binomech's garden

2026-05-12

Tue, 12 May 2026 16:42:00 GMT

I've done nothing but apply for every single opening I can find for jobs, but the feeling that I've wasted a decade of my life while I recovered from trauma and illness persists. It seems like my lack of experience is unsalvageable.
The situation at home is unbelievably tense. I am going to find myself homeless if I don't find a job in the next couple of weeks, which is unlikely enough that I'm preparing for the worst. I've been begging for money on social media but everyone's hanging on by a thread and I barely have any reach.
The stress about this is making me completely unable to enjoy the effects of [medical treatment], I've been having trouble keeping down the food I eat, I'm having nightmares every time I fall asleep, my whole body aches...
I have been omitting the accomodation needs for my visual impairment to make myself a more appealing candidate and I'm worried that on the distant chance that I will get an interview, it will be so hard to mask that it will lose me the job.
I wish I had any updates in terms of hobbies, projects or interests, but any time I sit down to read or watch something I feel so guilty I end up multitasking and going on employment portals. It's dire. I'm tired.

What do I want out of my online tools?

Sat, 09 May 2026 15:22:00 GMT

I'm making these lists because I'm very susceptible to upending my social media habits when a new thing comes along and then feeling unsatisfied. Having this reference point helps me remain aware of why I keep using what I use and what I am willing to let go of in a necessary migration.

Instant communications

Must-haves

Semi-persistent text storage (allows deletion)
VoIP, individual and group
VoIP spaces with screen and sound share
Multi-device access
Exportable text logs

Convenient

Granular notification control
Multiple rooms shared with the same user groups
Topic threading in one channel
Open source, self-hostable
Federate

Right now, Discord meets all of the main requirements, although it's not open source, self hostable or federated, it also meets half of the secondary requirements. Matrix is the closest second but unfortunately the screen-sharing capabilities are very limited and group calls still don't work well, so I can't make it my main driver.

Social media

Must-haves

Primarily sharing based (as opposed to publishing own content)
Timeline curation; search based, not-algorithmic
Feed mechanisms (either internal follow system or RSS)
A way to easily save and export posts (mine, others')
Full content readability (no hyperlinking internally)

Convenient

A way to save the posts for later perusal and curation
Granular privacy options (per post, not per-account)
Content filtering per keyword or tag
Self-hosted
Federated

I currently maintain accounts on Tumblr and Mastodon reliably, and not much else. I'm going to go ahead and say that I do not like Mastodon as social media because the microblogging format is a nightmare to me, and it's impossible to find anything without ElasticSearch. That being said, the granular privacy is so good and necessary to me, and the list and word filtering works so smoothly that it's an excellent way to keep up with closer friends. Tumblr remains the only social media that meets all hard criteria and it's hard to replace as of 2026.

2026-05-07

Thu, 07 May 2026 16:22:00 GMT

With Tumblr enforcing age verification in several countries and my not wanting to share my ID with any and all random internet companies, I've been having a peek at Tumblr-esque socials, though none of them quite have the right balance of format, tools and discovery. Are.na is wonderful for the content, but the format is very uncomfortable for me to browse. Noterook is an ideal feed-based format but the microblogging style of content aggregation and lack of hosted media makes it really hard to use the same way I do Tumblr.
Which brings me to: Wow, I am so relieved I figured out a comfortable way to update this site, that I learned how to make a portable static site that I can host on Neocities or any server I own. I can't believe we moved away from personal sites and into the hands of private companies, where we have so little control over our posts, that profit off of our time and attention in such vicious ways. I'm glad for all the people that make an effort to move away from the private Internet and onto a small, decentralized, sustainable model of existing online.
It's a funny feeling, seeing yourself grow out of a piece of media. For a period of 3 years, circa 2014, I was obsessed with The Social Network (2010). I re-watched it last night with my flock and it still holds up as a very good movie on the technical end, but whatever made me lose my mind about it emotionally is completely gone. It's not an unwelcome reminder that I can and do change with time, just like everybody else, no matter how stuck I feel.
I got my disability certificate, at long last. This should make looking for jobs much easier, but also it's a way for me to get the accomodations I need mentally and physically to actually do my best and that's a relief.
I've already scheduled an interview, and I've signed up for other job seeking apps specifically for disabled folks. I hope it helps somewhat, I really do.

2026-05-03

Sun, 03 May 2026 15:22:00 GMT

Yesterday was spent 70% browsing niche reddit communities, 20% attending stressful family obligations and 10% watching Whiplash with my pup.
The Reddit part was surprisingly... helpful? I'm glad the information I needed wasn't buried under layers of irony and misogyny.
The family obligation was a meal and socially it could've gone better but the food was good, I like romescu sauce a lot.
Whiplash isn't a movie I would say is enjoyable as in "able to be enjoyed" (ramping tension that never lets you catch a break) but it's the first time I watch it in years since I had a huge emotional response when I watched it back when it came out and I was pleasantly surprised by how much I got into it, how much I let myself feel the audience complicity in the abuse every time Andy had a successful performance. It was a really solid experience. It's a good movie.
I fell asleep after some good conversation with my flock and woke up this morning to a doorbell ring that I should've picked up, it was a delivery for someone else but we weren't expecting it on a Sunday, so I assumed it was a real estate agent and didn't open the door. I'm currently waiting for the delivery person to come back... And they apparently aren't. My bad.
Plans for today include cooking an easy dinner (pumpkin soup, caneloni), taking out the trash, cleaning my bedroom (it's so dusty... and it feels like every surface is covered in needless junk that has a designated place to be which isn't on a countertop or a chair).
I've been playing around with desktop layouts, shamelessly inspired by S's blog design. I find the homepage so elegant... We'll see if it sticks.

2026-05-01

Fri, 01 May 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Happy International Workers' Day!
I spent all day yesterday waiting for a phonecall from the people that said I had a position in the bag when we did the interview on Monday. They didn't call me. It's IWD today so they're not going to call me. The position would start on Monday, so I didn't get the job. I am anxious and feeling awful, and people keep telling me it'll be okay but it only makes me feel worse.
I fell asleep to my flock playing Disco Elysium. The one and only highlight yesterday.
I'm also not doing my cooking today, because I woke up late, and my family won't let me make up for it. I think the lack of distractions that feel meaningful is contributing to my sour mood greatly. I don't want to fiddle with my computer or watch movies, I just want to do something with my hands that feels caring and useful.
Noticing a deep bitterness within myself when I interact with a few friends. I haven't been able to put the source of the bitterness into words but I've decided to step back in hopes that I will be able to identify it, let it go, and go through the whole ordeal without nuking my relationships for a transient source of pain.
The blackbirds are singing, and it's the only thing keeping me tethered.
I want to do something productive today, that is, something that produces, something that leaves me with something to show for the time I invested.with something to show for the time I invested.

2026-04-29

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 17:40:00 GMT

Yesterday was fairly uneventful. I attended the workshop, we did a feedback event for the activities that took place in 2025 that took a while, and then I was exhausted for most of the day. I had a nap, I went to bed early-ish. Thankfully I slept well without my phone dinging all throughout the night.
I woke up at around 10 today and read all morning, since it wasn't my turn to cook. I've been reaching the 15-30 minute read time on my article backlog, which makes tackling reads with my full attention harder, shameful as it feels to admit. I'm still trying, and the good sleep and silence helped me focus.
I did another 250 likes clear on Tumblr. I discarded a lot this time around, especially text posts, but a good 50 or so still ended up in my queue.
I played a game of SR on Sona. We lost, but I performed really well. My ADC kept typing instead of focusing (I have chat off, but they would step back and stand still for a few seconds every minute and wouldn't stop pinging.) We were playing against a Yasuo-Yone bot lane and I think they were caught off guard and didn't know exactly how to position. I have to admit I ended up a little tilted, it frustrates me when people refuse to focus, but hey. It's over, I'm proud of the results that were under my control, this is all I can do.
The expectations for the job call are stressful, they have me frozen motivation-wise.

Sona guide

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 20:49:00 GMT

Laning phase

Aggressive lane; don't waste mana on heals, only clutch shields
Trade with Q when Presence of Mind is up, but especially if Manaflow is up as well
Poke when enemy comes down to finish off minions; watch the wave
Don't roam; stick with ADC as much as possible
If you're losing lane, try to even it out and run the clock; Sona is a late game enabler

Midgame

Mix damage and heals, you have enough mana at this point
Roam a lot, since Swifties + Celerity + E make you fast
Focus on objective prepping and herding your team into doing them

Late game

Spend all your casts on heals; E for passive stack to chase and slow into a team-wide gap close
Stick to whoever is carrying
Hold onto your ult for teamfights, not picks

Items

Standard

Bloodsong
Echoes of Helia
Boots of Swiftness
Tear item (Seraph's Embrace, Diadem of Songs)[^1]
Seraph's if Diadem/Moonstone Renewer
Ardent Censer/Staff of Flowing Water

Tank (against burst)

Bloodsong
Echoes of Helia
Boots of Swiftness
Frozen Heart
Seraph's Embrace
Kaenic Rookern (AP burst)/Moonstone Renewer

Runes

Sorcery: Summon Aery
- Manaflow Band
- Celerity
- Gathering Storm
Precision
- Presence of Mind
- Legend: Haste

Shards
- Ability Haste
- Move Speed
- Flat Health

[^1]: Seraph's is more versatile, Diadem gives you an early survivability spike since it's cheaper.

