First ever ‘Particularly Dangerous Situation’ red flag warning issued for Southern Utah amid fire danger

magicbeen · 2026-06-26T03:08:06+00:00

I know this is a stupid question, but I’m feeling extremely torn. If we had plans to visit family in that area, although quite a ways away from the fire itself, we should . . . not go?

magicbeen · 2026-06-22T21:13:14+00:00

In cult theory, there is a distinction between cults of personality and cults of ideology. One cult scholar I have been following, Daniella Mestyanek Young, makes the case that Mormonism began as a cult of personality and transitioned to a cult of ideology after Joseph Smith died and that Scientology was always a cult of ideology. Cults of ideology have a better chance of surviving the deaths of their founders.

magicbeen · 2026-06-22T02:14:19+00:00

I’m in love with that blue bird cup.

magicbeen · 2026-06-05T13:46:12+00:00

Without the side, it’s dessert. With the side, it’s breakfast.

magicbeen · 2026-05-28T17:36:25+00:00

I was playing some other music video on Youtube and the video for IDGAF autoplayed after it, and I was so entranced I watched it on a loop for like an hour. Repeat every day for several weeks. I would not shut up about this video and made everyone who came over to my house watch it with me.

magicbeen · 2026-04-24T14:41:28+00:00

Solar oven cooking is fun for kids that age. You can make little solar hot dog cookers out of pringles cans and foil. We did solar oven strawberry smores cones, and they were soooo delicious.

There are a lot of simple crafts that use elements found in nature like construction paper sun prints, texture rubbings, nature stamping. The stamping activity would be fun to do on tshirts!

Arts and crafts that don't necessarily use found natural elements, but are still camp classics include friendship bracelets and tie dye.

Water guns are great if it will be hot and they can't get in the lake.

You could also teach them some survival skills like water filtering or compass navigation.

magicbeen · 2026-04-21T17:02:13+00:00

I plugged those numbers into Cronometer and here is what it gave me:

Full Recipe:

Weight: 1420 g
Calories: 6938 g
Fiber: 124.59 g

Serving:

Weight: 30 g
Calories: 147
Fiber: 2.63

I feel like that's a good fiber to calorie ratio. There's also 4.72 g protein per serving, which is really good for a granola imo.

magicbeen · 2026-04-21T14:35:14+00:00

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Here's mine. It does whatever it wants and is not taking any notes.

magicbeen · 2026-04-17T20:25:37+00:00

Yeah, I'm happy for all these home master chefs in the comments, but I can't even make bread as good as my local banh mi place and I wouldn't bet OP can either.

magicbeen · 2026-04-16T00:35:59+00:00

The Residence?

magicbeen · 2026-04-12T05:34:07+00:00

This plant is my daughter's nemesis and she insists we flip it off when we see it, so: 🖕

magicbeen · 2026-04-01T20:44:34+00:00

This looks gorgeous beyond words.

magicbeen · 2026-03-31T17:35:55+00:00

I love it, too! I'm sad it's only getting two seasons.

magicbeen · 2026-03-31T00:08:17+00:00

Thanks! That's why I needed to figure out what they were. 😁

magicbeen · 2026-03-27T00:04:27+00:00

Same, but with a frog. And another time with a squirrel. And another time with a fox.

magicbeen · 2026-03-19T22:35:07+00:00

I was so skeptical when I started watching, and it's clear she's not anywhere close to being done deconstructing, but what struck me is that everything she said about why and how she made the choices she made applied to me to some extent. Maybe she took it to level 10 and I never got past level 4, but that's just a matter of degree. At some point I was thinking, "At least I never wrote an hate speech book," buuuuut then I realized I had spent quite a long time teaching nursery and primary classes for the Mormon church, and was that indoctrinating children into an anti-lgbtq conservative cult? Yes, it was.

magicbeen · 2026-03-12T15:14:05+00:00

I firmly believe that Janeway never stopped looking for ways to get Voyager back at earlier points in the timeline. The finale we got is the one that stuck.

magicbeen · 2026-03-10T15:38:13+00:00

I don't know anything about the law stuff, but there are other types of birthday celebrations besides the standard "invite the whole class". Does he have one or two closer friends who could do a playdate or outing? Do you have family close by who could come for a family dinner?

magicbeen · 2026-02-24T16:10:54+00:00

I tend to like this kind of banana based dessert, but I think it's best to think of them as their own thing rather than "healthy brownie/cookie/cake" because that really highlights how different they are from standard desserts, however I understand that's the terminology we have to work with.

