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Alison Cukovski @alisoncc.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Ok wonderful. Thanks. I thought younger starters were a little less resilient which is why I mentioned it. I'm in Queensland with ambient kitchen temps of about 25°C on average at the moment. I'll try keeping it in the oven with the light on. Would that help?

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Alison Cukovski @alisoncc.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

I don't DISlike it, but I keep missing a larger, wild crumb. My starter is (allegedly) 150 years old (given to me by a friend whose grandmother brought it over from France and HER mother baked with it 🤯). I feed it with rye flour and very rarely get a dud loaf. I BF until window pane (never the ⏰️).

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Alison Cukovski @alisoncc.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

And that's for a big loaf. Should I be leaving it in longer with the lid on? Crumb shot of last one that had 25min lid on 250C

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Alison Cukovski @alisoncc.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Do you always measure temp afterwards? What do you aim for?

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Alison Cukovski @alisoncc.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

I'm interested in your methods. I'm in Celcius so bear with me 😄 I put my Dutch oven in cold with the lid on, turn yep to 250°C. Loaf goes into the freezer still in its banneton. After 30min I pull it out, score and bake for 25min lid on at that temp, then drop to 220 w/ the lid off for another 15

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Alison Cukovski @alisoncc.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Thanks for clarifying Alien. I thought we all contributed as you say, but had an argument with a guy at a set of lights once who told me to use the footpath because I didn't pay rego or licensing fees. I told him off of course but it made me aware that some ppl don't quite know how to share.

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Alison Cukovski @alisoncc.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

This is true. But until cyclists need to pay a levy to be able to use (and improve) the roads that motorists pay hefty fees to enjoy, we're going to have to lump it.

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Alison Cukovski @alisoncc.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

I love a platform where I can lazily scroll and see nothing but poetry, pretty fungi, and shared concern about the environment, health and education. Bluesky you're a breath of fresh air. ❤️

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Alison Cukovski @alisoncc.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

I'm in Brisbane, Australia and I can cycle 9km into the city on a dedicated bike path with my children. We've got dedicated lanes marked in bright green on the road, and there's secure parking at (nearly) every train station. I feel really grateful! Less pollution, better exercise!

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Alison Cukovski @alisoncc.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

I'll cut into it when it's cold and show you the inside!

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Alison Cukovski @alisoncc.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Breddie Mercury does it again. Sourdough heaven. To bake this, I used starter at its absolute peak. Now I'm going to experiment with baking a loaf after it's reached its peak and then fallen right back down. The theory is that the starter will be going into the mix STARVING so...

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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Op-ed from Johnny Ryan, whose research into unscrupulous data brokers helped launch a major FTC privacy action last month, for the Guardian: "National authorities across Europe should prepare themselves to take action against, and possibly even exclude, big tech’s algorithms from their markets."

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Big tech is picking apart European democracy, but there is a solution: switch off its algorithms | Johnny Ryan

The latest actions of Musk and Zuckerberg are a sign of things to come, but the EU already has the power to give people back control, says Johnny Ryan, director of Enforce, a unit of the Irish Council...

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Alison Cukovski @alisoncc.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

I'm addicted to Wordle, Connections, Strands and sudoku. So much so that it's a mandatory start to my daily routine. I've just found another one! As a film lover this is so fab!! Framed #1041 🎥 🟥 🟩 ⬛ ⬛ ⬛ ⬛ framed.wtf

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Framed - The daily movie guessing game

Guess the movie from 6 frames. Come back each day to see if you can guess the daily movie, or visit the archive to answer the days that you missed!

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