I'm making chicken biriyani and the recipe asks for adding a bit of safron with milk at the end so that some of the rice is white and some of it is yellow.
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Former GOP Rep. Peter Meijer said there are "a lot of folks" in the ranks of MAGA Republicans who are hoping for former President Donald Trump's "mortal demise."
"I want to be clear: I'm not in that camp. But I've heard from a lot of people who will go onstage and put on the red hat, and then give me a call the next day and say, 'I can't wait until this guy dies," Meijer told McKay Coppins, a journalist at The Atlantic.
For a recent opinion piece, Coppins spoke to a dozen anonymous sources within the GOP, including current and former Republican lawmakers and analysts. One of the people who spoke to Coppins was Meijer, a Michigan Republican who voted for Trump's impeachment and then lost his congressional seat during the 2020 GOP primaries.
Meijer did not say which Republicans told him they wished Trump was dead. Representatives for Meijer did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.
According to Coppins, the Republicans he interviewed said one way to get rid of Trump would be simply to wait for him to die, considering the former president's age and fast-food heavy diet.
When asked about his opinion piece on CNN on Monday, Coppins said he was "taken aback by how often" he heard jokes about Trump's death from Republicans.
"I thought it was kind of a morbid, dark joke at first," Coppins told CNN. "But I heard it so often that it started to become clear that this was actually what a lot of Republicans believe, and it just speaks to the desperation in the party."
Coppins also told CNN some of his Republican sources "clung to a long-held delusion" that Trump "would become a different person and bow out graciously, and make room for the next generation of Republican leaders."
A representative for Trump did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment sent outside regular business hours.
I bought a stell and on the first use a bunch of metal pieces come off in the dough and idk what to do about it.
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MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell says late-night show host Jimmy Kimmel had one request of him: The pillow CEO must sit inside a giant claw machine during their interview.
"A lot of you have reached out to me: 'Mike, don't do it, he's going to attack you. Why did you agree to go inside a claw game?'" Lindell said during a Facebook live stream on Tuesday. Lindell is scheduled to appear on Kimmel's talk show, "Jimmy Kimmel Live," on Tuesday.
"Which I did, because they, you can't go inside the studio if you're not vaccinated. And of course, I'm not vaccinated," Lindell added.
"Maybe I'll find out that that claw game was rigged, huh, the one that picks up the stuffed animals," Lindell quipped, seemingly referencing his own baseless claims of widespread election fraud.
The pillow CEO said his appearance on Kimmel "should be very, very interesting." He also said he was only agreeing to the interview because he thinks it will help "save our country."
Kimmel appeared to confirm Lindell's account, tweeting: "MyPillow Mike from a claw machine tonight!"
—Jimmy Kimmel Live (@JimmyKimmelLive) January 31, 2023
Kimmel said on Monday that Lindell has "repeatedly" asked to be on the show, and that he's tried to invite Lindell back many times.
Lindell's last appearance on Kimmel's show was in April 2021. During their nearly 20-minute conversation, Kimmel pummeled Lindell with questions about his voter fraud claims.
"A lot of people didn't want you to come on this show. Liberals and conservatives, told me not to have you on, and they told you don't go on the show," Kimmel told Lindell in 2021. "But I think it's important that we talk to each other."
Lindell is fresh off a big loss in his race for RNC chair, where he only secured four votes.
Lindell and representatives for Kimmel did not immediately respond to Insider's requests for comment.
I’m trying to make a mac and cheese recipe from my favorite restaurant but need some guidance. It calls for 1 cup of taleggio cheese, but it’s not accessible nor affordable where I live. Everything I’ve seen online says to substitute it for fontina but the recipe already calls for two cups of it. I’m worried if I use only fontina the recipe will lack in flavor. Any advice is appreciated!
I ran into a deal at Wegman’s after Christmas on some spiral ham halves that were too cheap to pass up. They include a bag of honey glaze, which I did not use but still found it horribly sweet. I still have another in the freezer, so I’m looking for suggestions.
I considered soaking in water, but I’m afraid I’ll end up leaching all of the salinity and smoky flavor out of it. I have cured and smoked my own hams in the past and thought about trying to re-brine them in a more savory mix for a few days and see what happens.
Any suggestions? Thanks!
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Gen Z doesn't think anyone can keep them safe online.
