Preheat oven to 425°F.
Oven tray #1: thinly sliced broccoli and leeks, whole cloves of garlic, whole black pepper, salt, olive oil. Rub it all together so everything is nicely coated with oil, including the tray.
Oven tray #2: wedge cut potatoes, whole cloves of garlic, rosemary, salt, olive oil. Rub together.
Stick both trays in the oven, check each for doneness every once in a while, pull out when done. Enjoy!
Happy Bijoya Dashami / Dusshehra to all who celebrate.
Growing up in Ranchi, I have many happy childhood memories of the Pujo pandal, the mesmerizing rhythm of the dhaks, hanging with friends, eating puchka and other treats from the surrounding stalls, the smell of fireworks, and the sight of the Ravana dahan blazing high in the sky.
OK here is a non-alc non-caffeinated autumn beverage I invented a few minutes ago - I shall call it a White Maple:
Grind up:
* 3 cloves
* 3 allspice
* 2 cardamom pods
Shake with 4 oz of any kind of milk you like and a good slosh of maple syrup. Then strain into a glass.
Vote NO on I-638: No state-mandated bullying and genital exams for girls youth sports!
Irrationally annoyed by techbro neologisms like "bikeshedding", "yakshaving", "lizardglazing", "beanplating" etc.
(OK yes one of the above I just made up.)
WA friends: pls remember to vote no on all three of Heywood's anti-trans, anti-child, and regressive ballot initiatives :boost_requested:
The annual Rising Stars in EECS, a workshop for graduating women looking for research positions, is being held at the University of Washington this year while sexual harassers are still working in the same building. It’s obviously an attempt to rehabilitate their reputation but it’s absurd to put a bunch of women that need the mentorship in an unsafe environment. I hope no one gets harassed at the event but I’m not holding my breath. https://irenezhang.net/blog/2025/03/04/uw-harassment.html
Poetry geeks of the Fediverse: can you explain to me what kind of bell is being referred to in John Donne's "No Man is an Island / For Whom the Bell Tolls"? Is it a funeral bell? Is it a call to prayer? :boost_requested:
Here's the whole thing, in context: https://luminarium.org/sevenlit/donne/meditation17.php
Me: wants smol phone.
Tech companies: hey we made a large phone that unfolds into an even *larger* phone!
When cooking, how do you salt?
Just a calm little foghorn video for your Saturday morning:
From the good folks at Share The Cities, just in time for #Seattle elections!
Woo-hoo! Beacon Hill gonna get its own farmers' market starting next month!
Milkshake historians of the Fediverse, I have a question for you: were milkshakes actually invented by the putative time in history when the guy in *There Will Be Blood* says "I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!"?
I love this.
PS: I am a little confused with the official Buy Nothing dotorg and dotcom, which on different pages say both "Public Benefit Corporation" and "100% volunteer"?! Which is it?
Also, the official Buy Nothing webapp offers a freemium model including boosting paid posts to the top, eBay style. So, I mean, I'm sure they have some good intentions but getting mixed smells from it.
Outside of Facebook, where could one find a local (south Seattle) buy-nothing group that sees a lot of use from parents/families? Anything besides Craigslist? Looking for personal experiences rather than nominal search results.
(Unfortunately Facebook seems to kind of have a death grip on parents, and I haven't yet found a good non-Zuckerberg replacement for buy-nothing and parent groups.)
Seattle World Problem: I want unicorn commuter bike tires that are both puncture resistant *and* grippy on wet/oily/leafy streets.
Considering Conti Contact Urban 700x40 for front wheel and Schwalbe Marathon Plus for rear, to get the best of both worlds. Good idea? Bad idea?
Manhole cover with a message. Seattle, 4th & Columbian.
