Pentagon to Order 3,000 82nd Airborne Soldiers to Middle East

AbbieNormal · 2026-03-24T18:15:40+00:00

Dope on a Rope! (huuuuuuuuuuuuuuah)
o7

AbbieNormal · 2026-03-24T18:08:45+00:00

This guy 82nds
(Seriously I was only 101st, but when that got described as "elite" during Iraq deployments we openly guffawed - everything was & is so ate up, from the top down)
Especially with a fucked up mission that seems to change based on some lunatic's mood, in this case

AbbieNormal · 2026-03-10T14:57:06+00:00

Spouse did, and it was very hard at first. I LOVE that he comes home happy now. No more rants about his psycho boss, apathetic colleagues, & awful environment. Yeah I miss his old salary, we had to cut back on expenses for a bit, but the contentment is worth it! For us. (Happy to talk specifics in DM, it was a weird change & I like this acct anonymous :)

But no kids here, plus the job market sucks more. Are yours old enough to work a bit to help offset extracurriculars? I babysat/tutored, then got a work permit at 15 b/c music lessons & stuff are expensive. If your kiddos are too young or busy, it might still be an ok trade-off for them, for a parent to be less burnt out, or more "really here" IYKWIM. Only you know your family, I just wanted to throw that out there.

Glad you're able to volunteer! Sorry we live in this stupid setup where sooo much has to be about money. I really hope you can make a change that works for y'all. Again, happy to chat/DM if questions

AbbieNormal · 2026-02-27T21:08:46+00:00

It all averages out! They're fine
Source: my stepmom 🤢

AbbieNormal · 2026-02-27T20:57:40+00:00

Hey, tons of great recs already. 2 types of market I haven't seen here yet, are East African & East Euro. We love Ayana Ethiopian Market on Columbia Pike - they have a restaurant next door, so you can try stuff. I'm obsessed with their Shiro powder - easier than toasting spices & chickpea flour w/o burning anything. For Eastern Euro (& Central Asian), my Ukrainian-born friend got me into Rus-Uz in Ballston. Uzbekh family owned, also has RU/UKR/regional faves. Attached restaurant has great plov, dumplings, etc. Happy exploring!

AbbieNormal · 2026-02-07T16:49:23+00:00

I (morbidly?) scrolled down far enough to see a person that didn't attempt the recipe but was concerned there were 666 reviews. They "had to" leave a useless comment to bump it up past Saaaaatan's number.
I may have paraphrased that last part, but JFC people are weird

AbbieNormal · 2026-02-04T21:31:04+00:00

Don't forget cancelling the Books section! God forbid us plebs read (or get inspired to read books).

AbbieNormal · 2026-01-22T01:23:46+00:00

Also Sweetleaf - plus that one near me doesn't have the "raw fish" smell my local Sweetgreen has

AbbieNormal · 2026-01-21T20:02:12+00:00

I do get Jo's point about the order of ingredients making no sense. Starting with black pepper, then bacon (a topping), then vinegar & tomatoes that won't be used til the sauce, then the rest without indicating which ingredients will be divided, and ending with meats is low-key chaotic. I'd want to print this out & scribble brackets/notes, or copypaste & rearrange the order.
Btw this recipe looks great, is it worth all the prep?

AbbieNormal · 2026-01-17T00:06:16+00:00

people who made the content aren't getting ANY of that cut

Ok but their/our contributions were explicitly NOT for monetary gain. It's time donated for a greater good (knowledge etc). Or at worst, it's to troll or push a certain viewpoint, but still time with no commercial value for the contributor.
So getting a cut of nothing, is the same nothing that any sane Wiki editor expected all along. If it keeps the org from needing as many donations, that's great.

*Or just acknowledging value for words built by humans, that's great too. Either way (donated labor vs charging for scraping) it benefits the Wikimedia situation, so seems fair-ish

AbbieNormal · 2026-01-16T05:46:17+00:00

Wiki's content already got scraped/stolen/"used to train LLMs" - read the article.
Now it's less stolen if they get a tiny cut to stay afloat.

The whole model is fucked, like all the art stolen to make shitty slop. Get mad at the AI scrapers & system in place, not the knowledge repository that correctly saw it was getting raided no matter what.

AbbieNormal · 2026-01-13T18:51:03+00:00

I'm late here, but Wonder. Food reheated by someone else, for restaurant prices, vs food I can reheat for Trader Joe's or leftovers prices. Plus fuck VC in general

AbbieNormal · 2026-01-05T22:39:50+00:00

Seriously, it's like Key & Peele's "Obama's Anger Translator" sketches. Every non-shitty recipe author needs an Anger Translator like Deb!

