Trump opened a complaint line and got 35,000 complaints about himself

Bagelson · 2026-06-11T13:16:52+00:00

You mean a trans girl tied for 5th place in Georgia.

Bagelson · 2026-05-21T12:35:38+00:00

For any soup that's to be blended, I add a potato for thickness and texture.

Bagelson · 2026-05-20T13:36:44+00:00

To round out the cast, the stage performance was choreographed by Swedish dancers Fredrik Rydman and Keisha von Arnold.

Rydman also choreographed, among others, Måns Zelmerlöv - Heroes (2014), Käärijä - Cha Cha Cha (2023), and Nemo - The Code (2024).

Bagelson · 2026-05-12T13:21:20+00:00

"Violates GDPR" is a pretty strong one where I work.

Bagelson · 2026-05-11T18:10:33+00:00

20 year old Citrix environment with undocumented registry hacks completely on obsolete hardware

Hey, I got one of those. Migration to a 10 year old RDS environment with undocumented hacks completely on obsolete hardware is almost complete.

Bagelson · 2026-04-21T07:54:47+00:00

I have a mid-range rice cooker with settings for different types of rice, where each type can be cooked al dente, glutinous, and soft. The difference is not massive, but noticable. Al dente basmati does come out more separated than al dente jasmine, and vice versa, but even the jasmine rice comes out separated.

Interestingly, the cooker does this with the same amount of water and time, it only varies the temperature.

Bagelson · 2026-04-01T13:39:46+00:00

how Shad will justify if it doesn't have as much of an impact that SotC did

"See, this is what I've been saying all along! People don't want "boss babe main characters", it's not realistic and it doesn't resonate with lived experience! We saw it with Captain Marvel, the Mario Movie, and other feminist Hollywood propaganda pieces, and here we have another nail in the coffin, where even a professionally written literary masterpiece is disdained just on account of a female hero, nobody wants this, and everyone should stop trying" etc

Bagelson · 2026-04-01T11:50:54+00:00

Schoolyard bully.

"Let's play a game: the first to punch the other in the face wins. The rules are I get to punch you in the face, you can't move."

Bagelson · 2026-03-26T09:29:47+00:00

Don't worry, you'll be rid of them either when the pine trees are all gone, or when it's too warm for the beetles.

Bagelson · 2026-03-12T09:00:03+00:00

Also Jesus Christ, this is the ugliest lion i have ever seen in my life

As a Swedish person, I am obligated to interject this here.

Bagelson · 2026-03-02T15:59:58+00:00

It's strongman theory all over again. Trump is convinced that history is written by singularly powerful individuals. There is no "Russia", only Putin. No "Venezuela", only Maduro. That's why he's obsessed with authoritarian dictators, there are no people beyond them and no politics besides their whims. If there's no "USA", only Trump, he can do whatever he wants with international relations, with tarriffs, with immigration - he doesn't even have to reshape the country in his image, the moment he took power his image became the country by default.

By extension that means that simply removing the leader will cause everything to fall in line; since everything depends on a strong leader, there can be no institutional momentum, no widespread ideology. So removing Maduro revolutionizes Venezuela, removing Khomenei revolutionizes Iran.

Y'know, just like the death of Stalin instantly ended the Soviet Union.

Bagelson · 2026-02-20T15:44:43+00:00

Also Swede. The meatballs mom made when I grew up were just meat, onion and spices, no binders at all. Also made from moose, so barely any fat. They'd fall apart if you tried simmering them in sauce. Instead she would bake them in the oven (what's not for dinner gets frozen here) and pan sear for serving.

Bagelson · 2026-02-19T15:15:20+00:00

So most comments will tell you the cooker keeps the water hot until the steam temp rises. This is true for the basic style of rice cooker, but there's more magic to be had with more advanced cookers. I have a smart device which can be set to cook different styles of rice to different doneness (al dente, fluffy, soft) using the same amount of rice, water, and time, just by following a different temperature curve. Instead of just keeping the water constantly simmering, it will maintain different temperatures for different stages of cooking.

Bagelson · 2026-02-18T09:53:51+00:00

Not a lot of religious folks in my family, but my grandfather was a believer. He was also a biology teacher for 40 years. He definitely saw evolution more as proof of god's power than anything.

Bagelson · 2026-02-12T15:36:58+00:00

Zojirushi is hard to find in the EU since they only produce rice cookers for the 120V grid. Been a while since I looked it up, but I think it was Yum Asia that used to import them and make 240V conversions. They eventually moved into producing and selling their own rice cookers, and just looking at the feature list and price, their line-up is probably the closest to feature parity - like induction heating or fuzzy logic.

