“You said something very true the other day: that for us, nudity begins with the face.”
― Simone de Beauvoir, The Mandarins
#BookSky #ReadingPledge
― Simone de Beauvoir, The Mandarins
#BookSky #ReadingPledge
February 4, 2026 at 10:12 PM
“You said something very true the other day: that for us, nudity begins with the face.”
― Simone de Beauvoir, The Mandarins
#BookSky #ReadingPledge
― Simone de Beauvoir, The Mandarins
#BookSky #ReadingPledge
Oidhche mhath folks, enjoy the rest of your evening, I'm calling it a day, stay safe, sleep well.
1. The Aurora over the Ring of Brodgar, Orkney.
2. The Bealach na Ba road outside Applecross.
3. Mandarins at Balloch on the shores of Loch Lomond.
4. Sunrise at Neist Point, Skye.
1. The Aurora over the Ring of Brodgar, Orkney.
2. The Bealach na Ba road outside Applecross.
3. Mandarins at Balloch on the shores of Loch Lomond.
4. Sunrise at Neist Point, Skye.
February 3, 2026 at 3:17 AM
Oidhche mhath folks, enjoy the rest of your evening, I'm calling it a day, stay safe, sleep well.
1. The Aurora over the Ring of Brodgar, Orkney.
2. The Bealach na Ba road outside Applecross.
3. Mandarins at Balloch on the shores of Loch Lomond.
4. Sunrise at Neist Point, Skye.
1. The Aurora over the Ring of Brodgar, Orkney.
2. The Bealach na Ba road outside Applecross.
3. Mandarins at Balloch on the shores of Loch Lomond.
4. Sunrise at Neist Point, Skye.
Mandarins, they're easier to eat since they come in slices
February 6, 2026 at 5:21 AM
Mandarins, they're easier to eat since they come in slices
“Mix certain pomelos and certain mandarins and you get a sour orange. Cross that sour orange with a citron and you get a lemon. Grapefruit is a mix between the pomelo—a base fruit—and a sweet orange, which itself is a hybrid of pomelo and mandarin”
www.atlasobscura.com/articles/gra...
www.atlasobscura.com/articles/gra...
Grapefruit Is One of the Weirdest Fruits on the Planet
From its name, to its hazy origins, to its drug interactions, there's a lot going on beneath that thick rind.
www.atlasobscura.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:38 PM
“Mix certain pomelos and certain mandarins and you get a sour orange. Cross that sour orange with a citron and you get a lemon. Grapefruit is a mix between the pomelo—a base fruit—and a sweet orange, which itself is a hybrid of pomelo and mandarin”
www.atlasobscura.com/articles/gra...
www.atlasobscura.com/articles/gra...
It's not as round and balanced as the Xinhui reen mandarins with ripened puerh that I'm always saying taste like Christmas, but it's not bad... maybe a bit more suitable for warmer weather.
February 2, 2026 at 10:56 PM
It's not as round and balanced as the Xinhui reen mandarins with ripened puerh that I'm always saying taste like Christmas, but it's not bad... maybe a bit more suitable for warmer weather.
Beautiful mandarins, blood oranges, and Canary Island bananas have arrived direct from the Spanish growers via the brilliant @crowdfarming.bsky.social, just 9 days after picking.
February 3, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Beautiful mandarins, blood oranges, and Canary Island bananas have arrived direct from the Spanish growers via the brilliant @crowdfarming.bsky.social, just 9 days after picking.
I actually made one more last night. So 3 loaded tacos. Plus a post-workout shake, 2 mandarins and a grip of pita chips. Plus I had Cheerios in the morning with a 25g protein bar and another 20g protein bar at work. All in all still a moderately light day but it’s necessary for now.
February 4, 2026 at 6:11 PM
I actually made one more last night. So 3 loaded tacos. Plus a post-workout shake, 2 mandarins and a grip of pita chips. Plus I had Cheerios in the morning with a 25g protein bar and another 20g protein bar at work. All in all still a moderately light day but it’s necessary for now.
Monatsbilanz Januar: sechs im letzten Jahr oder in den letzten Jahren angefangene Bücher fertig gelesen, ein re-read (The Great Gatsby), vier neue Bücher gelesen und 80 Seiten (1|12 Kapiteln) von Simone de Beauvoirs Buch geschafft.
