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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 11 points 6 hours ago

A 9.0 is as good as a modern day comic right off the rack, so finding something of that vintage in that condition is absolutely insane.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 0 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

We don't allow ableist slurs. Even in images.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 0 points 19 hours ago

Video links are not allowed.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago

LOL - Hey, if you're willing to help haul food, sure! 😉 Seriously, loading and unloading the car I think will be the trick...

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 6 points 19 hours ago

It's really good soup! 😉

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 9 points 19 hours ago

I hope so, I've had 2 heart attacks and technically died a couple of times. I don't want the recipe ending with me.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 4 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Thermometer! Always a thermometer! Not even meats, it's great for breads, and also temping oil for deep frying.

This year, my family decided on a big get together. I have no idea who all is coming.

My plan is to start Wednesday with cranberry sauce so it has time to sit in the fridge overnight.

Thursday morning I have it all planned out...

2 loaves of banana bread (350°)
Scalloped potatoes (350°)
3 loaves of bread, white, medium wheat, dark wheat (425° oven, internal to 180°)
Sweet potatoes with toasted pecan topping. (stovetop +450° in the oven for toasting).

If I start by 10:00 it should all be done by 4:00 which gives me time to clean up, pack up, and get to the house.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 39 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (4 children)

I mean, if you want a soup recipe, this one has been feeding my family for 100+ years. Great grandma Hulda brought it from the old country, taught grandma Joan and auntie Sandra. Grandma Joan taught me. I'm the last one making it, though boy, everyone loves eating it!

Caution: As with all old recipes, makes a metric fuckton of soup. Don't do this if it's only 1-2 people.

Ingredients
2 Cups of flour (250g)
1/2 Teaspoon salt
1 Teaspoon baking powder
2 Eggs whipped to a froth added to 1/2 to 3/4 of a cup of warm water (118 to 177ml)
4 Potatoes
1 Onion
1 1/2 Pounds (24 oz., 680g) of beef sausage (also called German Summer Sausage)
2 to 3 Tablespoons of butter, lightly mixed with a little flour
1/2 Quart (2 cups, 473ml) of milk
1 Sterile pair of scissors

Chop the potatoes and onion into bite size pieces. Put them in a pot and pour in enough water to not only cover them all completely but to cover them to a depth of 4 inches (10cm). Bring to a boil and cook for an additional 15 minutes.

While the potatoes and onion are cooking add the water and eggs to the flour, salt and baking powder and mix in a bowl. Knead the dough repeatedly until it is completely smooth with no lumps, rough spots or wet spots.

When the dough is ready, break off strips and roll them between your hands until they are about 1/4 of an inch (6mm) thick (slightly smaller than a bread-stick).

Cut the summer sausage into bite size pieces. You may flour the knife as needed to keep the meat from sticking to it. Easier if you remove the skin first.

By now the potato and onion mix should be well cooked and it is time to add the dumplings and sausage to the mix.

The preferred method of adding the dumpings is to use the sterilized pair of scissors, hold the strip of dough above the pot and snip the dumpings straight into the pot (watch out for backsplash!)

If you don't have a sterile pair of scissors you can cut them manually with a knife and add them to the pot with the meat.

IMPORTANT! Dumplings will swell to 3 times their cut size as they cook!

Make

them

SMALL!

Stir well and cook for another 30 to 45 minutes or until the dumplings are well boiled. Be careful at this stage because it is likely the pot will boil over if the temperature is too high.

If you place a wooden spoon across the top of the pot, that can help limit boil over.

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  (In grandma Joans 70 year old cookpot)

At this point the soup may seem too thin. Add the butter and flour mixture as well as the milk as thickening agents and cook 10 to 15 minutes more if needed to thicken the broth.

Refrigerate any leftovers and re-heat like any other soup.

Grand-dad alway put vineagar in his, but you do you! 😉

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 1 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Oh, I already know about Gein, I didn't need to watch the show. 😉

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 3 points 22 hours ago

I still say Enclave was a great game. The reviewers at the time absolutely misunderstood it.

Most of the complaints from 2003 are things people love about the Souls games now...

HD version:

https://cogconnected.com/review/enclave-hd-review/

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (3 children)
[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

I dunno, I used to see that all the time on reddit, generally in response to posts that all started with "I'm 18 and..."

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/39111789

Anyone notice what these "non-professional" degrees have in common?

Nursing
Physician assistants
Physical therapists
Audiologists
Architects
Accountants
Educators
Social workers

Here's a hint, look at the two least obvious ones:

 43% of new architects are women:

https://www.ncarb.org/blog/new-architects-are-increasingly-diverse-explore-updated-demographics-data

And 60% of all accountants:

https://www.careerexplorer.com/careers/accountant/demographics/

This is clearly a plan to minimize career paths for women.

Edit What the heck, lets check the rest of them...

92% of audiologists are women:

https://www.careerexplorer.com/careers/audiologist/demographics/

88.8% of nurses:

https://www.aacnnursing.org/news-data/fact-sheets/nursing-workforce-fact-sheet

75% of physician assistants:

https://www.careerexplorer.com/careers/physician-assistant/demographics/

70% of physical therapists:

https://www.careerexplorer.com/careers/physical-therapist/demographics/

77% of educators:

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/09/24/key-facts-about-public-school-teachers-in-the-u-s/

81% of social workers:

https://www.careerexplorer.com/careers/social-worker/demographics/

 

Anyone notice what these "non-professional" degrees have in common?

Nursing
Physician assistants
Physical therapists
Audiologists
Architects
Accountants
Educators
Social workers

Here's a hint, look at the two least obvious ones:

 43% of new architects are women:

https://www.ncarb.org/blog/new-architects-are-increasingly-diverse-explore-updated-demographics-data

And 60% of all accountants:

https://www.careerexplorer.com/careers/accountant/demographics/

This is clearly a plan to minimize career paths for women.

