Nobody was killed other than Ashli? 🤔

https://www.factcheck.org/2021/11/how-many-died-as-a-result-of-capitol-riot/

If that statement popped up in one of my communities, I’d remove it as misinformation.

Yay! Adventureman is back for another 3 issue run!

It’s an absolute delight to read!

Eh, it’s a country. I do dig American Chinese food, I know it’s not the same.

Chinese slave-workers helped build the American West, their contribution and sacrifice is rarely recognized.

The half that didn’t vote are OK with other people deciding for them.

In the US, protests are largely performative. People want to make a show of it do they can say “Look, I did something!” even if they’re doing nothing. They’ll break their own arms patting themselves on the back.

I live in Portland which is protest central. We had 100 days of Black Lives Matter protests which meant and did nothing as the city largely agreed with the sentiment.

You want a protest that matters? You take it where the action is happening. In the case of Trump, you can set EVERY Tesla dealer on fire, it means nothing.

Take that shit to D.C. and shut that city down for 100 days? Assuming the Feds don’t kill everyone, that’s a protest that would matter.

Sub sweet potatoes for potatoes. I know, I know, counter intuitive. :)

I make these every Thanksgiving and people DEMAND them:

Serves 10 to 12

Sweet Potatoes

• 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, cut into 1-inch chunks

• 5 pounds sweet potatoes (about 8 medium), peeled and cut into 1-inch cubes

• 1 cup packed light brown sugar (For a more intense molasses flavor, use dark brown sugar in place of light brown sugar.)

• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt

• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper

• 1/2 cup water

Pecan Topping

• 2 cups pecan halves

• 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar (For a more intense molasses flavor, use dark brown sugar in place of light brown sugar.)

• 1 egg white, lightly beaten

• 1/8 teaspoon salt

• Pinch cayenne pepper

• Pinch ground cumin

Directions

1. FOR THE SWEET POTATOES: Melt the butter in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add the sweet potatoes, brown sugar, salt, pepper, and water; bring to a simmer. Reduce the heat to medium-low, cover, and cook, storing often, until the sweet potatoes are tender (a paring knife can be slipped into and out of the center of the potatoes with very little resistance), 45 to 60 minutes.

It’s going to seem like not enough water, it is. As the sweet potatoes cook, they’ll release a ton of water!

2. When the sweet potatoes are tender, remove the lid and bring the sauce to a rapid simmer over medium-high heat. Continue to simmer until the sauce has reduced to a glaze, 7 to 10 minutes.

3. FOR THE TOPPING: Meanwhile, mix all the ingredients for the topping together in a medium bowl; set aside.

4. Adjust an oven rack to the middle position and heat the oven to 450 degrees. Pour the potato mixture into a 13 by 9-inch baking dish (or a shallow casserole dish of similar size). Spread the topping over the potatoes. Bake until the pecans are toasted and crisp, 10 to 15 minutes. Serve immediately.

Variation

CANDIED SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE WITH TOASTED MARSHMALLOW TOPPING

Follow the recipe for Candied Sweet Potato Casserole, substituting 4 cups mini marshmallows for the pecan topping. Bake until the marshmallows are crisp and golden, about 5 minutes.

Maybe you just aren’t where it’s happening?

https://apnews.com/article/50501-protests-project-2025-trump-state-capitols-ddd341171a54ba9b498cbfe7530e18ab

“Protesters in Philadelphia and at state capitols in California, Minnesota, Michigan, Texas, Wisconsin, Indiana and beyond waved signs denouncing President Donald Trump; billionaire Elon Musk, the leader of Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency; and Project 2025, a hard-right playbook for American government and society.”

Less of the vegetable and more of the method.

Do you have an air fryer or an oven with an air fryer setting?

Take your veggies, spray them with butter, salt and pepper to taste, then roast them on an air fryer setting.

Asparagus, carrots, corn… all kind of amazing like this!

Also good on a charcoal or gas grill!

Basis for a super fun movie last year:

Thelma:

https://youtu.be/RFAFsDEM0j4

Bonus: The actress, June Squibb, is legit 95 years old(!)

Not even laws, just policies… “Oh, if you see someone in a Chicago Bulls hat that means they’re in x gang.”

Totally common law enforcement tactic.

Back in the day, it was sports teams, just about any team could be justified as “gang affiliated” and they used it as an excuse to hassle minorities.

https://www.kubashi.com/pop-culture/the-10-most-gang-affiliated-hats-in-sports/

World is not for US news or politics. See !news@lemmy.world or !politics@lemmy.world

They might even throw out mixed race marriage the way things are going…

Thomas - “Thank god, I’ve been trying to get rid of her for YEARS!”

Newsweek is in a really weird space right now, they aren’t WHOLLY unreliable like a New York Post or Daily Mail, but they definitely seem to be sliding that way.

They were always 2nd tier compared to a Time Magazine or U.S. News and World Report, but not unreliable.

That seems to have changed in 2018 when Dev Pragad and Johnathan Davis took over.

Here’s the worrying bit:

https://www.niemanlab.org/2024/04/inside-newsweek-ai-experiment/

“Newsweek believes that AI tools can help journalists work faster, smarter and more creatively,” reads the updated standards page. “We firmly believe that soon all journalists will be working with AI in some form and we want our newsroom to embrace these technologies as quickly as is possible in an ethical way.”

My prediction is, within 2 years, Newsweek will officially become AI slop and can be safely disregarded as a valid source.

Lemmy.World is the instance.

!world@lemmy.world is the US free community.

My daughter in law is from there, so I’m still learning about it. She’s from Sittwe in Rakhine State.

As outrageous as this is, it made me curious… for me, the Department of Education is just one of those things I’ve kind of always known about, but did you know that the current office and secretary was created in 1979? Under Jimmy Carter?

🤯

It’s amazing how… recent… a lot of these cabinet positions actually are:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabinet_of_the_United_States

Homeland Security - 2003 (that tracks)
Veterans Affairs - 1989
Education - 1979
(Previously “Health, Education, and Welfare”) - 1953
Energy - 1977
Transportation - 1967
Housing and Urban Development - 1966
Health and Human Services - 1980
(Previously “Health, Education, and Welfare”) - 1953
Labor - 1913
(Previously “Commerce and Labor”) - 1903
Commerce - 1913
(Previously “Commerce and Labor”) - 1903
Agriculture - 1862
Interior - 1849
Attorney General - 1789
Defense - 1947
(Previously “Secretary of War”) - 1789
(Previously “Secretary of the Navy”) - 1798
(Previously “Secretary AT War”) - 1783
Treasury - 1789
(Previously “Superintendent of Finance”) - 1771
State - 1789
(Previously “Secretary of foreign affairs”) - 1781
Vice President - 1789

Work sent me an iPhone 14 for testing because I already had an Android phone, can’t think of any other reason to own one other than 1) somebody else paid for it and 2) you need one for work.

I removed the other one, it had no engagement.

I was always told that when someone asks how you are you say “Unbelievable!” because it can mean everything and nothing.