mollyjade
@lonestarplate.bsky.social
Former Texan, Jew, taco-enthusiast, t1d. New MLIS graduate.
Interested in native gardening, food and cooking, fiber arts, reading.
Interested in native gardening, food and cooking, fiber arts, reading.
Two pumpkin pies and a chocolate pudding pie down, gravy to go.
November 26, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Two pumpkin pies and a chocolate pudding pie down, gravy to go.
I hope all of you making tired jokes in the comments get it out of your system today and let your vegetarian family enjoy a peaceful holiday.
If you're cooking a vegetarian roast tomorrow, check to see if it needs to defrost today.
November 26, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I hope all of you making tired jokes in the comments get it out of your system today and let your vegetarian family enjoy a peaceful holiday.
If you're cooking a vegetarian roast tomorrow, check to see if it needs to defrost today.
November 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
If you're cooking a vegetarian roast tomorrow, check to see if it needs to defrost today.
I swear there must be so many more differences in the way our minds work that we haven't teased out because they're so hard to describe.
No apple, no audible voices. But no, that doesn't mean my thoughts are peaceful or calm. It does make meditation based on visualization useless, though.
No apple, no audible voices. But no, that doesn't mean my thoughts are peaceful or calm. It does make meditation based on visualization useless, though.
November 25, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I swear there must be so many more differences in the way our minds work that we haven't teased out because they're so hard to describe.
No apple, no audible voices. But no, that doesn't mean my thoughts are peaceful or calm. It does make meditation based on visualization useless, though.
No apple, no audible voices. But no, that doesn't mean my thoughts are peaceful or calm. It does make meditation based on visualization useless, though.
Minor pet peeve: conflating xeriscaping with native gardening.
In some places there's a large overlap. And you don't need to be a purist about natives to support local plants and animals. But the book my neighbor just lent me about xeriscaping in our region has only three pages on native plants.
In some places there's a large overlap. And you don't need to be a purist about natives to support local plants and animals. But the book my neighbor just lent me about xeriscaping in our region has only three pages on native plants.
November 24, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Minor pet peeve: conflating xeriscaping with native gardening.
In some places there's a large overlap. And you don't need to be a purist about natives to support local plants and animals. But the book my neighbor just lent me about xeriscaping in our region has only three pages on native plants.
In some places there's a large overlap. And you don't need to be a purist about natives to support local plants and animals. But the book my neighbor just lent me about xeriscaping in our region has only three pages on native plants.
Last year school started at 7:15; this year at 8:50. The entire household is functioning better this year.
In unrelated news, fellow night owls, we are VINDICATED: www.huffpost.com/entry/what-t...
Sleep Scientist Says Starting Work At 10 A.M. Is What Nature Intended
Getting up any earlier is basically torture.
www.huffpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Last year school started at 7:15; this year at 8:50. The entire household is functioning better this year.
Our entire fridge shopping trip was the two of us taking turns saying, "Why would someone pay extra for THAT?"
November 20, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Our entire fridge shopping trip was the two of us taking turns saying, "Why would someone pay extra for THAT?"
The kid wants leftover lentil soup for school lunch tomorrow. It's been a good day.
I'm on top of things today! Chores done. New craft started. (Frozen) rolls raised and baked. Lentil soup on the stove.
November 20, 2025 at 1:27 AM
The kid wants leftover lentil soup for school lunch tomorrow. It's been a good day.
I'm on top of things today! Chores done. New craft started. (Frozen) rolls raised and baked. Lentil soup on the stove.
November 20, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I'm on top of things today! Chores done. New craft started. (Frozen) rolls raised and baked. Lentil soup on the stove.
I keep buying what I think of as enough rocks and keep grossly underestimating.
I was hoping to finish today before the cold front, but apparently I need a third trip to the rock yard.
I was hoping to finish today before the cold front, but apparently I need a third trip to the rock yard.
November 19, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I keep buying what I think of as enough rocks and keep grossly underestimating.
I was hoping to finish today before the cold front, but apparently I need a third trip to the rock yard.
I was hoping to finish today before the cold front, but apparently I need a third trip to the rock yard.
It's ridiculous. Someone with, say, celiac spends hours more time working to keep themselves healthy each week than a similar person without. They're reinventing preexisting conditions.
Health insurance is fundamentally different from other kinds of insurance.
Health insurance is fundamentally different from other kinds of insurance.
genuinely incredible watching these people discover the american health care system for the very first time, and assume like high school kids that nobody else has ever thought about any of the things that have just occurred to them. can't wait to see where this leads
Markwayne Mullin: "Reward people for being healthy. Think about this. Healthcare is the only industry that you're not rewarded for taking care of your responsibility. If you think about homeowners insurance, if you're within 500 feet of a fire hydrant, your insurance goes down."
