Nick

Writer, reader, baker, cook. Freelancer. Working on a horror novel. Boston area. Looking for friends and community.

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@AGoldmund Great news, she’s back for the five year anniversary

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@DeepDishEnjoyer The Ethix predates 80s no wave and noise rock by decades https://t.co/hVKQrLG6m2

I've seen Jean-Jacques Perrey's Prélude au sommeil cited as the first ambient album (1958; preceding Eno by two decades).

Silver Apples were also pretty early to electronic and synth pop ('68)

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@LizzyStarrrdust I’m skeptical (though n=1). I’m a cis man diagnosed with low T, and went from 200 to 500 to 1200 (above the highest healthy bound; we’re lowering the dose), and libido changes were minimal to none throughout. I’ve never felt consumed by unconscious desire in that way.

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@keysmashbandit I remember when you first posted about this and I thought it might be The Vitamin for me but alas. Didn’t end up making a dent in my social anxiety. Still helpful for narrowing in on the causes, though. I tend to think it’s more mental than physical for me.

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I made garlic and herb flatbread to go along with butter chicken and steamed cauliflower. Surprisingly doable!

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@somethings_awry Get this man on NYT Cooking

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@somethings_awry I have to try these. I’ve done gochujang in cookies but never with brown butter

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@johnehrett And it’s not just about text. @_Extended_Play_ made a video recently about how his most controversial viral videos have the worst completion rate (w/ tons of those “counterarguments”). 750,000 views to 3% finished. And that’s vertical video! That’s TikTok! https://t.co/RgX8Y9eAfv

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@milkkarten I don’t even understand their criticism? Followers are top of funnel, and you generally never own your top of funnel audience anyway. It’s like complaining that you don’t own your website visitors. Like, yeah, they haven’t signed up to be my audience yet.

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@susancrabtree @IanRunkle I’m afraid you need to see this

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@aseitzwald I lived in Southern Maine from childhood to college, maybe 20 minutes from the NH border, and we never went to Boston without some real planning. That was a Trip. A Boston suburb it is not.

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@alyssaleann That’s why the Vermont tourism board pays him the big bucks

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@CartoonsHateHer Careful, adding kink in public discourse to this would have devastating effects on the TL for generations to come

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@KelseyTuoc @jttiehen And I think this instinct is buttressed by what recently happened with crypto, NFTs, etc. Similar case with extremely annoying boosters predicting doom but the success of the skepticism doesn’t necessarily translate to the next case.

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@TheLincoln I’m not even going to finish reading this tweet before pontificating about it

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@CartoonsHateHer Trying being a communist on LinkedIn 😪

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@MariGO2thepolls In fact, I saw many arguing that shame would only feed into bad habits and less shame- inducing methods would be more effective at encouraging weight loss. A lot of this was just methodological.

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@alyssaleann I think I’d have to give it to the Finnish salmon soup! Already convinced my friend to make it. Second place is the chili, which instantly became my go-to default chili. Honestly, no, I’ve genuinely loved every single one so far.

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I might not be postmaxxing but I’m still soupmaxxing 🫡

Curried chicken and barley soup / Sausage and lentil stew / Creamy tortellini soup

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