You hiring?

also, castile soap, made from potassium hydroxide and olive oil is nice, add a little tallow or coconut to give it some froth... just make it a rule, if it's toxic waste, you don't want it on your body

seriously, i am not really that keen on using these detergents either... but idk if you have used Dr Bronners in recent years, it is NOT the soap i first used 18 years ago, not at all, it's total trash now

Its the first time i used tallow, and when i use other fats it has to cure, so we'll see.

the difference using the shampoo with blackseed oil in it compared to the coconut and olive oil variants (garnier) is incredible, i mean, they also put carbon in the black seed oil, idk how that is gonna do this kind of thing

i remember like 5 years ago being told that black seed (black cumin, iirc) is a wonder medicine

in just two days using it my hair is silky and shiny again, just like that

i've added a little permethrin and iodine to the mix, and it killed its gelling, now the solution is very low viscosity, but it's working great

i've still got these damn demodex bastards waking up whenever they are in the dark for long enough

little fuckers sexing it up in my follicles lol i mean i wouldn't even care if the fuckers didn't wriggle and irritate me like this especially when i'm trying to relax, they are worst when i'm trying to get to sleep

but the other thing about that is, apparently people who are immunocompromised have them worse

and i have slower healing rate than i can ever remember since 2019 when i picked this up

but that was the thing that made me certain that i have type 2 diabetes in early stages... persistent infections - sounds like a similar thing to immunocompromised

see, the thing is though, i got coronavirus one time, and 4 years later i'm still good, have hardly had a cold since, but i am prone to skin infections now, and these goddamn bugs

oh well, such is life

i'm adapting

i've upped the ante on the treatment regimes now... taking 50ml/5g/L medical grade borax again, plus 2-3 drops of 15% lugol's iodine every day, and a teaspoon of salt, and drinking at least 1L of water every day

the cramps are going away

i wish i could fix this shit faster

like, the awesome thing would be i could just plop myself down in some place with sane people, and pay them like 15 bux a day to have a perfect bbq steak and a giant jar of finest skunk #1 and just code my ass off lol

Tough to recognize that the town you live in might not be the best for your development.

#askNostr : Which town/city would you recommend a young family to move to?

(I ask this on Nostr because I’m expecting a certain type of signal.)

#soapstr #MakeYourOwn #grownostr

Just cut my tallow soap bars. I'll report back on it in 6 wks after it cures.

Locust is of the devil and I do my best to rid my property of it. Those damn thorns go right through boots, feet, tires and hands.

Leaning towards buying property or living in a van.

In renting— it’s just too many leases (with ballooning anti privacy clauses) and insurance (with ballooning anti privacy clauses) and apps (with ballooning anti privacy clauses) and moving and negotiating costs against an irrational market and bad neighbors and bad community rules.

The middle ground of renting is fundamentally anti-freedom, mid curving day to day existence.

A solid home is a base, opens possibility. Paradoxically, a van opens possibility as well.

Should I live note the debate Y/N?

fucked, but you can handle.

Yeah that's it, been in the same spot.

In fact it's abuse from the employer because you're doing training/management but not being paid in the same category.

Being team lead should be leading people on the same level, not having to carry them along.

Its a lot of consequences stacked