Leisureguy

Retired. Interests include: cooking whole-food plant-based (incl. fermenting veggies & making tempeh), blogging, shaving (old-school), reading, Go (baduk), Nordic walking, movies, observing, learning, & old jazz.

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Mastodon for beginners: https://leisureguy.wordpress.com/2022/11/09/mastadon-fediverse/

My posts here:
https://justmytoots.com/@leisureguy@mstdn.ca

#cooking #wfpb #fermentVegetables #tempeh #wetshaving #books #go #movies #jazz

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2024-08-18 16:10:42

Interesting chart of the change in the rate of violent crime in the US by administration:
https://jabberwocking.com/raw-data-crime-under-five-presidents/
#crime #politics #presidents
https://cdn.mastdn.ca/media_attachments/files/112/983/894/123/723/727/original/8fde1f1a96eca98c.jpg

2024-05-11 00:53:39

It's good to live your life so that if it is discovered that a worm in your head ate part of your brain and died, people do not say, "That could explain a lot."

2024-03-24 15:50:34

Great tips if you use your iPhone for photography..
https://youtu.be/gWqR_SGyf1Q
#photography #iphone #smartphone #camera

2024-03-06 19:05:58

Irish Coffee with Spring-Heeled Jack
https://leisureguy.ca/2024/03/06/irish-coffee/
@npub1cwp…lwtw
#wetshaving #MastodonWetShavers #SOTD #ShaveOfTheDay
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2024-03-06 01:07:00

Mt. Baker from Oak Bay BC
Photo by The Wife, taken 2024-03-05 around 5:00 pm.
#mountain #stillness #ocean
https://cdn.mastdn.ca/media_attachments/files/112/046/056/589/834/126/original/624cacd58a3474e1.jpeg

2024-02-25 17:37:13

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@npub1lrv…tth9 Do you have a link to where one might see it?

2024-02-23 00:52:47

View from Anderson Hill in Oak Bay BC just now.
https://cdn.mastdn.ca/media_attachments/files/111/978/055/647/127/586/original/0fc4a9f845fdc63b.jpeg

2024-02-23 00:39:24

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@npub1eav…g6f3 @npub1v96…j9w4 @npub1kx6…nnnc
Thank you. I am very pleased with it. And in butchering tempeh, unlike butchering animals, there is zero waste. 🙂

2024-02-22 20:26:08

Latest tempeh batch done. It dressed out at 1420g / 3.25 lbs.
Full story here:
https://leisureguy.ca/2024/02/19/new-tempeh-3/
@npub1v96…j9w4 @npub1kx6…nnnc
#food #recipe #WFPB #vegan #vegetarian #omnivore #health #tempeh
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2024-02-12 04:41:03

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@npub1grx…uxfe Does anyone know whether Tucker Carlson's suicide will be televised? I wouldn't want to miss it... oh, wait. TC is a chronic liar.

2024-02-07 18:02:04

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@npub1k4q…3lsq @npub1cwp…lwtw The brush? Thanks. I learned about Zenith boar brushes through a post here on Mastodon, and this brush in particular was recommended.
I reviewed a couple of others in this post: https://sharpologist.com/boar-brush-bounty/
#wetshaving #boarBrush

2024-02-07 17:48:00

A great shave this morning, but the star is the coffee.
https://leisureguy.ca/2024/02/07/tombstone-37g/
@npub1cwp…lwtw
#wetshaving #MastodonWetShavers #SOTD #ShaveOfTheDay
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2024-02-05 20:59:55

This is shocking.
CDC hides replies referencing the Senate HELP Committee's Long COVID Hearing
https://www.thegauntlet.news/p/cdc-hides-replies-referencing-the
#covid #longCovid #CDC
@npub1s69…l9l2

2024-02-03 20:58:16

I notice now in the Advanced Web Interface in my browser on my Macbook that the little double arrow "boost" symbol, when activated, not only changes color (a change invisible to the colorblind) but also gains a small square in the middle (obvious to all, including the colorblind). A kudos to the design team!
#Mastodon #UX #interfaceDesign #accessibility

2024-02-02 23:05:31

I used the mini food processor that came with my Breville immersion blender to make a quick batch of guacamole.
https://leisureguy.ca/2024/02/02/quick-guacamole/
@npub1v96…j9w4 @npub1kx6…nnnc
#food #recipe #WFPB #vegan #vegetarian #omnivore #health #guacamole
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2024-01-30 03:52:55

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@npub1grx…uxfe She figures that you are somehow responsible. for all this.

