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Autoenshittification

Forget F1: the only car race that matters now is the race to turn your car into a digital extraction machine, a high-speed inkjet printer on wheels, stealing your private data as it picks your pocket. Your car’s digital infrastructure is a costly, dangerous nightmare — but for automakers in pursuit of postcapitalist utopia, it’s a dream they can’t give up on.

Your car is stuffed full of microchips, a fact the world came to appreciate after the pandemic struck and auto production ground to a halt due to chip shortages. Of course, that wasn’t the whole story: when the pandemic started, the automakers panicked and canceled their chip orders, only to immediately regret that decision and place new orders.

But it was too late: semiconductor production had taken a serious body-blow, and when Big Car placed its new chip orders, it went to the back of a long, slow-moving line. It was a catastrophic bungle: microchips are so integral to car production that a car is basically a computer network on wheels that you stick your fragile human body into and pray.

The car manufacturers got so desperate for chips that they started buying up washing machines for the microchips in them, extracting the chips and discarding the washing machines like some absurdo-dystopian cyberpunk walnut-shelling machine:

https://www.autoevolution.com/news/desperate-times-companies-buy-washing-machines-just-to-rip-out-the-chips-187033.html

These digital systems are a huge problem for the car companies. They are the underlying cause of a precipitous decline in car quality. From touch-based digital door-locks to networked sensors and cameras, every digital system in your car is a source of endless repair nightmares, costly recalls and cybersecurity vulnerabilities:

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/quality-new-vehicles-us-declining-more-tech-use-study-shows-2023-06-22/

What’s more, drivers hate all the digital bullshit, from the janky touchscreens to the shitty, wildly insecure apps. Digital systems are drivers’ most significant point of dissatisfaction with the automakers’ products:

https://www.theverge.com/23801545/car-infotainment-customer-satisifaction-survey-jd-power

Even the automakers sorta-kinda admit that this is a problem. Back in 2020 when Massachusetts was having a Right-to-Repair ballot initiative, Big Car ran these unfuckingbelievable scare ads that basically said, “Your car spies on you so comprehensively that giving anyone else access to its systems will let murderers stalk you to your home and kill you:

https://pluralistic.net/2020/09/03/rip-david-graeber/#rolling-surveillance-platforms

But even amid all the complaining about cars getting stuck in the Internet of Shit, there’s still not much discussion of why the car-makers are making their products less attractive, less reliable, less safe, and less resilient by stuffing them full of microchips. Are car execs just the latest generation of rubes who’ve been suckered by Silicon Valley bullshit and convinced that apps are a magic path to profitability?

Nope. Car execs are sophisticated businesspeople, and they’re surfing capitalism’s latest — and last — hot trend: dismantling capitalism itself.

Now, leftists have been predicting the death of capitalism since The Communist Manifesto, but even Marx and Engels warned us not to get too frisky: capitalism, they wrote, is endlessly creative, constantly reinventing itself, re-emerging from each crisis in a new form that is perfectly adapted to the post-crisis reality:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/31/books/review/a-spectre-haunting-china-mieville.html

But capitalism has finally run out of gas. In his forthcoming book, Techno Feudalism: What Killed Capitalism, Yanis Varoufakis proposes that capitalism has died — but it wasn’t replaced by socialism. Rather, capitalism has given way to feudalism:

https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/451795/technofeudalism-by-varoufakis-yanis/9781847927279

Under capitalism, capital is the prime mover. The people who own and mobilize capital — the capitalists — organize the economy and take the lion’s share of its returns. But it wasn’t always this way: for hundreds of years, European civilization was dominated by rents, not markets.

A “rent” is income that you get from owning something that other people need to produce value. Think of renting out a house you own: not only do you get paid when someone pays you to live there, you also get the benefit of rising property values, which are the result of the work that all the other homeowners, business owners, and residents do to make the neighborhood more valuable.

The first capitalists hated rent. They wanted to replace the “passive income” that landowners got from taxing their serfs’ harvest with active income from enclosing those lands and grazing sheep in order to get wool to feed to the new textile mills. They wanted active income — and lots of it.

Capitalist philosophers railed against rent. The “free market” of Adam Smith wasn’t a market that was free from regulation — it was a market free from rents. The reason Smith railed against monopolists is because he (correctly) understood that once a monopoly emerged, it would become a chokepoint through which a rentier could cream off the profits he considered the capitalist’s due:

https://locusmag.com/2021/03/cory-doctorow-free-markets/

Today, we live in a rentier’s paradise. People don’t aspire to create value — they aspire to capture it. In Survival of the Richest, Doug Rushkoff calls this “going meta”: don’t provide a service, just figure out a way to interpose yourself between the provider and the customer:

https://pluralistic.net/2022/09/13/collapse-porn/#collapse-porn

Don’t drive a cab, create Uber and extract value from every driver and rider. Better still: don’t found Uber, invest in Uber options and extract value from the people who invest in Uber. Even better, invest in derivatives of Uber options and extract value from people extracting value from people investing in Uber, who extract value from drivers and riders. Go meta.

