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Don't be afraid to fail:

I created a bowdrill set while out in the woods to attempt an ember. Wood selection plays an important role when you try this out, and sometimes you just can't get one to happen.

The first attempt was shortlived as I made the mistake of going too close to the end of the Hearthboard. After heating up and slightly increasing the spindle's downward pressure, it snapped.

2nd attempt all looked good. Good steady plume of smoke while spinning, but quickly died off once I stopped. Attempted 2 more in this same divot to no avail.

In an attempt to diagnose the issue, I believe it was related to the wood choices. As my lighter could not get the dust to light. It would char, but not ember.

They can't all be zingers, and sometimes when you're learning you need to make mistakes. Have fun out there!

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Using a carbon steel pocketknife as the striker for flint and steel

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Our inside/stock photos of this custom seax. What your favorite part from this piece?

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It helped me to realize this.

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Me infodumping about my hyperfixations to people who know nothing about them

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pro tip, if you’re ever feeling overwhelmed or upset for no reason, check the holy trifecta

have i eaten?

have i had water?

have i showered?

these questions will literally change your LIFE. if you’re feeling icky for no reason, there’s a 90% chance it’s one of these.

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Reasons why autistic people struggle to find employment:

Interviews test social skills more than anything else. An autistic person who would easily be able to perform the job may not be as good at talking about it and therefore wouldn't get the job.

If you don't get an interview or if you don't get a job from an interview, they don't say why. Was there a spelling mistake in your resume? Are you missing an important skill? Are you very qualified but someone else is slightly better? Who knows?

And that's just the struggles with getting the job. There's also the struggles on the job such as lack of accommodations.

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it is perhaps more helpful to move the conversation away from “it’s okay not to be productive” to “we need to have a long hard think about what counts as productivity”.

if you’re ill (chronic or otherwise), it is productive to spend a day sleeping and resting up. your body needs you to rest so that it can heal.

but something that is true for everyone is that things like healing from trauma, learning new things, practicing hobbies, building relationships… are all productive ways to spend your time. just because you’re not making money doesn’t mean you’re not being productive.

looking after yourself is productive. looking after others is productive. hell, playing with your pet is productive.

productive means being in a state of producing something. that’s all it means. and when you’re doing the things your body needs you to do… you’re producing your own well-being. you’re producing neural pathways. you’re producing happiness.

if you can feel a sense of productivity from non-traditional productive actions… I think that’s a lot more helpful for your mental health than just claiming that productivity isn’t important. of course it’s okay to not be productive. but I know I feel better when I think of happiness as something I can produce.

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I’ll put my music on shuffle and be pissed if I don’t get the right song

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when your blacksmith removes you from the superheated furnace and dips you into cool oil

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Hummingbird is relaxing after drinking a lot of flower nectar.

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Do you ever go “ wow ok” and shut down entirely

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Apr 22 1917 War photographer John Warwick Brooke takes these photos of Royal Engineers repairing a ruined lock on a canal at Saint-Laurent-Blangy

April 221917 

Production date: 1917-04-22

IWM Q 5823,  IWM Q 5824,  IWM Q 5826,  IWM Q 5825

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