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  1. New England Patriots 53-Man Roster Projection: Pre-Training Camp 2026

    What was once a simple equation in the tight end room turned much more complex after free agent…
    #NFL #NewEnglandPatriots #NewEngland #Patriots #Defense #Football #freeagency #offense #preseason #trades
    rawchili.com/nfl/940888/

  2. To make a long story short, I am forty-two, and for most of my life, I have been interested in the so-called blind trades, both for pleasure and as genuine crafts. These include chair caning, mat making, basketry, broom making, rug weaving, yarn weaving, bookbinding, soap making, pottery, etc. I didn't include brush making because that requires a real workshop and can be dangerous from what I've heard. Likewise, piano tuning takes many years to learn, though i believe there is a school for that. I wrote to many blind schools asking for assistance, guidance, or even some general advice, but none wrote back to me. I contacted a mainstream basket weaver, but although she was nice, she couldn't help me. I found a very good series on broom-making on Youtube, though I must check to see if it's still there. The problem with many videos is that they explain things in a visual way i.e. "look at the diagram", "follow what you see me doing here", or the hosts talk while they're doing an important step that they're not describing, etc. Regardless, I started learning chair caning, but the place was far from my home, and I kept having issues with paratransit, so I had to stop. I have, however, made soap using the melt and pour method several times, and I've worked on both a lap loom (made of cardboard many times), an inkle loom once, and used a potholder kit at least once. I've also taken several pottery classes, but to go beyond air-dry clay or the type that can be baked in a home oven, it's necessary to have a kiln, which is prohibitively expensive.

    Having said all of that, has anyone here ever been involved with any of these, or perhaps something I didn't mention? If so, was/is it as a hobby or to sell crafts? Where were you taught and how i.e. all hands-on, or with books, manuals, etc? If you sold/sell them, how did/do you do so i.e. through a workshop or factory, at a traditional flee market or craft fair, online via Etsy or Ebay, or do you have your own site? Would you be able to give me any general tips or advice regarding your craft?

    #blind #BlindCrafts #BlindTrades #Basketry #BasketWeaving #bookbinding #BroomMaking, #ChairCaning #crafts #Etsy #factories #handy-crafts #handycrafts #HomeIndustries #IndustriesForTheBlind #MatMaking #NationalIndustriesForTheBlind #pottery #sewing #SoapMaking #trades #weaving #workshops

  3. To make a long story short, I am forty-two, and for most of my life, I have been interested in the so-called blind trades, both for pleasure and as genuine crafts. These include chair caning, mat making, basketry, broom making, rug weaving, yarn weaving, bookbinding, soap making, pottery, etc. I didn't include brush making because that requires a real workshop and can be dangerous from what I've heard. Likewise, piano tuning takes many years to learn, though i believe there is a school for that. I wrote to many blind schools asking for assistance, guidance, or even some general advice, but none wrote back to me. I contacted a mainstream basket weaver, but although she was nice, she couldn't help me. I found a very good series on broom-making on Youtube, though I must check to see if it's still there. The problem with many videos is that they explain things in a visual way i.e. "look at the diagram", "follow what you see me doing here", or the hosts talk while they're doing an important step that they're not describing, etc. Regardless, I started learning chair caning, but the place was far from my home, and I kept having issues with paratransit, so I had to stop. I have, however, made soap using the melt and pour method several times, and I've worked on both a lap loom (made of cardboard many times), an inkle loom once, and used a potholder kit at least once. I've also taken several pottery classes, but to go beyond air-dry clay or the type that can be baked in a home oven, it's necessary to have a kiln, which is prohibitively expensive.

    Having said all of that, has anyone here ever been involved with any of these, or perhaps something I didn't mention? If so, was/is it as a hobby or to sell crafts? Where were you taught and how i.e. all hands-on, or with books, manuals, etc? If you sold/sell them, how did/do you do so i.e. through a workshop or factory, at a traditional flee market or craft fair, online via Etsy or Ebay, or do you have your own site? Would you be able to give me any general tips or advice regarding your craft?

