I don’t know Jun from Jun & Tonic, but we have the same taste in food.
Murukku is my favorite snack and I would LOVE this. To make it even more opulent, I would use only the butter murukku I love from Grand Sweets (I get them in Sunnyvale at Madras Grocery).
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Ringgit’s Outperformance Set to Extend Next Year on AI Boost
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Taking Flight
Great Blue Heron at Malden Park in Windsor, Canada
#photography #birds #heron #gbh #greatblueheron #bif #birdinflight
Robot Vacuum Roomba Maker Files for Bankruptcy After 35 Years
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Robot Vacuum Roomba Maker Files for Bankruptcy After 35 Years
iRobot Corp. filed for bankruptcy after reaching a restructuring support agreement that will hand control of the consumer robot maker to Shenzhen PICEA Robotics Co., its main supplier and lender, and Santrum Hong Kong Co.Reshmi Basu (Bloomberg)
China’s Dim Sum Bond Boom Extends in Boost to Currency Ambition
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Reviewing Classic Christmas Stories As A Klingon:
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. A Ferenghi businessman is haunted by three spirits who attempt to remind him of his honor. The Ferenghi should have simply slain the demons who attacked him. 3/5 Christmas Bat'leths. Glory to Tiny Tim!
The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry. Two pathetic humans attempt a mating ceremony in which they sell their most prized possessions in order to purchase gifts for each other. Incomprehensible. Why does the female not simply bite the male to show her affection. 1/5 Christmas Bat'leths.
The Nutcracker by E.T.A. Hoffman. A child's toy comes to life and defeats the evil Rat King in glorious hand-to-hand combat. Then the toy's honor is memorialized in dance and song. A true warrior's tale! 5/5 Christmas Bat'leths.
A Charlie Brown Christmas by Charles M. Shulz. A young warrior struggles with internal demons of self-doubt and depression. While selecting a Christmas tree, he symbolically chooses one which reflects how he views himself - a weak tree, unable to support even a single ornament. He lashes out at those he considers his closest friends, attempting to remind them of their honor, and eventually gives up, believing his efforts were ultimately meaningless. But he is mistaken. His words were spoken with the heart of a true Klingon warrior, and his friends wrap the tree in their most prized possessions, giving it the strength to stand on its own, holding the weight of ornaments many times its own weight over. They gather around and sing songs of bravery and courage, and remind the young Klingon that he too will be welcomed into Sto-vo-Kor. Because sometimes the greatest battle a warrior will ever fight is the one inside his own mind and heart. 6/5 Christmas Bat'leths. Glory to the House of Brown.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr Seuss. A cautionary tale. A Klingon from a lowly house is shunned by his peers and forced to live without honor on the outskirts of town. Instead of seeking honor and glory on his own like a true Klingon, he instead sneaks around under cover of darkness and steals the town's presents with the help of his faithful targ. As punishment, Kah'less removes his warrior spirit and he is doomed to stay in the small town facing his dishonor every day. If he had the heart of a warrior, he would have done battle against Whoville and claimed the glory of Christmas for his own. 4/5 Christmas Bat'leths.
The Nightmare Before Christmas by Tim Burton. The King of Halloween Town assigns three children to kidnap the demon Sandy Claws because he is a coward who refuses to fight his own battles. They too fail, because none of them possess the heart of a warrior. 0/5 Christmas Bat'leths. Tim Burton has no honor.
Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer by Robert L. May. A young warrior is shunned by his peers due to a physical deformity. He leaves his family and house to seek his own glory. He returns after defeating a dentist, a filthy gold-loving Ferenghi prospector, and an abominable snowman. Recognizing his fearless warrior spirit, he is given the place of honor at the front of Santa's sleigh. 5/5 Christmas Bat'leths. Glory upon the House of Rudolph!
