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1.) Not all our parents would bake us a fucking cake when we come out. Some of us are closeted. Surely you understand this? You also do not need to know my parent’s names or occupations; we are both adults. I do not need nor want to mix you and my private life with my parents and my public life.

2.) Trans people do not owe you their dead name or government name

3.) I’m not telling you for the sake of job security. I am a government fucking caseworker working amidst a fucking lavender panic!

“There’s no way you’re a different person outside this; you’re still you at your core. What harm is there—”

No, I am a completely different person. A different person with a different personality and different interests and a different name and presentation. I am a completely different person because I keep this life and my public life private to avoid fracturing 90% of my interpersonal relationships and 100% of my professional ones.

“You’re not out? But you’re so confident.”

I need y’all to start bringing that energy. Because it’s not always safe for someone to be out and not everyone is safe to be out around.

I might translate this article later today. This one was the most complete one, even in Italian news it's not talked about that much.

Cage to table today!

We butchered 16 of the extra males this morning, put them in a marinade for the day, and cooked them in the air fryer for dinner! I dry plucked a few of them for the first time ever, just to see how plucking would be... It REALLY made a difference in the air fryer, the skin on birds were a lot juicier and tastier.

I haven't butchered quail in a while (I've just culled for feeders for animals for friends), but it was still really easy. We just got the air fryer a couple weeks ago, so this was also the first time cooking the quail in it.... They took about 15 minutes to cook and while they were resting Sark cooked the tater tots so it was all ready at the same time!

Ime commercial meat quail are usually about 1/2-2/3 the size of a Cornish game hen? Which is both a large range and more vibes based than weight based. Standard size (not jumbo) quail are probs more in the 1/3-1/2 range.

i HATE self-censorship for a lot of reasons, but being in crisis work makes it even more frustrating. who are you censoring for? like i am being so fr, WHO are you censoring for? have you even thought it through? people who have been raped know that they have been raped. if someone attempts suicide or is grieving someone who did, saying "sewer slide" isn't going to protect them from any of the feelings. a murder victim's family isn't going to feel better bc you said "unalived" instead of murdered. if anything, it's just extremely invalidating and othering. it's saying "what happened to you is so bad that i won't even say the word," which is NOT trauma-informed care. you are not protecting survivors/victims when you self-censor. the ONLY things you protect when you self-censor are the puritanical ideologies that are being encouraged by rich fascists who want your money and obedience

I, knowing that this was a once in a lifetime opportunity, waited carefully for the lab director to be deep in conversation with someone else on the other side of the laboratory. And then I took my chance.

Test tubes, as it turns out, are really bad as shot glasses. Their shape turns any liquid inside into a stream, so you really can't knock it back quickly - it takes a couple seconds. Additionally, the best way I can describe the taste of virus concentrate was "sterile rot". A very unique kind of bad! Made worse by the test tube's inefficiency as a shot glass.

(by the way we were studying bacteriophages, not animal viruses. these viruses are too specialized on attacking prokaryotes to even recognize our cells as targets at all, according to studies.)

(but also like. if the viruses managed to successfully switch hosts and killed me with a violent infection, itd still be worth it.)

And like there was no permanent cast, all these celebrities seem to have gotten a scene or part of a scene to do (i’m not sure exactly, I did not ever watch Quibi and thus haven’t seen this yet), and then they just… recreated it as best they could. At home. Under quarantine.

So like, you had Jennifer Garner in a blanket cape playing Princess Buttercup AND the Booing Old Woman with a crowd comprised entirely of stuffed animals:

Or Taika Waititi paying Westley off a badly-drawn Inigo on a piece of cardboard held in front of someone’s face:

And it’s all just delightful.

But my absolute favorite part of this thing that I’ve sadly never seen but assume is probably absolutely hilarious and a treasure and I want to find it some day and watch the whole thing… is that Carey Elwes is in it.

As Prince Fucking Humperdink.

Here ya go

oh I hope I'm not too late! This is my recipe:

14 tablespoons unsalted butter, slightly softened

100g granulated sugar

125g brown sugar

1 large egg

250g sourdough starter, unfed/discard

1 ¼ tablespoon vanilla extract

¼-½ teaspoon almond extract

260-300g all-purpose flour

7g salt 1 teaspoon baking soda (add a little for more floof)

1-2 cups large chocolate chips (to taste)

In a large bowl, cream the softened butter, BOTH sugars (white and brown), and salt.

Add the egg, vanilla, and almond extracts to the mixture, stir until mixed.

Stir in the sourdough starter, baking soda, and chocolate chips.

Stir in 260g the flour until just mixed. It will seem a little goopy. If it’s Very goopy, add a little more flour, but bear in mind it will firm up in the fridge.

Refrigerate for at least 20 minutes (can go overnight if needed!)

When you're ready to bake, preheat the oven to 350°F, scoop dough into balls on the baking sheet, and bake for 15-25 minutes.

notes:

I use a standard ice cream scoop to grab fairly large portions of dough and roll into ball. I lightly flour my hands in order to make a smoother ball.

Recipe should make 16-24 cookies; if you have more than 24, your cookies are too small and idk what will happen. If you have less than 16, your cookies are too big, which isn’t a problem necessarily, but you’ll need a longer cook time probably.

You can test if they’re done by sticking a chopstick in the middle to see if it comes out clean.

My oven takes 23 minutes for most variations. Sometimes it takes 15 minutes. You'll just have to keep checking the first time.

Let them cool on the baking sheet for at least a few (~5-10) minutes after taking them out of the oven. They will get a little bit of a crisp on their crust if you do, and it’s REALLY delicious. After that, you can put them on a cooling rack if you want.

100% suggest eating one while it’s still warm (not burning but warm). They are at their best right after baking. They're okay for the next day or two, but they're kind of like fresh biscuits, and get kinda stale fast. I've rarely had a problem with them lasting that long.

- Anjal Prakash, the former research director at the Bharti Institute of Public Policy

I'd also like to elevate this linked study from the article:

-ancient roman posca: water, red or white wine vinegar, honey, salt, herbs (coriander, mint, thyme)

-switchel: water, ginger, vinegar, sweetener, lemon, salt

-ayran: yogurt, water, salt, mint

-sees the reports of the heatwave in Europe-