2026-07-27T17:07:23Z https://nostr.ae Sam Levine https://nostr.ae/npub1eeyy9ny4swdppy44gyqx4dffs7mkc7ax7g9lmcelwvtuhcuqmz5qxd339h https://media.neuromatch.social/accounts/avatars/112/930/075/069/649/832/original/2a3c7794189ed6e0.jpg https://media.neuromatch.social/accounts/avatars/112/930/075/069/649/832/original/2a3c7794189ed6e0.jpg https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfz6k6wfz5llpyng5zyu294mcgm7cjzu7k09y3g29aa4zwt5tx8zqzyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2sh25aj4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs92yet2eh5jc0e3zhgq687huhpmxjh44k0z8sc4j62mrl229s57ngacvs4h'>nevent1q…vs4h</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Maybe for the next one? I don&#39;t usually get books that are part of the same sequence because that seems repetitive, but maybe that isn&#39;t a very good reason. <br/><br/>Also shows what I get for judging a book based on the title and the one page I can see online. 2026-06-24T14:35:54Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswk9qxgqkxcgpjwufcs292rfernl0lz39q8yvuwludcmu2tqkf59szyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2s0rvx2v RE: <a href="https://wandering.shop/@jcho/116802067930146316">https://wandering.shop/@jcho/116802067930146316</a><br/><br/>Thank you for this, I ordered the nibbling birthday books (going to the house, I give up with the weird summer home address thing and trying to get it to my mom&#39;s place instead would be a mess).<br/><br/>For a first birthday: All the World (Liz Garton Scanlon), Mary Had a Little Lab (Sue Fleiss), Sheep go to sleep (Nancy E. Shaw, sorry to who ever rec&#39;d her Sheep in a Jeep book, I couldn&#39;t make myself get a book with a car in the title), &amp; Go Bikes Go! (Addie Boswell)<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1ar6zs9um3a54s8k70exkvvq26k626qgjp2erkqw0gmyuk43zzh3sqqr8rm" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1ar6…r8rm</a></span><br/> </div> Hey so buying books direct or from independent bookstores is always great, but if that’s not an option, Bookshop.org is offering free shipping from now until June 26th, for Anti-Prime Day. A percent of profits (always, not just these four days) go towards the support of indie bookstores, so not a bad place to buy. They’re also running 15% off select titles for Pride month.<br/>#books<br/><br/><a href="https://bookshop.org">https://bookshop.org</a> </blockquote> 2026-06-24T00:10:17Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszuke6e2lfsmkxm59rmlwwul9d8ntyr834szg0ymsdtdx7ae95gvczyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2sskfxvt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf9y5s6ya9y3e63q24h4avum36rqv8wy9mjek4g4l9jkvaata73hgpvx9k5'>nevent1q…x9k5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Someone kill me now. I just had to fess up to my supervisor that I didn&#39;t check the starting material at the start.<br/><br/>(it&#39;s not normally necessary, this wasn&#39;t a custom order or a particularly weird compound, it&#39;s a pretty standard small molecule building block) 2026-06-11T01:18:15Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsf9y5s6ya9y3e63q24h4avum36rqv8wy9mjek4g4l9jkvaata73hgzyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2s32xlqa Just found out I wasted 3 weeks of work, a significant amount of solvent and other reagents because **the commercial starting material is not what the bottle says it is** to add insult to injury what is in the bottle isn&#39;t even clean, there is at least one other thing in there.<br/><br/>Hilariously (not really) the only reason I determined this was because I&#39;m making something from the literature and none of my spectra were matching close enough. Went back to the start to check and remade the first step, it produced the same wrong thing. Tried some other conditions, same deal. Finally took an NMR of the starting material today.<br/><br/>#ChemiVerse #Chemistry 2026-06-11T01:16:26Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswfv6k7nanh4gn928na3hz70xfkk4gkq9k24xtlu0jd0jkc83z6nszyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2sfzdfy6 When you go to get something out of the cabinet (which turned out not to be there anyway) and discover something else is A Problem.<br/><br/>This was the boron tribromide with the &#34;use in three months of pack date&#34; that I was shipped in July of last year. I haven&#39;t touched it since maybe late September, at which point it looked pretty normal. The bottle itself is inside this secondary container and I&#39;m a little worried what it&#39;s going to look like when I open it...plastic cap maybe totally disintegrated? <br/><br/>#Chemistry #ChemiVerse<br/> <img src="https://media.neuromatch.social/media_attachments/files/116/649/384/565/756/798/original/6e3c99ffb4b14c02.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-05-28T00:33:06Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvx7jsujd6sqgw94s23rmngg9qjej8h0nkdzrzv5p9qejjajkw8eczyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2sa7htl4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqrypnjf8txu5lxrjqlayjtqxnsc4c3l79mfh0nsaqgcx6nqzuwcc00s2fg'>nevent1q…s2fg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Uh oh, what new horror do we have today?<br/><br/>(please tell me it&#39;s not another one fairly close to me) 2026-05-27T22:16:55Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsv99v3vnr3u8jykavmp8m2hxysylgwswav35474asxuumnknlr0yczyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2scfk2dk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxxqdu4cd6xt7s2fwvc5wvmxx3f2d693uxsrjmvk8t99tzsz7ut6qn6znc3'>nevent1q…znc3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>And out of the oven! not nearly as nice looking as some of the others on here with the brown sugar to make a caramel topping, but I&#39;m hoping for a nice sweet cake + tart topping combo.<br/><br/>#EBTSC<br/> <img src="https://media.neuromatch.social/media_attachments/files/116/632/180/500/961/508/original/031cb7b4b72e3d0d.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://media.neuromatch.social/media_attachments/files/116/632/180/531/031/918/original/1597ee28a237bbe9.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-05-24T23:38:01Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxxqdu4cd6xt7s2fwvc5wvmxx3f2d693uxsrjmvk8t99tzsz7ut6qzyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2srl9dtt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0dsef6gpj3hkd08r2z7u2z3xx4mamaff8h7t7jatr0h6u84d8e6gd5zlp7'>nevent1q…zlp7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Well I decided &#34;major substitutions&#34; was preferable to having to put on non-pajamas and go for a walk in the sun (boo, hiss). <br/><br/>I&#39;m using a cake base recipe for a buttermilk cake that has all brown sugar, hence the light brown color of the batter. Will hopefully make up for no additional brown sugar in the topping. <br/><br/>And yes, the lighting in my apartment is that weird during the day. I don&#39;t have the overhead lights on right now to even things out, so it&#39;s patches of sun and deep shadow.<br/><br/>#EBTSC<br/> <img src="https://media.neuromatch.social/media_attachments/files/116/631/986/814/259/822/original/7043beb50bc17482.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-05-24T22:47:14Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0dsef6gpj3hkd08r2z7u2z3xx4mamaff8h7t7jatr0h6u84d8e6gzyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2selg94h In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdt8xuqcx5sz5klvqvv75fg60yu7qm6g5qe0zl9vfmnqqpwuw3q0gpa0kn9'>nevent1q…0kn9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I either need to run out to a grocery store or admit that I&#39;m going to be doing some weird substitutions to be able to make this cake.<br/><br/>(I accidentally used up the milk this morning at breakfast to the point I was pouring half and half onto my cereal so I don&#39;t have anything to make a buttermilk substitute, I was going to thin out greek yogurt for that, but supposed to use milk, I guess I could use half and half? Also this cake is going to be crazy sweet even with reducing the sugar and I&#39;m sort of getting annoyed about how much it&#39;s going to cost for something I&#39;m probably going to have to give away most of).<br/><br/>#EBTSC 2026-05-24T21:52:06Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdt8xuqcx5sz5klvqvv75fg60yu7qm6g5qe0zl9vfmnqqpwuw3q0gzyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2szu38fk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqpnjx5g26t9r9m9f4ky48t4q9a4uye0umclpshh6g6syttldfrfqd09rhr'>nevent1q…9rhr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes that giant glass pan is a non-standard size. No I don&#39;t want to talk about the occasional math gymnastics this causes. 2026-05-24T20:42:12Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqpnjx5g26t9r9m9f4ky48t4q9a4uye0umclpshh6g6syttldfrfqzyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2s0uppft In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8z9m2ym9fmn405t7wnyn3t35pggr78jfnuzauqvy3k86fvr7nq6g47kzeq'>nevent1q…kzeq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I am stalled partway through as I didn&#39;t take enough butter out of the freezer last night and need to wait for another stick to warm up. Also just being lazy.