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While Gen Z is still more likely to go vegan than Boomers there seems to be a trend of Gen Z in areas of higher veganism in Western society refusing to go vegan and incorporate more plant based alternatives. Why is this happening in places like the UK, France, and the US?

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969721061192?via%3Dihub

A neighbor of mine invited me to check out his forge. It was pretty cool; he had a big and small one, three different sized automatic hammers (I really don’t know what they’re called, please forgive my ignorance), anvils, grind wheels, etc. A whole set up. He showed me swords and knives he has made and pictures of others. He invited me to learn if I wanted to, said he would show me the ropes with his son who just graduated college and is spending the next year at home and learning forging before grad school.

I really have ZERO desire, like none, to forge knives but when I was at home, a hobby I have is refurbishing cast iron through electrolysis, grinding and polishing smooth, acid etching for grip, and seasoning old pieces. While doing this, I thought, “It would be fun to make my own set of forged pans.”

While I’ve never forged, I tend to pick these things up relatively quickly. If I spent five hours a week, 40 weeks a year learning, what is the time frame for me making realistically decent quality (completely functional and moderately aesthetically pleasing) pans from 8-12” and Dutch ovens from 6-10”? That’s about two hundred hours a year learning. He told me knives is relatively easy to pick up but takes a while to master while making pans, he’s never done, would be difficult because I would have to move a “large amount of billet” whatever that means.

So what am I looking at here, 1-3 years or more like 7-10? I’m trying to decide if I want to invest the time into this. Let’s assume I’ll pick up the craft like a B+ - A- beginner and apprentice when I make it to that level

I’ve been reading a lot of conspiracy theories that Walter is selling the Lakers to, in part, Trump’s SIL’s brother because he’s under investigation and this will lead Trump to helping him on those charges bc Trump is corrupt af. OK, but it doesn’t make sense to me. This isn’t an argument against Trump being corrupt; I am speaking narrowly to this sale alone.

Analogy: A mafia boss (Trump) has the ability to help out a restaurant owner (Walter’s) whom, without his help, may have. a life ruining event happen. In exchange for this help, the mob boss demands he sell the restaurant to an extended family member. The restaurant owner bought the joint 20 months ago for $1 million. The Don says he’ll buy it for

1. $1.25 million

2. $500,000

Which one probably happens?

What I am not understanding is, if Walter is in trouble for tax fraud (no charges filed yet) and Trump can help him out, why is Trump asking for a family member (and his associates) to buy the joint at a 25% profit for Walter? He’s being rewarded for needing Trump’s help? It doesn’t really make sense to me. I need the Don’s help, he’s going to give me a return on my new investment that is a yuge return, esp given the time invested, and he’s going to make my life altering problems go away? I just don’t get it.

It’s the most a franchise has ever sold for in any sports league the world over. It just seems to me that they got a group together and made him an offer he couldn’t refuse (sorry I’ll stop with the Godfather puns) because they are more in the status business and he, the son of a concrete dude who grew up lower middle class, is more a “I’m making money” sort of person. That seems like common sense here to me.

I could be wrong so I am looking for rational alternate reasonings that would CMV. Pure conspiracy theories and irrational claims will not sway my mind but if it’s a rational conspiracy theory with some meat on it, it very well might.

The body tightly regulates its internal vitamin D production from sun exposure, stopping further synthesis once adequate levels are reached to prevent toxicity. However, this safety mechanism only applies to sunlight. Taking high dose supplements bypasses this natural control, making toxicity possible. I’m not too worried about toxicity here. My main concern is when to take supplements to actualize the best stores of vitamin D.

If I take 6,000IUs in the morning and then am in the sun around noon, will my body not create vitamin D given that I had a 10x the daily need for vitamin D bolus just a couple hours before? Would it be better to be in the sun first, let my body produce vitamin D and then supplement if I am looking to maximize how much is in my body?

It also seems from the Consumer Reports article and the class action lawsuit against Costco that organic varieties tend to have MORE lead in them than non organic kids, somehow, and that chocolate flavors have more than vanilla (die to cocoa beans absorbing a lot more from the ground and more being used to flavor than vanilla.

I clean and refurbish cast iron as a hobby. I do it for friends and family mostly now and myself whenever I find a piece I want. I started in college after inheriting a nice old but neglected Wagner from my great grandmother when she passed. I used a wire wheel and wire brush and scrubbed it forever and eventually got it right. Since then I bought a sandblasting rig and that expedited the process a lot.

Watched a video on electrolysis and decided to build my own little tank with some rebar, two laptop DC power converters, and old alligator clips. Jesus how simple and easy this has made things. I do it because I love fixing old things and this almost takes all the fun out of it, lol. I have 10 pieces sitting in plastic bags with mineral oil perfectly down to the bare iron mostly waiting for the weekend when I can season them. I usually have a piece or two finished at any time. This is like 6-12 hours passively in the tank, wipe dry, oil, and put in a plastic bags waiting next to the dehumidifier. Four days later I have 10 pieces waiting to be seasoned.