November 19, 2025 at 7:14 PM
It's ridiculous. Someone with, say, celiac spends hours more time working to keep themselves healthy each week than a similar person without. They're reinventing preexisting conditions.
Health insurance is fundamentally different from other kinds of insurance.
Health insurance is fundamentally different from other kinds of insurance.
I've been using newspapers from my Buy Nothing group for a gardening project. I'm just short of finishing. I figured I'd go buy a newspaper rather than trying to get more from the group.
It's been a long time since I bought a print paper. When did a thin weekday start costing $4.50?!
It's been a long time since I bought a print paper. When did a thin weekday start costing $4.50?!
November 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I've been using newspapers from my Buy Nothing group for a gardening project. I'm just short of finishing. I figured I'd go buy a newspaper rather than trying to get more from the group.
It's been a long time since I bought a print paper. When did a thin weekday start costing $4.50?!
It's been a long time since I bought a print paper. When did a thin weekday start costing $4.50?!
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I really love this substack. Do you have a brush pile for #birds? I do, and it’s next to my micro pond. I found the tips in this article to be really helpful, and this is basically what I did when I made my main brush pile. ✅ on towhees, ✅ on toads.
open.substack.com/pub/birdingu...
open.substack.com/pub/birdingu...
Birding Tip: Building a Brush Pile for Birds
How to turn a pile of sticks into a five-star “wildlife hotel” for your backyard birds
open.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I really love this substack. Do you have a brush pile for #birds? I do, and it’s next to my micro pond. I found the tips in this article to be really helpful, and this is basically what I did when I made my main brush pile. ✅ on towhees, ✅ on toads.
open.substack.com/pub/birdingu...
open.substack.com/pub/birdingu...
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#WorldDiabetesDay 1) Adults can get #type1diabetes and kids can get #type2diabetes. 2) Both arise from genetics and environment. The "genetic" #diabetes types are separate. 3) The tech is helpful, but it doesn't automate control (yet). 4) Beyond "lifestyle," T2D is also socioeconomic.
November 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
#WorldDiabetesDay 1) Adults can get #type1diabetes and kids can get #type2diabetes. 2) Both arise from genetics and environment. The "genetic" #diabetes types are separate. 3) The tech is helpful, but it doesn't automate control (yet). 4) Beyond "lifestyle," T2D is also socioeconomic.
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Indianapolis Public Schools saw an increase in standardized test scores in reading. Why? They cite a collaboration with the public library and opening access to materials in the collection to students.
Flies in the face of everything the book banners claim.
www.wishtv.com/news/educati...
Flies in the face of everything the book banners claim.
www.wishtv.com/news/educati...
IPS says students' reading scores on standardized test rise with library link
Indianapolis Public Schools celebrates a boost in reading proficiency, thanks to collaboration with Indianapolis Public Library.
www.wishtv.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Indianapolis Public Schools saw an increase in standardized test scores in reading. Why? They cite a collaboration with the public library and opening access to materials in the collection to students.
Flies in the face of everything the book banners claim.
www.wishtv.com/news/educati...
Flies in the face of everything the book banners claim.
www.wishtv.com/news/educati...
I've been seeing baked sweet potatoes with almond butter as a breakfast option for years. I finally got around to trying it for dinner tonight (because that's way too many carbs for breakfast.)
It did not live up to the hype. I'd rather have a sweet potato with a spoonful of almond butter.
It did not live up to the hype. I'd rather have a sweet potato with a spoonful of almond butter.
November 14, 2025 at 2:23 AM
I've been seeing baked sweet potatoes with almond butter as a breakfast option for years. I finally got around to trying it for dinner tonight (because that's way too many carbs for breakfast.)
It did not live up to the hype. I'd rather have a sweet potato with a spoonful of almond butter.
It did not live up to the hype. I'd rather have a sweet potato with a spoonful of almond butter.
I have a lot of sympathy for this. Context is so hard to tease out.
My FIL was an official in a small, conservative town during early covid. Enforcing the law on masks was getting him a lot of death threats.
Threats hit different when you see each other at the single town grocery store or bank.
My FIL was an official in a small, conservative town during early covid. Enforcing the law on masks was getting him a lot of death threats.
Threats hit different when you see each other at the single town grocery store or bank.
There is a very good reason why the thing I say most consistently about situations like this is "the violent rhetoric policy is my least favorite policy to write and enforce, and the policy that creates the most upheaval among the userbase when it is applied"!
"bluesky will suspend you for anything vaguely resembling a death threat" is maybe the single most consistent moderation policy they have I don't know why anyone is surprised by this one
yes, even if it's a reference to song lyrics
yes, even if it's a reference to song lyrics
November 13, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I have a lot of sympathy for this. Context is so hard to tease out.
