Notices by Flick 🇬🇧 (flick@spinster.xyz), page 23

@thor Prostrate is the closest that we have, but it’s not quite the same meaning. It’s more of a request: you might prostrate yourself in order to ask for forgiveness, or understanding, but not to give an apology.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/03/21/americas-trans-insanity-has-reached-shocking-new-low/

“When our children tell us who they are”, she said, “it is our job as grown-ups to listen and to believe them. That’s what it means to be a good parent”.

This couldn’t be further from the truth. The most important job a parent can have is to protect their child from making adult decisions, particularly when the evidence about the irreversible harms of puberty blockers is abundant

https://archive.is/RS6Lo

@thatguyoverthere Oh, and if you by any chance come across a source of the old varieties of nine-star broccoli, they’re supposedly worth a try. The UK seed seems to have degraded so you don’t get much of a crop any more, but it was apparently a great plant.

@thatguyoverthere They reckon eight to ten years of useful life from both the kale and the collards, which is pretty impressive, and stem cuttings are as simple as cutting a branch, stripping most of the leaves, and sticking it in the ground. Impressive if true!

@thatguyoverthere ^^ perennials for you, if you like leafy greens!

Incredible Vegetables get top marks for very good, almost entirely recyclable / compostable packaging (just a little plastic tape around the generous root balls), and nice healthy-looking plants.

(If you’re tempted by any of the plants, you really need to set an alarm for the date they next go on sale: I ordered these on the Monday morning, and the collard was out of stock by the evening.)

Dog thoroughly enjoyed today’s walk: not only did we visit Dog Treat Lady for cuddles and treats, but we also met the Postie on the way home, who produced another treat!

:) I’ve finished making the raised beds!

:( at the cost of a huge blister on my finger.

@thatguyoverthere You poor man.

Back when I had to use proper Excel (as opposed to the shitty iOS version) for work, I used a VM, but I guess that’s not viable for email.

@thatguyoverthere Yeah, but does anyone actually use Outlook on Mac?

Well look at that: Grumpy Grouse is back, telling us off for intruding on his domain again!

Every time I see one of those articles/videos where a daring-do young person realises they can’t afford to buy a house and so instead buys a dilapidated shell and does it up, I think of this building. Just look at the view you’d have, once you’d added some windows:

@thatguyoverthere Poor little guy. Hopefully he’ll adjust smoothly to the change.

@thatguyoverthere Nothing major, I hope?

@thatguyoverthere @thor Gross, but fairly safe because who’s going to eat that!?

@thor Oh, and if you are refrigerating them then don’t put them in that stupid holder thing in the fridge door. The temperature fluctuations as you open and close it reduce the shelf life of eggs. Those things only exist because the designers were looking for clever uses of the space.

@thor I used to keep ducks.

Unrefrigerated and unwashed, eggs are reliably good for about three or four months. Any older and I would start to break them open into a separate container, just in case, but the majority will still be fine. Refrigerated, probably another couple of months.

It does depend what you’re using them for, though. The shell is porous, so the liquid inside will gradually evaporate. If you’re poaching them, you want them to be as fresh as possible. If you’re baking a cake, old eggs are fine.

There’s a good chance someone will bring up the float test, where you put the egg in a cup of water and see if it floats or sinks. This is a good guide to the age of the egg (more liquid evaporates -> bigger air pocket in egg -> egg floats) but tells you absolutely nothing about whether or not it is rotten / bad. Plus, it damages the bloom on the egg so you have to use it pretty much straight away to avoid bacteria getting in (see above discussion re: washing/refrigerating eggs in the US).

Personally, I think pickled eggs are vile. If you really want to preserve them long-term, consider waterglassing.

@thor One more point: when you think of a bad egg, you’re probably thinking of the really horrible ones that stink. You should also look out for less obvious discolouration of the white. It can be pretty much any colour — I’ve seen red and blue — and indicates bacterial contamination.

I’ll (probably) shut up about eggs now.

@thatguyoverthere I suspect it would be an expensive legal case to find out. They could definitely argue that you were using IP developed on work time to make the new version.

@bot @n3n3tl @errante @animeirl @Piss_Ant PPN?