#to the knowledge that they were shaping him into a very particular person through nefarious means

[antirepurp]

the part in rhythm and balance where the lyrics are "shadow don't make me upset // i don't wanna hear you." that part is my everything. and i want it to be actual words that maria said to him at some point, in a context that isn't pretty nor makes them somehow feel more okay when you know it. i want those words to be fueled by something unkind and impatient and frustrated, and i want them to have left such a mark on shadow, a being created for maria's sake, that he recalls them clearly 50 years later and after having his memories fucked with. you don't want to upset your sister lest you fail at the one thing you were created to excel at. you don't want to argue back at her. you are hers and hers only and you should be acting the part

[talldarkandroguesome]

31st of Last Seed, Middas

I received a missive informing me that I was to be a special guest of Almalexia for a ceremony honoring those who working in service of defending Deshaan, but most especially Mournhold, against the illness and nefarious plots that threatened to spread across the land.

Judging from the invitation itself, this was promising to be rather a big deal. Something that the Grand Council's members would all be in attendance of, as well as the governing heads of towns and cities affected by the Maulborn.

A part of me wished that I had an easy way of contacting Naryu, that I might invite her to go as my accompaniment, since she had, after all, been one of the leading forces in that fight, even if none were to know about it. Surely her contract meant rewards for services rendered, but she went above and beyond her contract. She helped me, risking her own life and the safety of the Morag Tong, just to protect Morrowind.

I do hope she found her way to a decent reward for it. She is more than deserving. Perhaps I can try and get a contract drawn up, something that would allow me to get Naryu to come. Of course, I should not be so intimately acquainted with her identity, so it is likely best to not disclose the breadth of my knowledge to anyone else.

I keep finding myself lost in thought, memories of the strange spirit related to Boethiah continue to ruminate in my mind. I think I may even have dreamt of it, though I make sure to not remember my dreams most nights, so I cannot say with any certainty.

Faryn returned to me today, when all was quiet and I was replying to the new tower of letters, nearly to the ceiling, upon my desk. Apparently Tanur followed my overall instructions to the letter. He lead my brood in their prayers and got them to go through all that I wished for them to discuss.

That said, he did linger most upon the aspects related to the pillar of lust.

Of course he did. That is every bit his way. His nature. The shape of his soul.

I have my doubts that he would ever be good material for taking over as the next Widow, once it is time for me to leave the Stonefalls Nest and return to my duties within the Cathedral of Webs. Still, he is very good at following direction and if I have learned anything in my time with him, he is very obedient. He has a certain lust for the craft a certain devotion to our cause that is useful. And I do not think it is simply that strange connection I find myself having with him.

I made arrangements with Black-Silk-Earth, letting her know that we would be going to Davon's Watch shortly and to be prepared. It was going to be a short trip, but I was not going to break my promise to her if possible. I would ensure that she could check on her business and on her farmer contacts.

Seeing that the summons was not until the following evening, and Black-Silk-Earth was ready, we left just after supper, a warning note sent ahead with Farayn to Tanur.

Of course, as soon as we arrived in Davon's Watch, I checked in with Wanam-Jush and Hlavora, sending Black-Silk-Earth on her way. Wanam-Jush showed me the improvements that I had approved for the servant's quarters and how nicely they had been keeping the manor. Hlavora did much the same in the family crypt. She even summoned uncle Tanval and we all spoke about how well Hlavora was doing.

It was rare to see uncle Tanval in such high spirits, no jest intended, about the way someone was looking after his offerings. She had been given permission to summon him and had been selecting particular offerings for each member based on what was known of their personal likes and dislikes. I could feel a warmer feeling, even in those cool stone chambers.

After heaping my praise upon Hlavora, I said I had some business to attend to and I headed off to the Fish Stink. I knew that it was likely that Tanur was there.

Sure enough, he sat at his usual table, an empty seat pulled up near to his own, and upon spotting me, waved me over. I came and sat besides him and there was not even a moment before his hands were upon me.

I cannot pretend as though I do not enjoy the attention. Nor can I deny that his insatiable desire for me does not continue to cause that well of satisfaction within me.

His fingers were on the lacing to my trousers and sliding inside even before Hectur had brought me my drink. Normally I might try to forestall him until we had spoken, but it had been at least a week since I last had a chance to give my Prince an offering and my body was hungry for the attention.