This is your brain on the four-hour-work-week, passive income mind-virus. In Techno Feudalism, Varoufakis deftly describes how the new “Cloud Capital” has created a new generation of rentiers, and how they have become the richest, most powerful people in human history.

Shopping at Amazon is like visiting a bustling city center full of stores — but each of those stores’ owners has to pay the majority of every sale to a feudal landlord, Emperor Jeff Bezos, who also decides which goods they can sell and where they must appear on the shelves. Amazon is full of capitalists, but it is not a capitalist enterprise. It’s a feudal one:

https://pluralistic.net/2022/11/28/enshittification/#relentless-payola

This is the reason that automakers are willing to enshittify their products so comprehensively: they were one of the first industries to decouple rents from profits. Recall that the reason that Big Car needed billions in bailouts in 2008 is that they’d reinvented themselves as loan-sharks who incidentally made cars, lending money to car-buyers and then “securitizing” the loans so they could be traded in the capital markets.

Even though this strategy brought the car companies to the brink of ruin, it paid off in the long run. The car makers got billions in public money, paid their execs massive bonuses, gave billions to shareholders in buybacks and dividends, smashed their unions, fucked their pensioned workers, and shipped jobs anywhere they could pollute and murder their workforce with impunity.

Car companies are on the forefront of postcapitalism, and they understand that digital is the key to rent-extraction. Remember when BMW announced that it was going to rent you the seatwarmer in your own fucking car?

https://pluralistic.net/2020/07/02/big-river/#beemers

Not to be outdone, Mercedes announced that they were going to rent you your car’s accelerator pedal, charging an extra $1200/year to unlock a fully functional acceleration curve:

https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/23/23474969/mercedes-car-subscription-faster-acceleration-feature-price

This is the urinary tract infection business model: without digitization, all your car’s value flowed in a healthy stream. But once the car-makers add semiconductors, each one of those features comes out in a painful, burning dribble, with every button on that fakakta touchscreen wired directly into your credit-card.

But it’s just for starters. Computers are malleable. The only computer we know how to make is the Turing Complete Von Neumann Machine, which can run every program we know how to write. Once they add networked computers to your car, the Car Lords can endlessly twiddle the knobs on the back end, finding new ways to extract value from you:

https://doctorow.medium.com/twiddler-1b5c9690cce6

That means that your car can track your every movement, and sell your location data to anyone and everyone, from marketers to bounty-hunters looking to collect fees for tracking down people who travel out of state for abortions to cops to foreign spies:

https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7enex/tool-shows-if-car-selling-data-privacy4cars-vehicle-privacy-report

Digitization supercharges financialization. It lets car-makers offer subprime auto-loans to desperate, poor people and then killswitch their cars if they miss a payment:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4U2eDJnwz_s

Subprime lending for cars would be a terrible business without computers, but digitization makes it a great source of feudal rents. Car dealers can originate loans to people with teaser rates that quickly blow up into payments the dealer knows their customer can’t afford. Then they repo the car and sell it to another desperate person, and another, and another:

https://pluralistic.net/2022/07/27/boricua/#looking-for-the-joke-with-a-microscope

Digitization also opens up more exotic options. Some subprime cars have secondary control systems wired into their entertainment system: miss a payment and your car radio flips to full volume and bellows an unstoppable, unmutable stream of threats. Tesla does one better: your car will lock and immobilize itself, then blare its horn and back out of its parking spot when the repo man arrives:

https://tiremeetsroad.com/2021/03/18/tesla-allegedly-remotely-unlocks-model-3-owners-car-uses-smart-summon-to-help-repo-agent/

Digital feudalism hasn’t stopped innovating — it’s just stopped innovating good things. The digital device is an endless source of sadistic novelties, like the cellphones that disable your most-used app the first day you’re late on a payment, then work their way down the other apps you rely on for every day you’re late:

https://restofworld.org/2021/loans-that-hijack-your-phone-are-coming-to-india/

Usurers have always relied on this kind of imaginative intimidation. The loan-shark’s arm-breaker knows you’re never going to get off the hook; his goal is in intimidating you into paying his boss first, liquidating your house and your kid’s college fund and your wedding ring before you default and he throws you off a building.

Thanks to the malleability of computerized systems, digital arm-breakers have an endless array of options they can deploy to motivate you into paying them first, no matter what it costs you:

https://pluralistic.net/2021/04/02/innovation-unlocks-markets/#digital-arm-breakers

Car-makers are trailblazers in imaginative rent-extraction. Take VIN-locking: this is the practice of adding cheap microchips to engine components that communicate with the car’s overall network. After a new part is installed in your car, your car’s computer does a complex cryptographic handshake with the part that requires an unlock code provided by an authorized technician. If the code isn’t entered, the car refuses to use that part.

