Posts by stepheneb@ruby.social
(DIR) Post #AqHFeba45hrjBP7eqG by stepheneb@ruby.social
2025-01-20T14:57:52Z
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Oyster mushrooms next to steam growing on a log I inoculated.#Mushrooms#bloomscrolling #TheWorldIsStillBeautiful
(DIR) Post #ArtgYNq8oPexHcvtaq by stepheneb@ruby.social
2025-03-10T02:09:58Z
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@futurebird thanks, done
(DIR) Post #At1zANwz9h92Vt0mB6 by stepheneb@ruby.social
2025-04-13T00:08:20Z
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@ricci Cool! It’s great to reuse cool metal!A few years ago I made what in effect a giant pencil sharpener for creating the tapered pin ends of legs for a table. To make the giant knife I cut apart an old table saw blade. #woodworking
(DIR) Post #At3Kx9jf5SPUoNpulc by stepheneb@ruby.social
2025-04-13T13:37:06Z
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@wedge I had previously made a tool for scraping out the inverse shape for making the matching tapered hole. I tested it on the block and was planning to then trim the surface so the cutting edge would be in the right place to “sharpen pencils”. But the central axis of first tapered hole was parallel to the top and bottom.I made the second tapered hole with the top surface of the tapered hole parallel with the top. This was easier to finish ;-)@ricci
(DIR) Post #At3KxAfnbIulih2LNw by stepheneb@ruby.social
2025-04-13T13:47:54Z
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@wedge If I made another diameter tapered hole scraper then a second hole on the bottom would work great for sharpening a different size “pencil”@ricci
(DIR) Post #At3KxBQEoe3s2ilQlk by stepheneb@ruby.social
2025-04-13T14:38:17Z
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@wedge @mycrowgirl In telling this story (adjacent to turning old saw blades into wonderful curved knives) I realized looking through the folder of photos I’d forgotten that the first picture I shared was my first attempt using the knife from my hand plane. I cut apart the circular saw blade to make a longer taper for the table legs.I made a wider block and knew to get the orientation of the central axis correct.@ricci
(DIR) Post #At3KxCFdjXB6c8oTtA by stepheneb@ruby.social
2025-04-13T14:42:33Z
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@wedge @mycrowgirl Used this tool and a number of others we made to help my middle daughter build this Red Maple table in 2017https://ruby.social/@stepheneb/113891068924107925@ricci
(DIR) Post #AtYaBr1fjdxLDZUZns by stepheneb@ruby.social
2025-04-28T17:33:58Z
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@cdarwin Yes. In general EV battery packs for cars are very well made and when replaced when capacity drops below 70% the older packs work great for stationary storage systems.
(DIR) Post #AuMxAA57ccsB6whZ8y by stepheneb@ruby.social
2025-05-22T14:48:52Z
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@mcdanlj @ai6yr https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/513483
(DIR) Post #Auxmc1nKqWwUxSpVPk by stepheneb@ruby.social
2025-06-09T14:12:42Z
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Kathryn Swanson has a recycled fabric store and community mending space/classes and recently bought a used ambulance to create a Fabric Rescue and Mobile Mending Unit.Kathryn is a wonderful person!https://swansonsfabrics.com#fabric #RecycledMaterials
(DIR) Post #AvSRh7dSW3EeZm6PwW by stepheneb@ruby.social
2025-06-24T14:14:40Z
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@Nonilex Ahh … sigh … the events you report on and summarize are often really quite horrible — and I find the clarity and thoroughness in your writing calming in a strange way — because you are so profoundly sane and helpful.Thanks for all you are doing!
(DIR) Post #AvejpDGJbrbPPonuSW by stepheneb@ruby.social
2025-06-30T12:34:20Z
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@futurebird Most people I know world find all those statements quite plausible.
(DIR) Post #AxFOYDJZFlUzy8guoK by stepheneb@ruby.social
2025-08-17T02:51:29Z
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@foone I wrote so much 6502 assembly code and loved it — it seemed really simple and I liked that almost all operations only took one or two clock cycles.
(DIR) Post #B0YDoNP04rLjEltLhA by stepheneb@ruby.social
2025-11-23T20:27:06Z
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@vlrny Have been in a feminist-oriented mens group that meets once a month since 1978. One very interesting aspect that has developed over time is all of us getting much better at listening. There can be a kind of group mind sometimes. This is hard to describe — there are folks that think differently than me and have very different life experiences and sometimes I feel when I express a perspective it’s actually incomplete until I hear more.1/2https://ruby.social/@stepheneb/110550257605389302
(DIR) Post #B0YDoUlwfwrY5xgGvo by stepheneb@ruby.social
2025-11-23T20:29:19Z
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@vlrny In general this has supported me in having deeper conversations with all sorts of folks including other men friends.
(DIR) Post #B0cbeRk1YNZ9QFEzrs by stepheneb@ruby.social
2025-11-25T19:51:10Z
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@MLE_online @tomjennings https://ruby.social/@stepheneb/115300966781407921
(DIR) Post #B0cfTaRzEUP342shXc by stepheneb@ruby.social
2025-11-26T01:56:45Z
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@tomjennings @MLE_online Basically I’m not going to use the phrase “You guys” to reference a group that doesn’t ask as men because to me the reference is gendered.I also recognize that many folks use term and hear the term don’t think of it as gendered.If I was all hot and sweaty working hard with a group and we took a long break to rest and cool off and folks were feeling lazy and complaining about getting started again I might say “hey assholes”.
(DIR) Post #B2Vht4jTNlTmskH5Fo by stepheneb@ruby.social
2026-01-21T13:04:56Z
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@futurebird Watch commercial shows not from corporate streaming sites.
(DIR) Post #B2VlBDjmwLIdsylYTg by stepheneb@ruby.social
2026-01-21T13:41:53Z
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@futurebird Some caveats: I use a hardened browser (up to date add-blocking, etc) I don't use for other things.Fnd the IMDB code for the movie or series.For movies:
vsrc dot su slash embed slash imbcodeFor series:vsrc dot su slash embed slash imbcode slash season-number - episode-numberThe top level domain sometimes changes.Example: Little Demon with Aubry Plaza and Danny DeVitovsrc dot su slash embed slash tt12198014 slash 1-1
(DIR) Post #B2c0VkAQk0w6W8EP8S by stepheneb@ruby.social
2026-01-23T20:59:43Z
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@nina_kali_nina https://mastodon.nz/@joncounts/115946129884199796