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  • Ahoy bread bakers
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    Good article from the Breadtopia blog

    https://breadtopia.com/bread-baking-strategies-and-techniques/?utm_content

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  • How do erasers work?
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    wtg, once again sharing little known and even less cared about information...

    https://www.popsci.com/science/how-do-erasers-work/

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  • Remarkable use of our tax dollars
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    @Bernard Yes, I guess they would be.

    I doubt that Comey is actually going to apply. I think he's just pointing out the unintended consequences and needling Trump about the lawfare he is exercising against Comey

    Cohen falls in the camp with the rioters, at least theoretically. Lawfare by the Biden administration against him. And I'm guessing he's more desperate for money, which I doubt Comey is. I've never thought of him as someone acting on principle.

    I would be totally surprised if Powell applied for compensation. as a matter of fact, I doubt he would ever even make any comments about the compensation fund, and certainly not while he's still a Fed governor.

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  • Remarkable use of our tax dollars
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    wtg said:

    I wondered earlier if Comey, Powell, or Kelly might apply. Don’t know about them, but Michael Cohen says he will.

    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/michael-cohen-anti-weaponization-fund-claim-trump-lawyer/

    I was sort of kidding about Comey and Powell. But...

    Former FBI Director James Comey, who the justice department indicted twice in the span of eight months in cases that criminal law experts have deemed legally dubious, told CNN he might apply for the fund.

    "It appears that they're serious," said Comey, who has publicly sparred with Trump since the president fired him as FBI director in 2017. "It's to compensate people who have been targeted by the justice department for, they say, personal, political, or ideological reasons."

    "So I'm guessing, I'll be in line," Comey said. "I hope I'll be ahead of those who savagely beat police officers and sacked the Capitol."

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1m2j8lnnm5o

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  • Hay WTG
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    This Jewish Hungarian restaurant owner shared his recipe for Chicken Paprikash.

    https://www.hadassahmagazine.org/2025/01/06/jeremy-salamons-hungarian-mashups/

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  • Some people never learn
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    @CHAS

    Congratulations on the new piano!!

    And....happy belated birthday!!!

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  • Hay WTG
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    Daily Herald article about Paprikash.

    https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Best+of+Budapest+Hungarian+fare+spices+up+Paprikash+in+Arlington...-a0148935177

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  • Hay WTG
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    @mik

    Boy, I had completely forgotten about Paprikash. We never tried it. I'm guessing at the time our favorite hangout was La Poele d`or, the place with fabulous crepes and omelettes. We ate there frequently; it was kind of our version of "Cheers".

    Paprikash was on the PBS restaurant review show Check, Please! At least you can take a walk down memory lane. The episode was filmed at the original Paprikash; I think AH was their second location.

    https://checkplease.wttw.com/restaurants/paprikash-closed

    All the menus I see online seem to be Italian. I'm thinking they are actually for Clementi's, which was the next restaurant in the location where Paprikash (and before that Cap'n Rapp's) once stood.

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  • John Fetterman's texts leaked
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    Same article on MSN, no paywall.

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/maga-s-favorite-dem-s-trumpy-texts-exposed-in-bombshell-leak/ar-AA23M8Yy

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  • Newest Google sneaky ploy
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    @Axtremus said:

    Why is it a problem that a browser downloaded a 4 GB AI model to your computer?

    They didn't tell you they did it.....

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  • Comparing the US and Russian visits to China
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    A tale of two visits: Xi’s contrasting ties with Trump and Putin

    Less than a week after Trump’s second visit to Beijing, Putin also made a trip to the Chinese city. Here’s what the trip might say about the ties between Russia and China, and how this differs from Trump’s visit.

    https://www.reuters.com/graphics/CHINA-RUSSIA/byprnwgrdpe/

    After looking at the menu, I wonder what Mr Big Mac managed to eat at the state dinner....

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  • Tell us what you really think
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    The boss of Standard Chartered has apologised after describing employees whose jobs are vulnerable to being replaced by artificial intelligence (AI) as "lower value human capital".