Edit What the heck, lets check the rest of them...

92% of audiologists are women:

https://www.careerexplorer.com/careers/audiologist/demographics/

88.8% of nurses:

https://www.aacnnursing.org/news-data/fact-sheets/nursing-workforce-fact-sheet

75% of physician assistants:

https://www.careerexplorer.com/careers/physician-assistant/demographics/

70% of physical therapists:

https://www.careerexplorer.com/careers/physical-therapist/demographics/

77% of educators:

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/09/24/key-facts-about-public-school-teachers-in-the-u-s/

81% of social workers:

https://www.careerexplorer.com/careers/social-worker/demographics/

 
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submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by jordanlund@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world
 

Tuesday is election day in the US so I'm putting up the sticky a couple of days early so folks can get ready for the big ones to watch.

The US has a couple of different kinds of elections:

The Presidential election - Every 4 years, last one was 2024, next one is 2028. Also generally has a primary earlier in the year followed by the general election in November.

Mid-Term elections - Even numbered years that aren't Presedential are Mid-Terms, State and Local issues, along with every congressperson and 1/3rd of the Senate. Next one is 2026.

Off-Year elections - You are here. State and local elections, Governors, Mayors, things like that.

There are the odd "Special Elections" too for when someone dies or is replaced, but that doesn't apply here.

So what are we all watching this week? Feel free to namedrop your favorites in the comments, but here are some big ones:

  1. New York City Mayor - Looks like Mamdani is the walk away favorite here, but we'll see!

Live Results:
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/live-results-new-york-city-2025-mayoral-election

Edit 91% of the vote is in, Mamdani is STILL over 50%, which is amazing considering the polling had him ahead but no poll had anyone over 50%.

Mamdani (Dem) - 50.4% - 1,036,051
Cuomo (Ind) - 41.6% - 854,995
Sliwa (GOP) - 7.1% - 146,137

  1. California Prop 50 - This is the one that would re-district California to eliminate Republican House seats, a response to Texas and other states doing the same to eliminate Democratic seats.

Edit Polls JUST closed, like 2 minutes ago, races is already called in favor of Prop 50.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/11/04/us/elections/results-california-proposition-50-congressional-redistricting.html

"The race was called before any votes were reported, which often means the call was based on polls and other data."

64% counted, not even close:
Yes - 64.6% - 4,444,629
No - 35.4% - 2,433,216

Live Results:
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/live-results-california-2025-election-on-proposition-50

  1. Virginia Governor election - Democratic candidate Spanberger is the favorite, State Attorney General is much tighter. Thought to be one of the races that will be a referendum on Trump.

https://emersoncollegepolling.com/virginia-2025-spanberger-leads/

Live Results:

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/live-results-virginia-2025-gubernatorial-election

Edit Spanberger won!
Abigail Spanberger - Dem - 1,227,888 - 55.3%
Winsome Earle-Sears - GOP - 987,939 - 44.5%
Total Write-ins - 4,566 - 0.2%

Lt. Governor also went to the Democrat, Attorney General too close to call.

  1. New Jersey Governor election - Much tighter than Virginia. Like Virginia, this is thought to be a referendum on Trump, Republican Jack Ciattarelli has the Trump endorsement. Neither side seems to be walking away with it at this point.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/can-democrats-find-their-footing-tight-new-jersey-governors-race-tests-trumps-2025-10-30/

Live Results:

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/live-results-new-jersey-2025-gubernatorial-election

Edit With 60% of the vote in, race called for Sherrill, up 14 points over Ciattarelli.

  1. Pennsylvania Supreme Court election.

Edit Voters look to be keeping all 3 Democratic candidates by an 80/20 margin, but only 16% of the vote is counted.

  1. Texas 18 Congressional District

Live Results:

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/live-updates-election-day-2025

52% of the vote counted and three separate Democrats are polling ahead of the Republican? In TEXAS?

Oh... HOUSTON... that tracks.

Christian Menefee - Dem - 12,688 - 32.5%
Amanda Edwards - Dem - 9,836 - 25.2%
Jolanda Jones - Dem - 7,375 - 18.9%
Carmen Montiel - GOP - 2,534 - 6.5%
Isaiah Martin - Dem - 1,837 - 4.7%

 

You might have heard that with the government shut down, SNAP benefits for November (you might know them as "food stamps" though that's not technically accurate anymore) are at risk:

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/americans-prepare-halt-snap-benefits-im-hungry-kids/story?id=126908769

Well, a local coffee shop here is stepping up:

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Check your local community, people are pulling together!

The coffee shop estimates a breakfast burrito and coffee is $15 so I'm kicking in 10 meals worth, I challenge other folks to do something similar.

 
 

OregonLive is known for gating links after the fact, so here's the important bit for folks living under the Sinclair or Nexstar umbrellas:

"If you live in a broadcast region run by the Sinclair or Nexstar media companies, you can only watch the full Tuesday episode of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on Hulu (free trial) streaming the day after it airs, or you can watch Jimmy Kimmel’s opening monologue and more clips from the show on YouTube shortly after it airs (this should be some time after 8:30 p.m. Pacific Time on Tuesday)."

Thanks to the East Coast feed, the monologue is already online.

 

"In total, law enforcement discovered 300 SIM servers – over 100,000 SIM cards – enabling encrypted, anonymous communication and capable of sending 30 million text messages per minute. Officials say the servers were so powerful they could have disabled cell phone towers and launched distributed denial of services attacks with the ability to block emergency communications like EMS and police dispatch."

 

FBI reward of $100,000 and direct appeals for public support appear to signal law enforcement’s continued struggles to identify the killer of Trump ally

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