VIN-locking has exploded in popularity. It’s in your iPhone, preventing you from using refurb or third-party replacement parts:

https://doctorow.medium.com/apples-cement-overshoes-329856288d13

It’s in fuckin’ ventilators, which was a nightmare during lockdown as hospital techs nursed their precious ventilators along by swapping parts from dead systems into serviceable ones:

https://www.vice.com/en/article/3azv9b/why-repair-techs-are-hacking-ventilators-with-diy-dongles-from-poland

And of course, it’s in tractors, along with other forms of remote killswitch. Remember that feelgood story about John Deere bricking the looted Ukrainian tractors whose snitch-chips showed they’d been relocated to Russia?

https://doctorow.medium.com/about-those-kill-switched-ukrainian-tractors-bc93f471b9c8

That wasn’t a happy story — it was a cautionary tale. After all, John Deere now controls the majority of the world’s agricultural future, and they’ve boobytrapped those ubiquitous tractors with killswitches that can be activated by anyone who hacks, takes over, or suborns Deere or its dealerships.

Control over repair isn’t limited to gouging customers on parts and service. When a company gets to decide whether your device can be fixed, it can fuck you over in all kinds of ways. Back in 2019, Tim Apple told his shareholders to expect lower revenues because people were opting to fix their phones rather than replace them:

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2019/01/letter-from-tim-cook-to-apple-investors/

By usurping your right to decide who fixes your phone, Apple gets to decide whether you can fix it, or whether you must replace it. Problem solved — and not just for Apple, but for car makers, tractor makers, ventilator makers and more. Apple leads on this, even ahead of Big Car, pioneering a “recycling” program that sees trade-in phones shredded so they can’t possibly be diverted from an e-waste dump and mined for parts:

https://www.vice.com/en/article/yp73jw/apple-recycling-iphones-macbooks

John Deere isn’t sleeping on this. They’ve come up with a valuable treasure they extract when they win the Right-to-Repair: Deere singles out farmers who complain about its policies and refuses to repair their tractors, stranding them with six-figure, two-ton paperweight:

https://pluralistic.net/2022/05/31/dealers-choice/#be-a-shame-if-something-were-to-happen-to-it

The repair wars are just a skirmish in a vast, invisible fight that’s been waged for decades: the War On General-Purpose Computing, where tech companies use the law to make it illegal for you to reconfigure your devices so they serve you, rather than their shareholders:

https://memex.craphound.com/2012/01/10/lockdown-the-coming-war-on-general-purpose-computing/

The force behind this army is vast and grows larger every day. General purpose computers are antithetical to technofeudalism — all the rents extracted by technofeudalists would go away if others (tinkereres, co-ops, even capitalists!) were allowed to reconfigure our devices so they serve us.

You’ve probably noticed the skirmishes with inkjet printer makers, who can only force you to buy their ink at 20,000% markups if they can stop you from deciding how your printer is configured:

https://pluralistic.net/2022/08/07/inky-wretches/#epson-salty But we’re also fighting against insulin pump makers, who want to turn people with diabetes into walking inkjet printers:

https://pluralistic.net/2022/06/10/loopers/#hp-ification

And companies that make powered wheelchairs:

https://pluralistic.net/2022/06/08/chair-ish/#r2r

These companies start with people who have the least agency and social power and wreck their lives, then work their way up the privilege gradient, coming for everyone else. It’s called the “shitty technology adoption curve”:

https://pluralistic.net/2022/08/21/great-taylors-ghost/#solidarity-or-bust

Technofeudalism is the public-private-partnership from hell, emerging from a combination of state and private action. On the one hand, bailing out bankers and big business (rather than workers) after the 2008 crash and the covid lockdown decoupled income from profits. Companies spent billions more than they earned were still wildly profitable, thanks to those public funds.

But there’s also a policy dimension here. Some of those rentiers’ billions were mobilized to both deconstruct antitrust law (allowing bigger and bigger companies and cartels) and to expand “IP” law, turning “IP” into a toolsuite for controlling the conduct of a firm’s competitors, critics and customers:

https://locusmag.com/2020/09/cory-doctorow-ip/

IP is key to understanding the rise of technofeudalism. The same malleability that allows companies to “twiddle” the knobs on their services and keep us on the hook as they reel us in would hypothetically allow us to countertwiddle, seizing the means of computation:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/04/12/algorithmic-wage-discrimination/#fishers-of-men

The thing that stands between you and an alternative app store, an interoperable social media network that you can escape to while continuing to message the friends you left behind, or a car that anyone can fix or unlock features for is IP, not technology. Under capitalism, that technology would already exist, because capitalists have no loyalty to one another and view each other’s margins as their own opportunities.

