Nostr notes by Alex von Kitchen

The rooster has definitely decided he lives here ...

2026-10-27T07:17:23Z

The rooster has definitely decided he lives here

Flat #Rabbits ...

2026-10-25T06:49:16Z

Flat #Rabbits

"Have you tried being privileged enough to not have to sell ...

2026-10-24T02:24:01Z

"Have you tried being privileged enough to not have to sell your soul to capitalists to survive? That's what i do" - Shitty reply guy

we had cats growing up, and a significant number died early due ...

2026-10-15T10:54:31Z

In reply to nevent1q…vf5p
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we had cats growing up, and a significant number died early due to snake bites or cars. So the little bastards can stay inside (or the courtyard with supervision)

"[the gits who run character ai] declined to comment on ...

2026-10-14T03:08:16Z

"[the gits who run character ai] declined to comment on whether any sensitive data might be sold through the bankruptcy process"

So that's a yes

Stop biting holes in my sheets #Rabbits ...

2026-10-11T04:01:02Z

Stop biting holes in my sheets #Rabbits

She threatened to eat my sheets if I don't rub her cheeks ...

2026-09-21T12:36:17Z

She threatened to eat my sheets if I don't rub her cheeks #Rabbit

Wrecking stuff under the couch #Rabbits ...

2026-09-19T13:43:25Z

Wrecking stuff under the couch #Rabbits

"His glory days – from The Language Instinct in 1994 to his ...

2026-09-19T10:00:46Z

In reply to nevent1q…x2y3
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"His glory days – from The Language Instinct in 1994 to his selection by Time magazine as a top evo-psych influencer in 2004"
Ah yeah evo-psych, that'll be where he lost his way

Young people these days, spending 6-8 hours a day hanging out in ...

2026-09-19T03:10:11Z

Young people these days, spending 6-8 hours a day hanging out in coffee shops reading seditious literature and formenting rebellion

Walking into the room to see this is always funny #Rabbits ...

2026-09-18T11:55:26Z

Walking into the room to see this is always funny #Rabbits

This one is finished and for sale Carbon steel (80crv2) around ...

2026-09-18T06:29:06Z

This one is finished and for sale
Carbon steel (80crv2) around 60rc, which gives a good combination of hardness for a fine edge but tough enough for general use
Handle is black micarta, nickel silver, and figured iron bark. Sheath is Tasmanian oak (a eucalypt marketing name, exact species is not clear)
Weight is about 240g, 220mm blade and 360mm total length. Tapers down to 2mm at the tip, balance point is just in front of the handle

Asking 450 plus postage. Can do international postage

#Handmade #MastoArt

Rabbit who is planning to destroy the underside of the couch ...

2026-09-08T06:40:11Z

Rabbit who is planning to destroy the underside of the couch

I'm a queer trans woman with rather fringe politics, and ...

2026-09-07T07:49:51Z

I'm a queer trans woman with rather fringe politics, and these dickheads are suggesting I should filter my expression through a statistically bland language system. I put a lot of effort into what I write, and trying to express myself. It's not fast, I often struggle with language for various reasons, but I'm happy to take the time thinking and rewriting things

Suggesting I run this through an LLM is suggesting that my ideas need to be made more bland. Do LLMs seem like they're useful for trying to explain the patriarchal aspects of applying binary sex to individuals? Or making "as the actress said to the bishop" jokes that only work if the actress has a dick? Or working the word cunt into every toot?

I want to express myself, not say something that is considered plausible based on everything else written

I actually think the suggestion is rather ableist; people saying our expression is less valuable than conforming to ideas of proper language and helping a capitalist, fascist enterprise. And fuck that. If you want to rot your brain with LLMs have fun, but don't suggest i do it, or suggest this is an appropriate way we try to include disabled people in society

#Disability #LLM

Why are you under the couch again rabbit? #rabbit ...

2026-08-01T03:10:40Z

Why are you under the couch again rabbit? #rabbit

Sleepy rabbit (I need to add a soft bit onto there for her to ...

2026-07-31T06:12:08Z

Sleepy rabbit (I need to add a soft bit onto there for her to sleep on)

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2026-07-24T12:51:42Z

Suspicious noises of enthusiastic rabbit destruction

I don't understand why this is the good box ...

2026-07-10T03:20:53Z

I don't understand why this is the good box

She's a snuggly bunny ...

2026-07-09T12:50:15Z

In reply to nevent1q…4533
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She's a snuggly bunny

She's back here ...

2026-07-09T11:55:39Z

In reply to nevent1q…awha
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She's back here

I suppose this would be a good rabbit spot ...

