KitchenBeard

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I've started working on a novel as a writing exercise and I have realized that I will need to create not one but two other languages that will inform everything from legal titles, town/distract names all the way down to counting systems and recipes. The nerd in my brain is tap dancing in glee.

Learning a second language can be hard. Signing up for Pre-K and 3-K is easy.

Go to myschools.nyc to apply today. Deadline is tomorrow at midnight!

Next door neighbors are having a kids birthday party.

I've got 30 6-year olds hyped up on sugar 100 feet away.

Help.

The Teal Smudge Part One of Two

My latest on Substack

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I had a 157 day Wordle streak... until this morning.

Grumble.

@salutethepig.berlin Thought you might be interested.

Recently bought from Omnivore Books. Manual on livestock farming for pigs c1891. Includes different breeds, building stys, proper care during the seasons, and how to do a proper slaughter followed by advice on proper sausage making and preservation.

ICE taking steps to close detention center at Fort Bliss, document shows Preparations to shutter Camp East Montana in El Paso come less than eight months after facility’s opening, according to an internal ICE document.

This ICE detention center is the largest in the country and has become notorious for rampant physical abuse, medical neglect, and death.

We won't let up the pressure until it's shut down for good.

Good afternoon

It’s a skill.

I shouldn’t be buying more books. But I do.

Jesus Christ! There’s a Hunky Jesus Documentary Coming Out, and Here Is the Trailer Fans of the Easter Sunday Hunky Jesus Contest will go cross-eyed to see that there’s a new feature-length documentary ‘Hunky Jesus’ hitting the film festival circuit, and you’ll be absolutely nailed b...

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Local Developers Snap Up Vacant Westfield Mall With Plans That Include Housing A pair of local developers, Presidio Bay and Prado Group, are the winning bidders to purchase the defunct former Westfield mall, and their redevelopment plans, which will hopefully be made public soon...

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Coworker: What are you eating?
Me: Orecchiette with portobellos, fennel and bacon.
Coworker: Ooh. Where's mine?
Me: (John Gielgud level of glaring over my glasses)
Coworker: (walking away) Ooooohkay then.

Unfiltered bald joy in the most uplifting corner of the internet R/bald, a community that offers solidarity and encouragement to men losing their hair, is a bright spot in the increasingly dark online ecosystem of looksmaxxers.

I'm sitting RIGHT HERE you know.

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The case of the disappearing secretary What the last big wave of automation tells us about the one that's on its way

After giving up my cooking career, I went back to EA work. As I'm staring down retirement and probable poverty, the lemon in the paper cut is AI. (Oh and I hate being called a secretary)

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SF Launches $6.3 Million in New Small Business Grants to Fill Vacant Storefronts SF’s Office of Economic and Workforce Development is rolling out $6.3 million in funding for its small business grant programs, including $50,000–$100,000 to fill vacant storefronts in select neighbor...

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States Move to Limit Access to H.I.V. Treatment

They're tryng to kill us..... AGAIN! www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/h...

I’m old enough to go to bed at 7 , right?

Was over 70 in SF today so I packed up the laptop & headed to the Castro to try to find a coffee place to do some writing before a beard trim but everyone else in SF had the same idea. Not a free seat in 5 places. Decided to walk around & enjoy the weather anyway before it returns to normal.

Good evening.
Bought these at the Ferry Building last weekend and they just popped open today.

I get it. I’ m probably going to have to do this too in the next week. The miserly spendthrift in my head is grumbling

I hadn't realized how much I talk to myself about food. I just finished lunch and was muttering "That made me very happy. Happy indeed." and a coworker heard me and now thinks I'm weird.... ok, weirder than he previously thought.

This is amazing.

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Dan Duckhorn, Who Transformed Napa Valley Merlot, Is Dead At 87 A founder of Duckhorn Vineyards, a California winemaker, Mr. Duckhorn transformed merlot from a blending grape into a premier American variety.

Dan Duckhorn, a California winemaker who fell in love with merlot and transformed it into one of the most popular red wines in the U.S., died on Wednesday at 87.

Recipe test. Fennel braised in chicken stock fortified with lemon and ginger. Topped with a Thai basil and cilantro pesto. Jasmine rice. It’s a little ugly and probably the wrong plate for the story the food is telling. Needs salt and more chili. It’s a start.

Home Is Where the Kink Is

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Trump’s pick for surgeon general dodges vaccine questions at Senate hearing Critics concerned as Casey Means, aligned with RFK Jr on vaccine stance, does not have active medical license

Although Means, graduated from Stanford School of Medicine, (she) is not board-certified, and does not have an active medical license. Her scientific experience is mainly focused around her work as a wellness influencer

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