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  1. Comment on What hat would go well with this jacket? in ~life.style

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    Wow, that's a wonderful looking hat, thank you for linking to it!

    Wow, that's a wonderful looking hat, thank you for linking to it!

  2. Comment on Woman denied medication for being of childbearing age in ~life.women

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    You have way more patience than I do. Thank you.

    You have way more patience than I do. Thank you.

    7 votes
  3. Comment on New users: Ask your questions about Tildes here! (v3) in ~tildes

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    I just want to let you know that I appreciate your presence here. You have gone all in on helping maintain and make better the tildes culture that has kept me around these parts. Thank you.

    I just want to let you know that I appreciate your presence here. You have gone all in on helping maintain and make better the tildes culture that has kept me around these parts. Thank you.

    8 votes
  4. Comment on Harvest time: Share your favorite garden bounty recipes! in ~food

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    No recipe. I use a half gallon mason jar, stuff it full of leaves that I pick in the morning, fill to the top with water, add a lid, and let sit in the sun until the following afternoon,...

    No recipe. I use a half gallon mason jar, stuff it full of leaves that I pick in the morning, fill to the top with water, add a lid, and let sit in the sun until the following afternoon, occasionally shaking the jar. On super hot and sunny days, I might strain the first evening if too many of the leaves start turning brown, because that changes the flavor, but most of the time that's not a problem here in the pacific northwest. When I strain the water, I've found squeezing the leaves out adds more flavor. Then I put the tea in the fridge to get cold. I don't add sweetener or anything else. What I find interesting about this tea compared to other teas I make is that it's not particularly aromatic, and the taste doesn't hit when it goes in the mouth. It's during and after the swallowing where I sort of smell/taste the crushed leaf fragrance. I find it surprisingly delightful every sip :)

    Something I'm going to try next year is making pesto with it, which I learned recently is something people do. I had no idea!

    2 votes
  5. Comment on Sexual victimization by women is more common than previously known (2017) in ~life

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    You have a good day also, lou. Thank you for helping me bring this back around to being kind to each other :)

    You have a good day also, lou. Thank you for helping me bring this back around to being kind to each other :)

    3 votes
  6. Comment on Harvest time: Share your favorite garden bounty recipes! in ~food

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    Not who you asked, but I had this same dilemma with lemon balm. This summer I used it to make sun tea, and I freaking loved it. In the past I had tried making a hot tea with it, but the flavor was...

    Not who you asked, but I had this same dilemma with lemon balm. This summer I used it to make sun tea, and I freaking loved it. In the past I had tried making a hot tea with it, but the flavor was sort of spinachy to me, not something I'm really looking for in a tea. But the sun tea made awesome iced tea. It was better before it flowered.

    2 votes
  7. Comment on Sexual victimization by women is more common than previously known (2017) in ~life

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    please see my edit.

    please see my edit.

    2 votes
  8. Comment on Sexual victimization by women is more common than previously known (2017) in ~life

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    Edit #2 I actually don't know why this has me all in a snit. I saw it last night and didn't think it belonged in women, and woke up this morning still thinking about it. My behavior isn't making...

    I think it's disingenuous that you deleted your earlier comment where you stated that that if it had been a topic about men being sexually violent against women (Edit in ~life.men) that no one there would have an issue with it, then calling me defensive because I responded to that assertion, saying you were done commenting. I thought fair enough, and didn't engage anymore.

    Cool, you made a case about why it should be a women's issue and be in ~lifewomen. I don't agree. What do you want from me?

    Edit #2 I actually don't know why this has me all in a snit. I saw it last night and didn't think it belonged in women, and woke up this morning still thinking about it. My behavior isn't making the situation better. There are some actual good points of discussion for both women and men in this article, it could have been placed in either group.

    1 vote
  9. Comment on Harvest time: Share your favorite garden bounty recipes! in ~food

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    The only thing that really produced for me this year is basil, and I'm going all in with pesto. My ratios are different every time because I just add stuff to taste. basil olive oil walnuts...