<br/><br/>As usual no *mise en place* because my kitchen is a disaster, but I&#39;ll try to get a couple of in progress shots.<br/><br/>Modifications to any sort of standard recipe (so far): I reduced pineapple juice and cooked it with butter to make a sauce rather than just adding brown sugar to the pan. I really, really like pineapple so I wanted to emphasize that in the topping. I strongly dislike maraschino cherries and opted for using canned tart cherries in water, though they are kind of weird looking (delicious though). In the past I&#39;ve used fancy jarred morello cherries in syrup, but I&#39;ve been avoiding buying stuff like fruit in syrup for the past few years due to extra sugar (no I see no conflict in reducing/caramelizing pineapple juice, I contain multitudes)<br/><br/>#EBTSC<br/> <img src="https://media.neuromatch.social/media_attachments/files/116/631/483/614/525/012/original/5623a12383dba52d.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://media.neuromatch.social/media_attachments/files/116/631/483/629/764/694/original/07903e4877c1af81.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-05-24T20:40:39Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstje5uph8nw9ncccftkww2rd8gueqxcs0d7rfhcf3ur8wt59maqpczyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2syhpt9l Since baking or making ice cream is my current highest use for precious ingredients I decided to use this very generous gift from <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1kydcuejxshy846ktj5udla8ltjx993szw7yqsdvkjjn3lk66ya5scnjltj" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Das</span> (<span class="italic">npub1kyd…jltj</span>)</a></span> to make &#34;maple garam masala&#34; ice cream. The base is very promising tasting.<br/><br/>(First time I&#39;ve bothered with a custard in at least six months, maybe more, I got out of the habit when eggs shot up in price and didn&#39;t get back to it even when they weren&#39;t eye-wateringly expensive, but this seemed worth the extra effort)<br/> <img src="https://media.neuromatch.social/media_attachments/files/116/625/642/560/990/777/original/3931e15b51ccba55.jpg"> <br/> 2026-05-23T19:54:41Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9hynqw0x37vl99tpm7k6v7n6ucyua0nuck63kg2h0jvwp3fwypyqzyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2s9dhw0t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw5ecqu4tjaez6wtxhw6evhzjlrphrfk82l6uazmxddfglge8vn2qjkymhu'>nevent1q…ymhu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Well yeah, it&#39;s obviously power point. 2026-05-23T13:32:37Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs28egvt8eezjely8m8j3c563fe65dgplqlrqn0gv30grmxx0s0pyczyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2swf9hfv Heads up for chem people looking for free stuff: I asked Macherey-Nagel for a sample of their two color TLC plates (they fluoresce in 254 &amp; 3something nm, sounds cool!) by sending a comment in to their &#34;you have questions about this product&#34; form and someone got back to me and said they would ship me a box of them. Usually you get 1-3 plates for samples (a box usually has 20 if we&#39;re talking full sized plates) so I was skeptical, but I just saw the tracking information and it says 4 kg, which is about what a full box weighs...<br/><br/>If they make anything you&#39;d like to try worth asking for samples I guess?<br/><br/>#Chemistry #ChemiVerse 2026-05-21T16:28:28Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsx24je8yjm7zmuvaglpahtu4kcsfq44j9jyxtadlcvlgxxw09jhfszyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2syxw3hs In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq7xqal2nx0c9qqm77cv5ed9jvgadhxdzm9rvkxmc88x0cy07075qc39wmg'>nevent1q…9wmg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Depends on the type of chemist, there are labs that only ever deal with things in small amounts that would never buy a 5 or 10 kg bucket of NaCl. 2026-05-18T17:27:16Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsd4yrfrugy5w8rerunl2j7w3qxsd7n0c36k6k20yadx49hd8h65agzyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2ssf9rhf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs23z5678l0tuhn2nauxqe5v968w6x3xv4s2p7kn645wcc5as6cwjgnk2q7a'>nevent1q…2q7a</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You can also hit up any chemistry or biology labs (even teaching labs) where you teach. If you put up a sign on a bulletin board that says &#34;I will take your large chemical buckets&#34; you might get a decent number, but the size/shape might be a bit more variable (a lot of them are a bit shorter and wider than the standard 5 gallon size). The stuff that comes in them is generally pretty innocuous even if there is some residue around (sodium chloride, sodium bicarbonate, etc, easy to rinse out with water and not a problem to go down the drain). 2026-05-18T17:25:03Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9c2vu5ta0jfemw3dzf4wesshhq0s25r5shduvly7757z5redv64qzyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2swwvmnf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf2e26wureg3m4egajzju7jde68h9zq5klv4fz44g2rv5dhdluudcvmfa93'>nevent1q…fa93</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You&#39;re going to have to bake her an extra dessert just for her to make up for it. 2026-05-13T04:10:38Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2udnrnm0lccjn24thpd90lrk0aceqpw4aq88qf799w2xv05rcy7szyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2sek27y5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx87zggkv0zuxkkwlelz65v267p0n0sp6zru8jnkq7gydzx4d3hmg6z7wj3'>nevent1q…7wj3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>most basic cheese sections here have three: mild, medium, &amp; sharp, but grocery outlet is a kind of weird place and things aren&#39;t always consistent <br/><br/>what else do you have to get six? 2026-05-07T04:43:33Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgl5cxl0pml9kwdv3qhn4l9dnjduwfgc7dlkwl80nd3nwuxkhaa0szyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2sp8tfj8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs88e7scxxdsvs8famdsk42223x7x9mrugdnn0dme9pjlcdgq65d9svh5rry'>nevent1q…5rry</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Huh, interesting. 2026-05-07T04:04:59Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxs7vpmzvn4etruhseh3ad2nkqmgd47scpdphnx3ethpththn8c3gzyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2snxmnmd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfzyxu0jsrkr0w20q5kgfamfda5dhj5rgp05prs059k7ked40xxaqlzcecj'>nevent1q…cecj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Fancy stuff usually comes in wedges or small blocks. Cheap stuff also comes in slices or pre-shredded. I only really took photos of the flat-ish blocks in the original discussion, perhaps I should have taken them of the whole section?<br/><br/>ETA: This is &#34;grocery outlet&#34; not exactly known for the fancy cheese selection (occasionally you get something really good, but it often vanishes as mysteriously as it came)<br/> <img src="https://media.neuromatch.social/media_attachments/files/116/530/965/309/203/404/original/c3fe97ef311e4006.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://media.neuromatch.social/media_attachments/files/116/530/965/309/274/995/original/6327c7d2215ac053.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-05-07T02:37:00Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvfm2gr08rqy763v0zacatsl5uc4nqzxk3vtpa6r63m6hgr4kcgzgzyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2slk95fr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfgd87gq8xz8tj4y2dm6u63hhh68tdv2el83k38hryw7qqs69ul9qk98e93'>nevent1q…8e93</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Some types of cheese in the US comes that way. Usually the less expensive kind of generic stuff. I have to swing by the supermarket tonight, if I remember and they have any I&#39;ll take a pic. 2026-05-07T00:42:43Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswjurgqhmgnn33v9yz54jd4zpnlm50ffddg7n0tzhge85eschzr6qzyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2sntz878 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszvhqqxk4gw6penre6jhk5t9uuljfkndkyt2rgmmes0hn3twl9w7c9suacs'>nevent1q…uacs</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Is Kid2 the henna artist? If so I wonder if there might be some even more detailed henna in your future...could you put henna in a fountain pen? Now I&#39;ve raised all sorts of questions... 2026-04-28T02:53:40Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqslzzp2e44t54l3e2rnc7kj5z92mdtgrag3wtnapfnhskl9gt5xgzyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2svwghkm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvr08xt32cu54rgnp9akq9eshw7e9pmxhvtskpuc9n7jjn2wcthpgz3078n'>nevent1q…078n</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Second this, M being typically Na, Li, Ca, etc. Even though most of us don&#39;t really think of them as &#34;metals&#34; in the colloquial sense the way iron and nickel are in both chemical and colloquial wording. 