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The Real Price of a London Apartment Has Sunk 22% in the Last Decade
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When I pick up a pair of tongs,
#poll
- I click them twice to see if they work. (75%, 6 votes)
- Go straight to picking up whatever it is. (25%, 2 votes)
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Do you have someone impossible to buy for? how about one of my crazy Aqua Creatures. They are goofy and sure to delight and confuse. No Aquarium? How about using them for soap or tooth brushes in the bathroom; a spoon caddy on the stove or pens on a desk; they are amphibious and will be fine out of water.
Im pretty sure.
Here are Beelzebubbles, Minion, and Lucifish from the deep end of the pond. Find me on ebay!
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Donald Trump Admits Voters Are Struggling: 'Take a While' To See My Economy
Trump says voters are “struggling” but insists “his economy” is strong. Europeans have seen this movie before.
What Americans are living through isn’t prosperity that hasn’t arrived yet — it’s AUSTERITY, disguised as “tariffs”.
In Europe they remember Greece under the Troika: living costs rising, wages squeezed, public pain framed as unavoidable “reform”, while banks and large corporates were protected. Different language, same outcome.
Tariffs are not paid by China. They are paid by consumers. Economists are clear: tariffs function as regressive taxes, hitting lower-income households hardest. This is austerity without the label - and without honesty.
After the 2008 Lehman collapse, losses were socialised, “too big to fail” was rewarded, and the bill was deferred. Fifteen years later, the bill has come due.
Corporate welfare at the top.
Austerity for everyone else.
Tariffs are taxes, and highly inefficient ones
forbes.com/sites/andrewleahey/…
Tariffs hurt lower-income Americans more than the wealthy
cnbc.com/2025/04/25/trump-tari…
Anadolu Agency on Greece & Troika austerity (historical parallel)
aa.com.tr/en/economy/greek-fm-…
This isn’t industrial policy. It’s one of the largest hidden tax grabs in modern U.S. history.
Americans have been fooled again.
#Austerity
#Troika
#Greece
#USEconomy
#PoliticalEconomy
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Donald Trump Admits Voters Are Struggling: 'Take a While' To See My Economy
Donald Trump admits voters don't see his 'greatest economy' as GDP slows. Discover why polls hit record lows and what relief is promised.Daniel Joshua Flores (International Business Times UK)
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Dwelling in the scarcity of poverty, a can of tuna and some macaroni much more a summer lunch than a winters dinner, a bite to eat to say the least, the darker nights fill with colder air, a hearty soup or stew would do, but you see for someone like me, vegetables and meat fruits and cheese, simply are out of reach, years of lack no time left to pick up the slack, no farm nor ranch would feed me right, for as my years have long since past, the damage done is so very wrong, yet in this world of hunger and despair, nourishment is a fantasy, for healthy food priced like gold, while garbage and glue have to do, a life stuck on barrowed time should have never been neglected for so long;
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Perché sul mio PC di casa gira Arch (sì, uso Arch btw)
Versione Director’s Cut – non adatta a chi dice “basta che funzioni” Partiamo da una verità ancora più scomoda della precedente: chi installa Arch sul PC di casa non sta cercando stabilità. Sta cercando qualcosa da sentire. Un brivido. Un errore.Giuseppe (Kerberos place)
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Non ho ancora riscontrato un problema serio, tipo che dopo un aggiornamento non si avvisasse più, solo piccole cose risolvibili a stretto giro.
In ogni caso io ne faccio un utilizzo domestico ma non avrei mai immaginato che arch fosse così affidabile, prima di usarla pensavo fosse una distro che si sarebbe rotta ogni due per tre.
