked on September 8, 2025, each containing the full text of the post. Zach Weinersmith: "OH, speaking of which, read Akissi by Abouet. Great, and available in English." Alexandra Petri: "Apologies! You have reached the end of your free trial period of America." K.B. Spangler: "This video is for the paint-your-own version. Love these designs!" Gail Simone: "Want magic fantasy that's NOT written by trash people? Check out his free-to-read book by the great carla speed mcneil dot bsky dot soc." The first three skeets end with an em dash and the word Bluesky. THe skeet by Gail Simone is longer than the display space in the bookmarks library window, so the text cuts off with an ellipsis in the middle of the word social. Screenshot from the bookmarks library of the Firefox browser, showing the names of four Bluesky posts bookmarked on September 9, 2025. Post by at sign mikemenn dot bsky dot social - Bluesky. Post by at sign unamccormack dot bsky dot social - Bluesky. Post by at sign opinionhaver dot bsky dot social - Bluesky. Post by at sign chucktingle dot bsky dot social - Bluesky.
October 5, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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I'm using SwiftKey because it has configuration options that are less annoying than the native Samsung one built into my device.

My must haves are number row and speech to text button.

It's adequate, and this doesn't give Microsoft more of my info than they already get from the laptop.
Phone screenshot taken of a reply to a Sigrid Ellis Bluesky post about phone keyboards, to display the appearance and user configuration of Microsoft Swiftkey. It is set up in the full size (the other options being one hand, float or thumb), the icon row has been edited so that annoying ones are not visible, and the number row is permanently visible.
October 5, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Bree how did you know I just used the last fresh mozzarella but I still have almost two and a half pounds of green zebras and I need another fresh tomato idea that is not salsa or gazpacho?

Also green zebras are AMAZING.

Also also I just decided maybe a fruit salsa would be good actually.
Photo of a small metal mixing bowl full of tomatoes, most with their stems. The tomatoes are yellow green vareigated with striped markings of a darker and bolder green. The bowl rests on a digital scale, the readout showing a weight of 2 pounds and 4.6 ounces. Behind the scale are two large tomatoes with scarred red skins vareigated with green, and a plate with a deep well in the center holding cherry tomatoes.
September 28, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Screenshot from a viral video from Cartoon Network's Adult Swim. The title Too Many Cooks is displayed over an establishing shot of a suburban house, but "Cooks" has been crossed out and replaced with "DICKS."
September 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Today's #GoodLunch is green zebra tomato and fresh mozzarella salad, dressed with two vinegars - cara cara orange infused white balsamic, and sherry vinegar to cut that sweetness - plus lime infused olive oil, garlic salt, and dried basil. Served with toasted English muffins - buttered, of course!
Photo of a small red oval shaped bowl of chopped tomatoes with bright yellow green flesh and skins, vareigated with two additional, darker shades of green. The tomato pieces are liberally mixed with chunks of soft white cheese, cut to the same size, a medium dice. The mixture swims in green liquid with a shimmer of oil, and is liberally speckled with tiny bits of leafy herb. Nearby is a larger flat white ceramic bowl, holding a split English muffin, darkened here and there from toasting, especially at the edges. Some of the nooks and crannies hold tiny pools of melted butter.
September 22, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Still shot from the 1999 dark comedy Drop Dead Gorgeous, taken from the end of a scene from the talent portion of a pageant. Becky, wearing a 1950s bobby soxer costume, pink poodle skirt and all, has just finished singing to and dancing with a homemade life size doll of Jesus Christ, which is hanging from a crucifix on wheels. Becky is bent over, bearing Jesus and his cross on her back. As she does this, she is also pageant smiling toward the audience and high-stepping her way off the stage.
September 22, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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I used my phone for this post, and I didn't realize I hadn't turned on the setting to require alt-text on images the way it is on the laptop.

I'd've deleted if I'd caught it right away, but it's been nearly a day, so instead I'll repost my own post with alt-text.