2024-01-27 20:14:51

How my garden grows.
I received an indoor planter as a gift, and it is now in operation. In photo below, from left: 2 green shiso, 1 rosemary, 2 red shiso, 1 garlic chives, 2 purple basil.
#food #plants #indoorGarden
https://cdn.mastdn.ca/media_attachments/files/111/829/739/217/953/381/original/3ac71c1b89e0bf2d.jpeg

2024-01-23 02:39:48

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@npub1k4q…3lsq GPS coordinates? In case they want to call a strike on you?

2024-01-22 19:59:50

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@npub1k4q…3lsq That *long* antedates the early 90's.

2024-01-22 11:25:33

A long-overdue initiative to include diet and nutrition in medical education.
https://www.statnews.com/2024/01/22/nutrition-medical-education-harvard/
#diet #health #nutrition #medSchool #medical #education #doctors

2024-01-13 15:03:32

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@npub1grx…uxfe "Most of Iowa" is ambiguous. "Most of Iowa" in terms of square miles is indeed rural, but "Most of Iowa" in terms of votes is not:
State of Iowa
3,046,355 total population
55,857.1 total area (sq miles)
953.3 urban area (sq miles)
1,950,256 urban population
1,096,099 rural population
That's from https://www.icip.iastate.edu/tables/population/rural-urban

2024-01-09 18:30:31

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@npub15c0…hxke Given Vivaldi's privacy orientation, I imagine that Google's collecting user data in Chrome is done on top of Chromium, and that such surveillance is not within Chromium itself. Is that how it works? (I am a Vivaldi user, and I like it a lot.)

2024-01-09 03:15:03

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@npub1mmf…eknq @npub1ved…c8mj I'm not sure I understand what you're asking. If you click The Tyee's address you'll see their profile (at least that's how it works in my browser. I have not experience with phone Mastodon apps.)

2024-01-09 03:07:36

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@npub1mmf…eknq
I would add @npub1ved…c8mj

2024-01-08 22:24:18

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@npub1k4q…3lsq Their account (deservedly) suspended.

2024-01-08 02:10:33

@npub15c0…hxke
This post interested me:
https://mastodon.social/@dangillmor/111717782381752829
Does Vivaldi have any plans to move from the Chromium engine to another (perhaps developed in-house) engine?

2024-01-07 03:34:47

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@npub1mmf…eknq I use the web interface in my browser, and that has the user specify which mode to use — it doesn't look at system settings.
In Preferences, I have the four choices shown below. "Default" and "High contrast" both have black background and white characters; "Masto95" is some sort of MS Windows-looking thing; "Mastodon (light)" has black characters on a white background and IMO should be the default.
https://cdn.mastdn.ca/media_attachments/files/111/712/552/732/612/758/original/654c5735fc28a50f.png

2024-01-07 01:59:15

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@npub1mmf…eknq Now I'm wondering why light mode is not the default (rather than dark mode, which is worse for eyes and migraine). If light mode were the default, dark mode would still be available as an option for those who want it.
The default should be the better setting, not the worse.

2024-01-06 15:41:28

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@npub1hjn…vfr7 It seems odd that Jim Jordan, who refused to respond to a subpoena from a Congressional committee, is acting to hold in contempt Hunter Biden for doing the same thing.
I think Jordan should hold himself in contempt. (I already hold Jordan in contempt, but it's not a formal thing.)