2026-04-27

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 20:33:00 GMT

It's starting to get too hot to sleep comfortably, even with the window open. Then again, my room isn't well ventilated.
I attended a work interview for a position I'd been eyeing and came out with two additional offers. We'll see how it turns out in the next few days, I don't want to get too hopeful because I might not get the position I truly want out of these three, but all of them are great opportunities that I'm excited about.
Had to do the walk of shame about rejecting another position because I couldn't keep up with the physical requirements and telling my case worker. She didn't seem too upset since I had other jobs lined up.
I played a game of Summoner's Rift after a month and some change of not touching normal League, I really felt like playing Sona. I had an asshole in my game but it was still pretty enjoyable and challenging, even if we lost. I might make a little Sona guide for my own reference, like I did with Yunara. I don't think I want to rabbithole too hard, though.
If my energy reserves have been shot (not sleeping well, I guess) I can't even begin to fathom the hit they'll take when I start working... and commuting. Ough. My hobbies...

2026-04-26

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

I didn't make an entry yesterday because I was busy and scattered, but I'm logging what I did on this one.
On Friday, the no-good-terrible-day, I started digging through footnotes on a few of my articles about digital gardening and I found a book called Building a Second Brain. I'm not enjoying the productivity grifter vibes but the concept itself appeals to me, as someone who struggles with the premise of sharing all my learning process in public but still wants to offload some of the process from my own brain and onto some other support. I've been setting up an Obsidian vault for this Second Brain thing and looking for ways to automate dumping of my sources on there.
I still haven't found a way to capture temporary, practical stuff, perhaps it need a tag so that I can find it more easily. I'm thinking to-do lists and short term planning.
I also watched The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) with my possum, my newt and my flock; I had a great time. I barely remembered the movie from when I watched it back in the day but I love the way it slaps you in the face with politics but in a way that makes you an accomplice of the narrator eyerolling, the theatrical lighting, the cinematography (so many shots that had me gasping), the slapstick comedy of it all. Not a fave but definitely a good watch.
I hung out with my pup for a bit after a long time without calling, he told me about how his life is looking and I showed him the League controls a little bit, for our future lessons. My internet went down sometime in the call, so it was cut short.
I had sleepy and fond conversations with my flock about their stay here last March. We aimed for cerebral conversation about xenolinguistics but we were both too tired.
Today is Sunday, which means it's mostly going to be a chores day. I've cleared up the surfaces of most of the house at the time of writing this, prepped my dessert for dinner (just cutting up some strawberries) and taken out the trash. I'm going to cook Chicken tajine for lunch and then I'll handwash the dishes I used over the weekend. There aren't many since it's just me at home at the moment.
I'm only 20-something articles away from finishing my Depth Year challenge of tackling my read-later backlog, and I'm excited about it. Once I've finished the articles, I'll start with the documents (books, mostly, some academic papers).
I need to find a way to use tag filtering on the scrapbook, that way I can hold that part of my Second Brain on this site.

2026-04-24

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Today sucked. I don't want to dwell on it.

2026-04-23

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Woke up to lovely food for thought from my flock after the PHM + Arrival double sci-fi session from the last couple of days. I love their brain so much, it always makes me question so many things.
Goo applied, Vit-D taken... unprompted! It turns out the trick was to leave the blister with the bright orange capsules outside of the box and on the kitchen table.
Went to an employment fair, made some contacts for my current job profile. One said they would call tomorrow. Many others said I needed to finalize my disability certificate paperwork finished before I could apply, but to contact them as soon as it was done because my profile fit a lot of vacancies.
Speaking of which, nothing has really changed about that certificate's status but there was a "last updated - evaluating" change today. I hope it moves along quickly.
I am terrified of the bureaucracy of changing my name legally and then running into all of this shit all over again. The waiting anxiety, the endless forms, the feeling of having forgotten a crucial piece of documentation... I truly hate paperwork.
I also indeed had forgotten an important piece of paperwork for my railway job exam, and I risk losing my spot.
I'm very anxious about tomorrow's initial job info session and another bit of bureaucracy I have unrelated to it, I hope I can make it in time. I'm so stressed out.
I'm anxious, somatizing the anxiety, incapable of partaking in leisurely activities today. I miss downtime. I feel like I'm becoming a crystal shard, whatever that means.

2026-04-22

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Woke up in intervals to apply the goo, I am exhausted and my head hurts a lot.
I attended my last group therapy meeting, they're letting me leave without issues or paperwork. I'll miss the validation of my growth as a person in the past 3-ish years but nevertheless it's a relief to not be in a space where old triggers get brought up unquestioned.
Lunch today was stirfried red cabbage, falafel and empanadillas. I don't have a recipe on this site for any of them; I will look into changing that. Not the empanadillas, though, I'd rather they leave my repertoire.
Looking forward to playing Disco Elysium and re-watching Arrival.
I haven't studied and the headache is interfering with focus, I need to be forgiving if the paracetamol doesn't help. I can pick it back up tomorrow.
Possibly teaching League to my newt and my pup this summer, I should brush up on my "how to present an abundance of information" skills.

2026-04-21

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Had a frankly atrocious evening yesterday. I've started feeling hopeless again in the face of the insurmountable obstacle of a lonely, isolated, nostalgic summer. In the worst possible sense of nostalgic. It was bad enough to relapse. It's okay. It doesn't mean I can't try again.
After the terrible night, I went to my workshop and convinced someone there to watch Severance. The habit continues.
I also got a call from a job. It's temporary, just weekends, doesn't pay great but it's certainly better than nothing. I'm scared it will get physically extenuating or that the hours will feel endless, either insurmountably difficult or boring. It's not a disability-cert position so these are very real possibilities.
Lunch today was soy meatballs and leftover white bean soup with rice. Dinner today was lentil hamburger. Many legumes!
Re-watched Project Hail Mary with my flock. I did enjoy the whimsical parts a little more. The ending still could do with more moral and emotional open-woundedness. It just doesn't feel earned. It's still a really good movie.
We're also replaying Disco Elysium. Media of all time, it never gets old, it never fails to make me weep and experience a fondness for humanity that is boundless and bittersweet.

2026-04-20

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Had fun friend times on call with my flock, my whale and my newt. I got to test the controller mode on League (I would like to get used to it, although it's a bit clunky) and the new TFT set (meh. Just meh.) We talked about sci-fi who cares and doesn't about its worldbuilding, parasociality differences between actors and streamers, Charlie Day's and Adam Scott's agents' taste in projects, and the tooth mouse.
I woke up very dehydrated today, my eyes felt like raisins and my tongue shriveled. It's getting to be properly hot here and I'm still using a duvet, maybe it's time to cycle it out and just wear winter pajamas if the double sheet is too thin.
Goo applied, Vit-D taken with a helpful reminder. I don't know how to get myself to remember...
I finally got around to re-reading 17776 since 2021. I wanted to do it on the anniversary of the Moment but I must've been busy or otherwise distracted.
I have escalivada and grilled lemon-marinated chicken for lunch. I'm still not used to eating meat. I kind of want to find the recipe for the escalivada, because I'm not good at peeling roasted pepper and perhaps the Internet has some tips.
I'm going to try to set up the RasPi and tunneling this evening, before my flock wakes up. I wonder how big MicroSD cards get, these days. The current VPS has 44GB stored out of... 120? Which is less than my 156 GB card... But still, you never know.

2026-04-19

Sun, 19 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

I've done a few dry runs of psychotechnical tests to see how rusty I am. The complex instruction ones were strange: I could complete them well once I understood what was being laid out for me, but it took me a whole minute out of the 3 I have to complete the test to figure out what exactly the premise of the exercise was.
I'm a frustrated with the website because I can't get pagination scripts to do anything, and the scrapbook page is unwieldy. I want to keep it, I just worry that it might not be that easy to explore as time goes on.
Feeling the urge to... exercise? Is this a T-generated excess of energy? Am I finally feeling okay enough in my body to care for it in some way? I don't know. I don't have many means to exercise, unfortunately.
I usually spend the summer in my hometown with family; this has made the space feel like a place of rest and leisure. I came here for the weekend to do the whole coming out ordeal and I was supposed to cook and study and it's not just that those things haven't happened, I forgot it was something I should be doing. It makes me feel disoriented and put-out.
I'm going to focus on content now that, other than the scrapbook agonies, it appears that I've done decent layouting work with this site. There's still a couple of things that need migrating, but I'm wondering if (other than these journal entries, which I will try to keep up) there's anything I'd like to compile or share. It feels like for the past two weeks all my hobbies have been "website" and recency bias is a bitch.
I want to make the veggie skewers for dinner next friday or lunch next Saturday.
My VPS host has increased their prices and I'm wondering if I can self host and tunnel through my RasPi without having outrageous storage issues.