2026-04-27T14:38:02Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0xzc4j2zgj8lhx2sjt4p9tppyqpv84hg6hrrmyzlfps5dny7m0ugzyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2sta4d3y Just finished a reread last night of NK Jemisin&#39;s Broken Earth trilogy and now nothing sounds appealing because nothing can stand up next to that.<br/><br/>Reading hangover I guess, I&#39;ll hopefully get over it soon.<br/><br/>#Bookstodon 2026-04-25T02:58:44Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsw99khfcjntajdcxn747tnwvguyuacvqvwv07zmx03lxeu2k8vaeczyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2s8qht9k In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqm9z4mv7vz9lk6nav99ygz04x6c5w7807usgqsezvjy3exge3geq2txc3k'>nevent1q…xc3k</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m sorry, I don&#39;t speak french, but there is a server specifically for people who do and he might like to browser their local feed to find other french speakers: <a href="https://piaille.fr/public/local">https://piaille.fr/public/local</a> 2026-04-23T04:17:17Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspw4dhnwj0l5x9nnlc3remkra3wwshkmq43nhzgq4efjmuyt87ahszyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2sw8lt8n In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszl4eeuha9xywrwyy9l93pmkk98v5p0ucuqe27nt39d7jmpxnlegc4ajrkl'>nevent1q…jrkl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Is P5 last thing in the day or right before lunch? I&#39;m not sure how you&#39;d fix the issue in your class, but there is a definite issue with attention span &amp; &#34;caring&#34; (for lack of a better word) at those times. 2026-04-22T13:17:09Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9cm5284l2wuxwm97es5rwndvnrww40ljwz6ug69wng9pey9ddc5szyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2scxvhu3 Want to see something neat? <br/>Bad news for me, but a technique most people no longer use?<br/><br/>2D TLC proved that not only do I have decomposition on silica gel, but based on the structure (which I can&#39;t provide here) I know what is likely happening in terms of side reactions! Pretty cool for a technique that takes &lt;5 minutes and uses a double sized TLC plate and a larger chamber and nothing more elaborate.<br/><br/>(and yes my TLC plates are itty bitty, my standard height is 40 mm, widths seen here are 10, 15, &amp; 40 mm)<br/><br/>#Chemistry #ChemiVerse<br/> <img src="https://media.neuromatch.social/media_attachments/files/116/438/669/593/644/517/original/965f080934bbb76f.jpg"> <br/> 2026-04-20T19:24:59Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdj6qg8a5pt6ghwklpxk4n5hn4e3grez8et3qwadg9xp4y56du9ggzyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2su3lfwp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf4uyxmyncjlmwxa03xxr3nnq738yrdyqsrxvw9razxe62w9r7pxgqlae5x'>nevent1q…ae5x</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>0-0 after the first and I have a bad feeling about this series, the Pens resting their stars the last few games (and losing badly) while the flyers were on a roll winning is I think going to come back to bite the Pens in the butt. 2026-04-19T01:16:51Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsf4uyxmyncjlmwxa03xxr3nnq738yrdyqsrxvw9razxe62w9r7pxgzyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2shstctt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9hcr5xqadk5yxk5zu2990z9uqh8hdam5alm2ftywd7yyjf4v9sgqxjr50h'>nevent1q…r50h</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>espn just said there is 9 minutes until puck drop on the game I want to watch, so we might make it (5 minutes left in this, so depends on how many stoppages in play they have) 2026-04-19T00:18:00Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9hcr5xqadk5yxk5zu2990z9uqh8hdam5alm2ftywd7yyjf4v9sgqzyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2sveqkcw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2jdwrlxx93ndx66lzndqg63rp82jjcln9kydm53jqhnw9cf526scc0yuuq'>nevent1q…yuuq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>the Wild are in the process of killing Dallas and technically the start time for the battle of Pennsylvania was 5 minutes ago, so hopefully ESPN switch pens over at puck drop and doesn&#39;t make us watch this to the bitter end<br/><br/>#HNOM #LetsGoPens 2026-04-19T00:06:58Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2jdwrlxx93ndx66lzndqg63rp82jjcln9kydm53jqhnw9cf526sczyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2sgdwvx2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstfkec6fdj3pprnjx85n56yw3qpnl8lhws06lcajxa7g70w5cxhsc53fq9g'>nevent1q…fq9g</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I did the thing. It was easy to remove the cable to the TV, much harder to plug in the directv one until I thought to grab a flashlight, lining up &#34;tab A&#34; with &#34;slot B&#34; being challenging for this ace person. 2026-04-18T22:55:42Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstfkec6fdj3pprnjx85n56yw3qpnl8lhws06lcajxa7g70w5cxhsczyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2sytcmln Trying to decide if it&#39;s worth getting on a chair to change the cabling to go from the directv box to the TV (rather than from my computer) so that I can watch the first Pens playoff game. I could illegally stream from the computer, but those can be glitchy and weird. But my arms hurt from bike seat post mess last night (on top of pushing the 120 kg of water across campus on Thursday, I maybe need to start doing some upper body work outs...). 2026-04-18T22:37:52Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsd0r7jltlsjdls7vlerh7vujhjllkv23yz2f6qvcp2p6n6ryfmfkgzyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2s8jn2yv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvtuaeqk3fs3mzk4np2fzy2ea4399u7ac9aap30az5geahfyqtrdck9h45r'>nevent1q…h45r</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Having been passed by a very large modern fire truck going full speed with lights and sirens last night: THIS!!!<br/><br/>(I was technically in a protected bike lane, but it had plastic bollards, which wouldn&#39;t protect me from an under powered 1980s honda civic, let alone this thing) 2026-04-17T13:54:41Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsghwaxf5rnddqp9p8ru528p6879xgd0h7dmh346q8y5sdpncvaqvczyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2snm0rka (long tedious background story): and then I hauled 6 20 liter water jugs across campus on a wheelie cart.<br/><br/>Can I have a shower and a nap now? 2026-04-16T17:29:16Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswj8x8fl8re6rj832mx8qf7wwa4ps4efa9j58ye2w8ler3plr8ucqzyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2s7vgm26 Oh wow, this chocolate peanut butter banana ice cream is really good. And I wrote down the recipe this time. Too bad it&#39;s basically like eating heavy cream, which can&#39;t be ideal for my arteries... 2026-04-13T03:34:22Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2cf56yqws7xp2nu6m5k46pxfusq8x9kk8gakpt9396nrwpq6k6rgzyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2sla8tdx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw2as2ewr0yd7547tq7a2w2svkfz2dp86srkxkz2mlglet0gmtnlqsqjshf'>nevent1q…jshf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Get yourself an ice cream maker. Might be the single best hobby I&#39;ve acquired as an adult in terms of time invested for desired product. 2026-04-12T00:39:14Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8v0uhkdllzlav7sykrm5tgxjgnrtm8wqkeeapl20n0vh0tvcld0czyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2s54x387 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqdk63e3uctrmq57nttzgm59m6lwryctj0a9nuac3yrymyfznfctcha4d66'>nevent1q…4d66</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Not to brag (I&#39;m totally bragging) but I won at gift giving today.<br/><br/>I had scheduled an incredibly bougie farm tour as today&#39;s main activity with my mom and knew based on the description that at the end it would be &#34;homemade sourdough bread and jam and honey from our bees in our outdoor kitchen&#34;. Emailed in advance so I knew they wouldn&#39;t have gluten free bread. Special ordered from a local baker by my house a loaf of gluten free sourdough and carried it around in my bag all through the tour to surprise my mom at the end so she could join everyone else in having a snack.<br/><br/>It&#39;s not about putting money into a good gift, it&#39;s about thinking about the person and what would make them happy. I know it&#39;s harder to do than say, but this was a pretty easy thing and she was thrilled when I gave it to her because it meant I planned ahead for her needs. Didn&#39;t hurt that this particular gluten free baker is amazing and a lot of her stuff stands up to regular baked goods. 2026-04-09T22:24:46Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqdk63e3uctrmq57nttzgm59m6lwryctj0a9nuac3yrymyfznfctczyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2sz93fkw Mom shows up 30-45 min earlier than planned. Why? &#34;Because I didn&#39;t have anything to do&#34;.