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Still happy numb from the time in #Spain last week. And thankful to the weather gods. A massive dark dark thunderstorm at 3pm here in Pittsburgh, but I'm in my screen soaking in the memory and magnificence of the view from the hilltop after the short impromptu hike that morning in #Donostia San Sebastian (I might frame this one) #Photography #LandscapePhotography #Travel #TravelPhotography

I mean (What a pretty town - and thank you weather gods!) #Donostia #DasESP26

Another lovely if cloudy but refreshingly cool morning in #Donostia Quite empty the streets even past 8 am #DasESP26

Tonight's fine #Movie - thanks to Kid2 who's seen it a number of times now and wanted to watch it with me, + kid1 Excellent movie! A touch violent and some gore, but a great watch! Drive https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0780504/?ref_=fn_i_1

Shot at the beach, post sunset #Monochrome #MonochromeMonday #Photography #Sunset #SunsetPhotography

#Marrakesh dawn (Nov 2019) #Travel #Maroc #TravelPhotography #Photography

Totally forgot (till now) Kid1 bought a keychain* and repurposed it for her #bike kickstand. Makes me smile every time. Here your turn.

• In #Seria #Japan

Fun afternoon doing a workshop - #KitchenChemistry and other #Chemistry demos and activities - this time for teachers. Not all were even #science teachers - one was Art and some were 2nd grade or elementary school teachers. Made hand sanitizer, explored heat and conductivity and microwaves and energy, and associated concepts of wavelengths and color. Then hydrophobicity and emulsions and #chocolate mousse!

At a friend's and getting to do on gas what we can't do on induction at home. #Homemade #Indian #Food

@belehaa@wandering.shop This works in relatively small classes (≤ 20) and even if a fair bit more work for me, I'm happy/satisfied with the students learning - and so are students with their grade (and learning). I do make them write (as an assignment; satisfactory if any/whatever submission with all Qs answered) a self evaluation towards the end of the class, assessing pre and (almost) post course learning. 2/2

4 pics from/of Liberty Island, NY

@3janeTA@beige.party @somcak@beige.party @PhoenixSerenity@beige.party raw and cooked are very diff. Raw is ripe and sweet. The cooked stuff is totally unripe and starchy - needs to be cooked. Similar situation with plantains. The seeds are great too - boiled and dried (after taking off membrane) then cooked

@belehaa@wandering.shop one of the best things I did starting in 2019 was to move to an upgrading system/policy with suggested/flexible deadlines on assignments. Assignments are graded as satisfactory/unsatisfactory with feedback and opportunity to resubmit (if initial submission was within suggested deadline or close). Final projects allow for students to pick relevant topic and also to a large extent format. 1/2

Taco spot #3 of trip for dinner tonight. Decided to walk 15 mins or so to it rather than a restaurant as we had a late lunch post Teotihuacan trip. Los Rogacianos de la Roma turned out to be a street stand next to a big tree. Some terrific suadero tacos and al pastor was delicious - campechano as well. 🔥 Salsas! Kid2 enjoyed her suadero torta - and we took one back for Kid1 (and that did get her to feel better). Ah eating in the streetlamp light! https://maps.app.goo.gl/XysSw4ymPKofVvLX9 #DasEatsMX

Three days since our last #Tacos 😱 Ending that dry spell with Sunday morning barbacoa tacos from specialist I was alerted to at dinner last night. They set up Sundays only. I got there just before 11am (gets super crowded past Noon) and fortunate it's less than 2 blocks away from our rental. Very very good barbacoa - I only got the regular/soft/suaves not the deep-fried/dorados, and opted for salsa rojo (+ a bit of the pasilla). https://maps.app.goo.gl/evx75PWg5weAKFL18 #DasEatsMX #Taco #CDMX

Tonight's fine if late dinner... #Tacos again, Don Frank again - only because we got late chatting with friends, and at 10:46pm that was a 5 min walk option 😭 Saw a lady making something with masa on the griddle - confirmed it was sopes & tried one (campechano; mixed grill) shared with partmer. Kid2 managed only ½ a bistec torta there even if she was happy with the burnt crisp cheese in it. Hopefully after this late eat, sleep won't be an issue for the 8:30am head out tomorrow #DasEatsMX

@SkylarkDuquesne@mas.to @MichaelWhelan@mastodon.art it's a really good book - and cover! Still have my copy from 30+ yrs ago! (Should probably reread some )time Mike Oldfield has a super album - same name too. I listen to that a fair bit.