But under technofeudalism, control comes from rents (owning things), not profits (selling things). The capitalist who wants to participate in your iPhone’s “ecosystem” has to make apps and submit them to Apple, along with 30% of their lifetime revenues — they don’t get to sell you jailbreaking kit that lets you choose their app store.

Rent-seeking technology has a holy grail: control over “ring zero” — the ability to compel you to configure your computer to a feudalist’s specifications, and to verify that you haven’t altered your computer after it came into your possession:

https://pluralistic.net/2022/01/30/ring-minus-one/#drm-political-economy

For more than two decades, various would-be feudal lords and their court sorcerers have been pitching ways of doing this, of varying degrees of outlandishness.

At core, here’s what they envision: inside your computer, they will nest another computer, one that is designed to run a very simple set of programs, none of which can be altered once it leaves the factory. This computer — either a whole separate chip called a “Trusted Platform Module” or a region of your main processor called a secure enclave — can tally observations about your computer: which operating system, modules and programs it’s running.

Then it can cryptographically “sign” these observations, proving that they were made by a secure chip and not by something you could have modified. Then you can send this signed “attestation” to someone else, who can use it to determine how your computer is configured and thus whether to trust it. This is called “remote attestation.”

There are some cool things you can do with remote attestation: for example, two strangers playing a networked video game together can use attestations to make sure neither is running any cheat modules. Or you could require your cloud computing provider to use attestations that they aren’t stealing your data from the server you’re renting. Or if you suspect that your computer has been infected with malware, you can connect to someone else and send them an attestation that they can use to figure out whether you should trust it.

Today, there’s a cool remote attestation technology called “PrivacyPass” that replaces CAPTCHAs by having you prove to your own device that you are a human. When a server wants to make sure you’re a person, it sends a random number to your device, which signs that number along with its promise that it is acting on behalf of a human being, and sends it back. CAPTCHAs are all kinds of bad — bad for accessibility and privacy — and this is really great.

But the billions that have been thrown at remote attestation over the decades is only incidentally about solving CAPTCHAs or verifying your cloud server. The holy grail here is being able to make sure that you’re not running an ad-blocker. It’s being able to remotely verify that you haven’t disabled the bossware your employer requires. It’s the power to block someone from opening an Office365 doc with LibreOffice. It’s your boss’s ability to ensure that you haven’t modified your messaging client to disable disappearing messages before he sends you an auto-destructing memo ordering you to break the law.

And there’s a new remote attestation technology making the rounds: Google’s Web Environment Integrity, which will leverage Google’s dominance over browsers to allow websites to block users who run ad-blockers:

https://github.com/RupertBenWiser/Web-Environment-Integrity

There’s plenty else WEI can do (it would make detecting ad-fraud much easier), but for every legitimate use, there are a hundred ways this could be abused. It’s a technology purpose-built to allow rent extraction by stripping us of our right to technological self-determination.

Releasing a technology like this into a world where companies are willing to make their products less reliable, less attractive, less safe and less resilient in pursuit of rents is incredibly reckless and shortsighted. You want unauthorized bread? This is how you get Unauthorized Bread:

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/01/unauthorized-bread-a-near-future-tale-of-refugees-and-sinister-iot-appliances/amp/

If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/07/24/rent-to-pwn/#kitt-is-a-demon

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Nutcracker: Dick Grayson x reader

christmas bingo day 5: nutcracker

***

“You know when you said nutcracker this is definitely not what I was expecting….” Y/N muttered looking at Dick, who, grinning like a madman was standing in the middle of the Wayne manor kitchen, dressed in an apron and holding – well, the literal nutcracker.  As in – a kitchen tool.

“Should have known better.” He smiled even wider, causing Y/N to start worrying about his mental health.

“Yeah, I guess I should have known better.” She muttered rubbing her forehead.

“Cas is the fan of ballet, me – not so much” Dick shrugged “besides, if I wanted to spend a few hours with you in a dark room then-“

“Shut up!” she rushed towards him putting a hand on his mouth to stop his babbling “there are kids in this house!”

“Tim is hardly a kid, and Damian-“

“Damian catches up way too fast for a boy his age. And I’m pretty sure you want to avoid the awkward older brother talk with him?”

“Oh sunshine, believe me I’m more than ready for an awkward older brother conversation.” He grabbed her waist and pecked her cheek and before she realised what was happening, she had another white apron tied around her waist.

“Dare I ask-?” she sighed, bracing herself for any crazy idea that might be forming in her boyfriend’s mind

“walnuts. gingerbread.”

“gingerbread?” she repeated, frowning in confusion before it finally hit her “oh no! no! damn it! No way in hell!” instinctively she moved towards the kitchen door, before Dick grabbed her from behind and prevented from escaping his arms.

“It’s a couple bonding exercise!”