<br/><br/>And now watched me put away stuff around the apartment (mostly stuff taken out for hiking yesterday) and awkwardly stands around. <br/><br/>I actually asked her what she does all day at home and she was like &#34;I go to the gym, hike twice a week, play bridge twice a week, read books. Run errands. I&#39;m busy, some people my age sit round and do nothing.&#34;<br/><br/>She goes to the gym at most 3x a week for maybe an hour. And unless she&#39;s not telling me about all the stuff she&#39;s reading she isn&#39;t reading that much more than she did before she retired. <br/><br/>Currently sitting staring into space<br/><br/>[20 minute break because she asked me what to do about her computer situation and I had to show her macs weren&#39;t scary and weird] 2026-04-09T18:07:33Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszpcdq8h8ldfygzfg0j8kdaxke4vacgawu3v2ryjtezj5aej6ykdszyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2s2d4la2 RE: <a href="https://climatejustice.social/@chu/116352339515975348">https://climatejustice.social/@chu/116352339515975348</a><br/><br/>&gt; Judge Anthony Brindisi disagreed.<br/>&gt; &#34;That is nonsense,&#34; he wrote in his ruling, saying the ad copy no more misleading than a Chick-fil-A ad at the airport featuring a cow and the phrase “Chikin 4 Din Makez U Grin&#34; that suggests “chicken dinners will always make a person happy, or that cows can speak.” 2026-04-05T15:27:18Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs844hg9pdrskef6n3gn5fngthjvf8d6n33u7tw3cp092sl0f0ssegzyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2scvpjgc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs88kwqmursekzpf00hpk5ajxqu8muurut30q0ryyyw97s50azplwcsdf849'>nevent1q…f849</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I wasn&#39;t a huge fan of Fuzz, the topic was interesting but the police theme was more than a little tone deaf for something published in 2021 (I realize it was probably mostly written well before then, but there was no effort to say anything about it) 2026-04-02T03:39:15Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszh3cwn44gum8ppuhapd38zsrqgag52s8f5r90y4965ejnul3wt3qzyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2sqezj7x If you want to read about the history of toilets in space (and a bunch of other bodily functions) I&#39;d highly recommend Mary Roach&#39;s &#34;Packing for Mars&#34;. She covers all sorts of kind of gross things with her usual pop-science flair. 2026-04-02T00:04:45Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsf84ng427y8cq84xuk52yxn9dunruj358203vaydkk83rnvkjyfhgzyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2stfwzx6 I will apparently not be making anything that involves powdered sugar being a powder for at an estimate the next 5 years, because the giant bag I bought on clearance that was partially a block is now all a block (split in a couple of air tight containers, even the parts that were still powder went to block form). And since I don&#39;t exactly use it fast...<br/><br/>(going to maybe have to start substituting it + some molasses for brown sugar, which I just ran out of) 2026-04-01T14:47:10Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsx86694wslq3qmukljm9vdaldnjtycvf4sp9czh5c3wmdjkkdm7egzyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2s4rwntd Finished a reread of The Fifth Season earlier today and started on one of The Obelisk Gate, but I need something lighter and fluffier for before bed I think tonight. <br/><br/>Maybe another Pratchett? I also finished a reread Wyrd Sisters earlier today in my attempt to reread his disc world books as an adult (it&#39;s been a bit slow). 2026-03-30T03:36:16Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsx53rkqtr9qltsqkd6mvkljsxzxkyqt5lvn7x48epsg22qc33agjszyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2swzs98v Mom: So I&#39;ll be taking and uber there and back. I might not get home until midnight. Since [my sister] will have her phone off for the holiday and [my brother] will be traveling to Florida for the holiday so I&#39;ll call or text you to let you know I got home safely.<br/><br/>Me (living across a literal continent): Uh, you realize I don&#39;t always answer the phone, right?<br/><br/>There are things about her I will never, ever understand. The compulsion to call people before/after she gets on airplanes and this sort of thing is one of them. What does she think I&#39;m going to do if she doesn&#39;t call or text? Start calling every ER on the route between her starting point and home? Does she think if she says this she puts out good vibes into the universe of safely getting home? Is it a generational thing? Am I too young to understand this? (these are mostly rhetorical questions) 2026-03-30T01:20:05Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszq7445yj2p02xwzrpyklgq3utdr3yteffzftzv0uyc8cjxraraqszyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2s20fswx Tofu review: the onion is good, not sure it&#39;s quite on par with Bui in PDX, but tasty. The lemon grass is disappointing. Tastes fine, but Bui spoiled me since theirs (which is only made in limited batches and they don&#39;t make more if they sell out!) is basically floating in a sea of fried lemon grass + what I think might be ginger and a touch of chili and/garlic?<br/><br/>This place: Dong Phuong Tofu on Moran street in Westminster, CA<br/>PDX: Bui Natural Tofu on NE 76th (if you go on a Sunday the line will be atrocious once the church around the corner lets out, found that out the hard way)<br/><br/>And yes, I am eating cold chunks of fried tofu straight out the fridge, that&#39;s how good fresh tofu is compared to anything in a western supermarket 2026-03-28T03:42:14Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs05x6tsadlx8du5tz2jtg49rxnau2kupce2y3n86t5x8clry0s5zqzyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2sj9gc4r In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrcj5f69yljeg9es8fvz5fvf4aeh2mxlu43scs8vcws7khesvj7ssf9zxql'>nevent1q…zxql</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>So the question is what&#39;s more extreme that you can use as the sound for a call from her? 2026-03-28T02:41:22Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsx0qslt53usja6xzap2u0pr9kfh9rwv564stc7x2tnhajh0kv6d7gzyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2shq2azq I am minus 20 dollars, 2/3 to 3/4 of my hair, and up 4 slices of fried tofu from a place that makes their own tofu. In the course of this I rode ~35 miles split in chunks today, including with a headwind on the final leg back home. 2026-03-28T02:29:36Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9jhcnr9ms2ex30ndlytzlp8e2q63z96z2hs0qkkxms44rm2unclgzyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2svew0wr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst2w28rkjfsswpjzez6h3940qumrlu59740jtg40vy5gnzcju5d7q5ed3jx'>nevent1q…d3jx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I actually have the account to vote for this (and have bought sets I voted for in the past, though I don&#39;t know if that weighs in at all with this), it looks very cool! 2026-03-26T14:45:53Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsp38snsaa6zzgz63k4uqgn5xwyprpp8wj4tcemkra555h4q2y7huqzyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2s6lnsdg Me: &#34;I wonder why this fairly small compound is $100 a gram. Could I make it?&#34;<br/>Me: &#34;Oh look, it even has an orgsyn prep!&#34;<br/>Me after reading the prep: 🫠&#34;Ok, how much money are we prepared to spend?&#34;<br/><br/>(it involves refluxing in concentrated HBr with a special condenser set-up to remove some of the byproduct + water and then removing it and the remaining water *by rotovapping* at 65-70C) 2026-03-25T23:17:10Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0cfw3lne4gx5s9q0fta3cqv3rm628ag4qugpjcg3yfscup5uqzzqzyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2sky93yz The last thing you want to have to slack someone on a Friday at 5:05 PM:<br/><br/>&#34;We have a freezer problem. Nothing has defrosted yet.&#34; 2026-03-21T00:13:43Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsz9c8j3f0whkqupsqh2u7nhgv476tt9v433fy0vtwakyk8nr507mszyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2s7eg5km Trying to figure out how to get the old plastic washer out of a CO2 regulator to replace it (since at this point the leak is either there or the regulator itself). It&#39;s not coming out easily and I&#39;m afraid I&#39;m going to scratch the threads on the regulator if I try too hard with my tiny flat head screw driver. I&#39;ve tried both at the center hole and where I think there should be a small notch on the edge and no luck.<br/><br/>Maybe <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub14k3sv7gtyhujmep00nkx86m4h6yv2rsna740rasupl93h00d2fvq26yep4" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>MCDuncanLab</span> (<span class="italic">npub14k3…yep4</span>)</a></span> has a trick for this?