That's according to a Dell Technologies study released in December. The company surveyed 15,105 people between the ages of 18 and 26 years from 15 countries about how investments in technology can be used to support the economy. The findings indicate that Gen Z doesn't trust any entity, public or private, to keep their data safe online.
The survey found that:
As for Gen Z's top cyber security concern? Having their personal data or photos shared without permission.
In addition, more than half of the surveyed individuals said they have low or neutral confidence that their personal data is being stored properly by healthcare providers.
The survey's findings follow a spate of high-profile cyber attacks targeting major companies.
Earlier this month, hackers leaked details of over 200 million Twitter accounts onto an online forum, including email addresses and phone numbers.
In August 2021, T-Mobile announced that the personal information of 47.8 million people was stolen in a data breach. The stolen data includes customers' first and last names, social security numbers, and driver's license information.
Companies face serious repercussions for their failure to protect their clients: The average cost of recovering from a ransomware attack is $1.85 million, per a 2021 survey by the cybersecurity firm Sophos.
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Is there any way I can use a large quantity of Chinese mustard/soy sauce/duck sauce packets in one go? We've accrued a lot of them with the expectation of using them over time, but we haven't. Any recommendations for recipes that could call for using several of them at once?
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Former President Donald Trump could face charges carrying anywhere from no jail to 4 years in prison if indicted in the Stormy Daniels "hush money" matter in New York, a criminal case now being weighed by a grand jury.
That zero-to-four-years potential sentence would be for a possible top charge of first-degree falsifying business records, a low-level felony under state criminal law, according to former Manhattan prosecutors with expertise in complex financial crimes.
Proving a first-degree charge can be complicated, requiring several layers of proof, the ex-prosecutors said, commenting on the revelation by the New York Times on Monday that grand jurors are hearing evidence in the "hush money" matter.
"These are always tough cases," said Adam Kaufmann, a former investigations chief for the district attorney's office, now a partner specializing in white-collar criminal defense at Lewis Baach Kaufmann Middlemiss.
"I think it's going to be a dog's fight from beginning to end," Kaufmann said of the intensity with which he expects prosecutors and Trump's defense to battle over the case.
The first requirement to proving the highest level of falsifying business records would be showing that records were indeed falsified in the business records of an enterprise.
In Trump's case, that falsehood would sit in the records of the Trump Organization, where ''hush money" payments were recorded — allegedly falsely — as legal fees to Michael Cohen, Trump's one-time closest attorney.
"You're falsifying your records to show that it is a business expense, as if you're paying a lawyer to do legal work, and this wasn't that at all," explained John Moscow, a former senior financial crimes prosecutor with the Manhattan district attorney's office.
"This was a conduit payment."
Cohen has admitted being the bag man who delivered $130,000 in "hush money" on the brink of the 2016 election. The money was to quash claims by Daniels, an adult films actor, of having an affair with Trump.
In 2018, the fixer-turned-critic was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to multiple crimes he'd admittedly committed while working for Trump, including the hush-money payments and lying to Congress on Trump's behalf.
Cohen told federal prosecutors that Trump later reimbursed him for the hush-money outlay in a series of $35,000 checks disguised as legal fees to Cohen's law practice. Each check could be a separate "falsifying business records" charge, Moscow said.
"From what we know publicly, the 'false entry' would be Cohen's legal bills" in the Trump Organization records, said Daniel R. Alonso, a former chief assistant district attorney with the Manhattan DA's office, and now a partner at Buckley LLP.
The next level of proof for a first-degree business-falsification charge?
That would be showing an intent either to commit another crime or to aid in the concealment of another crime, said Alonso.
That other crime could be the federal campaign finance violation of not reporting what was arguably a campaign expenditure — the quashing of Daniels' explosive story, which was set to go public days before the election, Alonso said.
Prosecutors could also argue that Trump disguised the hush money in order to commit another, separate crime, state tax fraud, by claiming the bogus Cohen legal fees as a business expense.
Whether the "hush money" reimbursement to Cohen is being claimed by Trump on his personal taxes, or by the Trump Organization as a company expenditure, "one way or another he's intending to cheat the tax man," Moscow said.
The next hurdle would be linking Trump to the scheme.
That link could come in two places, ex-prosecutors said. One would be from Trump personally signing some of the Cohen reimbursement checks, as alleged by Cohen.