“It’s a couple killing practise! Remember what happened last year?! “

“It’s not like I burnt those cookies on purpose! You were extremely distracting with that pout on your face.”

“Can’t remember signing up for a cooking experience with Dick Grayson!!”

“You know that’s actually a nice idea. Maybe I should start my own TV show…”

““you wouldn’t even be able to run a youtube channel-“

“maybe I could juggle oranges while doing a somersault?”

“Oh my god…”

“come on, I am an acrobat, after all.”

“Not the word I would use in this context-“ she rolled her eyes “I’m not baking with you! When Alfred finds out I let you in the kitchen despite my better judgement I’ll -“

“I’ll protect you from Alfred’s wrath” Dick laughed not letting her go. “you’re safe with me baby.”

“He will ban us from the kitchen forever! It’s the only person left in this household that believes I’m sane despite going out with you!”

“Which you are obviously not.” Dick laughed spinning her in his arms and looking at her with the puppy eyes. The expression he worked to perfection during the years. “come on, please… pleeeeaaaassssseeeeeee…….”

“Stop it Grayson! I’m serious… stop it” please stop it, before I give in to your five-year-old antics.     

“Pretty please. Come on, Y/N…. Just say yes.. .It’s gonna be fun I promise…”

 “It’s really not too late to buy the ballet tickets Dick…” she muttered, feeling her resistance breaking despite knowing well enough how the baking experience with Dick Grayson will end.

“That’s for another occasion.”

***

Two hours later, as predicted, kitchen looked like batterfield. Nut shells splattered everywhere, including Y/N’s hair, flour on her clothes that happened to not be covered by the apron and a sticky smudge of spice on her forehead made her similar to a gingerbread man (woman). While she was huffing and puffing making the dough, shaping cookies and decorating them, Dick just sit on the counter watching her with a loving eyes, making a mess and not helping at all. He didn’t even bother to open the over for her, at least not until she almost burned herself trying to balance the quite heavy baking tray in one hand. It was a miracle she survived this.

“couple bonding exercise, my ass.” She hissed, brushing her hair away with a wrist, fairly annoyed that she had to do  all the work.

“I definitely feel bound to you.” He smiled at her, jumping off the counter.

“you didn’t even move a finger-“ before she could finish he cut off her off with the kiss.

“can’t you be original, once?” she scoffed pulling back “cutting off with a kiss is just so predictable, man-like gesture.”

“Can’t blame me. You taste the sweetest.” Dick only laughed in response, wiping off the streak of honey which she was stained with in the corner of her mouth. “Better than the cookies.”

[balkanradfem]

Lately I've been pleased whenever I find a way to make use of something that would otherwise get thrown away; for instance, I learned that you can use scrunched-up aluminium foil to scrub pans and pots, instead of that ball of wire you can buy!

The walnuts that you can't completely clean out of shells, are a great bird snack, who can get their beaks in there. Fruit that is starting to go bad/already has gone bad, is a great food for butterflies. Any food that's starting to get rotten can be a great addition to a compost pile and a snack for any worm. Citrus peels can be used to infuse vinegar to make nice-smelling cleaning solution. Or they can be made into sugared candy! Lemon slices that make a great winter decoration, can be used as a halloween decoration later when they turn black. Any small carboard box you have can be used for organizing, and if you have a big one, you can put a wooden board on it and create a little shelf to put plants on! An old cracked aquarium can be used as a little greenhouse, or an extra shelf on top of a surface. Old newspapers and old clothing can be cut into strips or tubes, and weaved into baskets. Old paper egg cartons can be soaked, blended and then turned into paper. Any plastic container can get a hole at the bottom and grow a plant in it.

Please tell me more things that you know how to reuse that would otherwise just be thrown away! I want more of this knowledge.

[retaurd]

eat the walnuts girl

i was ggoinf through my inbox and saw this and forgort that it was about the walnuts falling on my house lmfao. i can't eat them, we've tried. they're really fucking gross. they're in this green thing so they look like tennis balls. i fucking hate the walnuts they're trying to kill me and my house. the amount of times im just like walking through our yard and almost die and kill myself stepping on one. i had one literally fall and hit me on the head one time like some acme ass looney tunes shit

last time they dropped we processed them in water in big garbage cans with a like cement mixing extension for my dad's huge fucking drill to get the stankass green casing off and it stained my hands brown through my gloves and my feet through my shoes because the water soaked through. we did like 500lbs of walnuts like i was out there every fucking day for weeks collecting them then blending them then straining them out with this basket to separate the nut in the shell from that green soupy pulp water then laying them out on drying racks then putting them in totes a couple hours later when they were dry

my dad found a dude who would buy them just in the shell. and the day before we were gonna go drive like 4 hours to this old man's house i was like "maybe we should eat one to see if they're good so we know what we're giving him" so my dad knocked one open with a hammer and he and i and my grandfather tried it and holy shit. it was nasty. like rancid nasty. and im like "ohhhh that must just be a bad one" every fucking one was like that

so we ended up just dumping them lol fuck the walnuts

[azspot]

The car manufacturers got so desperate for chips that they started buying up washing machines for the microchips in them, extracting the chips and discarding the washing machines like some absurdo-dystopian cyberpunk walnut-shelling machine…

Cory Doctorow

[officialpenisenvy]

i should buy the 1kg bag of shelled walnuts at this supermarket

[closetedwitchlet]

Reading Bones Appalachian style

I was out visiting one of my mentors today. A lovely soul [S for privacy] who was raised in old Southern Appalachian traditions explained bone casting (also known as Osteomancy).