<br/><br/>#Biology 2026-03-20T16:38:08Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs06kz49fs3e2nc35304pfjn4jnm7t2s67wkkwyc0kkszva2fegyjgzyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2syr79rn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp9jkyctrtf3rv4vcrm6gsw9uz70ky4rp9zd7dk73gly2uxwc7txq58k3x3'>nevent1q…k3x3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>On that scale and at that price point (as in not an arm and a leg for a bottle) they probably have a custom system built that does the same thing. Probably with stirring rather than spinning (a rotary evaporator rotates the flask to spin it) because that&#39;s easier on large scale and less things can go wrong. You just couldn&#39;t do it at a reasonable price with my sort of equipment, batch size limitations. 2026-03-18T19:24:54Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxxkmqdt3h6al39ay767rn5h7c5rn4rj3p9fgh2qumk5ajqgj6q5czyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2smdtnt9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs00teu9q86fqdauykxau3ayyw6tpd0a8rw6m52m74hanucxcdchpcmht9cm'>nevent1q…t9cm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;ve heard of places doing that, though I don&#39;t *think* they use the standard laboratory scale ones, unless the gin is wildly expensive? There are larger preparation scale rotovaps (that cost proportionally more, I don&#39;t even want to know what the list price is) that are meant for liters at a time. Mine (at work) can technically do that, but the collection flasks available are typically 1 L (which means 500 mL collected at max). You can buy larger, but it starts putting a strain on the the joints and stuff that make you want to move to equipment designed for larger volumes. Also you&#39;d want a larger cooling coil or cold finger, etc. 2026-03-18T16:36:08Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsflptlkku75aynwqfdvyzlprksfkmen0lz4ctd06lmexfjpkdqtlgzyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2syes5d3 Me (a person who has spent too much time in lab): hmm, I wonder if you could make maple syrup via rotovap. Would it be even better? Retain more aromatics? Or does sap not have that many to begin with? 2026-03-18T15:09:57Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2dth8dvny83k6mxnny8yusmq08w9p9serk4z8e9k8smeuns9jhxqzyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2sfzfpex I see a whole thread on fancy survival can openers and stuff. Turn to my kitchen and look at my safety can opener in the shape of a whale: &#34;It&#39;s ok, I still think you&#39;re absurdly cute and won&#39;t replace you&#34;.<br/> <img src="https://media.neuromatch.social/media_attachments/files/116/235/145/521/863/499/original/be7fa2d10fc12cac.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-03-15T20:46:08Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxfczxpwjdsq70awd88k2np5jqp7lqpygnu3xeknrcud557ghfenszyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2sanz7s6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs278qfmt9pe4sxh5lk3em55yehdehrlen0f255wjy00eg87lvpduc2wv7jg'>nevent1q…v7jg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It was a revelation. Peeling takes forever, even if all you do is get it wet and scrub off the skin. But if you&#39;re going to simmer it in a curry you won&#39;t even notice the skin. Not certain that translates to stir fry, but it probably does? Just giving it a rinse to remove the dirt and then chopping it up take so much less time. 2026-03-15T01:24:04Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgg3zstmu635alf2nr858q7lpnmm3p4l77zfzhv7649pwgl7hnm3czyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2sh4ktzg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgdmdrytquj634xvj9yxncanqpletp9evpdggx90wxp796e7uma9gkggdfw'>nevent1q…gdfw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I usually skip onions because even more chopping, but it would probably improve things. The biggest thing was realizing I didn&#39;t have to peel the ginger before using it, which meant I started using a lot more fresh ginger a lot more often 😝 2026-03-15T01:18:32Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsf0g89krxvdrv99t6kx8qd2rzh0epfp8mx32d54pahwm7rt7nvupczyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2symm6tp Currently have a large (for one person) pot of fake Indian food simmering on the stove. Unfortunately with only one large pot I can&#39;t make enough rice until it finishes, so it might not be for dinner tonight. <br/><br/>fake as in: take two packages of tasty bite madras lentils and dump over 750 g of frozen veggies (I would usually just use a dry bean mix, but grocery outlet has frozen veggies in a minestrone combination right now, which is much better than typical combinations) that were sautéed with fresh garlic and ginger. Add a can of tomato paste (this makes it sweeter than I&#39;d prefer, but ehh...) and whatever random spices I grab out of the cupboard, with a focus on chili of various types and curry powder. This is nodding in the vague direction of India and not real Indian food, but it lasts all week in the fridge and heats up well over rice fast in the microwave for minimal work. 2026-03-15T00:41:34Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyqse56zy9k46de8fsev20whc8urtjru69dg27nhcxeqj95wzyk6gzyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2seu099y Current conundrum: grocery outlet had a giant (44 slices) pack of cheese on sale a few weeks ago so I got one. And now I&#39;m afraid to open it since I don&#39;t think I can use it up before it goes bad, but freezing cheese never seems to work out well. Particularly since I&#39;d like to eat one slice of this (cheddar) with one slices of something else on my egg and cheese sandwiches, which is going to slow down consumption even further. 2026-03-14T23:44:07Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs84r8uupcflua73a8vje9p906n5fwfmnjfafaml5d5encmsfyq6aqzyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2s8j8g9q In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstnv4fwchv8cxgday9p9pew7mx9sxhus6ajygce87j53mhpa7xusgnuvtnv'>nevent1q…vtnv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I want to say there is a word for this (specifically with pastry and not a crumble topping) it might be grunt or slump? It&#39;s something weird like that anyway. 2026-03-14T18:26:03Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsx29pd85tnzh0mjxr0huvjg99mdzanztjcgktph20q0a7evuvhypczyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2smeuqfy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswx75e40a98gkf62j3kdyvn99yekxlpg62wldq0j9ysyjyzc6g6lsylv5xn'>nevent1q…v5xn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I bought some and thought it was a 3x lifetime supply, but according to some folks in the local buy nothing group some Mexican cooking uses huge amounts of them, one of the women said &#34;I will take the entire package and use it all if no one else wants any&#34; (I kept maybe 1/4 of the package, gave another 1/4 to someone else and she got the half remaining) 2026-03-13T16:23:23Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsp0svm9sw654vsxg46ne7e7ery7r9kkpyyvdnm8hpq73nz6snexaszyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2sk96drp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw324az8t2etu0jr92rr4xdv66kup0gm8f2wf26hkchtrgkjxvqsgz8rch9'>nevent1q…rch9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Just got the crucial piece of data. I clearly made one thing and have some really nice clean material. That equally as clearly is related to but isn&#39;t actually the desired product.<br/><br/>:melting_face: 2026-03-07T02:32:41Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsw324az8t2etu0jr92rr4xdv66kup0gm8f2wf26hkchtrgkjxvqsgzyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2sfsketr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs04t4w53970qz7p8ns4t63j6yst0c9uc6aqewy6mefpfce0tgrf9cng0yfd'>nevent1q…0yfd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>My first sample is finally in the instrument!<br/><br/>I basically did nothing but some desultory cleaning since loading them on, because literally everything requires me knowing what worked and what didn&#39;t in this set of tubes. Also: lack of motivation due to lack of sleep last night. *sighs heavily*<br/><br/>Hopefully the building will still be open when they are done so I can retrieve them tonight, since with the disaster that is the automated work station there I wouldn&#39;t assume I&#39;d get them all back if I waited until Monday. And I lost a tube a couple of weeks ago and don&#39;t plan to lose another any time soon. 2026-03-07T02:12:22Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs04t4w53970qz7p8ns4t63j6yst0c9uc6aqewy6mefpfce0tgrf9czyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2sp6k77c In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr02cmfrk40tq6zcy7djlvc86j9sw09savwya3j4l3v7mrl9f47jczje4es'>nevent1q…e4es</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Should I have maybe gone to the old lab and used the NMR there? I didn&#39;t think of it, but also with 7 samples that means sitting there and manually changing them and telling the instrument to lock and shim on each. And I don&#39;t know if that instrument has been shimmed recently so I don&#39;t know how the spectra would look. Also not sure if anyone is still using the signup calendar for it, so going over would be a shot in the dark that it was available anyway. 