"Trump apparently signed at least one of these checks in the Oval Office," Alonso said, referring to a revelation in Cohen's 2019 testimony to Congress.
The second potential link between Trump and the hush-money scheme is more tenuous — Cohen's secret tape of Trump from September 2016.
On the tape, Trump is heard asking Cohen, "So what do we got to pay for this? One-fifty?" in reference to a pay-off to another woman who was alleging an affair with Trump, Playboy model Karen McDougal.
"It is relevant, in my view," said Alonso. "It's pretty incriminating. Unfortunately, it's a snippet, so we don't really know the full context."
Lawyers for Trump and a spokesperson for the district attorney's office declined to comment on possible charges or the grand jury.
Falsifying business records, even in the first degree, is a low-level, non-violent felony for which people are rarely sentenced to jail, the prosecutors noted.
Still, people do get prosecuted for these low-level felonies all the time, Alonso noted. Even Trump's ex-CFO, Allen Weisselberg, was sentenced to five months of jail time as part of a payroll tax-fraud scheme that included his falsifying business records.
"The DA shouldn't overlook one of these cases just because it's Donald Trump," Alsonso said.
"It always struck me as incredibly unfair that Michael Cohen is the only person that was charged in this crime," he added.
"The idea that the bag man is the only one that goes down and the principal gets away scot-free just doesn't really square with justice."
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Hi everyone
I would like to make my own Creme Fraiche, as it is very hard to get where I live. I looked up some recipes, but unfortunately they almost always contain buttermilk which also isn't available here.
Can I substitute buttermilk with sth. else? Sour Cream maybe?
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The Biden administration is pushing for changes to the way Census data on race and ethnicity is collected, including for Middle Eastern and North African people.
The proposed changes come after years of reviews on the way the US Census Bureau collects its data. Last year, President Joe Biden continued the review effort after former President Donald Trump's administration stalled on decisions regarding the implementation of proposed changes for the 2020 census, NPR reported.
Proposals released Thursday by the Office of Management and Budget on its race and ethnicity statistical standards show, among other changes, a "new and distinct minimum reporting category" for MENA people, who are classified as white under current data collection standards, which were set in 1997.
The proposal would also alter the definition of white to only include people of European ancestry.
The document notes that civil servants advocated for this new category because "many in the MENA community do not share the same lived experience as White people with European ancestry, do not identify as White, and are not perceived as White by others."
The new MENA category would also help with allocating resources to these groups, the document notes.
A MENA category was supposed to be added to the 2020 census, but the bureau announced in 2018 that would no longer be the case until further research on the categories was done.
Groups have long advocated for a distinct MENA category in the Census to combat underreporting by Middle Eastern and North African groups, whose numbers are obscured in the broader "white" definition and who may be wary of checking off the "white" category based on personal identification.
Another major change in the proposal would be the addition of "Hispanic or Latino" in the race category, and adding more specific ethnicity categories, such as Colombian, that people can fill out on the form. Some presenters in the OMB working group, however, disagreed with this proposal, saying that it would result in the undercounting of Latinos who identified with other races, such as Afro-Latinos.
Other proposed changes to race and ethnicity data collection include the removal of "Negro" from the definition of Black or African American people, replacing "Far East" with "East Asian," and the addition of Indigenous North, South, and Central Americans to the definition of American Indian or Alaska Native.
The group also proposed getting rid of the terms majority and minority to refer to white people and people of color, respectively.
The OMB will not make a final decision on the proposals until the summer of 2024 but is currently seeking public feedback on the proposal.
The White House did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.
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Mercedes-Benz plans to introduce a higher level of autonomous driving for its US customers by the second half of 2023, according to an announcement made Thursday.
The German automotive company's "Drive Pilot" system is equipped with Level 3 autonomous driving features based on the standards set by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE).
The feature will be available as an option for the 2024 Mercedes-Benz S-Class and EQs Sedan models, the company said. A US price point was not disclosed. In Germany, the system costs $5,300 on the S-Class and about $8,000 on the EQS model, according to Auto News Europe.
Unlike a Level 2 system, which requires constant supervision from the driver as the vehicle steers and accelerates, Level 3 automation gives drivers more leeway. The SAE defines Level 3 as a system where the user is not driving when "automated driving features are engaged — even if you are seated in 'the driver's seat.'"