Universally Applicable Gender Sliders

Sun, 19 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Source: UNIVERSALLY APPLICABLE GENDER SLIDERS (UAGS)

(ES) Brochetas de verduras con salsa de yogur

Sun, 19 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Ingredientes (4 brochetas)

1 yogur natural
4 cucharadas de aceite de oliva virgen extra
Pimienta
1/2 berenjena
1/2 calabacín
1/2 cebolla (en capas anchas)
4 champiñones
1/4 de pimiento rojo
1/4 de pimiento verde
1/4 de puerro (pequeño)
Perejil
Orégano
Tomillo
Sal

Preparación

Cortar la berenjena y los calabacines en dados.
Cocer la berenjena y el calabacín en un cazo con agua hirviendo durante 5 minutos.
Limpiar los champiñones y si son grandes cortarlos por la mitad.
Pelar y cortar la cebolla.
Cortar el pimiento en trozos regulares.
Escurrir bien las verduras hervidas.
Colocar las verduras hervidas en un bol con el aceite, la cebolla, el puerro, un poco de perejil y las hierbas (todo picado) y dejarlo macerar durante 1 hora.
Ensartar las verduras de forma alternada en 4 brochetas y colocarlas en una fuente para el horno (se puede también hacer a la plancha.)
Calentar el horno a 180ºC.
Verter la mezcla de la maceración y cocer al horno unos 10 minutos.
Mezclar el yogur con el jugo de las verduras y sazonar con un poco más de pimienta.
Servir la salsa con las brochetas calientes.

(ES) Macarrones con costilla de cerdo

Sun, 19 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Ingredientes (4 raciones)

400 g de macarrones
500 g de costilla de cerdo troceada
1 cebolla grande
2 dientes de ajo
400 g de tomate triturado
1 hoja de laurel
Aceite de oliva
Sal y pimienta
Vino blanco (Opcional)
Queso rallado
Orégano
Perejil
Albahaca
Cilantro (Opcional)

Preparación

Dora la carne:
1. En una cazuela amplia, añade un chorro de aceite de oliva y dora la costilla de cerdo salpimentada hasta que quede muy bien dorada por fuera. Retira y reserva.
2. En la misma cazuela, sofríe la cebolla picada a fuego medio.
3. Cuando esté transparente, añade el ajo picado.
4. Incorpora el tomate triturado y la hoja de laurel.
5. Cocina durante 10-15 minutos hasta que el sofrito esté concentrado.
6. Vuelve a añadir la costilla.
7. (Puedes incorporar un chorrito de vino blanco y dejar que evapore el alcohol.)
8. Añade un poco de agua (o caldo) y cocina a fuego lento durante 25-30 minutos, hasta que la carne esté tierna.
Cuece la pasta:
1. Cuece los macarrones en abundante agua con sal siguiendo el tiempo indicado en el paquete.
2. Escurre la pasta y mézclala con la salsa y la costilla.
3. Cocina todo junto durante 2-3 minutos para que se integren los sabores.
4. Sirve caliente, con queso rallado por encima.

2026-04-18

Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

I came out to my (very conservative) aunt, since everyone else was out of town for sports events. She was respectful, generally, even if not actively supportive. Better than expected.
Set up my MicroPC for travel (browser, notes, e-mail, vault) - I think it might be too much of a pain to manage the media for my site between devices, so updates might happen slower that one week in August.
I went to bed late, after a delightful time with my flock on call. We looked at interlocking crochet patterns, they are visually very satisfying to me even though I don't know any crochet.
I slept well, I took my goo and now that I'm writing this I'm going to take my vit-D because I completely forgot.
I'm making caneloni today, but it's not going to be from scratch, so I can't tweak the recipe enough to upload. I should, in the future, it's a good recipe and complex enough that I need to keep it archived.
I've been listening to Muse's post-The 2nd Law discography in preparation for the upcoming album, since that's about when I lost touch with their releases. I really liked one of the singles they've released so far for the new one.
Started watching The Apprentice (2024) yesterday, am continuing today. Jeremy Strong was robbed of that Oscar, seriously. Holding hands with Al Pacino across decades to perform a sick Roy Cohn.

2026-04-17

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

I slept like shit today. I woke up for prolonged periods of time even after going to bed later than usual.
The call with my squid went great, as expected, which is why I went to bed later than usual. Why is the gaydar real?
Goop and vitamin D taken.
Perhaps because I slept so poorly, today is feeling catastrophically bad. I'm worried about coming out to my extended family, which is happening today. I'm regretful of past academic mistakes because my parents commented on them in passing. I'm so upset by these things focus for studying doesn't come easily, and that makes the feeling of futility even bigger.
I have been considering setting up EndeavorOS on my tiny puter (a GPD Micro). It's been running Manjaro for a while, but I switched to EndeavorOS on my main driver last summer and it's so much more stable and cooperative. I normally only use the computer while traveling because it's very, very compact and writing on it is slower than on a full width keyboard, but it's good for emergencies.
I'm making Mujaddara for lunch today. Yum.

2026-04-16

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

I slept with interruptions, but managed to return to sleep every time.
I lost track of time during my morning routine because I was catching up with Tumblr; the dashboard was extra long this morning because I went to bed early the day before. I forgot to take my vitamin D, but did not forget my goo.
I attended the workshop with the intention of studying some more, but it was really busy and loud and I couldn't focus, so instead I talked to people. I still don't feel socially comfortable in that space.
I'm looking at psychotechnical tests, which are also a requirment for the job that I'm applying to, and I'm growing weary. I'm still really bad at calculus, even if the language and logic ones are reasonable. I might fail, and all the rest of the studying would be for nothing. I'm rather nervous.
I think I need to watch my spoons, I am approaching burnout and I need to gather my energy for studying, coming out to my extended family, enduring the summer migration of my flock, and facing the bureaucracy associated to medical transition with grace.
After today's shower, I was extra careful to moisturize. I've never had a consistent skincare routine but it's incredible how much more my body feels like mine and therefore something I'm responsible for, just a few days into treatment.
I have friend time with my squid this evening, and I'm looking forward to it. I enjoy having a hangout space that is not routine but also doesn't revolve around any particular activity, that is open to improvisation and catching up.

Solipsistic Symbotes: A Severance playlist

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

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Tracks

2026-04-15

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

I had my first dose [much needed medical treatment]; it's a good day for an anniversary. The sun is shining, the temperatures are cool, it falls on a date that I can remember easily....
The Disco Elysium zine After Death, Life Again arrived in the mail. What a delight! What beauty!
I'm trying to find a way to categorize my bookmarks; I want to become a better curator and I'm not used to systems like the file-based ones a website requires. I'll figure it out, though; any tips from people who curate their own collections are welcome.
I need to pare down my Severance playlists so I can post the "clean" and extended versions on here.
I have group therapy today, I'm excited to tell them about the eventful day and manageable week. I'm worried that I'll get unsettled again, there's a lot of revisiting trauma in these sessions and some of it hits close to home even if I'm not in that place anymore. [Update! They think I'm in a good place in terms of symptoms management and I'm free to stop attending if I want to.]
I need to finish the Title of the studying material tomorrow; I've decided I will upload the summaries I draft to here even if no-one cares because it keeps me accountable.
Lunchtime update: I signed up for another exam-based admission job. Ouch

Reading (2026)

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

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2026-04-14

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

I got a prescription for T! After two years of agonizing waiting and over a decade of being socially out. My first dose is tomorrow. I'm delighted. I'm over the moon.
I'm so delighted I am able to be assertive to my family about my needs regarding [redacted medical treatment].
I finally sat down and studied for a bit... 15 very information-dense pages (Out of 600+). It felt a lot longer, but it's been a while since I studied with such focus. I'm counting it as a victory.
I am so tired of how misogynistic folks at the workshop are.
I'm so tired of feeling like nothing I do for the workshop has any purpose and it's just there to fill the time.
I need to find a way to organize collections and bookmarks that is more efficient than the one I have now.
I decided to turn off my neocities profile to avoid using this site as social media; I do wish people would use the guestbook and my e-mail to talk to me in different ways instead of leaving a comment.
My flock gave me a sticker with a teal plesiosaurus in a golden background for my efforts today and it's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen.
Found a personality quiz that was titled "Autistic or German?" and I got the Wittgenstein variant (both), which amuses me as I am not autistic nor German. I do like ol' Ludwig, though.
The page had very interesting tests, I don't care much for the results but the questions tickled my brain in a positive way.

2026-04-13

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Happy Homestuck day, I almost forgot.
Woke up 2 hours before my alarm was supposed to go off, this afternoon is going to be very rough. I don't remember any dreams, surprisingly, even though what woke me up was overheating.
Migrated old Bearblog journal entries and other miscellaneous writings from last year.
I have an appointment at the hospital labelled "Investigation" for today and I have no idea what they want to investigate. [Update! It was a battery of tests for a study on types of trauma associated with different coping mechanisms and differential diagnosis. Also, surprisingly, bloodwork.]

