We’re out till December. I am so grateful to the folks who do this work with us, and to all y’all who read and pass it on ❤️❤️❤️ RE:
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Unbreaking (@unbreaking.org)
Unbreaking will be taking some downtime for the rest of November, so you’ll see our next briefing in December. In the meantime, you can catch up ...
I do think homemade cranberry sauce is better with a little molasses and a little ruby port and a verrrry long simmer.
The main thing that has improved my cooking in the past ten years is brain medication (fewer forgotten ingredients and burned pots). Doing that also helped me learn to do more things the long way, which is, unfortunately, usually worth it.
a late November holiday is a bad idea, actually, this is all just a bizarrely delayed harvest festival and you’re supposed to finish those by October
I finally thought of the right Chotiner joke for yesterday but now it is too late.
This is what I spent most of last week working on with other people who cannot leave this stuff alone. Gotta put the facts in order in a stable place and then see what meaning emerges. RE:
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Unbreaking (@unbreaking.org)
The fight against authoritarianism has many fronts. At Unbreaking, we choose to work against information overload and for collective understanding....
it is the year 2025 https://blacksky.app/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:qrt5rykojeg5sbsajbu4zdke&cid=bafkreig7baffy73ldruv7a2bckyg5nwuwcluy2lj5ktu6y36n5s5hv2d6u
I will never fault anyone for using canned pumpkin but I have to say, doing it the ridiculously hard way paid off. https://blacksky.app/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:qrt5rykojeg5sbsajbu4zdke&cid=bafkreihh23eqdvrr6slnq2pwlumww5a7yufrahnqd6rtd2pocxjcdz2gti https://blacksky.app/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:qrt5rykojeg5sbsajbu4zdke&cid=bafkreid2fcdqtoib4vzi6yx2cooqjmfnxekozhbzkuuxrz33sy7zh2bqpm
Look, I just don't like books in which it is easy to tell what is happening.
The only truly excellent pumpkin pie is Julia Child’s Aunt Helen’s made with specific recipe mods (drop sugar, do not whip those whites) and high-maintenance homegrown pumpkins. Others are okay as objects of nostalgia. RE:
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Jennifer Laughran (@literaticat.bsky.social)
Tell me your Thanksgiving Dinner Hot Takes. I’ll start: — Sweet Potato Pie is VASTLY superior to Pumpkin Pie — The best turkey in the worl...