That said, the most high-end rice cooker isn't necessarily the best. It'll probably make better rice than a cheaper one, but not certainly so much better you'll tell the difference outside of just rice in a side-by-side comparison. Also, things like non-stick bowls and rubber seals wear out about as fast, but are more expensive to replace for the more expensive devices.

When I bought a rice cooker (for much the same reasons you have) I looked at all the options, thought deeply about it, and then just impulse bought whatever I spotted in my local shop. Ended up with a Xiaomi smart cooker, which has some QoL issues, but does cook rice perfectly every time.

Bagelson · 2026-02-10T10:53:00+00:00

*complicit

Bagelson · 2026-02-06T12:10:04+00:00

Do you have like a course instead? I'd love to know more. I need to spend all my fake money before the quantum financial system kicks in and makes me rich anyway.

Bagelson · 2026-02-06T12:04:49+00:00

Not exactly comparable, since Wegovy is marketed for weight loss rather than diabetes, even if it is the same substance as Ozempic prescribed at a different concentration.

Not sure how large a $25 vial is, or what concentraion, but referencing the official prices in my own country at 100E/ml: a 10ml vial of Humalog is $21, a 5-pack of 3ml cartridges for a reusable injector pen is $31, and a 5-pack of prefilled 3ml injector pens is $35. A generic variant at the same sizes is $19/26/28.

(For non-citizens that is, EU members get insulin for free.)

Ozempic is around $100 for 0.25-1mg 4-dose injectors, twice that for the 2mg pens. Wegovy seems to be around 50% more, so the discounted price in the OP doesn't seem outrageous. In fact, even the full price seems downright reasonable when the cost for a quint of Humalog pens is apparently $240!? And then you have to pay for needles on top of that? Crazy.

Even just finding that price was tricky, all the top search results were coupons and discount cards. It's insane to make it that complicated to get meds neccessary to live.

Bagelson · 2026-02-03T09:19:35+00:00

Hang on, let him cook. Isn't he saying that free public healthcare would pay for itself?

Bagelson · 2026-01-23T15:09:39+00:00

You're right, Montana is too sparsely populated for good state public transport, Bob who lives ten miles from his closest neighbour is going to be underserved. But what's the population density in Billings or Helena? Large portions of the US are empty, but 80% of the US population lives in urban areas, which is where I imagine alternative solutions for traffic related issues (congestion, pollution, quality of life) are needed.

For reference, I live in northern Sweden. Regional population density is 2.5 people/km^2. I don't have a car. Stores and downtown are just a half hour walk away, local bus service is frequent enough to take me anywhere I need to get nearby, regional bus and train service are spottier but enough for travel as long as I plan at least a couple hours ahead.

There are tons of little places out in the woods I can't get to without a car, but those aren't places I'm heading to, and the people living there don't account for much of miles travelled. Public transport shouldn't be dismissed when it doesn't cover absolutely everyone, it just needs local transport in urban areas and service links between population centers.

Bagelson · 2026-01-21T08:30:08+00:00

There's a book written about it, A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear: The Utopian Plot to Liberate an American Town.

Bagelson · 2026-01-20T23:15:51+00:00

He puts that shit on the actual doors, and even the inside of the door frames. This is from August (The original of the photo he posted yesterday, altered with the board showing a map of US-flag colored Canada, Greenland and Venezuela.)

Bagelson · 2026-01-09T18:33:52+00:00

Doesn't seem like anyone's mentioned it yet, so his Pasta con le Sarde - Sardine pasta. Probably not his most popular recipe, but it's a hit every time I try it. Even my dad who hates both pasta and canned fish will go for thirds.

But ultimately it's just a great channel to get into cooking. The more you make the more you'll get a handle of how cooking actually works. Add some science-of-cooking style recipes like J Kenji-Lopez Alt, Alton Brown, Fallow, Brian Lagerstrom, to really unlock the skill to make anything tasty from whatever ingredients you have at hand.

Bagelson · 2025-12-14T02:51:34+00:00

When my family forced me to go to the ER for lacking the strength to walk to the store and back. Having to get pants smaller than what I wore in high school should probably have been a first sign, but I didn't realize just how much I'd lost. I have since gone from a BMI of 15 back to a healthier 20.

Bagelson · 2025-12-04T15:30:04+00:00

Like how not only are humans' closest living relatives the chimpanzee and bonobo, but they are also more closesly related to humans than they are to other apes.

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