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Aw, man. Now glitter is killing fish. https://www.livescience.com/61060-global-glitter-ban.html https://www.livescience.com/61060-global-glitter-ban.html

How was the word "deplorable" used incorrectly, again? https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-30/walmart-pulls-rope-tree-journalist-t-shirt https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-30/walmart-pulls-rope-tree-journalist-t-shirt

Is he trying to start a war? Wait, let me rephrase. How many wars is he trying to start? https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/officials-trump-not-moving-us-embassy-to-jerusalem-for-now/2017/11/30/c84b6f58-d60f-11e7-9ad9-ca0619edfa05_story.html?utm_term=.9c72f1eacdd4 https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/officials-trump-not-moving-us-embassy-to-jerusalem-for-now/2017/11/30/c84b6f58-d60f-11e7-9ad9-ca0619edfa05_story.html?utm_term=.9c72f1eacdd4

This is clearly not the majority opinion of Republicans or their supporters. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2017/11/30/im-a-depression-historian-the-gop-tax-bill-is-straight-out-of-1929/?tid=pm_opinions_pop&utm_term=.810207e17fcf https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2017/11/30/im-a-depression-historian-the-gop-tax-bill-is-straight-out-of-1929/?tid=pm_opinions_pop&utm_term=.810207e17fcf

Sigh. They're going to elect him because it's better to sexually abuse a child than end a pregnancy. Moral relativism at its finest. https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2017/11/30/the-worst-roy-moore-take-ever-has-arrived/?utm_term=.11ce9cf62fa6 https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2017/11/30/the-worst-roy-moore-take-ever-has-arrived/?utm_term=.11ce9cf62fa6

Well, poo. It was all sunny this morning and now it's getting all cloudy and it's going to rain. #csb

Super cool. I mean, not for the researchers whose window of access to the telescopes just got shot to heck, but I've been there in December with the snow (obs not this much because we could access the summit areas) and it's really neat. People ski up there. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hawaii-snow-falls-in-mauna-kea-mauna-loa-causing-winter-weather-warning/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hawaii-snow-falls-in-mauna-kea-mauna-loa-causing-winter-weather-warning/

I can't even with my mother's control and anxiety issues. #vagueposting

I know I said I wasn't going to listen to NPR, but CBC had on an interview with Shania Twain, so ... This is what was on. Be aware, if you listen, that the segment about the slave auctions, and they are slave auctions, includes the audio from the materials the reporters collected that led to the CNN report which has triggered multiple protests. It triggered many thoughts and emotions, but one of the loudest was that we have an incompetent bigot and his enablers running this country, actively supporting and supported by white supremacists, while actual slave auctions are happening, right now . There isn't an obvious logical thread I can state, here, but it seems entirely reasonable to me that our abrogation of our role as a leader in anti-racism, anti-slavery, and just general involvement on the world stage is not fully separable from this. Here is a link to CNN's reporting on this: http://www.cnn.com/specials/africa/libya-slave-auctions I can't even with this. I really ...

Thanks for that nightmare last night, brain. That was totally out of all proportion and totally unnecessary.

Oo, this sounds yummy, too. Perfect with tea! https://food52.com/recipes/73241-lemon-and-poppy-seed-cake-national-trust-version https://food52.com/recipes/73241-lemon-and-poppy-seed-cake-national-trust-version

Other Ottolenghi cookie recipes that sound yummy (recipes at links): Oat and tahini cookies (as mentioned by Jessica Musinski): https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1018780-oat-and-tahini-cookies Chocolate, banana, and pecan cookies: https://www.ottolenghi.co.uk/chocolate-banana-and-pecan-cookies-shop Coffee, cardamom and walnut 'madeleines': https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/may/30/yotam-ottolenghi-biscuit-recipes https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1018780-oat-and-tahini-cookies

I'm a little verklempt #mikemeyers https://imgur.com/gallery/la9Xi https://imgur.com/gallery/la9Xi

Someone posted this already, I think, but today also needs this: https://www.sunnyskyz.com/uploads/2017/11/dalpz-onward-noble-steed.jpg

Today demands this picture: https://www.sunnyskyz.com/happy-pictures/2331/Happy-camping-doggo https://www.sunnyskyz.com/happy-pictures/2331/Happy-camping-doggo

Oh, holy #$(!@&*}$+. Why is this man not in jail?!?! https://jezebel.com/heres-bette-midler-in-1991-talking-about-geraldo-rivera-1820856435 https://jezebel.com/heres-bette-midler-in-1991-talking-about-geraldo-rivera-1820856435

Oh, look. Someone even more qualified than Trump in this arena has decided to speak up. Speaking of abusive scum who need to be fired. Oh, wait, he works for Fox. JFC WTH about Bette Midler!!! http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/geraldo-rivera-defends-matt-lauer-news-flirty-business-article-1.3666174 http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/geraldo-rivera-defends-matt-lauer-news-flirty-business-article-1.3666174

