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Estilo Americano: The Big Tony Sandwich
Thank you, Anthony Bourdain Lately the foodie internet has been abuzz with recipes for the late Anthony Bourdain’s favorite mortadella sandwich, something he discovered in Brazil. It sounds tasty, if a bit plain, so I decided to kick it up a notch. The Big Tony Bourdain’s version is pretty simple, lots of fried mortadella and Read more
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The CyberFascism Bulletin: Summer Solstice Edition
Whether Industry absorbs the State, or the State absorbs Industry, the result is the same: fascism.And our Cybernetic Revolution makes this easier than ever. Big AI Bruce Schneier opines on How AI will change democracy: “Millions of AI-controlled social media accounts could fundamentally change the nature of propaganda.” (tip from The Geek Press) Sometimes big Read more
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Take a hike
What to boost your creativity? Do some simple brainstorming? Emulate the great thinkers and go for a walk. Of course, there’s walkin’ and then there’s Walken. It is possible to get over-enthusiastic. Read more
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Your cat is an ecological disaster
Cats kill birds. lots of birds. From the New Yorker article “And how many birds does a bird-killing cat kill in one year? (Perhaps three dozen.) Each of these multipliers had a range of uncertainty, so the model needed to be run repeatedly. The number it generated most often was 2.4 billion birds a year. Read more
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Estilo Americano: The Basic Chilton
The Chilton is a simple vodka cocktail thought to be invented in Lubbock, Texas. There are a variety of recipes, many of which are transparent marketing ploys for overpriced (and nasty tasting) flavored vodkas. Don’t fall for them; stick to basics. Here’s my version: Read more
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Brainfeast: Reading and Speaking
Two knock-it-outta-the-park posts on the web this week. Stuff to make you smarter and maybe richer: Effortless cool is a detailed process. -Ben Sherman Where was all this stuff when I was in college? high school? Update I’m a big advocate for not hiding your enthusiasm for things,” she [Taylor Swift] said last year in her Read more
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Ballparkin’: to the tunnels from the sea
The Story, up to now A poorly-reported story from the current Israel-Hamas conflict is the IDF’s plan to fill the Hamas tunnel network in Gaza with seawater. Most of the published stories are short on fact and long on whiny pessimism, partly due to journalistic anti-Semitism and partly due to the widespread critical thinking impairment among Read more
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Estilo Americano: The Jackpot Mimosa
This recipe was invented by my wife, pretty much by accident. My wife is a secret foodie, and a big fan of “champagne” cocktails and fresh-squeezed grapefruit juice. A couple days back, she combined the two in a ruby-red grapefruit mimosa, with a sweet kick: maraschino cherries. The Recipe Drop the three cherries into a Read more
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Estilo Americano: Tex-Mex Pickled Red Onion
Pickled red onion is a go-to garnish for Norteño foods like fish tacos and tortas ahogadas. So how difficult could it be to make? I found a recipe online and gave it shot. OK, but a bit tart, so I added a secret ingredient to make a tasty Tex-Mex version. Ingredients Preparation Slice the onion Read more
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