The first simulated image of a black hole was calculated with an IBM 7040 computer using 1960 punch cards and hand-plotted by French astrophysicist Jean-Pierre Luminet in 1978.
the romance of hand-plotting. this guy looked at the numbers and drew each of those dots manually, and the image emerged. we can only imagine how he felt
I’ve eaten nearly all of them except those that Astra nibbled on and they’re so much better than a Cheez-Itz. Mine were like cheese shortbread, savory and flaky. Quick and easy recipe for sourdough cheddar crackers.
8 oz block sharp cheddar (or whatever you like), shredded
85 g inactive starter
28 g butter, chopped into small pieces
4 g kosher salt
65 g AP flour
½ tap cayenne
Salt to sprinkle on top (go easy)
Preheat your oven to 350F.
Whack everything into your food processor and whiz it around just until you have a cohesive dough.
You can mix by hand too; go for biscuit dough consistency. Don’t overmix.
Roll out dough between two sheets of parchment. You’ll want it about the thickness of pie dough. Aim for a rectangular shape.
If it’s too warm, pop it into the freezer for a few minutes.
Put it on a baking sheet on your bottom sheet of parchment.
Sprinkle with reserved salt or rosemary or other herbs.
Put it into the oven and bake 12 minutes.
Remove from oven and slice into small cracker shapes with a pizza cutter or sharp knife.
Put it back into the oven and bake another 10-12 minutes.
Let fully cool on the same baking sheet.
Make yourself an icy martini with extra olives and eat as many cheese crackers as you can. Share with your cat if they seem interested.
“In folklore, the Wild Hunt is an entourage of supernatural beings heard at night, mainly during late autumn and winter and especially around Christmas and New Year. The motif is spread all over Europe with different names of the leaders of the hunt, often a god, goddess or some mythological figure – sometimes an ancient legendary king – accompanied by the souls of the dead. In the Germanic variant it is often Odin (Woden, Wotan) who leads the hunt, accompanied by fearsome ghostly dogs. Not infrequently, dead warriors appear as part of the hunting entourage, sometimes whole armies, and the leader of the hunt often appears as a warrior on horseback.”
- Anders Kaliff & Terje Oestigaard, Werewolves, Warriors and Winter Sacrifices (Unmasking Kivik and Indo-European Cosmology in Bronze Age Scandinavia)
My mom gave me one of the lemon verbena plants she acquired over the summer, and I… have no idea what to do with it??? I can make tea, and definitely I’ll dry some for magic purposes, but like. What the hell do I do with an enormous lemon verbena??? Practical suggestions for both fresh and dry leaves welcome because holy shit I’ve got a lot of this.
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Now that’s what I’m fuckin’ TALKING about, Jan.
You might try experimenting with the simmer method mentioned above vs. boiling the water, and then steeping the herbs in it off the heat, like you would tea. There can be a world of difference between the two techniques (and I tend to prefer the second method).
Also cold brew, for optimal preservation of fresh flavor/aroma, though in this case I’d probably do the herbs separately/for longer than the tea.
Ohhh I didn’t even think about cold brewing!! ✍️✍️✍️
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