I mean, yes, obviously. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42160971 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42160971

It's fortunate that someone has rediscovered her and she is finally being appropriately honored. And she wasn't a "medic". She was a fully credentialed physician at a time when women couldn't even vote. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-42096350 http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-42096350

Wait. Women did work and were critical to the economy? Omg, what does this mean?! #sarcasm http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-42173236 http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-42173236

Those darn computer systems (said in a 1960s Disney sort of voice). https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/11/29/567286235/oops-american-airlines-accidentally-let-too-many-pilots-take-off-the-holidays https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/11/29/567286235/oops-american-airlines-accidentally-let-too-many-pilots-take-off-the-holidays

Huh, ok, the weather report just got changed, again. Now, it will not go down into the freezing range until a week from Friday. Maybe. I will look forward to the day I can exist with one wardrobe, only.

Tahini cookies: baked.

I am torn about this. While it is a huge and very public platform for the inclusion and achievement of people with various challenges like Down Syndrome, it is also perpetuating the objectification of women. With all due respect, women are so much more than jewelry and makeup and dresses and hair styles and bathing suits. Stop paying us to look good and start paying us for the work we do and the contributions we make. I'm glad for her, and it is a step forward, but she is so much more than what she looks like. I'm a little worried about possible tokenism here, too. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mikayla-holmgren-first-woman-down-syndrome-competes-miss-minnesota-usa/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mikayla-holmgren-first-woman-down-syndrome-competes-miss-minnesota-usa/

This is kinda cool. https://www.reuters.com/video/2017/11/28/solar-power-glass-bricks-generate-energy?videoId=373062262&videoChannel=118169 https://www.reuters.com/video/2017/11/28/solar-power-glass-bricks-generate-energy?videoId=373062262&videoChannel=118169

I guess this is really real, then. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-cyber/apple-to-audit-development-processes-after-mac-bug-discovered-idUSKBN1DT2TJ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-cyber/apple-to-audit-development-processes-after-mac-bug-discovered-idUSKBN1DT2TJ

I guess today is headache day, 'cuz I have one, too. #cantdoanythingoriginal

So, yeah. This is far more in line with my impression of him. It is not the same thing as sexual harassment, that's important, but it clearly leaves the issue of a poor attitude that places women in a secondary role. Thus, it is not that shocking that it could go further at times. https://qz.com/1141091/matt-lauer-fired-from-nbc-news-the-today-show-host-hid-his-misogyny-in-plain-sight/ https://qz.com/1141091/matt-lauer-fired-from-nbc-news-the-today-show-host-hid-his-misogyny-in-plain-sight/

And water is wet. http://www.newsweek.com/trump-fox-news-network-anchor-724792 http://www.newsweek.com/trump-fox-news-network-anchor-724792

Oh, boy. https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/11/29/567241644/garrison-keillor-accused-of-inappropriate-behavior-minnesota-public-radio-says https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/11/29/567241644/garrison-keillor-accused-of-inappropriate-behavior-minnesota-public-radio-says

I have a really hard time listening to NPR sometimes, these days. They are currently having an argument about the right, as in legal right, of churches to not be taxed. This is, I assume, about the Johnson Amendment and the restriction on ALL 501c3 non profits that they can't endorse political candidates. There's a whole thing about free speech that gets up in here, and I really don't understand that one, either. Say whatever you want. If it is political speech, you have violated the privilege of your tax free status, which is contingent upon you not acting as a political organization. Also, I thought free speech had to do with public speech? Which is different than conflating freedom of religion, which it seems is also occurring here? Meanwhile, the host is trying to get the person representing the churches to answer a question about whether or not religious institutions have a right to tax exemption and the person keeps parroting "free speech! free speech!" and...

What concerns me is the ha ha, he's a conspiracy believer, ha ha, responses, and other justifications and rationalizations about a powerful leader unhinged from reality. The obvious sub-text is that there are people who will violate any custom, any norm, any law as long as they get their way and stay in power. They are too enamored of power, and too religious about their visions of governance. Some of them may just be so uncomfortable and confused that they are afraid and frozen in place while enjoying what they can of their side's power and control; they are still complicit. As for the closing remarks about Kennedy, yes, oh, boy, did he have personal flaws. Are you seriously suggesting that Jacqueline Kennedy's efforts to save the admirable and good parts of what her husband was, is an excuse for Trump? Kennedy was a legitimate war hero, and made some serious effort at actual governance. You really want to compare that with Trump? These people are delusional. Wealthy, powe...

