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@BoomertarianN Impossible.

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@shawngorham Du Buyer carbon steel. Requires seasoning and light maintenance like cast iron but is lighter. Non-stick performance and indestructible.

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@GorinMoti @harlanrosen I’d suggest buying cheese sliced at the deli and just chopping it up a bit. All you need is small enough pieces to melt within the bachemel/sauce. Pre-shredded should be avoided when possible.

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@thogge @eightsleep https://t.co/Fs0BmH71wP Find a local recommended manufacturer and go from there.

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@jessesingal Kenji on serious eats is a good starting point for all pizza questions. Cut yeast a bit. https://t.co/eANRPLWjNS if you want to go down the rabbit hole

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@jessesingal Agree with others on no/limited use of broiler. For NY style, max heat, long pre-heat, no broiler. For Neo, same but turn on broiler at launch or just after. Cold ferment dough in either case

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@JamesBlo3 @CarbonAtom15 @EarthAngel4u975 @nytimes The plaintiffs need to prove SF discriminated by showing that other factors, that may have race related causes but are not inherently tied to race (eg crime rates), can’t explain disparate treatment when comparing across races. “But history is racist” is actually the defense

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@JamesBlo3 @CarbonAtom15 @EarthAngel4u975 @nytimes But State Farm may be acting rationally and race neutrally. If black homeowners are concentrated in low income or high crime neighborhoods, and both associated with elevated ins fraud, it’s not discriminatory for SF to have race neutral policies that reflect this history.

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@EarthAngel4u975 @CarbonAtom15 @nytimes The article doesn’t mention if the research controlled for geography, average income, crime rate, etc. Insurance fraud and race may correlate with these factors. It’s not clear race explains any of the observed rates of claims handling practices.

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@witchbitchaddi @Hypercortical @ButNotTheCity But what then is the practical standard? Should any surgery that makes one more comfortable, according to them, be covered? What about cosmetic plastic surgery? Liposuction? Hair transplant? Because if so, we’d be massively misallocating scare medical and financial resources.

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@Badmicah @GaurangaTrades @porscheFanNYC @robertogustavi1 @NeilAxelrod @adamdavidson I believe intersectionality originally referred to discriminatory outcomes for overlapping protected classes under the civil rights act that did not violate the act’s protections for any single class. One can disagree that applying outside legal framework makes it a “phenomena”

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@bobbyfijan Why I’m paying the premium for 3 kids in immersion preschool and why I’ve struggled to learn a 2nd: “age of acquisition is crucial in laying down the structure for language learning” https://t.co/aopO3d3rZe

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@drorpoleg Very interesting analysis. How much of the conclusion rests on the assumption that significant differentials in talent exist? Or that sufficient number of outliers exist?
Beyond the individual lens, curious how team dynamics and culture contribute to performance?

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@jessesingal Rookie QB contracts open up cap space for roster building elsewhere. More common strategy now.

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@jessesingal Smartless - any episode with a comedian guest.

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@dylanlscott Father of 8 month old twins. Accept all the help you can. Then, sleep discipline. My boys slept 12 hours at 12 weeks. Feed both every time. Consistent bed time and routine. Put them down an hour after waking. Build towards a schedule. Babysleepscience is great resource.

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@bader_diedrich @rjeanroberts @MollyJongFast The right media echo chamber is vastly exaggerating things of course, but that doesn’t mean there’s nothing there. LOTS of center-left folks are concerned about critical theories and all that comes with them. The VA gov race is case in point.

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@bader_diedrich @rjeanroberts @MollyJongFast The philosophy and application of such critical theory principles (or “praxis”) has entered these curriculums in some places. It’s not widespread but does exist. All these responses that dismiss the concerns of so many parents are willfully missing the point

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@sullydish “Perhaps what is called for is a more neutral and humble stance, in which instructors don’t approach pedagogy as if it were an adjunct of psychological care. We could accept uncertainty about the psyches of individuals…[and] avoid confident assumptions about anyone’s trauma.”