DelightfullyDivisive

I found that things became much more pleasant on here when I blocked hexbear. I recently blocked lemmy.ml as well, but I may reverse that if I find that I'm missing too much good content.

I'm open to other ideas on how to mostly avoid people who love conflict or argue in bad faith.

I ordered from SmokingPipes.com in the US. They carry a lot of different tobaccos.

These are some ideas around blending, but include thoughts around the individual blends. All of these are bulk tobacco rather than tinned. You can you can probably tell that I prefer Virginia tobaccos. 🙂

Tobacco tasting notes

Stoved Virginia

Smooth and brown-sugar-like on the retrohale, with a hint of smokiness. Like a sweet barbecue sauce with none of the sour campfire flavor some blends have. Very tasty on it's own. Should blend well with some of my hot-pressed favorites, or as a base for something with a bit of citrus or tartness to balance the heavy mouth-feel. Maybe a bit of lemon peel?

Yorktown blend

It looks like a very light Virginia, but tastes slightly darker than that. Mostly light and smooth with a little bit of sweetness and hay. This might blend well with a hot-pressed Virginia, to sweeten it without adding too much complexity.

Mac Baren rustica ready rubbed

I found this pretty hard to light. It's probably just too wet it needs to dry out a little bit before I smoke it again. When I can keep it lit, it reminds me a lot of Mac Baren's pure Virginia blend, which is excellent. The nice thing is I can buy this in bulk. I think this is going to be worth an 8 oz reorder, but I want to try it after drying it out a bit to make sure.

Windsail Silver

This tastes like a very medium Virginia blend. No real smokiness, maybe a hint of hay, and that typical Virginia retrohale. On the retrohale it's not nearly as deep as something like an evening flake, but still satisfying. Probably a good one if I want just a light smoke, or better still a good base for blending.

Night Slice

Pre-Lite, it smells a lot like evening flake, or luxury twist flake. Not surprising, given the maker. The flavor is much lighter than the other Stokkebye blends. Complex, and interesting. Toasted nuts and hay, It became spicier the longer I smoked the bowl. I'm really enjoying it, and I will l want to get some more of this. It's very good, but I think if I age it a year or two it will be fantastic.

Louisiana Perique

Dis heeyah tase like de Virginia, but wit a hint a da fahn madiro see-gar. Will add complexity to anything I mix it with. It smokes really well on its own, too!

Broken Scotch cake

This Burns really really well. Stays lit for quite some time. Overall flavor is standard Virginia, maybe a bit of spice but just a tiny bit. Probably best mixed with something with some dark character, like Stoved Virginia.

Brown Flake Unscented

Smoooooth smoke. Burns amazingly well. A bit of spice and vanilla. MUST BLEND this. It will be a great base. Maybe a little perique, a bit of navy flake, and just a hint of Stoved Virginia. It doesn't need much. It develops nicely on its own. Still smooth, but a bit more spice halfway through a bowl.
The finish is like a navy flake. Maybe top it with a small amount of the above instead of mixing?

Kendal #7

This didn't leave any lasting impression.  It was sort of a "yeah, it's a ribbon cut virginia".  It will be fine as a minor additive if I want to round out a blend & the cut of the other tobaccos is compatible.

It's a step forward, but there is still a long way to go for full legalization.

Given the popularity of these medications, it's still amazing to me that we don't see more articles about how it has changed the lives of many people. Nor have I seen much about how traumatic the shortages can be to people who have longed for positive results in their weight loss journey for years, only to have that hope taken away by an inability to obtain their medication.

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Has anyone had luck in getting their medication recently? My local pharmacy substituted a box of Mounjaro for me. (It's also tirzepatide, just marketed for diabetes instead of obesity.)

I haven't found anything calling this crank science, although it does make some rather sweeping claims. One is that dark matter does not exist, and another is that the universe is 27 billion years old.

https://phys.org/news/2024-03-universe-dark.html

I have read several articles like this one.

https://www.livescience.com/space/cosmology/james-webb-telescope-confirms-there-is-something-seriously-wrong-with-our-understanding-of-the-universe

They all seem to be saying that there is a "crisis in cosmology", where different measurements can't reconcile what the value of the hubble constant is.

Then I watched this video last night that seems to be saying it's all just tweaking different models.

https://youtu.be/2pux7v9qJ58?si=ux3zBSHR-vvsz9qY

I'm not entirely sure if they're talking about two slightly different things. (Hubble's constant, and the predicted age of the universe.) Or if the "crisis" is really just a misunderstanding, or just clickbait tactics. Any informed opinions on the subject?