Emeilia Perez is a terrible movie.
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I used leftover dipping chocolate from the Kulfi (saffron-cardamom) Creams to make a darker ganache I dubbed C³ (C-cubed): cardamom, cinnamon, and cayenne/capsaicin. This I cut into literal cubes (first researching technique online; a hot blade frequently dipped in hot water is necessary) and coated in milk and white chocolate. They are remarkably tasty, if not beautiful.
Now I understand why chocolate making becomes a hobby. You keep ending up with leftover chocolate you need to make into something else.
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USAID: what is the deal? Mainstream news implies the agency is targeted only because it’s expensive, while right wing tweets suggest it’s totally corrupt and getting long overdue just desserts. What are the criticisms of USAID, beyond cost (I assume there are legit benefits to its costs)?
https://x.com/realchrisrufo/status/1886510693966323834
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The thing about Trump’s tariffs is much of his own base opposes them. It’s a good sign that republicans are not a monolith on this, many are vocally dissenting. Tariffs are a bad idea in my opinion, and I am hopeful that republicans might correct them while democrats are busy being insane for other reasons.
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New drawings & a short essay transcribed from my journal: https://blog.ninapaley.com/2025/02/01/reality-mystery/
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VICTORY.
I read up on tempering/dipping and made another batch of saffron-cardamom truffles and this time they all got properly coated with very little “distempering” of the chocolate even at the end.
NEVER GIVE UP, NEVER SURRENDER!
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Reality & Mystery
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These photos tell the sad story of the seized dipping chocolate.
I have been making delicious saffron-cardamom truffles, but this was my most catastrophic coating episode yet. At least some of them look okay. Even the ugliest will still be tasty.
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New Heterodorx podcast! Episode 159: The Ideological Capture of Tech with Bryan Lunduke https://heterodorx.substack.com/p/the-ideological-capture-of-tech-with
Remember the Free and Open Internet? Tech journalist Bryan Lunduke does, and isn’t afraid to write about its demise one institutional capture at a time. We discuss having our hearts broken by our beloved Internet Archive; the Wikipedia Foundation’s shady dealings; the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s championing “the right for little children to look at porn on the internet”; and Mozilla’s “Feminist decolonial lgbtqia+ climate justice using AI event in Zambia.” Like any good journalists, we ask the tough questions: How do you get your name forbidden by ChatGPT? Who is more banned from conferences, Lunduke or Paley? Are we gonna have a free and open internet, or not? (Answer: not.) Whether you love nerds or merely are one, this entertaining episode will have you wanting to get offline more than ever.
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"We should not discriminate against trans-identified individuals in matters of housing, education, employment, etc. An employee who is a good employee and deserves a promotion should not be denied that promotion because he believes he is a woman any more than an employee who is Catholic should be denied the promotion because he believes priests engage in transubstantiation and turn bread and wine into the body and blood of Jesus.
Both the Catholic and the trans-identified person can choose to believe as they wish. Both can present themselves in a way that reflects their beliefs. But neither can compel us to accept their metaphysical beliefs."
https://nypost.com/2025/01/29/opinion/why-i-left-the-democratic-party-after-voting-for-kamala-harris-and-why-others-will-follow/
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This looks helpful.
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Here's something I didn't know: "Illinois is by far the most nuclear reliant state in the United States. As of 2017, if Illinois were a nation, it would be the 10th largest nuclear power in the world. There are ten reactors closer to Chicago than Chornobyl is to Kyiv, Ukraine."
https://neis.org/nuclear-illinois/
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Journey to the Crawl Space https://blog.ninapaley.com/2025/01/27/journey-to-the-crawl-space/
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https://blog.ninapaley.com/2025/01/26/sleep-scrutiny/
I scrutinize myself trying to fall asleep as I try to fall asleep, which makes it harder to fall asleep, upping the scrutiny, etc.
I’ve struggled with insomnia my whole life, and today thought drawing a picture of it will help. It’s never helped before, but neither has scrutinizing my sleep.
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I sure eat a lot of from-scratch homemade food. For breakfast today I had a glass of apple-ginger-lemon juice I juiced from scratch, followed by a green salad with homemade lemon/olive oil dressing, fresh just-baked homemade bread, and homemade saffron-cardamom creme Anglaise.
I'm sure I get plenty of agricultural toxins anyway since I buy whatever produce and ingredients are cheapest at the mainstream grocery store.
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Just finished sewing, cutting, and turning inside-out a new batch of size LARGE gloves and updated stock inventory at https://store.ninapaley.com/product/recovery-glovery/
Now every glove in every size is in stock except Faith & Doubt in Small. Will make more Smalls next!
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New Heterodorx podcast! Episode 158: desecrating the PFLAG https://heterodorx.substack.com/p/desecrating-the-pflag
Cori and Nina “deform” a flag and it goes viral for a few seconds, thanks to the outrage of self-diagnosed autists. But hysterical online denunciations aren’t what they used to be, especially when you identify as an Asshole, as Nina now does to treat her kindness dysphoria. Many questions arise about Cori: how human is he? Will he sue his “healthcare providers”? Would he have died sooner if he hadn’t transed? Will he convert to Judaism? In sadder news, we mourn the passing of Cori’s cat, Harley. May his cute and fluffy memory be a blessing.
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I ordered groceries for delivery via DoorDash for the first time, because it's snowing outside and I have had enough and I need onions to make lentil soup. So there.
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Spiritual Bypass: https://blog.ninapaley.com/2025/01/21/spiritual-bypass/
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