If you, like me, had an Italian grandma and were never able to figure out why your lasagna/gnocchi/meatballs didn't quite taste like hers: It's probably nutmeg. Nutmeg is ubiquitous in old school diasporic Italian home cooking but has vanished from most modern recipes.

This is an excellent guide! Wyrmling approved.

Here it is, all lit up!

"I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of peace"

Am Donnerstag habe ich eine Lesung von „Verbinden statt spalten“ in Nürnberg. Ich verspreche: Ich werde keine OB-Kampagnen kommentieren. Kommt vorbei! Hier könnt ihr euch anmelden: www.cph-nuernberg.de/veranstaltun...

Ali Salehi, Teheraner Staatsanwalt, erklärt, dass - anders als es Donald Trump behauptet hat - sehr wohl Hinrichtungen stattfinden. Trumps Worte seien „leer“ und „unbegründet“. Al Khamenei sagte derweil, man werde den „Unruhestiftern“ den „Rücken brechen“. Donald Trump is, as always, full of s**t.

More madness, this time from the German foreign secretary:

In nächster Zeit wird eine der Widerstandsempfehlungen gegen Faschismus von @timothysnyder.bsky.social so zentral wie selten: Niemals, niemals vorauseilender Gehorsam!

Timeline Cleanse #タイムライン浄化剤投与

T166A1 scans the grocery shelves at Green Point, Spieden Island. T166A1 is an outer coastal Bigg’s killer whale and a rare visitor to this area. Shorelines Photography #Wild4Whales #PNW #KillerWhale

THIS 👇

Auch wenn die militärischen Kämpfe in #Syrien vorerst zu einem Ende kommen sollten, werden die politischen Kämpfe um #Rojava andauern. Was auf dem Spiel steht, zeigte @rosaburc.bsky.social in den »Blättern« 2/25: www.blaetter.de/ausgabe/2025...

Der kommt tief.

I’m the one in the brown hat. What you might not see is the victim in the car. His feet are pointing out the open car door. An agent is sitting on one of his legs. He’s only wearing crocs. Bystanders found his legal work visa in his abandoned car. #AbolishICE

Wenn Esels eine Party schmeißen wollen, dann müssen sie erstmal ordentlich einkaufen gehen. So ein großer Rundballen knusperndes Stroh ist da schon ganz gut. #Esel #Eselliebe 1/3

"In Nordsyrien sind am Montag heftige Gefechte rund um die Stadt Ain Issa ausgebrochen. Milizen,die der von der Türkei gesteuerten syrischen Übergangsregierung unterstehen, versuchen offenbar, die selbstverwaltete Stadt #Kobanê einzukesseln. SDF & YPJ Kämpfer:innen leisten entschlossenen Widerstand"

“Kind, good, happy, gentlemanly, secure people never go Nazi….But the frustrated and humiliated intellectual, the rich and scared speculator, the spoiled son, the labor tyrant, the fellow who has achieved success by smelling out the wind of success—they would all go Nazi in a crisis.” — D. Thompson*

Donald Trump hat dem Premierminister von Norwegen geschrieben, dass er sich Grönland nehmen wird, weil er den Friedensnobelpreis nicht bekommen hat und sich jetzt dem Frieden nicht mehr so verpflichtet fühlt. Dann ist ja beruhigend, dass dieser besonnene, erwachsene Mann 6.000 Atomsprengköpfe hat.

Good analysis, although I'd add that the problems with new trek arise mostly from the modern way of TV storytelling in the age of streaming - just as old trek had its problems due to network TV serialised storytelling (e.g. lol, what is continuity?).

The Iranian regime has reportedly killed over 16K protesters and wounded over 300K

Justice for Keith #Porter! "After Renee Good’s killing in Minneapolis, calls grow for accountability in the shooting of Keith Porter Jr on New Year’s Eve."

Oh no Star Trek went woke 😱

ravens can speak like humans; they sound like terrifying ghostly creatures and sometimes they hide in trees and whisper in haunted croaks “The end is coming,” you might hear in the dark. You don’t know where their voices are coming from or who is talking to you people in Baltimore know this

You can donate to Naser here: chuffed.org/project/1552...

Many things are bad. This is great.

Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.

US-Israeli cooperation agreement on AI looks less banal when you know about the central role of Israeli tech in surveillance, zero contact phone hacking, facial recognition, targeting, and other core instruments of state repression. www.state.gov/releases/off...

Oh no

2016 vs 2026

UNARMED WOMAN: “Shame on you.” ICE GOON: “Have you not learned from the past few days?” UNARMED WOMAN: “Learned what? What’s our lesson?” ICE GOON: *VIOLENTLY SNATCHES HER PHONE* (H/T @Mollyploofkins)

Wonder Woman did this in the 1940s as well… #iceout #BeGood

Some people were confused by my ICE post. This should clear it up.

Wo auf den Stinkefinger die Todesstrafe steht (im Kopf von Karoline Leavitt).

We are looking for expressions of interest for guests for Season 5 of @peoplingthepast.bsky.social podcast! Please share widely with your networks if you think this may be of interest. Deadline is February 15th 2026!

This sounds super interesting!

Nicht vergessen. Die #OMASGEGENRECHTS sind jetzt noch ein bißchen größer geworden. omasgegenrechts-europa.org Je mehr wir angegriffen werden Je größer und besser werden wir! #Zusammenhalt !B

Wenn Merz will, dass ich länger arbeite, dann sollte er vielleicht mal das WissZeitVG novellieren. Nur mal so als Idee. #IchBinHanna

Wie schrieb Jasper von Altenbockum heute in der FAZ ganz unverblümt: "Sehr viel Geld wird dadurch nicht gespart. Dagegen lässt sich nur einwenden, dass der psychologische und symbolische Effekt mit Geld nicht aufzuwiegen sei." Und genau darum geht es: Menschen quälen, Menschen Angst machen.

Today is NATIONAL APPRECIATE A DRAGON DAY so we invite you to appreciate this dragon from our collections. The AZDAHA is a mythological Iranian dragon, described in Persian sources as an enormous winged serpent. This example is from the Gothic Map in our Folkloristan collection, item F_24_GM_06

This is Winnie the Harris hawk. She comes to the British Library twice a week to scare away the pigeons.

As you talk about Greenland, please make sure you are talking about the >56,000 Inuit who have called the Island their home for thousands of years. Here are 2 stories that include their voices, concerns, and hopes. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... canadiangeographic.ca/articles/buy...

Heute ist ein guter Tag, um @sanktionsfrei.bsky.social und @helenasteinhaus.bsky.social zu folgen.

Heute auch im Print der Süddeutschen und frei zugänglich auf meinem Insta-Kanal. "Reden wir über Geld" war ein herausforderndes Format. Wir müssen viel mehr über Geld reden. Aber nicht über die paar Kröten, die Menschen in Armut haben, sondern über das viele Geld der Reichen. 1/2

This is Oakley. He has an injury that requires physical therapy and at-home massages. Luckily, his cat sibling River has been training his whole life for this. 14/10 for both

“ICE agents, get out now because historically, this ends with you hanging from a lamppost and your body paraded through the streets.” - the …we rate dogs guy

I can't believe that this has been an option the entire time *sets up school for raccoons against racism*

The archaeology of lunar pollution www.universetoday.com/articles/to-...

I can't stress enough the importance of NOT using AI to write sensitive or personal letters or emails, particularly if it's about managing wellbeing or care. Even more important, if you decide to do this, proof it first. At best it feels insincere, at worst inaccurate. Both are upsetting.

Cartoon by Adam Zyglis