ChrisInParis

AOC says people are being 'algorithmically polarized' by social media "There are people that are living in a MAGA universe online," Ocasio-Cortez said. "And that happens as well in progressive content and algorithms."

This is obviously true and eventually countries are going to have to address this problem. It's a rigged system and social media rewards extreme behavior.

AOC says people are being 'algorithmically polarized' by social media www.businessinsider.com/alexandria-o...

Good timing! You chose well.

It's becoming one of my favorite meals!

Paramount Formally Hires Bari Weiss To Turn What’s Left Of CBS News Into A Soggy Right Wing Propaganda And Troll Farm It’s super curious how the folks most vocal about being cancelled or having their “Conservative viewpoints silenced” now own or control most major U.S. media companies. Almost as …

Can't wait to see what happens with CBS after being run by a nepo baby and leaving the news to a bizarre rightwing grifter. Won't be pretty.

Paramount Formally Hires Bari Weiss To Turn What’s Left Of CBS News Into A Soggy Right Wing Propaganda And Troll Farm www.techdirt.com/2025/10/07/p...

I use some vegetable stock too, so it's a plant based meal.

Super simple. Sauteed onion/garlic plus carrots and roasted tomato, then some fresh thyme and bay leaf. Apparently the beans came from Argentina around 100 years ago. I love seeing them in the autumn markets.

They're very easy to prepare and are tasty!

Coco de paimpol with tomatoes, carrots, onions and garlic

Coco de paimpol ready for dinner.

I only smoked briefly, during a stressful period years ago and thankfully had no problem stopping. I'll probably have a few glasses of wine every now and then but thought it was easier to just give it up completely for a while.

That's good to hear. I haven't tried them because I avoid processed food but I'm glad to see there's a market for more vegetarian options.

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Drinking through the generations Younger generations are turning away from alcohol at unprecedented rates, with Generation Z driving a cultural shift that could reshape Australia’s drinking landscape and deliver major […]

Related, Gen Z giving up booze! This was a hot topic of discussion Sunday night with my former neighbors. They invited their Gen Z son who rarely drinks alcohol.
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In my case, I gave up meat and also cut added sugar. I've been on the dry since early this year and may have a glass or two of wine over the holidays. Only a few moments with refined flour and most of the apero foods outside of raw veggies.

More veg, less meat: the latest global update on a diet that’s good for people and the planet Most New Zealand adults consume more protein than the recommended amount. They could reduce meat without risking inadequate protein intake.

EU cattle farmers are whining about veggie burgers, but as this recent study explains, eating less meat and more vegetables is both good for humans and good for the planet.

The recommendations are pretty much what I started earlier this year.

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That's a really cool setup. I thought it was a cat rig but never heard of that arrangement where the lower boom isn't attached to the mast. Must be a blast!

Personally I don't eat veggie burgers or veggie steaks but still find this ridiculous. Nobody confuses them and it's 100% about livestock farmers worrying about any competition.

The paimpol beans have been in the markets the last 3 weeks though I don't know how long they'll stick around. They're very tasty though not as creamy as borlotti beans, but well worth the cooking.

I like both a lot but do tend to favor borlotti beans. I'm hoping to find them at the market next weekend because I only saw them at a few stands, after I bought these.

Starting the base with onions, garlic, carrots and roasted cherry tomatoes

Added the beans, thyme and bay leaf

Cooking the coco de paimpol today. I bought a big bag of them at the market and roasted sowm cherry tomatoes then added them to sauteed onions, garlic and carrots. These beans are fantastic.

That's incredible! Hard to imagine the damage done by those Trump voting people.

It's not always easy, but I do think it makes sense to avoid giving money to bad businesses. It requires a bit more thought and it's not always convenient but why should we reward those people? I hear Japanese whisky is very good! And a friend here has some incredible whisky from New Zealand.

That makes sense and it does seem to involve many issues. Airbnb has removed a lot of properties from the market here (and elsewhere) and Paris does have tenant-oriented laws but there isn't enough affordable housing available in such a geographically small city like Paris.

LOL I haven't come across him yet but it sounds perfect. I wish more people would alter their purchasing this way and also looking at the CEOs of these companies.

I still like walking through there but it doesn't feel like an area where locals live. The 20th is very fun and definitely where locals live!

And I still like the Marais but too much is centered around selling to tourists. It doesn't feel like a place for living, just visiting.

I agree. I hadn't been to Lisbon in years (used to go down for work) but was shocked at the changes when I was there earlier this year.

I used it years ago and it was fine but it feels like it encourages too many soulless shops and towns/cities focus too much on the visitors and not enough on locals. Èze is still beautiful but it's a mob scene of tourists up there and very few people actually living there.

I was there a bit over a year ago for work (the first time in years) and couldn't believe it. Still beautiful there but it was crawling with tourists. It was often impossible to even walk in the sidewalk due to the crowds.

Voting heavily for the racist guy comes with a financial cost.

It's why I'm all for cities/towns going after AirBnB. In the south, I find Èze is soulless with very few locals and in Paris, the Marais is too much like Disney since it has way too many tourists.