2024-01-06 02:46:13

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@npub1mmf…eknq I'm dismayed that Muslims and young people prefer Trump to Biden. I personally do not believe Trump would be a moderating force in the Middle East, though I am sure Netanyahu would prefer Trump to Biden.

2024-01-06 02:37:52

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@npub1mmf…eknq Polling this early in the game — before any primaries — is unreliable. (Remember the polling re: Hillary Clinton in 2016?)

2024-01-06 02:18:13

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@npub1mmf…eknq Not only is the ICJ not under American jurisdiction, the US refuses to recognize the ICJ or honor its rulings.

2024-01-03 06:19:05

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@npub1mmf…eknq I believe that they do know that. How can they not?

2024-01-02 04:36:56

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@npub1mmf…eknq Alas, I'm an apartment dweller, but for Xmas my daughter gave me a small grow-light indoor garden thing, and I immediately ordered and have received seeds for green shiso, red shiso, garlic chives, and dark purple opal basil.

2024-01-02 01:26:26

Just refreshed my bean knowledge:
1. Canned beans are about 3x the cost of dried beans, but
2. the two are equal in nutritional value, except
3. canned beans are high in salt,
4. but if you rinse the beans and discard canned liquid, that gets rid of about half the salt —
5. but also loses some nutritients, so...
6. buy canned beans with no salt added & use the beans and the liquid both.
The most nutritious beans are black lentils: dark in color, and high proportion of skin to cotyledon

2023-12-29 19:48:48

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@npub1typ…c8hh I like "Full. Cease." 🙂

2023-12-19 22:08:27

Today is a day of sharpening kitchen knives. Tedious, but by the end of the day, my knives will again be sharp.

2023-12-18 19:10:05

Hey! Smithsonian Magazine on Mastodon now: @npub1ene…70az

2023-12-16 14:52:10

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@npub16dc…snfs I think teaching both would be a good option to explore.

2023-12-16 14:47:33

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@npub14ka…um78 Because if Christmas means anything, it means attacking the poor. The true story of Christmas is how three constables (later portrayed as "wise men") went to the stables to throw out the couple and their baby because homeless people were not welcome to shelter.

2023-12-15 20:32:11

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@npub10pr…qn7d Rebecca Boyle seems to have a somewhat shaky grasp of Christian and Jewish religion. She thinks the Feast of the Epiphany is to celebrate the baptism of Jesus. I think most Christians know that Jesus was not baptized until decades later, by John the Baptist.
The Feast of the Epiphany celebrates the circumcision of Jesus, a Jewish ritual for infant boys. So far as I know, Jews do not have a tradition of baptism. The practice originated, I think, with John the Baptist.
Weird error.

2023-12-14 23:33:16

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@npub10pr…qn7d I personally am a big fan of a different 13-month calendar:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-12-11/the-death-and-life-of-the-13-month-calendar
But, short of calendar reform (which we've done before), this one-page calendar (based on the current odd scheme) is useful:
https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/one-page-calendar/
#calendar

2023-12-14 22:57:24

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@npub10pr…qn7d I would not say that Ethiopia uses the Julian calendar. Their calendar seems stranger than that. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopian_calendar

2023-12-13 02:16:59

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@npub1lrv…tth9 @npub1p67…xh53 I get the impression that quite a few journalists are completely ignorant of the Fediverse in general and Mastodon in particular.

2023-12-12 00:42:07

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@npub1typ…c8hh Continuing:
Granted, this is just a guess on my part. And there's another factor here that the Times doesn't mention: Only fatal crashes have gone up. The total number of pedestrian crashes has been rock steady the entire time.
So: the problem is only fatal crashes at night among ages 18-64 in the US. That is indeed very peculiar. And it's at least worth a look to see if this suggests something going on among pedestrians, not just drivers.
/end

2023-12-11 22:28:48

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@npub1typ…c8hh
Kevin Drum has an interesting post on the increase in pedestrian deaths:
https://jabberwocking.com/are-pedestrians-at-fault-for-increasing-pedestrian-deaths/
#pedestrians

2023-12-11 17:09:00

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@npub1ks7…eg5u Was she as anonymous in her work as she is in this post? Interesting that Edward Charles Pickering's name is included but her name is omitted, but that does reflect the reality of astronomy as a profession.

