COW TOOLS

TBH this community was always a little too tankie friendly for my tastes.

Imagine if this was the guy we sent to referee the Ping Pong matches after the Vietnam War.

That’s true but I think the kids enjoying these activities without judgement is a given. The image intention is clearly to mock the aforementioned judgemental busybodies, and at least where and when I grew up those judgemental busybodies would normalize a dad not knowing how to cook, which is also harmful.

I recognize this as a post in a pattern of posts attempting to create a divide between genders on the fediverse, but I also see it as a stereotype with more truth to it than the run of the mill posts.

To clarify, the stereotype itself is not true but the fact that the stereotype exists is true.

Startups should Shut Up, if OpenAI announced it’s about to go bankrupt why should we believe any of them should get special treatment to someday in the far future make profit?

You can sue Donald Trump without suing the US Government. Right now several lawmakers are preparing a lawsuit against Pam Bondi over the Epstein Files.

If we flip the house and senate I’m gonna start sending drafts to representatives for a law that makes the Trump estate and all future president’s estates liable for all the avoidable and frivolous lawsuits on the basis of which they did not protect the human beings who live in this nation nor represent the system of laws which govern them, rather that they were personal and need to be paid for personally by the officials responsible for giving the orders resulting in lawsuit.

This is certainly data but it is not beautiful at all. It’s depressing af.

The above article is best summed up as:

The records show that CWG members recognized their objective was to “call into question” the basis for EPA’s long-standing determination that greenhouse gas pollution endangers public health and welfare.

A very similar attack on renewables was talked about on Senator Sheldon Whitehouse’s youtube channel. Department of Interior dropped a stop work order on the then 80% complete offshore wind farm by “Revolution Wind” near New England, when litigations were already underway by DOJ which appeared dead in the water, leading the new lawsuit to be a near instant loss with no appeal.

THEN, 30 days later they repeated the same stop work order, claiming new national security information has appeared. If it fails to present those allegations, which the courts must agree is cause enough for the stop, it will be fraud on the court and a sanctionable offense.

It seems the Trump admins strategy across the board is “create evidence that everything we say is true, regardless of facts.” Some real 1984 bullshit.

He’s just an old tankie who gets off on annexing Ukraine.

Thirty-one known defendants have been charged in Chicago with non-immigration crimes tied to “Operation Midway Blitz.” With today’s acquittal, 15 of them have been cleared and nobody has been convicted.

Due to the vague nature of it I’m forced to interpret this comment as a potential defence of isreal, in which case:

Netanyahu doesn’t speak for the jews, Netanyahu should be flogged.

Like Laura in Silent Hill 2 they won’t see any evil in Silent Hill because they are innocent.

Secure your data or pay your bills, SK Telecom.

I often wonder if we’re being instinctual pressured to find children unappealing given limited resources (albeit artificial limit) and overpopulation.

That waffle thing sounds chewy and bitter, idk if I’d try that.

Easy dinner bread, focaccia

Dough:

• 3 cups flour and a little extra
• 1 cups water and a little extra (I recommend distilled or filtered water over tap)
• 2 tbsp olive oil (I don’t trust Italian brands) or unsalted butter
• 1 tsp salt
• Choice of Yeast: either 1.5 to 2 tsp of Active/Instant Dry Yeast from a brown glass jar or you can just use a fistful of sourdough starter.
• Optional Spice Mixture: 2 tsp total from a mixture of 2 parts garlic powder (not salt), 2 onion flake/powder, 1 rosemary, 1 thyme, 1 oregano, 1 parsely, 1 sage

Wear gloves, mix all ingredients by hand. Repeatedly flatten, press fingers into, roll up, and repeat until dough is mostly homogynous, smooth, and with slightly glossy texture and very little stickiness. If the dough is stratified and not smooth, then its not enough water. If it’s too sticky, not enough flour. I appreciate having a second person available to add flour so I don’t have to remove my gloves or spread dough on utensils and cups.

Place a wetted smooth cloth such as a cheesecloth or other kitchencloth over the dough. You have to rise and knead the dough twice before shaping on a pan with parchment paper and thin coat of oil. Depending on your choice of yeast it will take different amounts of time to rise. Instant dough can be kneaded every 30 minutes and then shaped on pan should double in size after about another hour. Active is every hour then two hours. Sourdough starter varies from strain to strain but it can usually be left overnight before shaping and then rise for half an hour.

I personally like to fill this bread with mozzarella and tamed jalapenoes, like the more traditional focaccia, by spreading it out during shaping, covering one side, folding and pulling the edges over to keep it shut. It also goes well with curry or with beans and corn.

Preheat oven to about 400F.

For a thin crust, beat an egg with a small amount of water, maybe a tablespoon, and apply the egg wash to the risen dough and every 10 minutes while cooking. After about 30 to 40 minutes when the top crust of the bread becomes a dark color, not just golden brown but dark, prepare another different wet cloth. Remove the bread from the oven and place the wet cloth over the top for 10 to 15 minutes.

You can skip the egg wash and second cloth, and the bread will actually last longer without spoiling when it has less moisture. Breads and pastries can be safely frozen and thawed, as well, but I recommend against refrigerating because it will cause the moisture in the bread to condensate and spoil.

No, they have to want it.

Unbaked Bread is a yeast fungus building a house out of glutens, all of which very slowly expands to fit it’s container. You can shape it a lot of ways. You can also apply a variety of different fluids to create different crust thickness and textures, such as egg wash, sugar glaze, olive oil, etc.

Homemade bread is very good, would you like a recipe?

And soups.

Well yes but then every church would have a different tax filing status based on its operations and scale, or in other words “they should have to pay taxes.”

Differences without distinction.