    Discussing how automation was likely to lead to thousands of job cuts at the bank at a recent conference, Bill Winters said it wasn't about cost cutting but "replacing, in some cases, lower value, human capital, with the financial capital and the investment capital that we're putting in".

    He later sought to contextualise the remarks via LinkedIn and said he was sorry for his wording, which had "caused upset to some colleagues".

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c98rqld1j3yo

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  • Tulsi resigns
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    Tulsi Gabbard has said she is resigning from her position as the US director of national intelligence in the Trump administration, citing her husband's recent bone cancer diagnosis.

    "His strength and love have sustained me through every challenge," she wrote in her resignation letter obtained by CBS News, the BBC's US partner. "I cannot in good conscience ask him to face this fight alone while I continue in this demanding and time-consuming position."

    President Donald Trump said in a social media post that Gabbard "has done an incredible job, and we will miss her".

    Her resignation is effective 30 June. Aaron Lukas, the principal deputy director, will step in as acting director, Trump said.

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgj2gkv1x1o

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  • CBS News Radio shutting down
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    Today is its last day.

    Op-ed by William Paley's granddaughter.

    https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/may/22/cbs-news-radio-end-major-loss

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  • Justin’s last ride
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    Thanks for posting that. I read the first bit and will definitely come back to finish it when I have more time.

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  • What are you listening to?
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    Full blast to give me some much needed energy this morning!!

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  • All of the Above (documentary film)
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    A local (my district) high school teacher creates a class. And a documentary film about it.

    All of the Above, follows the transformative journey of high school students from different faith backgrounds who come together for John Camardella’s World Religions class. The film spends significant time in the classroom, capturing the intimate dynamics of these students as they engage in deep, challenging conversations about religion and culture. As a fly on the wall, our small team documented the profound shift that occurred as these young people confronted the preconceived notions of their peers’ faiths.

    The students—many of whom come from suburban, homogenous communities—begin by grappling with misunderstanding and apprehension, but over time, they develop a deeper empathy for their peers' beliefs and practices. This process of self-reflection and cross-cultural understanding extends beyond the classroom, as the students navigate their own personal growth and shifting identities. All of the Above is a powerful exploration of how education inspires change, sparks self-discovery, and fosters a more compassionate society.

    More about the film:

    https://www.wuwm.com/high-school-world-religions-class-milwaukee-film-fest-documentary

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  • Newest Google sneaky ploy
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    If You Use Google Chrome, Your Device May Have Secretly Downloaded a 4GB AI Model

    Here's how to check for the hidden file and delete it from your machine.

    https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/if-you-use-google-chrome-your-device-may-have-secretly-downloaded-a-4gb-ai-model/

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  • 2026 International Booker Prize
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    Taiwan Travelogue, a novel written by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ and translated by Lin King, has become the first book originally written in Mandarin Chinese to win the International Booker prize.

    Yáng and King were announced as the winners of the £50,000 prize – to be split equally between them – during a ceremony at Tate Modern, London, on Tuesday evening.

    The novel is presented as a translation of a rediscovered memoir, written from the perspective of a novelist who sails to Japan-occupied Taiwan in 1938 and embarks on a culinary tour in the company of an interpreter, with whom she falls in love. The book features fictional footnotes and afterwords by the book’s characters as well as “real” ones by King, which “wrap an intriguing metafictional layer around its core love story”, said judging chair and novelist Natasha Brown.

    It’s the second year in a row that the Sheffield-based independent press And Other Stories has taken home the prize, following Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq, translated by Deepa Bhasthi, last year.

    https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/may/19/international-booker-prize-goes-to-novel-originally-written-in-mandarin-chinese-for-the-first-time

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  • Remarkable use of our tax dollars
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    I wondered earlier if Comey, Powell, or Kelly might apply. Don’t know about them, but Michael Cohen says he will.

    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/michael-cohen-anti-weaponization-fund-claim-trump-lawyer/

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