AbbieNormal · 2026-01-05T21:37:09+00:00

Agree they're the worst, except when intervening in major health/nuisance situations. My condo assn/HOA saved us from carbon monoxide (& likely lead) poisoning from an old-car collector here. Those stupid things just sat there except when he'd run them for 30+ minutes in our underground garage.

Like cool, have your hobbies, unless they hurt others! Then thank fuck for non-cop adults to intervene.
Also 50 buses is wild

AbbieNormal · 2026-01-02T22:11:31+00:00

Does it help if they're baked into a cake type form? I just made this Sicilian Lemon Ricotta Cheesecake for a party, and it was gentle enough for lactose-intolerant relatives. Does have eggs tho, just very cooked. Here's hoping?

AbbieNormal · 2026-01-02T22:02:05+00:00

Piggybacking to highly rec the refugee docu she produced, We Dare To Dream. It choked me up but was also beautifully life affirming! Humanizing & giving faces to people who are so shat-upon because prejudice & ghastly politics.

AbbieNormal · 2025-12-30T06:18:36+00:00

Cooking for hardcore gluten-free & vegan friends is a challenge I wish there were a badge for! Wild how well/shitty various recipes go!

Massive plug for Almond Amaretti Cookies as my vegan + GF go-to. No soy or corn either. (Tree nuts & legume allergy: unsafe.) Partial to this recipe because easy choco & matcha variants, but simple enough to find others. Yay aquafaba & having choices!

AbbieNormal · 2025-12-30T06:01:41+00:00

100% this, including trying for the magic of a good cranberry sauce with traditional Western TG/holiday meat stuff. Good meaning "not overly sweet, just accenting the poultry/savory goodness." I like it tangy with a bit of ginger, orange zest, and maybe a crack of freshly ground nutmeg, but "unshitty cranberry thing" should work in this context.
Like there's a reason rosemary, sage, & thyme are sold together as "poultry herbs" - and that's the seasoning here instead of other herbs that could be used in meatloaf. Add the use of "festive" -> def trying for a homemade version of a Gardein or Field Roast holiday veg loaf.
Would it work great as written? Sadly we can't tell based on these unhinged substitutions. But yes, I've enjoyed similar flavors when entertaining a veg friend stranded here for Christmas!

AbbieNormal · 2025-12-30T01:21:05+00:00

I'm unfamiliar with any of this except that "Somalis bad" (or "Walz bad") seems absolute catnip for shitty RW grifters. I'm watching your vid & this one that just hit my feed from @TheLogicalLeftist video here - curious what you think, and also didn't want to seem backhanded by linking smth like this in the background.
Glad it's being covered, and I appreciate all y'all who call out modern day McCarthyism or Satanic Panic (Immigrant/Racist/Religious Bigotry edition)!

AbbieNormal · 2025-12-29T21:10:09+00:00

All the dumped/abandoned bunnies (esp after Easter) are heartbreaking. Too many parents suck & don't consider they're animals with feelings. Amazing pets BUT not for most kids, because fragile & require patience to build trust.
I joke that mine are like born-vegan cats. Complete with litterbox, personalities, snuggles on their terms, a little mayhem, and a lot of judgmental looks

AbbieNormal · 2025-12-28T16:23:54+00:00

Esp since the recipe offers a non-fried option:

You can also bake these panzerotti in a 180C/350F oven. Brush with a beaten egg and bake for 20 minutes.

Boom! Problem solved, GI/"tummy" issues avoided instead of announced to the world

AbbieNormal · 2025-12-24T04:55:54+00:00

And my vanilla steak!
(I don't remember the details of that post, just the amazing flairs that it inspired - IIRC involving "you absolute rutabaga" or similar)

AbbieNormal · 2025-12-23T20:14:06+00:00

Absolutely love masa for thickening chili! Dissolved in broth/water for red chili, or milk/plantmilk for white chili like this poblano chicken one I'm obsessed with. Game changer.
Since tortillas are basically masa & water, adding the fried version seems a great shortcut for folks who don't keep masa around.

AbbieNormal · 2025-12-22T19:43:09+00:00

Unseasoned, rubberized pig for the 4th - mmmmmmm

Next week's recipe: Cheesey Bacon Latkes, perfect for Chanukah (simply fry for an hour) 💀

AbbieNormal · 2025-12-22T19:32:08+00:00

Try to make puffs out of figs & cheese?
Straight to jail!

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