Gisteren is het nieuwe kabinet beëdigd op Paleis Huis ten Bosch. Dit zorgt ook voor veel nieuw voer voor politieke cartoonisten, zo ook onze huiscartoonist Frenkie (2). Wat valt hem op tijdens deze eerste dag met de bordesfoto en hoe kijkt hij naar kabinet Jetten I?
“Ik denk dat hij wil laten zien dat er weer wat plek is voor de natuur. Met die boompjes daar”, analyseert een lezer. “En meer vliegtuigen in de lucht. Dat kan vast de uitbreiding van Schiphol betekenen of het openen van Lelystad Airport.”
“Weinig huizen”, analyseert een ander. “Zou dat betekenen dat ook dit kabinet het woningtekort niet weet aan te pakken? Zal wel aan stikstof liggen dan.”
“Verder is die vrouw met die oorbellen rechts waarschijnlijk Yeşilgöz. Anders stond ze ook niet zo rechts”, zegt weer een andere lezer. “Die wil natuurlijk op de voorgrond treden.”
Frenkie zelf was niet in staat voor commentaar.
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Raising the rainbow Pride flag instead of the more inclusive Progress flag excludes the trans community, activists say
Thousands of protesters gathered outside of the iconic Stonewall Inn on a near-freezing night last week to re-raise the rainbow Pride flag in defiance of the Trump administration, which had unceremoniously ordered its removal days earlier.
It was meant to be a joyous occasion, an act of protest for the New York City LGBTQ+ community, but trans activists in the crowd were deeply disappointed by what they say was exclusion of their community in choosing to raise the historic rainbow Pride flag instead of the newer, inclusive Progress pride flag.
Continue reading...What you plan to bake plays a big part in whether or not to chill a dough, and in terms of hydration, flavour and texture
Does chilling cookie dough really make for a better result?
Emily, by email
“It all depends on what kind of cookie it is,” says Guardian baker Helen Goh. “Let’s say it’s a cookie that you need to stamp out – the dough needs to be firm enough to roll it, but not so firm that you can’t.” That said, the question of whether to fridge or not to fridge is probably most prevalent in the chocolate chip cookie sphere. “There’s a perceived wisdom that chilling helps the dough develop the flavour and caramelisation,” Goh says, “but, to be honest, it also makes the dough a little easier to roll and ensures it bakes evenly, which is worth far more than that slight improvement in flavour.”
Recommended chilling times vary from 30 minutes to overnight, although Goh finds the latter results in a “cakey” cookie: “I’m a real Goldilocks, so I like crisp at the edges with a chewy centre.” On the flip side, if you don’t chill that dough enough and the butter is too soft, the cookies will end up “very thin and crisp. They might be greasy, too, because the dough melts before setting up its structure.”
Got a culinary dilemma? Email feast@theguardian.com
Continue reading...Armed groups and a state-owned refinery’s oil leaks have displaced Barrancabermeja’s fishing community and poisoned a paradise once full of manatees and jaguars
Standing on her wooden canoe, a machete in her hand, Yuly Velásquez hacks away at reeds matted with blackened sludge. Close by, a burst oil pipe has released a slick of crude into the San Silvestre wetlands in Barrancabermeja, Colombia’s oil city, choking the water and its wildlife.
“The destruction is immense,” says Velásquez, president of Fedepesan, a sustainable fishing organisation. “For the fish, the animals and flora, it means immediate death.”
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Het is „een zeldzaam inkijkje” in de evolutie van een ster. In archiefdata ontdekten astronomen hoe een heldere ster in heel korte tijd van gedaante veranderde.
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