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Smaugust 2025 art challenge (there are dragons)

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Painting the Glorious Revolution (Discworld fan art)

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Unapparent disability

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Glazing and underpainting - for the frugal oil painter (grisaille, brunaille, verdaille, etc)

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Seth's Lazer-Focused, Long-Winded, Lively List of Lab Lessons (BEL)

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Mistborn score - any good?

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The Glorious Revolution - 25th of May - Pratchett and discworld

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Carrying things on your head

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Making my own watercolors with natural pigments (both homemade and storebought)

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Americans with recent experience buying from Canada? (Summer-fall 2025)

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JP and The Eternal Now (BEL)

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alternatives to amazon fire for reading library ebooks?

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Would you rather ... eat licorice or eat candy corn?

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Planting 24,000 trees in Ireland

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Going a long way on a cheap bike!

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natural building

Concrete slabs

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PEP Foraging - Straw Badge

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resources: seeds, plants, honey, consulting, etc.

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digital market

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videos

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crowdfunding

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rocket mass heaters

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Chicken Feed aka Candy Corn

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greenhouses

Walipini greenhouse

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cooking

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fungi

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Seeking vice-free off-grid community.

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roundwood and timber framing

Wavy roundwood rafter & batten roof structure. What are my roofing options?

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pep food prep

Make Four Different Soups (1/2 Gallon) - food.straw.soupsfour PEP BB

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organic

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forest garden

Vegan Perennial Food Forest Vision

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cooking

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