by Bethany Million July 21, 2022 It’s something we hope never happens. Your best furry friend decides to play the role of escape artist and jumps the fence or makes a mad dash out the door. Suddenly they’re out of your sight. Your dog’s sudden wanderlust goes just a bit too far and you need to…
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Read More RIPIf you want to have more professional results in your baking, you should use weight rather than volume measurements for dry ingredients like flour. This is the best article I’ve found to help with that. It might add a minute or two to your prep time, but the results will be worth it. Weight Conversions…
Read More Better BakingAmerica’s gun culture – in seven charts Firearms deaths are a fixture in American life. There were 1.5 million of them between 1968 and 2017 – that’s higher than the number of soldiers killed in every US conflict since the American War for Independence in 1775. In 2020 alone, more than 45,000 Americans died at…
Read More Firearms CultureBy Bindu Bansinath Getting your tubes tied or removed has long been common among those who already have children and don’t want more, with around one in four American women getting the procedure. In the wake of Roe’s fall, Sarah is one of an increasing number of patients without children seeking elective sterilization. With abortion bans going into place across the…
Read More Birth Control That Doesn’t ExpireSimple Mojito Ingredients 5 mint leaves, more for garnish 2 ounces white rum 1 ounce fresh lime juice ½ ounce simple syrup Ice Club soda or sparkling water Lime slices or sugar cane, for garnish Instructions Lightly muddle the mint in the bottom of a cocktail shaker until aromatic. Add the rum, lime juice, simple syrup, a handful of ice, and shake. Strain into…
Read More MojitosIngredients 2 1/4 cups (280g) all-purpose flour (spoon & leveled if not weighed) 1 teaspoon (6g) baking soda 1 1/2 teaspoons (11g) cornstarch 1/2 (3g) teaspoon salt 3/4 cup (1.5 sticks or 170g) unsalted butter, browned & cooled 5 minutes* 3/4 cup (150g) packed dark brown sugar 3/4 cup (150g) granulated sugar 1 large egg + 1 egg yolk, at room temperature 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract or vanilla paste 2 cups (360g) blend of…
Read More Best Chocolate Chip CookiesBY NATASHA DALY Thursday, July 21, 2022 The migratory monarch butterfly—the iconic subspecies common to North America—was declared endangered today by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the global leading authority on the status of biological diversity. The butterfly, known for its twice-yearly, 2,500-mile journey across the continent between its summer and winter grounds,…
Read More BELOVED BUTTERFLY IS NOW AN ENDANGERED SPECIESBy Danny McDonald Globe Staff, Updated July 15, 2022, 6:03 p.m. But white supremacist movements have deep roots in Massachusetts and New England, historians said. While the displays of propaganda are shockingly hateful and vile, they are far from new. The Colonists, of course, codified slavery in Massachusetts in 1641, more than a century before the United States…
Read More In progressive Massachusetts, a long history of white supremacySuddenly losing your hair? The culprit could be your prescription medications By Cynthia E. Keen at AARP Like turning gray, hair loss can be a natural part of aging. But alopecia, the medical term for hair loss, is a complex condition with many variations, from slow-progressing balding (referred to as male- or female-pattern hair loss) to more rapid…
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