A driver, for example, can move their head and eyes away from the road to talk with a passenger or watch a movie, according to The Drive, an automotive news outlet that tested the Drive Pilot system.
During the demo, the test driver played Tetris and browsed the internet as the Mercedes EQS handled all aspects of driving.
However, a Level 3 system still requires a driver to be able to regain control of the vehicle at a moment's notice. This means that a driver cannot fall asleep or obstruct their face while the vehicle is moving. When The Drive's test pilot put a camera in front of his face, Mercedes's autonomous driving system disengaged.
The system is also restricted to certain road conditions, and Mercedes-Benz said that its Drive Pilot feature will only allow the vehicle to go up to 40 mph.
Still, by setting a 2023 date to bring a Level 3 autonomous system to Nevada customers, Mercedes-Benz appears to be on track to surpass some of its major electric vehicle competitors in the US, including Tesla, Ford, and GM.
Since as far back as 2015, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has promised to deliver what Tesla calls "Full Self-Driving" features to its vehicles. But its rollout has either been delayed or faced criticism from lawmakers, safety experts, and customers.
Some critics have also accused the company of misleading its customers by calling the company's autonomous driving system "Full Self-Driving."
In November, Musk announced the "Full Self-Driving Beta" for North American customers, however, the system is still rated at Level 2, US News reported, which means the vehicle requires full driver attention.
The feature almost immediately attracted negative media scrutiny with reports of a Tesla Model S in "Full Self-Driving" mode causing an eight-car pileup in the San Francisco Bay Area in November.
According to The Intercept, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has investigated 35 crashes since 2016, in which Tesla's "Full Self-Driving" or "Autopilot" system was in use. The accidents have killed 19 people, the outlet reported.
Mercedez-Benz said in its announcement that its technology complies with Nevada state regulations, suggesting that the autonomous system will only be available for customers based in Nevada. Mercedes-Benz added that it has also filed certification documents in California.
Spokespersons for Mercedes-Benz, Tesla, and SAE did not respond to a request for comment.
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Specifically, ones that can be eaten raw, but if there's a larger list of apples with their most common cooking uses, that would be even better! These will be made into snacks for lunch.
I tried hunting online, but many mentions are generic or use the same apple for everything, or are limited in the list of apples.
Bonus question: How do I stop apples from going brown between when I cut them in the morning and when I eat them in the afternoon to early evening?
Thank you!
Also asked this on r/cooking for beginners -
How long does it take for a one inch ribeye to reach medium rare on cast iron, being cooked on high heat? If high heat isn't suitable in this situation, could you advise me on which heat to use? I'm cooking my first steak, I have a few AAA ribeyes that are an inch thick and I wanted to know what to expect in terms of cook time. I want to be able to sear both sides will still getting to baste the steak without it overcooking, is that possible for a steak of this thickness?
Thank you!
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The indecision of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is the stuff of memes.
As Scholz spent weeks hesitating — and facing international pressure — over sending advanced Leopard 2 tanks to battle Russian forces in Ukraine, his name took on a new meaning.
—Timothy Garton Ash (@fromTGA) January 19, 2023
"Scholzing," a verb found in Ukrainian memes, has come to mean "communicating good intentions, only to use/find/invent any reason imaginable to delay these and/or prevent them from happening," according to historian Timothy Garton Ash.
Representatives for Scholz did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.
—French Canadian Fella ⚜️🇨🇦🇺🇦 (@lebeaujfnoel) January 22, 2023
Though Scholz did this week announce Germany's approval to send 14 Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, he delayed the decision with claims that the tank's availability had to be checked. He also insisted the move be tied to a United States commitment to send their own Abrams tanks to the frontlines.
Extensive Western aid supporting Ukraine has faced international criticism since the invasion began last year, with some academics and policy experts, such as Charles A. Kupchan, a professor of international affairs at Georgetown University, arguing in a New York Times opinion piece that fighting Russian control of the Ukrainian Donbas region and Crimea is "not worth risking a new world war."
—川和碧薇💙💛 (@BiviHuaHua) January 24, 2023
Ash did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment, but described Scholz's foot-dragging on sending the tanks as "weak, contradictory, inconsistent, historically insensitive, morally problematic, disingenuous and counter-productive."
