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@carbonorchestra.bsky.social

Middle-aged goth, Fannibal, and general nerd. She/her.

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Two halves of a tray of millionaire's shortbread on a white cutting board. The cookie, caramel, and chocolate layers are visible.

Two halves of a tray of millionaire's shortbread on a white cutting board. The cookie, caramel, and chocolate layers are visible.

A piece of millionaire's shortbread on a dark blue ceramic plate.

A piece of millionaire's shortbread on a dark blue ceramic plate.

Finally gave millionaire's shortbread a try to see if I could pull it off. It's messy but tastes quite good. This holiday season, I'll be making a gingerbread version. 🍽️

28.10.2025 00:56 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Nirvana – Man Who Sold the World
Big Black – The Model
Wreckage – Pornography
Siouxsie – The Passenger
Bauhaus – Third Uncle
Morrissey (ugh) – Back on the Chain Gang

13.10.2025 22:17 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Black mint chocolate chip cookies studded with white chocolate chips on two trays lined with aluminum foil.

Black mint chocolate chip cookies studded with white chocolate chips on two trays lined with aluminum foil.

A closeup of mint chocolate chip cookies studded with white chocolate chips on two trays lined with aluminum foil.

A closeup of mint chocolate chip cookies studded with white chocolate chips on two trays lined with aluminum foil.

Baked with black cocoa for the first time.

05.10.2025 14:39 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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40 years ago today
Henry Rollins and Ian MacKaye backstage after Black Flag concert, DC Space, Washington DC, October 4, 1985.

#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #blackflag #henryrollins #IanMacKaye #history #punkhistory

04.10.2025 05:14 β€” πŸ‘ 191    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 2
Digital portrait of David Tennant as Crowley. He is immersed in darkness, and only his profile and his right hands are visible. His hand slightly cover his mouth, and he has a pensive hair. Some splashes of red add brightness to the portrait.

Digital portrait of David Tennant as Crowley. He is immersed in darkness, and only his profile and his right hands are visible. His hand slightly cover his mouth, and he has a pensive hair. Some splashes of red add brightness to the portrait.

After a somewhat long time, I was in the mood for #Crowley! I forgot how much I loved painting him <:

I hope you like it! πŸ’™

#AnthonyJCrowley #DavidTennant #GoodOmens #IneffableHusbands #Wisesnail

04.10.2025 15:49 β€” πŸ‘ 140    πŸ” 45    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s one social media, Michael. How much could it take to monitor it, 30 people?

03.10.2025 20:58 β€” πŸ‘ 177    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 3

"We're going to create superintelligence" How about making outlook search work first. How about that

03.10.2025 17:18 β€” πŸ‘ 10300    πŸ” 1729    πŸ’¬ 103    πŸ“Œ 78
a witch holding a candle saying

if you can't summon the flames directly from hell, store-bought is fine.

a witch holding a candle saying if you can't summon the flames directly from hell, store-bought is fine.

annual PSA

02.10.2024 17:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1549    πŸ” 625    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 2
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Surprise! Turns out the five people you meet in heaven are all Edward Ka-Spel, and he just wants to smoke a bowl and talk about Fairport Convention.

30.09.2025 04:58 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

That tropical storm gonna need about…tree-fiddy

29.09.2025 22:21 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I do not want the video. I will never watch the video. I usually won’t even give the video the effort of complaint.

I just want to read the news story. Give me the text. This would be my Ted Talk but that would be text too.

29.09.2025 11:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1503    πŸ” 253    πŸ’¬ 48    πŸ“Œ 40

gentle reminder for anyone who is anticipating the need for caramelized onions later this week: you should probably start now

28.09.2025 00:15 β€” πŸ‘ 922    πŸ” 69    πŸ’¬ 42    πŸ“Œ 5

once again, if tylenol caused autism, america would have a better rail system

22.09.2025 23:16 β€” πŸ‘ 9568    πŸ” 2244    πŸ’¬ 68    πŸ“Œ 58

100% -- I'll take an oatmeal raisin cookie over chocolate chip any day (though I still love chocolate chip).

17.09.2025 15:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oof. Rolling Stone dot com about to find out how many people were mostly subscribing for Alan Sepinwall.

16.09.2025 16:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1103    πŸ” 104    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 3

A thought I keep returning to β€” and that’s underscored by today’s news β€” is that a legacy publication or a deep-pocketed investor could hire an astonishing array of talent right now and make the best newspaper in America overnight.

16.09.2025 05:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2937    πŸ” 629    πŸ’¬ 79    πŸ“Œ 78

gotta say, the thirst-mourning over Robert Redford has been an entertaining distraction from, well, *gestures wildly*

16.09.2025 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Quote with your fan art.

#Hannibal and the periodic table, from around 2016.

16.09.2025 00:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
rusted wendy's sign is horrifying

rusted wendy's sign is horrifying

"Sir, this is a [HOWLING OF MILLIONS OF DEMONS OF HELL]."

14.09.2025 15:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1526    πŸ” 416    πŸ’¬ 30    πŸ“Œ 35

Shoresy

11.09.2025 20:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Falling Man Do you remember this photograph? In the United States, people have taken pains to banish it from the record of September 11, 2001. The story behind it, though, and the search for the man pictured in i...

I re-read this every year. May his memory, & those of all we lost on that day, be a blessing.

11.09.2025 14:17 β€” πŸ‘ 167    πŸ” 43    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 2

This is my yearly read, as well. An incredible piece of writing.

11.09.2025 14:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This sounds wacky but it is backed up by science.

10.09.2025 21:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2307    πŸ” 876    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 11

I don't really care if the future is short videos. I like words. Words have gotten me this far and I'm gonna stick with 'em for the duration

09.09.2025 18:21 β€” πŸ‘ 4284    πŸ” 579    πŸ’¬ 98    πŸ“Œ 75

What did you have to do to get it? I haven't found any concrete info yet and would like to get one within the month.

09.09.2025 14:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Slightly diminish a book.

100 Years of Occasional Company

09.09.2025 01:28 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This looks awesome. What kind of cake is it?

07.09.2025 21:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Care to do somethingβ€”literally anythingβ€”about it?

07.09.2025 00:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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