• it's extremely personal and specific to the caster

• he has not just bones but small trinkets that mean different things to him

• he explicitly explained to me that he hesitates to explain osteomancy because each individual piece can mean different things like:

○ the black walnut can be toxic and thus indicate toxicity. But because the shell is difficult to crack, many animals don't consume it and therefore could, depending on where it lands, mean strong barriers

○ you can research and find different meanings for the same animal bone and types of bone, but what is important is what it represents to the caster

○ same goes for types of wood and seeds (crystals aren't a heavy influence in Appalachian culture, but doesn't mean you can't use it in casting!)

Also, he makes sure to always leave flowers where he found the bones he works with as a sign of gratitude and also feeling sorry for the animal.

And as always, when handling remains, ask questions if you are buying about how the remains were prepared or research how to process remains yourself.

[flintandpyrite]

Providence food so far:

Tallulah’s Taqueria: 9/10. Yes, $5/taco is a lot but basically each double-shelled taco is stuffed with the filling of 2 normal taqueria tacos so it’s not as bad as it sounds. I got Barbacoa, carnitas, cameron, and al pastor. The barbacoa was perfect, so saucy and deeply flavored. The carnitas was great, not at all dry like carnitas often are. The al pastor was a bit tough and basically just in a tomato sauce—no pineapple in sight and also not very spicy. Kind of disappointing. The fried shrimp in the cameron was very heavily breaded but it came with a really good guacamole so I can’t complain. The tacos were served with crispy pickled radish which was a great contrast to the rich meats. Definitely would go back.

Denden Cafe Asiana: 5/10. This place has the right idea but the real magic of Korean food, in my wildly unqualified opinion, is the banchan, and they were deeply stingy on that front. I ordered the short rib bbq and it was overly sweet, almost sticky, tough, and served with a tiny scoop of rice and a literal thimbleful of kimchi. And nothing else. No spinach, no potato salad, no bean sprouts, no cucumbers… boring. Frankie got the beef hotpot with sweet potato noodles and the textures were good but it was once again very sweet. Our appetizer was the best part of the meal, actually—we got a seafood pancake kind of like okonomiaki and it was delicious! I reheated the leftovers today and ate them with mayonnaise and sriracha (which is how we used to eat them in LA) and it was great.

Rasoi: 4/10. This Indian place on the east side was recommended to me by 3 separate people so I was excited to go there but it was very disappointing. The saag paneer was very bland, almost tasteless and not at all spicy, and much worse, imo, the naan was bland. It honestly felt like eating a buttery pita bread. Which like. I like pita breads. But naan should be dense and slightly sour from the yeast and yogurt, and a little burnt from the tandoor. Idk. The pakoras were good though-- they were made from kale, Brussels sprouts, and onion in a chickpea batter and were perfectly crisp and crunchy and spicy. I honestly want to give this place another chance because so many people recommended it and maybe their non-veg dishes are better? But yeah, disappointing.

Seven Stars Bakery: 10/10. Ok obviously I am the person who would eat bread and pastry for every meal if I didn’t need vegetables so of course I love this place. The lattes are spectacular, the pastries are perfect (so far have tried the ham & cheese croissant and the koign-amann), and the bread is so good. My first week here I bought the walnut-raisin bread, and this week I am working on a small loaf of Vermont cheddar bread and honestly I don’t know which one is my favorite. I will just have to go back and buy a tiebreaker loaf. I wish I lived here solely for this bakery. Honestly. It would be worth it.

[navkaardryfruits]

Bursting with Flavor and Health: The Benefits of Berries & Cherries

Berries aren't just delicious and refreshing, they're also packed with essential nutrients and antioxidants that offer a multitude of health benefits. Let's explore some of the reasons why you should include these juicy gems in your diet:

1. Immune System Booster: Berries and cherries are rich in vitamin C, which plays a crucial role in boosting your immune system and protecting you from illness.

2. Heart Health Champions: Berries and cherries are loaded with antioxidants, which can help reduce inflammation and protect your heart from disease.

3. Brainpower Boosters: Berries & cherries contain anthocyanins, powerful antioxidants that improve cognitive function and memory, helping keep your mind sharp.