"German foot-dragging could mean that Russia ends up hanging onto more of that territory, and therefore being able to claim a partial victory in any resulting de facto if not de jure peace settlement," Ash wrote in a Substack post about Scholz. "There is good reason to believe that some German policymakers – as always, giving strategic priority to the long-term relationship with Russia – privately reckon that this would be an outcome we should settle for. That is the truth that dares not speak its name."
—Flyin’Fella До Валгалли (@Kryptobirdie) January 20, 2023
Scholz's exceptionally cautious approach to relations with Russia, European political commentator Matthew Karnitschnig wrote for Politico, is "rooted in the prevailing German narrative" that the country's ongoing economic and diplomatic relations with the Soviets is "what ended the Cold War and led to reunification."
"Yet Germany's perception of how and why the Cold War ended has become its reality and informs both policy-making and public opinion," Karnitschnig wrote. "Scholz too has shown that the only thing allies can count on Germany for is that it will drag its feet, parse every decision large or small and then play what Germans like to call a 'beleidigte Leberwurst' (an offended liver sausage), demanding more 'respect.'"
Karnitschnig is not the first to compare Scholz's political maneuvering to that of a sulking sausage – in May, German news site DW News reported Ukraine's ambassador to Germany, Andrij Melnyk, used the phrase to describe Scholz after he refused to visit Kyiv following the Russian invasion.
"It doesn't sound very statesmanlike," DW News reported Melnyk said at the time, "To behave like a beleidigte Leberwurst."
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Im making a lasagne tomorrow and am in the middle of prepping my ragú to cut down my prep time tomorrow. However, I just realized that I do not have white wine. What would be a decent substitute out of things I have?
White wine vinegar Apple cider vinegar Chicken broth Beef broth White Zinfandel Stella Rosa black Peach soju
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Wharton professor Christian Terwiesch recently tested the technology with questions from his final exam in operations management— which was once a required class for all MBA students — and published his findings.
Terwiesch concluded that the bot did an "amazing job" answering basic operations questions based on case studies, which are focused examinations of a person, group, or company, and a common way business schools teach students.
In other instances though, ChatGPT made simple mistakes in calculations that Terwiesch thought only required 6th-grade-level math. Terwiesch also noted that the bot had issues with more complex questions that required an understanding of how multiple inputs and outputs worked together.
Ultimately, Terwiesch said the bot would receive an B or B- on the exam.
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Researchers put ChatGPT through the United States Medical Licensing Exam — a three part exam that aspiring doctors take between medical school and residency — and reported their findings in a paper published in December 2022.
The paper's abstract noted that ChatGPT "performed at or near the passing threshold for all three exams without any specialized training or reinforcement. Additionally, ChatGPT demonstrated a high level of concordance and insight in its explanations."
Ultimately, the results show that large language models — which ChatGPT has been trained on— may have "the potential" to assist with medical education and even clinical decision making, the abstract noted.
The research is still under peer review, Insider noted based on a report from Axios.
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It didn't take long after ChatGPT was released for students to start using it for essays and educators to start worrying about plagiarism.
In December, Bloomberg podcaster Matthew S. Schwartz tweeted that the "take home essay is dead." He noted that he had fed a law school essay prompt into ChatGPT and it had "responded *instantly* with a solid response."
—〽️atthew S. Schwartz (@SchwartzReports) December 7, 2022
In another instance, a philosophy professor at Furman University caught a student turning in an AI-generated essay upon noticing it had "well-written misinformation," Insider reported.
"Word by word it was a well-written essay," the professor told Insider. As he took a more careful look however, he noticed that the student made a claim about the philosopher David Hume that "made no sense" and was "just flatly wrong" Insider reported.
In an interview in January, Sam Altman— CEO of OpenAI which makes ChatGPT — said that while the company will devise ways to help schools detect plagiarism, he can't guarantee full detection.
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Science journalist and executive editor of Big Think, Alex Berezow, tested ChatGPT with a 10-question microbiology quiz that he devised.
Berezow, who also holds a Ph.D in microbiology, noted that the questions would be appropriate for a final exam for college level students. ChatGPT "blew it away," Berezow wrote.
In one example, Berezow asked:
"An emergency room patient presents with a terrible headache and stiff neck. The doctor orders a spinal tap to collect cerebrospinal fluid. A Gram stain of the CSF reveals the presence of Gram negative diplococci. What is the diagnosis?"
