KitchenBeard

YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislature

Trump’s propaganda czar Brendan Carr and Trump-controlled CBS refused to let Colbert air his interview with James Talarico. You can watch the interview here, and it already has 1.4M views. youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A?...

How White Elites Drained Ancient Art of Its Color The publication of “Chroma” represents an important shift by museums toward recognizing polychromy and its entanglement with white supremacy.

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How I disconnected from tech in 2025 And how this simple spreadsheet will help you do it in 2026

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Recipe Post: Squash Ras el Hanout Sauce I’m working on a longer piece that is actually taking a lot of wrestling with words and phrases and research and (god help me) footnotes.

"I still need to feed myself. While digging through my spices seeking inspiration, I found the ras el hanout that I had bought from Samiranis Imports ... asked myself if it could work in a sauce for pasta? Of course it could."

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Spent a few hours catching up on school work and had the West Wing on in background. Once I was done with my work I just kept watching because it felt good to remember feeling idealistic. I hope I get the chance to feel that again someday instead of terror and rage.

Thanks. It's getting there. I need to figure out what to do with the speedrack. My fat ass keeps bumping into it.

I don’t mean this to be a humble brag. I was reminded of my own preconceived ideas about people and that I need to be aware of my privilege. I am grateful to have a stable life lately and a roof over my head and it’s up to me to help others because I can.

This morning I volunteered to serve lunch to the clients of an SF social services org focused on the homeless. It was a humbling & unsettling experience for me as someone just past 3 years sober. It reminded me to be grateful & motivated me to keep volunteering & make myself of service.

Dinner. Pork and beef chili con carne. Blue corn cornbread. Orange rice. Garnishes including guacamole, pepitas and tomatoes. The roommate had two servings.

I work in higher ed. This is now added to my annual goals.

Did you see this today?

Anti #ICE protesters carried a MASSIVE U.S.
Constitution through the streets of Minneapolis.
Not a flag.
Not a slogan.
The Constitution.
Thousands marched, demanding accountability and asking whether federal enforcement is aligning with the rights written on those pages.

Got this light installed in my kitchen today after it sat in the garage for years almost forgotten. Rather happy how it changes the entire feel of that corner, creating a sense of intimacy and calm for the room while providing enough light for precise and intentional cooking.

Lunch outside. Lately I’m spending 10-11 hours a day in front of a laptop and I feel like I need to get outside (in shorts) when i can. It’ll be wet and stormy in 36 hours so im taking a break in the sun.

I've been logged into Fb and Insta on my work laptop for a while and I just logged off. My brain keeps "reaching" for them and it's a sensation not unlike when I first got sober. I know it will pass, but for the moment it's unsettling.

No she doesn’t

A Reuters photographer captured this image of a page from Pam Bondi's "burn book," which she used to counter any questions from Democratic lawmakers during an unhinged hearing today.

It looks like the DOJ monitored members of Congress’s searches of the unredacted Epstein files.

Just wow.

This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.

photo of Pam Bondi testifying in the foreground as a group of 7 women and 1 men raise their hands

Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground

Pam Bondi is acting like an entitled cheerleader who’s been busted by the principal.

They need to shut her down and tell her to come back when she’s prepared to answer questions. Humiliate her.

Microwave coffee cup brownie after dinner.
Sometimes it's a simple thing that makes managing the horrors of our world possible.

My degree is in English Lit it's LIt adjacent.

I think it happened my senior year of college. I may have been able to hear color at the moment.

The Unruly Politics of Glitter In the visual arts, glitter has been used to make the presence of such marginalized identities impossible to overlook.

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Hundreds of Agents Left Minnesota, but Residents Are Seeing Little Change

It's not over in Minnesota.

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Last fall I discovered some potato plants that I thought had died had sprouted volunteers Left them alone, figuring they knew best but today I noticed they were winding down. Pulled 6 good sized potatoes out of the pot & am pretty tickled with myself. Replanted some eye spuds to restart the cycle

Sigh. My last post has been reposted twice... clearly by bots because they couldn't be bothered to use a different big tittied asian woman wearing nothing but a thong.

Dinner. Rigatoni with butternut squash, rasa al hanout and goat cheese sauce topped with guanciale and almonds.

Overheard at coffee this morning.
"So I got a lawyer."
"For what?"
"Seriously?"
"What?"
"I'm a brown skinned woman in a country that hates them."
"Oh shit. Sorry."
"Whatever. I just need one. Just in case."

Nope. Not me either. I really don’t watch tv unless it’s food/cooking related.