---
title: 2024W47
date: 2024-11-18
publishDate: 2024-11-24
tags:
  - Weeknotes
  - Cooking
  - Recipes
  - Transgender
  - LGBTQIA+
  - Video Games
  - Tech
  - Arizona
  - Daylight Savings
  - NWSL
  - Football
  - Sports
  - Orlando Pride
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It was honestly a hell of week, with the combination of news, weather, and work.

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Over the weekend I made some cookies. The recipe is one from my college days,
and took a little digging to find, so I [wrote it up][c] on my blog to share
with y'all.

By coincidence, I read a [toot][genehack-toot] on Mastodon on Monday talking
about writing and sharing recipes, and how the standard formats often don't
serve us well. Gene's post about [Recipe Affordances][recipe-affordances] was a
good read. All of that made me think of some conversations I've had with
[Elaine][e] about how we format recipes, something she's thought a lot about
too. It _also_ reminded me of some thinking I've done on how to share recipes
here on this site in a more structured way. Maybe one day you'll see a
[/recipes](/recipes) section.

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Wednesday was [<abbr title="Transgender Day of Remembrance">TDoR</abbr>][tdor].

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Someone on Mastodon raved about a new city builder that came out over the summer
2024 called [Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic][wnr]. Design and build your
own Soviet-era city!

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Republicans in the US House of Representatives [worked themselves into a
froth][morn] this week over newly elected House Representative Sarah McBride.
The first in what will undoubtedly be a long string of attacks on the trans
community from an emboldened right wing congress.

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One of the best things about  my home state is the fact that it doesn't observe
Daylight Savings Time. XKCD ran a [good strip](https://xkcd.com/3014/) this week
about it.

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Tess and I watched the <abbr title="National Womens' Soccer League">NWSL</abbr>
final on Saturday night between the Orlando Pride and Washington Spirit. The
Orlando Pride had an incredible season this year, and pulled out a [1-0
victory][nwsl] against the Spirit.

[c]: {{< ref "blog/2024/cat-in-the-cream-cookies" >}}
[e]: https://diplograph.net
[genehack-toot]: https://dementedandsadbut.social/@genehack/113501296814192706
[recipe-affordances]: https://genehack.blog/2020/04/recipe-affordances/
[wnr]: https://www.sovietrepublic.net
[morn]: https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/congresswoman-mcbride-announces-she
[nwsl]: {{< ref "blog/2024/orlando-pride-nwsl-final" >}}
[tdor]: {{< ref "blog/2024/tdor" >}}