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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.com · 10/09/2025

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) on the shooting of Charlie Kirk: "Political violence, unfortunately, has ramped up in this country ... I think there are people who are fomenting it in this country. I think the president's rhetoric often foments it."

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m @keptsimple.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

like so many products to come out of silicon valley in the last decade or so, AI is a legal innovation masquerading as a tech innovation. the legal theory seems to be that AI is entitled to everything but liable for nothing.

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Katherine Spiers @katherinespiers.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

OK, but Mr President, how will you declassify documents if you fire all the librarians and archivists?

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

democrats will continue to lose and lose and lose forever because leftists being rude online is "radical violence" but starving thousands of women and children to death is "policy" and guess which one they're committed to condemning

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 28/01/2025

What we have instead of an opposition party is a copy of Robert's Rules of Order that has learned how to do GoFundMes and insider trading

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Katherine Spiers @katherinespiers.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

"Hydrant system is dry" - LA County Fire, 6:59pm NOTE: This was in request for assistance on Glenhaven Dr., so I'm guessing they're referring specifically to that area.

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Katherine Spiers @katherinespiers.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

We just WISH the drones were aliens. They're cops and insurance companies.

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Katherine Spiers @katherinespiers.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Well apparently a bunch of people may have gotten food poisoning from oysters at an LA Times event. I've gotten super into food safety issues so here are two articles, one about oysters and one about food poisoning. smartmouth.substack.com/p/if-youre-s... smartmouth.substack.com/p/that-may-n...

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If You're Scared of Oysters, Maybe Blame Big Oil

This feels like the beginning of a zombie story

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Katherine Spiers @katherinespiers.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

None of those reasons and you know it.

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Boze Herrington, Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

people say “you have to judge slaveholders by the morality of their own time, no one knew it was wrong” and then you read about some Quaker named, like, Mr. End-Slavery-Now who was also a feminist and a vegetarian and advocated the overthrow of capitalism.

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Dan "Mr. Bones and Me" Greene @dmgreene.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

You morons, you can't repeat the Gilded Age. That's not how history works--it only goes in one direction. Now let me take a big sip of coffee and make sure no nihilistic young Italians have built homemade weapons with which to assassinate robber barons.

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Katherine Spiers @katherinespiers.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Don't reference Louis Pasteur when you talk about milk - he was all about the booze. Franz von Soxhlet is the guy who developed pasteurization of dairy products.

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Katherine Spiers @katherinespiers.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Israel killed 3 World Central Kitchen workers today, after killing 7 of them in April. In April they said it was an accident; this time they say 1 worker was Hamas-affiliated. I wonder if Israel dislikes such a popular group persevering in Gaza. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/30/w...

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Israel Accuses World Central Kitchen Worker of Role in Oct. 7 Attack

The Israeli military said it killed the worker in a strike in Gaza on Saturday. “To the best of our knowledge, no WCK team members are affiliated with Hamas,” a spokeswoman for the aid group said.

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Katherine Spiers @katherinespiers.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

It is legal to buy raw milk in every state except Hawai'i and Rhode Island. Those that want to "legalize" raw milk: what legislative changes are you looking for?

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Katherine Spiers @katherinespiers.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

"Legalizing" raw milk won't increase its consumption very much (this is not the kind of thing that scales up) so I'm mostly okay with legalizing it, except so many raw milk enthusiasts seem intent on feeding it to their babies. WHY?

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Katherine Spiers @katherinespiers.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Also if you're going to de-fluoridate the water you better make dental care free for kids.

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Katherine Spiers @katherinespiers.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Bottled water companies are NOT required to disclose how much fluoride is in their water. Municipalities ARE required to disclose this. If RFK Jr changes his stance and says he wants to remove fluoride from ALL water, not just public water, then I'll believe he's in earnest.

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Katherine Spiers @katherinespiers.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

If federal law about raw milk retail sales changes, I wonder if there's a better solution than unfettered interstate commerce. Maybe a "distance from dairy of origin" limitation? You'd really want to limit the potential points of failure for unpasteurized milk.

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The Problem with Raw Milk: It's Annoying

I bought raw buffalo milk in a U-Haul in a Venice Beach gym parking lot on a Saturday at 7am. I’m not NOT part of this particular world

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Katherine Spiers @katherinespiers.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Any of y'll buy Alexandre milk? Any of y'all repeatedly experience it going bad before the expiration date?

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Katherine Spiers @katherinespiers.bsky.social · 23/08/2024

Does anyone remember this? It fills me with intense nostalgia. It's also how I knew that mochi does not mean "frozen novelty" - which is a misconception I want to write about.

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Katherine Spiers @katherinespiers.bsky.social · 22/08/2024

I am currently growing a spaghetti tree myself. You can come to my harvest party if you want. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVo_...

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BBC: Spaghetti-Harvest in Ticino | Switzerland Tourism

YouTube video by MySwitzerland

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Katherine Spiers @katherinespiers.bsky.social · 21/08/2024

"... the foundation for Runza. Taking a cue from the Russian pirog, a savory, stuffed pie, German Russians created the pocket-sized bierock, known also as krautenruns, cabbage pies, kraut bierock, and Runzas." On Tim Walz's preferred Midwestern snack: smartmouth.substack.com/p/runza

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Nebraska's Fast-Food Chain with Volga German Roots

History by Kara Elder

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Katherine Spiers @katherinespiers.bsky.social · 14/08/2024

Finally watched "Licorice Pizza," set in 1973 and really a love letter to the Valley, and there's a scene where promotional copy for the Mikado (a real restaurant) is read aloud: www.tiktok.com/@simret_edit...