2023-12-08 02:31:36

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@npub1k4q…3lsq An enormous and doubtless police-supported loophole. I think we must recognize that the police are focused on what benefits the police and are not all that much concerned about what helps the public.

2023-12-05 05:40:22

Soybean and Purple Barley Tempeh at 31 hours
It's still being incubated, though I'm about to turn off the warming mat and open the lid a little. But the fungus has really established itself now.
I am always fascinated to watch the progress of its growth.
#@npub1v96…j9w4 @npub1kx6…nnnc
#food #recipe #WFPB #vegan #vegetarian #omnivore #health #tempeh #soybean #barley
https://cdn.mastdn.ca/media_attachments/files/111/526/198/371/170/391/original/3ab239aad3faa67e.jpeg

2023-12-05 00:44:48

Soybean and purple barley tempeh at 24 hours.
The blog post has the images of the 18.5-hour photo and the 24-hour photo side by side with a slider so you can see how the fungus slowly advances.
https://leisureguy.ca/2023/12/04/24-hours/
@npub1v96…j9w4 @npub1kx6…nnnc
#food #recipe #WFPB #vegan #vegetarian #omnivore #health #tempeh #soybean #purpleBarley

2023-12-04 22:56:53

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@npub14ha…pqf0 You probably know about https://italki.com. (I didn't until my daughter told me.)

2023-12-04 21:42:07

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@npub1eav…g6f3 I do not have that cookbook, but I like to improvise recipes based on the foods I find in the market that look good, although I do some ordering of specialty items (e.g., the purple barley).
I recently realized that tempeh now has drifted into occupying the "meat" niche in my recipes and meals. It seems to work well in that role (in chilis, stews, curries, and stir-fries).
Thank you for your kind comment.

2023-12-04 06:11:49

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@npub14ha…pqf0 Congratulations. May I ask which language?

2023-12-04 01:59:52

@npub1eav…g6f3
The new batch of tempeh has begun.
https://leisureguy.ca/2023/12/03/soybean-purple/

2023-12-01 23:44:42

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@npub1lrv…tth9 Back in the day, good restaurants had "guest" menus that omitted prices (which were shown in the menu given to the host), the idea being that a (good) host would want the guests to order what they wanted and not feel constrained by prices, since the host would take of that.

2023-11-28 02:03:46

Sunset Victoria BC 2023-11-27
#sunset #silence
https://cdn.mastdn.ca/media_attachments/files/111/485/714/683/431/328/original/8ca728e81f521289.jpeg

2023-11-27 18:46:47

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@npub1typ…c8hh @npub1u7p…jcye But you can see how the idea seemed perfectly right to an editor (who by nature is an absolute news hound).
I've observed that people often unconsciously assume that their situation or biases are common.

2023-11-27 17:42:57

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@npub1u7p…jcye @npub1typ…c8hh
Good piece. My approach to alt text is to assume some life-or-death situation in which I must call a friend and describe an image to a friend in sufficient detail that they can pick it out from a display of random images or roughly reproduce it. I will have only a minute at the phone, so the description must be short and to the point, and my friend can only listen, not speak. However, I can prepare the description ahead of time so it is complete and polished.

2023-11-23 19:25:36

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@npub10pr…qn7d @npub1cy0…ggw4
And if you do write by hand, use a good handwriting model that produces beautiful script and is legible when written at speed. See https://leisureguy.ca/2007/08/17/italic-handwriting/

2023-11-20 14:09:02

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@npub1ks7…eg5u
https://youtu.be/4dn7TEjnbPY?si=5_Q0hOyXsjL9GRBt

2023-11-15 03:49:21

@npub1typ…c8hh I like the term "enthusiast." 🙂
But I agree: many here (including me) have interests that are focused if not intense.

