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  dogs = good #dog #dogs #InternationalDogDay

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  Coffee people: Can you explain the appeal of medium roast coffee? Why is it so broad? Is there something I'm missing? Like I've said before, I'm an accomplished taster, but coffee, while I love it, isn't my primary pursuit. Currently going through a bag of medium roast Peruvian single origin I got from Costco because they had literally no light roasted options and wanted to save money. It's not *bad* by any stretch; I just feel myself wanting to go through it as quickly as...

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  My search keeps finding new ways to rattle and depress me, but fuck it, today's our 13th anniversary celebration and nothing else matters at the moment. Headed out for the best coffee in the city, then a vegan cafe that grows a lot of their own greens, then the zoo, then to our mutual favorite restaurant/bar by far in the evening. Thirteen years. It hasn't always been easy, but I wouldn't trade it for anything. <3

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  Everyone is so mean 2 me </3 #shitpost

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  This Trans Day of Visibility/Vengeance, I reflect on my own journey to understanding and where I might be now if visibility *didn't* increase over the last 25 years. I knew of zero trans classmates in high school in the late 90s. With my sheltered upbringing, it took long enough to process my attraction to males, but even halfway through my undergrad, I was still deadass saying shit like..."trans people aren't being true to themselves." As trans people slowly...

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  This tofu I just cut into tiny cubes smells like cum. ...it's not unpleasant. Wait...can you...? Pretty sure it would be possible, right? Would it be any good? That'd be one hell of a molecular gastronomy experiment, right there. Knowing me, I'm actually going to get into the biochemistry (which I'm already reasonably familiar with) and try in microscale. #nsfw

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  Paradoxically, I feel that lower-attenuating English ale yeasts are "typical", but nowadays, you see lots of them produced with those whack-ass, highly engineered "juice pack" yeasts. Since I know you wouldn't be caught dead using the latter, I'd recommend the former. An American wheat needs some esters, but it certainly doesn't need to go overboard. Effectively, just choose literally any yeast of any origin that brings the esters to t...

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  Nice day yesterday out with the husband, made a big breakfast at home ahead of the North Park beer festival. Rideshare driver indirectly complimented me on my cooking just because of how I smelled, lol. He also had amazing taste in music, was a great start to the day. The festival itself couldn't've been much more packed. Felt like a bee in the hive. One basically had enough time to visit every brewer once...if they didn't run out before you got there. Paced myself fine...

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  I celebrated First Contact Day by marooning Chakotay in the Delta Quadrant in favor of Seska in Across the Unknown. Game immediately straight up tells you he dies, lol. I had the most stupid grin on my face. I love that the game lets you make these decisions. Chakotay's character was straight up dogshit, and Robert Beltran is a self-centered right-wing shitnozzle that hated most everything that Star Trek universe intended to exist for. Highly worth your time, even if they didn'...

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  Got assigned to some difficult judging categories this weekend...21 (Specialty IPAs) yesterday, and 33 (American Wild Ales) today. Got paired with two seasoned veterans that were quite nice as I got a feel for the pacing and what the computer system demands. Landed within consensus range (5 points on a 50 point scale) on 11 out of 14 brews tasted. Not bad. There was definitely a share of seriously flawed beers (20-point range), but no stomach-turning abject garbage (10-point range), which was...

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  I feel like you can tell a lot about a furry artist in particular by reading their TOS. Tones that are aggressive and utilize charged and/or derogatory language are wholly unnecessary, and often seek to intimidate real-world abusers. On the whole, I feel the vast majority of them don't know the first thing about the psychology of abuse. You're going to get the coldest shoulder from me. My brothers and sisters and everyone else in dog, I know plenty of artists that are comforta...

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  Actually went out last night. Unexpectedly nice evening. Husband and his best friend wanted to go to a casual version of the furry beer group meetup at a pub. If you recall, I'm no more than neutral with some of them, and I actively despise several. Still, that's a big buffer, so...try again? It wasn't like I really appreciated the company of the group at large, they haven't gotten better, especially the asshole that runs the thing. I quipped on the way there he...