2026-03-06T22:30:42Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsr02cmfrk40tq6zcy7djlvc86j9sw09savwya3j4l3v7mrl9f47jczyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2s3xzwyl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy84pzawxyvar58v9rmsk883hydnv0jwcw0vna876j0qw84395fxqn0am2d'>nevent1q…am2d</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If I lived a reasonable distance to work it would be so, so tempting to go home and take a nap and come back and do data analysis tonight. But the distance isn&#39;t reasonable to come back and my home computer doesn&#39;t currently have working NMR software I don&#39;t think... <br/><br/>Also I need too much stuff on the work computer like structures and other data from past experiments for comparative purposes. 2026-03-06T22:28:09Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsy84pzawxyvar58v9rmsk883hydnv0jwcw0vna876j0qw84395fxqzyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2slun8dr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr7523u6l365pkan7defs7mzqna4sm6mw7mhdevmwcltvnuqvulwgq4ylx3'>nevent1q…ylx3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Of the 180 or so minutes of instrument time before my runs 80(!) of them are on one sample. Because obeying the letter of the rules and not the spirit is what matters, right?<br/><br/>(I&#39;m not thrilled with all of the 12 minute samples, but that&#39;s a proton + a carbon which is pretty reasonable) 2026-03-06T22:24:45Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsr7523u6l365pkan7defs7mzqna4sm6mw7mhdevmwcltvnuqvulwgzyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2ss7cgc3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0emh524qxtm85kg8newe5vkndtpw4zn0gh3yfrwpwyn7mhjff98srj4686'>nevent1q…4686</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>And at the end of that giant ramble: this means I probably won&#39;t have data on whether my idea worked until after 5PM (if I&#39;m lucky, after 6 might be more likely because the time estimates don&#39;t include sample change/lock/shim time, which for samples like mine are actually longer than the spectra time). 2026-03-06T22:16:11Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0emh524qxtm85kg8newe5vkndtpw4zn0gh3yfrwpwyn7mhjff98szyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2sgzfa4e In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2a9wdc295ck8qmgjm84l3y72009zjnmwsjy4fl4a7futpjxn3ryq763fs4'>nevent1q…3fs4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I get that the 24 place sample changer on this new instrument was probably much cheaper than the giant full robot types, but they really should have considered springing for one. Though since there was basically no automation here prior to this (I know, shocking, I&#39;ve used automation at most facilities since about half way through grad school, and my undergrad even had some early ones, though I didn&#39;t use them regularly) they probably took a survey and too few people realized how much better their lives would be with it to say &#34;yes, I&#39;d use it!&#34; and got the number of users way too low. 2026-03-06T22:14:23Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2a9wdc295ck8qmgjm84l3y72009zjnmwsjy4fl4a7futpjxn3ryqzyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2s0mwv2t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyduvptryeexy6hv8fy25n9rmzv4wxs82ww74wj9hkm3fypcv6hrq4gh297'>nevent1q…h297</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The real &#34;tragedy&#34; of it all is that the campus has at least one of the giant bruker robot changers that does maybe a couple hundred tubes, but it&#39;s on an instrument that was built before topspin could auto lock &amp; shim. So it can run automation software, but every sample needs to have the exact same solvent and preferably similar concentration and sample volume. Which means you use it for undergrad teaching labs and like nothing else. And it requires clearing it with the director to set it up, because it isn&#39;t normally running. In fact there might be two instruments capable of this. 2026-03-06T22:14:18Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyduvptryeexy6hv8fy25n9rmzv4wxs82ww74wj9hkm3fypcv6hrqzyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2s84gthh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs04flw0vyfe7vacpct5sqthq0m9lzhzwekqhxpufuuh8fcqs6lyhg68s34p'>nevent1q…s34p</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Also we&#39;re starting to have serious issues with &#34;too many samples not enough queue space&#34; now that so many people are using the automated system (its been up for about a year now). With only 23 sample holders (holder 1 is for the shimming standard the director keeps there) and people like me submitting 7 at a time that&#39;s sort of a problem. Though the bigger issue is probably people submitting night queue stuff early in the day and then blocking anyone else from using that holder for the rest of the day. And there was a bunch of night queue stuff lined up already. And you can&#39;t pull a sample out to run yours before theirs is scheduled to run because it&#39;s locked in the computer.<br/><br/>To illustrate the point: While I was fixing my giant mistake someone came up and wanted to load samples and I looked at the queue and went &#34;well there are only 6 available spinners and I have 7 samples so...&#34;. And he said &#34;well I just want to schedule overnight experiments&#34;. For 4 tubes. At 1:30PM. And I had to go &#34;well these that I&#39;m using will be free in 3 hours (or whenever they finish) and those slots will be available&#34;. Like I&#39;m sorry if you don&#39;t want to come back, but I was not only here first, but I&#39;m loading short experiments for day time running. 2026-03-06T22:09:25Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs04flw0vyfe7vacpct5sqthq0m9lzhzwekqhxpufuuh8fcqs6lyhgzyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2sdu04ch Well that was a Friday afternoon blunder (probably due to on my lack of sleep last night): I for whatever reason saw red circles on the automation queue and went &#34;oh they&#39;re done I&#39;ll pull those to put mine in&#34;. And pulled 7 samples out of the physical queue. It&#39;s yellow that&#39;s done. Red means waiting to run. <br/><br/>Since I always pull samples into the numbered holder I was able to figure out which were which since I only had to choose between three tubes and not the 100+ on the table (they happily were all from people who put enough information on their tubes to help with this, some combination of initials and/or page number/letters). Then I had to go find the facility director and own up to what I did so that he could contact the users and tell them to check their samples to make sure I put the right ones back. 2026-03-06T22:01:17Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspr7r2wemf2pkr789lqaew506rfe4smklhnmejj8heldvtrp8lhjczyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2sye59r4 Breton butter cake with a lemon filling (lemon pith + some innards minus the juice, soaked in sugar for a couple of weeks) was a hit at food not bombs. I guess none of their regulars is a baker, so any desserts they have are usually things like packages of cookies for people to take home. Also, cake is easy to eat if you don&#39;t really have teeth and there was at least one person who opted for a second piece because of that. 2026-03-02T01:45:51Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvfs42gte8xwvhudzvqu2gglymfmtewl7dyd3fj3g57g8cc7mhwxczyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2s6m3c0m In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszfql848ef59y68y49mhl58astq3w8ut52a8q6a3dmp6dmmlyudmq6ywpc7'>nevent1q…wpc7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>No eating planned? Should we start looking for pod marks? 2026-02-28T21:47:05Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8k6l76up080n6vde2ne5ecgfu7t20c2k0x63h7gqdcxdpffkh79qzyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2svyp442 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsth2r9zyrewkhvvwfzrm7ccd3ssgj6ufpz0e4uqrc9skyae2nxd2g9cy3cv'>nevent1q…y3cv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I don&#39;t know! (probably in place of butter in some baking project, I&#39;ve used coconut oil before so it shouldn&#39;t be much of a change and will probably work fine in cookies) 2026-02-28T19:05:58Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8uz6dkavm9x98xs03wsm5ygn83hlyqznwxwjmlku5c6fnv34cgcqzyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2shr2h55 Currently trying to determine which of the four(!) containers of nut butter oil pour off in my fridge might be cashew. Three of them look like the same texture and one looks different, so maybe those three are cashew? Either way I should probably just use them up to get those containers back. Though what will I do with the oil from the top of the container I want to open today... 