Does anybody out there have any good meat or veggie broth recipes that result in a thick concentrated paste? I like Better than Bullion but it's expensive so I wanna make my own similar concentrated broth situation that'll freeze well.

There is something really wrong with people who need workers to be not just competent, but slavishly fake-happy. "Slavishly" used on purpose, bc that's where this grotesquerie comes from.

Meanwhile, emotion work refers to performing emotions within personal and private spaces. I don’t say this to be nitpicky or pedantic, but I will always bring this up bc I think it is so important that we identify the labor of performing emotions at work as *labor*

This is actually the original definition of emotional labor, as defined by Arlie Hochschild, the sociologist who coined the term. It refers to the labor of performing emotions in order to do your job. It is not enough to just do your job, you have to put on a performance

It is deeply amusing to me that folks don't know the starburst/cross pattern in cartoons used to mark a star in the sky is how people with astigmatism see all bright lights in the darkness.

The ableism, the fat/body shaming etc… makes me so mad bc I hate that I look like I’m defending the fucker when calling that shit out. & you’re right… there’s literally thousands of legit things he can & should be called on… resorting to ableism etc just shows ppls lack of solidarity w disabled ppl

Thinking about the social stigma against eating fast food in a country where poor people are being starved by the govt, the cost of groceries and fresh vegetables are astronomical, and a cheeseburger at McDonald’s costs $3.50. “Clean” and “healthy” eating rhetoric is racist, ableist, and classist.

An important PSA for this time of year: Be especially careful ordering things online while shopping for holiday gifts, with AI garbage being everywhere now some people (especially older) will fall for these scams. These geode mugs are the perfect example, what you see is NOT what you will get!

This. If you can boycott it, great! But it’s not an option for everyone, and sometimes it’s the *only* option, especially in rural places. The problem is *that it’s the only option* so focus on the company, not the people forced to rely on it.

I understand there's context that *technically* the voice actors were paid to provide voices via voice bank. However. Presuming it's off a genAI model, then we're still operating off of tech with obnoxious environmental costs, and other costs to get to a functional point. In addition...

Not to be the fun police but I do hope people know that Arc Raiders does use generative AI for voice acting, and by supporting the game you're letting higher-ups know that this is an okay practice. They try to downplay this on the Steam store page by describing the AI usage as vaguely as possible.

If any of ya'll have played any of these cozy simulation/management games, or even if you haven't but see one that looks interesting, I would love some input on which one to play first. I haven't been gaming much. Getting back into it. Spent an embarrassing amount of money on all of these. 🤫

About 40 new things on the shop AND new stuff was moved into clearance. LGBTQIA+ staffed and owned, flat $4 US shipping! www.peculiarityshop.com

Look at it.

I've sold 69 of these so far (Nice!) I'm super excited about this because that's an extraordinary number (for me) to sell in so short a time. So a huge thank you to everyone who's placed an order or shared my post! Those orders are on their way to you now.

I have some free time this weekend and I never have free time. Anyone need any writing work? I just got done with a small paid creative project and it felt great. Or hell, throw me a few bucks to write you something on any topic you want. I want to write more, I just have no place to put it!

Good way to rep this great David Lynch quote with the vital context that it's about Trans Rights. I think when I get paid I will pick one up

Prosecco bottles, exercise bikes, leaf blowers, alpacas (plush) and more! It was another week of consumer product recalls and safety warnings. Check to see if you own any of these dangerous products: www.cpsc.gov/Recalls

This is definitely my bouncy brain that loves to take on way too many projects talking but... With the disclaimer that I am not certified in teaching so this would formally be "tutoring" or a "writing workshop", are there nonverbal folks on here who'd find a less ableist version of this helpful?

I also want to add (though read the whole thread) that this devaluation is still going on today. Not being able to speak at the best of times can mean being infantilized. At the worst of times...It can mean being a target for abuse and manipulation.

This is an excellent thread on the linguistics of "dumb" and why it and its synonyms should really be thrown into the trashbin.

CN: ableist language Because I'm seeing the word a lot today in a neurodivergent context, a reminder that "dumb" is absolutely ableist language.

