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No. 2534131
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It's springtime, nonnas. I have flowers and herbs leafing out in the garden and as much as I hate the political infighting of this country, the nature is spectacular. My pot mums and snapdragons and dahlias make me so freaking happy. I have nasturtiums coming up kind of late but they are so pretty.
No. 2534180
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>>2533935Silly janny, threadpic is not AI. It’s by the same artist as picrel. Her name is escaping me, but she’s a very talented Alfredfag from the jpn Hetalia fandom on xitter. It’s ok though, I forgive you.
No. 2534186
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>>2534180Samefag, found her xitter: @potatoserver404
No. 2534260
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>>2534131The hydrangeas are starting to bloom where I am! The other day I got rosemary, mint, sage, basil, and parsley for my deck. I’ve been making a lot of mint based cocktails recently so the mint is an addition to my usual array. Summer is my favorite season I’m so excited for it to come
No. 2534397
>>2534260My hydrangeas are beginning to flower, but they're looking a bit pink so I caved and bought some garden sulphur. Added some to the blueberries as well. I love spring so much. My kitchen herb garden is coming along so nicely. I have rosemary, thyme, sage, oregano, dill, fennel, tarragon, parsley, basil, cilantro, etc etc. Even found some lemongrass at the local nursery!
No. 2534427
>>2534397Your garden sounds really nice
nonny. Have you ever had lemongrass tea? It’s really good fresh from the garden.
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>Go outside for coffee>Stop by grocery store for treats>-$80 I'm starting to feel canadian…
>>2534413ntayrt but alfred guys are a very small minority of men nowadays, they aren't just blonde white guys it's the personality.
No. 2542718
>>2541953>>2542020>leave California because it’s expensive and the politics piss people off>turns out everywhere else sucksEvery time. kek. Sometimes you have to lose what you had to really appreciate it. People fall for the anti-California psyop hard. The ones who hate California the most have never been here, and only consume footage of the fent zombies in San Fran. As if druggies and homelessness isn’t a nationwide issue.
I’m not saying California is perfect but it really isn’t the hellhole everyone makes it out to be.
No. 2542727
>>2541953I got a similar experience in Iowa. Moved here from Texas and let me tell you, these people are afraid of their own fucking shadow. God forbid I accidentally slip and say "howdy", they look at me weird. I blend in, I swear; I don't have an accent, just southern and very Texas tendancies like saying hello to people I pass by.
The funniest thing is that.OTHER TEXANS STRANDED HERE DO THE SAME THING. Once I kick up a conversation with someone else, the native Iowans (?) join in very eagerly to talk.
The second resources become available, I'm ditching this sad place. I haven't gone a single day without native Iowans saying "why did you move here? It's kiserable; take me with you back to Texas" kek
No. 2542740
>>2542732It's a hard adjustment. I'd recommend moving somewhere else
in Texas. I can't wear booty shorts because it makes me feel like a whore here, whereas in the hellfire weather in Texas, nobody batted an eyelid.
No. 2542744
>>2541975I was born in Baltimore but have moved away. By crime statistics, it’s one of the most dangerous cities in America. Please keep that in mind, always. My car has been shot at, and family members of mine have been beat nearly to death and mugged. My turbo woke, uber rich cousin moved to Baltimore from the Bay Area and was nearly killed despite thinking it’s racist and ignorant to acknowledge Baltimore’s crime problem.
That being said, there are many good things about Baltimore too. People are really friendly compared to other mid-Atlantic cities. It’s seriously an outlier in culture. The concerts, public art, and the aquarium(!) are also better than the bigger, richer cities nearby like DC. I think Baltimore can be a nice play to live, but you should always put your safety first and be aware of your surroundings.
No. 2542753
>>2542740I mean that wouldn’t really solve the problems I have with the political situation here in Texas. But then again, neither would moving away. Those issues would still affect the people I leave behind.
But yeah I will say the very relaxed dress codes here especially during the summer are pretty nice. Even in office settings it’s always business casual at the most.
