Sarah
@whtabtpineapple.bsky.social
Proprietor of Al's Pancake World. Cranky reader, overexcited TV viewer. Loves Autumn, romance books & chocolate milk. ace. ADHD. She/Her. MN. Abortion is healthcare
Reviews romance bks Treat Yourself with Books http://treatyourselfwithbooks.wordpress.com
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Sarah
@whtabtpineapple.bsky.social
· Jan 13
First book of 2025 finished! We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer. Horror. Interesting read and I liked the ending.
I never realized this is called a cannibal sandwich! I just remember watching people eat it and gagging.
Cannibal Sandwiches Are a Midwestern Delicacy That’s Not for the Faint of Heart
The cannibal sandwich is a quirky Wisconsin tradition with deep German roots. Think of it as the Midwestern cousin of German mett or hackepeter: raw ground beef seasoned simply with salt and pepper, p...
www.foodandwine.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:53 AM
I never realized this is called a cannibal sandwich! I just remember watching people eat it and gagging.
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Not a Vulture or NY subscriber? We're running a holiday sale right now: For about $3 per month, you can get access to all of my work, plus that of my hundreds of colleagues at Vulture, NYMag, Daily Intel, The Cut, Strategist, Curbed and Grub Street. It's a great gift!
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December 22, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Not a Vulture or NY subscriber? We're running a holiday sale right now: For about $3 per month, you can get access to all of my work, plus that of my hundreds of colleagues at Vulture, NYMag, Daily Intel, The Cut, Strategist, Curbed and Grub Street. It's a great gift!
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Some amazing YouTuber has put together 45 minutes of promos for a slew of 70s and 80s holiday shows—and then included links to many of them in the description section, so you can actually watch what’s seen in the promos. Have yourself a merry Gen X Christmas now:
youtu.be/i7tSfJMBrec?...
youtu.be/i7tSfJMBrec?...
Christmas in the 70s & 80s Was EVERYTHING (What Moments Do You Remember?)
YouTube video by My So-Called Gen X Life
youtu.be
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Some amazing YouTuber has put together 45 minutes of promos for a slew of 70s and 80s holiday shows—and then included links to many of them in the description section, so you can actually watch what’s seen in the promos. Have yourself a merry Gen X Christmas now:
youtu.be/i7tSfJMBrec?...
youtu.be/i7tSfJMBrec?...
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Thanks to the NFL overrun, Sunday's Bari'd episode of 60 MINUTES notched 10.4M viewers, making it the fourth most-watched ep of 2025, per Nielsen.
During the first half-hour, which is when the CECOT segment was to have aired, the show had 11.8M viewers.
Weiss knew what she was doing.
During the first half-hour, which is when the CECOT segment was to have aired, the show had 11.8M viewers.
Weiss knew what she was doing.
December 23, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Thanks to the NFL overrun, Sunday's Bari'd episode of 60 MINUTES notched 10.4M viewers, making it the fourth most-watched ep of 2025, per Nielsen.
During the first half-hour, which is when the CECOT segment was to have aired, the show had 11.8M viewers.
Weiss knew what she was doing.
During the first half-hour, which is when the CECOT segment was to have aired, the show had 11.8M viewers.
Weiss knew what she was doing.
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Sunday was a big night for CBS. The CBS News-produced special about Rob Reiner drew 6.2M same-day viewers.
The full special is streaming for free on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYG6...
The full special is streaming for free on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYG6...
CBS News: Rob Reiner - Scenes from a Life
YouTube video by CBS News
www.youtube.com
December 23, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Sunday was a big night for CBS. The CBS News-produced special about Rob Reiner drew 6.2M same-day viewers.
The full special is streaming for free on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYG6...
The full special is streaming for free on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYG6...
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Some of you will believe any horrific allegation about our president merely because it's fully consistent with who he is
December 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Some of you will believe any horrific allegation about our president merely because it's fully consistent with who he is
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Good. Every one of those places is a spy center. Get 'em out.
🇵🇱 Poland closed Russia’s last consulate in Gdańsk, leaving only the embassy in Warsaw.
December 24, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Good. Every one of those places is a spy center. Get 'em out.
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The news about Harlequin translators getting fired en masse?
