Sometimes you need to buy a bunch of clams, mussels, chicken, chorizo, shrimp, and crab and then make a paella for dinner. Just needs to be done sometimes.
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Exactly one year since my angioplasty, and I feel great. Amazed by how far I’ve come.
This orange haze enveloping the city feels oppressive and ominous. The air outside is heavy and fumy, hard to breathe. Feels like the end times.
Spending some time exploring Castle Map, an interactive map of the world's castles, fortresses and palaces: https://thecastlemap.com/
The AQI has been over 500 all day today (sitting at 586 right now) so I’m taking my decision to not spend any time outside in the pool today (something I do almost every day in the summer) as a smart decision.
🥭 It’s Indian mango season! 🥭
Managed to get myself some cases of alphonso, kesar, and badami mangoes. Very excited.
(Next challenge: consuming multiple cases of mangoes that will all be ripe in a few days.)
Magnolia in the front yard is blooming. Makes me happy.
Spent an hour this morning catching up with a friend I hadn’t seen in years, and it was invigorating and refreshing and just a wonderful way to start the day.
Every photo I have of my birthday celebrations when I was younger is of me holding a piece of fried chicken. I look ecstatic in each one. https://www.inthemargins.ca/sixth-birthday-celebration
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Anyways, this little furball turns ten years old today, so we’re going to celebrate her with lots of treats.
Archaeologists found parts of Homer's Iliad inside a 1,600-year-old Egyptian mummy: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/07/260713084918.htm
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@sboots This is phenomenal; will be using the vegetarian metaphor from now on to explain how I feel about generative AI. (And now that I work in an AI policy shop, I have a feeling it’ll come up from time to time.)
Alan Jacobs:
“Eventually there will be no faculty at all in American universities, just deans, IT guys, and AI instruction in Canvas. This is called The Pursuit of Excellence.”
Postcard-writing.
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@gnomon@mastodon.social At this time of year, many Indian grocers will carry them. They usually get their shipments in from India on a particular day of the week (my grocer here in London gets them on Friday mornings at 10am) and sell out very quickly.
In Toronto, check out the Indian grocers on Gerrard Street or the ones in Rexdale and Brampton. Call them in advance so you know what day and time to go — they usually only get a few cases per shipment and often only sell by the case.
There are around 50 unique potato varieties grown for chips in the U.S. right now. Efforts to improve those varieties are constant. The National Chip Program evaluates around 225 new potato varieties each year and selects 100 for further trials: https://apnews.com/article/potato-chips-michigan-varieties-breeding-114043b882cf51d056254ddae29944c2
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@marcoarment@mastodon.social @gruber@mastodon.social Thanks for the heads up! Had already deleted Tweetbot so I had no idea; declining the refund is the least I can do to support a company that brought me my most-used piece of software this past decade.