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>>2542800Sorry for the late reply. Yeah, some neighborhoods are definitely safer than others. Stay clear of the Middle East (yes, we actually call it that kek). You can tell when you’re entering a rough neighborhood like the ME when you start seeing tons of vacant row houses. John’s Hopkins and other developers have intentionally gutted poorer communities like the ME to bring down property value so they can redevelop it. But obviously, vacant houses = trap houses.
There’s an official crime map that might be useful:
https://www.baltimorepolice.org/crime-stats No. 2544016
>>2543941The thick/rural bayou accent can be hard to understand because they mix a lot of creole with English, but I’ve never met someone with a Cajun accent I couldn’t understand. I also work in the tourist industry so I’m exposed to a lot of accents despite living in an area that has no real discernible accent. I do think their accent is the most charming, and then the Minnesota accent after that kek.
I find Virginian accents to be the worst.
No. 2544104
>>2544016>I find Virginian accents to be the worst.REEEEEE fuck youuu!!!
Ok but honestly, barely any of us have accents any more. Only boomers from Appalachia do. Which is sad to me. I find the Appalachian accent to be lovely like bluegrass music.
No. 2544301
>>2544187Samefag to say I just think of Pickles when I hear a Wisconsin accent.
Of course accents are seen as lower class/under educated, and are portrayed as such in media. So makes sense they’re vanishing.
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Had Californian patients at work the other day who would Not Stop complaining about how our states schools don't have the same "sports opportunities" like back home. So go back??? "we had kayaking and surf teams" sir this is a landlocked state that's <40 on education what the fuck did you expect? They also had those insufferable accents and the wife was wearing sunglasses on a rainy day. idgi
No. 2545146
>>2545141Sounds like your typical SoCal LA private school. Most public schools in California are lucky if they even have a sports team.
>sunglasses on a rainy day…is that weird? Kek.
No. 2545544
>>2545502> home region not important
> how farwithin these borders
>>2545473stuff that wouldn't be weird or feel weird to do alone
No. 2545577
>>2545544>>2545545The Western states have a lot of natural beauty, but you would need to rent a car to get around probably. You could book a spot on a tourist bus, but it’d be a lot of really old people lol. A national park like Yellowstone would probably be best for a female solo traveler, since there are lots of busy trials with plenty of park rangers. There are lots of wild animals that are/were mostly extinct elsewhere in the US, like bison/American buffalo and gray wolves.
If you’re more interested in cities, don’t try to drive in East Coast/NE cities. The roads are a PVP zone, but there’s usually better public transportation than in other regions. NYC would be the most popular destination. Lots to do and see, though personally I don’t like visiting NYC that much because it’s so dirty and smells like rotting garbage. Boston is clean and greener, same with DC, with plenty of famous sites, historical neighborhoods, and museums.
West Coast can be nice too, especially if you want to go to the beach (but the water is really cold there because it’s coming down from Alaska). I’ve found West Coast drivers to be less aggro, but there are a ton of really large and ugly freeways in California and LA especially.
I haven’t spent as much time in the Deep South, so I can really offer any suggestion.
No. 2545581
>>2545040NTA but I want to go to New Orleans
so bad! I’ve never been to the south before and I’m sure it’s probably so gorgeous
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Horrific terrorist attack just happened in Boulder, Colorado. Pro-palestine psychopaths threw molotov cocktails at citizens who were trying to raise awareness for the Israeli hostages. Some people are saying children were harmed too
https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/colorado-police-responding-to-boulder-pearl-street-mall-attack-multiple-injured/ No. 2546778
>>2546480Throwing explosives at a group of American citizens who are doing nothing to you is psychopathic behavior, it looks like there’ve been 6 badly burned
victims so far
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It looks like it’s a group of 8 adult
victims that they know of so far
https://bouldercolorado.gov/news/attack-pearl-street-8-victims-identified
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Our president just posted that Joe Biden was executed in 2020 and replaced by a robot. It's crazy how people just laugh and accept this as part of the world we live in, there's no acknowledgement of this from the press or any mention of the 25th amendment
No. 2546814
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Nonnies, be safe out there. Looks like deep fakes and other ai tech could be deregulated if this bill passes the senate
>The brief but consequential provision, tucked into the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s sweeping markup, would be a major boon to the AI industry, which has lobbied for uniform and light touch regulation as tech firms develop a technology they promise will transform society.
