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Julia, the teen, and I are all on the same team. 😤 the teen's response was, "what the fuck? Ew, no"

I asked the teen if she considered herself "wasian" and the disgust with which responded was palpable.

Why does this sound like the start of an enemies-to-lovers romance novel?

The thing about being 40 and having both a toddler and a teenager is that in a group setting, we are often the ones with both the oldest and youngest child.

Ooh thank you. I should have thought for a moment and just asked you 😆

Two-Minute Mayonnaise Recipe Using an immersion blender, you end up with a cup full of creamy, perfectly emulsified, real-deal, better-than-anything-you-can-buy mayonnaise.

I've always used the serious eats recipe w/success! oil choice is highly personal. Sometimes olive oil can be too strongly flavored. I like it w avo oil or walnut oil for more neutral applications! (But at the end of the day I clobber it with garlic)

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I can accept this. I have a stick blender, eggs, olive oil, lemons, and a net worth far below $5M.

The teen has been really into her computer science class lately (and considering she's going to attend a public HS that has an entire CS dept, this is a good thing). I want to get her started w/git (pun not intended) bc I still struggle. What's a good place to start that's 8th grade accessible?

but like... the mayonnaise adds the good mouthfeel and rounded richness in flavor. 🥲

okay, but like what about mayonnaise as an ingredient? I am respectfully asking as a person who resides in the region where ranch dressing is a mother sauce.

I did not like the juicy ones. It messes with the integrity of the gummy.

Linocut printing of ponyta with the text "새해 복 많이 받으세요! Happy Seollal!" And a cartoon image of a bowl of 떡국 in the bottom left corner.

Happy lunar new year!

the nice thing about having a teen in the house is that she will tell you that your hair looks like you're about to do skincare and then you know to do it differently before you walk out the door.

cool, cool. so we are sort of like citizens, but not really?

ooh. i think mine is Meg White bc otherwise it's like mostly a bunch of hockey players.

Lino cut print of a cute horse. The paper is brown and the horse is red with a red background.

I drew, carved, and hand printed this card (and 2 others) for the toddler's pre-k teachers. However the most challenging part of this process was getting a 3 year old to sign her name 3 times.

Every time we've hung out it's technically been a doctors appointment.

The cool thing about raw dogging ADHD is that you will sometimes get to empirically determine how your body responds to accidentally taking twice the recommended dosage of a medication you may have been prescribed.

Oh that sucks. They combine health and gym here and she'll need to take like 4 years of gym in HS (which is annoying AF bc it eats up an elective slot).

@5calls.org is really convenient such that it combats my millennial phone avoidance.

Tell Your Members of Congress to rein in ICE NOW On January 24, federal forces with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. This was just over two weeks after the killing of Renee Good. These killings are a direc...

Ahead of Friday’s DHS funding deadline, we must urge Democrats to keep holding the line to get ICE Out For Good. Demand that your Members of Congress refuse to fund DHS without ironclad limits on ICE and CBP, actual accountability for abuses, and clear guardrails to stop raids and intimidation.

My 8th grader will just walk out of protest but also she does not have a competitive bone in her body. I'm grateful that gym class gets graded on knowledge based tests on sports rules and if you bring gym clothes/shoes.

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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New MN state motto: "If you saw something, no you didn't."

I need to submit a letter of intent for a fellowship and write nice things about myself. I have not finished it, but I need to give it to someone for feedback tomorrow. In unrelated news, I am currently deep cleaning my kitchen.

Having a baby in Austin, TX in 2012 had so much of this but it was called natural birthing during pregnancy and then attachment parenting, especially in liberal circles. Layering that on top of a blue city in a red state makes this all feel very familiar.

Astronomer's periodic table that shows the shape of the periodic table with H and He labeled and then everything else is labeled as "Metals".

The teen was explaining the difference between ionic and covalent bonds (since she has a test tomorrow) and it took everything inside of me to not go all astronomer on her.

A collage of a horse made out of hearts or half hearts. It has a pink background and pink, purple, white, and floral paper hearts with black and green heart stamps for eyes and ears respectively. It looks as scary as you'd imagine.

We avoided AI art, though the teen noped out to a coffee shop to study and this lovecraftian horror show is the end result. I hope the toddler's teachers understand that they are getting what they asked for.

me: can you help your sister draw a horse made out of hearts?
teen: no
me: I guess I'll just have to use generative AI
teen <furiously draws a horse so as to not allow AI art in this house>
me 😇