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eniatitova

@eniatitova@sfba.social

internet elder with cozy hobbies (#knitting #embroidery #reading)

aggressively progressive

president sfba.social@animalfixclinic

currently in the foggy end of #sanfrancisco

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eniatitova, to random
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Catlynn, to random
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Last night the rain stopped and the sky cleared just in time for a jaw dropping sunset 🤗😲

A stark birch silhouette against against a pastel sky of pinks, purples and oranges
A golden shelf of cloud turning to gold at the start of sunset with a blue crack running through it hangs over the ridgline

eniatitova,
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@Catlynn these are so different and so beautiful 😻

eniatitova, to random
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I haven’t posted for in quite awhile, and today’s cat is not even Banana.

Please meet Messy. We met her in Sonoma last weekend. She visits the hotel where we stayed on her daily rounds. We checked, and yes she does have a house and a person. Messy takes her duties as host so seriously that she stayed up and waited for us to return to our room late at night. Then she tried to join us inside.

12/10 would pet again.

photo of the same cat, except in the day time and she is sprawled out on stone-paved ground, belly up, waiting for pets.

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    eniatitova,
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    @divya I… don’t think that was a licensed breeder.

    skinnylatte, to food
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    Someone gave me a box of marzipan from Istanbul. I also got baklava and lokum from Emeryville, from Simurgh bakery.

    Time to expand my baklava story to also include east bay. Simurgh is very very good

    https://buttondown.email/skinnylatte/archive/surprisingly-delicious-baklava-in-sf/

    eniatitova,
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    @skinnylatte try the Honey Cake from Simurgh if you get a chance. It’s the best version of it I had that my mom didn’t make.

    https://www.simurghbakery.com/product-page/medovik-honey-cake

    nwchapman, to random
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    This is shocking - particularly when you think back to when librarians were so excellent about resisting requests for lists of borrowed titles a decade or two ago.

    This should be raised immediately - in very firm tones - with SF Public Library

    Michael Lambert, City Librarian
    (415) 557-4236
    Email: citylibrarian@sfpl.org

    I'm ceasing all use of their ebook systems immediately.

    https://infosec.exchange/@longobord/112243109399209904

    eniatitova,
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    @christa @nwchapman Overdrive / Libby was sold to a private equity firm in 2020 which is when all of these problematic data monetization practices took hold.

    They also recently bought Simon & Schuster.

    The concentration of market power in book publishing/selling/delivering is really really scary. It’s one of the reasons I started borrowing paper books and buying ones that I want to continue having access to, even though I really hate having overstuffed shelves.

    https://company.overdrive.com/2020/06/09/kkr-completes-acquisition-of-overdrive/

    https://www.libraryjournal.com/story/could-kkrs-ownership-of-overdrive-raise-questions-about-simon-schuster-purchase

    eniatitova, to random
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    OK. So. I don’t have any pictures because I was having The Experience, but! I went kayaking with a friend, and it was her first time, and we met a seal! He peeked his head out of the water like 20 ft from us and watched us paddle by as we waved.

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    eniatitova,
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    @divya we can see them from our bedroom windows :) very spoiled

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    eniatitova,
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    @divya but also who cares? Like you worked hard to be born here specifically? Complete nonsense.

    eniatitova,
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    @divya @skinnylatte the ironic thing about going to therapy and getting hold of your own toxic impulses is that other people’s behavior begins to look even more bewildering. people just out here operating on undiluted id and ego.

    skinnylatte, to random
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    In Singapore, when I say ‘I’ll get home late’ it means 4am

    In San Francisco, when I say ‘I’ll get home late’ it means 8pm

    #Singapore #SanFrancisco

    eniatitova,
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    @skinnylatte SF feels so dark and unwelcoming, as early as sunset, if you aren’t on the busiest commercial streets. I sometimes turn on my phone flashlight because I literally can’t see where I’m stepping. add to that hills and terrible public transit and it’s no wonder no one goes anywhere after dark. that’s the bit I really miss about New York: good street lighting and stores/coffee shops open late. I know it’s probably good for environmental reasons and birds, but it’s terrible for humans who want to socialize with other humans.

    MLNow, to random
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    Meet the District 11 candidates: ‘Which March 5 propositions got your vote?’

    Welcome back to our "Meet the Candidates" series, in which District 11 supervisorial hopefuls respond to a question in 100 words or fewer. For our fourth question, we are asking: Which March 5 propositions did you vote for, and which did you vote against? All of the District 11 supervisorial candidates aligned on a few issues: They backed Proposition A, the $300 million affordable housing bond, Proposition D, bolstering ethics laws, and Proposition G, urging the school district to teach algebra in eighth grade.

    https://missionlocal.org/2024/03/meet-the-district-11-candidates-which-march-5-props-did-you-vote-for/

    eniatitova,
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    @scott @coolgrey

    eww

    skinnylatte, to random
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    I don’t love Zuni. But I also don’t love paying $75/80 for roast chicken.