I continued to explain to him about our newest possible recruit as I let him have his way. So long as it was not in plain view of others, there was no reason not to allow him a bit of play as reward for his service to the Nest. I left him soon after, without allowing him any satisfaction, telling him I had things to do within the Nest and to come and find me later, hopefully with the newest recruit.

What a warm surprise it was to see that, save for Blaze, all my Spiderlings were in the Nest. Arrow, in particular, was pleased to see me and she shot up from her seat with utmost speed and came to greet me, her Velothis a bit accented, but far better than it had been the month before when last we had met.

I asked everyone about how they were fairing and said I wished to speak with all of them. That I had missed them whilst I was off taking care of the important work of serving a god.

Each of them spoke of their thoughts on a lesson that Tanur had given about lying. They had wanted to try out some of the practice exercises that he had given them and I was happy to give them honest critiques, while trying to show my pride in their efforts. And apparently our last recruit, the one who seemed a good fit, was also in attendance at the class and seemed genuinely interested in joining.

I made a note that I would need to have him initiated the rest of the way. How quickly our numbers grow! I can only hope that this former Maulborn will prove a strong addition. Perhaps even give Blaze a rival. It might be just what she needs to really dive in deeper. She seems the competitive type.

Effervescent continues to intrigue me. He is very methodical in how he speaks. There is much calculation in the way he chooses to speak or not, and in the words themselves.

I must provide them all a good lesson. I will have the initiation and then a lesson. Afterwards, the usual intimate gatherings. I should really provide something special. Who knows what Almalexia has planned for me tomorrow.

For now, it is time to prepare for a night of fun!

[thedeadshotnetwork]