To which ChatGPT correctly responded:
Based on the information you provided, the Gram stain of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shows the presence of Gram-negative diplococci, which are bacteria that are typically oval-shaped and occur in pairs. This finding is consistent with the diagnosis of meningitis.
In another instance he asked:
"In five words or less, what is the point of Koch's postulates?"
To which ChatGPT said:
Establish causality between microbe and disease.
Taking out the word "and" Berezow said ChatGPT "Nailed it."
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ChatGPT recently passed exams in four law school courses at the University of Minnesota, based on a recently published paper written by four law school professors at the school.
In total, the bot answered over 95 multiple choice questions and 12 essay questions that were blindly graded by the professors. Ultimately, the professors gave ChatGPT a "low but passing grade in all four courses" approximately equivalent to a C+.
Still the authors pointed out several implications for what this might mean for lawyers and law education. In one section they wrote:
"Although ChatGPT would have been a mediocre law student, its performance was sufficient to successfully earn a JD degree from a highly selective law school, assuming its work remained constant throughout law school (and ignoring other graduation requirements that involve different skills). In an era where remote exam administration has become the norm, this could hypothetically result in a struggling law student using ChatGPT to earn a JD that does not reflect her abilities or readiness to practice law."
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While making tadka, i noticed lots of cook put tomato paste in tadka and add little water and then cover the pot and cook them in steam. Is it just to cook them faster using steaming and frying?
Does the taste of gravy changes, if we stir fry the tomatoes vs stir frying and steaming together?
Does the lack of lactose and skim allow it to be left out longer? If so how long?
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Ukrainian military forces accused the Russian army of deploying inflatable tanks in the south of Ukraine in an effort to deceive the opposing side, saying the country's "rubber" decoys had deflated in an anticlimactic display.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in a Thursday Facebook post said Russia's army had run out of steam in the Zaporizhzhia region, where Russian troops have been incessantly firing on Ukrainian defenses in recent days, according to the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration.
"At the time when our partners are coordinating the supply of tanks to Ukraine, the invading army is also increasing the presence of 'tank units' in the Zaporizhzhia area," the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine wrote.
But Russia's multiplying tanks are, according to Ukrainian officials, not what they seem.
"Apparently, the free air of the Cossack region is not suitable for the 'rubber' products of the occupiers, so they deflate without fulfilling their main mission. Just like the inflated bravado of the Russian army," the agency said.
Inflatable tanks are a staple of Russia's deception doctrine known as maskirovka, or masking. The country's approach to psychological warfare relies on an arsenal of inflatable tanks and launchers, decoy vehicles and soldiers, and other operations of deceit to boost stealth tactics and sow confusion.
Russia has utilized elements of maskirovka in conflicts going back decades, but their most recent efforts in Ukraine apparently fizzled, Ukraine claims.
It was not clear for what purpose Russia allegedly staged the inflatable tanks near Zaporizhzhia.
Earlier in the war, Ukraine also produced false weaponry, using fake rocket launchers made of wood to entice Russia to waste missiles on useless targets. The wooden decoys were meant to look like US rocket launchers when spotted by Russian drones, prompting Russian cruise missile carriers in the Black Sea to fire on the false targets, according to August reports.
Deception as warfare has a long history. The US also utilized inflatable tanks in World War II as part of its Ghost Army operation in an effort to trick the Third Reich into overestimating the Allied forces' military strength. The unit created illusions and sought to spread disinformation by using inflatable mock-ups of military vehicles, tanks, and artillery, as well as audio recordings of sounds that mimicked the movement of large armies.
Wondering if I made this soup & only added water despite instructions calling for reduced fat milk - would there be any creamy aspect to it or would it pretty much be a chicken broth style soup? I'm aware it won't taste as good. Doesn't contain milk in ingredients, but curious about the starches.
Ingredients: Corn starch, wheat flour, natural flavours, salt, sugar, yeast extract, maltodextrin, chicken powder (1.5%), vegetables (1%) (carrot, onion powder), mineral salts (451, 452, 508), vegetable oil, parsley, food acid (citric), natural colour (turmeric), herb extract.
Cooking Instructions: Empty soup mix into a saucepan with 2 cups (500mL) of cold water and mix well. Stir until boiling then simmer for 7 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add 2 cups (500mL) of reduced fat milk and reheat gently.