    #blind #BlindCrafts #BlindTrades #Basketry #BasketWeaving #bookbinding #BroomMaking, #ChairCaning #crafts #Etsy #factories #handy-crafts #handycrafts #HomeIndustries #IndustriesForTheBlind #MatMaking #NationalIndustriesForTheBlind #pottery #sewing #SoapMaking #trades #weaving #workshops

  4. To make a long story short, I am forty-two, and for most of my life, I have been interested in the so-called blind trades, both for pleasure and as genuine crafts. These include chair caning, mat making, basketry, broom making, rug weaving, yarn weaving, bookbinding, soap making, pottery, etc. I didn't include brush making because that requires a real workshop and can be dangerous from what I've heard. Likewise, piano tuning takes many years to learn, though i believe there is a school for that. I wrote to many blind schools asking for assistance, guidance, or even some general advice, but none wrote back to me. I contacted a mainstream basket weaver, but although she was nice, she couldn't help me. I found a very good series on broom-making on Youtube, though I must check to see if it's still there. The problem with many videos is that they explain things in a visual way i.e. "look at the diagram", "follow what you see me doing here", or the hosts talk while they're doing an important step that they're not describing, etc. Regardless, I started learning chair caning, but the place was far from my home, and I kept having issues with paratransit, so I had to stop. I have, however, made soap using the melt and pour method several times, and I've worked on both a lap loom (made of cardboard many times), an inkle loom once, and used a potholder kit at least once. I've also taken several pottery classes, but to go beyond air-dry clay or the type that can be baked in a home oven, it's necessary to have a kiln, which is prohibitively expensive.

    Having said all of that, has anyone here ever been involved with any of these, or perhaps something I didn't mention? If so, was/is it as a hobby or to sell crafts? Where were you taught and how i.e. all hands-on, or with books, manuals, etc? If you sold/sell them, how did/do you do so i.e. through a workshop or factory, at a traditional flee market or craft fair, online via Etsy or Ebay, or do you have your own site? Would you be able to give me any general tips or advice regarding your craft?

    #blind #BlindCrafts #BlindTrades #Basketry #BasketWeaving #bookbinding #BroomMaking, #ChairCaning #crafts #Etsy #factories #handy-crafts #handycrafts #HomeIndustries #IndustriesForTheBlind #MatMaking #NationalIndustriesForTheBlind #pottery #sewing #SoapMaking #trades #weaving #workshops

  5. To make a long story short, I am forty-two, and for most of my life, I have been interested in the so-called blind trades, both for pleasure and as genuine crafts. These include chair caning, mat making, basketry, broom making, rug weaving, yarn weaving, bookbinding, soap making, pottery, etc. I didn't include brush making because that requires a real workshop and can be dangerous from what I've heard. Likewise, piano tuning takes many years to learn, though i believe there is a school for that. I wrote to many blind schools asking for assistance, guidance, or even some general advice, but none wrote back to me. I contacted a mainstream basket weaver, but although she was nice, she couldn't help me. I found a very good series on broom-making on Youtube, though I must check to see if it's still there. The problem with many videos is that they explain things in a visual way i.e. "look at the diagram", "follow what you see me doing here", or the hosts talk while they're doing an important step that they're not describing, etc. Regardless, I started learning chair caning, but the place was far from my home, and I kept having issues with paratransit, so I had to stop. I have, however, made soap using the melt and pour method several times, and I've worked on both a lap loom (made of cardboard many times), an inkle loom once, and used a potholder kit at least once. I've also taken several pottery classes, but to go beyond air-dry clay or the type that can be baked in a home oven, it's necessary to have a kiln, which is prohibitively expensive.

    Having said all of that, has anyone here ever been involved with any of these, or perhaps something I didn't mention? If so, was/is it as a hobby or to sell crafts? Where were you taught and how i.e. all hands-on, or with books, manuals, etc? If you sold/sell them, how did/do you do so i.e. through a workshop or factory, at a traditional flee market or craft fair, online via Etsy or Ebay, or do you have your own site? Would you be able to give me any general tips or advice regarding your craft?

