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Happy Ides of March everybody, did you know the place where we believe Caesar was stabbed is now a Cat Sanctuary

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Did you guys know that Brutus not only plotted and assassinated Julius Caesar but also minted the Ides of March coin to celebrate the assassination?

Brutus: yes, I fucking killed him and I am proud.

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Tis The Ides of March

Happy Ides of March!!!!!!

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(in case you need a knife in the next two days for reasons unrelated to political assassinations)

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This sounds utterly delicious and I can't wait to make it. I might have to use the coward's miso paste for I am a wimp when it comes to spice/heat.

Hello!

Could you share spicy miso cauliflower pasta recipe because it sounds delicious. I love cauliflower everything.

Please accept this pic of Salvador Dali's Angel and The Snail as thank you in advance.

I can ALWAYS share recipes and I will double always do this in exchange for being shown weird art. I too love cauliflower but actually I think even for people who didn't this would be pretty acceptable unless you really hated it.

This is less precision recipe than general principle.

You will need:

Cauliflower and pasta. Approximately equal weights thereof. Frozen cauliflower is ideal for this because you're going to cook it so much that texture is a non-issue. I use wholemeal pasta for bite and added depth of flavour but you can use any pasta for this.

Red miso paste. White and yellow are for cowards. We are going to taste this miso.

Garlic, because we love ourselves and want to enjoy our lives

Cumin

Chilli flakes/chilli powder, smoked if at all possible but it will still be delicious unsmoked (you can throw in some smoked paprika as well)

Parmesan cheese (optional)

So you're going to cook your pasta. Salt your water as though you're trying to satisfy your longing to return to the sea because we will not be adding more salt.

While that's happening, you're going to microwave your frozen cauliflower (we microwave our frozen veggies to preserve the water-soluble vitamin content) until it's well and truly cooked.

While that's in the microwave you're going to heat a wide-based frying pan (chef's pan if you've got one, high sides are a plus here but not necessary) and in a little oil you're going to fry off your garlic (measured with your heart, be generous) and chilli flakes or powder (again, measure with your heart) (but err on the side of spicy because we are not going to be cowards about this). Slightly later, add your cumin (more than you think, it's always more than you think)

We are then going to add a generous amount of miso paste to our garlicky, chilli-infused pan of deliciousness just as our cauliflower comes out of the microwave, to soften it.

Then we will toss the cauliflower into the garlic-chilli-miso mixture. Then you're going to break it up with your spoon/spatula/preferred cooking implement until it's tiny tiny pieces. We're not mashing here so much as mincing while we fry it off. This cauliflower is overcooked; this is intentional, because overcooked cauliflower develops a really deep umami flavour, which is what we're aiming for here.

When the pasta is cooked, drain it, retaining a little water, and then throw it into the frying pan with the cauliflower mixture (if you don't have a frying pan big enough for this, deglaze the frying pan with pasta water first, drain the pasta, and then add the cauliflower mixture to the pasta pot). Stir together over low heat until the starches in the pasta water transform the whole lot into a delicious silky sauce (pro tip: leave this over the heat a minute once it's done to gently toast the bottom layer of your cooked pasta for added deliciousness)

Top with parmesan to serve if you like. I think this dish actively calls for Kraft "parmesan" because I like the texture of that paired with this but you can be civilised about it and grate your own from a block. You could also add it along with the pasta so it melts into the sauce if you prefer but personally I like to sprinkle things on my food post-serving. Brings me joy.

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president zelenskyy is a stronger man than me because if two ignorant and deluded men like trump and vance started demanding i say please and thank you and calling me disrespectful like im a naughty child instead of a very traumatised and frustrated man trying to save his country from putin id have put them both in the ground with a single fucking punch

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Asterions go on sale at 6 pm EST today!

Asterions are $95 and Houses are $40.

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reblog to meow at prev insistently

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Best Actor Academy Award nominee!!!