2026-02-28T18:51:23Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswcra9raxd7wdjyzfra830nkmrt2px7u32jee0dfyppd88e0tc7tqzyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2ssxz38y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9nlq4aw46vzxyuxwm3pm8zvv68mhjd0p8n04vnuph2fjys0kmyestdqxj7'>nevent1q…qxj7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Have you read anything else by her? I like pretty much all of it, but the horror is subtly creepy. The fantasy romance is a lot of fun. 2026-02-28T03:36:51Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsznt8qpu22rkujssem4yau4hn52clvx6quag9fvfshp62hmyyucwszyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2stl08wm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstrrnt9glatr96aqwvflt9qz9denq9thpkx89dmkcawmzc6k8g30svm4fgr'>nevent1q…4fgr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Either one large hole (big than a finger for sure) or three smaller ones. Thank you lab work.<br/><br/>And by retire I mean move to the pajama pile. They don&#39;t leave that pile until they are basically falling apart at the seams. 2026-02-28T01:18:18Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsd4xgq2m2gpa5a84z97x6d5wmrr7kk24wnqqffd89p8ppxlpgqdzqzyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2swzjgyg RE: <a href="https://social.coop/@ZaneSelvans/116140485089490221">https://social.coop/@ZaneSelvans/116140485089490221</a><br/><br/>This is the paper (dated tomorrow!): <a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adv9789">https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adv9789</a><br/><br/>Must have been on BioRxiv awhile since there was a comparison discussion paper with CRISPR out in July: <a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12385481/">https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12385481/</a><blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note19z3nmcjql852dhgrrvky6k6fgxm8j7r0lqlqstsetcy6qxt440as00enfd" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note19z3…enfd</a></span><br/> </div> Whaaat? A new viral/bacterial immune system-derived gene editing tool? But it's 1/4 the size of CRISPR-Cas, matches both strands of DNA, can cut anywhere, and leaves overlapping ends to avoid inducing mutations? All these parts are just laying around for us to find!<br/><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UimlaolxiA">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UimlaolxiA</a> </blockquote> 2026-02-27T03:42:20Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvpzyxhfpvcx54aljv7z8rus2dtnww788485d3gldpfgmr547y4rczyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2sc50fg3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrvpr7gffnahn6hvnc6jqcte5ewqh7k3mgznr89de5gla5k3f7s2c89kmkj'>nevent1q…kmkj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Someone in the neighborhood a bit north of me planted 4 lemon trees in their yard many years before I moved here. I&#39;m sure it seemed like a good idea when they were small, but at this point when you tell someone &#34;turn by the house with the lemon trees&#34; everyone knows *exactly* what house you mean. 2026-02-25T15:15:52Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsftxa4qpx2guy9syev7ywc3ytuy8wqlju0uz7yjzv06x9jmnl8qmqzyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2szgv74k In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9nna9zd9v9vsyrpjqthsgk4rngeyhn4xlx4gfulzg5ds9lgt3mzqwnshua'>nevent1q…shua</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Shout out to Caspar (<span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub13jce3my0xxac9wnww469wgv7qs056ksfjrsjtquudwgwa4wzx5es5cxvz3" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>West Lawns⚡️</span> (<span class="italic">npub13jc…xvz3</span>)</a></span> ) who found the scientific answer to this totally trivial, but surprisingly niggling question for me! <a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11171307/">https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11171307/</a><br/><br/>(turns out it&#39;s 2.75 doubles to give 4 single yolks, so my seat of the pants guessing was pretty close) 2026-02-23T05:02:47Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9xcqsundnmtq2hf884mljc3hgfwuhud7auemvxc079tpss59v2rszyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2sgj3dnl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9hgdeh7r9r9g25sqnjfcpuy9egh6yx6094ag8fvafuxvmfev05yg9wqspe'>nevent1q…qspe</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Well it certainly looks promising!<br/><br/>#EBTSC<br/> <img src="https://media.neuromatch.social/media_attachments/files/116/117/013/885/998/483/original/3bb83a5cecd9abae.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-02-23T00:03:42Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9hgdeh7r9r9g25sqnjfcpuy9egh6yx6094ag8fvafuxvmfev05ygzyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2ssfgnhs In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2pprvfv775halrenfz4hwsfe6l34hcfk0cj97dcv58zm769fjrxsnvf7re'>nevent1q…f7re</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>And prepped! I&#39;m a little worried that my cake is too frozen (I might have been slow to remove it from the freezer both times...) and that baking won&#39;t go well, but I guess I&#39;ll find out!<br/><br/>#EBTSC<br/> <img src="https://media.neuromatch.social/media_attachments/files/116/116/837/887/307/610/original/1a6b689de8fe3cf6.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-02-22T23:18:57Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2pprvfv775halrenfz4hwsfe6l34hcfk0cj97dcv58zm769fjrxszyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2szrc6a8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstzv9q9xfd3ylfqrrns358ewaz6werz23ku366wcn3l3npga83x7qv2nwps'>nevent1q…nwps</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If anyone local would like some cake let me know. Even with the reduction in sugar I have a feeling (as in tasted some of the batter) this is going to be too sweet for me. 2026-02-22T22:36:39Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstzv9q9xfd3ylfqrrns358ewaz6werz23ku366wcn3l3npga83x7qzyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2s4r2e29 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9nna9zd9v9vsyrpjqthsgk4rngeyhn4xlx4gfulzg5ds9lgt3mzqwnshua'>nevent1q…shua</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>And this is where many of you might think I&#39;m no longer baking the same cake. Rather the marmalade (despite the fact I have at last count 3 open jars of jam in my freezer) I went with orange piths soaked in sugar and then blended. From some oranges I used the zest and juice for on a baking project last weekend. It is very sweet &amp; sour!<br/><br/>#EBTSC<br/> <img src="https://media.neuromatch.social/media_attachments/files/116/116/582/803/990/688/original/d54fdef4d1c74c5e.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-02-22T22:14:05Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9nna9zd9v9vsyrpjqthsgk4rngeyhn4xlx4gfulzg5ds9lgt3mzqzyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2sepz5p4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsducch9nqssw5p8kusvpc8n7arfn0kyjnesnauphsd85tpxzl4u4qw0hem5'>nevent1q…hem5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>On a related note: any other bakers out there buy jumbo eggs? How do you account for &#34;4 yolks&#34; if you get doubles? I assumed they are smaller than large yolks in that case and used 5 from a total of 2.5 eggs (all were from double yolk eggs), but I&#39;m open to more exacting methods if someone has weighed the yolks from doubles specifically. 2026-02-22T21:42:01Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsducch9nqssw5p8kusvpc8n7arfn0kyjnesnauphsd85tpxzl4u4qzyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2s732emw I never take photos of my mise en place, but figured I&#39;d at least submit an &#34;in progress&#34; shot after I&#39;d tidied up a bit.<br/><br/>As usual with me there have been *extensive* modifications to the recipe, mostly to account for wanting to lower the amount of sugar.<br/><br/>#EBTSC #Baking #mastonom<br/> <img src="https://media.neuromatch.social/media_attachments/files/116/116/453/659/836/625/original/7bbd61fa3637340d.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-02-22T21:41:14Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvss3570xt6hh7rsw6yvaf6hh42as5hq78det33h2rmyv0kyjkttqzyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2str7k0x Wow, this essay was depressing. And probably accurate from my limited non-faculty view of things. There are announcements of &#34;new building with X&#39;s name on it for Y dollars&#34; where Y doesn&#39;t seem to be enough to fund construction of said building all of the time. But donors want their names on things and funding grad student salaries or internal research grants to faculty isn&#39;t sexy I guess. <br/><br/><a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:uebh4o2jjus4nzvyv3pffssb/post/3mffsaqlt2pou">https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:uebh4o2jjus4nzvyv3pffssb/post/3mffsaqlt2pou</a><br/><br/><a href="https://www.publicbooks.org/the-misuses-of-the-university/">https://www.publicbooks.org/the-misuses-of-the-university/</a> 2026-02-22T02:33:08Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgejyely4spfjedg5r0frv2x676lr28zzme9f2mzs06gjw6xf5tgqzyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2sgct92q At UCI this morning.