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Comment on Republicans rebuke Donald Trump's 50% emergency tariffs on Brazil in US Senate vote in ~society
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Comment on Half of US states sue Donald Trump administration over halting food stamps in ~society
rosco LinkWell this sucks. I learned from a co-worker that in her community they are starting programs where folks with means can directly supplement the loss of SNAP for folks enrolled in the program...Well this sucks. I learned from a co-worker that in her community they are starting programs where folks with means can directly supplement the loss of SNAP for folks enrolled in the program locally. In our “where do you find community thread” many people said they didn’t have much local community and I’m wondering if we could do something similar here for our Tildes community. I’m not sure what this could look like, but I’m thinking if just a few of us could support folks via Venmo we might be able to bridge the gap.
Has anyone done anything like this before or is anyone else interested in participating?
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Comment on Millennials: How do you feel about nostalgia pandering? in ~talk
rosco LinkWhat did people think of Mid 90s? This feels like it hits the nail on the head for me. It was a nice attempt at capturing an era, and even though I didn’t particularly like the movie, I think it...What did people think of Mid 90s? This feels like it hits the nail on the head for me. It was a nice attempt at capturing an era, and even though I didn’t particularly like the movie, I think it was successful in that. It also just felt scripted. But done that way, as others have mentioned, feels more like trying to capture a moment I connect with more than a pull at the nostalgia strings in my brain. I think it works because it resonates with my experience. Does that make sense?
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Comment on Timasomo 2025: Final Updates in ~creative.timasomo
rosco LinkUpdates are that the main boy of the sculpture came out of final firing and I’m disappointed with how the glazing came out. I painted it on because I couldn’t get my hands on latex resist (until...Updates are that the main boy of the sculpture came out of final firing and I’m disappointed with how the glazing came out. I painted it on because I couldn’t get my hands on latex resist (until today!) so dippping was too much of a risk to the face/hands. Same with pouring the glaze. So it’s a little higglty-pigglty with some sections, like the forearm, looking perfect while others, like the back look pocked. It’s an ok first go at full scale though.
Sadly the bottom leg remains unglazed as the backlog for bisqueware firing is moving slowly. And I haven’t come up with a great solution to the surfboard cracking so I’d say 1/3 success, with the main part being the one that came through. Though I haven’t tried to remove the top piece from its firing stand yet so there is still danger ahead!
I did however just get a metric fuckload of plaster to work with and am considering making a surfboard former for this and future sculptures.
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Comment on Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of October 27 in ~society
rosco Link ParentIt’s pretty in line with their reporting on Gaza so no real surprise there. I canceled the last of my NYT subscriptions last fall and still miss their recipes a bit, but I couldn’t stand...It’s pretty in line with their reporting on Gaza so no real surprise there. I canceled the last of my NYT subscriptions last fall and still miss their recipes a bit, but I couldn’t stand supporting them financially anymore.
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Comment on Looking for movies that combine religion mythology and supernatural elements in ~movies
rosco LinkIf you’re up for Celtic Mythology then anything by Tomm Moore counts. Wolfwalkers, Secret of the Kells, and Song of the Sea are all great animated movies based on legends and folklore. And they...If you’re up for Celtic Mythology then anything by Tomm Moore counts. Wolfwalkers, Secret of the Kells, and Song of the Sea are all great animated movies based on legends and folklore. And they are freaking great!
Another that pops to mind in a similar thread is most movies by Studio Ghibli. Princess Mononoke or Spirited away are a great look at traditional Japanese folklore and religion.
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Comment on Honk your horn in ~health.mental
rosco Link ParentThat’s totally fair. Unfortunately (for the folks who hate it) I live on a little peninsula and there are only 2 roads to get into the town and that tunnel is mandatory if you’re coming in from...That’s totally fair. Unfortunately (for the folks who hate it) I live on a little peninsula and there are only 2 roads to get into the town and that tunnel is mandatory if you’re coming in from the north. It’s kind of unavoidable…
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Comment on Honk your horn in ~health.mental
rosco LinkWhere I live there is a short tunnel that connects our town to the adjacent one. When I was growing up we'd come down to where I live now for vacation and we all knew that tunnel as "the honking...Where I live there is a short tunnel that connects our town to the adjacent one. When I was growing up we'd come down to where I live now for vacation and we all knew that tunnel as "the honking tunnel". When you drive through it people, not everyone mind you, will tap out different honks on their horns. As a kid I adored it and as an adult I still get a huge smile while going through and toot tooting my horn.