    It’s so weird that people love it so much and have so much baggage about it.

    While we are here, I also don’t love In-N-Out or Swan Oyster Depot

    https://archive.li/2024.03.18-150019/https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaurants/article/zuni-cafe-review-sf-18707964.php

    eniatitova,
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    @skinnylatte House of Prime Rib?

    eniatitova,
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    @skinnylatte I think that’s always the case with these institutions no? Peter Luger, Delmonico’s and Fraunces Tavern are all very meh in New York.

    eniatitova,
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    @skinnylatte I have this theory that until the advent of Uber, San Francisco was a neighborhood restaurant town: because parking was hard to find and public transit took forever, people only went to restaurants close to home. and the only restaurants that people had in common were downtown restaurants that everyone went to on special occasions. Hence, the Zuni consensus.

    eniatitova, to random
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    so… I know we’re spending $2.5M fixing ip that wedding venue in Stern Grove but is that such a smart idea given that a giant chunk of the canyon wall slid down, flooding the dog playground in several feet of mud just days ago?

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    @divya I borrowed it but then ended up buying it. It’s so good. She even tells you when you can reuse a bowl to make a different part of a dish without washing it.

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    @divya there's a real perverse feedback loop happening here, right?

    billionaires exploit others to hoard wealth > many struggle to meet their basic needs because they lack financial resources > most concludes wealth accumulation is the most important thing > this reinforces for billionaires that they're correct in hoarding wealth.

    so these people whose screwy values are driving so many to desperation feel reaffirmed in their values by the very misery they cause.

    I read something in a book recently that really struck home. It's not exactly this but very close: "the end of the world is only ever hastened by those who think they will be able to protect their own fro the coming storm."

    eniatitova, to cooking
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    if this is not the most unhinged recipe instruction, I don't know what is:

    "cook until beans are softened and bean skins curl up and split when you blow on them, about 2 hours."

    in these here COVID times?!

    (from https://www.americastestkitchen.com/recipes/9388-new-england-baked-beans )

    eniatitova,
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    wait I spoke too soon:

    "If you don’t already have a bean hole, dig a hole about half again as large as whatever pot you plan to cook the beans in. (The key is that there be 6 inches between the top of the hole and the top of the pot.) Build a fire in the hole using about 10 pieces of cord wood. When the fire is burning well, add 10 softball-size rocks, then continue to burn until the wood is reduced to embers. You should have a bed of embers 2 to 3 inches deep."

    People. It's just beans.

    https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1014361-bean-hole-baked-beans?algo=identity&fellback=true&imp_id=7099953903910399&req_id=6773338311489486&surface=cooking-search-web&variant=0_relevance_reranking

    fraying, to random
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    I recently replaced a USB connected printer with a wifi one and it's so convenient because now whenever I want to print something all I have to do is try it, wait for it to not work, then cuss, then power cycle the printer, then cuss some more, then restart my Mac, and then it prints!

    eniatitova,
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    @fraying my workflow involves having to delete and re-add the printer each time, it’s a joy

    chema, to random
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    San Francisco taxpayers are helping make a few nonprofit leaders very wealthy. Nearly $800k a year in compensation for the CEO of the "Low Income Investment Fund"? Seriously?

    Now watch them overwork and underpay their front-line workers.

    Nonprofit industrial complex indeed.

    https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/nonprofit-ceo-contract-pay-18667516.php

    eniatitova,
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    @chema @nwchapman here’s the thing: I am currently essentially running a non-profit for free (I am the Board President at Animal Fix Clinic and we are between executive directors at the moment). And let me tell you: good executive directors deserve that level of pay. This is a huge job and I’m barely keeping my head above water because I also have a very demanding day job.

    The issue is that most executive directors are excused from delivering the results that would be expected from them in a similar position in the private sector by a negligent Board. there’s usually very little accountability for poor results.

    so am I outraged by someone earning that amount to lead a large non-profit? not immediately. I want to see what they’re accomplishing while they’re earning that salary and I imagine this is where I would be very disappointed by the individuals on the list above.

    eniatitova,
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    @divya @chema @nwchapman oh 💯 agree! I was recently side eyeing a legal non-profit because their exec director gets paid $250k but wanted to hire a staff attorney for $50k and expected them to live in the Bay Area. Like boo, how, we all have student loans.

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    @snarfed.org@snarfed.org plus a million on what @divya said. we came here because we wanted to control who we interact with. our admins work hard to keep out those who violate that trust. But you decided you could just throw us into the exact thing we fled unless we someone how find out you’re doing it and put a hashtag in our bio?! has no one taught you that only an enthusiastic yes is consent? I want nothing to do with your “product”

    kingrat, to random
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    Isn't Prop B the minimum cop staffing proposal that Dorsey wanted, but with a provision that there has to be a voter approved tax to fund it?

    eniatitova,
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    @kingrat this is my exact struggle with Prop B. I’m a no because I just don’t want cop levels, not because I oppose the tax.

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