4. Digestive Health Heroes: Berries are a good source of fiber, which promotes healthy digestion and keeps your gut happy.

5. Skin-Glowing Wonders: The antioxidants in berries can help fight free radical damage, keeping your skin looking younger and healthier.

Navkaar Dry Fruits offers a wide variety of berries, ensuring you get the best quality and taste.

[friend-crow]

Hello Crow!

I found this fun article about your dear corvids, and while I'm sure you are already aware of most of the facts listed, I know I was surprised by the fact that some crows have learned to use traffic lights to their advantage.

My favorite fact from this list is that The Russians arrived 12 days late to the 1908 Olympics because they were using the wrong calendar.

You can find out why the author killed you off here, if your existence is a threat to humanity here , and you can find out what soil type you sprouted from here.

As it happens, the first time I "fed" a crow it was actually initiated by the crow, who dropped a walnut at my feet as I was walking, then landed nearby and stared at me. I'd heard of them using cars to open nuts for them, so I crushed the shell underfoot then walked away. Sure enough the crow hopped over to eat the walnut. After that experience I started researching crows and buying peanuts for them.

Anywho, I got killed off for "pure shock value". My existence is a threat to humanity. I am loam, naturally.

Thank you for the links!

[arecipecollect]

Some really good (dessert) recipes I’ve used lately:

(you'll notice something of a chocolate theme here lol)

Giant Triple Chocolate Walnut Cookies:

These were so good- I used 3 different kinds of chocolate chips, dark, bittersweet, and white chocolate. SO GOOD, and the walnuts almost taste like caramel in this, very rich and very satisfying. I didn't notice that they were giant cookies until I got to the part of the recipe where you scoop the dough onto the baking tray, but... I wasn't mad about it, heh heh heh...

Chocolate pudding pie:

Crust:

Filling:

(copied and pasted from video’s description box):

"Chocolate pie:

•12 oz silken tofu (I use soft, silken tofu when I can find it)

•1.5 c dairy free chocolate chips (or your favorite dark chocolate chips)

•2 tablespoons free dairy milk (we like west soy, soymilk)

•1/2 c granulated sugar ( 1/4c more if you prefer a sweeter pie)

•Tiny pinch of salt

•Pie crust of your choice (I always use a store bought pie shell

Directions:

• Prepare your pie crust according to directions.

• Make the chocolate filling: Melt the chocolate chips in a microwave in 30 second intervals, stirring in between, until melted and smooth, or on a doble boiler and stiring often. You want the chocolate melted and smooth. Let it cool for a few minutes, and then add the melted chocolate to a blender along with the silken tofu, dairy free milk and sugar. Blend until very smooth.

• Pour the filling on top of the crust. Place in the refrigerator to chill for at least 2 hours. The pie will firm up as it cools.

• Once the pie has chilled, top with your desired toppings and enjoy!"

This pie was incredible, I don’t know what I was expecting from tofu chocolate pudding, but this was really damn good. It was very easy for a pie, too, and summer-friendly as you don’t have to bake it at all, not even the crust. My family and I had this with whipped cream on top, which was very good, but I want to make this again for my birthday and top it with fluff for a s’mores pie. I anticipate great things… 😏

Einkorn Brownies

I had gotten some einkorn flour and was looking up things to make with it, and this turned out so so good.

[shrimple-existance]

Okie doke Contender build timeline roundup

First I was able to get a frame. (A) prior owner had a standard blued steel model, first generation. Someone on the custody chain decided to take an abrading tool and "polish" it to a "stainless" finish. It's not convincing if you look for more than 3 seconds because you can see the original bluing bleed through, and the relief on a true stainless frame isn't that (admittedly sexy) two tone ensemble

Then, I got a right handed laminate walnut grip. Just the wood, so I had to separately find a screw and plate so it would stay affixed. The fit was still questionable because all of this guns parts have been made spanning decades and tolerances shift overtime, even deliberately. But now we have something that kinda looks like a gun.

Then came the barrel. Dude I bought from sends me two for some reason, both have a 44/100 inch bore diameter. But the *weird* part is that one of them was specifically made to chamber 44 magnum *shotgun* shells. Like even smaller than a 410. I might fuck around and buy some eventually but I'll probably trade away that barrel before then. It doesn't have sights, and there's two pins permanently affixed preventing installing sights to clamp a rib to

Next the final step is a wooden fore arm. The gun is effectively a hinged tube that goes bang, there's only one piece of metal to absorb the heat and it's the one you have to touch to unload it. So grippy wood good

And like that it's done!

[biggestsupplierr]

Finding Wholesale Dry Fruits Near You & Affordable Pista 1 kg Price

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Why Choose Wholesale Dry Fruits?