The funniest part is that half of our friends hate that people honk their horns and half love it! There is no middle ground. What we've noticed is that if you grew up in the area and experienced it as a child, then you're definitely in the "love it" camp. If not, more than likely you fall into the hate it camp. It's very funny.
Toot toot, toot toot toot...
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Comment on Looking for low-cost ways to replace industrially processed foods in ~food
rosco LinkI’m going to ignore the drinks and ultra-processed discussion as other users have already covered it. My suggestion is to check out farmers markets in your area. I’m a bit of an evangelist for...I’m going to ignore the drinks and ultra-processed discussion as other users have already covered it. My suggestion is to check out farmers markets in your area. I’m a bit of an evangelist for farmers markets and I recently had a friend admit that she’s a convert as the produce is actually cheaper than buying at a grocery chain like Safeway or Lucky. Not to mention how much better the quality is.
And that’s just scratching the surface. If you learn the seasonality of your local region, you can wait and have huge come ups for almost no money. Every summer here strawberries start out at 5-8 dollars a basket (like 10-20ish strawberries depending on size), but by mid summer I can get a flat (6 times that) for $10 dollars. Sometimes they’ll just throw a flat in for free with my other produce because they have so many!
The trick is to go towards closing. You will always feet great deals then, especially if you get to know the farmers and go weekly. Regulars get hooked up.
So now you have tons of produce that is seasonally dependent and, if you’re handy with canning, you can make food for all year. Strawberry jam, spaghetti sauce, lemon curd, pickles, the list goes on and on. And that’s ok too of just making amazing fresh food!
I suggest Cookie and Kate for recipes and she has great suggestions on replacements to help to make a great meal regardless of the season!
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Comment on What have you been eating, drinking, and cooking? in ~food
rosco Link ParentOh man, tinned fish is my jam! My wife and I just got back from our honeymoon in Portugal where we toured 2 canneries and brought back like 30 tins of fish. Everything from sardines in chili oil...Oh man, tinned fish is my jam! My wife and I just got back from our honeymoon in Portugal where we toured 2 canneries and brought back like 30 tins of fish. Everything from sardines in chili oil to smoked trout to eels in a curry sauce.
If you’re feeling adventurous the tinned fish hand has seriously changed. There are freaking delicious options. I’m based in California so Fishwife is the easiest to access, but check out options near you. Big recommendation for anything escabeche - pickled and herbed tinned fish - or punchier flavors (chili crisp, curry, enchilada).
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Comment on What have you been eating, drinking, and cooking? in ~food
rosco Link ParentI always suggest Cookie and Kate! She makes incredible vegetarian food and always lists how to make it vegan. I’m not vegetarian but she is still my favorite person to find new recipes from!I always suggest Cookie and Kate! She makes incredible vegetarian food and always lists how to make it vegan. I’m not vegetarian but she is still my favorite person to find new recipes from!
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Comment on The goon squad. Loneliness, porn’s next frontier, and the dream of endless masturbation. in ~life
rosco Link ParentIf you're looking for a bit more levity, I think absurdism is a much nicer place to end up that nihilism. Sure nothing matters, but it's all absurd!If you're looking for a bit more levity, I think absurdism is a much nicer place to end up that nihilism. Sure nothing matters, but it's all absurd!
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Comment on What are creepy, spooky or scary places you've been? in ~talk
rosco LinkWe used to mess around in the abandoned barracks at the local navy base growing up. They were all built during WW2, I think 6 stories high, and had been derelict for about 10-15 years. Many of the...We used to mess around in the abandoned barracks at the local navy base growing up. They were all built during WW2, I think 6 stories high, and had been derelict for about 10-15 years. Many of the rooms were open, often there would be lights randomly left on throughout the complex, and so many of them had been vandalized. Broken tvs, beer bottles, graffiti, trash, needles, smashed window, piss everywhere... it was a pretty grotty place. Often we'd take dates there (I know, but highschool right?) and end up sending people to check out rooms alone. It was always so freaky.