Your cell phone knows where you are at all times — and a Supreme Court case could keep police from knowing, too Alex Wong/Getty Images A Supreme Court case on an armed robby has the potential to shape the lives of Americans everywhere. The case concerns whether police are able to track people's location through their cell phones. Laws on wiretapping warrants and privacy have often not advanced with the pace of technology. A man named Timothy Carpenter planned and participated in several armed robberies at Radio Shack and T-Mobile stores in Michigan and Ohio between 2010 and 2012. He was caught, convicted and sentenced to 116 years in federal prison. His appeal, which was heard by the U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 29, will shape the life of every American for years to come – no matter which way it’s decided. During its investigation of the robberies, the FBI got records not only of the phone calls made and received by Carpenter’s cellphone, but also its location over 127 days . The information clearly placed Carpenter’s phone nearby at the times and places of each of the robberies, providing strong circumstantial evidence against him. But it also revealed other information unrelated to the investigation, such as which nights Carpenter slept at home and what church he prayed in on Sunday mornings. The FBI didn’t get a search warrant for that information; the agency just asked Carpenter’s cell service provider , MetroPCS, for the data. Carpenter is appealing his conviction on the grounds that his Fourth Amendment right to be protected from an unreasonable search was violated because his cellphone location was tracked without a search warrant. If you have a cellphone, what the Supreme Court decides will affect you. As part of providing their services, cellphone companies know where their users are. Mobile phones connect to nearby towers , which have separate antennas pointing different directions . Noting which antennas on which towers a particular phone connects to allows the phone company to triangulate a fairly precise location. In addition, technological advances are allowing cell towers to serve smaller and smaller areas. That means connected users are in even more specific locations. The FCC actually requires phone companies to be able to locate most cellphones within 50 meters when they call 911, to be able to direct emergency responders to the correct location. Keeping up with tech trends Susan Walsh/AP It is in the public’s interest for police to be able to track, catch and convict criminals. But to protect innocent citizens from harassment, the Bill of Rights established a process requiring investigators to get a judge’s signoff before conducting most searches for evidence. Early in the 20th century, courts thought phone wiretaps didn’t require a warrant as long as the physical wiretap equipment was placed outside a target’s home. Over time, the importance of the telephone as a communications medium and the rise of the internet led to the increased protections provided by the 1986 Stored Communications Act. That law clarified constitutional procedure for the telephone age. Under the law, police need a warrant to tap a person’s phone and listen to all his conversations. Without a warrant, officers can see what numbers a phone called , what numbers called that phone and when and how long the conversations lasted – but cannot eavesdrop on what was said. Those rules have not been updated for the age of the mobile phone. As a result, a legal principle called the “ third party doctrine ” applies in Carpenter’s case – and in dozens , if not hundreds, of others. It says that if a person gives someone else a piece of information, that knowledge is no longer considered private. In practice, it seems straightforward: If you tell a friend what you did last night, you can’t later stop your friend from telling the police what you said. And in fact, the Supreme Court has held that your friend could wear a “wire” so that the police can listen in, without a warrant and without informing you . The way this plays out regarding the location of a cellphone is the assumption that by carrying a cellphone – which communicates on its own with the phone company – you have effectively told the phone company where you are. Therefore, your location isn’t private, and the police can get that information from the cellphone company without a warrant, and without even telling you they’re tracking you. This assumption is what Carpenter’s appeal is challenging. Cell phones and privacy Scott Morgan/Reuters I have been at the leading edge of data science for over 30 years. Based on my work on the ethics of data science , I believe the assumptions that were safe in 1986 – when almost nobody had cellphones and nearly all telephones were landlines serving fixed locations – are no longer reasonable. Back then, the information a phone user revealed to a phone company was very limited. Today, people disclose their location all the time, for routine, law-abiding activities, by carrying around cellphones. Cellphone companies can know not only whom you call and for how long you speak, but where you are when you make the call, where you go in between calls and much more. They can deduce even more information , such as individuals’ religious affiliations and any number of personal habits that might be better kept secret – including how often an employee uses the restroom during a workday. It makes no practical sense to claim a person could protect the privacy of their location and movements by not carrying a cellphone: The social and economic burden that would impose on each person would be too high. This threat to privacy goes well beyond mobile phones: Automated license plate readers on bridges, roadsides and even police cars can easily record the identity of every vehicle, confirming its presence at a specific location at a particular time. A privacy-conscious person might give up driving, and instead rely on walking and taking public transportation. Cameras on the streets, at bus stops and in transit vehicles – coupled with tremendous recent advances in face recognition technology – can still track every move you make. Personal health devices collect a great deal of information about users to help them achieve fitness goals, and may even be useful to provide early diagnosis of diseases. But information from a pacemaker has already been used to charge an alleged arsonist , and a Fitbit helped solve a murder . Companies that provide internet service can learn a great deal about their customers simply by observing what websites users connect to, even if they don’t read the contents of each web page or email message. As electronic personal assistants (like Siri and Alexa) and home devices (like Nest) become more common and used more heavily, they will soon learn even more intimate details about people’s lives. Declining to provide information to these “third party” service providers would require people to opt out of normal life – which isn’t really a choice. Companies and their users' data Snap Most Americans don’t want their mobile phone companies to just hand over to police the enormous amount of information cellphones can reveal – at least not without getting a warrant first. But Americans’ privacy problem goes much deeper. Most people also don’t want their mobile phone companies to sell these data to others. Many companies may seek that information to try to persuade more customers to buy their products, but nefarious uses are also possible. A person could be blackmailed with a threat of publicizing their (completely lawful) secrets – such as a particular health condition, religious affiliation or sexual preference. Today, the protection people get goes only as far as the fine print of each service’s privacy policy . When a company goes out of business, its creditors try to make money from its assets – including data collected from and about its users. That is why I have called for companies to take the Data Destruction Pledge , promising that all customer data will be destroyed if the company ceases operation. The FBI found Timothy Carpenter because one of his accomplices told them about him. I believe the FBI could have obtained a search warrant to track Carpenter, if agents had applied for one. Instead, federal agents got cellphone location data not just for Carpenter, but for 15 other people , most of whom were not charged with any crime. One of them could be you, and you’d likely never know it . The more people rely on external devices whose basic functions record and transmit important data about their lives, the more critical it becomes for everyone to have real protection for their private data stored on and communicated by these devices. NOW WATCH: Here’s why your jeans have that tiny front pocket December 4, 2017 at 03:09PM

[tortuga-aak]

Your cell phone knows where you are at all times — and a Supreme Court case could keep police from knowing, too

Alex Wong/Getty Images

A Supreme Court case on an armed robby has the potential to shape the lives of Americans everywhere.

The case concerns whether police are able to track people's location through their cell phones.

Laws on wiretapping warrants and privacy have often not advanced with the pace of technology.

A man named Timothy Carpenter planned and participated in several armed robberies at Radio Shack and T-Mobile stores in Michigan and Ohio between 2010 and 2012. He was caught, convicted and sentenced to 116 years in federal prison.

His appeal, which was heard by the U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 29, will shape the life of every American for years to come – no matter which way it’s decided.

During its investigation of the robberies, the FBI got records not only of the phone calls made and received by Carpenter’s cellphone, but also its location over 127 days. The information clearly placed Carpenter’s phone nearby at the times and places of each of the robberies, providing strong circumstantial evidence against him.

