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For the people who asked, I basically use this recipe with two adjustments.
1. I don't microwave onions because that way lies madness. I brown them *jabs finger* like a normal person. (in ghee then pop into the blender with water and oil.)
2. I use fresh spinach. glebekitchen.com/nearly-resta...

Damascus, Syria - September 28, 2023: Minerva statue. Allat-Minerva, Allat-Athena. Statue of the 2nd century AD from As-Suwayda, Syria. National Museum of Damascus

Waking up to news 🚨 that 6 (!) Roman statues were stolen from Syria’s National Museum, in Damascus, on Monday. No details on which statues yet, but I had a few pics below from the GRB gallery with the famed Al-Lat Athena. Heartbreaking news.
thehill.com/homenews/ap/...

*taps microphone*
*inhales*

REGULATIONS ARE WRITTEN IN BLOOD

Welcome to FIASCO! We're launching our first-ever video podcast tomorrow, Nov. 11th, at 7am PT!

This two-part video podcast will be availably publicly on our YouTube channel, and as audio across your favorite podcatcher platforms.

Are you ready for the chaos???

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Velveteen vs. the Early Adventures eBook Subterranean Press creates readable art, publishing limited editions and groundbreaking original works of science fiction, fantasy, and horror.

This gorgeous, signed, hardcover edition contains the full text of the first two Velveteen books, and is over 500 pages long. The physical edition is $95, which I know is hefty, but it makes a great holiday gift. The ebook edition is only $7! subterraneanpress.com/velveteen-vs...

The legendary cat meme that started an era

The difference in time between now and I can has cheezburger

Is the same between I can has Cheezburger and the Berlin Wall falling

Status of FTC Online Services During 2025 Lapse in Funding October 1, 2025: The FTC is closed as of midnight Wednesday, October 1, 2025, due to the lapse in government funding. Website information and social media properties will not be updated until the government re-opens. All FTC events are postponed until future notice. Some online services are available, and some are not. The status of online services is listed below. The following services WILL NOT be available during the shutdown: National Do Not Call Registry (For consumers) National Do Not Call Registry (For telemarketers)

The most likely cause here is that telemarketers have lost all access to the "Do Not Call" registry, and they slimiest ones have decided that this means it's a free-for-all until it comes back online. www.ftc.gov/ftc-is-closed

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Expect the fascist repression to get a lot worse now.

Recall that the abductions to El Salvador began hours after Democrats surrendered the last time.

I have voted
for the deal
that was on
the Senate floor

and which
is probably
caving
to fascism

Forgive me
the flight delays were
so annoying
and so old

A reminder, since someone just @'ed me in error:

If your Angus be King, he's a quis and a ling.

If your Angus be Johnston, he's not the senator from Maine, so you shouldn't yell at him about his decision to cave on the shutdown vote.

Like I fucking said.

So every freelancer you know is going to lose their insurance or be bankrupted by premiums because Schumer is an invertebrate

The original Dem demands were:
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)

They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.

The Senate Democrats!

Not that he didn’t already know, but now Trump knows for sure he can roll the Dems every time and there’s no need to negotiate for anything

"Dems cannot successfully cave because John Cornyn got trapped in a broom closet" would be easily the funniest way for tonight to end

this was my first real laugh of the night

I don't think the Senate Dems understand yet that because they're caving without having actually gotten anything from the Republicans, the meta issue they're voting on has swung to "At the end of this, does America have a King?"

And a number of fools just voted yes.

I am JUST old enough to have caught a taste of the Before Times as a young adult, and yeah, I have pretty much universally found that under-30 LGBTs *literally do not believe you* when you tell them how significant the turnaround has been, and HOLY HELL does it leave me frustrated at times.

My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.

We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.

We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.

A better world is possible.

Regular reminder that Axios stories saying Dems are about to cave are likely sourced from GOP staffers trying to make it happen.
Doesn't mean it definitely won't happen. But it's like those NYT stories that Harvard is considering caving (they haven't). The anonymous source was trying to manifest it.

A Steam announcement which reads: Starting November 15th, 2025, Battlestar Galactica: Deadlock and all its DLCs will no longer be available for purchase on any platform. This marks the end of an era for our space fleet, and we want to give everyone a proper heads-up to grab the game while it’s still available. If you already own the game, don’t worry – you can continue playing it without any restrictions, exploring the galaxy, commanding your fleet, and completing missions at your own pace. We’re incredibly grateful for all the players who have supported Battlestar Galactica: Deadlock over the years. Your passion, feedback, and dedication have helped shape the game and keep the fleet alive in the hearts of our community. For any questions or support, please reach out to us via our official channels – we’re always happy to help.

I assume this has to do with licensing and the new BSG game that is coming out, but BSG: Deadlock is honestly one of the best space-capital-ship tactics games I've seen, so I'd suggest frankly grabbing it before the Nov 15 cutoff if you can.

It sucks that video games 'vanish' like this rather than being preserved. BSG: Deadlock is a game whose mechanics ought to be imitated and replicated - there's not a lot like it and it is *very* good.

Snag it while you can if you like that sort of thing.

Promotional image of Oscar Isaac as Victor Frankenstein and Jacob Elordi as the creature standing back to back.

I really loved GDT’s Frankenstein, but I will warn people it makes the subtext of childabuse and parental neglect text.

Victor is both verbally and physically abusive similar to how many kids, especially disabled ones, are abused.

Be careful and pass this on to anyway who might be impacted.

Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.

Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...

BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

Do you or someone you know need a giant box of N95 masks?

440 pack of 3M 9205+ for $30
www.amazon.com/Aura-Particu...

Shipping was slow, but from Woot.com, which means they came through the direct supply chain 3M established with Amazon after Amazon had some "selling counterfeits" issues.

Olletta with red pigment (hematite) and small cups with pigments (ochre, haematite, lapis lazuli, Egyptian blue and graphite). Archaeological Park of Pompeii. © Amedeo Benestante

Ariadne Marketou and Alexandra Rodler have a new article on “Ochres as earth pigments in Hellenistic and Roman polychromy: State of the art and future directions on material origins and trade” in the JAS! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... I do love a pigment trade article. 🎨 🖌️

Historians, race and ethnicity, women & gender studies scholars, take a look. The idea that teaching *accurate* history and scholarship is "grievance studies" misdirects who is nursing the grievances. Gorgeously written. Read it now.