Metonymic Malfunctions: A DCWT playlist

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Cover

Tracks

2026-04-12

Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Spent 4 hours figuring out how to create collections that display content of the file instead of a link to it so I could make a scrapbook page. I figured it would be nice, since I can't be assed to tag posts on Tumblr anymore and I would love a backup of my favorite finds.
Wrote a gallery CSS for the desktop mode of said scrapbook.
Cooked fried tofu with peppers and a vichysoisse; I should probably write down the latter's recipe, since it was more or less improvised with minimal instructions and it turned out really good. [Update! The recipe is up.]
Washed the dirty dishes from the weekend. This deserves its own bullet point, it's my least favorite chore.
I am currently contemplating my two remaining weekend chores: Mopping the floor, folding laundry. I am so exhausted and distractible.
I woke up before my generously set alarm and it felt awesome, I even got 9 hours of sleep naturally without the expected interruptions.
Helped my opossum with some website structuring and my flock with the workflow to upload a site to Neocities last night.
Migrated my Severance-themed Major Arcana deck to this site.

(ES) Vichysoisse

Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Ingredientes (4 raciones)

2 puerros
1 patata grande
500ml de leche
500ml de agua
Sal y pimienta
Aceite de oliva

Preparación

Picar los puerros en rodajas y cachear la patata para que suelte el almidón.
Echar un poco de aceite, que cubra el fondo de la olla a presión, y dar una vuelta al puerro y a la patata.
Echar una cucharadita y media de sal gorda.
Verter la leche, y llenar el resto de agua hasta que cubra un dedo las verduras.
Cerrar la olla a presión y calentar a fuego alto.
Cuando suba la válvula, bajar al 4 y dejar cociendo 20 minutos.
Enfriar la olla con agua fría del grifo antes de abrir.
Pasar los contenidos de la olla con la batidora, añadiendo pimienta molida fresca cada pocos segundos.

2026-04-11

Sat, 11 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

toki pona voice call successfully attended :) It was fun, and not too bad for my first time speaking it out loud, but I need to remember the practical tips of subject-switching to be able to formulate more complex sentences without getting tangled in structure. I also nest la way too often.
Slept around 4h, after a really bad night. Fridays are always rough emotionally, they're not usually this bad physically. I might have to call it a night rather early today.
I pruned my 250+ likes on Tumblr as is customary, refilled my queue. A lot of good poetry this week. I found a reminder that I should read more Donna Haraway.
I need to find my book recs that I answered on Tumblr in March of last year and migrate them to this site.
I'm making noodles for lunch; I'm running out of my homemade spice mix and I found a storebought version that uses the same ingredients, already roasted and ground up. I'll probably be using that. I also have humongous shiitake mushrooms ready for the dish.
I need to help my flock with their digital garden and I need to clean up my alien's stylesheet; I have to remember the latter likes to work with HTML instead of markdown so there's a lot of classes and IDs to watch out for that I have to preserve.

Watching (2026)

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Aggretsuko 🔁❤️
Little Miss Sunshine (2006) 🔁❤️
Mickey 17 (2025)
Star Wars V
Star Wars VI (unfinished)
Severance 🔁🔁❤️
Long Story Short (unfinished)
Bojack Horseman 🔁❤️
The Green Knight (2021) 🔁
Succession
Saint☆Young Men (2013) 🔁
Loving Vincent (2017) 🔁
When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
The Birdcage (1996)
Sinners (2025)
La Llamada (2017)
Project Hail Mary (2026) 🔁❤️
Kinou Nani Tabeta 🔁❤️
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
The Apprentice (2024)
Arrival (2016) 🔁
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Whiplash (2014) 🔁❤️
Spiderman: Across the Spiderverse (2023) 🔁❤️
The Social Network (2010) 🔁
Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse (2018) 🔁

2026-04-10

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Sent my CV for another job. I doubt I'll get this one, it was first come first serve and my skills are hardly unique.
Failed to study... again. I did sit down to try and do that but I got distracted externally. Not blaming myself because "I can't control others' choice to interrupt me", but perhaps I should, because "It's on me to set better boundaries and/or just hit the bricks."
Cooked my first batch of white bean stew. It turned out okay; I just prefer other legumes.
Finished watching Ferris Bueller's Day Off. I understand why it's a cult classic, and I really enjoyed seeing young Alan Ruck do things, but I don't think it tickled me as much as I hoped it would.
Got extremely stressed out about bureaucracy. Affidavits are scary.
Tweaked the desktop layout of this site some more, we're back at dithering and muted OG Tinted colors. I guess I'm a boring palette guy after all.
Still worried about my nerve damage getting worse if I don't stop taking my current meds. Reminding myself that it's more important that I don't stop treatment than worrying about looking funny to other people because of the shaking.
Also questioning whether it's true that it's more important that I continue treatment or if it's for the benefit of Society At Large. Subsequently, also reminding myself that last time I had a break it was terrifying and that this is subjective and true. For the best value of "true" anyone can have. Just take your pills, dude.
Apparently Charlie Day is in the latest Mario movie. On my hands and knees begging the universe to free him from the typecast curse so he can work on things I actually enjoy watching.
I theoretically have a toki pona taso call this evening... I'm a little scared, my oral fluency is shit compared to writing. But I will show up, and I will try to participate actively in the conversation.

(ES) Crema blanca

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Ingredientes (4 raciones)

1 cebolla mediana, picada
1 puerro (solo la parte blanca), en rodajas
2 dientes de ajo, picados
2 patatas medianas, peladas y cortadas en cubos
1 coliflor pequeña, en trozos
2 zanahorias, peladas y cortadas en rodajas (opcional)
1 litro de caldo de verduras
200 ml de crema de leche
2 cucharadas de mantequilla y/o aceite de oliva
Sal y pimienta al gusto
Nuez moscada (opcional)
Perejil fresco o cebollín picado para decorar

Preparación

Lava bien todas las verduras. Pela y corta finamente la cebolla, el puerro, el ajo, las patatas, la coliflor y las zanahorias.
En una olla grande, derrite la mantequilla (con un poco de aceite) a fuego medio.
Agrega la cebolla, el puerro y el ajo, y sofríe a fuego bajo hasta que estén tiernos pero no dorados.
Añade las patatas, la coliflor y las zanahorias, y remueve durante un par de minutos.
Vierte el caldo de verduras en la olla, asegurándote de que cubra las verduras.
Lleva a ebullición, luego reduce el fuego y deja cocinar a fuego lento durante unos 20-25 minutos, o hasta que todas las verduras estén bien cocidas y tiernas.
Retira la olla del fuego y deja que la sopa se enfríe un poco. Luego, utiliza una batidora de mano para triturar hasta obtener una mezcla suave y cremosa.
Devuelve la sopa triturada a la olla y agrega la crema de leche y más caldo si fuera necesario (no es una crema espesa).
Calienta a fuego medio y ajusta la sal y la pimienta al gusto.
Echa una pizca de nuez moscada, sin pasarte.
Sirve caliente, decorando con un poco de perejil o cebollín picado, y un chorrito de aceite de oliva.

(ES) Crema de Lombarda

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Ingredientes (4 raciones)

500 g de lombarda
1 diente de ajo
80 g de cebolla
80 g de puerro
1 manzana pequeña
1 patata pequeña
25 g de aceite de oliva
Sal
500 ml de caldo de pollo o verduras
Pimienta negra molida
1 chorrito de nata líquida para cocinar
Unas semillas de sésamo tostado

Preparación

Lo primero que vamos a hacer es preparar todos los ingredientes. Para ello, cortamos 500 g de lombarda en juliana, 1 diente de ajo en láminas y 80 g de cebolla y 80 g de puerro en cuadraditos. Pelamos 1 manzana pequeña y la cortamos en daditos, y pelamos 1 patata pequeña y la chascamos.
Ponemos una cazuela a fuego medio con 25 g de aceite de oliva y cuando el aceite esté caliente, añadimos el ajo y lo sofreímos unos instantes. A continuación, añadimos la cebolla y el puerro, una pizca de sal, mezclamos y cocinamos unos 5 minutos.
A continuación, añadimos la lombarda y la mezclamos con el sofrito. Añadimos sal, cocinamos 2 minutos y añadimos la manzana y la patata. Mezclamos y cocinamos otros 2 minutos.
A continuación, subimos el fuego y añadimos 500 ml de caldo de pollo o de verduras. En cuanto el caldo rompa a hervir, dejamos cocinar el conjunto durante 30 minutos a fuego medio-bajo.
Pasados los 30 minutos, trituramos la crema de lombarda con la batidora hasta tener una crema lisa, homogénea y sin grumos. En este punto, añadimos una pizca de pimienta negra molida y rectificamos el punto de sal si fuese necesario.
Servimos la crema de lombarda acompañada de 1 chorrito de nata líquida para cocinar y unas semillas de sésamo tostado, y terminamos regando el conjunto con un poquito de aceite de oliva.