But it also revealed other information unrelated to the investigation, such as which nights Carpenter slept at home and what church he prayed in on Sunday mornings. The FBI didn’t get a search warrant for that information; the agency just asked Carpenter’s cell service provider, MetroPCS, for the data.

Carpenter is appealing his conviction on the grounds that his Fourth Amendment right to be protected from an unreasonable search was violated because his cellphone location was tracked without a search warrant. If you have a cellphone, what the Supreme Court decides will affect you.

As part of providing their services, cellphone companies know where their users are. Mobile phones connect to nearby towers, which have separate antennas pointing different directions. Noting which antennas on which towers a particular phone connects to allows the phone company to triangulate a fairly precise location.

In addition, technological advances are allowing cell towers to serve smaller and smaller areas. That means connected users are in even more specific locations. The FCC actually requires phone companies to be able to locate most cellphones within 50 meters when they call 911, to be able to direct emergency responders to the correct location.

Keeping up with tech trends

Susan Walsh/AP

It is in the public’s interest for police to be able to track, catch and convict criminals. But to protect innocent citizens from harassment, the Bill of Rights established a process requiring investigators to get a judge’s signoff before conducting most searches for evidence.

Early in the 20th century, courts thought phone wiretaps didn’t require a warrant as long as the physical wiretap equipment was placed outside a target’s home. Over time, the importance of the telephone as a communications medium and the rise of the internet led to the increased protections provided by the 1986 Stored Communications Act. That law clarified constitutional procedure for the telephone age.

Under the law, police need a warrant to tap a person’s phone and listen to all his conversations. Without a warrant, officers can see what numbers a phone called, what numbers called that phone and when and how long the conversations lasted – but cannot eavesdrop on what was said.

Those rules have not been updated for the age of the mobile phone. As a result, a legal principle called the “third party doctrine” applies in Carpenter’s case – and in dozens, if not hundreds, of others. It says that if a person gives someone else a piece of information, that knowledge is no longer considered private.

In practice, it seems straightforward: If you tell a friend what you did last night, you can’t later stop your friend from telling the police what you said. And in fact, the Supreme Court has held that your friend could wear a “wire” so that the police can listen in, without a warrant and without informing you.

The way this plays out regarding the location of a cellphone is the assumption that by carrying a cellphone – which communicates on its own with the phone company – you have effectively told the phone company where you are. Therefore, your location isn’t private, and the police can get that information from the cellphone company without a warrant, and without even telling you they’re tracking you. This assumption is what Carpenter’s appeal is challenging.

Cell phones and privacy

Scott Morgan/Reuters

I have been at the leading edge of data science for over 30 years. Based on my work on the ethics of data science, I believe the assumptions that were safe in 1986 – when almost nobody had cellphones and nearly all telephones were landlines serving fixed locations – are no longer reasonable.

Back then, the information a phone user revealed to a phone company was very limited. Today, people disclose their location all the time, for routine, law-abiding activities, by carrying around cellphones.

Cellphone companies can know not only whom you call and for how long you speak, but where you are when you make the call, where you go in between calls and much more. They can deduce even more information, such as individuals’ religious affiliations and any number of personal habits that might be better kept secret – including how often an employee uses the restroom during a workday.

It makes no practical sense to claim a person could protect the privacy of their location and movements by not carrying a cellphone: The social and economic burden that would impose on each person would be too high.

This threat to privacy goes well beyond mobile phones: Automated license plate readers on bridges, roadsides and even police cars can easily record the identity of every vehicle, confirming its presence at a specific location at a particular time. A privacy-conscious person might give up driving, and instead rely on walking and taking public transportation. Cameras on the streets, at bus stops and in transit vehicles – coupled with tremendous recent advances in face recognition technology – can still track every move you make.

Personal health devices collect a great deal of information about users to help them achieve fitness goals, and may even be useful to provide early diagnosis of diseases. But information from a pacemaker has already been used to charge an alleged arsonist, and a Fitbit helped solve a murder.

Companies that provide internet service can learn a great deal about their customers simply by observing what websites users connect to, even if they don’t read the contents of each web page or email message. As electronic personal assistants (like Siri and Alexa) and home devices (like Nest) become more common and used more heavily, they will soon learn even more intimate details about people’s lives.

Declining to provide information to these “third party” service providers would require people to opt out of normal life – which isn’t really a choice.

