Notices by Sean Bala (seanbala@mas.to), page 6

@LifeTimeCooking This is a very annoying piece.

Restaurants using the same tadka for dishes is my basic standard for distinguishing between good versus bad Indian restaurants. So many places all use the same tomato-onion-garlic base and everything tastes the same. My favorite places here in Chicago are where the dishes are made fresh, taste distinct from others, and where someone has seemed to put thought into making it their own.

Do you have any rules like this when evaluating places?

Watched the first episode of "Time Bandits" on Apple TV last night and I have to say that Kevin reminds me far too much of my very nerdy, misunderstood, history-loving childhood (minus the time-travel part of course). The scene where he spouts off random history facts about football / soccer to his disinterested peers hit really close to home. I don't have a good photo of me but even the glasses were similar at one point....

#Television #AppleTV #TimeBandits #Childhood #History #Histodons

Ranger Sarah has arrived at Devils Tower National Monument, our first National Monument.

#adventuresofrangersarah #rangersarah #OutdoorAdventures #nationalpark #nationalmonument #devilstower #devilstowernationalmonument #nationalparkgeek #wyoming

@riversidebryan@hugs.lgbt @RiversideBryan@pixelfed.social

One of my favorite accounts on Pixelfed - already follow you there!

@Meowthias Yes! Lots of fun and worth reading. It was a big inspiration for Lloyd Alexander's "The Chronicles of Prydain"

@georgetakei Reminds me of one of my favorite Onion articles from the past few years:

https://theonion.com/report-90-of-waking-hours-spent-staring-at-glowing-re-1819570829/

#TheOnion #Technology

@arielkroon YOLO!

@liztai. Such a nice dream 🤗

Today's Hindu has reporting from last night's event. https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/11700-books-at-gandhi-smaraka-nidhi-digitised/article68566505.ece

@zeblarson

I go back and forth about cutting. I usually look at the person is active on Threads, Bluesky, or Twitter. If they are, I usually cut them (I am on an instance not federating with Threads at the moment). Most people don't have time to do what I do. I found the biggest drop offs were academics and journalists. Most went to Bluesky or returned to Twitter. I think the need to replicate networks is vital to both. But some inactive account do pop back to life sometimes!

@SRDas SUCH a good film! I actually knew of the director from co-directing "Cloud Atlas" with the Wachowskis (one of my favorite films now). It was only later I watched "Run Lola Run" - hope you enjoy!

@Hawaii

I have seen two in the past week. One had temporary plates but the car had so much surface damage on it. It looked like it was ten years old. Today's looked better but it seems so horribly impractical.

Happy Ukrainian Independence Day!

Over the past three years, I have been genuinely inspired by the resolve, tenacity, and strength of the Ukrainian people. I pray that there will be peace and justice soon for all Ukrainians, and for all people around the world who live under violence, conflict, and oppression.

(Photo taken at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago in January 2024).

#Ukraine #україна #SlavaUkraini #ukrainianindependenceday #Chicago #christmas

@evan Because she's in the pocket of Big Cannibal, of course. I think I heard that in RFK, Jr's withdrawal speech....

@jackmjenkins

I agree with many of your points. I am reminded of the well know Ted Talk about Flag design. A flag should be both recognizable but also easily replicable. The pentagram logo is recognizable but is hard for a normal person to replicate. This logo is unique enough but is easy to reproduce.

Threads Fediverse logo is easy visually and can be reproduced in color or black and white but I don't like like it. Mostly an aesthetic thing.

For #FollowFriday, a random assortment of #Academic Institutes and Universities that I follow:

@AHAHistorians
@BHO
@clusterroots
@envhistnow
@IHChistory
@hci
@YaleDivinitySchool** **

Most accounts above are fairly active. While many in academia seem to favor BlueSky, I would love to find more interesting and active accounts here on Mastodon. Please share any nice accounts you recommend below!

@academicchatter @histodons @theology #history #histodons #highered #university #environment

For #FollowFriday, a random assortment of #Academic Institutes / Universities I follow:

@AHAHistorians
@BHO
@clusterroots
@envhistnow
@IHChistory
@hci @YaleDivinitySchool

Most accounts above are fairly active. While many in academia seem to favor BlueSky, I would love to find more interesting and active accounts here on Mastodon. Please share any recommended Fediverse accounts below!

@histodons
@theology
@academicchatter

#history #histodons #highered #university #environment

@LifeTimeCooking I'll second the comment about using black salt. A very interesting tip I hadn't considered before. Will try it the next time I make tofu burji.

⏺️The round window, just to the left of the square one, is known as 'satori-no-mado' (悟りの窓), 'the window of spiritual awakening'.

Unlike a square, a circle has no corners, and is thus free from these four inflictions.

This is what it is to be enlightened!✨

#Japan #Kyoto #京都 #zen #善 #enlightenment

@Tupp_ed

There is also "So You Want To Be a Wizard" series by @dianeduane - read them as a kid and reallt enjoyed them!