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california·CaliforniabyMelonYellow

There's a quiet housing fix spreading across California

TLDR: Cities are allowing developers to re-zone retail units that go un-leased. They can then be converted into live-work studios so people can run businesses from home ie. an artist running a home studio, a massage therapist taking clients, a home daycare, etc. Seems this could really help with California’s chronic housing crisis.

https://www.sfgate.com/realestate/article/retail-slump-fueling-conversions-housing-21106795.phpOpen linkView original on lemmy.ca

The Incredible String Band - Minotaur's Song

Lesser known song. Sounds like a cross between a nursery rhyme and a drinking/pub song. Someone in the comments said it sounds like a Monty Python song, which is bang on😁

Album: The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter (1968)

Genre: British psychedelic folk


Straight on the shoulder, I think like a soldier
I know what's right and what's wrong
(He knows what's right and what's wrong)

I'm the original discriminating buffalo man
And I'll do what's wrong as long as I can
(He'll do what's wrong as long as he can)

I live in a labyrinth under the sea
Down in the dark, as dark as can be
I like the dark as dark as can be
(He likes the dark as dark as can be)

I'll even attack you or eat you whole
Down in the dark my bone mills roll
Porridge for my porridge bowl
(Porridge for his porridge bowl)

[Chorus x2]
I'm strong as the earth from which I'm born
(He's strong as the earth from which he's born)
I can't dream well because of my horns
(He can't dream well because of his horns)

A minotaur gets very sore
His features they are such a bore
His habits are predictable
Aggressively reliable, bull, bull

[Chorus]

I'm the original discriminating buffalo man
I'll do what's wrong as long as I can
(He'll do what's wrong as long as he can)

As long as he can
As long as he can
As long as he can
As long as he can
As long as he can
As long as he can
As long as he can
As long as he can

Huzzah!

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psychedelicmusic·Psychedelic MusicbyMelonYellow

The Incredible String Band - Minotaur's Song

Lesser known song. Sounds like a cross between a nursery rhyme and a drinking/pub song. Someone in the comments said it sounds like a Monty Python song, which is bang on. 😁

Album: The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter (1968)

Genre: British psychedelic folk


Straight on the shoulder, I think like a soldier
I know what's right and what's wrong
(He knows what's right and what's wrong)

I'm the original discriminating buffalo man
And I'll do what's wrong as long as I can
(He'll do what's wrong as long as he can)

I live in a labyrinth under the sea
Down in the dark, as dark as can be
I like the dark as dark as can be
(He likes the dark as dark as can be)

I'll even attack you or eat you whole
Down in the dark my bone mills roll
Porridge for my porridge bowl
(Porridge for his porridge bowl)

[Chorus x2]
I'm strong as the earth from which I'm born
(He's strong as the earth from which he's born)
I can't dream well because of my horns
(He can't dream well because of his horns)

A minotaur gets very sore
His features they are such a bore
His habits are predictable
Aggressively reliable, bull, bull

[Chorus]

I'm the original discriminating buffalo man
I'll do what's wrong as long as I can
(He'll do what's wrong as long as he can)

As long as he can
As long as he can
As long as he can
As long as he can
As long as he can
As long as he can
As long as he can
As long as he can

Huzzah!

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Cursed Pumpkin Currypuffs

It’s like chicken + potato curry pastries, but subbing pumpkin for potato🎃 The wonky faces gave me a chuckle.


Makes one dozen currypuffs

Ingredients Needed:

Pumpkin curry:
1/2 small pumpkin/kabocha squash (~250g pumpkin flesh; I got mine from K Fresh)
45ml (3 tbsp) vegetable oil, or any other neutral oil
1/2 onion, diced
2 garlic cloves, minced
5g (1 tbsp) meat curry powder
2g (1 tsp) turmeric powder
1 chicken breast (~150g)
10g (1 tbsp) brown sugar
2g (1/2 tsp) salt
0.5g (1/4 tsp) black pepper

Dough:
120ml (1/2 cup) oil
400g (3 1/2 cups) all-purpose flour
150ml (1/2 cup + 2 tbsp) water
2g (1/2 tsp) salt
1 egg, for eggwash

Cursed Pumpkin Currypuffshttps://junandtonic.com/blog/cursed-pumpkin-currypuffsOpen linkView original on lemmy.ca

How to Make Movie Theater Popcorn At Home: The LAST Popcorn Video You'll EVER Need!