Companies and their users' data

Snap

Most Americans don’t want their mobile phone companies to just hand over to police the enormous amount of information cellphones can reveal – at least not without getting a warrant first. But Americans’ privacy problem goes much deeper. Most people also don’t want their mobile phone companies to sell these data to others.

Many companies may seek that information to try to persuade more customers to buy their products, but nefarious uses are also possible. A person could be blackmailed with a threat of publicizing their (completely lawful) secrets – such as a particular health condition, religious affiliation or sexual preference.

Today, the protection people get goes only as far as the fine print of each service’s privacy policy. When a company goes out of business, its creditors try to make money from its assets – including data collected from and about its users. That is why I have called for companies to take the Data Destruction Pledge, promising that all customer data will be destroyed if the company ceases operation.

The FBI found Timothy Carpenter because one of his accomplices told them about him. I believe the FBI could have obtained a search warrant to track Carpenter, if agents had applied for one. Instead, federal agents got cellphone location data not just for Carpenter, but for 15 other people, most of whom were not charged with any crime. One of them could be you, and you’d likely never know it.

The more people rely on external devices whose basic functions record and transmit important data about their lives, the more critical it becomes for everyone to have real protection for their private data stored on and communicated by these devices.

NOW WATCH: Here’s why your jeans have that tiny front pocket

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[mrandyzavala]

When I Grow Up

My Harry Bryan plans arrived yesterday! I've figured out what I want to be when I grow up. I want to be Harry Bryan. Harry is a boatbuilder in Letete, New Brunswick, Canada, just across the border from Maine on the Bay of Fundy. This is a breathtakingly beautiful area of wooded, rocky coastline, crystal clear water and enormous tides. Harry lives off the grid, building wooden boats with a few alternatively-powered power tools and a bunch of hand tools. His philosophy is one of slowing down, going back to the land, making rather than buying, relying on yourself, your skills and ingenuity, and never stop learning. He's extremely inventive, combining traditional boatbuilding methods with creative solutions. Anybody for a treadle-powered bandsaw? It is an idyllic life, no doubt with its challenges, but he and his wife have succeeded, raising a family and enjoying time with their grandkids. The appeal and the draw of this life are powerful. I first heard of Harry when my daughter participated in a project at her high school to build his dory skiff Daisy. Now I find that there are a number of videos featuring him online (more about that below). Here are two that captured my imagination, Slowing Down, The Schmee of a Successful Man, and The Closest Thing to Magic – Of Boats & Boathouses. Harry is like Phil Lowe and Al Breed, what I call a shut-up-and-watch master of the craft. If you get a chance to spend time with them, you don't interrupt them, you just shut up and watch, absorbing the decades of knowledge and experience. Whatever they want to show you is well worth your time. I've finally succumbed to the lure of boatbuilding. I learned to sail in 2000, and became intrigued with small wooden boats in 2005 when I found John Gardner's Building Classic Small Craft: Complete Plans and Instructions for 47 Boats at the bookstore in Boothbay Harbor, ME. At the time we had recently bought a small vacation house close to the nearby Damariscotta River, where I kept a 23' O'Day sailboat that was built the year I graduated from high school (we had to sell the place in order to afford getting the kids through college, but we'll be back, count on it). I resisted the siren call to build my own for a long time, because I knew there was no going back. Everybody who knows someone with a boat knows what boat crazy is. But wooden boats, and building them, is a special kind of insanity. Why mess about with all that rigamarole when you can throw a sleek gel-coated fiberglass modern creation in the water? First of all, because, indeed, there is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. Second, wood adds to that romance. The history of thousands of years is under you as you glide across the surface. Plus wood is such a wonderful material to work with, engaging all the senses. You become part of it. Finally, there's the pure satisfaction of using something you've made yourself with the skill of your own hands. Even the simplest boats are complex shapes. Building them is much more an exercise in hand tool work than power tools. Sure, there are dozens, if not hundreds of board feet of planking to get out and plane to thickness, and hundreds, if not thousands, of screws to drill and drive, so a benchtop planer and a power drill/driver are huge labor savers for very repetitive tasks. But most of it is handcrafting lines that are curving continuously and fitting parts that meet at odd compound angles. Even driving screws is worth completing with a brace and driver bit to give you that delicate feedback to know when they're seated just right. When you're done, you can enjoy the fruits of your labor in an intensely sensuous fashion. The Damariscotta River is a lovely small river that opens out to open ocean, with spectacularly gorgeous rocky, pine covered coastline. The tidal range in that area is a good 10'. That means it's actually a reversing river, flowing upriver on the rising tide, and downriver on the ebb. There's even a small reversing falls at the head of the river in the town of Damariscotta. This also means the river has many personalities, from a glass-still surface at slack tide, to a fast race when the downriver flow joins the tidal flow, to the chop and wild wind of a late November storm. You feel the power of nature, held in check or unleashed. Whether it's the mesmerizing burst and glide lazily pulling in a rowboat across the glassy river at slack tide, or the full heel of a sailboat close-hauled to the wind sluicing across the current, or a gentle drift from the head of the river  down to the mouth after having sailed up beat on beat on the flood, you feel it with your whole body. You are joined with that power, harnessed to it in a vessel of your own making. Learning First, of course, I need to learn how to build them. I've added significantly to my library with modern and classic books on wooden boatbuilding, rigging, and sailmaking from Amazon. You can also find supplies there, such as sailmaker's palms, needles, and thread. Additions to my library. The Internet has also provided a vast treasure trove of articles, forums, and videos.  I often watch videos at 1.5x or 2x speed. The YouTube player has a speed setting for this in Settings. The Vimeo player doesn't have a speed setting, but the unofficial Vimeo repeat and speed extension for Chrome works well, allowing any speed. There are many more to be explored, but three video sites in particular have caught my attention. Off Center Harbor First is OffCenterHarbor.com, an inexpensive membership site (it uses Vimeo for video when logged in, although some videos are also on YouTube). This is where I found the Harry Bryan videos. This was the tipping point for me, what tempted me to approach the black hole until I got sucked in. For this I can blame Al Hansen, from the Guild Of New Hampshire Woodworkers Boatbuilding subgroup. He recommended it at a Guild meeting where I was giving a demonstration on hand tool tag-teaming. OCH is filled with videos, some how-to, some just to drool over. It's headquartered in Brooklin, ME, about halfway between Boothbay and Harry's shop in Canada. They have a number of videos of Harry at work, explaining some of his nefarious devices and showing the boats he's designed and built. Based on these, I've ordered several plans from Harry, as well as for the Off Center Skiff. One of these will be my first build. Although there's also that Nutshell pram, that's cute. Auuuggghh! Traditional Maritime Skills Second is Traditional Maritime Skills, the YouTube channel of Marcus Lewis, from Cornwall, UK. He has a variety of videos showing building small sailing dinghies up to larger sailboats. Tips From A Shipwright Third is Tips From A Shipwright, the YouTube channel of Louis Sauzedde, from North Kingstown, RI. Louis is another shut-up-and-watch guy, a short, wiry ball of energy, the living embodiment of the saying "When ships were wood and men were iron." In addition to a great series on a new build, he has lots of videos of restoration work. He doesn't hesitate to open up all the planking of a boat to fit in new frames, or unstitch the entire bow to replace the stem. You can read a nice article about him in the sample digital issue of WoodenBoat Magazine, entitled "A Modern Traditional Boatbuilder." Schools In my online travels, I've come across a couple of schools. I'm sure there are many more.