My FIL was an official in a small, conservative town during early covid. Enforcing the law on masks was getting him a lot of death threats.
Threats hit different when you see each other at the single town grocery store or bank.
My FIL was an official in a small, conservative town during early covid. Enforcing the law on masks was getting him a lot of death threats.
Threats hit different when you see each other at the single town grocery store or bank.
If anyone wonders, this is why I'm so tired today. (This is the kid's graph, not mine.)
November 13, 2025 at 3:17 PM
If anyone wonders, this is why I'm so tired today. (This is the kid's graph, not mine.)
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Protein: Ignore marketing hype.
How much protein do you really need? www.nature.com/articles/d41... via @nature.com
"...the protein craze has been driven mostly by aggressive marketing of high-protein foods and supplements..."
"...most Americans already eat more than enough proteins."
How much protein do you really need? www.nature.com/articles/d41... via @nature.com
"...the protein craze has been driven mostly by aggressive marketing of high-protein foods and supplements..."
"...most Americans already eat more than enough proteins."
How much protein do you really need? What the science says
Fitness influencers promote super-high-protein diets, but studies show there’s only so much the body can use.
www.nature.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Protein: Ignore marketing hype.
How much protein do you really need? www.nature.com/articles/d41... via @nature.com
"...the protein craze has been driven mostly by aggressive marketing of high-protein foods and supplements..."
"...most Americans already eat more than enough proteins."
How much protein do you really need? www.nature.com/articles/d41... via @nature.com
"...the protein craze has been driven mostly by aggressive marketing of high-protein foods and supplements..."
"...most Americans already eat more than enough proteins."
Just saw the Northern Lights for the first time! So beautiful! 😍
November 12, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Just saw the Northern Lights for the first time! So beautiful! 😍
Someone just stopped me to say they love my garden. So nice, especially considering most of the plants are still covered by dollar tree trash cans.
November 12, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Someone just stopped me to say they love my garden. So nice, especially considering most of the plants are still covered by dollar tree trash cans.
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AUTHORS!!
Remember that case where a bunch of authors sued AI for stealing their work? And WON?
Well, the settlement money has been announced. Each WORK that got thefted will be compensated $3k (split 50/50 bw publisher + author). So authors will be compensated $1500 per WORK stolen.
More here:
Remember that case where a bunch of authors sued AI for stealing their work? And WON?
Well, the settlement money has been announced. Each WORK that got thefted will be compensated $3k (split 50/50 bw publisher + author). So authors will be compensated $1500 per WORK stolen.
More here:
Homepage | Bartz v Anthropic Settlement Site
www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
AUTHORS!!
Remember that case where a bunch of authors sued AI for stealing their work? And WON?
Well, the settlement money has been announced. Each WORK that got thefted will be compensated $3k (split 50/50 bw publisher + author). So authors will be compensated $1500 per WORK stolen.
More here:
Remember that case where a bunch of authors sued AI for stealing their work? And WON?
Well, the settlement money has been announced. Each WORK that got thefted will be compensated $3k (split 50/50 bw publisher + author). So authors will be compensated $1500 per WORK stolen.
More here:
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pop quiz: does molecular gastronomy produce ultraprocessed food? is this something we should instigate a moral panic about? why or why not? show your work
November 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
pop quiz: does molecular gastronomy produce ultraprocessed food? is this something we should instigate a moral panic about? why or why not? show your work
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Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
November 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
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Call them:
Schumer (NY)
202 224-6542
Booker (NJ)
202 224-3224
King (ME)
202 224-5344
Hassan (NH)
202 224-3324
Durbin (IL)
202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA)
202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH)
202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY)
202 224-4451
Masto (NV)
202 224-3542
Warner (VA)
202 224-2023
Fetterman (PA)
No Point
Schumer (NY)
202 224-6542
Booker (NJ)
202 224-3224
King (ME)
202 224-5344
Hassan (NH)
202 224-3324
Durbin (IL)
202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA)
202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH)
202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY)
202 224-4451
Masto (NV)
202 224-3542
Warner (VA)
202 224-2023
Fetterman (PA)
No Point
November 9, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Call them:
Schumer (NY)
202 224-6542
Booker (NJ)
202 224-3224
King (ME)
202 224-5344
Hassan (NH)
202 224-3324
Durbin (IL)
202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA)
202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH)
202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY)
202 224-4451
Masto (NV)
202 224-3542
Warner (VA)
202 224-2023
Fetterman (PA)
No Point
Schumer (NY)
202 224-6542
Booker (NJ)
202 224-3224
King (ME)
202 224-5344
Hassan (NH)
202 224-3324
Durbin (IL)
202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA)
202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH)
202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY)
202 224-4451
Masto (NV)
202 224-3542
Warner (VA)
202 224-2023
Fetterman (PA)
No Point