2023-11-12 00:08:45

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@npub1eav…g6f3 @npub1v96…j9w4 @npub1kx6…nnnc
I updated the lentil-spread recipe to show the black-lentil batch.
https://leisureguy.ca/2023/11/06/lentil-spread-with-tahini/

2023-11-11 23:54:13

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@npub1eav…g6f3 @npub1v96…j9w4 @npub1kx6…nnnc
The oat-groat snack bars *are* good (especially with the lentil spread) and have amazing staying power. They are reasonably filling, but what is remarkable is how long they stave off hunger.

2023-11-11 23:33:42

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@npub1eav…g6f3 @npub1v96…j9w4 @npub1kx6…nnnc
I appreciate your kind words. Next ferment will be soybean and purple barley.
Yesterday I made a new batch of oat-groat snack bars, and this time used black lentils for the associated spread.
https://leisureguy.ca/2023/11/04/oat-snacks/

2023-11-11 23:23:01

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@npub1k4q…3lsq Wait'll you try perilla oil. 🙂

2023-11-11 23:01:21

I just started a new batch of fermented pepper sauce, using mostly cayenne peppers but a few red jalapeño (and garlic, dates, and a carrot).
More info in post:
https://leisureguy.ca/2023/11/11/fermented-sauce-2/
@npub1v96…j9w4 @npub1kx6…nnnc
#food #recipe #WFPB #vegan #vegetarian #omnivore #health #pepperSauce #ferment
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2023-11-11 21:03:05

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@npub1k4q…3lsq I am very fond of perilla oil nowadays. I also use mostly extra-virgin olive oil and (for flavoring) some toasted sesame oil (Kadoya).
These two links may be of interest:
https://www.jonbarron.org/uncategorized/healthiest-cooking-oil-comparison-chart-with-smoke-points-and-omega-3-fatty-acid-ratios/
https://www.realfoodforlife.com/which-olive-oil-to-buy-the-olive-oil-fraud/#iLightbox
On perilla oil: https://leisureguy.ca/2023/10/12/perilla-oil/
#cookingOils #perillaOil #cooking

2023-11-09 19:03:21

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@npub1k4q…3lsq Well, it's better (slightly) than "Whatever."

2023-11-09 15:51:57

I am sticking to a whole-food non-animal diet, and making sure to get a good variety of (whole) foods by using Greger's Daily (baker's) Dozen & Heber's color palette of foods.
I eat modest meals & strictly restrict eating to a window of 8 or 9 hours (around 8:00-9:00 in the morning and stopping by 5:00 in the afternoon).
I had panicked at a 7-day avg of 6.7 mmol/L. The chart below shows current avgs. 5.5 mmol/L (99 mg/dL) is "normal."
#diabetes
https://cdn.mastdn.ca/media_attachments/files/111/381/387/367/314/997/original/a34c9cab7f3988cc.jpeg

2023-11-05 18:52:22

With the world on fire, cowardly news media are a threat to U.S. democracy
Will Bunch writes in the Philadelphia Inquirer (no paywall): There was a shocking and incredibly important story on the front page of the New York Times last week. As reported by an A-team of journalists including two Pulitzer Prize winners, the Times warned its readers that Donald Trump — if returned to the White House in 2025 — is grooming a new team of extremist government lawyers who would…
http://leisureguy.ca/2023/11/05/cowardly-media/

2023-11-01 21:49:10

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@npub1k4q…3lsq Some typos are particularly awful because read right but change the meaning by 180º. My bête noir is "now" for "not" or vice versa — example, the typo in a sign "Students may now park in the faculty parking lot." Or the other way "Sandwiches not available in the coffee shop."

2023-11-01 16:51:49

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@npub1k4q…3lsq I get the idea that some believe that all Palestinians are active members of Hamas. They are unable to distinguish between "Hamas" and "Palestinian."

