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Please appreciate the cow.

Lucky 7 cow reblog for good luck

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Beautiful! Absolutely stunning!

Took a year to complete this quilt! Pattern is by NASA Astronaut Karen Nyberg called Cupola View. Fabrics used were also designed by Karen, the collection is called Earth Views.

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Oh, that's fun. I like that.

details @ erdem | spring 2024

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My cat does this in the back of the dining room chairs.

Yknow the thing where red pandas just lay down on a branch and let their legs hang and they’re just like vibing

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Whoa, those are pretty!

I know some of you have been asking about more ceramic pip dice sets. And I'm happy to say that I'll have bunches ready for the Monday refresh!

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Wonderful breakdown by Alex Moukala, will definitely be checking out more of his stuff.

But I think Megalovania is included in Undertale because it is such a banger, as opposed to being popular because it's in Undertale. Megalovania predates Undertale by like 7 years.

the way my jaw dropped at this bit

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I used o-cut to make my first zine, but it'd be fun to try some of these others.

From The Art of Paper Craft by Helen Hiebert

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I love the one with the whales.

uh. whales

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I wonder how these would be back to back as a double feature.

Maybe all the things you thought made you you aren’t really…you. Barbie (2023) / Fight Club (1999)

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A yearly tradition in our household. Getting to be about that time, actually.

#same people different font WHITE CHRISTMAS (1954)

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Wow, that looks amazing! Just phenomenal!

DNA Pullover

It's done!!

I love how it came out - I made SO many modifications to the fit. The sweater was written for a boxy, typically-male silhouette, and I am Not That. I shortened the arms and regraded their shaping, widened the body, and moved the shoulders in by a few inches to fit my frame.

The shoulders fit bang-on on top of my actual shoulder, which is so exciting, and the sleeve cap fit perfectly into the shoulder, too. I put a lifeline in when I knit the first shoulder cap to make sure I could rip it back out if it didn't fit, but I didn't need to!

Overall, absolutely happy with this sweater. It's super comfy, and the yarn (High Desert Worsted from KnitPicks) is suuuuper soft and cozy.

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That looks lovely!

If you want to enjoy the autumn leaves in Kyoto, you should take this train.

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More details here:

And the paper in Nature here:

While the market for solar and wind energy sources is growing, transitioning to renewables at home isn’t easy. What happens when the sun goes in or when there’s no wind?

Solar panels and other kinds of green energy are usually backed up by other sources. These are needed to safeguard our power when the weather isn’t cutting it. We all want to be able to shower - even when it’s cloudy.

Usually, lithium-ion batteries provide this backup but these are pricey, meaning that most people can’t afford to switch entirely to renewables.

Scientists from MIT have created a new kind of battery that could provide a solution for storing energy at home. 

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I saw Scott Bakula and was like "I don't remember this episode of Enterprise"

DR. SAM BECKETT in Quantum Leap 4x06

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wow, that was amazing!

Doreen Ketchens

Clarinetist

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Yeah, the noodles in packaged ramen are pre-cooked! Adding the water is simply re-hydrating and bringing the soup up to temp.

Depending on how you can store it at work (having fridge access vs not), you might find this informative:

The recommendation regarding noodles from the author:

A wide variety of noodles will work here, including precooked ramen or precooked Chinese-style egg noodles. Both are generally available in Asian markets. If you can't find precooked wheat-based noodles, Thai- or Vietnamese-style thin rice noodles, the kind you get in a bowl of pho, are available dry and will cook perfectly in the hot water.

So you should be able to get a variety of different types of noodles, to keep things interesting.

On a separate note, you may want to consider getting reusable jar lids. I have a bunch of the reusable ones from Ball and they are leak-proof, airtight, freezer safe, and dishwasher safe. This means that once you bring your dishes home you can put all the pieces in the top rack of the dishwasher and they'll be sanitized and clean once you run it. Even if you have to wash by hand, it still means you won't eventually get the normal rust/corrosion on the lid after repeated use like you do with the metal lids.

Anyway, very cool experiment! I hope to see more in the future!

i like the convenience of cup noodles in terms of being able to make lunch using nothing but the hot water dispenser at work, but i hate the amount of trash. but whenever i look up diy cup noodles it's all fancy recipes for healthy alternatives to cup noodles, which i do not give a shit about. so i finally cracked a brick of ramen into quarters and shoved it in a mason jar, then poured 180F water in there to see if it would work. it seemed like it should but so many websites were telling me to parboil my noods that i was starting to doubt myself.

it worked! my only note is that i shook the sealed jar at the end to disperse the flavor packet and in retrospect i should also have done that at the beginning. i could probably do this with better bouillon and some tasty spices if i wanted. also there is room in there for frozen veggies. but mostly this an easy way to convert a 30¢ ramen packet to a 52¢ cup noodle without any extra trash.