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Jasmine Mangalaseril 🧁 @cardamomaddict.bsky.social · May 2

Welcome, my lovelies. I've misplaced my welcome post (prolly under a cat or a pile of books), so, here's a new one.

I'm a food writer, omnivorously rambling here in Waterloo Region (Canada).

My posts are disparate, and range from current affairs to art to food to whatever's happening in my life.

Two maple leaf-shaped sugar cookies, flooded with red icing. They sit on a fancy, embossed white plate, next to a rather utilitarian red tea mug.

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Comic Book Club @comicbookclub.bsky.social · 32m

Jim Lee's impassioned words about why DC will never use AI have already won New York Comic Con.

Jim Lee On Why DC Will Never Use AI: “AI Doesn’t Dream, Feel, Or Make Art, It Aggregates It”

The President, Publisher, and Chief Creative Officer of DC Comics spoke out at today's Retailer Day at New York Comic Con.

comicbookclublive.com

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Jasmine Mangalaseril 🧁 @cardamomaddict.bsky.social · 47m

Well, then. I sat down in the tv temple to do some writing and rewatch a dvd before returning it to the library. All of a sudden, I acquired a new laptop.

#Cats

Nigel, my fluffy tangerine kitty, plunked on my lap.

Jasmine Mangalaseril 🧁 @cardamomaddict.bsky.social · 1h

I loved that line.

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Eric Alper @thatericalper.com · 1h

Radiohead fans, this is for you.

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Jasmine Mangalaseril 🧁 @cardamomaddict.bsky.social · 1h

Before, mainstream food gatekeepers kept *their* food biases front and centre: basically, if it ain't bland, it's panned.

I blogged about what I ate, global flavours, my learnings, while contributing to a supportive, early SM food community.

I'm now a food writer and radio food columnist.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 13h

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 2h

Arguing against this vote, “the Austrian MEP Anna Stürgkh…said consumers were unlikely to be misled. ‘A beef tomato doesn’t contain any beef … Ladies’ fingers are not made of actual ladies’ fingers. Let’s trust consumers and stop this hotdog populism.’”

See also: peanut butter, hot dogs themselves…

‘Veggie burgers’ could be off the menu as MEPs vote to ban plant-based food terms

Vote is victory for MEPs who want to strengthen position of farmers in food supply chain

www.theguardian.com

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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 17h

Look at her go!
#invertebrates 🌿

Screen shot of Project Monarch app map of progress of a monarch butterfly from southern Ontario to Oklahoma.

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Jasmine Mangalaseril 🧁 @cardamomaddict.bsky.social · 20h

Last week's column was about apples & the apple fritter divide we've got here. So, are you team ring or team doughnut ?

You can listen to it here.

#Food #FoodSky #WaterlooRegion #Apples #AppleFritters

www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

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Jasmine Mangalaseril 🧁 @cardamomaddict.bsky.social · 20h

Nigel is hiding. I do not know where he is.

#Cats #Catsky

a fluffly plume of a tangerine tail is draped over the edge of a laundry basket. Nigel’s body is in the basket, visible through the basket’s fake weave.

Jasmine Mangalaseril 🧁 @cardamomaddict.bsky.social · 1d

Well, it looks as if this strawberry farmer will have a bumper crop in a short while.

Or is that bumpy crop? 😆

#Strawberries #gardening

three small green strawberries (one larger that the others), on the plant, in my hanging basket.

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Sarah J. Martin @eatingpolitics.bsky.social · 1d

weird -sounds familiar...
Paging the Education Accord

"a dozen bogus references and footnotes ... although officials insist the "substance" of the report remains intact."

www.theregister.com/2025/10/06/d...

Deloitte refunds Australian government over AI in report

: Big Four consultancy billed Canberra top dollar, only for investigators to find bits written by a chatbot

www.theregister.com

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Litbowl @litbowl.bsky.social · 1d

What a lovely message from @bookshop.org. Glad to see them growing and growing. We CAN claim back what has been taken from us by these monstrous corporations, and it starts with things like this. Grab some books these next couple days!

