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or maybe sprinkle the nuts on top? meanwhile, yum.

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now what I really need to do is melt some dark chocolate with coconut oil to make Magic Shell and dip like half of each of these in that. and then touch them to a tray of finely chopped nuts, maybe pistachios or pepitas to keep on theme? then freeze them.

enough that the spread doesn't freeze solid, and there's enough moisture that it doesn't make the crackers soggy but they're softened enough they don't shatter when you bite into them. and the filling is nice and cold but it melts in your mouth quickly.

you know what elevated this? I had a package of graham crackers so I made little sandwich cookies by spreading this thinly over one and then putting another on top and then I put them in the freezer. I'll have to let it go a little longer to be sure but I think the sugar and fat content is high

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ughhh right? it's upper 80s here until the weekend

k8andrewz @k8andrewz.bsky.social · 19h

You know what's really fucking good? Pumpkin butter (apple butter would be good too) and softened cream cheese mixed until it's smooth, then rechilled.

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Hayden Donnell @haydendonnell.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

"I'd really like to be recognised for my journalism outside of New Zealand" *monkey's paw curls*

John Oliver quoting me on Kiwibank's sexy green-haired sheep Buck

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Shepherd @neolithicsheep.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Out here claiming a voice actor scratched his nose to warn them about a book, that's barely fan batshittery at all. YOU PEOPLE GET OUT THERE AND MARRY ASTARION ON THE ASTRAL PLANE OR ADMIT YOU LACK GUMPTION

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aficionado in his own way that he's like no I need to eyeball him first before I consider taking him home, which leads to them going out to gay bars and Shane discovering that he finds it really hot to watch Ilya flirt shamelessly when Shane knows who he's coming home to.

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then all the bullshit gossip about you? and Ilya is like you know what you have a point. Shane probably makes a grumpy face. but. at that point they start dirty talking edging towards the idea of anonymously picking up a third on the apps. but I think that ultimately Shane is enough of a control

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face swapped with Gretzky and Rozanov? Ilya is like yes, and it's honestly a little creepy how many of my moles they got right and Shane is like... O_o. and harris, I've decided it's harris, is like my point is, even if someone decides to run their mouth, why should someone believe them more or less

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even if they did say anything about it it would be one of dozens of stories out there. not that I think anyone would actually do that, but at this point... have you seen the one where there's a sex swing they face swap Shane into the guy in the swing and the guys on either end are

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to throw a little signal in there it would get drowned out. at which point our sweet hockey boy who is not had a communications minor is like what do you mean, and Kip or Harris means... there are so many stories about you guys out there supposedly picking guys up that if you actually did...

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when it rises to the level where he's made aware of it but after a while it's just rumor mill bullshit and what are you going to do. however, at some point it occurs to one or both of them or perhaps one of their out gay yenta Kip or Harris friends that there's so much noise that if they wanted

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ai of them fucking around. They never have anything real because there's never anything real to have, but unfortunately the reality is that rumors abound that the 2 of them are out there having wild gay sex shenanigans sometimes in multiple cities on the same night. at first Shane finds it upsetting

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awkward the next time he sees/plays with/against a player to have much interest in that. however. time goes by and it turns out that despite the fact that they are not fucking around there is a constant low bullshit background hum of deuxmoi and gossip and reddit posts and fucking photoshops/

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and I think as years blah blah blah therapy acrue, he's pretty sure his discomfort around it is about exposure. I love to read a story where they end up in a foursome with skip or Troy/harris, but I think in this universe at least at this point Shane is too uncomfortable with the idea of feeling

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#k8fic Hollanov thought, a few years down the road post marriage, they have dirty talked about it but they haven't opened things up, and Ilya hasn't brought it up again as a real possibility even though Shane's feelings on the subject have... potentially evolved in the abstract, hypothetically.

for real though set that alert because it's $110 when it renews

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it works out to $3.33 a month and they have some decent stuff out there. word to the wise though set the Google calendar alert for a couple days before today, a year from now so you remember to cancel before it renews for the regular annual rate.