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Comment on Timasomo 2025: Week 3 Updates in ~creative.timasomo
rosco LinkOk, coming in late! I started this project before I left for my honeymoon and am now getting it all finished up. I was playing around with fun, kind of absurd, surfing stances for a sculpture. I...Ok, coming in late! I started this project before I left for my honeymoon and am now getting it all finished up. I was playing around with fun, kind of absurd, surfing stances for a sculpture. I came up with a number of ideas and ended up settling on yoga man. It supposed to be a 3 piece sculpture of a man doing yoga on a surfboard. The torso with the 2 arms and 1 leg are one piece, then the leg the man is standing on is a separate piece with two joining sections - one into the body and one into the surfboard, and finally the surfboard.
Well the surfboard broke - I think I added too many support sections within the structure - and it cracked all the way around the edge. I think this might have been caused by making the upper and lower sections earlier, waiting for it to cure a bit on a former, and then combining them with wetter segments of clay. I think I might try to make a new one out of wood with some metal inside it to give it weight. We'll see.
I've glazed it now and it's been sent off for its second firing. I have yet to glaze the leg as the stand I created for it still hasn't been bisque fired, so it might not be ready for the final reveal as a complete piece. But the most fun part will! I've also started a few others, one of which doesn't have photos of the creation process but has gone off to be fired. We'll see if it comes out. I've also added a picture of a sculpture that definitely won't be ready by the end of Timasomo but I'm pretty stoked on and want to share.
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Comment on What's your favorite hobby? in ~hobbies
rosco Link ParentLol, my best friend officiated my wedding and one of his "gags" while describing me was to list out all of my hobbies... wine making, swimming, climbing, printmaking, bread making, olive oil...Lol, my best friend officiated my wedding and one of his "gags" while describing me was to list out all of my hobbies... wine making, swimming, climbing, printmaking, bread making, olive oil making, mountain biking, geology, snowboarding, vinyl collecting, barefoot running, pottery, writing, pickling, bike building, sewing, and on and on and on. I had literally never thought it was that weird until they were all listed out. Like you, with most of them I get to a point of competency and move on. And I have pretty mad ADHD.
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Comment on Prince Andrew gives up royal titles including Duke of York after 'discussion with King' in ~news
rosco Link ParentI consider myself explained. Thanks for the thorough write up, it clear it up quite a bit!I consider myself explained. Thanks for the thorough write up, it clear it up quite a bit!
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Comment on Prince Andrew gives up royal titles including Duke of York after 'discussion with King' in ~news
rosco LinkCan someone explain to me why folks are accepting him losing titles as a fine punishment for literally fucking kids? It seems like the epitome of “rules for me and not for thee” limp wristed...Can someone explain to me why folks are accepting him losing titles as a fine punishment for literally fucking kids? It seems like the epitome of “rules for me and not for thee” limp wristed damage control and yet folks seem to be beyond satisfied.
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Comment on What ridiculous thing would you spend billions on? in ~talk
rosco LinkOooh, I’ve got 2. You May think some of these are “do goody” but even if they weren’t I’d want to do them, one for curiosity and one for petty vengeance. Spend an ungodly amount of money removing...Oooh, I’ve got 2. You May think some of these are “do goody” but even if they weren’t I’d want to do them, one for curiosity and one for petty vengeance.
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Spend an ungodly amount of money removing invasive species - specifically European grasses from California ecosystems - closing down the ranches in the process. Particularly El Sur Ranch near Big Sur. Doubly so if I can buy out the owners of the ranch and then somehow bankrupt the family because fuck those guys. Also the ones in Marin who got their ranches designated as historic so the local tribes would have no recourse to their own historic claims. Destitution for them too. I’m just so curious to know what the landscape looked like pre-colonization. Supposedly we had evergreen grasses with deep roots like South America that didn’t go brown in the summer/fall and there was much more widespread oak forest and chaparral. If I have enough funding I’d also like to buy out the majority of the Central Valley and return it to a marsh/lake habitat. It grows the majority of our food so many would starve. Again, more evil than benevolent. If I have the money to do more of the same thing to the eucalyptus farms in Portugal and the marshes of England (effectively anything south of London). I would mandate that they can me Marsh Man and as i age and gain weight, the Marshmellow! Fear the marshmellow and starve! This might cost Trillions to achieve so I assume I have access to thousands of Billions.
