2026-07-28T04:13:07Z https://nostr.ae christa https://nostr.ae/npub1mdaw7xhdvunhqmymxvlu3zaf7f5tpu7c88vtf89w9hqtc8nscszs2z2cq9 https://friend.camp/system/accounts/avatars/000/024/307/original/94df8f2f2abc288a.png https://friend.camp/system/accounts/avatars/000/024/307/original/94df8f2f2abc288a.png https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8fkpknp8sy5yzgfwnyauy9t3ttyqkvzrtcy05ylk54hjzuxap7jqzyrdh4mc6a4njwurvnvenljyt48ex3v8nmqua3dyu4ckup0q7wrzq2k4q4xt this serious eats explainer on toasted sugar is blowing my mind. tldr sugar doesn&#39;t melt under heat to liquify and become caramel, instead it&#39;s going through thermal decomposition. as a result you can toast sugar without melting it, just at a lower temp. <a href="https://www.seriouseats.com/dry-toasted-sugar-granulated-caramel-recipe">https://www.seriouseats.com/dry-toasted-sugar-granulated-caramel-recipe</a> 2026-07-03T23:48:15Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfrhdyatmx9km9edx5lyh0lpzp6ht2jw0hsq7lxlcg3kr4tkp68wqzyrdh4mc6a4njwurvnvenljyt48ex3v8nmqua3dyu4ckup0q7wrzq2jk5j08 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgjrtxxndcpnuc8hhvcjav9s9uz9acdhffhrdlucdmw8mcafyf8xcwtj4ny'>nevent1q…j4ny</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I often just recommend people in town buy tickets to the hop on hop off busses. they&#39;re really good for this sort of thing. but holidays are rough and they get expensive fast with families 2026-06-19T17:11:41Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsz09s327c94vfe40d035hecazdyq4u6zcn052kwtjp6ze47ztmrmszyrdh4mc6a4njwurvnvenljyt48ex3v8nmqua3dyu4ckup0q7wrzq203d7fx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr7xf64r9r2c7mme7cdzd6uxt37ghevsxnfm4a8vw7yuj7d6qnyqqr569qd'>nevent1q…69qd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Caltrain to my part of town is hard! in past it’d been easy to get the 31 from station and transfer to 28, but they cut the 31 route in the most recent round of cuts and now it doesn’t go past market 2026-06-19T16:42:06Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsggr9937l9m20gpzkhn7cy5lhmh88qr3tzqj7v4r3dsggqvxzgm5szyrdh4mc6a4njwurvnvenljyt48ex3v8nmqua3dyu4ckup0q7wrzq2d6yxl3 from NPR this morning (on radio):<br/><br/>official guidance from the state is to have mailed your vote by mail ballot by wednesday last week due to recent changes in postmark policy for elections snd slowdowns at usps.<br/><br/>if you haven’t mailed your ballot yet:<br/>- go to post office and have them postmark it in front of you<br/>- drop it off in an official ballot drop box<br/>- turn in your ballot tomorrow at polling location and vote in person instead 2026-06-01T15:30:43Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsp2mcmc36ehkxsk4pks5pnq6n7l9utkq8d5grs89y4gazwf3v0w0czyrdh4mc6a4njwurvnvenljyt48ex3v8nmqua3dyu4ckup0q7wrzq2xa6mea In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqsk7sxlwt8gutwc37u7fr9j90eq49ja5k7p8vhw2zkz27cyaapuqn08n8f'>nevent1q…8n8f</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I didn&#39;t know this about Halldór Laxnes at all. thanks so much for sharing 2026-05-02T21:40:58Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdwaj7kkdaepnwsd6rr2wdf5vc2dvtj8lnj9ptj08sj4vfah3484szyrdh4mc6a4njwurvnvenljyt48ex3v8nmqua3dyu4ckup0q7wrzq2x7gr3a a journal providing free access to an AI summary but not to the article itself may be my joker moment 2026-02-19T21:53:26Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstxcfha8svpd3l6a9w3rvl0k9ff7y7wg7u6y79d74avrc7r3rnzcgzyrdh4mc6a4njwurvnvenljyt48ex3v8nmqua3dyu4ckup0q7wrzq2nn860q I feel like in my 20s I assumed I&#39;d be able to google kind of arcane shit forever (eg did us girls play with old time relijun at as220) because of how The Internet was, and didn&#39;t bother trying to preserve that knowledge, and wow what a blip in history that (misplaced!) belief represented 2025-10-29T15:44:45Z