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Cake day: August 9th, 2023

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  • I used to work at a tobacco shop and I’ve seen a lot of pipes and this is definitely a pipe but I couldn’t guess where it’s from. There are a lot of pipes and pipemakers out there. There are experts out that there that could probably work it out but I’m certainly not one of them.

    I would check very carefully for a makers mark, most pipes have a make and model imprinted somewhere or the name of the carver. Often near the bottom of the bowl or along the stem near the bowl.

    The stem looks like it was made by hand later. It’s clearly a different piece of wood and finished differently. Leaving the bark on like that is unique and not very common. I would assume the original stem broke and the owner made their own. This may be why you haven’t found a maker’s mark as it might have been on the original stem. It’s a neat piece and looks to be in great condition. Nice find!


  • "A federal probe into alleged workplace discrimination at Tesla, including “N-word, swastikas, threats, and nooses, on desks,” has been abruptly axed by an executive order signed by President Donald Trump on Jan. 21.

    The order dismantled the Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), the agency responsible for enforcing equal employment laws among federal contractors."

    legal to be racist again I guess, not enforcing existing rules is the same as not having them, the favoritism on display here is just icing on this shit cake

    fuck the facists








  • This is an underrated story I think. Elon Musk literally purchased the opportunity to fire the person primarily responsible for regulating Space X which is intimately tied to his other business Starlink. This is exactly why billionaires are dangerous, why allowing unlimited political spending by private parties is dangerous, and showcases the utterly broken state of our current regulation arm. Fuck Fascist Elon Musk and all the people who enabled him to do this.