Crip Dyke @cripdyke@octodon.social

@KthulhuKat

The pu-er process is also cool in that all the work is done by mold. They wet the leaves after initial processing (to turn it into green tea or black tea or oolong), blow mold spores over the wet leaves, let the mold grow for weeks -> months.

The mold eats the bittering agents but not the other flavors. They dry it, the mold turns to spores. They blow air over it to remove the spores & voila!

You can also tell your friends you paid extra for the mold :)

@KthulhuKat

If it's worth it to you, you can also buy "pu-er" teas (spelling will sometimes vary slightly). They go through a special process invented in & around the Himalayas that removes the battering agents - you can steep them as long as you like and they never become bitter. Also? They hold their freshness longer.

The Associated Press is reporting on the sentencing of a UK man for terroristic threats against local LGBT folks - which is a good subject for reporting - by equating autism with a tendency to violence - which is worse than bad.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pervertjustice/2018/05/31/associated-press-equates-autism-and-violence/

There's a "new" argument against Jesus' resurrection, but it relies on shifting the burden of proof, personal incredulity, and dubious deductions. Skeptics shouldn't use it.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pervertjustice/2018/05/30/a-terrible-argument-against-the-resurrection/

@CountZero

Any hashtags you recommend?

@CountZero

Thanks for the welcome!

I guess one of my main questions is if it's bad to use an account for publicizing blog posts. Social faux pas, maybe?

I'd be honored if you'd check out Pervert Justice. It's not well-read, but I like to think it has value commenting on issues of race, gender, law enforcement, jurisprudence, legislation, politics, and general justice.

How does one generally get to know people around here? Just reading the Home timeline?

I'll likely mostly be using this address as a way to publicize posts from my insignificant blog <i>Pervert Justice</i> over on FreethoughtBlogs.

At least at first.

I'm certainly open to other conversations, it's just not having used any platform similar to mastodon/twitter before, I'm not sure what those conversations might be like or how frequently I might join them.

Awoo?

I guess #introductions is the accepted tag for letting folks know someone new has joined the instance?

I'm not a twitter migrant, I'm a late 40s woman who never trusted twitter & facebook enough to join, but has been thinking about joining mastodon since @pzmyers mentioned it a while back.