HIRE ALICE

another FUCK YOU AI, I will not be using your shitty plagiarism machine I have wonderful translations in German and French (and even a short story in Spanish!) and this is just going to flood the zone with shit Who actually wants their books to be the equivalent of "bad translations" jokes? JFC

marginalised developers are among the poorest in the industry, but were expected to pay for their own tickets to their token inductions (not even talking travel+accom) TGA organised meetups at places like Starbucks where FC members were left with the tab after a quick photo-op-and-dash

still looking for a job and have had very little work this month — feel free to support me by shopping at wovenalyssum.com . if the jewelry i make isn’t your cup of tea you can also help me by donating directly to C - $permanentalien V - @permanentalien PP - @AlyssumBorges gofund.me/982b699b

The folks running this site continue to demonstrate that they are actively hostile to privacy and vulnerable groups Maybe work on private accounts before you roll out more abuse mechanisms. Because your claim that you found a novel method? Such, such deep doubt.

I love when marine biologists are like, "Listen, we know the deep sea has a reputation to uphold so we'll call it uh...THE CARNIVOROUS DEATH BALL but yeah, it's basically a low budget sci fi prop. Isn't it adorable?!"

1.This is not the only known example we know of ChatGPT cheering on a vulnerable young person to die by suicide, this time it is a recent Texas A&M grad 2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices. www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...

Thank you so much for saying this. Genetics, poor maternal health, childhood nutritional issues, chronic health conditions, meds, stress can also contribute to poor dental health. Affordable dental care would absolutely contribute to better health outcomes overall, you're so right!

Regular cleanings, having cavities filled, injuries repaired, gum grafts if necessary, in a timely manner without worry about a burdensome and unmanageable bill, would be a blessing to so many people.

So much of it is outside an individual's control! Our mothers' nutrition when we're in utero, our own early childhood nutrition, whether or not our communities have fluoridated water. Heck, one of my kids had hypoplastic baby teeth and got cavities despite good hygiene as a result.

Bad oral health isn’t indicative of poor oral hygiene. You can take great care of your teeth (diligent regular brushing) and still have cavities and gum disease. Affordable dental care is critical to good oral health.

Everything can mess with teeth. Genetics, pregnancies, acids from citrus fruits not just the “known bad things” like sodas, candy etc. it’s the only exposed bone you maintain bc that exposure makes it vulnerable

"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk

I wish making games was a sustainable career. I just wanna make video games.

It is also good to give it a check once in a while, on every labeler you subscribed to, bc they tend to reset your preferences back to the default. I just checked it today and they have switched my rude filter to "hide" again. Absolute ✋waffles🤚!

This means if you are in the habit of saying things like "fuck Trump" or "I hope Cheney burns in hell", probably a good amount of your feed isn't seeing those posts because, unbeknownst to them, Bsky has shielded grown adults from "rude" "threats" like this.

The "service" includes settings for hiding certain types of content, warning you that the skeet contains such content before you see it, or simply turning off the filter. If you've never been here before, you'll find things like "rude" or "threats" are set to "Hide".

Next select Settings, and then Moderation on the next screen. At the bottom of the Moderation page under "Advanced" is a section called "Bluesky Moderation Service" that looks like an info box. It in fact leads to more settings.

Thanks! I swapped most of mine to Warn, so I can decide what I do and don’t want to see at any given time.

Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default. Here's how to turn it off. First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner

An influencer I follow is using the app fetch to raise money for her local food pantry. If you download the fetch app and use the referral code KATEVEE she gets 2000 points which she uses to get supermarket gift codes to buy food for her local food pantry

the @chicagoreader.com also put together know your rights resources for unhoused folks interacting with federal agents in chicago, based on the excellent information compiled by @chicagohomeless.bsky.social. they're available in spanish: chicagoreader.com/news/conozca... and english:

@katieprout.bsky.social asked mayor brandon johnson's office and chicago's chief homelessness officer, sendy soto, if they knew how many unhoused people have been abducted across the city and whether the presence of federal agents has impacted future plans for park evictions. neither responded.

it's impossible to see these attacks on unhoused neighbors as separate from chicago's long history of criminalizing homelessness. on october 29, agents abducted an unhoused man from lawrence/pulaski—blocks away from gompers park, where city crews and police forced out residents earlier this year.

federal agents have appeared at shelters in the city originally designated for newly arrived migrants, but they've also set their sites on long-standing homeless shelters throughout chicago. chicagoreader.com/news/reader-...

new: at least 26 unhoused chicagoans have been abducted since the start of "operation midway blitz." the full scope of people disappeared is likely much larger but is obscured by heavy criminalization, social stigma, and fewer eyes and phones around to bear witness. via @katieprout.bsky.social