    #blind #BlindCrafts #BlindTrades #Basketry #BasketWeaving #bookbinding #BroomMaking, #ChairCaning #crafts #Etsy #factories #handy-crafts #handycrafts #HomeIndustries #IndustriesForTheBlind #MatMaking #NationalIndustriesForTheBlind #pottery #sewing #SoapMaking #trades #weaving #workshops

  6. Where Did The New England Patriots’ Gillette Stadium Rank Among World Cup Venues?

    In a recent poll conducted by SeatPick, U.S. World Cup hosts were ranked on a scale from 1.00…
    #NFL #NewEnglandPatriots #NewEngland #Patriots #Football #NewYorkJets #preseason #trades
    rawchili.com/nfl/932299/

  7. Hennessy Japan Small Cap Fund’s Strategic Move: Significant Addition of Kakaku.com Inc

    This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Exploring the Fund’s Latest Investment Decisions Hennessy Japan Small Cap Fund (Trades,…
    #EuropeSays #Japan #JP #Hennessy #Japanesecompanies #Portfolio #smallcapfund #theFund #totalvalue #Trades
    europesays.com/japan/47526/

  8. The Irony of the Nashville trade is MacFarlane probably worked it from both sides …
    #hnom #hockey #nhl #preds #avs #trades

  9. More action in the x402 protocol space!

    Coinbase has launched an AI agent that can execute crypto trades and pay for premium research. It trades spot crypto and derivatives markets, with support for equities and prediction markets planned next.

    Custom limits for trade size, service access, and spending are coming soon.

    The agent can access Coinbase Advanced, the company’s professional trading platform, and it also works inside ChatGPT and Claude through Coinbase’s MCP server.

    That means a user chatting with an AI assistant can ask it to make a trade, and the agent will execute it through the Coinbase integration without the user having to switchapps. thenextweb.com/news/coinbase-a #AI #Crypto #Cryptocurrecnies #x402 #Coinbase #ChatGPT #Claude #MCP #AIAgent #Investing #Trades

  10. #Coinbase launched an #agent that can execute #trades and pay for premium research using the open #x402 payment protocol. The agent can trade in crypto spot markets and derivatives, with future support for equities and prediction markets. This launch builds on Coinbase’s previous investments in #AI tools, including #AgentKit and an AI-powered assistant. techcrunch.com/2026/06/11/coin #crypto #blockchain

  11. Owning/ Maintaining a structure is Inate

    I love working on my house! Ah happy Saturday, what better time then to go back 5000 years to when Homosapian decided Neanderthal were boring and slow. 5000? Who the heck knows, before 2000 the moden world likes to forget about what went on, thier favorite coliseum building short annoying people were not here yet. ANYWAY Humans. The squishy species, as we are likely referred to by every other living, breathing entity on this earth. We have lost our fur and our claws. We don't fight each […]

    proe.whimm.ing/owning-maintain

  12. DOJ probing $2.6 billion in oil trades related to Iran war, sources say

    The Department of Justice is investigating a series of suspiciously timed trades in the oil market just ahead…
    #NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #breakingnews #CommodityFuturesTradingCommission #Iran #oilprices #PresidentDonaldTrump #TheDepartmentofJustice #trades
    newsbeep.com/525224/

  13. #Careeconomy #occupations — early childhood educators, personal support workers, home care workers, the nurses who staff long-term care facilities, the educational assistants who keep schools functioning — are not ‘ #trades’ under this framing.” deadfortaxreasons.wordpress.com/2026/04/28/p...

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  14. #Careeconomy #occupations — early childhood educators, personal support workers, home care workers, the nurses who staff long-term care facilities, the educational assistants who keep schools functioning — are not ‘ #trades’ under this framing.” deadfortaxreasons.wordpress.com/2026/04/28/p...

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  15. #Careeconomy #occupations — early childhood educators, personal support workers, home care workers, the nurses who staff long-term care facilities, the educational assistants who keep schools functioning — are not ‘ #trades’ under this framing.” deadfortaxreasons.wordpress.com/2026/04/28/p...

    Privatize the Upside, Socializ...