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Cake day: June 13th, 2023

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  • Full disclosure: I’m an American whose impression of Canada comes mostly from Canadian urbanist youtubers, specifically “Oh the Urbanity” and “Not Just Bikes.”

    From that, I get the impression that Montreal is indeed way better than other Canadian cities – but that it’s basically the only one that is (give or take other cities in Quebec, maybe?). Like, the French-Canadian attitude towards zoning and city design is an outlier compared to the rest of Canada (and the anglosphere in general, possibly because mid-century American city planners with bad car-centric ideas had less influence).





  • Also we don’t need 45 storey condo buildings either. 4-6 storeys can be plenty to increase density in some surrounding neighborhoods.

    The 45 story condo towers exist mostly because those surrounding neighborhoods are zoned single-family. If density weren’t literally illegal everywhere outside the downtown cores, there wouldn’t be so much pent-up demand to make those high-rises necessary in every minuscule scrap of land where the density is legal.




  • Trump is a fascist true-believer and a fanboi of Putin, with ties to Russia going back decades. To imply that he needs to be coerced and isn’t betraying America completely of his own free will is to give him too much credit. Trump is doing exactly the evil shit he genuinely wants to do – no more, no less.

    Besides, he’s a raging narcissist who is basically incapable of feeling shame. If coercion were involved, it would require something with consequences beyond embarrassment, like “CP tapes,” not just “PP tapes.”


  • Not German (except by ancestry), but my advice is that you might want weights or airlock lids for the jars.

    (Not sure what the pros/cons are of the two different styles of keeping the cabbage submerged.)

    Otherwise, a Ziploc bag full of water can do the same task in a cheaper/jankier way.

    Once it’s finished becoming sauerkraut, you store it by putting a regular airtight lid on it and putting it in the fridge. I suppose it could also be canned to make it shelf-stable long-term, but you’re going to want to look up reputable advice for that.

    As far as what to add beyond salt and cabbage, since you have a bunch of jars I suggest experimenting with a bunch of different things.