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seanbala

@seanbala@mas.to

Former #ReligiousStudies student in #Chicago. Interested in #religion, #philosophy, #ethics, #culture, #environment, #ecology, and #community. Currently working in #HigherEd.

Other Tags: #Episcopal #Episcopalian #Ecotheology #Books #Folklore #Travel #Fantasy #History #Solarpunk #ScienceFiction #SFF #Bookstadon #Bookmaking #Musicals #Theater #India

Love exploring new cultures, interesting ideas, and meeting new people!

"If only I may grow - simple, firmer, kinder, warmer." Dag Hammarskjold

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swanksalot, to chicago
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Bally’s Profits Continue To Lag At Medinah Temple, Executives Say
Revenue at Medinah Temple’s temporary casino has been lower than expected, but Bally’s executives said that’s to be expected as it continues to break into the market.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2024/05/06/ballys-profits-continue-to-lag-at-medinah-temple-executives-say/

seanbala,
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@swanksalot

I hope it crashes and burns. It just breaks my heart every time I walk by the building.

liztai, to random
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I've gone to the dark side. I got my first ever cloud storage/all-in-one subscription service - OneDrive and all it entails.
They should give @chungliwen commission money cos he convinced me lol. Next, Kagi!

seanbala,
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@liztai @chungliwen

I was a Windows Phone die hard (sobs) so I've been on One Drive for a while now. I am getting subscription fatigue but I think One Drive is a good deal. Microsoft is doing its best to drive me away with the AI stuff but I am pretty happy overall. My only wish is that you could choose which Office program you could download instead of needing all of them.

seanbala,
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@liztai

I'd be willing to pay the price just for the storage alone. But Office as a whole is just so large. I have an older Surface Pro with only 128 GB. I need all the space I can get! I ended up downloading Word and Excel Mobile and also Libre Office which I go back and forth between.

seanbala, (edited ) to movies
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Watched "Laapataa Ladies" on Netflix tonight. Really funny, gentle Bollywood satire with great acting and writing. Highly recommended!

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21626284/

#Film #Netflix #Bollywood #Satire #WatchingTonight #WatchingNow #India #MastIndia @mastindia

alkatandan, to Palestine
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Posted everywhere but worth re-posting:
https://mo-husseini.medium.com/50-completely-true-things-1ce672087b28

#palestine #israel #hummus

seanbala,
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@alkatandan This is seriously awesome. I'm so glad that I read it. I'm going to share this widely outside of Mastodon. Thanks for sharing!

seanbala, to privacy
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Got a question about . I know has robust privacy settings. I was wondering about the underlying protection of the system from massive data scrapers. Are there underlying protections built into Mastodon to prevent theft of data or the upload of data onto a third party website? On another vein, is there any way to limit your account reach in outside engines like ? Does Mastodon have limited interaction with outside search? Thanks!

seanbala, to chicago
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Another video for #SilentSunday from yesterday. We saw this at the grand opening of a new Art Space in Lincoln Square, Chicago.

#Chicago #Illinois #LincolnSquare #Wind #Pinwheel #Shop #Calm #Peaceful #Urban #Street #Art #Colorful #Colourful

Strings of colorful Pinwheel on the front of a building blowing in the wind.

seanbala, to chicago
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A little bit of flowing water from a trip to Lincoln Square yesterday for

A straight video of a large fountain with flowing water in Lincoln Square.

the_etrain, to random
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I like how social media and news sites call it your "feed". Makes me feel like a farm animal getting fattened up for slaughter so I can be divided up and sold piecemeal to advertisers.

seanbala,
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@the_etrain

Deep cut, man...very deep cut....

LifeTimeCooking, to food
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Some things planned for today, all easy to cook.

Fennel and white bean salad (Indian style), Marcha nu Shak (capsicum stirfry with chickpea flour and peanuts), and Shahi Gobi (a cauliflower dish).

