John Kusters Jr

I’m not sure if I’m doing this wrong but that was the wettest dough I’ve ever made. Instructions call to knead it manually after a few minutes in the stand mixer. lol, as if! Gonna let it rise now, hoping it somehow improves through the process. 🤞🏻

The kitchen is filled with the wonderful smell of yeast waking up and doing its thing. Trying to make focaccia today. Wish me luck!

Texas man was fatally shot by a federal immigration agent last year during a stop, new records show A U.S. citizen was shot and killed by a federal immigration officer during a late-night traffic stop nearly a year ago in a Texas beach town crowded with young people celebrating spring break.

How many U.S. citizens must die at the hands of ICE before Congress does something, anything, to rein them in?!?

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I’m seated at a window seat at my favorite sandwich shop, watching the food delivery drivers use up not only the handicap parking space but also the blocked out van ramp space next to it. I guess convenience trumps compassion and courtesy. The drivers know they’ll be gone before cops can arrive. 😡😡😡

Ugh. Thanks to the several days of rain, ants are starting to scout the interior of the house presumably for either food or a new place to nest. No trails so far, so traps are only marginally effective. No fun finding crushed ants in towels while drying or crawling around on the bedding.

YouTube video by Flamy Grant S.P.R.K.L. // Flamy Grant ft. Ricky Braddy (Official Music Video)

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A picture of a newly installed range (stove+oven). It’s stainless steel with a black glass cooktop, a digital control panel at the top of the front, and a large dark glass window on the pull-down door.

So the new range arrived and was quickly, professionally installed. Sadly, we lost the use of that small drawer to the left, as the fascia of the range extends too far, but we knew that was a risk. We also need to purchase new cookware as our current aluminum pots and pans don’t work with it.

The mysteries behind the shapes in your briefs are ones I enjoy contemplating, if that makes any sense…

Trump administration formally denies Minnesota access to Alex Pretti evidence — The Minnesota Star Tribune Drew Evans, the superintendent of the Minnesota BCA, said the FBI has formally denied his agency access to evidence and information from the killing of Pretti at the hands of federal officers.

What are they hiding?

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Listening to Trump Admin officials, you'd never guess that the US stock market underperformed the rest of the world in 2025.

*can’t

Middle-class Americans are selling their plasma to make ends meet Last year, people in the U.S. made an estimated $4.7 billion selling their plasma. Donation centers are popping up in middle-class neighborhoods, including suburban strip malls and college towns.

My god do we need UBI

“Researchers have found that when a new plasma center opens in a neighborhood, foot traffic at local grocery stores increases, interest in payday loans declines and crime goes down, an indication of the way money from plasma props up households’ finances for necessities.“

I can believe I was fooled by his “progressive” drag.

Oh yes, had a college roommate who was totally into them

Sorry, my dude, I calls them as I sees them.

I mean if we were planning on living here for more than the next 10 to 12 months, I’d consider it. But I’ve already done the “design my dream kitchen and get to use it once before selling the house” thing, and have no interest in doing it again.

And he’s super hawt

Handsome as ever

Never heard of that film, but reading the précis I can see where you can make that connection. :-)

Well, foo. We need to replace our range, but while we have a standard width opening, the depth of our countertop is too shallow for most of the ranges on the market. Anything deeper than 26” will block access to cabinets and drawers. It’s always *something* with this house.

Oh wow, Starfleet Academy hit hard and dark this week, and I have a foreboding feeling next week is going to be harder…

The end of an era. Dear Vanguard,  We are heartbroken to say that Volante Design is closing. It's never an easy decision to end something. In fact we have been at this crossroads many times before and have found a way f...

Well, this is a pisser. I have several of their Star Trek themed jackets and absolutely love them, and have received compliments on them. Poop.

www.volantedesign.us/blogs/volant...

FDA won’t review Moderna application for first mRNA-based flu vaccine The decision, which shocked company officials, comes as the FDA says it will take a stricter approach to federal vaccine approvals.

So the feds ARE NOT considering an mRNA vaccine for the flu, which could save countless lives, but ARE backing research into whether horse dewormer can cure cancer, because the right views vaccines as elite and ivermectin as populist.

Cool.
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Woofy!

TN Republican demands official probe after calling Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show 'gay pornography' “Depicting gay pornography on prime time has no place in our culture,” Tennessee U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles bizarrely said, after seeing two men dancing and Ricky Martin singing.

The GOP is very intentional about calling the depiction of gay people “pornography,” even if there are absolutely no sexual acts depicted. By calling our very existence pornographic, it becomes easier to erase us online and in the law.

www.advocate.com/politics/bad...

Goal-Powered Role-Playing Inspired by the excellent book The Game Master’s Handbook of Proactive Roleplaying by Jonah and Tristan Fishel, I’ve been experimenting with a concept I call “goal-power…

I’ve been experimenting with something I am calling “goal-powered role-playing” at my TTRPG tables recently. I wrote a short piece about it and how it works. Feedback is always welcome.
www.johnkustersjr.com/2026/02/10/g...

Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous

Yep!