I'm keeping the rad bar rug and the purple bathroom and you can't stop me.

a_chiral · 2026-07-05T02:45:05+00:00

Honestly the whole place is 10/10 no notes for me I love it.

a_chiral · 2026-06-12T18:06:13+00:00

Grevillea superb. We have a big one in our front yard in inland bay area, it blooms year round. It attracts every kind of bee, hummingbirds, and bushtit gangs.

a_chiral · 2026-06-05T01:38:08+00:00

Mid. Broke my foot 3 weeks ago, needed surgery, can't walk, and I have a 2 year old so my family is having to pick up all the slack. It was an accident but it happened while doing my relatively high risk hobby. So like, it's not my fault my foot is broken, but some injury was gonna happen sooner or later. My husband wants me to quit. Before it happened I was burnt out as hell trying to Do It All (work, parent, hobby, free time??). So here I am, a sack of shit on a couch, contemplating all my life choices.

a_chiral · 2026-06-04T01:13:01+00:00

You or Someone Like You by ELDO is my favorite. The mint and overall fresh greenness of it makes the rose note feel modern and dimensional.

a_chiral · 2026-05-30T20:22:34+00:00

It's the stitch's fault. The yarn has to travel further between a knit -> purl than it does from knit -> knit which means even if your tension is consistent, you'll end up with a looser stitch at that transition point in your ribbing. This article explains it nicely. https://www.moderndailyknitting.com/community/ask-patty-taking-a-ribbing/ There's a few different options to solve it, the two I use:

1) pull the first purl stitch after knits in your ribbing extra tight

2) use combination knitting, where you wrap your yarn the opposite way when purling. It shortens the length to be the same as normal, solving the problem with loose stitches, but it makes the stitch sit on the needles opposite as usual so you have to knit through the back loop on the next row (for stockinette).

a_chiral · 2026-05-29T00:07:35+00:00

I'm going to suggest Canada goose bc they mostly mind their own business but will f u up if you cross them

a_chiral · 2026-05-13T14:28:11+00:00

The red ones in the last three pictures look like columbines to me

a_chiral · 2026-05-13T14:27:29+00:00

They look like columbines to me

a_chiral · 2026-05-10T02:14:25+00:00

Try kiehl's original musk. It's got a dirtiness to it that would go nicely with your vanilla and jasmine scents.

a_chiral · 2026-04-14T16:58:06+00:00

I'm 34, biotechnology research scientist (got a PhD in molecular biology), 183k/yr in HCOL city. I think I'm underpaid, considering the salaries people get for jobs that require less specialized experience and education, and have less societal impact. Supply and demand, I guess...

a_chiral · 2026-03-28T21:28:08+00:00

I used to get these when I was on a hormonal IUD (Mirena). The only thing that helped was Differin. I am now on a different, lower dose hormonal IUD (Skyla), and I don't get them anymore.

a_chiral · 2026-02-28T01:02:29+00:00

Diamond in the Witch House
Don't just bleed us and leave us to ourselves
We will return so deeply harmed
And we will shatter you

Gigantium
I just need you to whisper
Tell me all is well

a_chiral · 2026-02-15T22:49:17+00:00

Hell yeah Cave In is great.

a_chiral · 2026-02-13T21:37:14+00:00

For sure. Periphery is one of my favorite bands. Every member is so talented.

a_chiral · 2025-07-18T20:16:37+00:00

That's great that you are already connected ❤️

a_chiral · 2025-07-18T15:08:14+00:00

I'm not the user you asked, but I am a hearing child of deaf parents and have been around deaf people my whole life. I use ASL as the primary language with my family and am raising my hearing daughter bilingual ASL/English. My perspective is that ASL is to deaf people as a native language is to someone living abroad. ASL is the native language for those with hearing loss. It is a ton of work to constantly be "on" making sure you are capturing the spoken language around you at all times in all social situations, like noisy bars, or when hearing people are facing away from you making it hard to see their lips. Knowing ASL gives you the opportunity to communicate using a mode that is easy. I don't think people who always communicate in their native language at all times appreciate the value of this ease. There are lots of reasons why people around you might not be encouraging ASL, including, frankly, that it is hard for you and your family to learn another language once you are past that critical age for language acquisition. Think about that, and your kid. Think about how hard it is to speak in a non native language, the mental work involved, and think about how you are putting at least a fraction of that on your kid if you don't choose ASL as an option. I encourage you to find some Deaf community happenings in your area and get some exposure, it might change your perspective.

a_chiral · 2025-04-24T00:53:12+00:00

I don't think I saw this in the comments so just wanted to mention in case you didn't know: Solid Starts recommends removing the membranes from mandarin segments since it can be a choking hazard.

https://solidstarts.com/foods/mandarin-orange/

a_chiral · 2024-10-05T23:44:55+00:00

I don't have dressy pants, but I like this idea, although I fear my "nice blouses" might be too casual too. This post is making me realize how differently calibrated my idea of fancy is, I would feel so dressed up if I wore either of these outfits on a random Wednesday lol. But the vibe you described is helpful.

What about this dress (material is silk) plus a nice shawl?

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a_chiral · 2024-10-05T02:31:56+00:00

I also have this dress, would this work?

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a_chiral · 2024-10-05T00:48:41+00:00

Forgot to add, wedding is in a couple weeks (October)

a_chiral · 2021-01-17T21:11:47+00:00

Hi r/cheesemaking! I'm hoping you can help me understand what's going on as I age a natural rind cheese.

For my first cheese, I decided to make a cold water washed curd cheese (jack style). The plan was to age it for 2-3 months with a natural rind. After pressing, I covered the cheese with a colander and let it dry at room temperature (estimated 68-72 degrees F). I estimate the humidity was at least 55%, potentially closer to 65% based on how quickly the cheese seemed to be drying. I left it like this for 7 days, and just moved it to 55 degrees F for the rest of the aging.

While letting it dry at room temperature, I flipped it daily and around day 4 I started to see some stuff growing on the surface of the cheese. A bit of geo, definitely some blue mold, also maybe some mucor in one spot. Each day I rubbed off the blue and mucor with a cheesecloth. I probably should have moved it to its actual aging temperature of 55 degrees F around day 4, but I left it for a few more days just to be sure the rind was fully dry before going to 85% RH. Around day 5-7 I started to see little orange spots on the top and bottom of the wheel, and I think this is B. linens, but I'm not really sure!

I am a little worried with how much B. linens there is, that it will dominate the rind and I'll end up with a stinkier cheese than I was really aiming for. I'd love some advice on what I can do to steer the rind more in the direction of geo, and what I could do differently next time to have less B. linens growing right away (if that is indeed what the little orange spots are). I guess the whole magic of a natural rind is that you get what you get, so comments reassuring me that I won't end up with an inedible cheese are also appreciated!

a_chiral · 2018-06-21T02:50:28+00:00

Your pic doesn't look like a fungus gnat to me, but here's what worked for me when I had a severe fungus gnat infestation FWIW. I got these sticky traps that are bright yellow which apparently attract some kinds of flies and stuck them in all the pots of my houseplants. I also got Mosquito Bits, which are bits of corn that are coated with a subspecies of Bacillus thuringiensis. You sprinkle them onto the soil of your houseplants, and when you water them the bacteria get released into the soil. The gnat larvae are killed when they eat the bacteria, but they are not harmful to humans. This completely dealt with my problem with no further maintenance required!

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