2026-07-08T07:36:27Z

I suppose this would be a good rabbit spot

Nose rubs ...

2026-07-03T11:14:13Z

Nose rubs

Workshop possum is unhappy about me making banging noises ...

2026-06-29T06:21:12Z

Workshop possum is unhappy about me making banging noises

I was going to get her some new hay #Rabbit ...

2026-06-28T05:46:11Z

I was going to get her some new hay #Rabbit

It's like I'm photo bombing Tiger's selfie ...

2026-06-24T05:00:47Z

It's like I'm photo bombing Tiger's selfie

I'm being shunned ...

2026-06-16T03:56:58Z

I'm being shunned

https://freethought.online/@pzmyers/116734665836353499

2026-06-12T02:25:37Z

https://freethought.online/@pzmyers/116734665836353499

A very relaxed bunny #Rabbits ...

2026-06-11T08:42:20Z

A very relaxed bunny #Rabbits

Apparently the fuzzy blanket needs grooming #Rabbits ...

2026-06-10T12:06:15Z

Apparently the fuzzy blanket needs grooming #Rabbits

You might want to block retro-gaiden.com They have: Racists ...

2026-06-10T11:14:54Z

You might want to block retro-gaiden.com
They have:
Racists https://retro-gaiden.com/@slowlygoingsane/116714889636784866
Dav1d https://retro-gaiden.com/@dav1d
Admin who hangs out with bigots https://retro-gaiden.com/@Oregon_Pacifist/116666514428904835
Homophobic rules

Ask your admin if blocking retro-gaiden is right for you

#Fediblock

she's not just eating the mop? That's Winnie's usual ...

2026-05-27T09:51:12Z

In reply to nevent1q…eavc
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she's not just eating the mop? That's Winnie's usual trick

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2026-05-21T08:20:12Z

Bunny

fucking send him to Darwin

2026-05-03T03:34:41Z

In reply to nevent1q…zk57
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fucking send him to Darwin

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2026-04-20T09:21:55Z

:bunnecomfhappy:

I spooked Winnie and she went aeroplane mode #Rabbit ...

2026-04-19T07:31:50Z

I spooked Winnie and she went aeroplane mode #Rabbit

Given how much rabbit shit there is around here, I'm going to ...

2026-04-18T06:46:49Z

Given how much rabbit shit there is around here, I'm going to start calling her Grey Poop On

(Her guts seem very healthy)

Rabbit hutch update: this is why I made it out of untreated, ...

2026-04-16T07:12:02Z

In reply to nevent1q…t2zr
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Rabbit hutch update: this is why I made it out of untreated, unpainted pine

Winnie checking for different food outside the hay tub ...

2026-04-16T07:09:06Z

Winnie checking for different food outside the hay tub

Making a rabbit box / watchtower I can't claim to be any good ...

2026-04-15T08:16:11Z

Making a rabbit box / watchtower
I can't claim to be any good at carpentry, but this'll be ok once I clean it up a bit tomorrow

"Pat me or I'll eat your pants" #Rabbits ...

2026-04-11T11:30:44Z

"Pat me or I'll eat your pants" #Rabbits

Moose tucked into bed with a pillow #Dogs ...

2026-04-06T12:22:15Z

Moose tucked into bed with a pillow #Dogs

even when open ai go bankrupt we're still going to have ...

2026-04-05T11:02:49Z

In reply to nevent1q…wnqh
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even when open ai go bankrupt we're still going to have shitty people trying to profit off LLMs. The tech is just too attractive to a certain sort of amoral grifter

She is very cute ...

2026-03-16T09:24:57Z

She is very cute

Something I've been thinking about after seeing some bad ...

2026-03-15T10:33:43Z

Something I've been thinking about after seeing some bad takes online. I think the common justifications people give for refusing to date trans people should be seen as bad signs for any cis people dating them. These justifications do not show a good attitude towards their partner
Note, I am specifically talking about people who refuse to date any trans person, not people who just haven't met someone they're attracted to. We are a very diverse group, so people aren't going to be into all of us

"I want to have biological children" is treating the partner primarily as breeding stock, its prioritising fertility. Which raises the question of what would happen if the partner loses their fertility, which is pretty easy to happen through illness or injury? Are they just going to be immediately ditched?

"I'm only attracted to [specific genitals]" implies that a priority is doing some specific sex act. What if that stops being an option for all the reasons it might stop being an option? Someone who is getting into a relationship with a focus on doing a specific sex act does not seem like someone who respects their partners as people

There are things about biology and sex vs gender, but they all functionally reduce to the above

"I'm not attracted to trans people" shows someone who is very stereotyping in their thinking. Remember we are a very diverse group, and this attitude shows they have made up their mind from only being aware of a few of us. I would personally consider that lack of curiosity as a bad sign

Whenever I see someone saying these things, it seems like these are not great ways to think about people generally

Bread posting ...

