Mitra Taj

los picarones el turrón de doña pepa y el panetón hacen notables excepciones

it absolutely is and it absolutely does (sigh)

caramanduca acebichada cuchareable

sorry Peru but karamanduka is way too exciting a name for such a plain pastry. ditto for king kong

that's fascinating, thanks! "everything becomes crab" ❤️🦀❤️

a fisherman told me today that these creatures, which are ubiquitous on Lima beaches, aren't crabs but "sea spiders." they're useful for bait but no good for eating and will pinch you if let them get too close...

i'd always heard them described as crabs before, anyone know what species they are?

when i was a kid i won a six pack of pepsi at the neighborhood skating rink for being the person who could stick closest to the wall when the music stopped

He def got Pedro Castillo'd 🇵🇪

it is! i'd never thought about it. early use of cash register sound as percussion

they're three different kinds of leche de tigre (tiger's milk), like a ceviche salsa, with lime juice, fish and red onions. there's classic white, rocoto (a spicy red chile) and ají amarillo (a yellow chile). classic Peruvian flavors

yes i'm religious, i believe in the holy trinity

Undersea Surgeons (Gift Article) The cables at the heart of the lightspeed, globe-spanning internet run across the grimy, perilous, inaccessible deeps of the sea, in places no one ever sees or visits – until the cables break.

it's wild that the global internet only exists because of massive cables at the bottom of the sea and satellites floating around in space. otherworldly by default
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

is this a condition too, or are you a copper taster?

I know I should quit eating Thanksgiving leftovers…

But I can't quit cold turkey.

green, because she will be wearing red

me muero por conocer la versión de la comunidad 🧉

"y luego dijo que no paga porque iba a ser un 'intercambio cultural'" 😆

it's not television but this movie about parents who secretly practice cannibalism probably should have never been made

Ayer, durante el Congreso Internacional de Paleontogía organizado por INGEMMET-Perú se presentó este fósil de un cocodrilo de entre 10 a 12 millones de años que vivió en Pisco.
Simplemente espectacular.
#Ciencia #Peru

si, hay como rafagas de neblina que caen de la nada, parecen fantasmas. manejar en la neblina también es una locura, aqui un video del norte chico de Lima hace unas semanas

Transparent Frodo and Low Opacity Elrond

when you're passed out on the couch after eating turkey and loads of carbs and someone's trying to tell you it's time for pie:

acabo de ver el documental "Muy Lejos de Aquí" del director peruano Juan Alejandro Ramírez. me encantó, una joya. es una pena que no se puede ver por streaming

Bathing in Oil at a Climate Summit? It Leaves a Stain. (Gift Article) In Azerbaijan, site of the COP29 climate talks and a petrostate, people aren’t only proud of their oil. They swear by its health benefits and visit resorts to soak in it.

"When it was time to get out, exactly 10 minutes later, the attendant had me stand and grip a handle attached to the wall. Here I was, I thought, a chocolate-covered strawberry before the chocolate had hardened."

www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/w...

it was a delight to read

welcome fellow Taj! i guess you're the real McCoy around here

Vargas Llosa en la puerta del bar La Catedral, antes y ahora.
Sus últimas fotos en lugares icónicos de su producción literaria tienen un sabor a despedida.
En esta imagen hasta resuenan unas líneas de Conversación: "Él era como el Perú, Zavalita, se había jodido en algún momento. Piensa: ¿en cuál?"

five is the bare minimum

yeah i'm not sullying a knife for one measly clove

I've decided to eat too much today