#Food #IndianFood #FromTheKitchen #FromTheGarden

seanbala,
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@LifeTimeCooking

A good Indian friend of mine in grad school used to say that if they made pasta, it was by default Indian pasta 😂 🤷‍♂️

seanbala, to coffee
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Just had an artificially flavored coffee that was so bad it makes you ask God why he allows such evil into the world. So much for trying to be spontaneous. Going to stick with my usual from now on ☕️

#Coffee @coffee #AllNatural #Theodicy

jendiagammon, to Starwars
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We are excited on a galactic scale to announce that the New York Times bestselling author and co-creator of #StarWars: The High Republic @cavanscott has joined our cross-genre anthology!
https://ko-fi.com/post/May-the-4th-Anthology-Announcement-Cavan-Scott-Jo-H2H6XOUI1 #MayThe4thBeWithYou #publishing #Books #StarWarsDay

seanbala,
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@jendiagammon @cavanscott

You are really rolling good authors in! Congrats and May the Fourth be with you 🤗

Stoneycase, to portland
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Best non dairy ice cream I’ve had. Legendnondairy. Fifty Licks, NW https://maps.app.goo.gl/JKm6YhsqNP4H1w9P7?g_st=com.jonny.mona.ShareExtension

seanbala,
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@Stoneycase What a seriously great name for a shop!

LifeTimeCooking, to food
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I adore dishes that can be made in 10 mins or under. This is an easy pasta dish – delicious – that is the perfect week night dish. It is great for lunches too, if you are at home. Put the pasta on to cook, dice the avocado, make a herb-garlic oil, mix all together and serve.

seanbala,
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@LifeTimeCooking

This is a good idea. But is avocado pasta another reason why Australia's youth cannot afford a home? 😂

thomasfuchs, to random
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(Copied from https://bsky.app/profile/nobodysholm.bsky.social/post/3krk4pbvuas25)

So Utah, having passed a transphobic bathroom bill, has launched an online form for people to snitch on folks they think are in the "wrong" bathroom or locker room.

Be a real shame if people on the Internet flooded it with fake reports: https://ut-sao-special-prod.web.app/sex_basis_complaint.html

seanbala,
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@oh_that_courtney @thomasfuchs Do you get to collect the reward if you report yourself? O_o

seanbala, to Travel
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A pretty cool video about some of the unique buildings in and around the Loop in downtown Chicago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nualB4Fl88k

We really do have some of the best and most unique buildings in North America!

#Travel #Chicago #Illinois #Midwest #Architecture #Walking #WalkingTour #Skyscraper #Skyscrapers #City #Urban #UrbanExploration #History #Building #Buildings #TheLoop

LifeTimeCooking, to food
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I am not much of a breakfast eater, and in general prefer the savoury options common in Northern and Eastern Europe, and those of India and S.E. Asia, to the sweet and sickly options of the West English speaking countries. Don’t get me wrong, I love a true French croissant with jam, and sometimes pancakes with honey (or sugar and lemon juice). I even have a large container full of my overnight oats mix on standby for mornings when I am super hungry as there is no other cereal in the house. But mostly we either skip the morning meal or prefer something more savoury. Even the overnight oats is unsweetened beyond the dried fruit and dried citrus that it contains.

Breakfast Rice and Raisin Porridge

This breakfast, however, is a little sweet – it has raisins in it – but is rice based, so that is a plus. It is for the days that I do crave some sweetness. Rice is ground to a coarse mix then cooked with the dried fruit. Cinnamon is added to bring a warm sweetness to the dish. You can sweeten it more with your sweetener of choice – I’ve always loved Golden Syrup. It is also great with spiced glazed apples or poached oranges and vanilla ricotta.

Rice porridge is mostly made for breakfast but in this house, it can be eaten at any time of the day. It is a great Winter dessert when your cupboards are bare. Rice and raisins – there isn’t anything more simple. Top with cream and fruit.

This dish can also be made savoury – omit the raisins and cook with Indian spices. Gorgeous. Use spices that you might use for Upma. Top with cashew nuts sauteed in ghee.




seanbala,
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@LifeTimeCooking

This sounds so good! Added to the list!

Oats are a cornerstone here. We often have them for breakfast. I will often make hot oats with fruit or add a scoop to a smoothie. @dohappybelove loves making oats chilla.