Followed by even moar cuteness ( ᴏᴍɢ ʟᴏᴏᴋ ᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ sᴏᴄᴋs! ) I'm gonna die. https://www.sunnyskyz.com/uploads/2017/11/drl9q-hedgehog-socks.jpg

And now for some inordinate cuteness - https://www.instagram.com/p/BbhgP87BZkG/?hl=en&taken-by=wat.ki https://www.instagram.com/p/BbhgP87BZkG/?hl=en&taken-by=wat.ki

Never simple, but computers cost money, and so do health records systems, and you are legally required to protect those computer systems, and apparently this is all now considered just a cost of doing business. Which is maybe sort of ok in a big system that spreads and absorbs some of the cost and the legal, security, and updating responsibilities. How is that supposed to work in little towns and rural communities where there might be just a tiny clinic, or a single practitioner? And while the system is going to say they were protecting patients from a doctor who could no longer practice safely, what are the system's obligations to the patients left without a doctor? Right now, apparently, nothing. You are on your own. https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/11/28/566923402/do-doctors-need-to-use-computers-one-physicians-case-highlights-the-quandary https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/11/28/566923402/do-doctors-need-to-use-computers-one-physicians-case-highlights-the-...

There's a new FDA warning about bone treats harming dogs. Protect the puppies and get 'em something else to chew on. https://www.fda.gov/forconsumers/consumerupdates/ucm208365.htm https://www.fda.gov/forconsumers/consumerupdates/ucm208365.htm

Wait, what? https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/11/macos-bug-lets-you-log-in-as-admin-with-no-password-required/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/11/macos-bug-lets-you-log-in-as-admin-with-no-password-required/

I like the part where he says: A lot of the stuff that women were talking about — what they deal with on a daily basis — I was like, "I've never seen that, so I think this might be a little inflated." But I was so completely wrong. ... Even if it's painful for yourself. I've had to sit down these last few weeks and I'm going through my head — and I hope every other guy is doing this, of not even, like, physical acts — but, "Was there a remark that I made? Was there a way that I put things?" You're just constantly now thinking of that. I see a lot of people saying, "Oh what, men are now supposed to triple-, quadruple-, quintuple-think everything that they say and do?" And you go, "Well, clearly women have had to double-, triple-, quintuple- ... think and say everything that they do, and look at all that they can achieve and do with that load on them! Can we maybe take a little bit of the slack? Will that be OK, Mr. Alpha Male?"...

This is my surprised face. Judges exist in the surrounding culture, too, so even if they have latitude within the law, color me shocked that a bunch of white men don't get sexual harassment. Not to mention that the legislators who could pass laws or establish regulations, since that appears to be needed, are not exactly the shining white knight brigade of respect for persons. https://www.npr.org/2017/11/28/565743374/sexual-harassment-cases-often-rejected-by-courts https://www.npr.org/2017/11/28/565743374/sexual-harassment-cases-often-rejected-by-courts

Follow-up to the article about the explosion of Dengue fever - this article talks about the theory (still debated) that Dengue does this thing where having antibodies can actually make you sicker next time you are exposed. It also talks about the cross relation between Zika and Dengue and the possibility that one can affect vulnerability to or severity of the other. https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/11/02/561138767/scientists-solve-50-year-old-mystery-about-breakbone-fever https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/11/02/561138767/scientists-solve-50-year-old-mystery-about-breakbone-fever

You know, you'd think people would be paying more attention to what has happened before and just maybe consider taking a few precautions. I don't think they could have kept Dengue out, but they could have kept it down. This is rampant. https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/11/28/566781599/why-a-brazilian-state-went-from-0-cases-of-dengue-to-35-000-a-year https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/11/28/566781599/why-a-brazilian-state-went-from-0-cases-of-dengue-to-35-000-a-year

On to round 2 (or 3 or ???) https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/11/28/567074546/trump-wins-opening-round-in-legal-battle-over-consumer-watchdog-agency https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/11/28/567074546/trump-wins-opening-round-in-legal-battle-over-consumer-watchdog-agency

In case you weren't angry enough today ... BUT the Attorney General is trying to do something about it, hence the reporting. The problem is that the system is clearly broken, and there is no consistency state to state. Also the whole attitude toward rape and rape victims. Edit: Apologies. I should have pointed out that although it doesn't discuss particulars, the entire article is about what happens to rape victims when they seek medical care. https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/11/28/567071372/hospital-improperly-billed-patients-for-rape-exams-says-new-york-attorney-genera https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/11/28/567071372/hospital-improperly-billed-patients-for-rape-exams-says-new-york-attorney-genera

Today turned out to be bizarrely productive. This included some minor grocery shopping, raking leaves, sweeping out the garage, and making churkey soup from holiday leftovers (there are both turkey and chicken bones, meat, and bits). It's still happily simmering away.

It's clearly professionally decorated, and would be elegant and appropriate in many settings. However, the fact that it is cold, distant, and devoid of any feeling of comfort or, well, feelings of any sort, is somehow fully representative of the impression I have of these people. Also, the ridiculously costume nature of her overpriced designer clothes is really lame. Like, I'm glad the kids got into it, but pageants have been doing this for a long time and, frankly, looking more heartfelt and sincere. Btw, it's totally worth looking at the picture links. Some of them it is just begging for Queen Jadis to show up. Possibly with some turkish delight. https://www.thedailybeast.com/did-tim-burton-help-melania-christmas-decorate-the-white-house https://www.thedailybeast.com/did-tim-burton-help-melania-christmas-decorate-the-white-house

This is very long and there's a lot to unpack. On one level, it's sort of obvious stuff. Otoh, I'm too tired to deal with all of it, and maybe I'll think more about it. Meanwhile, my immediate thought on reading the headline was a non-sequitur from a completely different (joke) set-up: How far will Sean Hannity go? All the way to the scene of the crash. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/28/magazine/how-far-will-sean-hannity-go.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/28/magazine/how-far-will-sean-hannity-go.html

Weather geekery. http://buffalonews.com/2017/11/28/don-paul-winter-weather-might-be-postponed-but-not-canceled/?utm_medium=more_stories http://buffalonews.com/2017/11/28/don-paul-winter-weather-might-be-postponed-but-not-canceled/?utm_medium=more_stories

Wow. It's over 60 degrees out already. It will go back below freezing by Thursday morning, though. Then it will hover in the 40s. Until it changes again.

You know how there's that post holiday stress stress? That.

Fun NASA video. https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/11/17/16665966/nasa-visualization-aerosols-hurricanes https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/11/17/16665966/nasa-visualization-aerosols-hurricanes

Endangered Dr. Seuss animal - Seussimal? https://www.sunnyskyz.com/blog/2323/The-Saiga-Antelope-Looks-Like-An-Animal-Out-Of-A-Science-Fiction-Movie https://www.sunnyskyz.com/blog/2323/The-Saiga-Antelope-Looks-Like-An-Animal-Out-Of-A-Science-Fiction-Movie

Not good. http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-42097801 http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-42097801

No comment. Trigger warning, though about violence and rape. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42149912 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42149912

I guess fortunately there's been no accompanying increase in cases of rheumatic fever? http://www.bbc.com/news/health-42135842 http://www.bbc.com/news/health-42135842

Feeling some Van Morrison, here. https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/11/27/566748110/dance-by-the-light-of-the-2017-supermoon-the-how-and-when https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/11/27/566748110/dance-by-the-light-of-the-2017-supermoon-the-how-and-when

The thread that follows Andres' tweet is absolutely fascinating. Notwithstanding, I'm guessing Andres is still not over-fond of this administration. https://twitter.com/chefjoseandres/status/935241150574850048 https://twitter.com/chefjoseandres/status/935241150574850048

There is racism in America, and it’s a potent political force. Racism, bigotry, anti-Semitism, xenophobia — none of it is aberrant, none of it is ahistorical, none of it is rare. What is abnormal in this era is not that there are some otherwise normal Americans who hold ugly ideas, but the attention we are giving them. We are giving them a lot of attention, and we have a choice. Acknowledge this is not the way we will be and make that change happen going forward, or lionize, rationalize, and normalize a very different definition of "American" aspiration. I'm pretty sure which one I think will consign us to the trash heap of history. https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/11/27/16701780/nyt-nazis-trump https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/11/27/16701780/nyt-nazis-trump

Handy hint: If you randomly think someone is upset about something, do not randomly say, "Are you upset about something?"

Still wanna push that we can win the war on terror narrative? It's all so simple, right? https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/the-jihadist-plan-to-use-women-to-launch-the-next-incarnation-of-isis/2017/11/26/e81435b4-ca29-11e7-8321-481fd63f174d_story.html?tid=pm_world_pop&utm_term=.e3a73e40a2fd https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/the-jihadist-plan-to-use-women-to-launch-the-next-incarnation-of-isis/2017/11/26/e81435b4-ca29-11e7-8321-481fd63f174d_story.html?tid=pm_world_pop&utm_term=.e3a73e40a2fd

I ... just ... Ok. First of all, he was treated for laetrile poisoning. Yeah, it's presumptively cyanide poisoning but that isn't what he ingested. Spare us the clickbait. If they were really sure he'd gone full on to cyanide, there are other, nastier treatments they'd have had to use. I think they'd have kept him as an inpatient, as well. What the hell is "vitamin B17"?!? FYI - it's crap from, like, the 1970's or something about curing and preventing cancer and IT'S NOT A VITAMIN. When you cook with apricot pits, you only use a little bit. When you use oil of bitter almond, aka almond extract, which comes from apricot pits, you are using a diluted substance in small amounts. There's only a little of it in amaretti and so forth. Also? It's a relative of the almond! They're so close, there are commercial hybrids of apricot and almond trees that grow apricots with almonds as the pits. If your friend is allergic to almonds, HE WILL BE ...

Oh, look. Airbag problems. Wonder when this will hit the major networks and a class action will start here. http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/honda-odyssey-minivan-airbags-1.4414865 http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/honda-odyssey-minivan-airbags-1.4414865

It's origins in the play notwithstanding, the term 'gaslighting' doesn't just apply to men manipulating women. It's a form of abuse and control, and it is not uncommon. Nevertheless, I understand the strength of the specific context she is using, here. We're taught not to believe in ourselves, not to believe ourselves. The illustration with the caption: _Women are taught to question our realities when we are young. _ is exactly what happens growing up. And keeps happening as adults. I will say that it happens to a lot of children, especially if whatever they see or say makes adults around them uncomfortable. It happens with every kind of abuse, not just the dysfunction around sex and gender roles. I couldn't tell, and still can't, if I found this movie to be a hopeful display of mid-20th century "allyship," or a depressing example of male savior syndrome. I can tell; it's male savior syndrome - or worse. The woman exists only as the men ar...

The combination of incompetence and malign intent is a very, very bad one. I don't actually know what the legal precedents might be, if there is, in fact, a conflict between the legislation from 2010 that created the CFPB and the legislation the WH is using from 1998. It's possible that there are unwritten conventions that have simply been observed because it never occurred to anyone that someone would try to be an autocrat. Meanwhile, just by sowing confusion as to who is in charge the WH and Tea Party flunkies are undermining an agency that the Wells Fargo debacle alone should prove the value of. Not to mention, if the WH is so hot under the collar to get one of their own in charge, why don't they just appoint someone to replace Cordray and get him (it's highly unlikely to be a her) confirmed? This is stupid, and childish, and anything but governance. P.S. I guess the GOP is ok with the WH blowing off Congress when they think they are in charge? Like, an imperial pres...

Mountain fall down go boom. https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/11/26/566559152/ash-fills-the-sky-as-balis-mount-agung-erupts https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/11/26/566559152/ash-fills-the-sky-as-balis-mount-agung-erupts

Is it really only 6:30pm? I feel old.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/21/obituaries/lilli-hornig-96-dies-a-bomb-researcher-lobbied-for-women-in-science.html?ribbon-ad-idx=15&rref=obituaries&module=Ribbon&version=context&region=Header&action=click&contentCollection=Obituaries&pgtype=article https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/21/obituaries/lilli-hornig-96-dies-a-bomb-researcher-lobbied-for-women-in-science.html?ribbon-ad-idx=15&rref=obituaries&module=Ribbon&version=context&region=Header&action=click&contentCollection=Obituaries&pgtype=article

Yet another story no one tells you in history class. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42116688 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42116688

It's the weekend after Thanksgiving, and you have leftovers and access to fresh cheese curds. What do you do? Turkey Tot Poutine! There really are tater tots under there. We used leftover turkey that we shredded up a bit, and some of the homemade cranberry sauce, and very hot turkey gravy. The curds got all squeaky and melty, nom nom nom. This was actually the result of a challenge my sister and niece (the college student) issued. Were one not able to access homemade food, but could access a Trader Joe's, one could purchase all these things there, even already cooked turkey. Plus, one could get either regular fries or sweet potato fries in their frozen food section for a variety of poutine bases. Not to mention, one could do a loaded version with stuffing and green beans and mushrooms and crispy onions with stuff from TJs. We also discussed that this could totally be turned into a midwestern casserole classic one dish Thanksgiving meal.

My sister loves me. She got me coffee from Laos. Well, some wealthy donor person she works with went on a tour of Southeast Asia and brought back mini tourist gifts for people and my sister knows I like Laotian coffee so she picked that and gave it to me. She also gave me some tea from there. Yum.

Went and saw Ragnarok again with my sister. I don't know how it is that you people haven't been quoting it everywhere. Also, the director is the freaking best thing evar. I'd say more, but if some of you haven't seen it, it would constitute spoilers.

This gets really cool starting about 1:30 in. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=221&v=LgmxMuW6Fsc https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=221&v=LgmxMuW6Fsc

I just came across this. JFC, people. Headline: Liberian Ebola Fighter, a TIME Person of the Year, Dies in Childbirth http://time.com/4683873/ebola-fighter-time-person-of-the-year-salome-karwah/ http://time.com/4683873/ebola-fighter-time-person-of-the-year-salome-karwah/

Chautauqua County is really batting 1000 this year. Headline: Hunter shoots brown pick-up truck after mistaking it for a deer, authorities say. http://buffalonews.com/2017/11/24/authorities-pick-up-shot-after-hunter-allegedly-mistakes-it-for-deer/?utm_medium=more_stories http://buffalonews.com/2017/11/24/authorities-pick-up-shot-after-hunter-allegedly-mistakes-it-for-deer/?utm_medium=more_stories

