12 pounds (5.4 kilos) of butterscotch candy. Will any flavor come through on distillation or will it be as bland as my jolly rancher moonshine? only time will tell. Buddy of mine is turning 30 and his favorite candy is werthers so I did the only logical thing and decided to try fermenting/distilling a ton as part of his birthday gift

Energy Secretary Chris Wright told ABC’s Jonathan Karl that Trump’s plans are “unchanged.”

As always I can explain further if need be.

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Link to the pattern: https://ravel.me/paraphernalia This is my first completed project with cabling!

The original stairs were pretty beaten up oak. Here's the stairs halfway done

Here is the stairs before sanding, priming and painting. They stayed like this for about 18 months because we got busy and couldn't decide on finishing.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/50285536

Jul 17, 2026

Immigration and Customs Enforcement has made yet another arrest at a New York City immigration court, despite a May ruling from a federal judge that broadly blocked such detentions.

U.S. District Judge Kevin Castel, a George W. Bush appointee, ruled May 18 that ICE never had the legal justification to make these arrests. His order, which applied to immigration courts in Manhattan, kneecapped the agency’s controversial strategy of detaining people as they arrived for mandatory immigration hearings.

Despite that, ICE has made at least six arrests in Manhattan immigration courts since Castel issued his order. The latest arrest came on Thursday, when agents detained Bronx resident Matar Ndiaye while he was “dutifully attending an immigration court hearing for his asylum claim,” according to court filings.

Contempt charges?

A 2025 study published in the journal Psychology of Popular Media indicated that sexual connections with fictional characters correlate strongly with physical appearance, while emotional connections develop based on both personality traits and perceived similarity between the fan and character. The study also identified gender differences in these relationships: men tend to form sexual connections with characters, while women more often develop emotional bonds.

I have all my apps that I'm using, along with moving everything over from my other phone with an SD card. Pretty close to being done.

Energy Secretary Chris Wright told ABC’s Jonathan Karl that Trump’s plans are “unchanged.”

“The thing that the religious right did over and over and over again – they do it today; JD Vance is actually exceptionally good at this – is this idea that, ‘ You expressing your point of view oppresses me, you enjoying your civil rights oppresses me. Even though I’m the second most powerful man in the country, other people having their point of view is actually oppression against me.’ They were exceptionally good at that...”

July 18, 2026

birds have thinned out this month. same few come every day.

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