Bicoloured-Python-Rock-Snake 🦬🪐🌲
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Lutheran, Husband, Father, Gardener 👨🌾 Hobbit Nationalist 🌲 15% Doomer / 85% Optimist 🌳 USDA 6a / Köppen Dfa
Bro makes bird calls so accurate it barely sounds human. Actually insane
Windmills are pretty to look at.
What do Gen Z MAGA voters under 30 think on foreign policy? * 72 percent supermajority believe the United States should be “more engaged and take the lead” on foreign policy, while just 19 percent say it should be “less engaged and react to events” — a 53-point spread in favor of U.S. global leadership. * 74 percent agree that “the U.S. has a moral obligation to stand up for human rights and democracy whenever possible in international affairs.” * 73 percent of MAGA voters under 30 approve of Trump’s decision to launch Operation Epic fury. * 59 percent say “supporting the Iranian people in their efforts to secure freedom and democracy” is important while just 13 percent say it’s not. * 61 percent want to see the Iranian regime either removed or weakened, while just 35 percent say they prefer a “negotiated settlement.” * 64 percent agree with Trump’s decision to remove Nicolás Maduro from power in Venezuela. * 60 percent would support Trump using military force to remove the Cuban government from power. * 60 percent approve of sending U.S. weapons to Israel. * 62 percent have a favorable view of NATO. * 64 percent say the outcome of the war between Russia and Ukraine matters to U.S. security and prosperity. * 57 percent say the U.S. should either support Ukraine “until all Russian-occupied territory is liberated” or a “ceasefire along current front lines” is reached “without formally recognizing Russian control of annexed territories.” * 65 percent say that the security of Taiwan matters to U.S. security and prosperity. * 76 percent believe America must remain a “shining city upon a hill because its freedom, prosperity, and democratic ideals serve as an example to the world.” Bottom line: The isolationists are out of step with Trump and the “America First” movement writ large — and there is no help on the way from the Gen Z right. FREE GIFT LINK: wapo.st/3T66Qbp
I just reserved one of these bad boys for a project next week and my inner 9yo is absolutely giddy.
And we have an offer!
Conscientiousness reads as neuroticism to the unconscientious
Amazing documentary from Sweden showcasing how they made iron from raw clay they harvest in a bog. This method is how they made raw materials for tools, weapons and export from the early iron age until the industrial revolution! The first step is to dig up clay rich in iron ore from a bog. The clay is left to dry in piles and then transported to a foundry nearby the bog. At the foundry the first step is the roast the raw material. This is to remove moisture and biological material. The temperature of the fire is around 500-600°C but not higher since the material should not melt yet. This shrinks the raw material to 50% of it's original mass, sometimes to a third of it's original mass. This process takes 2-4 hours. As this happens the men prepare the foundry. In a stone clad hole in the ground with an air vent at the bottom firewood is stacked. When this is lit on fire the men takes careful precautions to not allow it to burn up completely. After an hour the firewood is turned into charcoal used to turn the now refined iron ore into iron ingots. The roasted iron ore is placed into the bed of coal will sink slowly sink to the bottom of the pit as the coal burn with a temperature in-between 1200-1400°C, the men peak into the airhole at the foundry and can tell from the colour of the temperature is correct or if they need to adjust it. The bellows blows 350L of air into the foundry per turn and the entire process takes up to four hours. The lump of iron is still full of slag and byproduct. To remove this its beaten with a hammer on site. At a smiths workshop a smith continue to hammer our out the byproducts until it's refined enough for production! In the forests there are many traces of iron ore refinement. The foundry's can still be found in good condition even if they have not been in use for over 500 years and traces of slag and byproduct still litter the ground.
