mastodon 4.5.18Socialism 🚩, food 🥡 and Formula 1 🏎️.
Fuchsia Dunlop's recipes are incredible, second to none. If you want to understand and cook Chinese food there's nobody writing better recipes in the anglosphere. Thoroughly recommend her work.
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/nov/20/how-fuchsia-dunlop-became-a-sichuan-food-hero
The small moral crisis I have to have every time listen to The Smiths is quite exhausting. I wish Morrissey wasn't such an insurable prick.
This is an interesting take, hadn't considered before that the feedback loop of algorithmically recommended content may play a large part in our wider cultural stagnation.
https://www.ft.com/content/0d963580-eabd-40e2-8805-776893b61cc6
(Paywall free link: https://archive.is/ctCc1)
The web should remain anonymous by default - Martin Thomson
Petition for an independent handover team, separate from either Corbyn or Sultana's factions, to steward the transition towards democracy in 'Your Party'.
On social media, I think the most important thing we should be seeking from regulators is algorithmic transparency and controls on pushing for engagement through ‘rage bait’.
The recent push from several countries for a social media ban for teens is one example of a misguided approach in my opinion.
Social media, in its current form, is harmful for children and adults alike, in large part due to it’s relentless push to increase ‘minutes spent’ through any means necessary.
