The State of the Union in the Shadow of the Swamp.www.facebook.com
Nuking potatoes as a cooking method reduces the transformation of starches to sugar in the potato during cooking...as compared to longer cooking methods, oven roasting and boiling.
Also when you refridgerate a potato after cooking, then eat it, the blood sugar response is attenuated.
Im using these methods in my Cold German Potato Salad.
I will add a couple of tablespoons of Apple Cider Vinegar to the potatoes after nuking them, then chill over night for potato salad tomorrow.
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The recent BRICS summit ended with a decent statement, but one which is just as politically self-interested as any from the crumbling international institutions.
People, Not States, Must Create a True System of Global Justice
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Anybody know if there's a name for that animation technique where something is happening in slow motion, and that's conveyed by having still frames of action cross-dissolve into one another?
I wanna say it was popular in late '90s/early '00s cartoons?
The biggest piece of Mars on Earth is going up for auction in New York
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I got mildly chonky from adrenal burnout & a few other things postpartum, did keto (not full carno), but still struggled with infertility & wrecked my thyroid being sensitive to pasteurized dairy... soooo, I also had to clean that up & did so by eating POUNDS of organic produce daily, few grains, but still some good meats.
It worked & three more babies post-haste, but I was so desperate for #2 & destroyed from an ambulance-style miscarriage, I did learn a lot. Of course!
Hope you guys have a good brunch tomorrow.
'150 Palestinians killed as Gaza witnesses its bloodiest day in 3 months' | Press TV
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As many as 150 Palestinians are killed throughout the Gaza Strip as the coastal sliver witnesses its deadliest day since May.PressTV
NPR: No playing Spanish-language music: Many immigrants say they have new rules for driving
"...Since Florida granted highway patrol officers the authority to detain drivers based on their immigration status during routine traffic stops, getting behind the wheel has become a calculated risk for many immigrants across the state. Every trip โ to work, to church, to the grocery store โ now carries the possibility of detention, regardless of legal status....."
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New tax break for auto loans could save some buyers thousands of dollars. But will it boost sales?
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#JoeWalsh 11/20/1947 #Birth US musician (James Gang, Eagles)
Joe Walsh - Life Of #Illusion -
It's hard to know what he really meant when he wrote Life of Illusion. I think that many of us, at times, have
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Trump administration border czarย Tom Homanย fired up the crowd at Turning Point USAโs Student Action Summit Saturday night.Fox News (New York Post)
Despicable.
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The White House declined to say if the president was considering legal action.Victor Nava (New York Post)
President Trump has had enough. After watching viral footage of ICE officers being violently attacked by left-wing agitators during a
Huh. According to the one-byte man himself, the SMD-based consolized Commander X16GS is at least a year away from production.
That actually makes me feel better about Sentinel 65X -- if the current design has no major bugs left unfixed, we are actually ahead of the game.
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KILLING THE POOR AND VULNERABLE - THE ORGAN HARVESTING INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX MAiD article (Dr Coelho) - https://www.lifenews.com/2025/01/09/canada-killed-over-15000-people-under-maid-euthanasia-program/ Study - Excess Deaths in the United Kingdom: MidaโฆBitChute
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Her and one of her teachers hosted the party. Snapchats of brandishing guns. Kids puking in street.
Anyhow they are toast.
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Like, look how insane this game was:
- A random character from the movie would be the infected crew member and birth the alien
- A random character would be the android that would try to make your survival fail
- You had multiple ways to win: killing the alien (very hard but doable), flushing the alien to space, escaping the nostromo with the shuttle after activating the self-destruct sequence (but you had to bring the cat with you)
- Alien could go through vent, so do you
- The characters could ignore your orders if they were too stressed
The replayability was absolutely insane for a game from 1984.
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Don't Take Instruction On How To Live Your Life From A Stark Raving Mad Society
You should share none of the values and priorities of this freak show. You should not let any aspect of this dystopia inform your decisions regarding who you should be and what kind of life you should live.