Oh, and I turned that setting on!
Photo of what appears to be a perfectly normal pepperoni pizza sitting on a wire rack, ready to be baked. However, by zooming in to the image, it is possible to detect the light brown on ecru coloration of a typical flour tortilla rather than the expected unbaked pizza crust. Photo of a flour tortilla that has been dressed as a pepperoni pizza and then baked. The only visual difference between this and any other thin crust pizza is that the edges of the crust that are not covered with sauce and cheese crisped slightly darker than one might expect. The plate holding the pizza is backed up by a very small tumbler full of a pale greenish yellow liquid, a water glass holding ice and a dark liquid, and a large insulated cup of ice water.
September 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Well, THIS sucks.

I have now turned on the "require alt text" setting on the phone app, which I thought was turned on - even though I knew I should have checked, due to this same thing happening not long ago to another user who is an alt-text proponent.

I will not delete it - learn from my error!
Screenshot of an analysis of the alt text usage on the Bluesky account You May Whistle dot bsky dot social, generated from the website cred dot blue slash alt dash text. The breakdown shows that out of the 501 posts and replies in the past 90 days, 39 of those contained images, and 38 of those images had alt text, for a percentage score of 97 point 44. There is also a graphic of a semicircle style percentage readout, divided into 4 pie piece shapes going from red to orange to yellow to green, with a black line indicator pointed to just above the bottom of the green pie piece, indicating nearly 100 percent. Above this readout is the emoji for relaxed smiley face.
September 19, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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#GoodLunch tortizza!

This is a 10 inch flour tortilla, decked out like a pizza crust - no oil, just sauce and toppings assembled on the toaster oven rack - baked at 450 degrees for 9 minutes.

It has no right to be this good. :)

I'm thirsty, so chai masala AND basil-infused limeade with water.
September 18, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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Tomato skin fritters are a #GoodLunch! Chop what's left after putting Roma tomatoes through a food mill, add egg, flour, diced onion, cheese, and garlic salt, and fry in butter.

Fritterization fixes my dislike for tomato skin texture, and I hear they're full of nutrients so I'm glad to find a use!
Photo of a plate holding two bean shaped fritters that vary in color from yellow to red to the brown of food fried to a moderate crispiness.
September 17, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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🎶 We'll remember always
Vaccination Day 🎵
Photo of an upper arm sporting 2 red bandages printed with the Walgreens logo.
September 16, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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The tomato jam thickened up! Getting ready for canning (which I haven't done in years - exciting!).
Photo of a cylindrical slow cooker on a kitchen countertop, filled to within a few inches of the top with a bright red liquid. The surface has the frothiness of tomato juice that has been held at a slow boil, and the sides show evidence that some liquid has already been cooked out. The same slow cooker as the previous photo, sides now lined with several dark, uneven rings showing the progress of the water cooking out of the tomato juice. The liquid is now only filling the bottom third of the crock, and the surface has the choppy appearance of a plain tomato sauce, pocked with a few divots where drops of condensed water fell when the lid was removed.
September 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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White Guys Selfie meme. Photo of the audience of an outdoor sporting event, with a scoreboard at the back of the seating area indicating an ongoing tennis match. The focus is a row of 8 seated people, all presenting as cis white men. They are all looking at the camera, and seven are smiling, while the second one from the camera has a startled expression. Each head is tipped just a bit farther forward than the one before, in order to be in the camera frame, creating an illusion that they have been fanned like a hand of Uno cards. Each pair of eyes lines aligns with the next; each body is dressed in conservatively colored shirts and mostly denim shorts; each head sports nearly the same haircut in shades that vary between light and dark brown. The very last one is wearing sunglasses and has a head tipped all the way to 45 degrees. The overall effect recalls a time lapse, or possibly a special effects visualization of cloning or other unnatural reproduction, a male answer to the Stepford wives. Taken as a whole, this lineup of guys misses the gentle sweetness a pack of himbos would provide by a pretty wide margin. Instead, they exude a general bro vibe, possibly fratty, but they could also be finance guys or low level tech bros, out on a field trip from the workplace campus. This image is unsettling in a way only attainable by this exact kind of dude.
September 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM