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Former ALF Activist Joseph Buddenberg Wrongfully Arrested
  • If you read what he was charged with, it was releasing 5,740 mink from fur farms causing economic damages above $100,000.

    Those mink farms are absolutely horrific. So the "lesson" he didn't learn seems to be extreme animal cruelty is perfectly fine, and standing up against it is not. To me, that sounds like a good lesson to ignore.

  • It Cost Unity $205 Million To Make Mass Layoffs
  • So was this just a purely "everyone's doing it, so the customers (shareholders) expect it, so we'll follow suit" type thing? Do mass layoffs inspire confidence in the stock so it goes up? It's hard to understand from a rational position that throwing away money makes money for the investors.

  • ‘It’s not close’ - Wikipedia concludes Israel is committing genocide, ending editorial debate
  • I think what's incredibility obvious to you and I is an area of willful and encouraged ignorance for some who benefit from the results of their ignorance. I think that the media is largely complicit is beyond distasteful, but it's also the reality we live in.

    I also think it's important for wikipedia to work through their own NPOV policies. It should be applauded that they eventually arrived at the correct conclusion, AND moreso that they spent time considering and discarding contrary positions.

    Accepting one particular viewpoint with no consideration is dogmatism, and is not helpful to progressive causes.

  • Beyond Meat Returns to Growth With Encouraging Q3 Financial Results
  • They do have a bit of a catfood consistency, don't they? They haven't really changed much IMO. If you didn't like them before, you probably won't now.

    On the occasion I do make em, I normally squish them down in the pan since the outer layer browns and crisps up fairly nicely. The weird consistency is much less noticeable that way.

  • Women on the internet this week
  • Just to explain why people are confused:

    If it were 100% of men voting Trump, and 100% of women voting Harris, your math would give a 200% swing, so you're essentially double counting. Divide by 2 to get the actual swing %.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swing_(politics)

  • Putin says China is Russia's ally, backs its stance on Taiwan
  • Good point. Guess it just indicates how unpredictable he is. Just like how he said he'd build a wall, then built a little chunk of wall. It's all about doing the minimum possible to placate his base.

    I'm just here trying to get a grasp on what the actual implications of his presidency are going to be. :/

  • Putin says China is Russia's ally, backs its stance on Taiwan
  • Yeah, sure, he doesn't care about tradition, I get that. But it also seems to me Trump has always been fairly anti-China. Ofc he's also plenty happy to misrepresent his intent if it makes his base happy, so maybe that part was just a facade?

  • Putin says China is Russia's ally, backs its stance on Taiwan
  • Isn't this a bit of a predicament for Trump? Traditionally the US has supported Taiwan's independence, and it seems to me that'd be continued under Trump's "China bad" rhetoric/policy. However, getting chummy with Putin might require rescinding support for Taiwan's independence.

    Am I missing something here?

  • Surprise! Death Stranding Director's Cut is available now on Xbox Series X/S for just £18
  • I really wanted to like DS. The world seems really interesting, and so does the story. Maybe I didn't give it enough of a chance, but I found the gameplay to swing between boring and frustrating, with a side of gorgeous scenery.

  • Cyberpunk 2077 released in December 2020. Almost 4 years later, what is your opinion on it?
  • mild spoilers ahead

    It did seem strange how poorly things end with the voodoo boys. You can get out without a fight, but you can't make any friends. It seems to me like asides from kinda betraying you, they'd make for pretty natural allies against netsec and Arasaka.

    So no, I don't think that was just you.

  • Striking New York Times tech workers ask people not to play Wordle or other NYT games
  • Wordle gets a lot easier with some strategic opening word choices. The basic strategy is to pick words eliminating RSTLNE early (the "wheel of fortune" strategy), as those are the most commonly used letters.

    There's also a more specific strategy aiming to win on the 3rd guess by maximizing common letters and placements using two predetermined opening guesses. "Clint" and "soare" were found to be the most optimal, but any combo on that list would be a very good pick.

  • Tofu Katsu w/ Golden Curry

    I was going to make pizza on Friday, but I messed up when stretching my dough, and it seized up, so I had to rest it and re-rise, and so change of plans!

    I had left over curry and just made the tofu cutlets by shallow frying in a small pan to minimize oil usage.

    As always, any questions or feedback welcome, and happy to provide recipes if anyone wants them! \_\

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    Za #4, Pepperoni Pizza

    I happened across some store bought vegan pepperoni, and decided I'd do one of the most simple pizzas in existance: the NY style pepperoni pizza. It totally wasn't because I was lazy and it takes like almost zero effort.

    My dough caught on the peel as I was shimmying it on to the griddle, so I kinda got this weird teardrop-shaped pizza. Oh well. (:

    There's really just something very comforting about a basic-ass slice like this. It's not fancy or pretentious, just delicious.

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    Pizza Friday #3 - Sweet & Savoury

    So I've decided to make pizza every Friday this summer. This is \#3, but I declined to post the first two because they contained a slightly controversial brand plant based meat substitute.

    This one has vegan blue cheese, caramelized onions, button mushrooms, sun dried tomatoes, balsamic reduction and pear slices. I meant to add a bit of arugula, but I forgot. A little fresh basil probably would have been good too.

    Oh yeah, I was going to have it last night (y'know, on Friday like I said) but some stuff came up so I had to delay a night.

    Feel free to ask for any recipes or whatever! I generally follow Adam Ragusa's NY style pizza recipe, but he's not vegan so if you don't want to give him additional traffic, I can probably answer any questions you might have.

    If you have any suggestions for my next pizza, I'd love to hear it! \\

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    Indian dins! Daal, Aloo Gobi, and Tofu Makahni on Kuska (Biryani) Rice

    I've been learning to cook all sorts of Indian recipes lately. The samosa are store bought, cuz who has time for that. Everything else is made from scratch. I'll probably get around to makeing my own samosas too, some day.

    Will post recipes if anyone is interested. ^^

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    NY-ish style pizza

    A riff on the classic NY style pizza. Obviously with all the extra toppings, and a cheddar style "cheese", it's not in any way accurate, but it's what I happened to have on hand.

    Dough & Sauce:

    • Adam Ragusea's NY Style Pizza v2 [Content Warning: recipe is not fully vegan. It contains cow milk.]

    "Cheese":

    • Smoked cheddar style vegan grating block

    Toppings:

    • Red onion, mushroom, vegan sausage, fresh basil
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