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Fear Mongering Gov. Newsom Warns Californians About July Heat: โHave a Heat Plan.โ
โฆmore climate hysteria coming from the climate change pimps and lockdown tyrantsโฆ where is the shelter-in-place order? โGovernor Newsom urges Californians to take precautions as state endures triple digit heat, smoky conditions.โ Apparently 40 million Californians have no idea what to do when summer temperatures hit 100 degrees โ at least...
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as a professional maker of bad keyboards, I'd like to show my appreciation for Steelseries's idea to organize a keyboard /categorically/.
POPQUIZ: what category is "enter" under?
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I mean, it just doesn't make sense that Trump would promise to expose the Epstein coverup only to later on realize that "oh yeah, I fucked kids on his island too!". What would explain everything is that the big revelation that had him back down had to do with Epstein's Mossad connections.
I guess it is possible that some Jew recently reached out to him saying "you know that big-titty 18 year old you banged a few years ago? Yeah, turns out she was actually 15, so you better Shut It Down goyim!", but I'd still consider that the less likely explanation.
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I can definitely have the demo of Enigma Heart (encompassing the first act of the game) done in time for Steam Next Fest. In fact, not only is it doable, it's inevitable.
The full game by November 10th, I'm not so sure about. Doable? Still yes. Inevitable? Eeeeehhhh... little shakier on that.
I might consider early access as a failsafe by that point. Demo: first act. Early access: launch with the first two acts. Each update is the next act of the game. In EA no more than six months.
I picked up a Lemon Drop Melon.
The texture is like a Watermelon, and it tastes like a mix between a Cantaloupe and a Honey Dew with a little bit of Citrusy Lemon flavor in there.
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I think I actually bought a Hami Melon. There is no lemon flavor to it and it has a watermelon texture.
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I'mma pitch something to you. We're gonna play pretend, and make believe that I, despite all lack of qualification, have been put in charge of designing Commodore's definitive 21st-Century product, the thing that will blaze a trail forward as the Ultimate does back.
Let's begin.
It can still be Linux or whatever inside, that's fine. But the user never sees that. Not ever. All they see is "hit power button, READY prompt" or the like.
Give them a hybrid experience like the old Smalltalk OS/environment, where the programming language basically is the OS.
So you get your mouse-based WIMP GUI, but it's all integrated with the debugger and compiler and such, because this is a machine designed and intended to get you, yes you, programming.
What language? Doesn't really matter, but something clean and modern.
Most importantly, give the users an easy way to share what they create with each other. This is something Smalltalk never got right, but something like PICO-8 does perfectly.
This is, fundamentally, a machine about creating new things. It has neither the interest nor ability to be what everyone already has. It's about a new generation of people who are actually interested in computers and what they can do.
Anyone who buys this thing already has a tablet or a phone or a laptop that handles all their conventional stuff. That means you are free to offer them something those devices can't offer, don't want to offer, in fact actively hate: freedom to create.
Anyway. That's what I would do. That's what I would build: a modern machine that takes the best parts of retrocomputing and applies them to current tech.
Squeak is awesome, and for this mythical machine, you'd just need to port the VM, but if that was too heavy, there is also...this, which I think will appeal to the aesthetic you are going for, as well as the horsepower (depending on CPU chosen of course). It's a ground-up implementation of ST-80 from the original bluebook spec, written in C++ and SDL for the graphics:
By the Bluebook implementation of Smalltalk-80. Contribute to dbanay/Smalltalk development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
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We are looking for an investor who can loan our holding company 237,000 US dollars.
With this money, we will open a farm in Baku, Azerbaijan to produce animal-based food.
We will also make our own animal feed, so our products will be healthier, better quality, and cheaper.
Because we sell quality products for less and have strong advertising, we will sell more worldwide and make big profits.
Why Azerbaijan? Because animal farming makes a lot of money there, but few people do it. Thatโs why we will earn more by starting in Azerbaijan.
Additionally, by producing our own animal feed, we will be able to sell healthier, higher quality animal products at a lower price.
Since we can sell quality products cheaply and thanks to our strong advertising network, we will be able to sell more internationally and make huge profits.
The reason for establishing the business in Azerbaijan is that animal husbandry is a very profitable business in Azerbaijan, but since there are very few people doing animal husbandry, establishing the farm in Azerbaijan will provide us with more income.
