vietnam was really cooking when they added condensed milk to coffee

My thanksgiving food hot takes: 1/3 Pumpkin pie is not good! A pumpkin cheesecake (which I an making tomorrow), however, is perfect 2/3 Pecan pie is horrible. Pecans are lovely, & as a Texan I am required to love them, & I do. But that overly sweet garbage pie is the worst application possible

A movie that takes place where your from

Regret to report that there has been another good linkedin post

This is so fucking embarrassing.

the key to overcoming imposter syndrome lies not in understanding that you're better than this but in accepting that everyone else is worse than this

...they told us exactly this at our mandatory AI work training 2 days ago I would prefer to write something that people will understand easily, since it's people that may need to read my bullshit eventually

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Realized that I didn't make clear that this was a FULL DAY of training. This man talked at us for 7 hours and then we tried to make the AI agent thing work (that didn't!) for 1. They flew people into the city for this 😐 I took today off just to recover

Went to a mandatory in-person AI training w the Chief Strategy & AI Officer (an apparent Real Title) from our parent company today and I could not help but feel like I was in one of those conferences in The Vow but instead of worshipping Keith Raneire we were worshipping the concept of AI

Really interesting idea, bc the reason I know in my heart of hearts that I'm a woman is bc I inadvertently did this as a child. My parents cut my hair v short, had boyish features, was muscular, did not read "girl." I clearly recall the intense discomfort from being misgendered & it's been 30 yrs

Omfg *I* was born in 1988 this was a selfie from two days ago

I would be utterly thrilled to rid the Democratic Party of everyone who was pals with Jeffrey fucking Epstein why exactly would I want a child abuser to make government policy

Was away on vacation for a week and came home to the best thing ever tusen takk MIL!

Yeah. You'd have to write p = Person("John", 21); for the language to understand it. But I like grammar!!! I like my punctuations to be in the quotations! That's where they go!!

This is what bothers me the most about coding. I was a reader long before I was a coder, and when the punctuation is NOT ALLOWED in the quotes I die a tiny death each time

Texas Monthly, I love your publication, but please don't call it "slurp season" I just woke up and I didn't deserve this

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Tagging in min dragevenn @bareendrage.bsky.social

DOOGEN UPDATE: we are finally fully shaded and she is done. I love her, she's the dragon of all time, over the moon

Stardew Valley I've never 100%ed it but I've definitely 90%ed it at least 10 times

Been banging my head against the wall with Groal the Great in Silksong for a few days. Frustration levels off the charts. Glad I don't have it installed on my switch; I'm going out of town for a week & I think I need a fuckin break

"I'm the grackle version of Igor from Young Frankenstein bc ppl thinks I'm weird & fucked up but I'm actually a pretty cool guy (non-gendered)" Share an angry bird and the curse you think it embodies.

As someone w aphantasia, very little of what's described in this article feels familiar to me. I have a great memory, I feel emotions strongly, I'm very creative, I'm an artist, etc etc. I just don't visualize stuff. Like, these two passages feel completely insane to me

Obviously personal taste talking here - this is one of the things that everyone says & I've tried it a few times & I could not disagree more. Does it make your bread v crispy? Sure. Does it taste as good as a shitton of toasty butter? Absolutely not. Mayo *in* the grilled cheese, not on the outside

The incredible amount of Buffy The Vampire Slayer fanfic I read as a teenager Did I want to see the vampires kiss? Indeed I did

I've been following shiv for a while & he's one of those dudes that just has Information about disastrous things. He's so enthusiastic about it & it's v endearing. "This guy climbed a mountain and it fucked him up" "This eruption was louder than anything you can imagine and it FUCKED PEOPLE UP"

BIG BOAT STUCK This reminds me of the time I was at my MIL's house in Norway and I saw a ferry from her backyard. I was practicing my Norwegian, but didnt know the word for boat. So I said "big water house."

This is my favorite part

"Courage, Bob" Genuinely, I could watch an entire movie about Sergio. I want to know everything about his daily life

computer. increase breakfast potato

I prefer reading when it's about conveying information I need bc I can read so much faster than a video can play. I like to watch videos when relaxing, but I HATE short form video. Give me an hour of someone restoring old machinery, put it straight into my veins

Really interesting tidbits in this latest NYT focus group

settings > content & media > autoplay video & gifs = off

I saw The Blair Witch Project way too young and it made me afraid of projects

Follow up: he just sang "bird-ham" in a little song while slicing leftover turkey

Spouse and I made turkey for dinner tonight. Was tidying up after and he said, "you can just wrap the....big chicken in aluminum foil" bc he forgot the word for turkey

Oh my heart They have a lot of great songs but none of them hit me the way Oh my heart does

pretty goddamn mad about all the goddamn nazis

Reading through this Loki dude's TL is one of the most disorienting things I've ever experienced

Re-upping this again, please spread far and wide:

2 weeks in, I love her Yes I'm watching GBBO reruns what about it

PLANT WATCH 2025 NEW CACTUS PADDLE INCOMING

A few weeks ago I repotted these prickly-pear cactus after having Nixta in Austin, TX foist their pruned paddles on me. They were so wrinkly and thirsty at first but they're finally starting to sprout!!!

This is a bird i drew once & it is all the way mine ✏️✏️✏️

BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS!!

Genuinely, watch this. It's a brilliant scene to introduce Leatherface youtu.be/XrQTEGgKdGo?...

Yes, I know it's "chain saw" not "chainsaw." Anyways, reporting back - a low budget, student-acted yet unsettling film with great cinematography decisions and themes. The 1st scene with Leatherface where he kills the guy & drags him into the room right before slamming the metal door shut - chills

Special showing of the OG Texas Chainsaw Massacre at the theater today. I've never seen it on a big screen before; will report back

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