>However, while the clause would be far-reaching if enacted, it faces long odds in the U.S. Senate, where procedural rules may doom its inclusion in the GOP legislation.
>The AI provision in the bill states that “no state or political subdivision may enforce any law or regulation regulating artificial intelligence models, artificial intelligence systems, or automated decision systems.” The language could bar regulations on systems ranging from popular commercial models like ChatGPT to those that help make decisions about who gets hired or finds housing.
>Half of all U.S. states so far have enacted legislation regulating AI deepfakes in political campaigns, according to a tracker from the watchdog organization Public Citizen.
No. 2546837
>>2546815The tech industry is really trying to hit home that this technology is the most important thing in the world right now to maintain its own legitimacy.
The major tech companies all realize once it becomes apparent they're lying, and that we aren't just a few years away from skynet but good, investment in the tech sector will fall off a cliff. And politicians (people like to make it out to be a boomer thing, young politicians are just as fucking stupid though) fall for it because they're hapless and easily grifted.
No. 2546849
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>>2546826The trade war is getting pretty bad. The US is no longer the the global leader in research, 9 out of 10 of the world's top research institutions are Chinese. the EU and China are offering money to academics who want to move. If the US keeps up its isolationist policy, we might see a future where instead of trying to get into Harvard, academics would be learning Mandarin to get into Chinese schools.
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>>2546849To be fair, the US was the leader in scientific research when net migration was much lower (pre-Trump and Covid) and there were fewer international students then. I think the cuts to scientific research under Trump, including at universities, are the bigger issue. However, universities make billions off of international students since they pay higher tuition. This model doesn’t prioritize American researchers, since many international students return to their home countries. I’m not anti-immigration, but I think there’s some nuance there. It’s not all good and it’s not all bad, either.
No. 2547177
>>2547156It’s true that Baltimore is being actively gentrified by white yuppies and lots of locals are being pushed out into PG county, but it’s still a majority black city. It hasn’t been as gentrified as DC or parts of NYC yet. And the crime is not really blown out of proportion by media, the violent crime in Baltimore really
is that bad. Easily top 10 in the US. One day you’ll make it out of the hood, nonna.
No. 2549019
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i think it's so cute when non-Americans romanticize small-town suburbs. Most of my family is back in southern euro and my cousins were genuinely geeked to go to a real american diner with a juke box kek it was super wholesome and sweet. They even were happy to take pictures of the stereotypical yellow school bus, fire hydrants and squirrels lol I guess it's the same way when I go and travel to europe I could stop and take pictures ever 10 feet of the fantastical architecture. My family doesn't even think twice about it, to them it's whatever.
I watch a lot of sims builds and I love it when it's some euro building cozy low income american single family homes lol like go off queen. I also learned that the creators for Life is Strange are from france and they really captured the PNW dying town vibe pretty well I think.
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>>2546814She is a member of Congress how did she not know what was in the bill KEK
No. 2549321
>>2549316and sooo many people have a utopian idea of what America is
Ameribooism is so powerful it became a national immigration issue
No. 2549393
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Hooray surveillance state!
>The Trump administration has expanded Palantir’s work with the government, spreading the company’s technology — which could easily merge data on Americans — throughout agencies.
>Mr. Trump has not publicly talked about the effort since. But behind the scenes, officials have quietly put technological building blocks into place to enable his plan. In particular, they have turned to one company: Palantir, the data analysis and technology firm.