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Project 2 would be to crash test all small Japanese type cars to the DOT standards. It’s like 6-10 cars each and pay for them to go through certification. Why you ask?!? Because fuck all these big cars in the US and the car companies that do t certify their small cars/trucks - looking at you Honda and Toyota - as to not eat into their US market share. So yeah fuck them. Then i can ride my bike without feeling like I’m going to die and buy a sweet Kei truck and also not feel like Im going to die. If I could also influence the policy so that SUVs, vans, and trucks are no longer exempt from bumper height regulations and outright ban lifted trucks with a full death penalty all the better. Honestly this one is so much cheaper than the first. Also I want a train line to connect from SF through Santa Cruz and Monterey. Also also to rebuild the massive glassed in municipal pool in Monterey. Fuck it, rebuild all of the sweet glassed in municipal pools globally.
Ok, I’m cheating, but I also want to create subsidies for folks to learn craftsman style carpentry. Like full ride + living expenses. I want to flood the market with high quality carpenters so that we might be able to get something more interesting looking that your standard boxy 5 over 1 new development. Again, it would be slightly evil as those who took me up on the offer would find themselves on the other sides of the programs in a profession that used to pay very well but now has been so saturated that it is no longer “skilled” work. The tack on benefit would be all the folks to then pivot to furniture making which makes nicer furniture more affordable. “But Rosco, this sounds benevolent…” No! It’s so I don’t have to live amoungst all these cheaply made, shitty looking developments and US cities can get a design, look and feel that would make me want to live and recreate in them.
Ok, last last last one… this is truly, billionaire evil. Like Elon DOGE evil. Black list and bankrupt all lobbyists from oil and car manufacturers. Threaten violence, and follow through if required, to route out automotive loyalists from the US DOT and fuck it, the UK version too. Then replace them with bike and public transit oriented loyalists and push for transfer of public funding, along with whatever I have left in the coffers, to complete convert our domestic transit systems. I’m talking about building a system that makes Amsterdam look kitch.
I think I’ve really channeled my inner billionaire here. Rules followed. Lives and livelihoods ruined. Rejection of majority rule. Via Marshman!!
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Comment on What have you been eating, drinking, and cooking? in ~food
rosco Link ParentI’m also on the kimchi everyday for gut health (yay chronic constipation!) If you haven’t tried it, Korean bibimbap is a really healthy and quick meal addition. Pretty much light veggie stir fry,...I’m also on the kimchi everyday for gut health (yay chronic constipation!)
If you haven’t tried it, Korean bibimbap is a really healthy and quick meal addition. Pretty much light veggie stir fry, a fried or soft boiled egg, and a heap of kimchi. Rice addition is nice, but the veg really takes up most the room!
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Comment on At the end of our ropes in ~health.mental
rosco Link ParentI’m in the same boat, I had some pretty negative reactions to Vyvanse (emotional numbness, decrease in endorphins from exercise, heart palpitations) with seemingly no benefits. It kind of scared...I’m in the same boat, I had some pretty negative reactions to Vyvanse (emotional numbness, decrease in endorphins from exercise, heart palpitations) with seemingly no benefits. It kind of scared me off medication for a while, but apparently that’s pretty normal.
I’m going to start tying strattera, a non-stimulant based medication, and am hoping I have different results. I think the nice part about trying the medication is that I don’t lose anything other than when im on the meds if they don’t work, and if I do eventually find an effective one then I’ve gained something. It’s taken a while to get to that mindset.
Also, in case I have a kid with similar traits it’s nice to know what the process is like and how a mismatch feels so that guiding them through the process will likely be easier.
Yeah, the Susan Collins’ “I think he learned his lesson” following Jan 6th will be burned into my memory forever. Progressive when it doesn’t count, conservative when it does.