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  • Asafum@lemmy.worldtopolitics @lemmy.world•Trump bristles over leaked details of deal that appear to favour Iran | CBC News
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    13 days ago

    The sources all stressed that the text was not yet final, with a Western source, an Iranian source and a Gulf source saying a key issue yet to be resolved was language on ceasing hostilities in Lebanon. Iran has demanded that Israel end a campaign against Iran’s allies, the Hezbollah militia.

    (Naturally the main thing that can’t be dealt with is fucking Israel…)

    Under the terms as described by the sources to Reuters, the U.S. would immediately provide Iran with billions of dollars in unfrozen assets and waive sanctions on its oil exports, in return for Iran lifting its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, largely closed since the war began.

    Any discussion of key U.S. demands regarding Iran’s nuclear program would be set aside for later during a 60-day period of talks on a final settlement. The only explicit reference to nuclear policy for now would be a restatement of Iran’s decades-old commitment not to seek nuclear weapons, first made when it ratified the UN Non-Proliferation Treaty in 1970.

    Among the major U.S. concessions included in the drafts would be discussion of hundreds of billions of dollars in potential war reparations to Tehran, and the dropping of longstanding demands for curbs on Iran’s missile program.

    Washington has previously demanded that Iran give up its stockpiles of highly enriched uranium. But none of the versions of the text reviewed by Reuters includes any mention of it, and the sources said the demand had been explicitly excluded for now.

  • Asafum@lemmy.worldtoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•What is one of your simple pleasures?
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    13 days ago

    Yeah… About that… I cook on a more conceptual level than a recipe level (not trying to sound smart, quite the opposite, it’s laziness lol)… From what I read people saying about baking being so precise it’s a wonder anything I make actually comes out good lol

    It’s basically a simple yeast risen dough with a bunch of sugar as well. I use bread flour instead of all purpose as it retains more water and ends up softer. The “pretzelness” comes from a baking soda & water bath you give them before adding salt and baking. Just add some baking soda to hot water and toss them in it for a few seconds or so. From what I understand, the more basic the solution the better so people used to use Lye, but that’s kinda dangerous and baking soda does the trick.

    This is the recipe I used to get the gist of making pretzels I just don’t twist them into pretzels I make rolls out of the dough.

    https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/24272/buttery-soft-pretzels/

    I think there’s some AI nonsense going on in the beginning there because it calls out baking soda as a leavening agent but that’s not what it’s being used for in this recipe.

  • Asafum@lemmy.worldtoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•I'm only an adult because I'm 40 but I feel like a child. Is anyone as lost as I feel now?
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    14 days ago

    I just want to second the comment here about a high yield savings account, or even a CD. They’re both low/no risk investments. If the money you have is just sitting there you might as well be getting interest on it and a high yield savings, or a CD, aren’t exposed to the market so you can only lose if the bank shuts down and the FDIC can’t reimburse you, but if that happens we all have much bigger issues to worry about lol

    I’m in a much worse situation than you, also at 40, so I definitely feel your pain here. Single, renting a garage “apartment,” working a shitty dead end factory job, and no inheritance to ever expect to receive. I too don’t feel like a real adult, but a failure of a human. So you’re not alone there for sure.