(ES) Ensalada César

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Ingredientes (2 raciones)

2 cogollos de Tudela o ½ lechuga romana
2 rebanadas de pan tostadas y cortadas en cubos
1/4 taza de parmesano (20g)
1/4 taza de aceite de girasol (60ml)
1/2 taza de aceite de aceite de oliva (60ml)

1 huevo fresco
1/2 ajo pequeño sin el corazón
1/4 taza de parmesano (20g)
1/4 taza de aceite de girasol (60ml)
1/2 taza de aceite de aceite de oliva (60ml)
4 filetes de anchoa en aceite
1 Cda. de Salsa Perrins
zumo de ½ limón

Preparación

Salpimentar la pechuga de pollo y coloca una sartén al fuego con un poco de aceite.
Dora la pechuga a fuego alto durante 2' por cada lado. Luego baja a fuego suave, tapa la sartén y cocina otros 10'.
Aparta del fuego y deja reposar tapado otros 10'. Antes de cortar la pechuga espera otros 5' para no quemarte. Deja que el pollo se enfrié antes de añadirlo a la ensalada.
Mientras se hacen las pechugas preparamos la salsa césar. Coloca todos los ingredientes en un vaso para batidora.
Cubre con ¼ taza de aceite de girasol.
Coloca la batidora en el fondo del vaso y empieza a batir añadiendo el aceite de oliva poco a poco. No levantes la batidora hasta que veas que la mezcla ha emulsionado como una mayonesa.
Al final pruébala y añade sal solo si es necesario, solo con la sal propia de las anchoas ya suele quedar bien sazonada.
Si te queda demasiado espesa puedes aligerarla añadiendo más zumo de limón o un poco de agua.
Finalmente coloca las hojas de lechuga cortadas a pedazos en el plato, encima el pan tostado cortado en cubos y añade el pollo cortado en rodajas.
Por último las lascas de queso y añade la salsa César por encima.

(ES) Ensalada de Lentejas y Calabaza

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Ingredientes (4 personas)

300g de lentejas cocidas
300g de calabaza, cortada en cubos
100 g de queso de cabra
1 puñado de rúcula o espinaca baby
Media cebolla roja, cortada en rodajas finas
Especias para la calabaza (al gusto: curry, comino, pimentón, tomillo etc.)

3 cucharadas de aceite de oliva virgen extra
1 cucharada de vinagre
Jugo de medio limón
Sal y pimienta al gusto

Preparación

Asa la calabaza y prepara las lentejas:
1. Precalienta el horno a 200°C.
2. En una bandeja de horno, coloca los cubos de calabaza.
3. Rocíalos con un poco de aceite de oliva, sal, pimienta y las especias.
4. Hornea durante 20-25 minutos, o hasta que estén tiernos y ligeramente dorados.
5. Deja enfriar.
6. Si usas lentejas de bote, enjuágalas y escúrrelas bien. Si las cocinas tú mismo, asegúrate de que estén al dente. Déjalas enfriar.
7. En un bol pequeño, mezcla el aceite de oliva, el vinagre, el jugo de limón, la sal y pimienta.
8. Bate bien hasta que emulsione.
Monta la ensalada:
1. En un bol grande, mezcla las lentejas, la rúcula (o espinaca), la cebolla roja y la calabaza asada.
2. Añade el queso de cabra por encima (puedes desmenuzarlo o colocar rodajas).
3. Añade la vinagreta uniformemente sobre la ensalada.

(ES) Fideos con 5 Hierbas Chinas

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Ingredientes (2 personas)

200gr de tallarines de arroz o de pasta
Tofu
Setas ostra o shiitake
Pimiento verde italiano
1/4 de pimiento rojo
2 zanahorias
Polvo de cinco especias chinas
- Pimienta blanca
- Clavo (1)
- Anís de estrella
- Anís de hinojo
- Canela en rama
Salsa de soja baja en sal
Aceite de oliva virgen
Sal

Preparación

Tuesta las especias en la sartén (mínima gota de aceite) y muélelas.
Corta el tofu en dados medianos y fríelo en una sartén con aceite de oliva.
Dale la vuelta y, cuando esté dorado, sácalo y reserva.
En una olla, pon a calentar abundante agua.
Añade los tallarines o fideos, y cuécelos siguiendo las instrucciones del fabricante.
Lava y corta los pimientos en dados pequeños.
Pela y corta la zanahoria en bastones o rodajas finas.
Pica el perejil y un diente de ajo.
Pon a calentar a fuego alto el wok, con un chorro de aceite de oliva suave.
Añade el diente de ajo, los pimientos, setas (cortadas muy finas), y zanahorias.
Tenlo al fuego durante unos minutos, tiene que salir tirando a crujiente.
Echa un poco de sal, las especias, y el perejil picado.
Añade un chorrito de salsa de soja y remueve hasta que la pasta adquiera los sabores. Agrega los trozos de tofu y espera a que se calienten.

(ES) Hamburguesa de Lentejas

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Ingredientes

Como 2 tazas y media de lentejas cocidas
1 taza de nueces
1 taza de avena en copos
Especias al gusto: como 1/4 de cucharadita de tomillo, perejil, romero, pimentón dulce, ajo y cebolla. Usa las que tengas, puedes añadir las que te dé la real gana.
3 cucharadas de salsa de soja
1/2 taza de agua para que la masa nos quede más tierna y menos resecorra
2 cucharadas de aceite de oliva para saltear las lentejas

Preparación

Pues empieza por escurrir bien las lentejas y lavarlas en un colador. Con esto quitamos el agüilla de cocción en el que vienen (es aquafaba también aunque no sea de garbanzo) y que hace que estén pegajosillas. Las queremos bien sueltecitas.
En una sartén grande calienta el aceite a fuego medio-alto y echa las lentejas, las especias y el aceite. Saltéalas de vez en cuando, y verás cómo en 2-3 minutos empiezan a sonar como si estuvieras haciendo palomitas. Las lentejas se tuestan y algunas revientan. Si ves que te atacan, baja un poquito el fuego y saltéalas de nuevo.
Pica finas las nueces. Si te apetece algo anti-estrés, mételas en una bolsa y dales de mamporros con un rodillo de cocina o con un mortero. No las hagas polvito, que queden trozos visibles. Échalas a la sartén.
Tras unos 8 minutos en la sartén las lentejas estarán super aromáticas y tendrán un aspecto doradito. Echa la salsa de soja y saltéalo unas cuantas veces para mezclarlo.
Bueno, pues echamos las lentejas en un bol o similar, junto con la avena y el agua y lo machacamos y removemos todo junto hasta que se forme una pasta.
Pues ahora solo tienes que coger masa y formar las hamburguesas, a mano o con molde. Siempre siempre, si las haces a mano, compacta bien la masa, que no quede aire por dentro, que si no se desintegran en la sartén. Esto es muy importante.
Según el tamaño te saldrán 6-8 hamburguesas generosas. Yo recomiendo hacerlas gruesas, pero las finas también quedan muy bien.
Ahora el truco nº1: enharina tus hamburguesas, ligeramente, con almidón de maíz, tapioca o patata. No con harina de trigo o de lo que sea, mejor usa un almidón.
Cuando tengas todas las hamburguesas enharinadas puedes congelarlas o refrigerarlas, te duran, envueltas o en envases cerrados, unos 4 días en la nevera. No se pegan entre sí, así que puedes envolverlas (como si fueran un regalo) en papel de hornear.
Truco nº2: cuando hagas hamburguesas de lentejas, que suelen desintegrarse en la sartén, no pongas mucho aceite. Es mejor poner poquísimo, como 1 cucharadita para cada 2 hamburguesas, porque es precisamente al contacto con el aceite cuando las hamburguesas empiezan a soltar partículas y lentejillas.
La masa ya está hecha, no tenemos que cocinarla, así que no hay problema en dorarlas poco tiempo.
Hazlas a fuego medio 2-3 minutos por cada lado, con 1 cucharadita de aceite para cada 2 hamburguesas. Lo justo para que se doren. Y ahora…
Truco nº3: echa a la sartén 1/2-3/4 de taza de agua. Sí, tal cual, échalo y mueve la sartén para que moje bien las hamburguesas. Como en la superficie tienen almidón de maíz, se mezclará con el agua e irá formando un caldito espeso y viscoso, y tus hamburguesas de repente tendrán una pintaza brutal. En cosa de 2 minutos están listas, sácalas y sírvelas.
Si no las has pasado por el almidón, puedes añadirlo ahora: disuelve 1 cucharada de almidón de maíz en el agua antes de añadirlo a la sartén y tendrás un efecto prácticamente igual.

