The former president captured 55% of Latino voters in the state, according to exit polls. He also won 14 out of the 18 counties within 20 miles of the border, a number that doubled his 2020 performance in the Latino-majority region.

US company Novig, which allows users to predict the outcome of sports matches

A “prediction market” app for sports called No…vig?

So blatant sports betting without any of that pesky regulation.

Even with all of that, gas is still cheaper. I sat down and figured it out because we replaced our furnace last year.

The folks who benefit most from heat pumps are those that currently use propane or electric resistance heat. However, to qualify for those rebates you have to meet certain requirements on an audit which is often harder the older your home construction is.

If they want people to switch to electric heating in Minnesota then they need to make electric cheaper. Utility costs for most in Minnesota drop significantly compared to summer because it’s far cheaper to heat with natural gas than it is to cool with electric.

Fixing the public utilities commission would be good too.

Online piracy is still incredibly common, accounting for as much as 22% of online traffic during peak times.

While it has declined somewhat overall there’s starting to be a resurgence and the crackdown in 2023 that took down most of the pirating sites just consolidated a lot of it and evolved how people pirate.

https://worldmetrics.org/piracy-statistics/

I swear I saw almost this exact same headline about 18 years ago…

Knowing the US there’s probably a law that prevents that because it might catch spam calls from domestic companies.

It refers to the setup required before cooking, and is often used in professional kitchens to refer to organizing and arranging the ingredients

That’s direct from Wikipedia and, yes, mis-en-place is taught in culinary schools.

You can certainly use it at home or even apply the principles outside of cooking.

However, I learned to cook in junior high home economics class and “mis-en-place” was not taught. I didn’t learn the term or its meaning until much later after adopting cooking as a hobby.

Unless a home cook has a strong interest in cooking as a hobby there’s lots of terms and techniques they wouldn’t likely know or apply. Think things like an aebleskiver or tamagotchi tamagoyaki pan.

Edit: autocorrect

Mis-en-place format makes sense if you’re a professional or have adopted professional methods.

However, a lot of home cooks/bakers don’t prep everything first and instead grab as they go or “chunk” the recipe steps like in the image.