It would be cool to add another forum for people to organize around ideas and issues, be able to take collective actions, and organize into private groups as they see fit.

It is about the only thing that could save us from the kakistocracy, rule of the worst, we are saddled with.

Does not make sense to me, but that bit was not doctrine until 350 ad.

You just taught me as much bible as I have ever learned, last lesson being south park raining frogs.

Heat pumps are the way to go. Or conditioning air with well water temps or ground temps other ways, 50 degrees year round 6 feet down usually.

Newsletters kept some informed, plays even, books. After the printing press especially.

That is why the church was so powerful though, they had people all pushing the same message working off the same game plan and it gave them real power in organization and numbers.

Not until the 18th century did they lose strict control of truth and expression.

Depends on when and where and twas religious pricks taking issue with everything mostly. Voltaire and the philosophes penned stuff in other names all the time even as it was known to be them, they’re arrested quite often and thrown in prison but would get bailed out by there aristocratic Buddies sooner than later.

England had more freedom in this regard but by the 19th century the church had lost it’s monopoly on truth and speach even on the continent.

All of that but then also that they will buy out any competition so you can care and notice, but fuck you.

Heretic!

Why is that news? What makes you think the pope would have an AI pope?

Dumb headline.

Really? How would you describe the smell otherwise than out worldly? In a good or interesting way at all?

I know when I put burdock root in a ferment which was not barley-based but maple syrup, it had a really good and interesting complex test, maybe not best for maple syrup wine, I know it is pickled in other places of the world like Japan

Thanks!

There have been quite a few other herbs that have been used in Brewing before. Iyy is one from circa 1st millenium, the one that is used in abstinenth has been another.

I have a lot of yarrow growing wild, I think that might even be good. Burdock root has an interesting taste. I am not so delicate that I cannot experiment and not enjoy something that is less than it would be if hops.

So where is one to get good bulk prices on barley or malted barley and hopps?

1.50 a pound for malt is too much. Agric. Feed stores are 20 bucks for 50 lbs but idk if they spray chemicals on that barley.

Yes I know malting is tough, putting in a woodstove I was going to go old old scholl with some racks over it.

Alcohol does not go bad usually. If under 5 percent mother of vinegar can turn it, that bitch.

I have over 15 gallons of vinegar, good stuff but I wanted the alcohol.