2026-03-05T05:48:11Z

Bread posting

ehh, only technically :blobcatblep:

2026-03-02T03:31:39Z

In reply to nevent1q…skn6
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ehh, only technically :blobcatblep:

The traditional I tried to take a photo of the rabbit photo ...

2026-02-27T08:32:37Z

The traditional I tried to take a photo of the rabbit photo

Using my leg as a chin rest ...

2026-01-23T10:20:47Z

Using my leg as a chin rest

She's had a tiring day (apparently) ...

2026-01-04T05:02:18Z

She's had a tiring day (apparently)

I've seen a video about extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography ...

2026-01-03T02:09:13Z

I've seen a video about extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography shared a few times, with the title of "The world's most important machine". I think it's an interesting example of how people don't really think about the industrial infrastructure underlying western society

EUV lithography is a cool technology; it's creating features that are <10nm. That's fucking small. But nothing happening today* really need computer hardware more advanced than the 2010s. IMO improvements in hardware have mostly been eaten up by crappy coding practices

If you want a real most important machine, go look at a modern lathe. Take any modern machine and there's a lathe somewhere behind it. As one example, silicon wafers for electronics use a wire saw to cut them off the larger crystal, and that saw needs precise rotating bits made on a lathe

All this stuff that supports industrialised lifestyles is hidden away where we don't have to think about it

This is now a lathe appreciation account

*Maybe LLMs, but they're not actually useful for anything

Fucking Mr/Mrs titles are such bullshit, and more people need to ...

2025-12-21T03:20:14Z

Fucking Mr/Mrs titles are such bullshit, and more people need to stop using them
Expecting people to indicate as part of their name if they're a man, married woman, or unmarried woman is such self evident misogynistic garbage

(Dr is ok, because if you're foolish enough to get a PhD we should get some warning :blobcatblep: )

She's burrowed into the bale of hay ...

2025-12-20T23:00:32Z

She's burrowed into the bale of hay

"We hired 10x engineers and now our product sucks" Funny, ...

2025-12-17T02:43:23Z

"We hired 10x engineers and now our product sucks"

Funny, it's almost like hiring egotistical dudes creates a terrible environment. It's almost like human groups are defined more by their ability to work together than their individual ability at the task

But hey, what would I know? I'm just a woman

Another self serve hay bar photo ...

2025-12-07T03:50:19Z

In reply to nevent1q…ujee
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Another self serve hay bar photo

I had to move Winnie's hay out of the workshop because I was ...

2025-12-06T00:14:31Z

I had to move Winnie's hay out of the workshop because I was doing stuff with red hot metal, and she is enjoying access to the self serve hay bar

Dickhead: "stop complaining about capitalism and propose a ...

2025-12-05T23:57:16Z

Dickhead: "stop complaining about capitalism and propose a better system"

Every time we do that we get shot by fucking capitalists

Ok, this one is finished if anyone is interested Carbon steel ...

2025-11-21T03:10:54Z

Ok, this one is finished if anyone is interested
Carbon steel blade (80crv2, ~62rc), recycled iron bark handle, black micarta and fake ivory spacers. All hand made by me (happy to talk about the process if you want)
Weighs 150g

I'm asking aus$250 plus postage #Handmade #FediArt

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2025-11-13T07:06:41Z

Ooh, I got a knife featured in Blade magazine over in the US!

I got into loose leaf tea when I stopped drinking booze, swapping ...

2025-10-19T09:15:06Z

In reply to nevent1q…mcrh
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I got into loose leaf tea when I stopped drinking booze, swapping my booze snobbery for tea snobbery

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2025-10-05T11:59:37Z

Bunny

Kitchen knife with octagonal handle, and carved butt. Handle is ...

2025-09-19T04:00:00Z

Kitchen knife with octagonal handle, and carved butt. Handle is brown micarta, Jarrah, and sterling silver. Blade 80crv2 carbon steel
Not for sale, just showing off 😛
#Handmade #KitchenKnife

Job ad: "Lead GenAI and Agentic system design and ...

2025-09-16T02:44:10Z

Job ad: "Lead GenAI and Agentic system design and development" for a fucking bank
Seems like a place where you don't want your computers doing fuzzy maths unsupervised
Maybe i'm just old fashioned

thank you They did seem desperate and unaware of how things ...

