PFOA and PFOS are no longer manufactured in the US. However, they are still produced internationally and if something contains them, it can still be imported and sold in the US. You can still find them in stuff like paper, packaging, coatings, rubber, textiles, carpet, leather goods, and plastics.

Used to have an actual mallard that was bigger than that. He was a rescue we rehabbed from a broken foot. Somehow he was able to fly despite being nearly the size of a Pekin. Pretty sure he broke his foot landing as his landings were rough. Were told he was found in a parking lot, so he probably mistook the pavement…

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The quick and dirty “fake fish” taco is shred mushrooms along with ground up nori, lemon juice, and salt. Cook in a neutral oil and add taco seasoning to taste. You’ll find it kinda fish like but the texture is probably not gonna do it.

A lot of recycling programs have stopped recycling and instead have been taking things to the landfill for years. Most Recycling in the US is a scam. Both John Oliver and Adam Ruins Everything did episodes on it.

I prefer the Tabasco peppers in vinegar (like you find on the table at Steak-n-Shake) than regular Tabasco sauce. It is a brighter flavor and you can use just the infused vinegar or take out the peppers and add them directly to your food.

Oddly enough, not all beer is vegan. Some beers and wines use fish bladders, known as isinglass, for filtering out yeast and other unwanted solids. Other use egg shells or chicken bones.

Individual mods vary in quality and response time. The actual Reddit employees are very slow to respond and don’t always enforce the rules when they do.

Mando S2 often felt like one long backdoor pilot. I still enjoyed it.

I feel like they are setting up Val to the be the Anti-Fury. She is probably going to be the one putting together the Dark Avengers/Thuderbolts/whichever name they feel like going with in the MCU. Could see her recruiting people from each of the D+ shows to build a team.

Karli was kinda forgettable. Her character felt underdeveloped, but that and all the other issues with the series I’m chalking up to the rewrites and reshoots due to the pandemic. Apparently there was supposed to be a whole deadly disease plotline that got cut and they sorta had to work around everything shot pre-pande…

If they do Serpent Society I would like to see them do it with Cap and Peggy in the past. We get the happy couple foiling their plots through the years, starting with a honeymoon gone wrong. Let the snakes be why Cap missed any big events through the years and wrap it all up with a final scene of Old Steve leaving the…

It is a US McDonald’s thing. I believe there is a different vendor for the Asian markets or they are made to a different spec.

When the actors eat/bite into the food it can be hell for props. Sometimes you just can’t make or get enough of whatever it is to accommodate a lot of takes.

Right to Repair is big deal. Yeah it is a kinda long read.

Saw that one yesterday, got distracted by duck stuff, forgot about it, then just so happened to have seen it on Ars right before I saw this story to hijack.

Everyone deserves to know about the secret code to access and fix the McDonald’s Ice Cream machines and cold war going on with the machines:

So many bread recipes actually allow for quite a bit of wiggle room. Once you factor in the flour that can be picked up on the board, it can be 10-20% of the total weight of the flour.

While the birds in my kitchen are more of a hindrance than a help, I can assure you I often bake without measuring. Usually for quick stuff like throwing together a loaf of no-knead bread, pizza dough, or making biscuits or pancakes.