A Bunch of Things at Once

internet shaquille's basics but especially:

making rice

making scrambled eggs

making oatmeal

levels of cooking meat

using & storing vegetables with recipes in the description (this one has a bit of Sassiness directed at people who dont like vegetables but the content is solid)

food safety + a recipe to demonstrate

how to learn to cook (just a list of subtopics, no actual tips)

cooking techniques playlist

how to cut x

basics with babish s1 & 2, but particularly:

freezer meals,

weeknight meals,

kitchen tools (although the specific suggestions are pretty expensive even with the lower end scale items the basic categories are solid, and you can evaluate what items you will realistcially need - eg. if you dont need to read temp for steaks etc the temp reader will not be relevant) &

kitchen care (mid-high advanced home cooking)

basic knife skills

picking the right pan for each recipe

j. kenji lopez-alt's tips and tricks playlist

egg recipes

a little more complicated, involved, and longer than any of the rest of these but good breakdown of flavor & how and why to use the basic seasoning/flavor profiles

and then recipe channels representing various cuisines:

j. kenji lopez-alt (various)

marion's kitchen (southeast & east asian, western/asian fusion)

maangchi (korean)

future neighbor (mostly korean)

the western supermarket playlist of chinese cooking demystified (more recipes available but these are accessible if you dont have "specialty" ingredients)

family recipes playlist by made with lau (chinese)

not another cooking show (various)

cooking with boris (bear with me here i know he does it exaggeratedly humorously but a lot of them are actually solid and beginner cook friendly. mostly slavic/russian)

you suck at cooking (also falls into the intentionally humorous category but most of the recipes are pretty solid anyway)

how to cook that (baking, also does debunking videos of viral cooking hacks - breaks down the reasons the hacks dont work, pretty important to understand those basics imo)

internet shaquille (various)

babish culinary universe (various)

i REFUSE to recommended joshua weissman because he is fucking insufferable but if you want you can try if you can deal with it, the techniques/recipes seem fine for the most part

🏳️‍🌈 Ruth Ellis (1899 - 2000) was the daughter of former slaves. She came out as a lesbian when she was 16-years-old to the complete acceptance of her family. In 1937, Ruth and her longtime partner moved to Detroit from their hometown of Springfield, Illinois for the promise of higher wages. There, she became the first woman in Michigan to run her own printing business. She printed fliers, posters, and stationary in the front room of her home, which also quickly became a hotspot for Black LGBTQ social life. Before long, Ruth was helping those who came around in any way she could, including by paying for college tuitions. After the Stonewall uprising, 70-year-old Ruth began giving speeches in support of gay and lesbian rights all across the country. She remained an activist for the rest of her long life and even spent her 100th birthday leading the San Francisco Dyke March. At the time of her death at 101, she was recognized as the oldest out lesbian in the US. She is the subject of the documentary "Living With Pride: Ruth C. Ellis @ 100" and is the namesake of the Ruth Ellis Center, a shelter for homeless and at-risk LGBTQ youth in Detroit.

Celebrate Ruth Ellis.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Ellis_(activist)

me:

IF I DON’T SEE SOME FANDOM ACTION FOR “OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH” ON HBO I WILL PERSONALLY LOSE MY MARBLES

My dears this show has ✨EVERYTHING✨

(Canonically) gay people

(Canonically) gender queer people played by gender queer actors

A wonderful range of races and ethnicities, in fact there are only a small handful of prominent white characters

Modern comedy mixed with a true historical story!!

The creator wanted specifically to “embrace the queerness” of the golden age of piracy

It’s heartfelt in all the right ways, it’s funny in all the right ways

Doesn’t take itself too seriously

PIRATES

The true story of The Gentleman Pirate and Blackbeard traveling the seas together

All of the actors are amazing. Like literally all of them.

I never knew I needed a polyamorous Leslie Jones pirate but here she is and I love her

Did I mention Taika Watiti is a producer, director, and plays Blackbeard?

