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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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Are hobbies dead?

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art

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art

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

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JP and The Eternal Now (BEL)

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Hot compost dreams

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Harvest before frost?

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frugality

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Food grade lye - sourcing or making

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urban gardening

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frugality

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BREAKING WORLD NEWS! VERY IMPORTANT!

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Pressure Can 2 Types of Food (1 Gallon Each) - food.straw.pressurecan PEP BB

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Frito Pie for a Really Quick and Easy Meal!

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personal care

Show 257: Raspberry and Blackberry

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communication

What would be best ways to attract more young people to permaculture?

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quail and pigeons

Storing hatching eggs

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paul wheaton's pseudo blog

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