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This is my friend's cat Oliver! I did not realize they lived so close to the ice cream shop. #IPetThatCat

LB: For non-Canadians who can't hear the snippets the CBC posted, the whole album is on Bandcamp. https://jeremydutcher1.bandcamp.com/releases

Listening to such a visceral connection to history feels really good right now.

I'm reasonably certain I just wired my life savings to a legitimate escrow account and not a scam. Pretty sure. It seemed legit.

#IPetThatCat

it came running out to be petted, and then wound around my legs so much that I couldn't get a good picture

I like this postcard thing! 8174 5455 7705 if you want random postcards from Seattle.

#SummerReadingList

I was gonna put China Mieville's Railsea on a fiction list, because it is magical Moby Dick fanfiction and I loved it.

Then I remembered that I haven't actually read Moby Dick. So I think this summer is time. Anyone with me?

Escuché los primeros cuatro episodios de "Discovering Spanish". ¿El narrador se llama "Johnny Spanish"? Lo que sea.

Es por un novato absoluto, comienza con "hola" y "como te llamas". Dedica más tiempo a la práctica "escuchar y repetir" que otras podcasts - me gusta eso. Los episodios son 9-12 minutos.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/learn-to-speak-spanish-with-discover-spanish/id264318446?l=es&mt=2

#SummerReadingList of nonfiction that has stuck with me:

Waste and Want: A Social History of Trash
Debt: The First 5000 Years
Whipping Girl
Stalking the Wild Asparagus

StWA might be worth a re-read actually, it's been a while.

I'll try to think of some fiction recs later.

@mcmoots here's what the inside of the last batch looked like. I tore about half of this into small pieces, chopped up the butt ends of the mushrooms I harvested from it, and mixed that back in with the wet sterilized new substrate. then I packed it all into a bread bag & cut some slits in the bag for air. it's going down to the basement to hide under a box for a couple of weeks. here's hoping it grows again.

did that picture not post? trying again.

my personal mercury has been in retrograde all week ugh.

@mcmoots oops I should tag @ShanShen properly

by request from @ShanShen@a.weirder.earth I'm going to toot my mushroom farming today. here's what I'm using for substrate - it's a mix of torn up newsprint from some junk mail, a torn up paper bag, various dried plant stems from the yard, a few green weeds for nutrition. mushroom substrate is like compost in that you want to mix "green" nitrogen material with "brown" carbon - but mushrooms want way more browns.

I'm putting it through the sterilize cycle on my instant pot.

I was feeling bleh about my lunch, which I assembled very hastily last night from random fridge shit. But then someone else in the break room was like "ooh I'm jealous" and okay, I guess it's an alright lunch even if it's not Pinterest food, my past selves did a good job taking care of me today.

For the record: Leftover pizza from last night - anchovies, olives, & mushrooms (oyster mushrooms that I grew myself!); a frozen steamer package of green beans; hard boiled eggs; yogurt; an orange.

Current status: Decision fatigue about homeowners insurance.

I like a certain amount of boring adult bullshit in my life, it makes me feel smug. This is more than that amount.

Important reminder that the emoji is actually making the ASL sign for lesbian.

Conversation with an insurance agent:

"We don't own a car."
"Wow, that's great! You know I used to drive a 10mpg truck but my daughter convinced me to get a hybrid."

... cool story bro. I just wanted to stop you from selling me car insurance.

I guess this happens to vegetarians too, people doing weird chitchat about how they also have chosen a more morally acceptable lifestyle.