(ES) Judías Blancas con Verduras

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Ingredientes (3 platos + caldo sobrante)

500 gr Alubias (1 bol grande, no al ras)
2 Zanahorias (1 picada, otra plato)
2 Patatas
2 Cebollas medianas
1/2 Calabacín pequeño
1/4 Pimiento rojo
1/2 Pimiento verde
Aceite de Oliva Virgen Extra
1 Puerro
1 Rama de Apio
1/2 Taza de tomate rallado/frito
2 Cucharadas Pimentón de la vera
1 diente de ajo
Sal
Agua
Chorizo

Preparación

Poner a cocer el chorizo a hervir y bajar al 6 cuando rompa; quitar cuando ha soltado la grasa, a los 5
Añadimos un chorrito de AOVE a la olla Express y salteamos durante unos segundos todas las verduras exceptuando una de las cebollas. Las verduras van enteras (no las troceéis).
Cuando las verduras se doren, añadimos una cucharada de pimentón de la vera y rehogamos. Cocinamos 1/2 minuto.
Vertemos las alubias (previamente remojadas la noche antes), cubrimos con agua FRÍA (3 dedos por encima de las alubias/media olla) y añadimos la sal.
Tapamos la olla y cuando suba el la válvula cocinamos las alubias durante 20 minutos.
Mientras las alubias se cocinan, troceamos la cebolla sobrante en trocitos muy muy pequeños y la sofreímos en una sartén con fondo de aceite.
Cuando la cebolla esté transparente, añadimos la cucharada de pimentón de la vera y rehogamos 1/2 minuto (para que el pimentón no se queme podeís rehogar retirando la sartén del fuego).
Añadimos a la sartén el tomate rallado/frito y cocinamos durante 10 minutos a fuego medio.
Cuando las alubias estén listas, retiramos todas las verduras (por eso las añadimos enteras, para retirarlas fácilmente) y las trituramos con la batidora de mano junto con el sofrito de cebolla que acabamos de preparar.
Vertemos el puré a la cazuela de las alubias y movemos con con la ayuda de una cuchara de palo, con cuidado de que las alubias no se rompan y las dejamos otros 5-10 minutos a fuego medio, sin tapa, para que unifiquen los sabores y la salsita vaya engordando.

(ES) Mujaddara

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Ingredientes (4 raciones)

2 tazas de lentejas
1 taza y cuarto de arroz blanco basmati.
2 dientes de ajo
2 cebollas grandes
1 hoja de laurel
1 guindilla de cayena o copos de chile (opcional)
Piñones o almendras sin tostar
Una cucharadita de canela
Pimienta negra
Comino al gusto
Yogur natural
Aceite de oliva
2 cucharaditas de sal gorda

Preparación

Ten las lentejas desde el día anterior en agua para que se hidratan.
Después escúrrelas y cuécelas en agua durante 20 minutos, con un poco de sal, una hoja de laurel, y dos dientes de ajo.
Pon el agua justa para que las cubra. Tienes cocerlas hasta dejarlas al dente (se acabarán de hacer con el arroz).
Tostar los piñones o almendras, humedeciendo con la mano con aceite la sartén fría.én fría.
Mientras tanto, pela y corta las cebollas en tiras gruesas. Ponlas en una sartén con un chorrito de aceite de oliva caliente y fríelas hasta que esté muy hechas, doradas y bien tostadas.
Tuesta en una sartén también un buen puñado de frutos secos (piñones o almendras).
Añade el arroz a las lentejas, y echa especias al gusto. Asegúrate de que tenga el agua justa para que el arroz acabe hecho y seco (lo mismo con la lentejas).
Poner 10 minutos en la olla a presión al 4.
Cuando el arroz esté ya cocido, remueve y comprueba el punto de sal y especias.
Deja que repose unos minutos y sírvelo en el plato, cubierto por cebolla caramelizada, parte de los frutos secos, y con una cucharada generosa de yogur natural.
También puedes servirlo con un huevo frito o escalfado.

(ES) Pollo con Salsa de Albaricoque

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Ingredientes (4 raciones)

4 muslos de pollo (con o sin piel, según prefieras)
200 g de albaricoques secos (pueden ser frescos si están en temporada)
1 cebolla grande, cortada en rodajas finas
2 dientes de ajo, picados
1 taza de caldo de pollo
1/2 taza de vino blanco (opcional)
1 cucharada de vinagre balsámico
1 cucharadita de comino molido
Una cucharada de harina de trigo.
1 cucharadita de pimentón dulce (opcional)
Sal y pimienta al gusto
2 cucharadas de aceite de oliva
Perejil fresco picado para decorar (opcional)

Preparación

Sazona los muslos de pollo con sal, pimienta, comino, y pimentón.
Calienta el aceite de oliva en una sartén grande o una cazuela a fuego medio-alto.
Dora los muslos de pollo por ambos lados hasta que estén dorados, unos 5 minutos por cada lado. Retira el pollo de la sartén y resérvalo.
En la misma sartén, añade un poco más de aceite si es necesario, y sofríe la cebolla a fuego medio hasta que esté suave y dorada, unos 7-10 minutos.
Añade el ajo picado y cocina durante 1-2 minutos más, teniendo cuidado de que no se queme.
Echa una cucharada de harina y deja que se cocine por unos minutos.
Incorpora los albaricoques secos (o frescos) a la sartén. Sofríe por unos minutos.
Añade un poco de vinagre balsámico, y mezcla bien para que los albaricoques se impregnen de los sabores. Algunos cocineros le echan un poco de miel.
Vierte el vino blanco en la sartén y cocina por unos minutos para que se evapore el alcohol.
Añade el caldo de pollo y vuelve a colocar los muslos de pollo en la sartén, asegurándote de que estén parcialmente cubiertos por el líquido.
Reduce el fuego, tapa la sartén y deja cocinar a fuego lento durante unos 30-40 minutos, o hasta que el pollo esté completamente cocido y los albaricoques estén tiernos.
Si el líquido se reduce demasiado, puedes añadir un poco más de caldo o agua.
Deja que repose antes de servir. Puedes agregar perejil fresco picado como decoración.

(ES) Ragoût de Berenjena

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Ingredientes (4 raciones)

1 cebolla grande, picada finamente
2 dientes de ajo, picados
1 pimiento rojo
2 tomates maduros, pelados y picados (o 1 taza de tomate triturado)
1 cucharada de tomate concentrado (opcional)
200 gr. de champiñones (opcional), en láminas
Un chorro de caldo de verduras
1 vaso de vino tinto (opcional)
Aceite de oliva
1 cucharadita de pimentón dulce o picante
1/2 cucharadita de comino
1/2 cucharadita de tomillo seco
Sal y pimienta al gusto
Perejil o albahaca fresca para decorar

1 taza de cuscús
1 taza de agua o caldo de verduras
1 cucharada de aceite de oliva
Sal al gusto

Preparación

Ragoût

Lava y corta la berenjena en cubos. Ponla en un colador, espolvorea sal y deja reposar durante 20 minutos. Esto elimina el exceso de amargor. Luego, enjuaga bien y seca con papel de cocina.
Calienta el aceite de oliva en una sartén grande o cazuela a fuego medio.
Sofríe la cebolla, el pimiento rojo, y el ajo durante cinco minutos.
Incorpora las berenjenas y los champiñones. Cocina durante 10 minutos, removiendo ocasionalmente.
Añade el pimentón, el comino y el tomillo y sofríe por unos minutos.
Incorpora el tomate (si lo quieres más fuerte y de un color rojo más vivo, puedes reforzarlo con una cucharada de tomate concentrado), el vino tinto, y el caldo de verduras.
Cocina a fuego lento durante 15 minutos hasta que las verduras estén tiernas y la mezcla tenga una textura espesa. Salpimienta al gusto.

Cuscús

Hierve el agua o caldo con una pizca de sal.
Retira del fuego, añade el cuscús y un poco de aceite de oliva, y tapa la olla. Deja reposar 5 minutos.
Remueve el cuscús con un tenedor para separar los granos.
Sirve una porción de cuscús y cubre con el ragú de berenjenas. Remueve si lo quieres todo integrado.
Sírvelo caliente o templado y decora con perejil o albahaca fresca picada.

(ES) Sopas de Ajo

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Ingredientes (3 personas)

3 o 4 dientes de ajo
9 o 10 rebanadas de pan duro
1L caldo de carne (natural o pastilla)
1 huevo
Una puntita de pimentón
Taquitos de jamón
Aceite

Preparación

Se rehogan en un poco de aceite los ajos fileteados.
Se retiran los ajos y se machacan en el mortero.
Retirar la sartén y echar en el mismo aceite la puntita de pimentón.
Se dan unas vueltas a las rebanadas en el aceite con pimentón.
En una cazuela se hierve el agua con la pastilla de caldo hasta que se disuelva.
Se vierte el caldo sobre el pan en la sartén, y se añaden los ajos machacados, el pan y el jamón.
Se bate el huevo con muy poca sal y se vierte sobre la sopa hasta que se cueza, después servir.