Shhh… Don’t mind the calories lol.

There are WAY too many videos on YouTube claiming to be THE best Popcorn recipe of all time....and then you watch their video. Even the big boys like ‪@AltonBrown‬ ‪@JoshuaWeissman‬ and ‪@bingingwithbabish‬ don't even hit a home run. So what does it take? Well, find out from someone who worked at a movie theater and has witnessed it all first hand.

🍿 Want that real movie theater popcorn experience without leaving your house? In this step-by-step guide, I’ll show you exactly how to make authentic cinema-style popcorn at home. From the secret ingredient (Flavacol) to the perfect popping oil and buttery finish, this is the ultimate popcorn recipe you’ll ever need.

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melodicdeathmetal·Melodic Death MetalbyMelonYellow

Aeolian - The Miracle (2023)

Just found them! Solid recent melodeath. I’ll just quote the metalcrypt review bc those guys are way better writers than me lol.

Æolian have quietly gone about making the most exciting and impressive melodic death metal in ages since their 2018 debut, Silent Witness, without a whole lot of fanfare, partly because they're located in the tiny Balearic Islands off the coast of Spain, and the only real difference with their latest release, Echoes of the Future, is that it's refined almost to complete perfection. Sure, they've never been a very original band, as their mission statement is to pay tribute to the past greats of Scandinavian melodeath like Dissection, Children of Bodom, and Eternal Tears of Sorrow among others, but who gives a rat's ass about that if they're capable of matching them at the heights of their unholy power? This is a band that understands it's all about crafting instantly hooky melodies to go with endlessly catchy songwriting, and they do it with startling professionalism and passion as they give as much reverence to the glory days of the Swedish scene as they do the Finnish, like with the face-ripping opener "Hominis Obscura," the folky "Dreams of Reality," the—actually, I'll stop right there because I'd be reading off the whole damn track list at this rate. You want to know what makes melodic death metal great even now, decades after people got sick of it? Just slap this sucker in and be blown away by how little you need to reinvent a wheel when you know how to steer it down the path of greatness. Definitely a contender for Best of 2023.

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california·CaliforniabyMelonYellow

Press group sues L.A., alleging police abuse of reporters at ICE rallies

On Monday, the Los Angeles Press Club and the investigative reporting site Status Coup filed a lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles and the chief of the Los Angeles Police Department in federal court, alleging that officers at the demonstrations are routinely violating journalists' rights.

Happy to hear this! Plenty of video evidence that the whole world watched.

https://www.npr.org/2025/06/16/nx-s1-5434279/lapd-immigration-protests-journalists-rubber-bulletsOpen linkView original on lemmy.ca
bayarea·Bay AreabyMelonYellow

Just a normal rush hour on BART. Then Olivia Wilde and Seth Rogen hopped aboard

Didn’t see this one posted yet! Apparently shooting for a new movie, “The Invite.”

Seth Rogen and Olivia Wilde rode BART for hours Tuesday afternoon, right in the middle of rush hour. Rolling between Glen Park Station and Daly City, the Hollywood A-listers blended right in with actual passengers on their way home from work.

“I’m a regular commuter,” Rogen told The Standard as he headed down the escalator and onto a BART train.

Just a normal rush hour on BART. Then Olivia Wilde and Seth Rogen hopped aboardhttps://sfstandard.com/2025/05/20/olivia-wilde-seth-rogen-movie-filming-in-san-francisco/Open linkView original on lemmy.ca
mealtimevideos·MealtimeVideos CafebyMelonYellow

Kurzgesagt – South Korea Is Over [14:46]

South Korea is heading toward a demographic collapse unlike anything the world has seen before. With the lowest fertility rate ever recorded and a rapidly aging population, the country faces a future of economic decline, shrinking cities, cultural erosion, and a vanishing workforce.

By 2060, nearly half of South Koreans could be over the age of 65, and entire regions may be abandoned as the population continues to shrink.

How did South Korea reach this point? Why might it no longer be possible to reverse the trend? And what does this mean for other countries on a similar path?

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