2023-10-28 00:26:34

Latest tempeh complete
My newest tempeh — adzuki and einkorn — has now been harvested. Full story in this earlier post, now updated.
http://leisureguy.ca/2023/10/27/latest-tempeh/

2023-10-26 18:00:04

The adzuki-einkorn slab of tempeh is pretty darn thick.
@npub1v96…j9w4 @npub1kx6…nnnc
#food #recipe #WFPB #vegan #vegetarian #omnivore #tempeh
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2023-10-26 05:05:58

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@npub1qll…r5q8 "If only there were something we could do..." /snark
There is always much talk of mental illness following these events, but of course every advanced country has people who are mentally ill, but they don't get mass shootings like the US does. So it must be something else, some way in which the US is not the same as other advanced countries.
It's such a mystery... /snark really this time.

2023-10-26 01:37:11

View from Anderson Hill in Victoria this evening
And from farther up the hill a minute or two later:
http://leisureguy.ca/2023/10/25/victoria-evening/

2023-10-23 20:50:20

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@npub1k4q…3lsq Elon Musk is the Dunning-Kruger Effect personified.

2023-10-22 10:57:56

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@npub1ks7…eg5u Ah, I get it. It was supposed to be 13⅐ and somehow the "13" got mashed in with the "1" in "⅐".
I assume the 13⅐ format was to avoid regional variation in show decimal fractions (13,5 vs. 13.5). (I live where we use 13.5, you must be in a 13,5 region.)

2023-10-22 10:35:44

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@npub1ks7…eg5u
The bulb lasted 65 1/2 hours? or a little over 2 1/2 days?
Why present it as 131⁄2 ?

2023-10-19 03:05:57

Self-Checkout Is a Failed Experiment
Amanda Mull has an article in the Atlantic (gift link, no paywall) that rings true. It depicts yet another effort by businesses to externalize costs, in this case, externalizing payroll costs by having customers work as checkout clerks (but for free). In a capitalistic system, corporations have a single goal — grow profits — and the easiest and fastest way to do that is to cut costs.
http://leisureguy.ca/2023/10/18/self-checkout/

2023-10-12 00:13:24

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@npub1k4q…3lsq As of now, Steve Scalise is the GOP nominee to be Speaker of the House — he is not yet in office. (You'll recall that Kevin McCarthy failed to go beyond being a nominee for 14 consecutive ballots).
Scalise may well come Speaker, but he is not yet.

2023-10-10 14:32:03

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@npub1ahq…wjwd He doesn't mention Mastodon, presumably because he doesn't know about it.

2023-10-10 01:53:54

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@npub1agu…j0sk TBH, I don't find store-bought tempeh very good, and it's expensive. Homemade is cheap & tasty. Making it (once you have the setup & supplies) is as easy as making scrambled eggs, but with more time between steps. From start to finish, a batch takes me 72 hours.
This post gives the steps & includes a list of various kinds I've made: https://leisureguy.ca/2021/06/08/homemade-tempeh/
Tofu is a little too processed for me, though I occasionally will have some. Seitan is way too processed & too heavy a gluten hit.

2023-10-09 03:55:32

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@npub1agu…j0sk One of the things the Daily Dozen includes is a serving of beans/lentils and (intact whole) grain at each meal. I usually do that by making tempeh, 50/50 mix of legumes and grain, and include that in a meal.
I made a recipe checklist https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UITZl-Zehpt6MFd3cPKkacF7AjbQcLm7fkOE855RNhQ/edit?usp=sharing
Here it is in use: https://leisureguy.ca/2023/09/30/collards-tempeh/
Once i could keep the categories in mind, it helped a lot with meal planning.

2023-10-09 02:33:34

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@npub1agu…j0sk One weakness of using calories as a measure of diet is that (say) 100 calories of refined sugar and 100 calories of lentils are *identical* so far as calories are concerned, but their nutritional value and their impact on the body differ substantially.
A few years ago, I switched to a plant-based diet of *whole foods* (no refined foods, not ultraprocessed foods), and used Greger's Daily Dozen to ensure a good variety and distribution. That has worked well.