Your profit:
You will lend 237,000 US dollars to our holding company and when 22.03.2026 comes, you will receive your money back as 953,000 US dollars.
Your earnings will be great. When 22.03.2026 comes, you will get your money back as 953.00 US dollars.
You will lend 237,000 US dollars to our holding company and when 22.03.2026 comes, you will receive your money back as 953,000 US dollars.
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That means you will earn 716,000 US dollars profit in just 9 months.
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Paul Skenes to start 2nd straight All-Star Game for NL and Tarik Skubal to open for AL
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Hospital sources announced that 128 people have been martyred in various areas of Gaza since yesterday morning.
๐นOf these, 33 people were martyred in an aid distribution center by Israeli and American agents.
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a lot of the stuff from that era was pretty "racy", whatever that means.
I can't remember the sci-fi show, but they wore skirts/dresses that were very short. Even star trek had some short skirts and legs everywhere. Too bad it was a horror anthology show.
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"La Critical Mass dรฉrange ? Tant mieux !"
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Il y avait des FRITES aux huitiรจmes Rencontres intergalactiques
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Se retrouver entre camarades, cโest important. Dans un haut lieu des luttes, cโest encore mieux. Un boost dโรฉnergies bienvenu !BOURRASQUE-INFO
Here is a list of foods high in Quercetin.
Capers
Ancho Peppers
Onions especially Red Onions
Cocoa Powder
Cranberries
Kale
Asparagus
Blueberries
Raw Apples (in the skin)
Raw Broccoli
Green Tea
Raw Apricots
Raw Lemon without the Peel
Cherries
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Le futur s'est donnรฉ rendez-vous en 2025 et a bloquรฉ la date du 20 septembre pour empรชcher que le monstre vorace Cigรฉo nous exproprie aujourd'hui et confisque notre avenir. La lutte d'hier ร demainโฆRicochets
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Kizaru's march toward the Labophase to take out Vegapunk is interrupted by Nika, the Sun God! Luffy goes Gear 5 for his rematch with the Navy admiral and whack-ass looney toons nonsense ensues, including Luffy somehow eating the literal embodiment of light?
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Lety Does Reacting to โOne Pieceโ Episodes 1124 & 1125
Egghead's under attack as Kizaru makes landfall, and we see more of Sentomaru's backstory when he needs to face his uncle. The history of their found family is revealed as Luffy gears up for his fated rematch against the man who wiped out his crew at Sabaody Archipelago.Some Related Video(s?)
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- My doodle of what I refuse to believe are Garp's final moments if we're writing Jaguar D Saul back into the fucking story
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- As available for watching on Crunchyroll & Netflix
- As described on the One Piece Wiki
- My gay ass once again starting to ship Nami and Robin
- I need Nami to reunite with Vivi already
- S-Snake being genetically predisposed to loving Luffy???
- Starving people
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- More starving people
- This show gets really hard to watch sometimes as someone who grew up with food insecurity
- LUFFY VS KIZARU REMATCH, LET'S FUCKING GOOO
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Ugh stupid petrol whipper-snipper due for a service, dying under throttle load.
Do I:
we're not avoiding sliding down the slippery slope further.
It's not a fallacious argument here because we're embracing fallacy and shunning logic and rigor.
I hate it with the heat of a million stars
The Epstein case is important because it implodes the fiction of deep divisions between Democrats, who had no more interest in releasing the Epstein files than Trump, and the Republicans. They belong to the same club.
It exposes how the courts and law enforcement agencies collude to shield powerful figures who are accountable to no one, violate, plunder, loot and prey on the weak and the vulnerable.
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The Trump administrationโs refusal to release the Epstein files and videos is done not only to protect Trump, but the ruling class. They all belong to the same club.Chris Hedges (The Chris Hedges Report)
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People shitting on Perifractic have big "YOU'RE NOT MY REAL DAD!" energy right now.
Like, dude, I'm not big into his videos either, but you're just being needlessly pissy at people who are doing what I would have said was impossible to pull off.