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TikTok - Make Your Day

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Katherine Spiers @katherinespiers.bsky.social · 12/08/2024

I just watched Phantom Thread and it's my favorite movie EVER now, and there's a Lady Baltimore in it. But she's not a cake! smartmouth.substack.com/p/classic-so...

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Classic Southern Cakes

This 'Lady Baltimore' intrigues me

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Katherine Spiers @katherinespiers.bsky.social · 09/08/2024

The raw milk "movement" is so weird. Giving raw milk to babies is insane. Buuuuuut ... it's weird that we give deli meat and bagged salad and melon to kids, too. www.cdc.gov/listeria/out... smartmouth.substack.com/p/the-proble...

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CDC: Listeria Outbreak Linked to Meats Sliced at Delis

Get the most up-to-date information here.

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Tikkun Olamunist - ירמל גרױס @tikkunolamunist.bsky.social · 08/07/2024

2/9 Howe points out a phenomenon in entertainment where Jewish writers and performers had huge hits on the Yiddish stage, crossed over into mainstream acceptance in Hollywood or Broadway, and recycled their material into non-Jewish contexts to attract a broader audience.

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Katherine Spiers @katherinespiers.bsky.social · 25/06/2024

What I've learned about "Chinese chicken salad." smartmouth.substack.com/p/the-myth-o...

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 18/06/2024

so in addition to causing significant light pollution that harms astronomical research, the sheer volume of starlink low earth orbit satellites constantly burning up on re-entry could prevent the ozone layer from healing, scientists warn:

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Elon Musk's Starlink satellites could burn up the ozone layer, scientists warn

A new study warned that internet satellites like Starlink's could send damaging chemicals into the ozone layer when they burn up on reentry.

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Katherine Spiers @katherinespiers.bsky.social · 02/06/2024

Can someone find out what's going on when popular and/or beloved products are discontinued? Products like KIEHL'S BUTTERSTICK, for instance.

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Katherine Spiers @katherinespiers.bsky.social · 24/05/2024

"...compelling everyone to pasteurize milk rather than ensuring the cleanliness of dairies is a very United States-style solution. So is using guns to enforce it" #rawmilk podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...

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‎Smart Mouth: Raw Milk on Apple Podcasts

‎Show Smart Mouth, Ep Raw Milk - Apr 9, 2024

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Katherine Spiers @katherinespiers.bsky.social · 14/05/2024

"...if we were to pass the costs on to our customers, we’d be compromising the vision and values that make us what we are." But this restaurant does add a 5% surcharge ... www.latimes.com/food/story/2...

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Where every cent of $1 goes at one L.A. restaurant, explained

For many L.A. restaurants, including Botanica in Silver Lake, solvency is more elusive than ever because of the elevated costs of doing business.

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Katherine Spiers @katherinespiers.bsky.social · 03/05/2024

Can samosas be spring rolls? If you really, really want them to be?

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Katherine Spiers @katherinespiers.bsky.social · 24/04/2024

Some L.A. restaurant ads from the 1960s and '70s that I found interesting.

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Katherine Spiers @katherinespiers.bsky.social · 22/04/2024

Raw milk. Do I drink it? Yes. Am I a sovereign citizen? Depends on my mood. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...

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Katherine Spiers @katherinespiers.bsky.social · 11/04/2024

Tiki: A California Invention Tiki culture as we know it was invented in Hollywood — couldn't have happened anywhere else. And for added fun, the real mai tai recipe. www.howtoeatla.com/tiki-a-calif...

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Katherine Spiers @katherinespiers.bsky.social · 04/04/2024

It's National Burrito Day! Take the quiz... Chipotle based its burritos on the Mission style, from: San Diego San Francisco Juarez Burritos probably originated in: Sonora Oaxaca Guerrero The key element of the “California burrito” (native to San Diego) is: Sushi rice Bell peppers French fries

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Katherine Spiers @katherinespiers.bsky.social · 04/04/2024

"Monica Flin, the founder of the Tucson, AZ, restaurant El Charro (est. 1922), accidentally dropped a burrito into the deep fryer in the early 1950s" 🙄🙄 If you believe most of the "food history" online you'll think every professional kitchen is a constant Three Stooges act.

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 02/04/2024

If an aid vehicle that is sharing its coordinates with the IDF gets drone-bombed multiple times, it's hard not to believe that the IDF intentionally targeted them to prevent aid delivery.

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Katherine Spiers @katherinespiers.bsky.social · 27/03/2024

Soul rolls and other culinary smash ups; should legacy publications stay in their lane; activists who are not empaths. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

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‎Smart Mouth: Soul Rolls with KJ Kearney on Apple Podcasts

‎Show Smart Mouth, Ep Soul Rolls with KJ Kearney - Mar 26, 2024

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Katherine Spiers @katherinespiers.bsky.social · 10/03/2024

smartmouth.substack.com/p/cottolene-...

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Katherine Spiers @katherinespiers.bsky.social · 04/03/2024

Kitsch versus camp and the politics of quiche. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/q...

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Katherine Spiers @katherinespiers.bsky.social · 03/02/2024

Truly, WHY isn't the LA Times doing this? (Article is about how big the NYT games app is.) www.vanityfair.com/news/inside-...

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