<br/> <img src="https://media.neuromatch.social/media_attachments/files/116/104/066/406/368/669/original/c6daa7733da284fd.jpg"> <br/> 2026-02-20T17:11:00Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8mvsu4wseurey2ad86nqmv8tpl803ykkay6cujducvygqwkhcafqzyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2snkmek4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdvzz5jzz9j7l8xuy89jvcjt43ylnhpu52k3m43vu3zqdntw5n6zg8qkj07'>nevent1q…kj07</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think it had been in the mailbox for a couple of days, she&#39;s been sick and the driveway is long and while technically someone plowed it probably still pretty slick from snow/ice to walk on so I don&#39;t think she was checking it every day. 2026-02-18T01:33:10Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszcvlnfhun5d0kzwj4nmdlr0ahmtngxmcs9mrel59av64zhaecq6szyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2suucgv7 Every large non-profit: &#34;Hey ask your employer to match this donation&#34;<br/><br/>My employer: &#34;Will you donate to us?&#34;<br/><br/>Ah universities... 2026-02-18T01:31:50Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsy6z6qfzxcjhs7df7zg3cytn5rkll7znlev3td8le2lpqevfuha9szyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2s9wtlrd Thank you to <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub15w9ua3g8jqqnpltwc9na6lafggq54ykq0et0u5hpl2l75990eh7qp02huq" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Norcal Gma 2</span> (<span class="italic">npub15w9…2huq</span>)</a></span> , my mom has been sick for the past two weeks and she was happy to get a fun package in the mail!<br/><br/>(I went with World Central Kitchen for the donation, figured it fit your vibe)<br/> <img src="https://media.neuromatch.social/media_attachments/files/116/089/025/054/149/533/original/fdc21ff66582b675.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://media.neuromatch.social/media_attachments/files/116/089/024/983/714/855/original/1fb4e8579fb79cb9.png"> <br/> 2026-02-18T01:25:47Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsd3pxf8qjx4snu7ype8xgwnwnnlwc9f38y39g7xzavcpk67mh8u9szyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2syhxhzw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszxearg6p8vk5aqfgealpq7lzes6tgxq5m8enag73fwqd83k2utzs20sfcz'>nevent1q…sfcz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The lack of scientific rigor in their last experiment is frustrating. You don&#39;t get to compare homemade whole wheat bread with a french baguette made from white flour. You have to make a french baguette yourself. Or buy whole wheat bread.<br/><br/>Also this tends to be a cudgel used against fake meat substitutes, which as a vegetarian drives me to distraction, even if I don&#39;t particularly like them or eat them in large amounts myself.<br/><br/>And back to the bread telling everyone to make their own bread because it&#39;s healthier basically excludes anyone who doesn&#39;t have the time or money to do it. As much as I enjoy doing it sometimes, it is a very upper middle class activity in modern american society. Thanks npr (spoken as a devoted morning listener, it&#39;s been my wake up alarm for over five years now). 2026-02-17T03:32:20Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsw0srg2ga34m5ywz6x6ususylwuvj3w9ej4tevlqc74r84zxxzzeszyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2s4v5an6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswngjym35nkhuldgup4yvnfa7dj5p6tkuzcm448qkxjtvpcnlgemclhnpfj'>nevent1q…npfj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I don&#39;t use oil or anything so I think the microwave comes out quite well? I like my popcorn usually dry with a sprinkle of salt (or cheese powder, but I ran out of that, or sometimes powdered sugar). It&#39;s fast and doesn&#39;t require my attention so if I forget the worst thing that happens is I find stale popcorn in the microwave the next day. Weird, but not dangerous.<br/><br/>I have two of these little silicon tubes that each make one serving of popcorn, but I think they make larger silicon bowls suitable for using the microwave. Learn from me though: do not use a paper bag to do it. Or at least do not reuse the same bag! 2026-02-14T21:54:11Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsg8u74cfvx6pc5c9xagzks3a9n3528avpuzeg8v40wsycz9pnvyagzyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2s9vvg74 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw72e3dd5xyep4qzvxp5e0lhuzja6l0xcf0qs8kdd2xteff0y2ucsv9hucv'>nevent1q…hucv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Well I&#39;m going to find out, since I just hauled the giant bag home on my wheelie cart! 2026-02-14T21:24:05Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0lu95p0fq3vwusmhlf8ygprug2uk2udgzr4pz87d4dcxcspggwwgzyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2szqvusg Didn&#39;t buy more popcorn kernels at the grocery store since the price seems to be creeping up for the cheapest generic ones I buy. Smart and final has giant (35 lb / 15.9 kg) bags are a good price. I usually get 60 oz (1.7 kg) at a time and it lasts me maybe two months. So 15.9 kg isn&#39;t totally excessive, right? I would just have to repack it into better packaging?<br/><br/>Watch it turns out you can&#39;t make this stuff in the microwave (it&#39;s &#34;giant mushroom popcorn&#34;). 2026-02-14T19:49:11Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9uhqahvf7dxetfa6adyq6kn78ccy3n4v7aecfv55p0a0mzwvt73gzyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2ssrgqdh Trusting in my pocket friends (<span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub14k3sv7gtyhujmep00nkx86m4h6yv2rsna740rasupl93h00d2fvq26yep4" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>MCDuncanLab</span> (<span class="italic">npub14k3…yep4</span>)</a></span> and <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1kydcuejxshy846ktj5udla8ltjx993szw7yqsdvkjjn3lk66ya5scnjltj" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Das</span> (<span class="italic">npub1kyd…jltj</span>)</a></span> ) to not lead me astray, I&#39;m going to try steaming these &#34;hard boiled&#34; eggs.<br/><br/>It looks like my silicon colander just fits in my largest pot with the lid fairly snug, so fingers crossed! 2026-02-14T03:11:17Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqn3v7l0qgptrk765lay2yzln7amftk5mpy3uevs24deg4xajqf9qzyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2s8qesv2 I think lemon might be another flavor like mint where now that I&#39;ve made it myself I wouldn&#39;t bother eating it at anywhere but the fanciest of ice cream shops, and nothing available in a supermarket. The flavor complexity from the combination of a large proportion of fresh juice + a good amount of zest steeped in the ice cream base is amazing. This batch is a little icy, I think it might need more cream (I used all half and half in the custard for this attempt). The raspberries are a good addition, though I maybe should have added a bit more. Or maybe try larger blackberries next time? Though this is predicated on getting more home grown lemons from someone. 2026-02-12T05:18:46Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfu08zzvuahhlzw9qtsyjkee8u7z42ce39zmltaagw9hxcjusqjcczyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2sjykln6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdampj5wwx0ppz4kvjatlszepk3qgakaek3vfav6337x38khvmhvsaa46ce'>nevent1q…46ce</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>6 mL would be a lot of something for me, but I certainly might have complained about how long things take. You should tell them how much in a long-ish synthetic sequence people often get out the end to really make them sad. 2026-02-12T00:45:15Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspajcrh9pwc3xlnfqne5gycpt8y3ft398667akapdeycv7djxapaczyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2su9sa0q If I really had my act together today I would have realized that this reaction would use up all of a particular homemade reagent and started the sequence to make more of that. But it&#39;s 4:40PM and the sequence to make more is a first step that takes an hour and then a second overnight step. Do I really want to *start* setting up something that takes an hour at 5 PM? 2026-02-12T00:41:30Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8k3mmvx55lxzegexsk78az0ut68gzzfj3xw788hsmj8ur900f4wszyr8ysskvjkpe5yyjk4qsq6449xrmwmrm5meqhl0r8ae30jlrsrv2sjwp8ll In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9g38fcpw7jgsatuln4ejy2htypv6rk9r2vyl6cfgssf77xt7gjtsh7cvpw'>nevent1q…cvpw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Very minor: looks like this reaction went further overnight and I can probably discard the little bit of starting material left and see if my idea is working. 2026-02-11T17:59:27Z