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oh hey if you are in the US and going to be watching Yaga and could use a cheap streaming service for a while, AMC+ has a year for 40 bucks going right now, ending today October 12th. you do have to be a"new subscriber" but I just created a new account with a different email and it worked fine.

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You are probably already doing this but are you making sure to sit quietly for 5 minutes beforehand each time to let your body come back to baseline?

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For me, the last time I got covid+flu vax (no insurance, so full price), the non-member prices were still notably lower than nearby pharmacies but the member price was lower enough than that, that membership+shots was cheaper than non-member shots alone. so it can be worth running the numbers.

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possibly tenderized with baking soda?

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but smutty and swoony enough that I enjoyed them and have revisited them.

I quite enjoyed the Radiance series by Tavia Lark, starting with The Necromancer's Light. Her Perilous Courts series (also fantasy but different universe with dragons) was also a lot of fun although my interest varied a little with the tropes iirc. I don't know if they are the smuttiest or swooniest

that faaaaaace 💖✨💖🥹🥰💕✨❤️

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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I finally put the rubber back runner rugs down in the hallway (longest straight shot in the apartment from the front door to the back door) and someone is enjoying full strength zoomies where she doesn't skid when she tries to take a sharp left turn into my bedroom. Such a runny bunny baby 💖

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Problems on the farm (not Ai )

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k8andrewz @k8andrewz.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Like eight toddlers this year, you don't get to be like I guess he's just too smart, what are you going to do, sometimes my dog eats a toddler. but he's so good at booking my travel!

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k8andrewz @k8andrewz.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I mean there are plenty of differences between a dog and an AI agent, but even though you didn't make the dog, you are still liable if your dog attacks someone. Oh I built a fence and somehow he climbed the fence I can't even figure that out, doesn't matter. He ate a toddler. And he's eaten

k8andrewz @k8andrewz.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

we're only getting the edge of the hurricane here I think but it's going to be a lot of rain and wind so I just went out in the dark to shift the most precarious stuff down to the ground.

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Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) @hansilowang.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

TODAY (Friday, Oct. 9) is the deadline for registering to vote for the midterms in OKLAHOMA. And coming up next: Sat, 10/10 — DELAWARE Tue, 10/13 — KANSAS - LOUISIANA - NEW JERSEY - OREGON - WEST VIRGINIA More at npr.org/vote

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How to register to vote and check your registration status

For the 2026 elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory.

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k8andrewz @k8andrewz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

it was the one where huge spaceships were operated by the minds of fatally disabled/ill children who would have died, and instead they get to become a ship and in this case the brain in a jar girl and her new human captain fall in love. which I used to adore but I haven't read in probably 20 years

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k8andrewz @k8andrewz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

was an AI creation, and it seemed like such a far future problem but honestly I could see that because becoming a thing in certain contexts within the next 3 to 5 years.

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k8andrewz @k8andrewz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I was just thinking this morning about a Mercedes Lackey SciFi book from probably 35 years ago where one of the small World building details was that all corporate board meetings had to take place in person because AI had gotten to the point where it was possible that someone video conferencing in

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k8andrewz @k8andrewz.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

the children yearn for the Hayes Code :/

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Welcome to the Internet - Bo Burnham (from "Inside" -- ALBUM OUT NOW)

I go through cycles where I forget about this song and then I'm reminded about it again and I'm like yeah, no, that's it exactly. Just this and That Funny Feeling on repeat is a pretty accurate representation of the last few years.

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Often when I return home with shopping / groceries and I have the time, I play 'would you like to sniff this' with the cat where I get her attention and I hold out various items for her to sniff as unbag them, until she gets bored and walks away. I wish I knew what she was thinking when we do this.

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my thrift store load is currently sitting in three plastic bags inside of a tied off trash bag because my paranoid about bed bugs ass likes to be careful. now I have to go do a nice load of laundry on hot!

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please take all of my (raw) tomatoes too! I don't even need any pickles.

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