Notices by Alisdair Calder McGregor (a_c_mcgregor@topspicy.social), page 2

@goatsarah @christineburns @CriticalCupcake TIL a new euphemism 🤣

@goatsarah

We're into the part where the right treat dystopian fiction as a guidebook instead of a warning again, aren't we?

@goatsarah Of course they are. Why do I suspect they are only talking about Women here?

@goatsarah Wat.

@Polychrome GENTLEMAN ADVENTURER!!!

@BethanyBlack Oh yeah, I used to have similar issues with family and political spheres overlapping, I feel ya

@BethanyBlack Anything that warms the soul is worth doing for its own sake :)

Music, poetry, singing... comedy :)

@BethanyBlack It's a quote from a poem by Joan Walsh Anglund; it's often misattributed to Maya Angelou though, because the US postal service used it on a stamp with her on it

@goatsarah Are people trying to report you to the admin of your personal private server?

@BethanyBlack Happy Birthday!

@BethanyBlack I bet you would. Remember this?

@BethanyBlack Best Car review I've seen in a while. If only they'd let you present Top Gear.

@BethanyBlack Ever tried the same joke in Cambridge? I'd be interested to know if you get a different reaction.

@babe If that's about the guy I think it's about, I helped him curate his feed by blocking him

@davidallengreen Botham's of Whitby Shah Ginger biscuits are good for purchased.

Best homemade recipe is Dutch butter ginger koekjes

@pseudomonas @davidallengreen This is the recipe I started from, but pretty much everything is possible to alter (I never use almonds, for /reasons/), and go heavy on the ginger because I love ginger.

https://coquinaria.nl/en/dutch-speculaas/

Also in some sources you can find versions that go half-and-half or even fully replace the wheat flour with rye flour. IDK if that makes them suitable for gluten-free/wheat allergy people (ask @goatsarah about that I guess)

@goatsarah @ajlanes Just Algarve things

@goatsarah Not even the best thing the USians have come up with for eggs, tbh.

After all, they invented Eggs Benedict.

This is both hilarious and evil (seen elsewhere, no idea where it's from; the sqword.com game is fun though)

@goatsarah I think we would have to be much smaller. I would think that being able to hang by a prehensile tail is subject to something like the rocket equation, wherein more mass means much more muscle mass to hold you up...