Purchasing dry fruits wholesale is a smart option for anyone looking to save. Whether you're buying for personal consumption or for a business, wholesale deals can significantly lower the cost per kilogram. Not only do you get more bang for your buck, but the quality of wholesale products is often superior since wholesalers deal directly with suppliers. Bulk buying also means you’ll always have nutritious snacks like almonds, pistachios, and walnuts on hand, perfect for a quick energy boost.

Understanding Pista 1 kg Price Wholesale

When searching for "pista 1 kg price wholesale," it’s essential to compare prices across different suppliers to get the best deal. Pistachios are a popular nut for their distinct flavor and health benefits, making them a staple in households and businesses alike. Wholesale prices for pistachios typically depend on factors such as:

Quality: Premium pistachios will naturally cost more but offer a superior taste and nutritional profile.

Grade: Pistachios come in various grades. Whole, shelled, or unshelled pistachios all have different price points.

Supplier: Some suppliers, like Biggest Supplier, offer competitive prices for bulk orders, making it easier for you to get a great deal.

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How to Find Wholesale Dry Fruits Near You

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Biggest Supplier offers a wide range of dry fruits, including high-quality pistachios, at the most competitive prices. Their extensive inventory ensures that you get the best value for your money.

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[falisha-enterprises]

The Value of Craftsmanship: Wooden Hotpot with Steel Bowl Pricing in Pakistan

Introduction

In the world of home décor and culinary essentials, wooden hotpots with steel bowls have carved out a unique niche. Combining traditional craftsmanship with modern functionality, these items not only enhance the aesthetic of any kitchen but also offer unparalleled utility. For those interested in purchasing these beautiful artifacts in Pakistan, understanding their pricing is crucial. This article delves into the value of craftsmanship behind wooden hotpots with steel bowls and provides insights into their pricing trends in Pakistani Handicrafts.

Understanding Wooden Hotpots with Steel Bowls

Wooden hotpots with steel bowls are an excellent example of how traditional materials can be combined to create practical yet elegant kitchenware. The wooden exterior provides a classic, rustic charm, while the steel bowl inside ensures durability and ease of maintenance. These hotpots are particularly favored for their ability to keep food warm for longer periods, thanks to the insulating properties of wood combined with the efficient heat conduction of steel.

The Craftsmanship Behind Wooden Hotpots

The creation of wooden hotpots with steel bowls involves meticulous craftsmanship. Each piece is typically handcrafted, with artisans paying close attention to detail. Here’s what goes into making these exquisite items:

Selection of Materials: The process begins with selecting high-quality wood and stainless steel. The wood used is often hardwood like walnut or oak, known for its durability and appealing grain patterns. The steel bowl is usually made from stainless steel to resist rust and maintain hygiene.

Design and Crafting: Artisans carve and shape the wooden body of the hotpot, often incorporating intricate designs and patterns. This stage requires a high level of skill to ensure that the wood is both aesthetically pleasing and functional.

Assembly: The wooden shell is then carefully assembled around the stainless steel bowl. This step ensures that the two materials fit together seamlessly, providing both functionality and visual appeal.

Finishing Touches: Finally, the wooden surface is treated with varnishes or oils to enhance its appearance and durability. This treatment protects the wood from moisture and stains, making the hotpot more resistant to everyday use.

Pricing Trends in Pakistan

The price of wooden hotpots with steel bowls in Pakistan can vary based on several factors, including the quality of materials, craftsmanship, and design intricacy. Here’s a breakdown of what influences the pricing:

Material Quality: Higher-quality wood and stainless steel generally result in higher prices. Exotic woods or specialty stainless steels will cost more but also offer superior durability and aesthetics.

Craftsmanship: Handcrafted items tend to be more expensive than machine-made counterparts due to the labor and time involved. The more intricate the design and detailing, the higher the price.

Size and Design: Larger hotpots or those with elaborate designs can be priced higher. Custom designs or those that feature unique artistic elements will also come at a premium.

Brand and Source: Purchasing from reputed sources or brands can affect the price. Established brands may price their products higher due to their reputation for quality and reliability.

Where to Buy

For those interested in purchasing wooden hotpots with steel bowls, it’s essential to choose reputable sources that offer quality products. One such source is Crafts Emporium, known for its range of high-quality Pakistani handicrafts. They offer a selection of wooden hotpots with steel bowls, reflecting the artistry and craftsmanship of Pakistani artisans.

For specific pricing and to explore their collection, you can visit the Wooden Hotpot with Steel Bowl Price in Pakistan page on their website.

Conclusion

Wooden hotpots with steel bowls represent a blend of traditional craftsmanship and modern utility. Understanding the factors that influence their pricing helps buyers make informed decisions and appreciate the value of these artisanal pieces. By opting for reputable sources like Crafts Emporium, you can ensure that you are investing in high-quality products that showcase the best of Pakistani handicrafts. Whether for personal use or as a gift, these wooden hotpots add elegance and functionality to any kitchen.

[swarnsatya12]

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