You should care about that. They're doing it there because they think nobody gives a shit about romance and so it's fine to experiment with it first.
You should care about that. They're doing it there because they think nobody gives a shit about romance and so it's fine to experiment with it first.
December 24, 2025 at 2:53 AM
The news about Harlequin translators getting fired en masse?
You should care about that. They're doing it there because they think nobody gives a shit about romance and so it's fine to experiment with it first.
You should care about that. They're doing it there because they think nobody gives a shit about romance and so it's fine to experiment with it first.
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As I’ve said before — the economy is astrology for men.
The economy is a paranormal entity that our greatest dimensional scholars (macroeconomists) understand only superficially. They have induced a variety of changes in it by manipulating arcane forces like "money supply" with some success. But it remains protean and unpredictable.
December 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
As I’ve said before — the economy is astrology for men.
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Maybe they mean “breakdown” in a good way like a dance song
American food safety could be headed for a breakdown
More Americans will be exposed to foodborne illness as a result of this year's funding cuts, food safety experts predict
www.statnews.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Maybe they mean “breakdown” in a good way like a dance song
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Hey don’t forget your meds, water, and moisturizer. It’s about to be a busy set of days. Whatever choice you make is the right one for you: remember that.
December 24, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Hey don’t forget your meds, water, and moisturizer. It’s about to be a busy set of days. Whatever choice you make is the right one for you: remember that.
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If you’re traveling this holiday season, please wear a mask.
Flu and Covid are both surging. No one wants to be sick for the holidays.
A well fitted respirator like an N95 protects you and those around you.
Give yourself (and others!) the gift of good health this year!
Flu and Covid are both surging. No one wants to be sick for the holidays.
A well fitted respirator like an N95 protects you and those around you.
Give yourself (and others!) the gift of good health this year!
December 23, 2025 at 8:14 AM
If you’re traveling this holiday season, please wear a mask.
Flu and Covid are both surging. No one wants to be sick for the holidays.
A well fitted respirator like an N95 protects you and those around you.
Give yourself (and others!) the gift of good health this year!
Flu and Covid are both surging. No one wants to be sick for the holidays.
A well fitted respirator like an N95 protects you and those around you.
Give yourself (and others!) the gift of good health this year!
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Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing a text, writing an email, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing since the dawn of time.
December 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing a text, writing an email, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing since the dawn of time.
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I know Hannukah is over but…
December 24, 2025 at 12:05 AM
I know Hannukah is over but…
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Btw this is one of the biggest reasons why it’s not as easy as people think to start up independent newsrooms or just be an indie journalist on substack. If you are actually holding powerful and rich people to account, you WILL need legal representation. Not a matter of whether but when
I say that as someone who has started newsrooms from scratch sometimes with two people - if you’re doing your job correctly you will need a lawyer because the first thing rich people do when you write something they don’t like is threaten you legally. It’s cheap for them and expensive for you
December 23, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Btw this is one of the biggest reasons why it’s not as easy as people think to start up independent newsrooms or just be an indie journalist on substack. If you are actually holding powerful and rich people to account, you WILL need legal representation. Not a matter of whether but when
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what if i told you evil, corrupt, and incompetent are kind of a common packaged deal and they’ve all been laughing at you your entire life
December 24, 2025 at 12:29 AM
what if i told you evil, corrupt, and incompetent are kind of a common packaged deal and they’ve all been laughing at you your entire life
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Not now, haunted Victorian shoes
Mystery as hundreds of Victorian shoes wash up on Ogmore beach
Mystery as hundreds of Victorian shoes wash up on Ogmore beach
More than 400 leather hobnailed boots, thought to date back to the 19th Century, have been found.
www.bbc.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Not now, haunted Victorian shoes
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Hello—my #MutualAid’s stuck, and I need $1,700 by next week for majnly rent but also bills. I’m also stuck in hospital but should be out soon. I’m absolutely terrified of the nexf few weeks if I can’t make my goal, especially with much recovery before teaching starts up again. Please help if you can
Down to $1,700 I still need, but, that’s $1,700 I still need, and soon. Thanks to all who’ve helped. I am grateful. Another 17 people giving $100 or another 100 people giving $17 gets me to my goal. Please help if you can.
Still have $1850 to go. For all help received: thank you. For alll and any further help: thank you. I have till month’s end but really want to make
this in the next few days. Please help if you can.
PayPal: @MatthewStefon
Venmo: @Matt-Stefon
this in the next few days. Please help if you can.
PayPal: @MatthewStefon
Venmo: @Matt-Stefon
December 24, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Hello—my #MutualAid’s stuck, and I need $1,700 by next week for majnly rent but also bills. I’m also stuck in hospital but should be out soon. I’m absolutely terrified of the nexf few weeks if I can’t make my goal, especially with much recovery before teaching starts up again. Please help if you can
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Hey Twin Cities - today our governor and both mayors announced that HSI - the feds - have over 400 agents in town for a two week push starting tomorrow.
Christmas Eve.
If Christ hadn't risen he'd be rolling in his fucking grave.
Christmas Eve.
If Christ hadn't risen he'd be rolling in his fucking grave.
December 24, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Hey Twin Cities - today our governor and both mayors announced that HSI - the feds - have over 400 agents in town for a two week push starting tomorrow.
Christmas Eve.
If Christ hadn't risen he'd be rolling in his fucking grave.
Christmas Eve.
If Christ hadn't risen he'd be rolling in his fucking grave.
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Honestly I hope every time someone uses the term he flinches
December 23, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Honestly I hope every time someone uses the term he flinches
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Nice try, Brett. We're gonna keep calling them Kavanaugh stops though.
Also, Justice Kavanaugh sounds like he really, really wants a second try at his decision authorizing Kavanaugh Stops.
He's now insisting that immigration enforcement should not be like EXACTLY WHAT IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT IS LIKE UNDER TRUMP'S THUGGERY.
He's now insisting that immigration enforcement should not be like EXACTLY WHAT IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT IS LIKE UNDER TRUMP'S THUGGERY.
![arrests in Illinois. The State and the Government disagree about whether the immigration officers have violated the Constitution in making certain immigration stops and arrests. The basic constitutional rules governing that dispute are longstanding and clear: The Fourth Amendment requires that immigration stops must be based on reasonable suspicion of illegal presence, stops must be brief, arrests must be based on probable cause, and officers must not employ excessive force. Moreover, the officers must not make interior immigration stops or arrests based on race or ethnicity. Cf. Whren v. United States, 517 U. S. 806, 813 (1996) (“[T]he Constitution prohibits selective enforcement of the law based on considerations such as race”). This application does not require us to delve into the parties’ underlying dispute and to determine whether any particular immigration encounter or series of encounters in Illinois has violated those basic constitutional principles.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:24vva42nxim6zbcmnozegoef/bafkreiftd2dsbnwupyavikifhpranzsrgae4czsegm4dlyrwdixfumxmwi@jpeg)
December 23, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Nice try, Brett. We're gonna keep calling them Kavanaugh stops though.
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By the way, Kavanaugh saying this now shows he knew his prior ruling was lawless and without justification.
Also, Justice Kavanaugh sounds like he really, really wants a second try at his decision authorizing Kavanaugh Stops.
He's now insisting that immigration enforcement should not be like EXACTLY WHAT IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT IS LIKE UNDER TRUMP'S THUGGERY.
He's now insisting that immigration enforcement should not be like EXACTLY WHAT IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT IS LIKE UNDER TRUMP'S THUGGERY.
December 23, 2025 at 10:47 PM
By the way, Kavanaugh saying this now shows he knew his prior ruling was lawless and without justification.
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Study of over twenty five million people over almost four years finds that COVID vaccines reduced COVID deaths by 74% and increased all-cause deaths by zero. I don’t know how much clearer it can get than that.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
COVID-19 mRNA Vaccination and 4-Year All-Cause Mortality Among Adults in France
This cohort study uses the data from all adults aged 18 to 59 years living in France on November 1, 2021, to evaluate whether there is an association of receipt of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine with long-t...
jamanetwork.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Study of over twenty five million people over almost four years finds that COVID vaccines reduced COVID deaths by 74% and increased all-cause deaths by zero. I don’t know how much clearer it can get than that.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...