2023-10-06 15:48:27

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@npub15dz…hthf @npub1k4q…3lsq I'm already a follower, and I agree.

2023-09-26 18:56:59

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@npub1hgr…2e7r @npub1m8a…khgv That report moved me to subscribe — or, rather, to attempt to subscribe. The only subscription form rejects Canadian addresses (even if you specify "Canada") because it will not accept alphabetic characters in the postal code. I'll try again next week.
Great report — and Texas Observer has consistently fine reporting. There's a lot to observe in Texas. 🙂

2023-09-26 16:55:18

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@npub1hgr…2e7r Powerful story. Worth reading.
https://www.texasobserver.org/christopher-young-death-penalty-mitesh-patel/
#DeathPenalty
#CriminalJustice
#law
#Texas #prison #humanRights

2023-09-20 19:19:48

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@npub1k4q…3lsq I was this old (that is, as old as I am right now).

2023-09-16 17:24:47

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@npub1k4q…3lsq I already had serious reservations about Maher and Barrymore. This confirms my distaste for them.

2023-09-13 18:11:15

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@npub1k4q…3lsq This relatively common category of ambiguous mathematical statements seems to ignore the use of parentheses to remove ambiguity. I suppose not using parentheses is required in order to cultivate disagreement, but I don't really see the point. It's easy to make the statement unambiguous.

2023-09-09 00:17:53

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@npub1eav…g6f3 @npub1v96…j9w4 @npub1kx6…nnnc Interesting! I had not thought of including fresh turmeric root in my ferments. Now I'm thinking about it. Good idea.
Thanks!

2023-09-08 20:07:40

I'm about to make this:
1/2 cup organic turmeric powder
1 cup water or a bit more
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
Mix ingredients to make a paste. The black pepper and oil help with absorption.
Source: https://deeprootsathome.com/how-to-make-use-turmeric-golden-paste/
@npub1v96…j9w4 @npub1kx6…nnnc
#food #recipe #WFPB #vegan #vegetarian #omnivore #health #turmeric
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2023-09-07 18:01:21

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@npub1k4q…3lsq Interesting sign. I wonder if they understand what they are saying is that all Whites are racist.

2023-09-01 19:21:33

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@npub1ahq…wjwd Kevin Drum has a post on this, and draws a parallel with gambling.
https://jabberwocking.com/abortion-is-legal-in-california-texas-zealots-need-to-get-over-it/

2023-08-21 18:06:01

An extremely nice shave (and tea) this morning.
https://leisureguy.ca/2023/08/21/italian-prep/
@npub1cwp…lwtw
#wetshaving #MastodonWetShavers
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2023-08-21 00:47:19

Here's an actual brown chickpea (kala chana) hummus recipe (not just a description of what I did). It includes onion and ginger, which I don't usually include in my hummus, but still sounds good.
https://hetalkamdar.com/brown-chickpea-chana-hummus/
@npub1v96…j9w4 @npub1kx6…nnnc
#food #recipe #WFPB #vegan #vegetarian #omnivore #health #hummus #kalaChana

2023-08-20 16:16:25

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@npub1typ…c8hh And the resentment behind the various terms is not really concealed.

2023-08-20 14:26:51

I just looked into Lemmy — this was helpful: https://join-lemmy.org and also: https://join-lemmy.org/instances — and then a few communities, and immediately came across this:
America is One of the Few Cultures with Insults for Smart People - https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/05/03/america-is-one-of-the-few-cultures-with-insults-for-smart-people/
#lemmy

2023-08-17 19:38:57

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@npub1ahq…wjwd I assume, then, that your answer is "yes": you want trials held without oaths (no swearing in), just structured conversation. No perjury penalties.
I dunno. Seems a step back to me.
And the same rule — no oaths — would make weddings merely get-together parties, neither partner making any public commitment.
I do think the hope for a social rule/norm that no one will ever violate is a vain hope. Of course some will betray their oaths. The problem is not the oath, IMO.