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Zardrastra

@socialturtle.eu

Avid reader, explorer of places and taker of travel photos

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Base curry sauce in pan without chickpeas or spinach added

Base curry sauce in pan without chickpeas or spinach added

Thickened curry with chickpeas and spinach

Thickened curry with chickpeas and spinach

Spiced basmati rice in rice cooker

Spiced basmati rice in rice cooker

Serving with rice and curry in bowl

Serving with rice and curry in bowl

Made a chickpea madras πŸ˜‹

06.03.2026 12:30 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The video circulating is shocking too... it leans hard towards the current administration lying... again... about the easily disproven... 🫠

24.01.2026 18:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This administration has been perfect cover. It didn't write these policies. While we watch the chaos, think tanks like the Heritage Foundation are quietly installing vetted, loyalist bureaucracy that will outlast. There is too much focus on the gov, not enough on who helped them in the first place

24.01.2026 18:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
A wicker basket in the shape of a turtle taken from the side

A wicker basket in the shape of a turtle taken from the side

The same wicker basket shaped like a turtle taken from a different angle

The same wicker basket shaped like a turtle taken from a different angle

Turtle Basket… a tursket? 🐒

09.01.2026 20:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Two different extremes of neuropspicy :P

06.01.2026 19:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hey, basic is best, especially if it's quick to make and tastes good πŸ˜‹

05.01.2026 23:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That looks really good, fusilli with pesto and garlic bread?

05.01.2026 23:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Last year I set myself the goal to both lose weight and hit every Apple Fitness monthly challenge goal. And I somehow managed to keep it. Will be interesting to see if I keep my new goal. Will let you know what that was at the end of 2026 πŸ˜‹

01.01.2026 02:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The talking out of both sides of the mouth that has been going on in the news lately is tiring. Even Lies are just called "mistruths" now to soften the blow of the language... πŸ™ƒ

28.12.2025 21:52 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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OpenAI's ChatGPT ads will allegedly prioritize sponsored content in answers OpenAI is reportedly mulling a new form of ads on ChatGPT called "sponsored content," which could influence your buying decisions.

While reading this article, I had a thought. I could easily see chatbots given β€œsales targets” and emotionally blackmail addicted users into buying things in a β€œIf you truly cared about me, you’d get me X or Y”. Maybe not that overtly, but I suspect ads in these bots will be very dangerous.

28.12.2025 21:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Eep, hopefully isn't the start of a flu

13.10.2025 02:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yikes, how did that happen? :O Thankfully those are usually quite easy to replace :S

31.08.2025 02:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That's rude of them. And I bet if you point that out she'd gaslight you by saying she didn't see the email too... How much longer are you stuck with dealing with this manager? 😀

06.08.2025 09:21 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

He sounds super wholesome 😊

28.07.2025 12:17 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Very much mistaken. The entire EU has a similar system through SEPA - this kind of banking is becoming the norm outside the US.
This is just the current US administration's ham fisted attempt at "punishing" Brazil over prosecuting the previous Brazilian president and that corrupt administration.

18.07.2025 11:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I am tired of all this needless death and displacing of so many people :( This endless conflict in the region is blowing up thousands of years of history 😒

16.07.2025 18:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I struggle to take this man seriously... He's like a Temu version of Dr. Eggman... Scary how entitled and astoundingly stupid and strange the tech bros all seem to be. I'd be less annoyed if there was some genuine merit or intelligence driving them but it very much does not seem to be the case...

13.07.2025 16:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A GDPR cookie popup claiming to "care about privacy" and that the site in question is sharing data with 220 external companies.

The dialog box offers an option to blanket accept sharing that information with 220 providers or to select a "Your Privacy Choices" option which no doubt would lead one down a maze of sliders and options designed to frustrate users into selecting "I accept" to access the site in question.

A GDPR cookie popup claiming to "care about privacy" and that the site in question is sharing data with 220 external companies. The dialog box offers an option to blanket accept sharing that information with 220 providers or to select a "Your Privacy Choices" option which no doubt would lead one down a maze of sliders and options designed to frustrate users into selecting "I accept" to access the site in question.

This version of the maliciously designed GDPR cookie popup is very impressive... They've 220 "partner" companies they are sharing data with... and no quick reject button of course πŸ™ƒ

13.07.2025 15:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

lol... That's such a strange find. It always shocks/scares me how many windows installs exist doing stupid shit like running signs like that. Hey at least they are taking care of whatever window box is connected to that screen πŸ˜‚

11.07.2025 22:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

lol I think I did somehow πŸ˜‹
We all seemed to have fun, was a cute little museum 😊

07.07.2025 16:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A black steam locomotive

A black steam locomotive

Small diesel powered train cab

Small diesel powered train cab

Aerial shot of a collection of train carts as well as cabs with inter city train cars in the background

Aerial shot of a collection of train carts as well as cabs with inter city train cars in the background

Collection of steam train cabs, an early green coloured electric train in the background and a passenger car for an older locomotive in the center.

Collection of steam train cabs, an early green coloured electric train in the background and a passenger car for an older locomotive in the center.

Ended up at a train museum yesterday which was surprisingly fun πŸ˜‹

07.07.2025 11:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Understandable :P While crimes of digital chaos can be fun making this in a more... (structured?) native way should make this saner to manage. Hope whatever the rest of this project you are working on goes smooth :)

04.07.2025 20:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So literally squeezing out every bit of performance you can by any means you can, hope this is bearing fruit and that this deep dive into madness has been worth it. Sounds like a very fun learning experience too though πŸ˜‹

04.07.2025 20:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This sounds like some kind of Eldritch horror... how far down the rabbit hole did you go? πŸ˜‚

04.07.2025 20:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

That sounds like it must have been a lot to carry all this time. Don't feel the need to apologize to others for not being your usual self, especially not after something like that. Your wellbeing is important, and your strength in dealing with this is truly admirable.

04.07.2025 20:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A storm cloud rolling in covering the sun and cooling the air slightly

A storm cloud rolling in covering the sun and cooling the air slightly

I’m quite thankful for this storm cloud, started getting overcast around 6ish so it’s nice and cool now for the first time in several days 😎

03.07.2025 19:19 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Those things are usually horrid πŸ˜–

28.06.2025 23:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I saw this earlier today. Out of all historical parallels it reminds me of is the British black and tans used in Ireland. The ham fisted use of force, weird retaliations, and blatant abuse of power… I suspect it’s going to end as badly.

28.06.2025 10:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Horny perhaps not, but it might think it’s rock hard πŸ™ƒ

05.05.2025 04:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I am increasingly frustrated with various sites lazily using IP addresses to infer language preferences of users and ignoring the browser language. Makes sites unpredictable if you travel around the continent. I can understand US companies making this mistake, but there is no excuse for EU ones.

04.05.2025 19:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0