Notices by Sean Bala (seanbala@mas.to)

@wtrmt @skinnylatte Was just about to say that! 😂

@andrew773 Precisely on everything! I also find that cappuccinos and lattes - in addition to being overpriced - often come out warm not hot. I think it a style in some places.

I am pretty American in that I usually prefer getting a drip coffee outside the house versus an espresso, cappuccino, or latte.

My one exception is a good cortado. I first had one in Spain when I walked the Camino in 2016. They just hit the spot when you need a good, strong coffee l. It feels like a little moment of peace.

#Coffee

@georgiamuseum I grew up near Lake George!

@Paulatics Wonderful essay. The LOTR metaphor was particularly inspired!

@timkmak I find this guy grating but I will hand it to him that he has a way of talking in terms of exchange and transaction with a bit of dramatic flair that people on the current US administration would be attracted to.

Earth scientists reviewing satellite imagery have found devastating clues: geomorphologists Kristen Cook & Dan Shugar say the bedrock beneath the glacier appears to have collapsed, taking a massive section of ice with it, sending boulders & ice crashing into the valley.
It is not yet over.
Nepal is facing yet another terrifying warning at the same disaster site. 469 confirmed deaths. Search & rescue operations halted as water levels continue to rise as a dam on the Tibetan side has burst again.

RE: https://mastodon.world/@OWGF/117176445435148956

I really like this idea. Speaking of both #Regrowth and #Degrowth gives a more positive and balanced framing that might bring more people in. This more positive valence (the world we have to gain rather than only what we are giving up) is one of the reasons I like #Solarpunk.

For @skinnylatte and all the other Hedgeheads here…

#books #bookstodon #hedgehogs #animals #Chicago #bookstore

@ottaross Yay! Adding it to my calendar for November 🤗

@annaleen Ahhhhhhhhhhh!! 🤗

@liztai @ellane

I have been thinking about this and I feel like AI in the US has, like most things, gotten too wrapped up in politics. There are clear problems with the US model of AI (i.e. Environment, Power Draw, AI being pushed as a consumer service and in businesses from the top down). But I think that if Trump was not perceived as so Pro-AI, the backlash on the left might be slightly more muted. It is that AI has been tied to corporate power in the US - with many of the industries ubesquiiously bending the knee to Trump when he first got in. Just a thouhht. I don't like reducing everything to politics but I think this has something to do with the vehemence of the backlash here.

@atomicker Just an observer south of the Border but I really like Wab Kinew.

@solarpunkpresents @xtinadlr @fastfrwrd @arielkroon

Wait, all three of you?! Wah! Looking forward to listening!

Great Podcast from "Throughline" on NPR. Great for any fans of KDrama, KPop, and all Korean culture.

https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510333/throughline

#Podcast #History #Histodons #Korea #SouthKorea #KPop #KDrama #NPR #Throughline #Culture #Film #Television

@skinnylatte And if you wear your Meta VR Headset you can pretend you are on a Malaysian Street! 😂

RE: https://mastodon.social/@ottaross/117096047436824190

The idea of “Everyone Bakes the Same Cake” is one of those quirky things that that I would only discover here on the Fediverse ❤️

#EBTSC #Baking #Cooking #MardiPatisserie

@FullyAutomatedRPG Yes! If you have not read the novels they are FANTASTIC. One of the best things I ever found in a Free Little Library.

@hannorein This is so stunning. Great work!

@james LOVE Vent du Nord. I saw them at the Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago. First time seeing a Hurdy Gurdy in action!