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You know you're a permie when...

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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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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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Electrosensitivity - Can Earth-Sheltered and/or Earthen-Walled Structures Help Us?

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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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A Totally New Way Of Thinking

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A new approach to *truly* affordable housing...

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Propane lantern regulator...

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Why the duck cant I grow carrots!!!

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Novel, simple, safe idea for a hydronic mass radiant heater (not rocket-y)?

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Free eBook: The Art of Woodworking for Sustainable Living!

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