    The only thing that really produced for me this year is basil, and I'm going all in with pesto. My ratios are different every time because I just add stuff to taste.

    basil
    olive oil
    walnuts
    parmesan cheese
    garlic
    balsamic vinegar

    I have so much basil this year that I looked up if I could freeze pesto. I'm going to go with the method of mixing the olive oil and the basil, and then adding a layer of olive oil on the top and freezing. Then I can add the other ingredients later.

    3 votes
  10. Comment on Sexual victimization by women is more common than previously known (2017) in ~life

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    I agree with you, this belonged in ~life where you put it. I have no idea if all men would have no problem with articles about men perpetrators of sexual violence being dropped in ~life.men since...

    I agree with you, this belonged in ~life where you put it. I have no idea if all men would have no problem with articles about men perpetrators of sexual violence being dropped in ~life.men since I am not man. But I doubt that men are a monolith. I'm the only woman who said anything about this article being put into women. Most likely there were women who were just fine with it being there. We aren't a monolith either.

    2 votes
  11. Comment on Sexual victimization by women is more common than previously known (2017) in ~life

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    I'm having a hard time understanding why this article was dropped in ~life.women. Is it because the author tells us that this is a feminist issue because unless we accept and discuss that we are...

    I'm having a hard time understanding why this article was dropped in ~life.women. Is it because the author tells us that this is a feminist issue because unless we accept and discuss that we are also rapists, we continue to perpetrate the idea that we are one-dimensional harmless victims?

    3 votes
  12. Comment on The mystery of the Bloomfield bridge in ~design

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    And the inline notes are great! I had to pause a moment after reading this one though.

    And the inline notes are great!

    I had to pause a moment after reading this one though.

    Believe it or not, I was specifically trained by the military as a geo-spatial analyst to identify bridges in black and white aerial photographs taken in the 1960s. The training was on Russian bridges with decidedly more strategic utility than these pedestrian bridges, but the same principles apply: size, shape, shade, shadow, surroundings!

    7 votes
  13. Comment on As Washington state's ferry fleet ages, why aren't we building new boats? in ~transport

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    I love the old ferries! There's something about being on them that always makes me feel good.

    I love the old ferries! There's something about being on them that always makes me feel good.

    1 vote
  14. Comment on As Washington state's ferry fleet ages, why aren't we building new boats? in ~transport

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    Inter-island ferry service is down in the San Juan islands because: ferry runs aground in San Juan Islands, out of service for repairs. I don't live there, but I do rely on WSF and service has...

    Inter-island ferry service is down in the San Juan islands because: ferry runs aground in San Juan Islands, out of service for repairs. I don't live there, but I do rely on WSF and service has been been getting steadily worse. With that said, I don't know how I feel about a shipyard from the gulf states building our ferries. I wish we could get international bids.

    3 votes
  15. Comment on Russia has launched its first mission to the moon in nearly fifty years in ~space

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    I think India is only part of it, and this bit is the rest:

    I think India is only part of it, and this bit is the rest:

    Roscosmos, Russia’s space agency, said it wants to show Russia “is a state capable of delivering a payload to the moon,” and “ensure Russia’s guaranteed access to the moon’s surface.”

    “Study of the moon is not the goal,” said Vitaly Egorov, a popular Russian space analyst. “The goal is political competition between two superpowers — China and the USA — and a number of other countries which also want to claim the title of space superpower.”

    5 votes
  16. Comment on Russia has launched its first mission to the moon in nearly fifty years in ~space

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    From the article:

    From the article:

    Roscosmos, Russia’s space agency, said it wants to show Russia “is a state capable of delivering a payload to the moon,” and “ensure Russia’s guaranteed access to the moon’s surface.”

    7 votes
  17. Comment on Artist collaborates with bees to create sculptural wax skulls in ~arts