Not sure if the Aside post format automatically goes in the sideblog. Update: just gets a special heading in main column unless category is Minipost
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Husby has requested sourdough hamburger buns, as the soft sourdough sandwich bread is his new favorite. I’d like to use ring forms to make the sides more uniform, though. Sourdough hamburger buns are easy to make. Mix the dough in the morning and bake them fresh for dinner the same day! Link: Sourdough Hamburger Buns
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I’d like to make this, but use very light foundation instead of tear-off copy paper. I already had some cut in 6 inch strips. Link: Scrappy Lattice
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Data suggests canvassers linked to Elon Musk’s America Pac falsely claimed to have visited homes of potential voters.
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It’s Saturday, I’m listening to a “clip show” retrospective version of “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me,” and I’m trying to exercise my atrophied blogging muscles. I used to be a prolific long-form blogger, until Twitter, real Twitter, remodeled my brain to think in 240-character snippets. I have a desktop computer, and a wheezer of a laptop, that made this easy. And then I got more into wanting to say Something Important via my iPhone or my mini iPad, with their teeny on-screen keyboards. This is a frustrating process and I stopped blogging because it was hard to type and hard…
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This gives me hope. People are literally crawling over broken glass, and the mess left by Helene, to vote in North Carolina. “Haven’t stood in a line like this to vote since Obama 2008,” blogger Tom Sullivan posted on X, photographing dozens lined up out the doors of one Asheville polling place. Source: North Carolina sets record for first day of voting with more than 350,000 ballots
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Four years ago, an incompetent braggart screwed up the scientific, public health based response to COVID-19. The world economy was at a standstill. I was furloughed, spouse was job-hunting, we stayed home and hoped like hell things would improve after the election. They did, but not until 12:01pm, January 20, 2021. www.theguardian.com/business/2024/oct/18/us-voters-economy-inflation-growth-presidential-election
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Next, someone should create a privateer gravel race with a pirate theme. www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/oct/17/good-money-no-team-tactics-and-cute-dogs-the-rise-of-pro-cycling-freelancers “For decades, professional cycling has been dominated by European World Tour teams. But in the last decade, American gravel privateers have disrupted that paradigm.”
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This YouTube content creator shows his camera setup for recording sewing tutorials. It’s a GoPro on an articulated arm stuck to his sewing machine so there’s a clear view on the stitching and needle, using a bike helmet mount. Genius! m.youtube.com/shorts/AAjwsinqaG8 I don’t think I’m ready to be a YouTuber.
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Dang it, WordPress forces me to use the Jetpack app now, I prefer the web interface admin page.