Have y'all ever had someone act like you were hurting them somehow by just liking a food?
Any time I buy or make kimchi, my Mom says it's so gross and she doesn't want any and just on and on. I never offer it to her, or make group food with it, but for some reason she seems offended by it, and I don't know why.
Hmm, finding a vegetarian Indian dish to make for dinner from scratch (which doesn't require a lot of ingredients I don't have and time) is an interesting challenge 🤔
Thus, why Indian restaurants and grocery stores here with takeout counters are appealing, LOL.
@ai6yr
Vegetable Biryani is easy to make, and most people enjoy this mild dish.
Green cardamom and star anise are the main things you might not keep at home.
Basmati rice is more fragrant, but you can substitute other long grain rice. https://www.indianhealthyrecipes.com/veg-biryani/
What are some numbers in your field that anyone else in the field would identify without even thinking about it, but folk outside may have no idea. Just the numbers, no explanations. Yet.
My reason for moving: When Trump got in, I said to Mr. Laffy, "He'll now have the courts. We can't overcome a lot of that." This is what I was referring to:
#BREAKING: #SCOTUS upholds #SouthCarolina's congressional map, reversing a lower court decision that struck down the map for racial gerrymandering.
The crash of 2008 imparted many lessons to people who were only dimly aware of finance, especially how complexity was a way of disguising fraud and recklessness. That was really the first lesson of 2008: "financial engineering" is mostly a way of obscuring crime behind a screen of technical jargon.
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75 Jahre Grundgesetz. Es ist schon eine ziemlich gute Verfassung, keine Frage.
Nur schlimm, dass es erst 12 Jahre faschistischer Diktatur und tatkräftige Unterstützung durch die Alliierten gebraucht hat, um unserem Land diese Verfassung zu geben.
Noch schlimmer, dass eben dieser Faschismus aktuell wieder sein hässliches Haupt erhebt und die politische Debatte bis weit in die "demokratische Mitte hinein" vergiftet.
Wir sind alle aufgerufen, uns klar dagegenzustellen, wann immer
Serious question: when and in which contexts did calling people "individuals" emerge as a common practice, as a synonym for people? Or "an individual" for "a person"?
I ask because I'm noticing it in student writing, and I associate it with police-speak. I don't know if it's in some corners of social science or medicine too
@inquiline Oh that's fascinating. My inner cynic wants to see if the prevalence at all correlates with Citizens United v. FEC 😅 Police speak would be an even darker origin story.
FYI - I worked on 2 different #RealityTV shows in #Canada & after those lived work experiences - told everyone I could - don't agree to go on these shows. It's almost all scripted, not reality. Crews are forced to put pressure on voluntary participants - who rarely know WTF they're signing up for & producers exploit naivety. Don't chase easy fame/easy money - they both come at high personal costs. Don't agree to be traumatized on TV, for money. You'll regret it.
One reality TV show in Canada I worked on was for home renovations. I lost count of how many homeowners freaked the fuck out during & after because producers asked contractors to do a LOT more than previously agreed on terms. Whenever any homeowners tried to speak up - told, they need lawyers because the 'show must go on'.
The show had to mete out several legal settlements to avoid bigger PR fallouts. I can't even state show name because that NDA is still 6 yrs from expiry.
@cosvak That empty narrative is infamously known as the “Tweedle-Dee, Tweedle-Dumb,” “Not a dimes worth of difference,” “Both Sides are exactly the same,” theories. The stock in trade of Nader, Greenwald, Moore, Sarandon, Stein and RFK, Jr. It’s noise that only dispirits voters. Please don’t make more of it.
@cosvak@DuncanWatson@mastodonmigration You do realize you’re just spouting really old and tired cliches, right? I had these same arguments with people a lot better than you in every election since 1976. There are reasons why 3rd parties fail here, so it’s impossible to diss something that isn’t a thing, and probably never will be. Anger with only a flourish of purpose is just outrage without aim.
@cosvak@DuncanWatson@mastodonmigration And one more thing. Everyone I have know that sounded like you, going back to Nader, always came to regret it. You’re as unique as a drop of water in a pond. Go ask them. Many if not most are quite open about their many regrets for letting idealism help the much greater of two evils get elected.
On today's episode of ✨️ Gina's Unnecessary #DIY Projects ✨️ We're building a kitchen island from wood scraps! Yaaay.
I need to get rid of these old boards and tiles in my shed, and my friend needs a kitchen island. Win win, right? 🔥
Current status: after some advanced maths I realized I don't have enough wood, so now the challenge is to find beams for the legs that look sort of similar to the rest of the wood. Aka "such a fun and cheap project wait how did this still cost me €100?" 💸💸💸
I'm fitting the bottom shelves now. And either I can go with a shelve of 2 boards with massive gaps in between.. or 3 smaller boards with small gaps. See pic (table is upside down atm so shelves would go on the other side of the bottom 2 planks).
Austerity, Brexit, Covid Lockdown Parties, PPE Scandal, Raw Sewage in UK Waterways & Coastal Areas, Economic Crash, Record Inflation, Record Interest Rates, Cost of Living Crisis, Pensions Decimated, Mortgage Rises, NHS in Crisis, Schools Crumbling, Housing Crisis...
@Theriac@AnthonyFStevens@CloudyMrs@Wen@soren Clearly somebody south of the border cares about Scottish independence, or they wouldn't need to make such efforts to stop a second independence referendum.
People might not remember but England unilaterally redrew boundaries for fossil fuel exploitation before devolution under Blair, and those resources still in Scottish waters were derided as worthless during the referendum campaign. And now….
Je dois débarrasser le lave-vaisselle, faire du rangement, préparer la seconde machine à laver, ranger la préparation du repas de ce soir, passer l'aspirateur dans la chambre (j'aime mon chat d'un amour pur).
Et vous, vous avez des taches ménagères et vous êtes sans motivation ?