(ES) Sopa de Cebolla Francesa

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Ingredientes (4 tazones)

6 cebollas amarillas peladas
55g de mantequilla
125ml de vino tinto
30ml de coñac o brandy
1 litro de caldo de pollo
1 litro de caldo de res
15ml de harina ligeramente tostada

1 pizca de nuez moscada molida
200g de queso rallado
12 rebanadas de 1 cm de grosor, tostadas
1 diente de ajo pequeño, cortado por la mitad

Preparación

Corte las cebollas en cuartos y luego corte cada cuarto en tiras cortas.
En una cacerola grande a fuego medio, ablande las cebollas en la mantequilla durante 15 minutos, removiendo de vez en cuando.
Continúe cocinando a fuego alto durante 15 minutos o hasta que las cebollas estén caramelizadas, removiendo constantemente y raspando el fondo de la cacerola.
Desglasar con el vino y el coñac. Dejar reducir casi por completo.
Añadir los caldos de pollo y res, la harina tostada y la nuez moscada. Mezclar bien.
Llevar a ebullición y cocinar a fuego medio-alto durante 30 minutos, o hasta que la sopa se haya reducido a la mitad.
Obtendrás aproximadamente 1,25 litros (5 tazas) de caldo. Sazonar con sal y pimienta.

Para servir:

Colocar una rejilla de horno en el centro.
Precalentar el horno a gratinar.
Colocar tazones en una bandeja para hornear.
Mientras tanto, frotar ligeramente cada crutón con los dientes de ajo partidos por la mitad.
Verter la sopa en los tazones y añadir 30ml de queso a cada uno.
Colocar 3 crutones encima de cada sopa y espolvorear con el queso restante.
Hornear durante 5 minutos, o hasta que el queso se derrita y esté dorado.

(EN) Mulligatawny Soup

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Ingredients (4 bowls)

118ml cup chopped onion
2 stalks celery, chopped
1 carrot, diced
59ml butter
22ml all-purpose flour
7.5ml curry powder
946ml (3.7 vasos) chicken broth
½ apple, cored and chopped
59ml cup white rice
1 skinless, boneless chicken breast half - cut into cubes
1 pinch dried thyme
salt and ground black pepper to taste
118ml heavy cream, heated

Directions

45 minutes, approx.

Melt butter in a large soup pot over medium heat.
Cook chicken until lightly golden.
Add onions, celery, and carrot and sauté until soft, 5 to 7 minutes.
Add flour and curry, and cook 5 more minutes, stirring frequently.
Add chicken broth, mix well, and bring to a boil (al 9).
Reduce heat and simmer for about 20 minutes.
Cut chicken into cubes, peel and cube apples.
Add apple, rice, chicken, thyme, salt, and pepper.
Close cooker and set it to 5 until rice is tender, 10 minutes.
Just before serving, stir in hot cream.

(ES) Tajine de Pollo y Verduras

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Ingredientes (4 personas)

1/2 Pollo troceado en piezas pequeñas
1 Puerro hermoso = 1/2
2 Zanahorias = 1
8 Ciruelas pasas = 4
1 Calabacín = 1/2
Ras el hanout
2 Cebollas medianas = 1
2 Tomates = 1
20ml Tomate concentrado = 1 cucharada
500ml Caldo de pollo = 2 vasos
Aceite de oliva virgen extra
Sal

Preparación

50min, approx.

Ponemos las ciruelas en remojo para rehidratarlas.
Lavamos bien las verduras y las picamos en trozos pequeños, para que ninguna destaque frente a las demás.
Repasamos el pollo, eliminando grasas, plumas y trocitos de hueso y con todo listo, comenzamos a cocinar.
En el fondo del tajine, ponemos 3 cucharadas de aceite de oliva virgen extra, y calentamos a fuego bajo.
En el aceite, rehogamos las verduras bien picadas, y posteriormente las tajadas de pollo troceadas en piezas de unos 2 cm de lado. Podemos usar pechugas, muslos o mezcla de ambos.
Cuando el pollo tome color, añadimos las especias ras el hanut.
Removemos y mezclamos bien las especias, y añadimos dos cucharadas del tomate concentrado.
Seguidamente, cubrimos con un vaso de caldo de ave, y bajamos el fuego al mínimo, poniendo la tapa al tajine y dejando que se cocine sin prisa.
Al cabo de unos 20-25 minutos tenemos listo un plato en el que la carne está tierna, la salsa ha espesado y las verduras se conservan tersas y llenas de sabor.

(ES) Timbal de Macarrones

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Ingredientes

Macarrones - 200g
Bacon - 4 lonchas
Huevos - 2
Queso rallado - 2 cucharadas
Cebolla - 1 pequeña
Brick de nata - 200ml
Tomate concentrado - 2 cucharadas
Orégano
Albahaca
Pimienta
Sal
(Salsa de tomate o queso azul, al gusto)

Preparación

En una cazuela con agua hirviendo y sal coceremos los macarrones unos 15 minutos. Escurrimos y reservamos.
En una sartén, pondemos 1 cucharada de aceite y doramos la cebolla.
Una vez dorada, salteamos el bacon junto a la cebolla.
Añadir los macarrones y el queso rallado a la sartén y mezclar bien.
En un bol, batiremos los huevos junto al tomate concentrado y la nata.
Añadir sal, pimienta, orégano y albahaca a la mezcla de huevo.
Añadir los contenidos de la sartén a la mezcla de huevo. Mezclar todo uniformemente.
Meter el bol al microondas de 8 a 10 minutos. Tiene que cuajar.

(ES) Tofu Frito con Pimientos

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Ingredientes (1 persona)

150g de tofu firme
2 mitades de pimiento (uno rojo y uno verde)
2 dientes de ajo
2 cucharadas de salsa de soja
1 cucharada de vinagre de arroz (o de manzana)
1 cucharadita de azúcar moreno
1 cucharadita de maicena (opcional, para el tofu crujiente, o para espesar la salsa)
Aceite (girasol o de oliva)
Sal y pimienta
Semillas de sésamo para decorar (opcional)

Preparación

40min, aprox.

Presiona el tofu durante 15-20 minutos para eliminar el exceso de agua (puedes envolverlo en papel de cocina y ponerle un peso encima).
Corta en dados o bastones medianos.
Reboza ligeramente con maicena para un acabado más crujiente.
Calienta aceite en una sartén amplia o wok.
Fríe el tofu hasta que esté dorado y crujiente por todos lados. Retíralo sobre papel absorbente.
En la misma sartén, añade un poco más de aceite si es necesario.
Sofríe los ajos laminados hasta que empiecen a dorarse ligeramente.
Añade los pimientos en tiras finas y saltea 3-5 minutos, que queden al dente.
Devuelve el tofu a la sartén.
Añade la salsa de soja, vinagre y azúcar.
Mezcla todo bien a fuego fuerte unos minutos para que se integren sabores.

2026-04-09

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Attended the mental health information desk organized by my workshop.
Met a guy who thinks Ockham's nominalism was the downfall of western civilisation.
Put away the clean dishes with minimal resistance.
Showed up to the 3rd nutritionist meeting; was advised to eat slower to increase a feeling of satiety.
Bothered my cat so she would leave my unmade bed and I could then make it.
Failed to sit down to study because I forgot the info desk was today; I intended to use the time at the workshop.
Got rejected from a transfeminist commission online for not being vocal enough about my activism on Tumblr.
Brainstormed some ideas for this site; wondering if there's a consistent way to implement them in both desktop and mobile without constant tweaking.

toki pona

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

mi open e kama sona pi toki+pona lon tenpo mun nanpa 11

lon tenpo sike suno nanpa 2021

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mi lukin e lipu wawa lon sike pona

mi olin e nasin lili pona lon tenpo suli

tan ni^ la mi wile pona e toki mi

taso mi awen sona tan ni

toki+pona li ante e nasin lawa mi

ona li pana sona e weka lon sona mi

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Yunara guide

Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Laning phase

Trade pattern: AA-Q (Extend Q if enemy trades back)
Make sure to reset AA with Q; even when W and E are up.
Sneaky autos are always good when viable.

Midgame

All-in with R is core; play around it - otherwise non-committal.
Trade pattern:
- Basic: E > R > AA(Q)
- Chase down: R > RE > AA(Q) (dashing first is faster than 2 Q > RE > Q)

Items

Doran's Blade > Cull ASAP after crashing / Cull start.
Kraken Slayer (Blade of the Ruined King only against health tanks)
Berserker's Greaves
Fiendhunter Bolts
Infinity Edge
Lord Dominik's Regards/Mortal Reminder (move to 4 if double tank)
Runaan's Hurricane
Shieldbow/Guardian Angel

Runes

Precision: Lethal Tempo
- Triumph (Absorb Life against a double poke lane)
- Bloodline (Alacrity if BORK start)
- Cut Down (Coup de Grace if BORK start)
Inspiration
- Triple tonic
- Boots (or Cashback against a double poke lane for earlier mobility)

transfem!Mark vignettes

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT

A full page of marker sketches of Mark from Severance; she's a trans woman partaking in gender affirming activities.

In one of the vignettes, Helly holds Mark's head as if she was a contemplating hairdresser and remarks "It's all about bangs"; we see Mark is painstakingly clipping her hair back with a flower-decorated hairclip; she beams at the sight.

In another vignette, innie Mark pats herself down, and is surprised and delighted to find the strap of a bralette under her suit.