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Jasmine Mangalaseril 🧁 @cardamomaddict.bsky.social · 1d

A bonus article from me!

Toronto food writer Suresh Doss is known for finding those delicious spots often overlooked by mainstream food narrative.

I was thrilled to be asked to chat with him about his new show, Locals Welcome, on CBC Gem, & what makes a hidden gem.

www.cbc.ca/television/w...

Writer Suresh Doss celebrates local restaurants that bring the flavours of home to Canada | CBC Television

New CBC series Locals Welcome looks at hidden gems in Toronto, Montreal and Richmond, B.C. Watch it now on CBC Gem

www.cbc.ca

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evy kwong @evystadium.bsky.social · 1d

happie mid-autumn festival cuties 🍂🥮

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Jasmine Mangalaseril 🧁 @cardamomaddict.bsky.social · 1d

More adventures at Casa de Cardamom. On top of the internet outage, paving crews decided to return (the abandoned us weeks ago, w slalom course like road bc of holes and pylons). Now there are patches and pylons everywhere, inc in front of my driveway. Needed to drive on lawns to get in and out.

Jasmine Mangalaseril 🧁 @cardamomaddict.bsky.social · 2d

Reminds me of the woman who complained *I* ruined her child's birthday because my chocolate cake recipe "sucked" when she made it gf, df, egg-free, subbed carob for chocolate, & used a different pan size (of an atypical material).

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Jasmine Mangalaseril 🧁 @cardamomaddict.bsky.social · 2d

RIP Jilly Cooper

#BookSky

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

Jilly Cooper, author of Rivals and Riders, dies aged 88

The author of 18 ‘bonkbuster’ novels including Riders, Rivals and Bella has died following a fall

www.theguardian.com

Jasmine Mangalaseril 🧁 @cardamomaddict.bsky.social · 2d

I think my area has 3 three main providers; resellers use their infrastructures.

My reseller charges ~30% less with the same amount of downtime. Normally I can get through pretty easily, so there must be something happening.

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Jasmine Mangalaseril 🧁 @cardamomaddict.bsky.social · 2d

I was with a lovely independent reseller (super great staff) but they got bought out by one of the big boys...can definitely tell a difference in service...and service.

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Jasmine Mangalaseril 🧁 @cardamomaddict.bsky.social · 2d

Also, their website 403s…

Jasmine Mangalaseril 🧁 @cardamomaddict.bsky.social · 2d

My internet has been down since before 1am. In the queue with my provider. I chose “home internet.”

Their auto attendant told warned about high call volumes and said to go online to troubleshoot.

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James Davis Nicoll @jdnicoll.bsky.social · 2d

There is no second marshmallow.

essencesimmone.blacksky.app @essencesimmone.blacksky.app · 5d

Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

“Other polls say the opposite…”

“Which one?”

“Uh … I don’t know. But the poll you cited is clearly biased….”

“How exactly?”

“Uh … which poll was that again?”

This is how it’s done.

It’s very easy, and it gets results, so if an anchor isn’t asking basic follow ups, that’s a choice.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

Republicans got their marching orders and shutdown talking points, but when questioned, they fall apart.

Sen Roger Marshall wasn’t ready 🥴

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Tu Thanh Ha @tuthanhha.bsky.social · 3d

Nocturnes, etudes, waltzes, ballades.

Some of the Canadians in the first round
of this year's Chopin competition in Warsaw.

Eric Guo. Born in Toronto, started piano at 4
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFtY...

ERIC GUO – first round (19th Chopin Competition, Warsaw)

YouTube video by Chopin Institute

www.youtube.com

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Jasmine Mangalaseril 🧁 @cardamomaddict.bsky.social · 3d

Those aren't his lovey eyes-- his lovely eyes are all pupil -- very Puss'n'Boots -- and there's a specific head tilt. That's his "hey, you can pet my tummy if you want to, because I like you" look :)

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