Chebucto Regional Softball Club

@glasspusher

OK. Exactly what *is* a "wintergreen" ?

@burnitdown @graydon @lionelb

"i'd much rather have smoked tofu. i'm not even vegetarian, but the food often has so much more flavour than "i cooked the meat with no spices and nothing added, how is it?"

Same. I'm not veg or vegan but I love vegan dishes, I just wish that it was easier to avoid nuts and sunflowers when eating vegan foods from restaurants or pre-made snacks.

I'm very proud of my home-cooked tofu!

Why is she so MAD?

@msbellows @raynetoday @Nickiquote

How do you--

um. no thanks for all of the tips I guess?

Sock gremlins are real. #picathecat #catsofmastodon #cryptid #cryptids #creature

@graydon @lionelb

"There are also a bunch of things that taste a lot better when you aren't getting enough of something in your regular diet. (Or are just plain hungry, which was more common in former days, or are doing heavy manual labour as a matter of course.)"

This is what I assume all of those recipes from the 50s about putting meat chunks in gelatin are about.

@catselbow

Pica will sing for him tonight.

What a lovely cat.

@kristinHenry

It's like a crinoid swimming!

@msbellows @Nickiquote

You WHAT.

@ArchaeoIain @archaeology

Oh... I think we know why.

@archaeology

It feels so modern.

Making a copy from clay would be a delightful project...

@lionelb

Some of the worst foods on earth are old time candies that survive only on nostalgia for suffering.

@kirby

I am thirty or forty years old and do not know these things.

I think the image ars tech used is just focus stacked, and that's why there are some odd bits. But I'd feel better if it had the species name and if the photographer was someone with a good reputation.

I hate how because of gen AI when I see images of ants I have to spend time wondering if they are just focus stacked or if there is some AI being used.

The evolution of expendability: Why some ants traded armor for numbers

Ants with lots of workers tend to put less energy into making them armored.

Ars Technica (arstechnica.com)

arstechnica paid for a "stock *photo*" from getty. Responsible normally. But I don't always trust getty with ants.

Why not buy rights direct from insect photographers like https://ant-photo.eu/en/photos/photos-of-ants/

or https://www.alexanderwild.com/

These guys always identify species when possible. Much better!

@vestige

To be less silly if I can find the right candy canes I might try this. You make it sound kind of good.

@Nickiquote

It can add excitement to the evening for the whole family!

@Nickiquote

As a person with a nut allergy I like to think of those as "Russian Roulette" for when you've been waiting for dinner for three hours and decide to risk it.

@nazokiyoubinbou

I am not a fan. Not even in toothpaste.

This means I use kids "bubblegum" toothpaste.

@vestige

This is why there is so much crime in Baltimore.