In another vignette, Mark is taking her shoes off (revealing flower-patterned socks) and swapping them for Helly's short heels. She walks unsteadily in the ill-fitting shoes; Dylan comments from his workstation: "If she can make it to the kitchenette without breaking an ankle, I'll give her 2 fingertraps." Mark and Helly stand together in their swapped footwear, and Mark asks "How do you balance?", to which Helly replies "Mark... I don't know" while putting a hand on Mark's thigh to help her get the shoes off.

In the last vignette, a supervising Ms. Casey looks on in confusion to Mark and Helly, who have painted their nails with office supplies. While holding a black marker, Helly asks her "You want black sharpie or whiteout?". Mark is joyfully distracted by her newly painted nails, sparkling white, with her hair still clipped back.

Art by Tumblr user oodlesodoodles; commissioned by me (binomech).

2025-12-28

Sun, 28 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT

My sleep schedule is all over the place these holidays. After the temporary move to my hometown, it seems my brain has decided my most intellectually active hours should be between 10pm and 4am and the rest of the time is ideally spent dozing or berating myself for wanting to doze. It's impossible to get anything done without external routine markers, I have zero willpower.

I was reinstalling Manjaro after a disastrous encounter with Windows 11 when Mono pointed me to ManjarNO and encouraged me to reconsider my distro of choice. I'm not hardcore enough to do vanilla Arch so I'm now running EndeavourOS and I've spent the past day Catppuccin-ing it up and trying to figure out how to downgrade VLC to play OPUS audio (unsuccessfully. Please help.)

Succession re-watch is on pause for now, and the Aggretsuko one has slowed down to one or two episodes a day. I've cooked very little these past weeks, with family reunions in other people's houses and occasionally takeout. I played the beginning of Pokémon Violet twice, one on the console and another in an emulator only to lose my saves on the move to Linux, so I'm considering taking a break just so I don't have to play it a third time so close to my last attempt. I have pesto remorse from League and TFT, the latter particularly, after I spent a sleepless night rotating through them.

I'm excited for the new year; the landmark of the date serves as an external wrangler of certain habits almost in a Pavlovian way. I do my corresponding tarot reading, I start preparing for the big dates at the beginning of the month, I feel like the funk that covers the limbo between Christmas and NYE goes away and I come out with renewed purpose.

I've been considering the idea of using my computer and phone as a source of entertainment without being connected to the internet. I feel a huge sense of relief when I toggle off the Wi-Fi, and I know I have some more control about my availability and the things I can get up to are limited to what I already have here.

Is there anything I use my computer for that could be done offline?

Gaming: Every game I have except League/TFT has an offline mode by default.
Reading: I should set up my Obsidian clipper and EPUB reader, since RWR doesn't seem to cache when it's on browser.
Watching: I can download movies and TV shows to watch while offline.
Listening: Ditto about music and podcasts.
Logging: I could keep my watch logs and to-do lists as notes on my vault.
Chatting: I can switch to semi long-form, which I can write fully offline and then come online for calls and sending the messages I wrote.
Social media: There's no real workaround for this one, it has to be online. But luckily I can catch up on chronological feeds at a set time and call it a day.

The next step to this, of course, would be to start ditching digital tools and make the switch to analog, but I don't think I can do that without first getting used to not having a connection up permanently. And I would need some digital streamlining, even if it's online, since it's the source of most of my social commitments and new-stuff-input.

Something to consider for 2026, perhaps.

2025-12-09

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT

I have been binging Succession.
I am trying to learn basic cooking principles, to cook from scratch and improve my recipe-following.
I am watching Star Wars, one installment a week, and trying not to fall asleep.
I'm learning (painstakingly slowly) to build a tolerance for gross stuff to clean my household before it gets really bad.
I'm trying to balance excitement, frustration and inertia regarding the coming of a loved one from abroad to live here.
I'm (still, always) wrangling my watchlist and read-it-later list into something manageable.
I'm trying to get Mastery 10 in all mage and mage-adjacent supports in League of Legends.
And also get out of Bronze.
I'm trying to quit social media and focus on my existing friendships.
I'm looking for new TV shows to watch and music to listen to, if you want to send me any.

Irving's Eclipse

Sat, 27 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Design Principles (2025)

Wed, 10 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT

My blog is undergoing some CSS renovations, mainly centered around the desktop layout for my homepage. It's been a nice chance to think about what the general principles behind my own aesthetics are, to keep a sense of consistency within the site and not tweak willy-nilly, since that takes up a lot of energy I could be using to write (or read, or watch, or listen) instead.

These are the core principles which I articulate the design of this website around:

1. Function

The most important thing is having a design that serves the function of this site. Right now, those functions are:

Encouraging my writing and introspection, since they tend to fall by the wayside when I'm not feeling inspired, and I want to be consistent even when that spark of inspiration is missing.
Helping me move away from social media; since the primary uses I give my socials (Tumblr, Mastodon) is to update my friends in the goings on of my life as well as collecting things that scratch my brain in various ways, those are the things I need my site to do.

Thanks to the embed post function and the per-tag RSS feeds, I can use the regular posting function to create three types of entries with their own topics that may or may not overlap, to have a fast way of adding statuses and images or quotes for my scrapbook, and then take my time to write longer entries without needing a separate space for them online.

Tag posts by type, not topic

Keep the amount of types small

Don't re-sort old posts; focus on your current relevant types

2. Curation

In essence, what I mean by curation here is to make a deliberate choice in what I'm showing and what I'm hiding, what I'm reducing friction for for vs. what needs an effort from the reader and from me.

The content of the post takes precedence over everything else.
The majority of content of this site must be text.

As someone with a visual impairment that occasionally relies on screen readers, these decisions come from a very personal place and are hardly universal maxims. Using semantic elements in my layouts and being sure to emphasize the content of the post rather than the frills both visually and functionally doesn't have inherent meaning as a principle, you have to decide what's frills and what's at the core of what you're showing.

Remove timestamps from everything but time-sensitive posts (like statuses)

Choose the most poignant fragments of a scrap and link to the source

Add alt text to every image; it will increase friction not to use them and make their use meaningful and accessible

3. Maintainability

Once I know my principles to determine the content of the site, I must make my own work legible to myself so that I'm not constantly going back to tweaking after noticing something needs to be fixed and falling down a rabbithole. This also helps if at some point I choose to change something, to pinpoint the exact bits that need changing without having to redo the whole site from scratch.

I want to keep the palette as small as posible, so that the automatic theming for light and dark mode remains smooth and I don't have to run a ton of checks. Right now, this means sticking to grayscale.
Keeping Javascript to a minimum is a must; I'm not very good at writing and tweaking it and relying on it too much can make the site break in browsers that don't support or block it. Bearblog itself uses very little JavaScript for non-essential function, so I can't get rid of it entirely, but I'd rather not use it on my end.
Avoid custom fonts, since they increase loading time and are a pain in the ass to pick.

I will admit that I'd like an accent color in my sea of grayscale, but I still haven't found anything that meets the criteria of me liking the shade and it working fine on both my dark and light mode palettes.

Use CSS variables to handle the site's color palette

Use a font stack with a series of pre-installed fonts from different operating systems

Avoid Javascript to keep site bloat and rabbithole headaches to a minimum

When you're organizing your blog, be it through CSS or through the content itself, do you keep any ideas like these in mind? I would love to know what everyone's thought process is when they design their own corners of the web :)

2025-09-06

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Slow bureaucracy

I currently have a series of ongoing bureaucratic odysseys happening in my life. At the moment, I'm awaiting

Admission on a daytime hospital program, for long term treatment.
Approval for a [redacted] prescription.
Appointment with a forensics team for the acquisition of a disability certificate.
Admission to a job board for minimum wage employment.
A close family member's major surgery and subsequent months of recovery.

Learning how to cook better

I'm not entirely inept when it comes to cooking, but I live with people that cook far more often than I do and my skills are underdeveloped in comparison. I'm going to have to handle kitchen tasks for a couple of months this fall and I'm taking the chance to try out some new recipes and getting the hang of vibe-checking taste beyond following the instructions of a recipe.

Taming an out of control watchlist

I've accumulated a lot of pending movies throughout the past few months (the perils of being exposed to a lot of friends' watching adventures and recommendations!); with the colder weather, I'm going to try to tackle a movie or two a week to enjoy on my own. It's an exercise in solo hobbying, which I'm outrageously bad at.

As an update to the last time I added this endeavor to my now page, this summer I watched half of the total movies I've seen this year; it's been going well, although they've mostly been social watches.

Finding an internet home

With Tumblr in shambles and the Fediverse being most active in the micro blogging format, which I dislike using for expressing myself, I'm on the lookout for a long-term internet home that allows for socialization, absorption of new information and interests, and a comfortable format for expressing myself. I'm going to try to focus on this site paired with an RSS reader to see what gems I can find on the small web for the next few months.

Severance Major Arcana

Thu, 28 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT

An Ancient Curse in the Modern Tradition

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT