wolfeh

wolfeh, 11 months ago

2006 here. Bye, Felicia Spez.

wolfeh, 11 months ago

Likewise! I visited NYC earlier in the year and was pleasantly surprised to see a lot of proper bicycle infrastructure being added (though with lots to be desired for what has come before).

wolfeh, 11 months ago

That's awesome. I didn't know that NYC had already done it, and I'm glad that California is doing the same.

wolfeh, 11 months ago

Agreed. That should have happened a long time ago. I've read that in the U.S., schools who receive funding from the federal government are required to serve and promote milk. Very sus, and lots of changes need to happen.

wolfeh, 11 months ago

There's not really a primary source for something that old, unfortunately, but here are two books where his poems are published:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31279069-the-poetry-of-abu-l-ala-al-maarri

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23609935-the-luzumiyat-of-abu-l-ala

Also, here a few places online that describe the author and reference the poem:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Ma%27arri

https://medium.com/the-east-berry/the-remarkable-poetry-of-abu-ala-al-maarri-the-classic-arab-poet-and-freethinker-from-the-3df47439abb1

https://gentleworld.org/i-no-longer-steal-from-nature/

wolfeh, 11 months ago

I agree with that sentiment. :-)

Like I said, though, none of those are primary sources. Not posting the source for a poem from antiquity (just like very old folk songs) is perfectly fine. I credited the author, and the lack of a link to a secondary/tertiary source doesn't discredit the post or make it comparable to Facebook or TikTok. If I were making a claim about something, that would be different.

wolfeh, 11 months ago

With all of the urbanist videos I've taken in and studies I've read, a lot of it has to do with the very very wide, straight geometry of the roads (in addition to people's biases and perception of anyone not in cars, of course). There's a disconnect that's really hard for people behind the wheel of a car to get past.

wolfeh, 11 months ago

Ouch. I do pick up enough beer cans (and liquor/wine bottles) along the side of my commute route to be worried about the state of the drivers on the road. I usually commute in to work around 04:00 and come home around 14:30, so thankfully I don't encounter too many people swerving or driving erratically.

The worst I've gotten is people being angry that I'm "in the way," and it also doesn't help that some people associate bicycling with being poor or losing one's driver's license... meaning that sympathy from those people is very limited.

wolfeh, 11 months ago

A remote part of a big city sounds like it would be a good balance. I'm much, much more inclined to live out in the countryside (preferably the woods), but living in the big city would be incredibly convenient and really, really reduce my need for a car.

wolfeh, 11 months ago

I'm glad things are improving, but even in areas that appear bike friendly, I still see terrible infrastructure being built... including "bike lanes" that are right in a door zone. I'm glad there are more of us being loud enough to get councils and governments to do anything at all, but the fact is that it's usually grudging and half-assed.

wolfeh, 11 months ago

I wish everywhere had decent public transit. It makes things so much easier and simpler. I don't have anything near good public transit near where I live, unfortunately... even the bus service that exists in the next mid-size city over is... meh.

wolfeh, 11 months ago

I love nuggets! My case of tofu is coming in tomorrow, so I might go ahead and make some. I freeze the tofu once for texture, slice them up, boil them in "chicken" broth concentrate, then bread and deep fry them in coconut oil.

wolfeh, 11 months ago

Ooh, I'd have to type everything out! It's a multi-step process for both.

For the calzones, my partner makes a dough (usually a combination of rice, tapioca, cassava, and almond flour)... I don't have the recipe, but it can really be a vegan pizza dough of your choice). I make the cheese (4c. raw cashews, 4c. water, 3 tbsp. apple cider vinegar, 2.25 tsp. lactic acid, ¼c. tapioca flour, and ¼c. kappa carrageenan) by blending all of the ingredients except for the carrageenan in a high-speed blender until smooth. Then I add the carrageenan in and blend again for a couple of minutes until thick. Pour the blender into a pot and stir until the cheese gels up. Pour out into whatever containers you want to become the mold for the blocks of cheese. Roll out the dough, and put whatever you'd like onto half of the "pizza crust". Cheese, veggies, fake meat, whatever. I always add some extra oil for that greasy authenticity. Fold it over into a calzone, and put into the oven at ~375°F/~191°C for about 45 minutes. Take out and nom once cooled. Marinara sauce goes really well on the side.

For the cheesesteak, chopped up tofu into "chipped steak" consistency slices and boiled them in a flavorful, salty broth that mimicked the taste of beef. I can't remember the spices I used exactly, but any "fake beef" bouillon is a good start, at about 2x the recommended concentration. After they've soaked in the flavor, lay them out on a baking sheet and dry them out a while. Not extra crispy, or anything, just enough to get a good amount of the water out. Then I fried them in a frying pan with coconut oil (for that realistic saturated fat taste) and some chopped onions. I melted a few pieces of storebought vegan cheese in with some almond milk and some nutritional yeast, and whisked it together until it was a thick cheesy sauce. That made the cheese for the cheesesteak. All of that can go onto whatever your favorite steak roll is.

wolfeh, 11 months ago

Damn! Unfortunately I wasted some chickpea flour recently (I had bought it years ago, and it went kind of stale and weird). I hadn't found many uses for it, but I may have to try some socca. It sounds amazing, and I'm amazed that I never heard of it.

wolfeh, 11 months ago

Aaaand that's another thing to add to my to-do list. Chickpeas are amazing.

wolfeh, 11 months ago

Lots and lots of bicycle communities are popping back up over here on Lemmy. Loving it. I started https://lemmy.world/c/bicycling, but there are plenty more. I love https://lemmy.world/c/bikecommuting so far, too.

wolfeh, 11 months ago (edited 11 months ago)

A well-planned vegan diet is safe and beneficial for all stages of life, including pregnancy. That being said, making sure that one is eating a balanced diet (just like a pregnant omnivore would) and paying attention to the intake of vitamin B12 (which is usually found in animal products) are advised. Iron (leafy greens and lots more), vitamin D (mushrooms), calcium (leafy greens and lots more), and iodine (kelp/seaweed/prunes/lima beans) are easier to come by than B12, but should also be payed attention to. All of these can be easily supplemented if necessary.

Sources:

• "The Effects of Vegetarian and Vegan Diet during Pregnancy on the Health of Mothers and Offspring" (2019) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30845641/
• "Vegetarian or vegan and pregnant" (2022) https://www.nhs.uk/pregnancy/keeping-well/vegetarian-or-vegan-and-pregnant/
• "The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Publishes Stance on Vegan and Vegetarian Diets" (2016) https://www.pcrm.org/news/health-nutrition/academy-nutrition-and-dietetics-publishes-stance-vegan-and-vegetarian-diets
• "Plant-based diets and their impact on health, sustainability and the environment" (2021) https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/349086/WHO-EURO-2021-4007-43766-61591-eng.pdf