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This refers back to a comment I made in the woodworking thread in regards to Raj's cutting boards, stating I appreciate imperfections in constructions and other things. This is my outlook exactly. I didn't know there was a name for it anywhere...
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While flawless construction can be impressive in a technical sense, it isn't as interesting to look at. Computer controlled machines and synthetic materials can make duplicate perfect pieces over and over. Perfect, but boring. Natural materials with natural flaws stand up better to time, and reveal more the closer/longer you look.
Japan’s Unusual Way to View the World
Wabi-sabi offers a refuge from the modern world’s obsession with perfection, and accepts imperfections as all the more meaningful – and, in their own way, beautiful.
While flawless construction can be impressive in a technical sense, it isn't as interesting to look at. Computer controlled machines and synthetic materials can make duplicate perfect pieces over and over. Perfect, but boring. Natural materials with natural flaws stand up better to time, and reveal more the closer/longer you look.
This looks like a cool place to visit...
www.outsideonline.com
A Pilgrimage to the Pub at the End of the World
For decades, the Old Forge was the holy grail of the British outdoors community. The UK's remotest pub, it could only be reached via boat or a three-day walk through one of Britain's last true wildernesses, the Knoydart peninsula in Scotland. A dispute between some locals and a new owner...
www.outsideonline.com
Worms apparently aren't native to North America. Here's an article saying why worms are bad...
www.theatlantic.com
Cancel Earthworms
The “crazy worms” remaking forests aren’t your friendly neighborhood garden worms. Then again, those aren’t so great either.
www.theatlantic.com
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Read this essay at the library last month. Really interesting take on American boys and the pressures/ influences affecting their learning how to be men.
www.theatlantic.com
The Miseducation of the American Boy
Why boys crack up at rape jokes, think having a girlfriend is “gay,” and still can’t cry—and why we need to give them new and better models of masculinity
www.theatlantic.com
Read this article on whoopie cushions and other novelties today...
www.collectorsweekly.com
That article isn't so amazing, but there's a lot of cool articles on that site related to collecting just about anything. It isn't just about the technicalities of collecting particular things. They go into the history of the objects, the companies that made them, and how they were used. That's basically how I spent my day today; going from one article to the next.
Fun Delivered: World’s Foremost Experts on Whoopee Cushions and Silly Putty Tell All
[caption id="attachment_82071" align="alignnone" width="600"] Stan and Mardi Timm show off Johnson Smith novelties they've collected. Stan wears X-Ray Spe...
That article isn't so amazing, but there's a lot of cool articles on that site related to collecting just about anything. It isn't just about the technicalities of collecting particular things. They go into the history of the objects, the companies that made them, and how they were used. That's basically how I spent my day today; going from one article to the next.
In praise of my favorite metal...
www.vice.com
Copper Destroys Viruses and Bacteria. Why Isn’t It Everywhere?
It could destroy norovirus, MRSA, virulent strains of E. coli, and coronaviruses—including the novel strain currently causing the COVID-19 pandemic.
www.vice.com
No, I never noticed it helped anything, but I'm physically fairly problem free. I'll occasionally get joint pain in various joints, but it's infrequent and very short lived, so it would be hard to tell if anything helped. It does turn your arm a lovely shade of green in the summer :^P
A different narrative on the Japanese WWII surrender...
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The Bomb Didn’t Beat Japan. Stalin Did.
Have 70 years of nuclear policy been based on a lie?
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Who knew? Trees used to remediate badly contaminated soil
www.nytimes.com
Superfund, Meet Super Plants (Published 2020)
Can the plant microbiome help clean up contaminated land?
“I was a conspiracy theorist, too”
I know why people turn to conspiracy theories in uncertain times. I did the same when my husband had a brain tumor.
www.vox.com
I imagine I'm not the only one with these.....
www.thedrive.com
Harbor Freight Recalls Jack Stands That Could Suddenly Collapse
If you have these, stop using them immediately. And tell your friends.
www.thedrive.com
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California Hillbilly
I would imagine, most those labels are rubbed off in most cases. I think my last set I got at auction that were from Tractor Supply. Good to know.
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Yo, I hope y'all can access this link, its a pretty cool, basic look at how giant container ships are built. Kinda mind boggling really. And that welding tho 
www.nytimes.com
How Giant Ships Are Built (Published 2020)
Large container ships play an almost incalculable role in the modern economy, responsible for delivering the vast majority of the products we buy. See how one is made.
Lots and lots of welding for sure. When i was in welding school they had a stick rod that they used to use from back in the day, it was about 4 foot long and about an inch thick. Used to use a huge carriage to weld with them 