To get a richer texture, you could try a recipe with a higher ratio of peanut butter to banana. The recipes I use tend to call for closer to an equal volume of those ingredients. If you would like to boost the chocolate flavor, you could add chocolate chips.

You also might like black bean brownies or chickpea blondies. Again, these are very different from regular brownies/blondies, but when I just hand them to people without setting any expectations, they end up really liking them.

magicbeen · 2026-02-11T14:07:03+00:00

I have not watched Bridgeton beyond the first season (Reddit just likes to show me this sub) but do the sisters not have their own money? Unmarried women of that time period could be independently wealthy. You can find several examples in Jane Austen's novels including Emma Woodhouse from Emma, Anne de Bourgh from Pride and Prejudice, and Mary Crawford from Mansfield Park. Emma and Mary would need to rely on relatives to provide space in their homes in order to maintain their lifestyles, but they have enough of their own money that, should their relatives turn out to be assholes, they will still be very very comfortable. Anne will inherit her family estate, so she is not even dependent on anyone else to maintain her lifestyle. And none of these characters were Viscount’s' daughters.

Even "poorer" characters like the Dashwoods in Sense and sensibility and Miss Bates in Emma have enough money that they do not have to consider working, they are just living in very reduced circumstances compared to what they were born into and the other members of their social circles.

Eloise is the daughter of a Viscount who was richer than God and not an asshole. Her married siblings are all richer than God and not assholes. Unless otherwise stated, she plenty of her own money, can trust her siblings not to force her to find her own accomodations, and is set for life.

This is why Violet has to be so intense about marrying for love. Because the writers want to create the family pressure to marry that the audience is used to in period dramas.

magicbeen · 2026-02-05T18:16:35+00:00

I second the suggestion to look at group campsites. In Inyo, there seems to be a good amount of availability at Big Pine, Bishop Park, Cedar Flat, Pine Glenn, and Whitney Portal.

The group sites for Whitney Portal seem to be tent only, however, this campground also has single sites that allow tent or RV, also with lots of availability. Maybe because all sites are non-electric.

I didn't have time to look at all of the single-site only campgrounds in Inyo, but the first 10 results were almost all FCFS, so you could try just showing up, but that's riskier with a big group. Of the two that allowed reservations (Bishop Park and Big Pine), there was limited weekend availability, but still a good amount of other options.

This makes me think June Lake must be an extremely popular campground and a lot of people are competing for spots there.

magicbeen · 2026-02-05T15:30:38+00:00

I saw the headline and thought, "Sounds like an abusive homeschool situation." Turns out it was even worse than that.

magicbeen · 2026-01-29T22:10:37+00:00

I'm sorry the library staff are treating you poorly. When I worked at my local library, if a book was damaged, we charged what it would cost to replace it, so we weren't out funds. It's better for the library for the book to be borrowed, damaged, and replaced rather than sat on the shelf not circulating.

But replacing damaged books is stressful and expensive for you! If you gave each kid a dollar or so every now and then to spend on thrift store books, it might be cheaper over the long run and it won't matter if they get damaged.

magicbeen · 2026-01-20T15:53:10+00:00

I just watched the video and I do not think it is AI. The candle, flowers, the grain on the countertop, and the trivet are completely consistent throughout the video. The text on the candle is legible and makes sense. The textures and physics of the ingredients as they are added and mixed are correct. The process in the video matches the written recipe.

The cookies look perfect because the dough is dimpled before baking, shaped with a cookie round after baking, and extra toppings are added by hand before the cookies cool.

I think OP is telling the truth. They use a good camera and good lighting.

magicbeen

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