Just thought I would drop a note so if anyone is struggling to refurbish a piece, try electrolysis. After seasoning I‘ll post some before/after pics. S-tier frfr.

I have a good process for electrolysis that works pretty well. The issue is after when take it out. I remove the black rust and crud from the process and have a bare metal piece, hooray. I then dry it quickly and put it in a pre heated 220 over for 25-30 minutes to dry it out completely. Almost immediately, a flash rust forms over the piece. Every. Single. Damn. Time.

I end up haveing to scrub and sometimes wire wheel the rust off which kind of defeats the purpose of electrolysis as a passive method.

Does anyone have a method they use which avoids flash rust?

Not looking to have pro burnout people ganging up on those against it but I am genuinely curious.

We have a flock of three currently and are looking to introduce a new one. My mother in law keeps chickens and got some new ones recently to add to her flock so we adopted one from her once she got to egg laying age. Our girls are in their second season so they’re about 14 months old or so. Our newest one has spent about three nights in the coop and then we put her in a separate mobile run adjacent to the main runs.

This morning my wife forgot to take her out in the morning and we were awaken to a loud squabble. By the time I got out there, one girl was on the roost and had cornered the new girl to the rafter of the coop. The other two were in the run. I got the older one out and got the younger one down from the coop and put her in the mobile run. I decided to let the older girls out into the yard (it has 7’ fencing and is about 60’x50’) to give them more space to move around and go find grubs and what not (it just rained) Instead they have found being right next to the mobile run exactly where they want to be, trying to peck her through the openings.

I get that they are establishing dominance and pecking order and all that but in forgetting to take her out of the coop have we caused irreparable harm? She wasn’t just getting pecked or chased but they had cornered her forced her into the rafters. The days prior when they were in their separate runs but next to each other the older girls really just ignored her and went about their normal routine. They were not happy this AM and are still fixated on being around her in her run. IDK if I should just let her be with the flock and learn her place while supervising and making sure it’s not too vicious, you know, pull the band aid, or start the initial separation plan all over or do something else entirely.

My plan was to take a week of shared coop at night and then separated days and then have some shared yard time for a couple days followed by full integration.

The girls have two separate runs connected by a corridor and a separate dust bath area that equals about 150 sqft of run space and a 5’x’5’ coop. There’s room for 3 girls to privately lay eggs at one time. They spend most of their time in the run and occasionally get free range time in the backyard and occasionally time in the wooded space behind that, just to inform about their situation. Also, the breeds are speckled sussex, Easter egger, black austrolorp, and the new girl is a cinnamon queen. The new girl is about as tall as the older ones, a little shorter and lighter.

Thanks for the help!

I have an XL and L BGE. The L BGE was gifted by a friend who bought it and never used it (he used it once a year the first couple years), keeping it covered under his poach for like five years. I’ve had it now for five years and use it once a week at least, including once or twice a month I do a pizza (600-675f for < 30 minutes) I’ve also done an annual burnout, too. My normal grilling on it is 1-2 hours at 550-650f at grate for < 15m and 400-500 for 45m-2 hours.

I’ve replaced the gasket on my XL twice and had it for over a decade. I use it for BBQ and smoking beef, sausage, etc. about twice a month, sometimes more in the fall. My question here is this, I was planning to replace the OEM gasket on the L BGE but it hasn’t failed yet. It can be raging hot and I kill the fire on both ends and smoke will seal out the top and bottom some but not the sealed gasket at all. Has anyone else had an unusually long gasket life? I know for half the its existence it was lightly used but for the last five years I’ve used it a decent amount.

Also, are there any liabilities in using an old gasket that is still sealing? Just because it’s working properly I don’t want to keep using it if there’s something unhealthy potentially about it.

If the redeemed in the new creation will possess genuine freedom yet be unable (or certain never) to sin, why did God not create humanity in that state from the beginning? If God could have done so, what morally sufficient reason justified creating a world that includes sin and suffering? If God could not have done so, in what sense is God omnipotent?

As a POC, regardless of politics, I am happy to see a long overdue milestone passed. Given the racial demographics of ACC and the political makeup, I feel like a black mayor would have “accidentally” happened by now. It hasn’t until now. Congrats on being Athens first POC elected mayor. The wall in City Hall with all the past mayors will look far from representative but it’s a positive step in the right direction.

Is it, "The enemy of my enemy is my friend? Pragmatic, like voting for a former Nazi-sympathist against a woman in the senate is OK if that woman doesn't vote how you think she should so long as the ex Nazi-sympathist promises to vote how you want them to? The ends justify the means? Something else?

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/04/platner-democrats-furious-new-york-times-report-00951496

It’s on a Saturday; that’s the perfect day to stay up and celebrate fireworks. A town near me is celebrating on the 26th of June. Another on July 3rd. It doesn’t make sense.