Perifractic taught me a lot from his videos, and he gave me some good advice when I asked for help when I was reconditioning my C64.
That and five bucks will get you a cup of coffee at Starbucks, but in my experience jagoffs tend to not be that kind of helpful to someone they don't know.
Did you know? Lemmy instances with *key instances!
In case you've been interested in wading into microblogging and didn't feel like Mastodon was your thing, the Lemmy instance you're on might have a *key instance to check out!
I'm posting to you from Sharkey World, Lemmy World's Sharkey instance. However I was surprised to find that Programming Dev has an Iceshrimp instance over at Bytes. Meanwhile I first learned of Blahaj Zone from their Sharkey instance awhile before they spun up their lemmy instance.
One of the cool features of each of these is that even if you're not into microblogging, they also basically have a blogging feature built in alongside it in the form of a Pages feature. Prefer the long form? Write there and then easily turn around and share it with a microblog post.
Are there any other Lemmy instances out there running *key instances? Mention'em in the comments!
Are you a friend of Blรฅhaj? blahaj.zone is open for registrations for queer folk and their allies. We're a small instance, running on #Sharkey (a fork of #Misskey).Blรฅhaj Zone
JOHN AND NISHA WHITEHEAD, RUTHERFORD INSTITUTE:
THE POLITICAL MATRIX SUSTAINS THE ILLUSION OF FREEDOM
โWhen a population becomes distracted by trivia, when cultural life is redefined as a perpetual round of entertainments, when serious public conversation becomes a form of baby-talk, when, in short, a people become an audience, and their public business a vaudeville act, then a nation finds itself at risk; culture-death is a clear possibility.โ
- Neil Postman
Remember, what youโre being electronically fed by those in power is meant to pacify, distract, and control you.
Fifth, be wise and realize that there is power in numbers. Networks, coalitions, and movements can accomplish muchโespecially if their objectives are focused, practical and nonviolentโand they are very much feared by government authorities.
Sixth, as always, change must start with โwe the people.โ
Iโve always advised people to think nationally but act locally. Yet it can be hard to make a difference locally when the local government is as deaf, dumb and blind to the needs of its constituents as the national government.
Seventh, local towns, cities and states can nullify or say โnoโ to federal laws that violate the rights and freedoms of the citizenry. When and if you see such federal laws passed, gather your coalition of citizens and demand that your local town council nullify such laws.
If enough towns and cities across the country would speak truth to power in this way, we might see some positive movement from the federal governmental machine.
Clearly, itโs time to clean house at all levels of government.
We have been saddled with the wreckage of a government at all levels that no longer represents the citizenry, serves the citizenry, or is accountable to the citizenry.
โWe the peopleโ are not the masters anymore.
It doesnโt matter whether youโre talking about the federal government, state governments, or local governing bodies: at all ends of the spectrum and every point in between, a shift has taken place.
โWe the peopleโ are not being seen, heard or valued.
We no longer count for much of anything beyond an occasional electoral vote and as a source of income for the governmentโs ever-burgeoning financial needs.
Everything happening at the national level is playing out at the local level, as well: the violence, the militarization, the intolerance, the lopsided governance, and an uneasy awareness that the citizenry have no say in how their communities are being governed.
So, whatโs the answer?
For starters, stop tolerating corruption, graft, intolerance, greed, incompetence, ineptitude, militarism, lawlessness, ignorance, brutality, deceit, collusion, corpulence, bureaucracy, immorality, depravity,
censorship, cruelty, violence, mediocrity, and tyranny. These are the hallmarks of an institution that is rotten through and through.
Stop holding your nose in order to block out the stench of a rotting institution.
Stop letting the government and its agents treat you like a servant or a slave.
Youโve got rights. Weโve all got rights. This is our country. This is our government. No one can take it away from us unless we make it easy for them.
Youโve got a better chance of making your displeasure seen and felt and heard within your own community. But it will take perseverance and unity and a commitment to finding common ground with your fellow citizens.
As I make clear in my book Battlefield America: The War on the American People and in its fictional counterpart The Erik Blair Diaries, weโre making it way too easy for the police state to take over.
So, stop being an accessory to the murder of the American republic.
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