Baking is always part magic to me. We bake quiches regularly and consistency of both bases and filling tend to vary. Still yummy though.

To avoid the sogginess of the bottom you may try first baking it alone for 10’ covering the base with a baking sheet weighed down with a handful of dry beans, then removing sheet and beans to add the eggy mix and bake to completion.

South Sudan should do a better job at trumpeting its natural resources.

I have found myself quoting that passage of Gramsci quite a few times recently, for some reason…

To grasp the full measure of the unfortunate American exceptionalism…

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“Now that I got to understand the conflict I’d claimed I’d end in 24 hours, I’ll sell weapons to one side via a third party group I am part of so I can risibly feign neutrality. Good luck to all!”

“We’ll keep on selling weapons. Good luck to all!” 🤦🏻‍♂️

Truly amazing grace, as ever…

Absent a compelling socio democratic vision for a thriving society of stability and abundance, the temptation of crackpot, “blame an enemy” cakeist/nostalgic siren calls becomes more appealing to many. And in larger numbers so than those who see “overthrowing capitalism” as a viable route.

The one-way rightward drift you describe could reflect a rejection of “even more government intervention” as a response to a (rightly or wrongly) perceived ineffectiveness of government by an electorate that is fundamentally a conservative one, seeped in decades of implicit neoliberal ideas.

Not to go full Chat GPT on you Jonn, but this is a deeply insightful and potentially consequential observation - although it might more usefully not be phrased in terms of “unfairness”.

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