We also have been making the Masala Oats from "Parsi" often. I also like making Oats Upma.

So versitile! 🤗

Emmacox, to folklore
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“Oh God! Oh Jesus Christ!”

Tonight’s film choice.

seanbala,
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@Emmacox Not the bees! Not the bees! (I know it was from the OTHER one but I couldn't resist) - this is such a good film!

liztai, (edited ) to random
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Yan Wushi, to quote someone from Goodreads, 100% "deserves a beating, but is still bae."

Enjoying the #ThousandAutumns #donghua.

Edit - mistakenly thought Meng Xi Shi wrote the Untamed books lol

But anyway it looks like I just like this author better maybe because it feels like a very classic wuxia tale and the characters better developed. I found Yan Wushi interesting even if I found Shen Qiao annoying for his boy scout ways.

I guess I like bad boys 🤭

seanbala,
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@liztai I love this author description. Gonna file that away for later use....

reverendref, to random
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I was taking care of dinner dishes and Mrs. Ref swooped in and took over.
“I’ll do it,” I said, trying to be the nice husband.
“No … you go. I’m cold and the water’s warm.”
And there you have it …. Being nice is trumped by the need to have warm hands.

seanbala,
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@reverendref

Sometimes in my marriage I feel like am my spouses portable heater… LOL

seanbala, (edited ) to Anime
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This looks so good - a Pakistani hand-drawn animated film! Made by Mano Animation Studios and director Usman Riaz, it looks like a cross between a Cartoon Saloon and a Studio Ghibli film!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTuPHCyV6mw

#Animated #Anime #Film #Cinema #Ghibli #StudioGhibli #Pakistan #Paktodon #SouthAsia #UpcomingMovies #CartoonSaloon #Movie #Movies #ManoAnimationStudio #TheGlassworker

agnes, to pdx
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Got myself a one-person feast at Desi Bites in #Beaverton! 😆🎉 They’re not “Abhiruchi level” (i.e. the best #Indian food in all of #PDX, except located in Vancouver WA) but I loved getting a bit of everything with their vegetarian thali which comes with a single bite of dessert - the perfect portion! The egg curry was a bit too sweet for me, but I’m coming back for #vegan sambar on Tuesdays!

(I went to see Monkey Man afterwards, which sadly contained 0% Indian food… but 500% Dev Patel! 🇮🇳🔥)

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seanbala,
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@agnes Looks so good! Will add these to our list for when we visit the city again. When we visited #PDX last summer, we went to Bhuna and Bollywood Theater. Have you been to either?

We were struck by the idea of a Kashmiri restaurant in the US (Bhuna). So unusual for Indian in the US.

Bollywood Theater probably had the best service we've EVER had at a restaurant in the US. We both thought the food there was pretty top notch (and many dishes comparable to what we might get in India).

lowqualityfacts, to random
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Can't argue with that.

seanbala,
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@lowqualityfacts I don't know why, but I feel like I could imagine this being said....

agnes, to fedora
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I spent most of my Saturday playing with my new DIY Framework 13 @frameworkcomputer and it was super fun & amazing! 💖 So far, I:

  • Installed #Fedora 38 and discovered it uses DNF (not APT)
  • Got #VirtualBox then immediately uninstalled it in favor of QEMU/KVM
  • Migrated from 1Password to #Bitwarden
  • Got Slack then immediately uninstalled it since it conflicted with Bitwarden installation

Plus I went down a few rabbit holes here and there, because that’s how you learn #Linux! 😂

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seanbala,
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@agnes

Sorry to hear about this - I hope it gets fixed!

Are you still pretty happy with your Framework 13? I am about to replace my Surface Pro 6 and I am pretty sure I want to get a Framework next.

seanbala,
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@agnes Thanks for the feedback. I've been thinking of doing dual boot with it. I'm pretty tied into Microsoft stuff at the moment - but they are doing a good job of turning me off with AI stuff.

I'm interested FW for the environment and because I wanted to try Linux but refurbished computers felt like a real roll of the dice. And so many new laptops lack basic ports.

I haven't looked at the forums - are your issues pretty common or do you think you might have had bad luck with your machine?

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