Mastodawn

🍣 Oh, look, a comprehensive #guide to not angering your chopsticks! Because apparently, your meal is not complete without a side of anxiety-inducing #utensil #etiquette. 🥢 Next up: How to apologize to your fork for stabbing the salad too aggressively. 🤦‍♂️
https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-data/h01362/ #chopstick #dining #humor #food #anxiety #HackerNews #ngated

A Japanese Glossary of Chopsticks Faux Pas

An overview of chopsticks gaffes that are best avoided when eating in Japan.

nippon.com

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Julie Webgirl Jul 17, 2025

4/4

SUCCESS!!

#Chopstick FTW!!

Mauro Basilio Jun 24, 2025

Recording prepared cello improvisations. Video N.6
MECHANICS, music for cello and objects.
#cello #preparedcello #extendedtechniques #improvisation #experimentalmusic #electricmotor #rotor #chopstick #recordingsession #jargarstrings #mechanics

@la_generale_nordest

Find the rotors I install on my cello on sale here:
https://www.etsy.com/shop/StudioFaMusicTools

Mauro Basilio Jun 17, 2025

Recording prepared cello improvisations. Video N.5
MECHANICS, solo concert for cello and objects.
#cello #preparedcello #extendedtechniques #improvisation #experimentalmusic #electricmotor #rotor #chopstick #recordingsession #jargarstrings #mechanics

Mauro Basilio Jun 3, 2025

Recording prepared cello improvisations N.3
MECHANICS, solo concert for cello and objects.
#cello #preparedcello #extendedtechniques #improvisation #experimentalmusic #plasticcup #chopstick #metronome #recordingsession #jargarstrings #mechanics

Mauro Basilio May 21, 2025

Recording prepared cello improvisations N.1
MECHANICS, solo concert for cello and objects.
#cello #preparedcello #extendedtechniques #improvisation #experimentalmusic #contemporarymusic #electricmotor #chopstick #recordingsession #jargarstrings #mechanics #lageneralenordest

nomotime Oct 15, 2024

#SpaceX #Chopstick Catch 😮 🤯 #BlackMastodon

sebastian büttrich Oct 13, 2024

Interesting engineering success, but unfortunately not the kind of progress we need most, as humanity, right now.

https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-flight-5-launch-super-heavy-booster-catch-success-video

#spaceX #rocket #chopstick #starship #flight5

SpaceX catches giant Starship booster during historic Flight 5 rocket launch and landing (video)

The most powerful rocket ever built has taken to the skies again, but this time, it came back.

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Joe Wells Dec 26, 2023

Step 8:
A few stirs with a Chinese take-out chopstick (I've been using the same one for well over a decade. It has a beautiful, warm stain now that would be the envy of any woodworker) then the lid/filter/push dealie goes on.

#coffee #chopstick #woodworking