>The company has received more than $113 million in federal government spending since Mr. Trump took office, according to public records, including additional funds from existing contracts as well as new contracts with the Department of Homeland Security and the Pentagon. (This does not include a $795 million contract that the Department of Defense awarded the company last week, which has not been spent.)
>Representatives of Palantir are also speaking to at least two other agencies — the Social Security Administration and the Internal Revenue Service — about buying its technology, according to six government officials and Palantir employees
>Creating detailed portraits of Americans based on government data is not just a pipe dream. The Trump administration has already sought access to hundreds of data points on citizens and others through government databases, including their bank account numbers, the amount of their student debt, their medical claims and any disability status.
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N-nonnies?
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>>2550416I am so ready for this kek if Elon admits to helping Trump win its game over my dad is so upset rn
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>>2550416AJFJFKKSJXVX SHZH
(integrate) No. 2550473
>>2550457I think it’s giving them both way too much credit when people are like “oh this is a totally intentional planned thing and it’s just a distraction from something else!”
Like no, they really are just that retarded.
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>>2550492And his main political opponents just sat on the proof for years? Why didn't Biden release the files?
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>>2550451Funny how Elon throws stones from his own glass house. As if he's not in there.
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KEK NONNIES I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS DAY. WILL THE GRIFTERS BACK TRUMP OR ELON??
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>>2550416Happy pride month nonnies
No. 2550684
>>2550507Because it jeopardizes everyone on both sides? I refuse to think Trump's not on there, knowing his experience with escorts he was more involved than what he is trying to let on
>>2550509Does elon's dick even work? He's had all his kids via IVF/donated sperm, I can't see him having sex
No. 2550686
>>2550459Idk why Americans have such a hard time admitting this
>Europeans are healthier cause they walk everywhere Inner city Americans who walk everywhere are still fat as hell too. Europeans just don't load everything they eat with as much butter, corn, salts and sugars as much as they possibly can. Or when they blame easy access to fast food as if most Europeans aren't downing gyros, fish and chips, wine, or other street food every chance they get
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No. 2550949
>>2550746That’s far from true
>>2550686That isn’t true, European food has just as much high fructose corn syrup and sugar as ours, but their corn syrup is legally called isoglucose. They also use way more salt in their food.
No. 2551374
>>2551233Our crops and soil are better quality than in European countries, our climate and geography is better for farming. “Sawdust” in food sounds scary until you realize that cinnamon is sawdust, since it’s the bark of a tree.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/chemicals-in-bananas/ >>2551239American food has stricter regulations than food in European countries though, you can read an article about it here
https://techround.co.uk/business/american-food-standards/And I would also recommend reading these
https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/16/eu-abandons-promise-ban-toxic-chemicals-consumer-products
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11505585/https://www.cspinet.org/banned-food-additiveshttps://ec.europa.eu/food/food-feed-portal/screen/food-additives/searchThe reason you feel less bloated after eating European products is most likely because they use a different type of wheat than us, they use soft wheat which is easy to digest but also lacks nutrients, we use hard wheat which is nutrient dense but is harder to digest. European food labels are not legally required to list every ingredient, they just have to list the main ingredients. You also wouldn’t be able to recognize the “scary” ingredients even if the labels did list them, because you don’t know enough. In the EU chemicals, additives, dyes and preservatives are listed under their “E names” and are also called different names than they are in the US, for example red dye 40 is called allura red on food labels in the EU, and high fructose corn syrup is called isoglucose.
>>2551338That’s wildly incorrect, we are one of the main importers of food globally so everyone else is eating the same foods we are, and we rank 3rd in food quality and health, after only Denmark and Canada. Our food is not only more nutrient dense than in almost all other countries, but ours also tends to be fortified, and we have stricter standards for additives. This will probably change now that trump wants the FDA done away with.
>>2551234Oh sweetie, no. They have banned 7 ingredients that Americans still eat (because they were proven to be safe) and America has banned dozens of ingredients that the rest of the world still eats. Read the links I listed above.