You'll never guess what we had for dinner. I think I'll keep this as a thread 🧵 for the foods #DasEatsMX here on our trip to Mexico City #DasMX26

@sarahtaber@mastodon.online Nightsoil! May sound like one but not a superhero name - please let them know. (I'll see myself out now)

@carlmalamud@official.resource.org @paco@infosec.exchange @blogdiva@mastodon.social lol that's some electric kool aid for the bros

So astute of you! Indeed after the late late lunch of 🌮 at Los Parados (see 👆🏽) and then the long walkabout with some friends, a bit of rest in the apartment - we the headed out to the nearby outpost of Taqueria Don Frank. 1/2 Oh wow just absolutely friendly service and outstanding food, table sauces to start us off and we got some al pastor #tacos Kid2 got the suadero quesadilla (I tasted a bit - terrific with the oozy queso inside) They have fresh agua frescas/juice drinks #DasEatsMX

2/2 Don Frank We. got. all. the. 🌮 (Or almost - we'll be back) Too full but when our charming friendly waiter showed and extolled the desserts we got 2 - the cajeta and the strawberry with cream - and oh the actual was so much bigger. Outstanding dinner! #DasEatsMXhttps://taqueria-don-frank.res-menu.net/menu (not the location we were at) https://maps.app.goo.gl/rJVTh4XHEpH1nQkx6

@obrien_kat@mastodon.world great give and go on that 2nd goal!

Come on, join the joyriiiiide! #Photography

@culturednyc@mastodon.social plenty to go around, I won't bogart that roti

@somcak@beige.party @PhoenixSerenity@beige.party it's terrific - though if you don't like it (smell) that's ok. People either dislike or really like (I haven't come across ambivalence). The ripe stuff can have different textures depends on variety - some are softer, slimy and some are more firm.

@LifeTimeCooking@mastodon.au bottle masala is a very Bombay, Maharastrian thing (as far as I know). Superseded by packet masalas. Kitchen King masalas are related. I think there's a recipe for bottle masala in Michael Swamy's cookbook - My East Indian Kitchen (something like that - I'll check once I'm back home)

@rockmastermike@beige.party and longaniza with queso!

@culturednyc@mastodon.social indeed - had a glorious day even if super tired

@noplasticshower@infosec.exchange totally silly Eng strategy to go full defensive with back 5 after they went 1 up. Kept getting peppered - 2 (or more) even hit the post, might have been more than 2.

@kenSwinson@indieweb.social beautiful! ✨🐐

@kenSwinson@indieweb.social that's so terrific!

Not sure how well/widely this is known but with the 1667 Treaty of Breda the Dutch gave up claim to New Netherlands (New Amsterdam and current NY, NJ and Manhattan) mostly for the tiny island of Run (Pulau Run; 3 km length by 1 km width) in the Banda island group - that was the only place those days that nutmeg grew. #Spices #FoodHistory #History #Ingredients https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Breda_(1667) https://historyfacts.com/world-history/fact/nutmeg-wars/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run_(island)

That sure looked like hand/armball (not incidental).

@grumpasaurus@infosec.exchange tostitos! (But glad you didn't put rice in it. I still can't wrap my head around that in a burrito)

@paninid@mastodon.world Land of the fee

@noplasticshower@infosec.exchange you'll need more than 1! Enjoy! Cheers!

A lot more energetic in the half (in the heat too!!) - France taking control.

@paninid@mastodon.world "...disaster is hypothetical" Really?

@noplasticshower@infosec.exchange I don't get it - that's Mitch? He's released?