Very bland imo, not sweet at all. Had the normal squash taste which I don’t know how to describe…not bitter but…? Wouldn’t suggest.

For some weird ass gourds that are tasty as hell I’d try Red Kuri squash and futsu squash if you come across it. I love working with organic produce, if it paid well enough I probably would’ve stayed working in my produce department forever

It being alien food is exactly why we bought it lol.

It was a fucking PAIN IN THE ASS to cut and peel before cooking, I got maybe 1/5th done if even that in like 20 minutes lol. So I roasted it halved and that obviously helped.

As far as taste, I’m already not a huge fan of squash so to me it was just bland and…not very good? Idk what to compare it to, not sweet really and has this characteristic squash taste that I just cant describe that typically turns me off. My favorite is Red Kuri squash. I also like sweeter pumpkins and I like either butternut or acorn but not both lol. So yeah wouldn’t recommend, was an experiment though

I don’t play video games often but my boyfriend bought me Astro Bot and it’s so cozy and I love it so much

I love just running around the different worlds and collecting coins and interacting with the environment and that there are no game overs. The music is pretty cool too.

Holy fucking shit. The agency that I’m leaving is shutting departments down with barely any notice and our union rep (hired by the union) is being a fucking opp. Tons of people are mobilizing to take action and burn this shit down. Super exciting but I’m so exhausted

Thank the lordt

ACLU cheers house vote blocking 9495

WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives blocked H.R. 9495, the Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act, 256-145. Because the House of Representatives was attempting to move the bill on suspension it required a two-thirds majority in order to pass. This legislation would have granted the Secretary of Treasury the unilateral power to investigate and effectively shut down any tax-exempt organization — including news outlets, universities, and civil society groups — by stripping them of their tax-exempt status based on an unilateral accusation of wrongdoing.

I’m with you. I’m not a fan of the gossip name but it’s not something I’d want to fight for myself. That doesn’t change that it IS something that many women/femmes do want say in though, and while I think Lyudmila has done a much much better job at moderating this it still feels kinda like the post is falling short.

However, I know Carcosa DID mention creating a Matrix chat where there can be a lot more user participation. Idk where the comment is, but hopefully they are just taking one step at a time and will address these issues one by one once the admin/mods have their feet beneath them

It’s turban squash! It is weird as hell lol. Never eaten it before so hoping it’s not too bland. Gourds ARE cool, I used to work at a cool organic grocery and we would carry soooo many varieties I’d never seen before. My all time fave is Red Kuri squash!

That’s awesome that your harvest turned out! I’ve been neglecting my garden bed but maybe I’ll get out there for spring

It’s a turban squash and is probably something like 10" wide. I tried cutting it into cubes and peeling, which I should know is futile with most squash but gat damn the skin is THICKKKKKK. So I gave up and am roasting because it would probably take me 2 hours to do it the hard way.

Gonna put it in some Thai curry with spinach, Tofu, and avocado.

Oh fuck nahh I would probably crack myself I’m the head with the board or get yelled at by a local lmao. I used to live near the beach so had a few close call things that stress me out - went sailing and dropped anchor at a mile marker to swim. Learned later that there were sharks chillin there. Another one I went swimming alone when it was choppy, being was too confident in my skills, too late to seim into the wave and Poseidon tossed me to the bottom of the ocean 3 times before deciding he didn’t want me and hurled me back to shore. Definitely thought I was going to die lol.

Did you surf often?

I think I was just so focused on trying to do one of the most basic tricks that I lost sight of the fun lol. I could ride around okay, but I really wish I didn’t have to get off my board to get up curbs! And I wasn’t very good at turning sharp either. I can’t believe I was trying to use it as a regular mode of transport at one point lol.

Skateboarding. I tried learning how to Ollie for like an entire summer in highschool. I don’t think I got the board off the ground once

Not sure if my ND comrades saw this, but ReadFanon will be hosting online parallel play/peer support drop in hours on Wednesday! Could be really helpful to decompress after all this. Just gonna tag folks who I remember mentioning being ND

@REgon@hexbear.net @dustbunnies@hexbear.net @Smeagolicious@hexbear.net @Thordros@hexbear.net

Oops forgot link

this is so cool! Providing a peer support space with parallel play on the internet?! maybe I’ll join one of these times if I gather up the nerve

Hell yeah that’s dope. They were a band that a lot of my friends were obsessed with over the years but for whatever reason I never decided to give them a chance. Looks like now is that time

My dad was on a work furlough program when he was in jail. At least they can get outside and make money, I guess.

To be fair I feel like your post and responses to this have been really respectful and sincere and you’re doing a great job at not letting things blow up again

I think moving forward it could be really helpful for there to be one-on-one conversations with people who fuck up, would be very useful for us ND folks for sure. And then maybe a self crit post after private discussion if warranted? Idk that might be way too much emotional labor for mods/admins but could be really good for the culture and good for the people who are saying problematic shit without realizing it

Sending this to you bc the end of your post felt like it’s calling for something like that

Absolutely. I’d you have any recommendations of other artists that are in a similar vein to his music pls hit me with them

Gotcha, okay if that was posted somewhere in the comments I totally missed it obviously and I’ll edit my comment to reflect that to avoid the rumor mill from circulating.

Also, I do wanna say that having to handle all of this must be tremendously stressful and I appreciate you really trying to hold it all together. I really don’t think a lot of the grievances aired were aimed at you personally and I hope you were able to separate that for your own mental health. I do agree with a lot of points made by users as this thing devolved but I also believe that some people were doing way too much in the beginning and took it way overboard. I wish that the conversation could’ve been more productive. I truly believe that yall are taking this feedback into consideration, and to me Lyudmila’s post really speaks to that more than anything. Seems to me that having a broader conversation, or town hall as you will, about conduct of both users and mods can really strengthen this place and hopefully the site can become more welcoming to the people who feel turned off by it because that’s IMPORTANT! Undoing all if the -isms is an every day practice, it’s short sighted to think it has been or ever will be “fixed” but maybe moving into the future there can be regular, ongoing feedback sessions about the health of the site with the broader community??

Anyway sorry for the ramble from someone who lurks, just wanna say thank you for maintaining a place that has felt so comfy and has been a refuge from the libs during dark times