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Bought an All Clad Pan and love it, but after pan frying some meat, there are these stains that I cant get out.
I tried using some Bar Keeper's Friend and it still wouldn't get out.
What can I do to get these stains removed?
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More than two years after the Capitol attack, former President Donald Trump will soon have access to all the major social media platforms he was banned from — but returning to Facebook or Twitter could ultimately hurt his chances of winning back the presidency in 2024.
"You could say Trump is going to win by getting back on because his voice will be heard louder," Alison Dagnes, a political science professor at Shippensburg University and expert in political media, told Insider. "But doesn't he also sort of lose when his voice is heard louder?"
After being banned from Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, Trump founded Truth Social last year and has exclusively posted on it since, even after Twitter reinstated his account in November following Elon Musk's takeover.
Rolling Stone reported this week that Trump may be planning a return to Twitter after his exclusivity deal with Truth — which requires him to post on the platform first and wait six hours before posting to another — comes up for renewal in June. And on Wednesday Meta announced it would allow Trump back on its platforms, including Facebook and Instagram.
It's still unclear if Trump will return to Facebook or Twitter, but his use of social media has always been polarizing, even among his own supporters. There are countless lists compiling Trump's most "outrageous" or "offensive" tweets. While some were amused by the unpredictability, many of Trump's fans would say they just wanted him to stop tweeting.
Dagnes said that when people are not seeing Trump's posts on social media, they can forget how shocking and appalling he can be, but Trump returning to those platforms could remind them. She added that even though his behavior on social media appeared to work for him in 2016 — Trump himself even suggested he would not have gotten elected without Twitter — it's unlikely to play out the same way this time around.
"There's an exhaustion factor that has settled in," Dagnes said. "It was new once, but you can't be new again."
She said Trump tapped into a deep-seated anger among conservatives, but now there are plenty of lawmakers and right-wing media outlets tapping into that grievance. Republicans who were put off by Trump's approach have other options to turn to, and are less likely to put up with the things about him that they didn't like.
"Trump in 2016, to me, unleashed feelings that people have had that they had kept quiet," she said. "And now that you don't have to keep it quiet, there can be policies affected in dominant Republican states."
One of the most prominent examples is another potential candidate for 2024: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Dagnes said she believes DeSantis's star rose so quickly in the GOP because he picked up that anger that Trump tapped into and ran with it in a policy way.
Unlike Trump, DeSantis is rarely, if ever, making headlines for something he wrote on Twitter. He's not unpredictable on social media and large swaths of his supporters are not calling for him to put down his phone. He has, however, enacted policies that directly impact the issues many Republicans feel strongly about.
He supported and signed a bill that banned discussions of sexual orientation and gender identity from classrooms. He spent taxpayer dollars flying migrants to Martha's Vineyard as a response to illegal immigration. And his administration has banned "critical race theory" from schools as well as an AP African American studies course.
Essentially, DeSantis has tapped into the same exact grievances as Trump but does so through policies instead of constant tweeting. And if Trump were to return to posting on Facebook and Twitter, he could remind some conservatives that they can have much of what they like about him, but without the tweeting — with DeSantis.
I know it helps keep it from crystalizing, but does it do anything else? Does it affect the texture in any way?
Dates 1-22. Is it safe to eat?
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President Joe Biden revealed more about White House cat Willow at a Lunar New Year reception on Thursday.
Biden and first lady Dr. Jill Biden hosted the event where the president unexpectedly shed light on the cat's sleeping habits. Willow is a wild child with "no limits," and often ends up dozing off on top of his head at night, Biden told the crowd.
"Willow may walk in here any time now. She has no limits," Biden said at the reception, according to USA Today reporter Joey Garrison. "You think I'm kidding, I'm not. Especially in the middle of the night when she climbs up and lays on top of my head."
The White House did not immediately respond to Insider's request for more information about Willow.
The Bidens brought 3-year-old Willow, a gray tabby, to the White House a year ago, after the cat jumped on stage during a presidential campaign stop in Pennsylvania.
"Willow made quite an impression on Dr. Biden in 2020 when she jumped up on the stage and interrupted her remarks during a campaign stop," FLOTUS spokesman Michael LaRosa told The New York Times last year. "Seeing their immediate bond, the owner of the farm knew that Willow belonged with Dr. Biden."
It hasn't been all roses in the Biden animal kingdom, but ultimately, Willow has come out on top.