The WoodenBoat School is in Brooklin, ME.

The Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding is in Port Hadlock, Washington. They have a very nice introductory video. I like the philosophy of self-sufficiency and using boatbuilding as an approach to developing general hands-on skills, learning how to make anything.

Suppliers I've also found several suppliers. As with schools, I'm sure there are many more.

WoodenBoat is the site dedicated to all things wooden boat. Browsing it is a sure sign of that slide into insanity. But what a glorious insanity it is! In addition to the magazine, the forum, and the online store, 

Jamestown Distributors is a family-run business in Bristol, RI, and is the sponsor for Louis Sauzedde's videos. They have parts, tools, adhesives, and finishes.

Toplicht "Equipment for traditional ships and classic yachts, supplier for boat builders" in Hamburg, Germany. They appear to be a go-to supplier for all kinds of common and obscure fittings and supplies. They sell oakum!

Duckworks Boat Builder's Supply is a small family-owned business in Port Townsend, WA. Their website includes an online magazine.

Sailmaker's Supply is a small business in Gautier, Mississippi.

R&W Rope’s Traditional Rigging & Outfitting Division is a family-owned business in New Bedford, MA. In addition to rope and traditional fittings, they also have caulking and splicing tools.

Hamilton Marine is a regional boating supply chain along the Maine coast.

West Marine is a national boating supply chain.

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