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I’m disappointed this video is doing so well in the Fediverse. It’s largely unsourced and highly speculative like most of the videos on TikTok.

As a PC gamer I have exactly zero incentive to buy an Xbox. I hope they never renege on releasing every Xbox exclusive simultaneously on PC.

In the grand scheme of things, the illusion that Russia can just wait out the West’s appetite for war is definitely shattered. It’s now clear Putin is running his own clock.

That’s still a concerning development as I’m sure nobody wants the Russian state devolving into pure chaos, or for someone even more hardline than Putin to take his place. That’s why I’m not too hot on people cheering for Russia’s collapse.

In the grand scheme of things, the illusion that Russia can just wait out the West’s appetite for war is definitely shattered. It’s now clear Putin is running out his own clock.

That’s still a concerning development as I’m sure nobody wants the Russian state devolving into pure chaos, or for someone even more hardline than Putin to take his place. That’s why I’m not too hot on people cheering for Russia’s collapse.

The plausible worst-case scenario is Prigozhin blames the war’s failures on Putin and the MoD, then calls for total mobilization and total war against Ukraine to win this. That wouldn’t bode well for Ukraine at all.

The fact we can’t even agree that sex and gender are two different things is the final proof to me that the Right is arguing in bad faith. It’s such a simple concept to grasp.

One podcaster was suggesting we use male/female/intersex to refer to biological sex, and man/woman/etc. to refer to gender identity. Such an obvious and non-controversial idea, yet it’ll never fly with the transphobes.

I should have specified I don’t bring it to a full boil. I turn down the heat just when it starts to boil.

Not claiming my method is better than yours! Your method actually sounds quicker, which is a good argument for it.

This is the Way.

I do it slightly differently… Learned to do it in Korea. But the differences in my approach are just a matter of how you time things. I bring to a boil uncovered, then cover and leave it on low for 25 mins, then 10 mins off the heat.

The gist of the method is not so much to boil the rice, but to let it steam in its own heat. That’s how you get soft yet consistent grains of rice.

With a bit of practice, you get perfect rice every time, and it’s barely more work than a rice cooker! The only things that a rice cooker add is stuff like timing the cooking for you, the ability to set a timer, and the ability to keep the rice warm once it’s cooked. (Which, granted, are pretty useful.)

Honestly, the concept of a screw you can screw in using a cross-shaped tool sounds pretty universal. Not surprised it would be infected elsewhere in the universe.