In September 2021, Willow was briefly in foster care as they tried to acclimate their dog Major to cats, according to The Times.
In December 2021, after Major had several biting incidents at the White House, the dog was sent to live with family friends in Delaware and Willow made her return to the Oval Office.
"After consulting with dog trainers, animal behaviorists, and veterinarians, the First Family has decided … it would be safest for Major to live in a quieter environment with family friends," LaRosa told The Times in December 2021. "This is not in reaction to any new or specific incident, but rather a decision reached after several months of deliberation as a family and discussions with experts."
The Bidens also have a German shepherd puppy named Commander who they brought home in December 2022, months after their longtime dog Champ died in June 2022 at the age of 13.
The Clintons also had a cat, Socks, who was walked on a leash. Former President George W. Bush owned a cat named India.
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A former Fox News employee who accused Roger Ailes of sexually abusing her for years filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against the network, alleging it enabled and covered up the abuse.
Laura Luhn, who worked as a booker for Fox, first came forward with allegations against Ailes, the former CEO and chairman of Fox News, in 2016, after other accusations against Ailes surfaced. The lawsuit filed Wednesday in the state of New York details the alleged abuse as well as efforts to silence and intimidate her.
"Ailes's abuse of Luhn was among the worst he inflicted on his many victims," the lawsuit said, adding: "He physically forced Luhn to perform oral sex on him regularly. And he constantly reminded Luhn that he 'owned' her, that she was his 'sex slave,' and that she was forbidden from telling anyone about the abuse or he would make her pay dearly."
The lawsuit also accused Ailes of "blackmailing" Luhn with photos and recordings that he made of their encounters: "All the while, Ailes held the photographs and videos he had of Luhn over her head, at various times describing them as his 'insurance policy,' telling Luhn that he kept them in a safe-deposit box and reminding Luhn of his 'loyalty requirement' and the fact that he 'owned' her."
The lawsuit named Fox News, Twenty-First Century Fox, and William Shine, a former Fox News executive who also had a brief stint in the Trump White House. It accuses Fox News of "directly enabling" and "actively covering up" the abuse and alleges that corporate leadership knew of abuse committed by Ailes and others but "did nothing to stop it," instead engaging in "coordinated public smear campaigns" against victims.
Luhn wrote a letter to Fox's general counsel in 2011 detailing her allegations against Ailes, eventually settling with the network to receive her salary until retirement age, or $250,o00 for 12 years, according to Wednesday's lawsuit, which claimed Fox withheld 30% of the payments as though they were wages. New York Magazine previously reported the settlement involved elaborate nondisclosure provisions and barred Luhn from ever going to court against Fox or speaking to government authorities like the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or the FBI.
When reached by Insider Wednesday, Fox News said in a statement: "This matter was settled years ago, dismissed in subsequent litigation, and is meritless."
Among the accusations regarding the network's handling of alleged abuse, the lawsuit said agents for Fox News would say Ailes was "just going through a rough time" or "boys will be boys." Luhn said that when she reported being groped by "a well-known political analyst" who regularly appeared on Fox, she was similarly told "boys will be boys. Bill Clinton is the same way."
The years of abuse Luhn experienced led her to having a "mental breakdown" and she is still "unable to function normally in everyday life," with frequent flashbacks of the abuse, according to the lawsuit.
In a statement provided to Insider, Barbara Whiten Balliette, a lawyer for Luhn and partner at Reid Collins & Tsai LLP, said: "This case is about finally securing justice for Ms. Luhn. The sexual abuse that she suffered while working at Fox News was some of the worst imaginable. This abuse went on for years and was known about by some of the most powerful people at Fox News, yet no one stepped in to help or to stop what was happening to Ms. Luhn."
She also acknowledged the Adult Survivors Act, which was signed in 2022 and created a one-year window for survivors of sexual assault to sue their abusers regardless of the statute of limitations.
"New York's Adult Survivors Act recognizes the lifelong trauma that sexual abuse victims can suffer. Its lookback window acknowledges this harm and allows survivors like Ms. Luhn to redress wrongs exactly like these," Balliette said.
Luhn is one of several women who have accused Ailes of sexual assault or harassment, including Gretchen Carlson and Megyn Kelly. Ailes resigned from Fox in 2016 while continuing to deny the allegations, and died the following year.
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