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gathwaegl

@gathwaegl.blacksky.app

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amateur cheesemaker and chemist

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gathwaegl @gathwaegl.blacksky.app · 10/06/2026

This is something I'm currently writing about, but a review came out last year that highlights this. They have a wonderful chart looking at game publications per decade, and it's a *sharp* increase. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Picture of a bar chart where text is in black and bars are in blue. The x-axis depicts number of papers, the y-axis depicts a set of decades. Starting from the earliest set of decades at the bottom of the graph the data is as follows:
- From 1921 to 1930, 4 papers about chemistry games were published
- From 1931 to 1940, 1 paper about chemistry games was published
- From 1941 to 1950, 2 papers about chemistry games were published
- From 1951 to 1960, 2 papers about chemistry games were published
- From 1961 to 1970, 0 papers about chemistry games were published
- From 1971 to 1980, 16 papers about chemistry games were published
- From 1981 to 1990, 1 paper about chemistry games was published
- From 1991 to 2000, 20 papers about chemistry games were published
- From 2001 to 2010, 49 papers about chemistry games were published
- From 2011 to 2020, 137 papers about chemistry games were published
- From 2021 to 2024, 79 papers about chemistry games were published

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gathwaegl @gathwaegl.blacksky.app · 15/05/2026

Phew

93% hexagon on mino.mobi/draw web app. It rates how well you can draw geometric shapes. The hexagon I drew is in red on a black background. The ideal shape of a hexagon is shown as a green dashed line overlayed on top of my red drawing. The percentage score of 93% is listed below the drawing.

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gathwaegl @gathwaegl.blacksky.app · 15/05/2026

This is the best heptagon you’ll get out of me

87% heptagon on mino.mobi/draw web app. It rates how well you can draw geometric shapes. The heptagon I drew is in red on a black background. The ideal shape of a heptagon is shown as a green dashed line overlayed on top of my red drawing. The percentage score of 87% is listed below the drawing.

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gathwaegl @gathwaegl.blacksky.app · 06/02/2026

this new tobi lou album is exactly what i needed today. Help me scratch that new jeans itch.

Cover image of the new tobi lou album released Feb 6, 2026. It contains a cartoonish bunny wearing rollerskates facing left with it's right arm forward (the same iconic bunny on New Jeans' branding and album images). Fistbumping the bunny is a cartoon version of tobi lou in a simlar pose on the left side. The cartoon version of tobi is wearing a pink sweater with a yellow frowny face. The image of tobi and the bunny are on a white background above the words "same old jeans". This is the title of tobi's album and is written in a rainbow font from left to right changing from pink to orange to yellow to green to blue and ending in purple.

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gathwaegl @gathwaegl.blacksky.app · 02/02/2026

It's time. Happy Black History Month.

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gathwaegl @gathwaegl.blacksky.app · 14/06/2025

Instead of salting the curds directly, this cheese is soaked in a saturated brine solution for 9 hours.

Brick of freshly pressed cheese soaking in a brine solution in a large round container. Container is filled with about 4 quarts of liquid. The cheese brick floats in the solution, so salt has been sprinkled on the surface. The container is sitting on the kitchen counter with some empty milk jugs in the back.

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gathwaegl @gathwaegl.blacksky.app · 14/06/2025

Didn't take a lot of pictures this time since I was watching the clock, but the Butterkäse is in the press. I'm testing out a new mold, that'll give a brick-shaped cheese instead of a wheel.

Cheese press sitting on a kitchen island counter. A rectangular mold is in the press and is weighed down by a lever. The counter weight is a gallon-sized water jug that is filled about half way. A timer is sitting on top of the apparatus indicating that there's 15 minutes left. There's some papers and a roll of paper towels on the kitchen island. The kitchen sink and water filter can be seen on the counter in the back. To the left the stove is in the background.

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gathwaegl @gathwaegl.blacksky.app · 07/06/2025

Turns out it was pretty dry and so to avoid some cracking, I sealed it early. See you in 9 months.

