I’m Tired of Social Media

I used to like Twitter then it really started to suck and then once Elon bought it, it became downright unusable as the far-right troll bots descend on any interesting thread and infest it with their useless comments. Which I think is the point – their actual posts aren’t useful to anyone, but they manage to make the platform unusable to liberal points of view. Basically, they are denying the field to people, and points of view, that they disagree with.

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The Year of Waste Free Living is Over

I made it! One year of not sending anything to the landfill. It was a lot of fun, rewarding, and in the end, surprisingly easy. Boring, even.

Behind me there, you see it – 1 year’s worth of accumulated trash, a whole 5239 grams of it. Well, not quite all of it. I have a bin at the cottage too, but haven’t gone through it yet. Oh, and also the stuff that didn’t fit into the bin: a broken toboggan, a bike tire, and a cracked wheel. Continue reading “The Year of Waste Free Living is Over”

Making Tortilla Chips

With my waste-free challenge, one thing I’ve been really missing are nachos. But all of the tortilla chips come in disposable bags. So I decide to make my own. I did a little research… They are made by frying tortillas, simple enough. But all of the tortillas come in bags as well. So I have to make my own tortillas. Luckily, it’s easy to do. Continue reading “Making Tortilla Chips”