2025-09-07T22:41:05Z

In reply to nevent1q…5rkw
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thank you
They did seem desperate and unaware of how things worked here (totally fair given their situation), i'm gald someone has finally gotten in touch with them to help

How to learn to touch type Get keyboard, get cat, cat will ...

2025-09-05T08:07:39Z

How to learn to touch type
Get keyboard, get cat, cat will position themselves in front of keyboard forcing you to type around them without seeing what you're doing

yeah, I'm getting bored of this. Things seem to be settling ...

2025-09-04T13:24:40Z

In reply to nevent1q…k9zx
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yeah, I'm getting bored of this. Things seem to be settling down slowly

Medication change effects continue. Today has been bad for the ...

2025-09-04T13:03:34Z

Medication change effects continue. Today has been bad for the nausea

"I"m using ChatGPT to design my forging press" ooh, ...

2025-09-04T00:53:05Z

"I"m using ChatGPT to design my forging press"

ooh, this will be a novel "person killed by ChatGPT" headline

Someone is feeling pressured to get more user numbers for their ...

2025-09-01T01:38:19Z

Someone is feeling pressured to get more user numbers for their "AI"

Also a reminder that when you hear about traffic incidents in the ...

2025-08-31T02:54:19Z

In reply to nevent1q…kg32
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Also a reminder that when you hear about traffic incidents in the media to consider the novelty bias. People get hurt and killed in incidents with cars all the time, bikes ect are far less common, so make for a more interesting story
If various media companies had any ethics they would include context notes in every story

It's interesting that people perceive motorcycles as ...

2025-08-31T02:44:43Z

It's interesting that people perceive motorcycles as dangerous but cars as safe. Obviously sitting on top of a 100hp engine that'll do daft speeds and potentially backflips is not something you can call safe, but you are unlikely hurt anyone else. Collisions involving motorcycles and cars tend to be caused by car drivers, collisions between motorcycles and pedestrians or cyclists are really uncommon
So what we have is one thing that is dangerous for the person doing it, but creates a safer environment for others, and another thing that is safer for the person doing the activity but creates a less safe environment for others

It's an attitude of safety as something you create for yourself, vs safety as something we create as a society. I think you can see this dichotomy in a lot of other discussion

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2025-08-29T07:03:29Z

It's still spam if you're selling Jesus

This one is all done. It's a well balanced knife, incredibly ...

2025-08-28T05:32:19Z

In reply to nevent1q…6yg2
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This one is all done. It's a well balanced knife, incredibly sharp with a fine edge. Very good for vegetables. Asking aus$500 plus shipping
170mm hand forged blade, 26c3 carbon steel around 63-64rc, roughly a santoku profile. It tapers down to 2.4mm at the tip. Handle is sterling silver and ebonised jarrah
Weight is 190g
Note this is a hard, somewhat brittle steel with a fine edge, so a bit of care is needed in use
Happy to answer more questions if you're curious, and I'll add alt text in a second
#handmade

That point where you've spent 10 hours staring at something, ...

2025-08-27T05:01:24Z

That point where you've spent 10 hours staring at something, and practicing making it, so all you can see are the flaws 🙄
(I'll sharpen it in a bit and put up another post with more details)

ew, harry potter themed mint chocolate

2025-08-17T05:09:45Z

In reply to nevent1q…25wy
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ew, harry potter themed mint chocolate

Walks into living room Sees bunny "It's a bunny!" ...

2025-08-07T01:38:08Z

Walks into living room
Sees bunny
"It's a bunny!"
Pats bunny

:subtoot: "Defederation is mean because I want to talk to my ...

2025-08-02T22:55:48Z

:subtoot: "Defederation is mean because I want to talk to my racist mates without joining Not Another Server"

pretty sure that was for pissing off the English, they were just ...

2025-08-02T13:32:29Z

In reply to nevent1q…mxll
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pretty sure that was for pissing off the English, they were just after an excuse

seems to me this is just asking "what are cities for?". ...

2025-08-01T09:02:47Z

In reply to nevent1q…cdkj
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seems to me this is just asking "what are cities for?". Historically I think they've been centers of culture, industry, and trade. Culture is probably is probably the hardest to write around, people like gathering in groups for cultural reasons

No remorse #RabbitsOfMastodon ...

2025-08-01T01:57:23Z

In reply to nevent1q…q360
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No remorse #RabbitsOfMastodon

There is a cat lying on me and a rabbit biting my feet for ...

2025-08-01T01:47:31Z

There is a cat lying on me and a rabbit biting my feet for attention 🙄

There's a quote from a Nazi in Jacob Geller's recent ...

2025-07-31T04:04:22Z

In reply to nevent1q…svlk
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There's a quote from a Nazi in Jacob Geller's recent video on Nuremberg blaming their success on the development of radio and mass media. Like literal fucking Nazi's understood the influence of giving them a media platform back in the 1940s
The question of should you give fascists a platform was answered 80 years ago by fascists

"I disapprove of your advocacy for genocide, but I will ...

2025-07-31T02:44:20Z

"I disapprove of your advocacy for genocide, but I will defend to the death your right to advocate for genocide" - ancient moderate proverb

It's interesting that the black box aspect of these ...

2025-07-18T04:14:42Z

It's interesting that the black box aspect of these algorithmic systems is often a selling point. I'm reminded of all the crime prediction ones, where the fact that it's just digitized racism doesn't seem to be a problem. May even be the selling point

It's like the thought process is "how do we do unethical shit without taking responsibility?"

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/07/will-ai-end-cheap-flights-critics-attack-deltas-predatory-ai-pricing/

Luring Winnie back in from the pet run with a salad ...

2025-07-12T04:13:15Z

Luring Winnie back in from the pet run with a salad #RabbitsOfMastodon

for some reason i'm reminded of people who complain when ...

2025-07-02T01:56:18Z

In reply to nevent1q…nm87
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for some reason i'm reminded of people who complain when service staff aren't friendly enough

You think people who made this song might have feelings about ...

2025-07-01T00:29:54Z

In reply to nevent1q…rlec
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You think people who made this song might have feelings about Palestine, and states in general?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lh1UXPrf_84

"[Bob Vylan's] US visas revoked. “Foreigners who ...

2025-07-01T00:06:59Z

"[Bob Vylan's] US visas revoked. “Foreigners who glorify violence and hatred are not welcome visitors to our country,” said Christopher Landau, the deputy secretary of state."

But they're letting Netanyahu in next week? You know, the guy who's heading this fucking genocide

is trad-wife stuff still allowed?

2025-06-30T01:16:26Z

In reply to nevent1q…h6vt
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is trad-wife stuff still allowed?

From what i've seen that sort of language is more common ...

2025-06-30T01:09:27Z

In reply to nevent1q…pnl4
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From what i've seen that sort of language is more common among queer communities, but i'm sure that's just a coincidence...

We are here to confiscate your sense of humour as you have been ...

2025-06-24T01:25:41Z

We are here to confiscate your sense of humour as you have been making "jokes" that punch down on marginalised people
Hold still, this will hurt

time to get some lucador masks?

2025-06-24T00:07:37Z

In reply to nevent1q…x83f
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time to get some lucador masks?

we need a credit card processor that doesn't impose it's ...

2025-06-23T23:44:26Z

In reply to nevent1q…phxq
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we need a credit card processor that doesn't impose it's puritanical morals on people. In a sensible world this is the sort of thing that a government could start

also wrestling? WTF?

It is true, you have a very nice arse

2025-06-05T11:27:50Z

In reply to nevent1q…rnqr
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It is true, you have a very nice arse

i hadn't heard about Nancy, but from the Wikipedia article ...

2025-05-31T10:14:46Z

In reply to nevent1q…qthp
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i hadn't heard about Nancy, but from the Wikipedia article I'm guessing there's something there that's not known about. Sadly Nancy can't tell her own story

A lot of people don't really care about kid's mental health sadly

Maybe we can fund this 2.5 million service out of the 4,500 ...

2025-05-30T04:23:57Z

Maybe we can fund this 2.5 million service out of the 4,500 million allocated to Victoria Police?
Take their guns to pay for it

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/may/30/victoria-sex-workers-non-payment-southside-justice-ntwnfb

I'm excited to be doing some brewing again too! It's nice ...

2025-05-30T03:04:22Z

In reply to nevent1q…39sg
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I'm excited to be doing some brewing again too! It's nice having some energy for various hobbies again

always cheaper to just include more air (i've been making my ...

2025-05-30T02:43:57Z

In reply to nevent1q…r2xe
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always cheaper to just include more air

(i've been making my own ice cream for years)

chocolate ice cream most of it is made from bad chocolate, ...

2025-05-30T02:18:48Z

In reply to nevent1q…nx9w
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chocolate ice cream
most of it is made from bad chocolate, combining large amounts of dairy and sugar with chocolate doesn't do anything for good chocolate, and there's just better things to do with the ingredients

I'm sorry sir, but we are not serving dinner, and you may NOT ...

2025-05-29T06:49:15Z

I'm sorry sir, but we are not serving dinner, and you may NOT "order the rabbit"

😂 so angry!

2025-05-28T02:56:27Z

In reply to nevent1q…pw39
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😂 so angry!