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  Terrifying poll was recently published that the two GOP candidates for CA senator were now #1 and #2 in the open primary. The Democratic field is hilariously bloated, and they're a couple months away from utter disaster. It boggles my mind that such a deep blue state at large cannot produce any truly progressive candidates that everyone can rally behind. What we currently have is absolutely nobody I actually want to vote for. A summary for the uninitiated (which was me as well until I...

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  Fuck that last post, got rid of it. -^.^- Yesterday was evidence of how much I needed an *actual* distraction. Back into a video game, finally. A 4X with a theme I (mostly) loved (Voyager) was exactly what the dogtor ordered. Funny enough, I felt I needed to play it after seeing so many others fail miserably at it...these are the kind of games my cohort dominates (and make the children whine that there's no action because they suck at them). Pulled me right the fuck away from the news...

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  This one's mainly for vegans and vegan-adjacents, but that *is* quite a few of you...: Interaction yesterday got me thinking...can anyone shill for some good vegan-themed attire / pins / patches? I'd definitely prefer buying something furry from a furry maker, but would entertain other small businesses. I think it was Somnius that had a favorite shop that I looked at...great gothic designs across the board, but nothing resonated perfectly with me. Could use a thread or two tha...

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  Hey, heading down to recycle these boxes. Oh, I forgot some? I don't see any more...oh, some other thing? What the hell else would I need? Inspired by Rick's latest round of adopts, because naked with footwear is such an aesthetic. I know you follow Rick (right?), but ICYMI, check 'em out! https://meow.social/@rickgriffin/116127348920788366 #nsfw #justthestripes #male #nude #hairy #tiger #furry

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  Put out a beer judging application for the national qualifier which happens to be quite close, and it was approved in less than 10 minutes. If only I could get a reaction like that for a paid position...nothing from the place I'm waiting on yet; tomorrow feels like a good day to follow up with a good feeling that's turned a bit sour. Competition will be judged at a brewery I'd really love to work at and have already spoken directly to at the last beer festival, so I didn...

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  Calling Linux Touchers: Connected to the last post and separate for visibility...need a laptop for judging purposes, and I’m going to wipe a cheap laptop my husband hates for a mobile internet with a keyboard machine. Kind of figured this could be an excuse to try out another distro and maybe another desktop environment...which one would any of you recommend for lower-end (but not basement) hardware performance in particular? Would be willing to learn a few new tricks for it; just don’t expect...

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  The husband has been acquired and delivered home safely, thank dog almighty...the wait was excruciating. Pair that with the appropriate amount of scotch, and this tiger is enjoying wave a peace amidst the chaos.

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  This is definitely a 27th of February outside of the tropics in the Northern Hemisphere. Will freely donate this to anyone that desires it (if and when I can determine how)...

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  *Crawls out of his hole* This hasn't been one of my favorite weeks. I'm suffering through a hell-loop of being ghosted by potential employers. Multiple trips in nice clothes downtown. Absolute cream of the crap was being invited to interview...then silence, then say they hired someone else without interviewing me. What happened in between is a long story but makes their petulance even worse. Don't get me started on the state of the world. We know someone that's...

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  Didn't want to jump the gun and share what was going around last night because I along with several others saw too many inconsistencies on the "Prohibited Content" page to actually believe it, and we were collectively correct... ...for the moment. Mind you, the terms are certainly generally horrendous and limiting currently for other reasons; there might be...one creator I follow on SSA that *might* be in complete compliance. Haven't compared historical version...

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  Got assigned the morning judging sessions for both Saturday and Sunday. Very much hoping for no severe off-flavors/flaws in the homebrews. Naturally, one should eat a substantial breakfast if drinking (ugh) in the morning, and nasty beer just makes you want to toss it all. Managed to keep everything down after (my most prestigious) certification exam, but my stomach was doing backflips so damn hard that I just wanted to curl up and die. I remember having to call dad just to distract me from my...

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  @GrayWalf GrayWalf on Fedi‽ Well, that's one of the easiest follows ever. Welcome! <3