“I told you once that I was searching for the nature of evil. I think I’ve come close to defining it: a lack of empathy. It’s the one characteristic that connects all the defendants. A genuine incapacity to feel with their fellow man. Evil, I think, is the absence of empathy.”

Gustave M. Gilbert

I think we can all agree that the best option for this story-wise is a rom-com centered around Karlach in an alternate reality where her infernal engine makes her get into all kinds of shenanigans while on a quest for true love (spoiler: there was love in Avernus all along!).

His fucking dagger paws that he drills into my chest to make me get up in the morning.

Später im Untersuchungsausschuss: “In der damaligen Situation mussten wir schnell Entscheidungen treffen, da sich die Chips-Preise teilweise stündlich änderten. Vor 3 Jahren war ich Taufpate des Sohnes von Herrn Funny, der mich damals beim Hauskauf unterstützte, darüber hinaus sind wir jedoch nicht umfassend miteinander bekannt.”

I used to be able to just say “please download the materials from [learning platform] and organize them so you can work with them before class” and that would be fine. Nowadays I have to give step-by-step instructions that involve things like “create a folder”, “navigate to your download folder” and “cut (ctrl-x) the files and paste (ctrl-v) them into the new folder” unless I want half the students to get lost.

Some don’t even have a concept of downloading a file. They’re so used to streaming and mobile UIs that they seem to think that a downloaded file is simply gone once you close it (and needs to be re-downloaded).

What it feels like to look at a TV that’s close enough to justify 8K:

Was für ein perverses Weltbild hast du denn, dass Menschen dir mehr Wert sind als der neue Range Rover Sport SV Carbon?

Neumarkter Lammsbräu hat ein dunkles, alkoholfreies Bier, das ziemlich gut ist. Bio ist es auch noch.

Braucht man dafür nicht i.d.R. irgendwelche kriminellen Kontakte, die einem die Kniffe zeigen?

Du meinst jenseits von AfD-Kontakten?

People upgrading to Windows 11 be like:

My point was that catching Republicans in this seeming contradiction isn’t the “gotcha” that people think it is, because they advertise health and exercise for very different reasons, namely to strip away the last bits of public health insurance that Americans still have.

You’re probably right in that the left is more united about reforming health insurance than Democrats are overall. But it’s important not to miss the big picture.

Here’s the thing though. Democrats want this as an add-on to universal public health insurance, because health insurance is considered a universal right, and physical and health education help managing the costs. Republicans want it instead of public health insurance, because they consider staying healthy to be an individual responsibility that the state should not be involved in, and “just exercise and eat healthy” is their response to people complaining about cuts in the healthcare system.

Gimbap is Korean, but it seems plausible to me that sushi might have had an influence on it. But there are lots of differences between them. The rice is seasoned differently, and the fillings are more numerous and variable and also more focused on vegetables, both fresh and pickled, and usually meat (or tofu).

Thanks for the tips, will try that next time!

Yes, it’s cut into longish sticks, then fried, then marinated in soy sauce with some sugar and rice vinegar.

First time making gimbap at home. This is a vegetarian version with fried tofu, egg, yellow pickled radish, spinach, cucumber and carrots. In case someone is interested, here are some pictures from the process:

In the book, he gets a little box with soil and seeds from Galadriel’s garden to be used upon his return to the shire. After the scouring of the shire, he uses the soil to help regrow the trees that had been destroyed, and he plants the seed where the party tree used to be.

Honestly, I think the US national anthem is beautiful. I just wish that US Americans would act in a way that’s consistent with the ideals of courage and freedom that are presented therein instead of the hate and desire of power over others that run the country right now.

It’s a rozell. It’s used to spread out the batter in a circular motion. Not the easiest cooking utensil to use, but it does make for thinner crêpes. There’s also another version of this tool that has a flat end piece and looks a bit like a small rake.