Be still my Marvel fangirl heart.

In all seriousness congratulations to Sebastian Stan for being willing to take on uncomfortable topics and challenge people. Art is supposed to make you think and question things. I'm so glad Oscars' voters saw that too.

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Do you have the Libby library app?

If not, download it to your phone, and under "Add library card" select the button to search for a library and start typing in "queer"...

Sign up with an email, no actual address required, and you are good to go 🏳️‍🌈

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Reblog daily for health and prosperity

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David Lynch. He saw the world through a singular vision and we all are richer that he wanted to share his vision with us.

I was probably way too young to watch Twin Peaks when I saw the show for the first time. It is likely why it left such an indelible mark on my young psyche. Even all these decades later I can easily recall how strange, unnerving, disturbing and fascinating it felt.

Twin Peaks is responsible for my fascination with murder mysteries, small towns with unsettling supernatural feeling, shows with FBI agents, my love of dreamlike storytelling where you never sure what is real, and my first crush Agent Dale Cooper.

Rest easy, Maestro.

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good things will happen 🧿

things that are meant to be will fall into place 🧿

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I feel confident enough to post these now. A collection of all the existing posters after some edits from the other post that got 13k notes! These are full size/quality. Go nuts.

You may use them for wallpapers, tabletop campaigns, whatever. Consider tipping me or buying a print or sticker on ko-fi here! If you do use them, let me know what for, or send pictures!

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To all the suit haters: this is his inspiration so you can all pipe down.

We will never be cool enough to have Vivienne Westwood custom make us a suit inspired by Ziggy Stardust.

Source: British GQ

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This is what resolutions should be like: easy to accomplish and designed to bring person joy.

My single resolution for 2025: changing my phone wallpaper every month. I look at it at least a dozen times a day, it ought to delight me.

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9 Books I plan to read in 2025

The idea stolen from @softest-punk and @queerofthedagger because I love talking about books.

My TBR lists are usually very much in flux as my reading picks are very mood dependent. I can pick up books from the library and then decide I don't feel like reading them anymore. However, I do have selected few books I plan to get through this year.

"Demon Copperhead" Barbara Kingsolver - my first big read of 2025. I'm excited as I've read good things from my friend who read it last year. I've skimmed few pages and it appears very readable.

"Holly" Stephen King - Stephen King in a strange way is my favourite writer. Like if I needed to choose one I probably wouldn't say it's him but his books have been my constant companions since my early teens. I've been delighted with his pivot to crime thrillers in the last decade. This was a Christmas present from my best friend and I can't wait to start.

"The Brothers Karamazov" Fyodor Dostoevsky - Yes, in original Russian. I fully expect this book to take up most of my year as my Russian is super rusty. I wanted a big reading challenge for myself this year and picked this because I'm a fool.

"Just Stab Me Now" Jill Bearup - Another Christmas gift from a friend. I have never heard of the book nor the author. It seems to be very "writing meta": about an author struggling to write a story when the characters are misbehaving and have their own ideas about where they should be.

"Hamlet" William Shakespeare - my favourite play about my favourite moping emo blorbo. For all the times I've seen it staged, I've realised recently I've never actually read it in English.

"Our Missing Hearts" Celeste NG - library book that I renewed twice already so really should read it now. I loved her first novel "Everything I Never Told You". It very much stabbed me in the heart. This one looks to be the same.

"Babel" R.F. Kuang - another one from my last year's TBR. It has every mark of being my favourite story: shadowy scholarly society, book about words, dark academia setting. It's been described as "The Secret History" set in Oxford so it's safe to say my expectation for this is very high.

"Piranesi" Susanna Clarke - a mysterious book about a mysterious house. Yes, please.

"And The Band Played On" Randy Shilts - after watching and falling in love with "Fellow Travellers" last year I remembered I've been meaning to read this book about the start of the AIDS epidemic in USA. It's going to be a heavy read and I'm expecting plenty of tears.