INTERNET! DO YOUR JOB! PUT THIS SHOW ON THE MAP!

It only just started, new episodes are out every Thursday!!

edit: I’m writing a fanfiction here’s the link

https://archiveofourown.org/chapters/93906934?show_comments=true&view_full_work=false#comment_519770251

me, getting further into “our flag means death”: haha…gay?

“actually, man was originally meant to be completely unaware of any sort of moral code and incapable of existential questioning. being ‘made in the image of god’ was supposed to be nothing more than skin deep. man was not meant to resemble him in any way cognitively, only physically. humans were supposed to be mindless pets that only vaguely looked like god on the outside. creatures that interacted with the world, but didn’t learn from it. the christian religion essentially claims that human consciousness was a mistake.”

And then the Serpent gets into Eden, which. How exactly did that happen without God allowing it, again? And says "LMFAO what even is 'die'? You're not going to 'die'. You'll expand." And Eve, who, based on some interpretations of her own creation vis-a-vis Lillith and Adam's utter childishness regarding sex has probably not been having the best time in Paradise anyway, is like "expansion sounds good, actually" and lo and behold, human history begins thanks to that decision.

I'm way oversimplifying these particular heresies, of course, and I'm only able to speak to them from a Christian-apostate standpoint, so if any of my Jewish mutuals disagree with me, listen to them first. But following that line of logic gets you to "The devil's rebellion was both planned and necessary" which gets you to "Maybe it wasn't actually a rebellion at all" which gets you to "Maybe Lucifer is actually God's most loyal son being punished forever for the crime of being faithful" which gets you to "Lucifer gave up Heaven so we could think for ourselves and is the Real Hero of this story."

And then the “oh no” hits. 

“i never had any friends later on like the ones i had when i was twelve. jesus, does anyone?”

FOOD

Find your nearest food bank or mission, for food

grocery stores with free samples, bakeries + stores with day-old bread

different fast food outlets have cheaper food and will generally let you hang out for a while.

some dollar stores carry food like cans of beans or fruit

SHELTER

Sleeping at beaches during the day is a good way to avoid suspicion and harassment

sleep with your bag strapped to you, so someone can’t steal it

Some churches offer short term residence

Find your nearest homeless shelter

Look for places that are open to the public

A large dumpster near a wall can often be moved so that flipping up the lids creates an angled shelter to stay dry

HYGIENE

A membership to the YMCA is usually only 10$, which has a shower, and sometimes laundry machines and lockers.

Public libraries have bathrooms you can use

Dollar stores carry low-end soaps and deodorant etc.

Wet wipes are all purpose and a life saver

Local beaches, go for a quick swim

Some truck stops have showers you can pay for

Staying clean is the best way to prevent disease, and potentially get a job to get back on your feet

Pack 7 pairs of socks/undies, 2 outfits, and one hooded rain jacket

OTHER

first aid kit

 sunscreen

 a travel alarm clock or watch

 mylar emergency blanket

 a backpack is a must

 downgrade your cellphone to a pay as you go with top-up cards

 sleeping bag

 travel kit of toothbrush, hair brush/comb, mirror

 swiss army knife

some witchers ping onto “the bard likes colorful things! the bard will WANT colorful things!” which delights jaskier to no end because he DOES like shiny and bright things, you are correct! thank you for the bracelets! geralt come look!

some witchers go the route of “the bard likes singing stories about creatures! the bard will want to go watch me killing creatures!” jaskier does enjoy these for the short time they last before he almost gets eaten by a manticore, and geralt’s patience with that whole approach is over.

still others think “the bard likes studying creatures! the bard will want souvenirs of creatures! he’s a noble! they love having weird things!” which gets jaskier a variety of very interesting teeth and paws and spines until it culminates in aiden, in true cat fashion, plopping down an entire kikimore in front of the door of the inn jaskier’s staying at one night. jaskier is fascinated and would like to keep it if he could, but geralt is very grouchy about them being summarily evicted from the premises and won’t let him carry it on roach.