Zoomed in picture of the finished wheel of cheese. It's been vacuum sealed in plastic and is sitting on the kitchen counter. Some text has been written on top in sharpie:
6.7.2025
Raw Milk
Leicester
Open: Feb 2026

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gathwaegl @gathwaegl.blacksky.app · 07/06/2025

The Leicester is finally out of the press. Rubbed salt all over the exterior. Now we'll airdry for a couple of days. Vac seal, then throw it in the cheese cave to age for 6 months. Maybe 9. I really enjoyed the 9 month taste last time I made this one. #cheesemaking #leicester

Picture of the cheesemaker's kitchen island. In the middle of the frame is the freshly pressed cheese. It's disk shaped and pale yellow in color--similar to butter. Salt has been sprinkled on top and is visible as little bumps along the surface. The cheese is sitting on top of a bamboo sushi rolling mat. Then that mat and the cheese are sitting on top of a wire rack to allow for airflow under.

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gathwaegl @gathwaegl.blacksky.app · 05/06/2025

Now in the pressing phase

Picture of a cheese press (a wooden contraption that uses a counterbalance to apply pressure to cheese curds to force it into the shape of a wheel) on a kitchen island table. A plastic, gallon-sized milk jug that's partially filled with water is connected to the lever of the counterbalance mechanism to apply pressure onto the top of the mold that forces the cheese into shape. Under the mold is a baking tray to capture any residual whey that is squeezed out as the curds are pressed into shape.

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gathwaegl @gathwaegl.blacksky.app · 05/06/2025

Making a Leicester today. In the spinny bowl phase. Will cut curds soon and age for at least 3 months. #cheesemaking

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gathwaegl @gathwaegl.blacksky.app · 10/02/2025

I'm still concerned that the terms diversity and equity have been removed from these pages. They were at the forefront of the 2025-2029 strategic plan announcement. A broken page doesn't explain this. If you're removing language, say so. Don't try to do it all slick and tell us nothing changed.

A screenshot of ACS's strategic plan announcement from the ACS website that details the ACS 2025-2029 strategic plan. Text is highlighted at the bottom which reads: "The new strategic plan also builds on ACS’ long journey in diversity, equity, inclusion and respect (DEIR). Now, DEIR principles are embedded throughout the plan. These principles are also demonstrated through ACS’ commitment and core values of lifelong learning and inclusion and belonging, while its goals incorporate aspects of accessibility, equity and belonging."

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gathwaegl @gathwaegl.blacksky.app · 16/11/2024

Last week's cheese was a Cotswold style cheese. I used a modified Double Gloucester recipe with onion and chive added as a mix-in. It'll have a mild cheddar flavor with an onion-y kick when done. We'll age this one for 3ish months or so and I'll report back with how it tastes! 🧀🦠 🧀

An image depicting the pressing phase. Cheese curds are in round molds on top of metal trays. There's a larger mold that's in the wooden press and is being weighed down by a lever attached to a half-full, gallon-sized milk jug. The smaller mold is on a metal tray and is weighed down by containers of steel ball bearings.

Each cheese round has been extracted from their molds and is drying on top of a wire rack. which is on top of an aluminum tray.

The cheese is ready to be aged! Now that it's dry, it's a more vibrant yellow than it was before it dried. It's stored in a vacuum sealed plastic bag and on the top the following is written in sharpie:

Cotswold
11/12/24
Open: 2/12/25

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gathwaegl @gathwaegl.blacksky.app · 16/11/2024

Hello. I'm an amateur cheesemaker and last Sunday was my first #CheesemakingSunday in a good long while. It felt good to go through the process again! (Ignore all this, just trying to make sure I'm added to the appropriate feeds:🧀 #cheeseplease🧀🦠)

Milk in a rectangular temperature-controlled vat sitting on a granite kitchen countertop, window in back.

Picture of kitchen island with a wood veneer. On the top is a pH meter, a small scale for weighing out cheese cultures, a cheese press, a spray bottle full of vinegar, and some tools to measure things and cut cheese curds laying on a blue towel with white stripes

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