Kids in the Hall still kickin'. The Bible just called to say I was PROBABLY going to be named Messiah but I would have to agree to an interview and a major photo shoot. I said probably was no good and took a pass. Thanks anyway. The response thread isn't too bad, either. https://twitter.com/DaveSFoley/status/934302799231205376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://twitter.com/DaveSFoley/status/934302799231205376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Very interesting. https://www.politico.com/agenda/story/2017/11/08/the-case-against-hospital-beds-000575 https://www.politico.com/agenda/story/2017/11/08/the-case-against-hospital-beds-000575

It's the flour, stupid. (Recent article published that confirms last year's E. coli outbreak was due to eating raw flour in cookie dough/batter.) https://gizmodo.com/yep-its-still-not-a-good-idea-to-eat-raw-cookie-dough-1820705678 https://gizmodo.com/yep-its-still-not-a-good-idea-to-eat-raw-cookie-dough-1820705678

But we're not racist. “Don’t make the mistake of thinking David Duke is a unique phenomenon confined to Louisiana rednecks and yahoos. He’s not,” Percy said. “He’s not just appealing to the old Klan constituency, he’s appealing to the white middle class. And don’t think that he or somebody like him won’t appeal to the white middle class of Chicago or Queens.” The plain meaning of Trumpism exists in tandem with denials of its implications; supporters and opponents alike understand that the president’s policies and rhetoric target religious and ethnic minorities, and behave accordingly. But both supporters and opponents usually stop short of calling these policies racist. It is as if there were a pothole in the middle of the street that every driver studiously avoided, but that most insisted did not exist even as they swerved around it. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/11/the-nationalists-delusion/546356/ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/11/the-natio...

Is there any actual policy, here? Any plans, any clues? https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-tells-turkish-president-us-will-stop-arming-kurds-in-syria/2017/11/24/61548936-d148-11e7-a1a3-0d1e45a6de3d_story.html?utm_term=.e7352197e557 https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-tells-turkish-president-us-will-stop-arming-kurds-in-syria/2017/11/24/61548936-d148-11e7-a1a3-0d1e45a6de3d_story.html?utm_term=.e7352197e557

He hasn't been charged??? Not even for hunting outside allowed hours? Give me a break. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2017/11/24/he-thought-he-saw-a-deer-and-fired-his-pistol-now-his-neighbor-is-dead/?utm_term=.b15602408872 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2017/11/24/he-thought-he-saw-a-deer-and-fired-his-pistol-now-his-neighbor-is-dead/?utm_term=.b15602408872

We started to have this beautiful sunrise - all red and orange and pink - and then it started pouring rain with cloud cover and everything. :(

I am thankful that Thanksgiving dinner was not intolerable. #lowbar #smallfavors

Blinded by the light. https://gizmodo.com/the-switch-to-outdoor-led-lighting-has-completely-backf-1820652615 https://gizmodo.com/the-switch-to-outdoor-led-lighting-has-completely-backf-1820652615

Small yay. As for Texas and whoever came up with this: He also rejected as unfeasible Texas’ three suggested methods for stopping a fetus’s heart: injecting a chemical called digoxin into the woman’s abdomen; injecting potassium chloride directly into the heart; or inserting instruments through the cervix to cut the umbilical cord. What the actual hell? Are you trying to cause harm up to and including possible death to the woman? And how is cutting the umbilical cord one way different from the way it would happen with a D&E, anyhow? What is wrong with you people??? https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/22/us/texas-abortion-law-ruling.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/22/us/texas-abortion-law-ruling.html

Headline: How Joe Barton’s sex scandal fits into the current conversation on sex and power "If everybody that was facing 'allegations' — including the President, members of the House and Senate — resigned, we'd have a lot of unemployed people walking around." And why would there be so many people facing allegations? Oh, right, because we've said up until the last split second that it was ok to behave this way. Well, it's not. Power and privilege are supposed to come with equivalent extra responsibility and maybe we are now demanding that responsibility. P.S. I still don't see how there's much of an angle where he's the victim, here. I mean, yeah, it's not ok if somebody released a naked picture of him (that he took, I guess, and sent them to begin with?), although it still boggles me that in a society that considers nakedness EVIL and mockable freaking everybody with a cell phone is either sending pictures of themself or somebody thinks the...

The pie has been deemed acceptable as breakfast food. Also second breakfast. It remains to be tested for elevenses, lunch, tea, dinner, and supper. If it lasts that long.

harumph

India's first practicing woman doctor and an advocate against child marriage (including her own). http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-42078004 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-42078004

This is a fun little list of "Handy-Dandy 18th Century Toasts" for the holiday (pulled from American history). https://twitter.com/jbf1755/status/933430404048179201 https://twitter.com/jbf1755/status/933430404048179201

The thanks-giving chicken sacrifice effect is real, people! I am being tongue in cheek, but this is a nice piece about thankfulness. And the everyday sacrifices of chickens. https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/11/22/565920909/the-mystery-and-the-magic-of-giving-thanks https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/11/22/565920909/the-mystery-and-the-magic-of-giving-thanks

