#off-grid communication

[tinyshe]

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[bebs-art-gallery]

Quiet Omens

— by xis.lanyx

[notbecauseofvictories]

also, just as a coda to that last post---if you think "spend a week making a needlessly complicated dessert" has fixed me, I was searching for ways to use up the extra heavy cream and milk....and discovered recipes for making cheese. So this inexplicable, needlessly elaborate train can just go on rolling!

[arthursfuckinghat]

New rdr2 playthrough experiment: find an abandoned house/building with a bed that Arthur can sleep in and just pretend it's your house for the whole run.

If any of the gang needs ya, they can come and pay you a visit!

[landgraabbed]

the fancier sister of the canal view townhomes, this is the industrial canal district townhomes. nikolai and bambi will be moving here in year 4 spring. it features four townhomes and three single bedroom apartments.

[ncitisims]

Unedited version

I'm trying not to yap alot in my posts BUT this is supposed to be a creepy forest lot. It's a work in progress but I'm cooking up some crazy lore for my occult subhood. That and I love Alice madness returns.

[paperw0rmz]

what is it like living in a farm?

Pretty dope, I like the personalities of our chickens and rooster they all do act pretty differently for the most part.

The cows too, slippers is a fucking cunt and will not function unless her lesbian lover/sister is with her and she will absolutely devour Demises’ food or water if she does not get to it immediately.

The cats are fun too, but like most know that.

Growing my own food was also hella fucking dope??? Like when people mean they can taste freshness they are not fucking lying I thought you’d might be able to tell if you learn it after time but no man if you gave me a store bought carrot and one that I grew I’d be able to tell. Carrots taste soooo much better if you grow it like it genuinely tastes like carrot x10.

The cons of it is of course being far as fuck away from society and as someone who is used to being able to walk for not even a minute to get a lil snack it is fucking hell.

The other con that’s also a pro is that well water tastes like actual shit when you first try it. Like I was able to taste every rock and dirt from it and it also made me sick at first too bc I wasn’t used to it (minorly not like anything that I couldn’t just sleep off) but now city water tastes like genuine fucking ass and now I taste all the chemicals.

Same con with well water is that there is no fucking fluoride in it and as a forgetful bitch this has been genuine hell for my teeth I fucking miss my fluoride water so bad dear lord please give me my gay frog chemical back PLEASE dentists are so fucking expensive.

The other con is that when it snows we have to plow our own road or just like suffer for like a few days.

Another con is the power goes out way more often and takes longer to come back. I like this though and wouldn’t put it as a con because those days when I don’t have power I get to focus on my hobbies and not be glued to my computer or phone.

I’m trying to think of more but like I can’t think of anything else

[hometoursandotherstuff]

Love earth ships, and it’s been so long since I’ve seen one actually for sale. Apparently, this one’s been featured on Netflix, too.  “Vallecitos” is the luxury crown and pinnacle of builder Mike Reynolds’ 50+ years of Earthship evolution. It’s been on AirB&B, but never for sale. In Taos, New Mexico, it has 2bd. 2ba., and is for sale for $825K.

This is a nice one- look at how pretty the walls are, and made with bottles, too, the perfect ocean theme material.

This is the part I like most about earth ships- the gardens around the perimeter of the interior.

They’re right, this is a stunning earth ship. The colors! It reminds me of a hacienda. Look at the fireplace. 

Beautiful- love the colors of the kitchen. 

Nice pantry with laundry.

The colors are just so pretty. Love the tiles.

The cars even fit in here.

This is one of the most comfortable bedrooms I’ve seen in an earth house. This one is really great.

Beautiful second bedroom. 

This bath is a stunner.

Walking around these beautiful gardens w/o even leaving the house would be phenomenal.

Wow. This is wonderful.

Cute little sauna.

This would be the life, wouldn’t it?

There are neighboring earth ships around, too.  Vallecitos is part of the Greater World Earthship Community, the largest legal off-grid subdivision in the world.  

Comes with 2.31 acres of land.

It may look like it’s in the middle of nowhere, but it’s only a 5 minute drive to the Taos airport, 20 minutes to downtown Taos or 30 minutes to Taos Ski Valley.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/27-Earthship-Way-Taos-NM-87577/2061804094_zpid/

[greenhorizonblog]

Permaculture Farmstead Business Plan

The Business Plan for my Permaculture Farm here in the UK. Feel free to use it as a template for your own permaculture farm projects

[lockvogel]

Taos Earthships Visitor Center, New Mexico

A glimpse of some earthships

" The community includes more than 300 acres of shared land, and is fully off the grid, using solar and wind power exclusively ..."

[clearlightwired]

:D :D :D :D

[akkivee]

in their recent track, bb had to juggle and resolve three different parties’ issues in the mtc track their issues were caused by three different parties in the fp all of them had to confront their secret that’s shaped their identities so maybe with the mtr track where we know hifumi is about share the trauma that shaped him we will similarly get jakurai and doppo’s raison d’etre out in the open—

[gondwana]

failing the "not making a post about how fucking awesome polygondwanaland is while listening to polygondwanaland" challenge AGAIN

[alphacrone]

i don’t WANT to live off grid i don’t WANT to have to homestead i don���t WANT to have to buy a generator and a water filter and stock up on canned goods for the next crisis i want to be able to rely on my community and my government during hardships but apparently that’s not a viable option anymore

[stillresolved]

something more modest, something grander

alfred's business, the rook's roost, while serving as a front for his (illegal) information brokerage hub and his (illegal) vigilante activites, serves both as a coffeehouse and a mut.ual aid center.

the coffeehouse is the main way alfred and team checkmate make money legally. here, they serve coffee, tea, and baked goods and have a pay-it-forward system meaning if someone wants to, they can pay for their own meal and if they're feeling generous, they also pay for another person's meal.

the mut.ual aid center, is more informal...paid for out of pocket, these are services that alfred, nell, and myungdae provides their community (newcomers are always welcomed though- they get a lot of students) for free. examples of mut.ual aid that they practice include:

nell fixing phones & laptops and other electronics ( and making fake ids if you need one )

myungdae tutors in reading, writing, and basic math

alfred keeps a pantry stocked with canned foods and kimchi in case someone needs food

once a month they host a mut.ual aid event in which they make a large batch of hot food for the people around to share and eat together. often other businesses in the area will come around and also offer their services for free ( ex. the hairdresser- this is usually when alfred gets his hair cut )

in return for their work, usually alfred never has to call a mechanic to fix the machines because,one of community members does it for him

another example is that when it comes to myungdae's adopted kids, they never need to worry about getting a babysitter because one of the moms in the community is always happy to look over them

as a result of years of doing this, rook's roost has established itself as a cornerstone, respected both by the community and ( we can plot this but i'm hoping also ) for the local gangs in the area. they don't discriminate amongst the poor who to help- someone is always guaranteed at least a warm meal and coffee. so if someone does try to mess in public with the coffeehouse...well there's a bunch of people who will not be happy.

because it's mut.ual aid, not charity, they don't accept donations....if you give something, they will be obligated to at least give you coffee in return.

there have been rich people and politicians though who have attempted to profit off of their work....alfred was quick to scare them off.

should something happen to the coffeehouse though....i like to think that the community would help alfred rebuild it <3

[opheliaintherushes]

Today you learn who watched The Wire and who didn't.