Anche io aggiorno normalmente una volta a settimana ma mi è capitato più volte di aver aggiornato anche dopo un mese e nulla si è rotto
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Io ho installato arch e la continuo ad usare perché voglio imparare, ma se il mio scopo fosse quello di scrivere una tesi sceglierei un sistema stabile e pronto all'uso visto che il focus è tutt' altro
Your Sexy AI Girlfriend Is Really An Underpaid Guy In Kenya
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Your Sexy AI Girlfriend Is Really An Underpaid Guy In Kenya
One of the first steps in an effort to organize tech workers in Africa and South America is finding out exactly what those workers do for massive international firms. The answer turns out to be: Pretend to be sexy robot ladies and teach supposedly...Daily Kos
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Gold Holds Gains as Divergent Fed Remarks Temper Easing Outlook
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Packers pass rushing standout Micah Parsons hurts left knee against Broncos
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I replied “brt” jokingly to a 20-something person when they said they were baking chocolate chip cookies. They said “I didn’t know what that meant. I had to look it up. lol”
You mean the hip young people’s lingo I went to some pains to learn 15 or more years ago isn’t hip young people’s lingo anymore?? lol
Now they’re going to think I’m old
Formosan sweetgum trees and their fallen leaves on the campus of Kyoto Prefectural University🌳
A quiet, final touch of autumn hues🍂🍂
📍Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City
#photography #nature #leaves #kyoto #japan #fallfoliage #sceney #fallenleaves #naturephotography
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Kast won the presidential elections here. The far-right guy.
[...] rash of diagnostic claims and self-labeling that have swept the internet and mass-market publishing, creating a space where confessional zeal and memeified pseudoscience – sometimes abetted by therapists who should know better – have become almost routine.
Also see: harpers.org/archive/2021/12/a-… - Harper's "How everyting became Trauma"
"I shall be advancing the heretical notion that trauma as we now understand it is not a timeless phenomenon that has affected people in different cultures and at different times in much the same way, but is to a hitherto unacknowledged extent a function of modernity in all its shocking suddenness."
Another big one is the "#DIDTok" trend, in which TikTok (and increasingly Instagram) users feign Dissociative Identity Disorders, often claiming "Systems" of literary or pop cultural characters. A whole subculture inside this subculture "hosts" alters related to Naruto, Harry Potter, or Dune.
""Recent global popularity of social media content about dissociative identity disorder (DID) has coincided with increased self-diagnosis among children and young people who have formed large online communities and presented in clinical settings seeking to affirm their self-diagnoses."
journals.lww.com/hrpjournal/fu…
This development is not unique to DID; it has been documented in relation to other psychological conditions, including tic disorders, autism spectrum disorders, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), borderline personality disorder, and bipolar disorders (BPD). DID self-diagnosis based on social media information has been the subject of extensive media commentary, but relatively little published clinical writing to date.
The ethnic cleansing of the United States will destroy it | Heba Gowayed | The Guardian
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The ethnic cleansing of the United States will destroy it
Trump’s racist remarks on Ilhan Omar and Somali immigrants reveal his vision for the US as a white Christian nationHeba Gowayed (The Guardian)
Toro, la lista di Petrachi: Marianucci per la difesa
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Toro, la lista di Petrachi: Marianucci per la difesa
Il direttore sportivo granata tra colloqui con la squadra e mercato: piace anche GiorginiGianluca Oddenino (La Stampa)
Formosan sweetgum trees and their fallen leaves on the campus of Kyoto Prefectural University🌳
A quiet, final touch of autumn hues🍂🍂
📍Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City
#photography #nature #leaves #kyoto #japan #fallfoliage #sceney #fallenleaves #naturephotography
10 jogos curtos perfeitos para zerar no fim do ano
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Some D.C.-area school systems to open two-hours later Monday
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Adrianna Tan
in reply to Adrianna Tan • • •He has a good recipe for tofu tart, which I used to get from bakeries back in that part of the world. I adore it
junandtonic.com/blog/tofu-tart
Tofu Tart
Jun (Jun & Tonic)Adrianna Tan
in reply to Adrianna Tan • • •BAO-na-na
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Banana Bao (a.k.a. Baonana)
Jun (Jun & Tonic)Adrianna Tan
in reply to Adrianna Tan • • •This recipe has also gotten me out of some dark times (it’s a chocolate style I love. I can only buy it here in San Jose which means never)
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Homemade Royce's Nama Chocolate
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