This stuff is back at Trader Joe's. Warmed up with good red wine or some other booze thrown in it is tasty, y'all. Or, as the salesperson said, it tastes like christmas. https://www.traderjoes.com/fearless-flyer/article/2675 https://www.traderjoes.com/fearless-flyer/article/2675

Which reminds me, I maybe did not post the last fresh apple pie of the season. Made with Greenings++, a classic old baking apple. The key being that they are a drier apple than what we usually have now, also not overly sweet but a lot of flavor, esp in the peel, and an awesome ability not to turn into mush when cooked. I adapted BraveTart's method of putting the cut up apples in a bag with lemon juice, cinnamon, a little brown sugar (about 1/4 cup), and I used a small amount of flour (2 Tablespoons). I let them macerate overnight in the fridge, occasionally tossing the bag around or turning it over. It worked beautifully for these type apples and I would totally use this method again. There were some crust issues, but it tasted awesome and had great texture. ++Yes, I am totally into all the crazy varieties of apples.

Lactose free pumpkin pie: Achieved and cooling. Sorry about the potato picture. Guest room linens laundered and room made up. Also heater turned on so room not freezing. Adulting level: moderate.

Uh, ok, sure, cat as a hat. https://www.sunnyskyz.com/uploads/2017/11/n71bc-cat-hat.jpg

#seemslegit https://www.sunnyskyz.com/uploads/2017/11/hw6vt-polar-bears.jpg

Most of this is not all that funny. It's cute, but ehn. However, just after 4:35 there's a bit that warmed the fuzzy cockles of my geeky heart. #nerd https://youtu.be/Sa2brpTUKNQ?t=4m35s https://youtu.be/Sa2brpTUKNQ?t=4m35s

Oh, dear. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=107&v=a-6M7Pm6xv0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=107&v=a-6M7Pm6xv0

Why not? https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=59&v=qtWcb7TwClo https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=59&v=qtWcb7TwClo

That's done, then, I guess? https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lisa-murkowski-says-she-backs-the-general-gop-plan-to-repeal-obamacare/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lisa-murkowski-says-she-backs-the-general-gop-plan-to-repeal-obamacare/

No surprise here. The only way to protect women is to marginalize and isolate them. Hell, don't let 'em out of the house. Predators are waiting just outside their door! Like, why is it that these peopled don't at least suggest that women should be trained in personal combat and walk around armed? https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/fox-news-pence-dining-rules_us_5a158f23e4b09650540e9914 https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/fox-news-pence-dining-rules_us_5a158f23e4b09650540e9914

We should totally ban people from these countries. http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-42083252 http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-42083252

Cholangiocarcinoma is nasty shit. Also, a big FU to the VA system that is blowing these people off and denying them benefits. Evidence that the flag wavers (I'm looking at you, GOP) really care about our vets. They've totally made fixing the system a priority. If they wait long enough, they'll all die, and they won't have to fix it ... >:( And don't tell me that USAMRID at the very least didn't know what kinds of funky diseases our personnel were likely exposed to. http://www.foxnews.com/health/2017/11/22/va-study-shows-parasite-from-vietnam-may-be-killing-vets.html http://www.foxnews.com/health/2017/11/22/va-study-shows-parasite-from-vietnam-may-be-killing-vets.html

Kitchen cleaning done Extra guest related laundry in progress Waiting to get people out of the kitchen to commence the final stage of pie baking (people, man) Stupid adulting

Inspired by a combination of Jessica Musinski's rockin' 80's vibe, and Pamela Korda's wall-less office hellscape. #waybackwednesday https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9gKyRmic20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9gKyRmic20

What Barry Marshall did has nothing to do with what these people are doing. And yes, if they get arrogant enough, they could create some nasty, dystopian plague that screws everybody. Proving with bells on that being educated and or intelligent does NOT make you smart. [Barry Marshall demonstrated Koch's Postulates on himself with Helicobacter pylori after the medical establishment, specifically the surgical establishment, which had an interest in the financial remuneration from a lot of surgeries for ulcers, continued to cling to old thinking about stomach acid. He made himself sicker than he thought, and he followed sufficiently rigorous protocols that his work was accepted for publication.] http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41990981 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41990981

Oh, come on . https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/white-house-military-personnel-removed-amid-investigations-into-contacts-with-foreign-women-during-trumps-asia-trip/2017/11/21/3ae47736-cef3-11e7-9d3a-bcbe2af58c3a_story.html?utm_term=.b37bd60e96dc https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/white-house-military-personnel-removed-amid-investigations-into-contacts-with-foreign-women-during-trumps-asia-trip/2017/11/21/3ae47736-cef3-11e7-9d3a-bcbe2af58c3a_story.html?utm_term=.b37bd60e96dc

What is going on with the Pacific fleet?? (Linky busted, headline: U.S. Navy plane carrying 11 crashes into Pacific Ocean off Japan, 8 rescued) https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/us-navy-plane-carrying-11-crashes-into-ocean-near-okinawa/2017/11/22/719b198c-cf58-11e7-8447-3d80b84bebad_story.html?utm_term=.9d8ce45b6ece https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/us-navy-plane-carrying-11-crashes-into-ocean-near-okinawa/2017/11/22/719b198c-cf58-11e7-8447-3d80b84bebad_story.html?utm_term=.9d8ce45b6ece

Delaware North is scum anyway, just on general principles, so I totally believe they would sell Trump branded products. https://news.vice.com/story/trump-wine-for-sale-at-this-national-park https://news.vice.com/story/trump-wine-for-sale-at-this-national-park

Do I have to get up and be human? 'Cuz donwanna.

