I'm teaching myself FreeCAD. I'm pretty new to CAD. I've done a very little bit of work in fusion 360 and Google SketchUp in the past. My goal is to be able to 3D print certain parts, and so far I'm really impressed with how mature the program seems. Not necessarily mature like build a skyscraper mature, mature like print cool stuff on a 3D printer mature. And it's open source and free. #grownostr #FreeCAD

I'm thinking about building a micro-sawmill this fall/winter. I'm thinking something light enough for a fit person to reasonably carry several hundred yards, but still be a 2-3x upgrade to a chainsaw mill. I'm thinking something that could be built in a home/farm shop for say, a thousand to two thousand US$ in materials. What technology would you consider and how would you think about this? I want something I can carry to trees that are otherwise relatively inaccessible but where the lumber can still be carried out. Maybe 15 or possibly 20 amp electric so it can be run off of a portable generator that can be carried separately.

#grownostr is a genius idea that shows off the genius of nostr.

Missouri redbud trees after the rain this evening. The blossoms can be used to make a mild flavored jelly. #grownostr #homesteading #ozarks

After listening to #[0] at The Survival Podcast talk about all the things you can do with a sous vid machine, I pulled the trigger. I'm going to try salmon tonight. But what I'm really seeing here is a machine to effortlessly heat scalding water to process a couple chickens... I'm not at all sure about leaving it in the water during the scalding since that is a very dirty process, but I can see heating it up to 160°F, dump it into a bucket and the water should hold above 142° Fahrenheit long enough to scald and pluck a few chickens. As the water cools, the scald time will go from tens of seconds up to a couple minutes. Lots of people complain about how difficult chickens are to pluck. It's just not true. That is, assuming you get a good scald. If you don't get a good scald, they won't pluck with a plucker either. Divide the estimated scald time by 3, do three dunks and check the large wingtip feathers each time you pull up. When they slide out effortlessly it's done. If they don't, keep scalding. Stop scalding and start plucking. With turkeys the largest and hardest feathers are the tail feathers, but they can pretty much be forced out by the time the wingtips are loose. If you haven't tried it, you should note that waterfowl are more difficult... #grownostr #homesteading #tsp

Trucker here. CDL-A driver. I wonder who will be the first to implement a fair and efficient modernized freight logistics load board system on nostr? It is time for this. #grownostr

I have been unable to lose weight pretty much my entire adult life. I could gain muscle and maintain, but not actually lose weight. So slowly, it has been creeping up over time to roughly 45-55lbs over the ideal. A little while back I started taking Berberine and was able to lose 10 lbs with no other changes. Then I started the carnivore way of eating (went off Berberine), with no calorie restriction, and have lost another 15 lbs in just a month and a half while putting on muscle, again with no other changes. I'm now BACK TO THE WEIGHT I WAS 22 YEARS AGO!!! I could go on about the other positive changes it has brought about as well. Mitochondrial and metabolic dysfunction bite. Carnivore is magical. #brainenergy #grownostr #carnivore

I absolutely love this comment someone made about Facebook layoffs: "The core problem is that the people really are mostly working very hard, but they are making the work for each other." Yup. Full comment and credit here: https://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=22846020&cid=63451246 #grownostr

Nostr is late to the party, but I welcome it with the enthusiasm one could only reserve for the guy bringing the pizza who got stuck in traffic. #grownostr

Mass Layoffs and Absentee Bosses Create a Morale Crisis At Meta - Slashdot

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Do you live in the Ozarks or anywhere in the native range of the Ozark Chinquapin? You should be a member of the The Ozark Chinquapin Foundation. They are BRINGING BACK THE CHINQUAPIN by crossing carefully selected blight resistant trees. By being a member, you can get access to a precious few of these small chestnuts for planting, and be part of this success story. Not only that, chiniquapins are long lived, bear every year, are loved by wildlife, and will bear viable seed within about five years of starting from seed.

THE OZARK CHINQUAPIN FOUNDATION – The Ozark Chinquapin Foundation; Saving An American Treasure

#chinquapin #grownostr #ozark #chestnuts

I made this biochar last weekend. I used up brush I got from a cedar tree that I needed to clear up. Essentially this is a substitute for a burn pile. It took me a bit to figure out why it works as well as it does. I have two barrels that both look about the same that I did together. I'll soak it in water for a while and try to activate it with something and chip it. I also threw some old bovine bones in the dogs had brought up from somewhere.

So the carnivore diet is going great for me! But now I have a new issue... My cell phone battery is running out of energy before I do. #carnivore #grownostr