No. 2551384
>>2551374https://impact.economist.com/sustainability/project/food-security-index/>According to the 2022 Global Food Security Index report, the United States ranked 13 out of 113 countries. In terms of food safety standards, this puts the U.S. below countries including Finland, Ireland, Norway, France, Netherlands, Sweden, United Kingdom, Portugal, Switzerland, and Austria. That said, the United States ranks higher than the remaining 16 European countries in the list.I'm not saying america has the worst food in the world but you are being willfully ignorant if you genuinely think the regulation standards are higher than all of europe
No. 2551424
>>2551416>>2551407feel free to post your source on where this 3rd rank status for food quality and safety comes from then, or else nobody itt is going to agree with your opinion that american food is superior quality. sorry you're so mad about this, I'm surpised you're reacting this way to a very common opinion.
>>2551421as I wrote, please tell me what products you think I should check for isoglucose or glucose-fructose syrup, as I've never seen them listed.
No. 2551426
>>2551418Read the links posted above.
>>2551420Someone else already posted it, although she was arguing that Europe has better quality food despite her own source proving her statement wrong
https://impact.economist.com/sustainability/project/food-security-index/ No. 2551439
>>2551426The issue is that a lot of the "quality" scales rarely study long term effects of additives. It took the boomers God knows how long to stop putting lead in everything and even then some of their dumbasses will still drink water from a mystery tap in a place known for having lead in water. Even nowadays you still have the screaming wojacks insisting eating an apple is totally just as safe as eating sour patch kids because the sugar content is similar. They're not even doing a single thing about microplastics either.
Basically they think anything that doesn't poison you on spot = healthy and safe
No. 2551620
obvious, but: regionally produced food always tastes better. Sweet corn in Europe has nothing on American sweet corn. I don't even buy it here anymore. I get my fill of avocadoes, salsa, corn, and to some extent tomatoes when I visit the US. And I bring back a fuckton of reese's peanut butter cups and peanut butter, bc Europe doesn't have any that taste good unless I want to pay a lot, and even then it's not as good. Cranberries and sweet potatoes are also better over there. Probably other stuff I can't remember right now.
But I don't bother with Mexican food in Europe. I can't buy refried beans or even make them spontaneously, because pinto beans are not available in any stores. I made refried beans with kidney beans, which was a huge mistake because of the farting aspect (thicker skin). There is no spicy salsa and the ingredients for making one myself are often not available. I got inappropriately angry seeing a bong influencer move (temporarily?) to my large Euro city and do a bunch of videos in shitty Mexican / Tex-Mex restaurants. Like why waste your money? They all suck. It doesn't matter how much you pay. There is no Mexican or central American diaspora here (unlike some other groups, who do cultivate authentic food scenes). But what can you do? I was astonished, hearing her praise this food that uses frozen avocado purée and shitty spiceless salsa.
Anyway, I try to pay attention to native fruits and vegetables wherever I am. I don't have any great insights aside from that, and to appreciate what you have. I never craved Mexican food until COVID meant I didn't travel for a couple of years. Then I was dying for it, lol
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Any other burger nonas have a regional soda you particularly enjoy? Picrel is my fave, from south central PA. It's extremely refreshing, sort of like a wintery, minty, herbal root beer.
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>>2552080These, but especially the Pineapple Blue Bayou one
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>>2552080AZ's Own Sarsaparilla. Tombstone also has a shop that sells it, but I don't go to Tombstone unless I'm already going to Bisbee, so I think I only tried it once or twice.
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>>2552080I only find picrel in meat markets and carribean restaurants
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>>2552080I don’t really care for soda, but on a super hot summer day I occasionally crave one of these. Idk if these are actually regional anymore.
No. 2552307
Interesting
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>>2552080>>2552180It looks like toilet cleaner but the taste is so yummy, I often get some when I visit my grandmother in central PA. The bottle is pretty big so we usually share it together.
I've heard non Americans have difficulty with drinking root/birch beer due to it tasting like toothpaste or something to them… that's sad…