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January 31, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Monatsbilanz Januar: sechs im letzten Jahr oder in den letzten Jahren angefangene Bücher fertig gelesen, ein re-read (The Great Gatsby), vier neue Bücher gelesen und 80 Seiten (1|12 Kapiteln) von Simone de Beauvoirs Buch geschafft.
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If you lived near me you could have as many free lemons from our tree as you could handle. They are literally dropping from the tree. Far too many to use! The same will happen in winter when our mandarins are in abundance. 🍋🍊we give them to anyone who wants some.
February 1, 2026 at 9:45 AM
If you lived near me you could have as many free lemons from our tree as you could handle. They are literally dropping from the tree. Far too many to use! The same will happen in winter when our mandarins are in abundance. 🍋🍊we give them to anyone who wants some.
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Airy butter cake layered with softly sweetened cream and bright mandarins. Each slice is chilled and finished with a painting of matcha so it feels individually created, a quiet bridge of craft and comfort. #TheOutpost #Cooking #Cooksky #Foodsky #Baking #Bakesky #Recipe
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🍽️🍜👨🍳🐝🦋
Airy butter cake layered with softly sweetened cream and bright mandarins. Each slice is chilled and finished with a painting of matcha so it feels individually created, a quiet bridge of craft and comfort. #TheOutpost #Cooking #Cooksky #Foodsky #Baking #Bakesky #Recipe
Click for recipe
🍽️🍜👨🍳🐝🦋
January 29, 2026 at 3:59 PM
The pain has finally relented. Today is a better day. Joys already found:
Restocked the fruit. Fruit is gorgeous.
A simple but cozy lunch.
Godzilla calendar.
My Halloween advent Calendar guy glowing.
Restocked the fruit. Fruit is gorgeous.
A simple but cozy lunch.
Godzilla calendar.
My Halloween advent Calendar guy glowing.
January 30, 2026 at 11:24 PM
The pain has finally relented. Today is a better day. Joys already found:
Restocked the fruit. Fruit is gorgeous.
A simple but cozy lunch.
Godzilla calendar.
My Halloween advent Calendar guy glowing.
Restocked the fruit. Fruit is gorgeous.
A simple but cozy lunch.
Godzilla calendar.
My Halloween advent Calendar guy glowing.
One-hundred-zillion-percent me
✅ likes to frolic
✅ smells like isopropanol and mandarins
✅ this dragon eats plants, BABYYYYY
✅ climate change action, LGBTQIA+, protect trans rights, eat the rich... (very woke)
✅ likes to frolic
✅ smells like isopropanol and mandarins
✅ this dragon eats plants, BABYYYYY
✅ climate change action, LGBTQIA+, protect trans rights, eat the rich... (very woke)
January 28, 2026 at 6:34 AM
One-hundred-zillion-percent me
✅ likes to frolic
✅ smells like isopropanol and mandarins
✅ this dragon eats plants, BABYYYYY
✅ climate change action, LGBTQIA+, protect trans rights, eat the rich... (very woke)
✅ likes to frolic
✅ smells like isopropanol and mandarins
✅ this dragon eats plants, BABYYYYY
✅ climate change action, LGBTQIA+, protect trans rights, eat the rich... (very woke)
Gardening is political. Great time to email your senators, daily. Call 2 times a day also. And no nonsense about training or reform - Pam said it out loud, ICE is a GOP Dictatorship voter suppression terror campaign - you don’t train that. 🌱 Get in a garden, it’s healing.
January 29, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Gardening is political. Great time to email your senators, daily. Call 2 times a day also. And no nonsense about training or reform - Pam said it out loud, ICE is a GOP Dictatorship voter suppression terror campaign - you don’t train that. 🌱 Get in a garden, it’s healing.
the haul 🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊
January 30, 2026 at 2:07 PM
the haul 🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊
> come home
> i need a late lunch / early dinner
>
> eat four mandarins.
> i need a late lunch / early dinner
>
> eat four mandarins.
January 27, 2026 at 8:58 PM
> come home
> i need a late lunch / early dinner
>
> eat four mandarins.
> i need a late lunch / early dinner
>
> eat four mandarins.
In any case:
I am going to go back to pretending to ignore *waves arms* by reading my newly arrived book about gentry high-class drama in Ming Dynasty China (Birch 1995 “Scenes for Mandarins: The Elite Theatre of the Ming).
I am going to go back to pretending to ignore *waves arms* by reading my newly arrived book about gentry high-class drama in Ming Dynasty China (Birch 1995 “Scenes for Mandarins: The Elite Theatre of the Ming).
January 28, 2026 at 2:50 AM
In any case:
I am going to go back to pretending to ignore *waves arms* by reading my newly arrived book about gentry high-class drama in Ming Dynasty China (Birch 1995 “Scenes for Mandarins: The Elite Theatre of the Ming).
I am going to go back to pretending to ignore *waves arms* by reading my newly arrived book about gentry high-class drama in Ming Dynasty China (Birch 1995 “Scenes for Mandarins: The Elite Theatre of the Ming).
At this point Id settle for any of these mandarins to say “kidnapping children and torturing them in gulags is beyond evil. Until all innocent people and especially children are released I’m shutting this fucking government down”
But hey, asking for the scarves to be removed will have to be enough
But hey, asking for the scarves to be removed will have to be enough
January 28, 2026 at 2:12 AM
At this point Id settle for any of these mandarins to say “kidnapping children and torturing them in gulags is beyond evil. Until all innocent people and especially children are released I’m shutting this fucking government down”
But hey, asking for the scarves to be removed will have to be enough
But hey, asking for the scarves to be removed will have to be enough
Two cats, one love: cannabis and mandarins. Living their best nine lives! 🐱🍊 (Don’t worry, they’re just here for the photo op—the goods are strictly for humans! 🚫🐈) #CannabisCommunity #BlackCat #TabbyCat #420Cats #CatLife #Mandarins #PetSafety
January 28, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Two cats, one love: cannabis and mandarins. Living their best nine lives! 🐱🍊 (Don’t worry, they’re just here for the photo op—the goods are strictly for humans! 🚫🐈) #CannabisCommunity #BlackCat #TabbyCat #420Cats #CatLife #Mandarins #PetSafety
That’s really bad. Let’s see what the oligarch mass media and the democratic mandarins do here.
My guess: 1) ignore it; and 2) maybe a few minor tut tuts from senate Dems like Murphy.
And a few more interviews where people like Murphy are ‘really mad’.
My guess: 1) ignore it; and 2) maybe a few minor tut tuts from senate Dems like Murphy.
And a few more interviews where people like Murphy are ‘really mad’.
January 28, 2026 at 2:57 PM
That’s really bad. Let’s see what the oligarch mass media and the democratic mandarins do here.
My guess: 1) ignore it; and 2) maybe a few minor tut tuts from senate Dems like Murphy.
And a few more interviews where people like Murphy are ‘really mad’.
My guess: 1) ignore it; and 2) maybe a few minor tut tuts from senate Dems like Murphy.
And a few more interviews where people like Murphy are ‘really mad’.
Punishments are taking place in the fruit bowl.
January 26, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Punishments are taking place in the fruit bowl.
Have never noticed this before. Karl Marx, in The Holy Family, lampooning what we now call 'Ideal Theory'.
January 26, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Have never noticed this before. Karl Marx, in The Holy Family, lampooning what we now call 'Ideal Theory'.
Booon dia!!! Toca fer un súper esmorzar 😎🫵🏻
Suc de taronja i mandarins, es la meva gasolina.
Una torradeta amb mel, tanco els ulls i toco el cel
Suc de taronja i mandarins, es la meva gasolina.
Una torradeta amb mel, tanco els ulls i toco el cel
January 26, 2026 at 5:42 AM
Booon dia!!! Toca fer un súper esmorzar 😎🫵🏻
Suc de taronja i mandarins, es la meva gasolina.
Una torradeta amb mel, tanco els ulls i toco el cel
Suc de taronja i mandarins, es la meva gasolina.
Una torradeta amb mel, tanco els ulls i toco el cel
Eating an alarming amount of dekopon mandarins is my coping mechanism du jour.
January 25, 2026 at 2:38 AM
Eating an alarming amount of dekopon mandarins is my coping mechanism du jour.
January 23, 2026 at 4:45 PM
I'm so jealous you have them in the winter. As far as I know, we don't.
I went to the market, too. For avocado, lime and some mandarins. 😁
I went to the market, too. For avocado, lime and some mandarins. 😁
January 24, 2026 at 4:23 PM
I'm so jealous you have them in the winter. As far as I know, we don't.
I went to the market, too. For avocado, lime and some mandarins. 😁
I went to the market, too. For avocado, lime and some mandarins. 😁