Kinda diggin' the beat on this crazy tune. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_om0W6xzQd8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_om0W6xzQd8

Let's talk about something positive. They are finally recognizing the woman who recorded the Doctor Who theme and was a pioneer in electronic music. Delia Derbyshire, ladies and gentlemen! That's right. Ron Grainer's collection of notes might have been just another forgettable theme song. Arguably, she really created it. http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2017/11/doctor-whos-day-roundup-hats-off-to-doctor-delia http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2017/11/doctor-whos-day-roundup-hats-off-to-doctor-delia

Nope. Just nope. These people are criminal. Knowing what penalties have hit universities and researchers for research violations before, the patents should be yanked, and SIU should be shut down. Period. No federally approved grants or research. Feel free to apply for reinstatement in, oh, five years? The attitude is beyond unacceptable. At this rate, they will keep this going until someone dies. Even then, they will try to rationalize it away. I have no doubt about that. https://khn.org/news/offshore-rush-for-herpes-vaccine-roils-debate-over-u-s-safety-rules/ https://khn.org/news/offshore-rush-for-herpes-vaccine-roils-debate-over-u-s-safety-rules/

Whoever this Fernandez person is, he's a gods-be-damned Nazi experiment apologist, not to mention an amoral sociopath, and fuck him. This company should be shut down and no one should ever receive that vaccine. Period. If someone wants to do the research properly and ethically, fine. Start over and do it right. Because aside from anything else, there is no possible way to trust the supposed results and outcomes of this, now. Any ethical researcher or physician should absolutely refuse to participate in any clinical trial associated with these people or their products and I would refuse to administer anything they manufactured, even if it was FDA approved. There isn't enough rage to express my opinion on this. If Fernandez was involved in what Halford did, why the hell isn't he in prison? And oh btw , what Americans in St. Kitts and Nevis? Islands where most of the population is everything except white . WHAT THE HELL. What did they do? Take a course in research ethics and ...

Losing these orca would be a huge loss. They're part of a whole ecosystem balance in the PNW. Not to mention beautiful animals. http://vancouversun.com/opinion/op-ed/opinion-local-fisheries-key-to-orcas-survival http://vancouversun.com/opinion/op-ed/opinion-local-fisheries-key-to-orcas-survival

Success! 7.5 cups of milk evaporated to 3, or more precisely 60 ounces evaporated to 24. What a procedure!

What?? https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-tillerson-childsoldiers/u-s-diplomats-accuse-tillerson-of-breaking-child-soldiers-law-idUSKBN1DL0EA https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-tillerson-childsoldiers/u-s-diplomats-accuse-tillerson-of-breaking-child-soldiers-law-idUSKBN1DL0EA

Pour some sugar on me ... http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/21/health/sugar-industry-cancer-history-study/index.html http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/21/health/sugar-industry-cancer-history-study/index.html

I was thinking about something Mike Bruce said elsewhere, and am evolving my thought process to something like: 1) Some people will never be jerks, no matter what anyone else is doing. 2) Some people will always be jerks, no matter what anyone else is doing. 3) Some people will just do whatever they think everyone else is doing. For that last group, I think there's a fairly decent population that will not be a jerk on their own, but given any kind of group behavior will go along with the group - if the group behaves well, they will behave well, if the group behaves badly, they behave badly. This takes many forms - but everyone else was doing it, I was just following orders, etc. We don't have to worry about group 1, we cannot change group 2. However, it is highly probable that we can influence group 3 to hang out with group 1 and not group 2. Thus, we should do that.

1. Duh. I mean, I guess people did not know this, but now they do? 2. Flashing on John Malkovich in In the Line of Fire . Even if that wouldn't have worked (idk), now you can get one that would! https://www.npr.org/2017/11/21/565686173/do-it-yourself-ghost-guns-bypass-background-checks-firearm-registration https://www.npr.org/2017/11/21/565686173/do-it-yourself-ghost-guns-bypass-background-checks-firearm-registration

FAKE NEWS - He pardoned Joe Arpaio first. https://www.npr.org/2017/11/21/565633781/watch-live-president-trump-pardons-his-first-turkey https://www.npr.org/2017/11/21/565633781/watch-live-president-trump-pardons-his-first-turkey